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

Metalsucks — There’s a concept that people seem to have a hard time wrapping their heads around, and that concept is this: there are many different writers here at MetalSucks, and each of those writers is a different person and, as such, has his or her own opin... more info

Metal Injection — High on Fire are fucking road warriors, I tells ya. They seem to just live on the road. The band has just announced a new headlining tour that will take them all over the country with two fine openers: Torche and Kylesa. A good friend told me that he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Kylesa at Irving Plaza (more by Chris LaPutt) Call it the "holy shit" tour. High On Fire will team up with Kylesa for a US tour that will include alternating support from Municipal Waste and Torche. NYC gets... more info

Metalsucks — My post about Kylesa the other day seemed to get a lot of folks riled up. Which is great, because this is MetalSucks and we love getting folks riled up! But I realize that I made a mistake by including the word “hipster” in the headline, because ... more info

Metalsucks — I’ve never been able to get into Kylesa. For a period there in 2008 and 2009 they were a support act on every tour ever so I got a number of opportunities to see them live, each time hoping that I’d finally see what everyone else sees in this ban... more info