My Old Kentucky — It's been a while since we trotted out Two For Flinching, largely because there have been so few flinch-worthy releases finding their way to my mailbox. Maybe it's holiday hangover, or the economy or the terrorists really have won. Whatever the reaso... more info

Metalsucks — Black metal is usually at its most interesting when it spreads itself about as thin as it can while still being black metal. And even then, are Darkthrone, Enslaved, and Ulver better as true black metal bands, or as trad metal/crust punk, blackened p... more info

Sky News — An Israeli man is to appear in court today charged with enslaving at least 17 women in a harem he controlled like a cult. more info

Altsounds — It’s the news that metal fans across the UK have been waiting for, for some time now – metal titans **ARCH ENEMY are going to headline the UK**...and they’re bringing Sabbat & Enslaved with them! Singer Angela Gossow c... more info

Kerrang! — Arch Enemy will return to the UK in April for a string of dates. The Swedish metallers will be supported by Sabbat and Enslaved. Dates are as follows: April 27 Wolverhampton, Wulfrun hall 28 Glasgow, Academy 29 Manchester, Academy 30 London, Forum... more info

Metalsucks — I recently contacted Bazillion Points book publisher and heavy metal author Ian Christe about reviewing his books for MetalSucks. Bazillion Points is best known as the home of Daniel Ekeroth’s excellent tome, Swedish Death Metal. Ian was kind ... more info

Metalsucks — A reader known only as “Jonas” sent us the below video of 55 Escape, a Norwegian band whose biggest influences seem to be Korn and Linkin Park, not Enslaved and Immortal. Here’s why I find this band kind of interesting. (And moving forward, ple... more info

Metalsucks — It’s true! They’re in the studio right now! This can only mean good things, as everything about Enslaved is awesome, save for the fact that I’m not watching them play live right this very second. But that’s not really their fault, I guess, an... more info

Metal Injection — Here is a clip Sid shot of us in the desert from our trip to Vegas/LAwhich we talk about during the show. Rob, Noa, Sid and 3D are back from the West Coast, all the drugs are hidden, the bodies are disposed of and the gambling debts are almost paid ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — A randomly timed visit to Odyssey and Oracle records in Portsmouth, NH, led to my meeting with the one-man musical über-project that is Enslaved by Owls. Here's how it went.... My friend Claudia herded me to the shop, a bit... more info