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

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Metal Swim Compilation (Zipped MP3s) Zoroaster at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by Markus Shaffer) Adult Swim have posted an album of FREE downloadable tracks. The record, entitled Metal Swim features rare and unreleased tracks fr... more info

Metal Injection — The Labor Day weekend is upon us. And you might want some new tunes to go along with all the grilling you will be doing all weekend. Thus, here we are with some help… Devin Townsend has posted a teaser for Ghost, the final album in his quadrilogy. ... more info

Metalsucks — Absolutely nothing! But I’m lumping them in together anyway. If you don’t like it, you can, in the words of Elizabeth Darko, go suck a fuck. And so: Kylesa’s “Tired Climb” is streaming here. I wish I could think of something to say about it... more info

Stereogum — As I tweeted last month, you really can hear the Built To Spill influence on longstanding double-drumming Savannah quintet Kylesa’s beyond-excellent fifth full length, Spiral Shadow. It’s out 10/26 via Season Of Mist, will top year-end lists, etc... more info

Metal Injection — Kylesa have posted the album art for their upcoming release, Spiral Shadow (illustrated by Santos) and it's pretty sweet. Kinda makes me want to hit the bong. But what doesn't these days? The album comes out October 26th on Seasons of the M... more info

Altsounds — All due respect to Doctor Brooks, but if *Torche* were JUST a rock band, Daddy would be at the bar right now knocking back a couple of stiff ones instead of typing up all these words you're about to ignore. The thing with *Torche* is that when y... more info