Rolling Stone — Mastodon continue to Crack the Skye with a new leg of headlining dates, Drake lines up a tour of college campuses and “private locations” and Arctic Monkeys return in April in support of their third album Humbug. Full dates for all three treks ar... more info

Live Daily — Following its in-progress European tour, prog-metal outfit Mastodon [ tickets ] will return to the States for a Volcom-sponsored spring trek behind last year's "Crack the Skye." The quartet will hit the tour trail beginning with an April 16 show ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Converge @ Hammerstein (more by Ryan Muir) The rumors are true. Converge WILL hit the road with a rotating assortment of unsavory characters like Coalesce, Harvey Milk, Gaza, Black Breath, and Lewd Acts. So far no NYC dates... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about a huge tour! Coming off their amazing recent outing with DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and CYNIC, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME are going to be going out with MASTODON and BARONESS. BTBAM should be giving their booking agent a raise. That is a fantas... more info

Metalsucks — Real metalheads only stage their own personal Whackin Festival with black tissues Given the staggering number of e-mails we’ve received from you guys since The PRP broke the story last night, I’m not really sure if I’m telling any of you anythi... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-08 Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan02-09 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club02-10 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschcapp02-12 Vienna, Austria - Arena02-13 Munich, Germany - Backstage02-14 Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik1502-16 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun02-1... more info

Metalsucks — Australia’s Double Dragon have apparently been tearing shit up on their native island: they’ve played support slots for Slayer, Megadeth, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy, In Flames, The Haunted, The Black D... more info

Altsounds — Australia’s KARNIVOOL embarked on the magnanimous tour of their homeland last week as they began the already SOLD OUT BIG DAY OUT music festival along with sonic powerhouses Muse, The Mars Volta, The Horrors & Mastodon. This is the VOOLÃ�... more info

Metal Injection — It's on! For the second year in a row, Scion is announcing a free one day festival: Scion Rock Fest. This year's lineup looks decent (although hard to top last year's mammoth lineup featuring MASTODON and NEUROSIS as headliners). This ... more info

Live Daily — You've probably never heard of Ramon Sampson, but chances are this won't be the last time you'll see his name. The 19-year-old Cordova, TN, native out-drummed a national list of contestants--including the four other finalists, Troy Molsberry (Carlsba... more info