Thrash Hits — Kylesa Spiral Shadow Prosthetic Records 25 October 2010 by Amit Sharma Wasting no time with releasing a new album a mere 18 months after it’s predecessor, it’s great to see Kylesa acting with the urgency needed for a band to break through to the... more info

Metalsucks — There’s a shitload of new releases out today, including the latest from Daath, Firewind, and Kylesa. Albums are normally released on Tuesdays here in the States, so I don’t know what’s up with this industry-wide one day exception, but there ya ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Kylesa at MHOW (more by Zach Dilgard) Kylesa played NYC (specifically Webster Hall) a few hours ago, a feat they haven't done in 17 months since they supported Mastodon at MHOW and Irving Plaza, and played Cake Shop... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — we now resume with regularly scheduled programming... Kylesa @ Cake Shop in 2009 (more by Paul Birman) today in NYC * Jakob Dylan @ City Winery * Muse, Metric @ Prudential Center * Steve Miller Band @ Beacon Theatre *... more info

Stereogum — If you’ve paid attention, you know where I stand on Kylesa’s fifth album (and 2010 best of contender) Spiral Shadow. It’s an album that works best within its own snowballing context, so take a listen to a couple key anthems “To Forget” and ... more info

Metalsucks — Speaking of Stereogum: They’ve just debuted Kylesa’s new, David Brodsky-helmed video, for the song “Tired Climb,” and it’s all kinds of awesome. I’m gonna hafta smoke some drugs and watch it four or five more times before I’ll be able t... more info

Stereogum — I posted Kylesa’s “Tired Climb” at the beginning of last month, reiterating the Built To Spill influence and overall excellence of the longstanding Savannah psychedelic sludge metal quintet’s fifth album Spiral Shadow. Then you heard another ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Sufjan Stevens: 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Royal Oak Music Theatre, $30. Sold out. Torche: with High on Fire and Kylesa, 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Majestic Theatre, $15. Alejandro Escovedo: with the Sensitive Boys, 8 p.m. Oct. 14. The Magic Bag, $20. more info

Stereogum — I’ve already gone on about Kylesa’s forthcoming Spiral Shadow, a sure contender for metal album of the year, so I’ll cut to the chase: Adult Swim and Scion A/V have released Metal Swim, a free compilation that features Spiral Shadow’s “Fors... more info

Metal Injection — Whoever at Scion is a metalhead and throwing all this money at promoting sweet bands, I thank you! The newest promotion in this ongoing relationship is a free compilation of unreleased tracks (b-sides for the most part) from bands like Death Angel, S... more info