411 Mania — This week, the 411Music writers look at the flip side of vocalist replacements: the worst ones. It's hard to make a choice to fill the shoes of your frontman/woman, especially if the chemistry just isn't right. The writers talk about Alice In Chains,... more info

Radio Exile — In case you didn’t already know: Your business card is CRAP! The Muggabears, one of my fave NYC bands, have officially changed their name. The new name is a plural noun and NOT a verb [The Music Slut] Eddie Vedder announces and 8-city Tour this su... more info

Guardian Music — From Crass to Godspeed You Black Emperor!, artist Mark Titchner selects a soundtrack to state control, corruption and the struggle for freedom1) The Kill by Fugazi (from The Argument, 2001)For many years Fugazi have provided a model for self-governan... more info

411 Mania — Change happens, and in bands, it’s often damn near impossible to find a replacement for your lead vocalist. This week, the 411Music staff acknowledges some of the best changes to those behind the mic. We talk about everyone from Iron Maiden ... more info

Sky News — British bands such as The Police, Coldplay and Iron Maiden have defied the credit crunch. more info

Rolling Stone — On their new prog-metal masterpiece Crack the Skye, Mastodon pen tales about a paraplegic traveling through space, Russian visionary Rasputin, wormholes and fighting with the Devil. Weird subject matter, that is, until you meet Mastodon. The group’... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Iron Maiden emerged from East London in the mid-1970s, and its defiantly metal middle finger to that city's punk explosion was, intentionally or otherwise, punk as fuck. Mainman/bassist Steve Harris had a vision of something timeless; 20-plus arena-f... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) I distinctly recall my excitement as a jean-jacket-clad, 12-year-old metal poseur, unwrapping my cassette copy of Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" and discovering that the last track was almost 15 minutes long. Metal and prog have always be... more info

Altsounds — Flight 666 documents the first leg of Maiden’s legendary SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR which took them 50,000 miles round the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days. One of the stars of t... more info

ContactMusic — IRON MAIDEN star BRUCE DICKINSON's horror movie CHEMICAL WEDDING has claimed the top award at the Athens International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival in ... more info