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

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