Stereogum — People within the metal underground are always worrying that their scene is getting too friendly or commercialized. And to those people, I say: Don’t you want to see a bunch of face-tatted swamp-monster-looking motherfuckers ripping through faces o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV, words by Zach Pollack Jane's Addiction / GWAR fans / Title Fight Riot Fest Chicago is currently underway at Chicago's beautiful Humboldt Park. It kicked off on Friday (9/12) and that first day was plagued... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Mastodon in Chicago in May (more by James Richards IV) The newest installment of the Adult Swim Singles series comes from Mastodon and Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers, who have teamed up for the track "ATLANTA." If... more info

Stereogum — Word to “Jesus Built My Hotrod“: The phrase “feat. Gibby Haynes” usually means good things are about to happen. And now the Butthole Surfers frontman has hooked up with Atlanta metal monsters Mastodon for their song “Atlanta,” a fuzzed-ou... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — By Ian Chainey At the Gates So, as Tomas Lindberg made clear at this year's MDF, this At the Gates thing is actually happening. At War With Reality, the melodeath band's first album since 1995's Slaughter of the Soul, is... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey Ghoul at MDF, 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) Creepsylvanian crazies Ghoul have tacked on a few more shows to their upcoming jaunt with Black Anvil and Skeletonwitch. Their September trek will now be three shows longer --... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — By Ian Chainey behold...the Mastadong (via @bhinds) Mastodon's Brent Hinds carved a giant penis out of wood. That part is fine, it's the fact every metal news site lead with the. . . hard hitting story this week. So remember,... more info

Stereogum — When Brent Hinds isn’t fronting Mastodon, he likes to blow off steam by doing some wood carving in his spare time. Over the past year, he’s been busy with recording his band’s new album Once More ’Round The Sun, so for his first carving in al... more info

Metalsucks — Again: literally, but not actually. The post Mastodon’s Brent Hind Has Massive Wood (NSFW) appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Riot Fest Chicago 2014 is set to take place from September 12-14 throughout Humboldt Park. The 10th anniversary of the festival features Jane's Addiction, Slayer, The Offspring, Pussy Riot (Nadya Tolokonnikova & Masha Alekhina), Mastodon, The Murder ... more info