MTV.com News — Plus: Keri Hilson's long-delayed debut lands at #4.By Gil Kaufman Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 30 Photo: EMI Just weeks after the Jonas Brothers ' "3D Concert Experience" soundtrack was denied the top spot in its chart debut thanks ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) I distinctly recall my excitement as a jean-jacket-clad, 12-year-old metal poseur, unwrapping my cassette copy of Iron Maiden's "Powerslave" and discovering that the last track was almost 15 minutes long. Metal and prog have always be... more info

SFTW reviews latest albums from Flo Rida, 1990s, Mastodon and Bill Callahan more info

Guardian Music — From winning Grammys to 'saving metal' Mastodon's legacy is solid as it gets. But, they tell Stevie Chick, their prog-rock journey has only just begunIn the two decades and change since Metallica's landmark Master of Puppets album debuted, heavy meta... more info

The Newsroom — It is new music week on mVids and Mastodon has a brand new album called Crack the Skye. Check out the first single DIVINATIONS. more info

Thrash Hits — Mastodon have got form with sticking mad amounts of cool stuff on the internet. Last week they streamed their brand new album Crack The Skye in full on Myspace and now they’re streaming their entire set from the launch show they played yesterday in... more info

Chorus.fm — *Mastodon* (http://myspace.com/mastodon) apparently were influenced (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1607613/20090324/mastodon.jhtml) by Rasputin during the creation of Crack the Skye. more info

Rolling Stone — Loudly leading the charge of new releases this week is Mastodon’s Crack the Skye, which garnered a four-star review from Rolling Stone. Setting out to reach their “Metallica moment,” the band hooked up with producer Brendan O’Brien for an alb... more info

VH1 News — Mastodon's Crack the Skye was largely inspired by Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic who survived multiple murder attempts. more info

Buzzgrinder — A very indie release week and a not-very-hardcore one. Sorry brosephs. I haven't heard anything on here but the new Decemberists record, so I can't recommend a whole lot first-hand. Ones that I'll probably give a listen: Dan Deacon, 1990s, Fever R... more info