Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt, words by BBG Kylesa's latest release Spiral Shadow is garnering its share of year-end accolades, and the band continues to play shows through the end of the year after recently completing a tour with High... more info

411 Mania — Southern stoner-metal giants Kylesa light up album number five; is it the real deal or a bad trip? more info

Altsounds — Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE are set to return to Europe next week for a headlining tour. The band, who have just finished a short run around the USA, playing with the likes of HIGH ON FIRE, KYLESA and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, will be kicking ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Last time Kylesa came through NYC they played a show at Webster Hall with Torche and High on Fire, and a smaller headlining one at Public Assembly the next day. A second set of pictures... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Snapcase It's 1PM in Texas and I just tied a bandana around my face before its time to get down to business. I'm not some outlaw out to rob a bank and hop on a speeding stagecoach; With... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Peelander Pink & fan As just mentioned, Fun Fun Fun Fest closed out Sunday night with competing headlining sets by Mastodon and the Descendents. Earlier that day, NYC's own Peelander-Z played a set to a massive... more info

Metal Injection — HULL are in the studio writing a new record, and a few weeks back took a break from writing to open for Kylesa at a last minute New York show. The band decided to treat the audience with their first performance of a new song off the album which they ... more info

Metal Injection — By Kit Brown I was first introduced to Savannah’s sludge-metal quintet KYLESA last year when I saw them as a supporting act on MASTODON’s Crack the Skye tour. While not instantly hooked to their sound, I found their live show to be the most activ... more info

Topix — If you can't make it out to Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin this weekend, Houston will be getting plenty of runoff from that festival's lineup - like this bill, a seeming one-stop shop for all things thrash and metal. more info

Metalsucks — How about another pointless exercise in trumpeting sales figures that aren’t going to matter in a couple years time when no one will be paying for music ownership because music ownership will be irrelevant? Who’s in? Me! New releases this week in... more info