Metalsucks — After posting our own year-end lists for 2010, we asked you, oh ye MetalSucks faithful, to tell us what you thought the best metal album of the year was. And while Ihsahn’s After didn’t win by a landslide the way Mastodon’s Crack the Skye did l... more info

Stereogum — John Darnielle writes a monthly column for Decibel, peppers his albums with references to the heavy stuff (see “Marduk T-Shirt Men’s Room Incident,” “The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton,” Satanic Messiah, the ongoing interest in Sweden... more info

Guardian Music — French robot disco duo score soundtrack to Tron: Legacy (plus a cameo), as pop artists start to take top billing from actorsAt the end of the trailer to forthcoming movie Somewhere, we are given just two pieces of information: 1) that the film was wr... more info

Guardian Music — As the Oakland band make a rare UK appearance, they explain their quest for 'somewhere deeper, somewhere more emotional, somewhere elemental'"When you learn to surrender to something bigger than yourself, you're acknowledging the realm of spirit – ... more info

Thrash Hits — We’ve got an unspoken rule that we don’t talk about Chr*stm*s until December, but our favourite Georgian metallers, Mastodon, have just gone and released a Chr*stm*s-themed, limited edition t-shirt so badass that we’re sure as shit not waiting ... 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 — 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

Metalsucks — Two nights ago, Axl, Kip and I and Rob from Metal Injection went out to Union Pool to watch Fiend Without a Face, the rockabilly side-project of Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Brann Dailor. As I worked my way all the way up to the second row in a crowd... 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 — by BBG Brent Hinds at Madison Square Garden (more by Matthew Eisman) From MSG to Union Pool. Brent Hinds of Mastodon (who just played MSG with Alice in Chains and Deftones) currently has at least two side projects, both of... more info