Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "White Dwarf" featuring Brent Hinds of Mastodon (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Brazen Bull" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Zoroaster - "Bullwhip" (MP3) Zoroaster at Hoeks Death Metal Pizza (more by Samantha Marble) Zoroaster has a new 50s... more info

Metalsucks — Of all the post-Mastadonian metal bands flooding the metal market these days very few stand out. There’s a buncha bands of dudes with beards who obviously worship Mastodon’s first two albums to the point where if you’re Brent Hinds you’ve pro... more info

VH1 News — MTV's Musical March Madness Final Four preview: They've done away with Paramore, Mastodon and Phish — but can Coheed and Cambria take down Tokio Hotel? more info

MTV.com News — They've done away with Paramore, Mastodon and Phish — but can they take down Tokio Hotel?By James Montgomery Coheed and Cambria Photo: Sony/Getty Images/MTV News Who: The hard-riffing, hirsute champions of the South region in MTV's Musica... more info

Metal Injection — We learned a new phrase on this edition of the Metal Injection Livecast: anal runoff. Find out the contest by listening in. We also spend a healthy amount of time listening to some mash-ups that users in the chat suggested. Also, we found a new Iron... more info

Altsounds — The nominations have been announced and it's official...Los Angeles rising star metal quintet Holy Grail has received a nod for "Best New Band" for the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden God Awards. Holy Grail frontman James Paul Luna commented, "The other... more info

Metal Injection — Welcome to Revelations of Doom, Metal Injection's friendly little periodic reminder that there's more to metal than Mastodon and Metallica. Kvlt correspondent Grim Kim toils away ceaselessly in the basements, back alleys, and blogs in which the essen... more info

Pitchfork — Front page photo by Ahmed Klink Canadian indie pop dramatists Stars will release new album The Five Ghosts on June 22, via their own Soft Revolution imprint. Before the album drops, the band will tour North America, playing The Five Ghosts in full ev... more info

ContactMusic — MASTODON rocker BILL KELLIHER fears he will have to quit the band and check into rehab as he struggles to overcome his drink demons.The heavy rock group was forced... more info

411 Mania — Uneven sound spoils what could have been an evening of awesome music. more info