DrownedInSound — Iron Balls Of Steel is metal’s first great album of 2012. If you eff with Melvins, Relapse-era Mastodon, Botch, American Heritage or Don Caballero, this was precision-built for you. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Metal Injection — While trolling the interwebs, I found this incredible clip from an unknown Fantomas live show of the band performing the weirdest Slayer medley you'll ever hear. Fantomas of course features Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo amongst it's ranks, a... more info

Impose Magazine — The Japanese three-piece Boris became quickly associated with other drone-metal/sludge rock contemporaries like the Melvins and Sunn O))) in the beginning of the decade, but over the past few years, Boris established itself as something more t... more info

Guardian Music — Cult 90s band to play their first concert in 13 years at I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London next yearThe Afghan Whigs are to make London's Alexandra Palace the site of their first concert in 13 years. The 90s rockers will headline All Tomorrow's ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Racebannon The worlds needs more Racebannon. The deranged noise-core unit takes notes from 90s greats like Unsane, Melvins, and Today Is The Day, co-opting the latter's nihilistic and destructive disposition. Racebannon doesn't fuck around, ex... more info

Metalsucks — FEATURING MEMBERS OF MELVINS, RED FANG,  JUNIUS,  EXHUMED, RWAKE, ORPHANED LAND, HULL, EARTH, AND KILL THE CLIENT Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsph... more info

Stereogum — This outfit, 2:54, is a pair of British blood sisters with shoegazer and eyeliner smeared all over their music and a terrific EP to their family name. (Thurlow, for the record.) Think about the sonic signifiers of Lush and PJ Harvey bottled inside a ... more info

Guardian Music — Like the walking dead, Ozzy is back with the original members of Black Sabbath to play the 10th anniversary of Download (8-10 Jun, Donington Park) along with Metallica, who'll perform their classic Black Album …Slayer will rip through their own Rei... more info

Gigwise — Supported by the likes of Melvins, Mudhoney and Yuck during May 2012... more info

Altsounds — SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 21 – Fantômas, the eclectic supergroup featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom), Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, MadLove) and Melvins' drummer Dale Crover filling in for Dave... more info