MTV.com News — We'd love some new material from No Doubt, Rage Against the Machine, White Stripes and other heavyweights.By Gil Kaufman Blink-182 in 1999 Photo: Deverill Weekes/WireImage 2008 was a huge year for rock ... and 2009 looks like it could be e... more info

Kerrang! — Warners have announced details of a compilation entitled Covered: A Revolution In Sound, which features recent signing covering classic songs from the label’s back catalogue. Mastodon tackle ZZ Top's Just Got Paid (with Billy Gibbons), while... more info

Silent Uproar — Mastodon have posted a clip of the track "Oblivion" on their new website. The song is taken from the band's forthcoming album, Crack The Skye. more info

Pitchfork — So you know how indie labels love to celebrate themselves? Majors do the same thing, except major labels don't usually have any discernible personality, so nobody usually notices.But Warner Bros., one of the few remaining major labels, has a roster t... more info

Pitchfork — So you know how indie labels love to celebrate themselves? Majors do the same thing, except major labels don't usually have any discernible personality, so nobody usually notices.But Warner Bros., one of the few remaining major labels, has a ros... more info

DrownedInSound — Rock behemoths Mastodon have fifty t-shirts to give away to DiS readers to celebrate the imminent release of their new album Crack The Skye... more info

Metalsucks — Well, not quite… but one NY Times writer credits the mighty Mastodon album Leviathan as a crucial cog in his cancer recovery playlist. Any time the New York Times mentions metal in any sort of non-derogatory light — in the same sentence as Meshug... more info

Paste Magazine — We've been trying to come up with a descriptor that adequately describes Atlanta's upcoming Scion Rock Fest. Rockmageddon? Destructioniptica? Metalgeddonocoplyse? more info

MTV.com News — Green Day and U2 drop new LPs this year, along with promising young guns like Paramore, Tokio Hotel and more.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by James Montgomery Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt Photo: Frank Micelotta/ G... more info

Metalsucks — It may be a new year on the calendar, but we’re still talking about the same stupid shit here at MetalSucks. Here’s where we focused our energies this week: Most awesomest metal festival EVARRR! Not to be confused with the most awesomest tours o... more info