Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — MESHUGGAH and DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Lorca Rock festival, set to take place July 24-25 in Lorca, Spain. more info

Chicago Tribune — Meshuggah isn't the fastest, heaviest or darkest metal band around. But Sunday at a sold-out House of Blues, the influential quintet demonstrated why it's among the most technically proficient and sonically innovative groups in any genre. more info

Altsounds — Early next month, two of the finest acts in extreme music, the mighty Swedes of Meshuggah and prog-metal forefathers Cynic, will embark on a three week North American tour sponsored by Myspace Music. Both bands continue to pound pavement in support o... more info

Metalsucks — One of the many stories we didn’t actually get to discuss this week is the news that The Faceless are the latest metal act to banned from The Disney-owned House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. Oddly enough, their tour mates in Meshuggah and Cynic ... 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

Metalsucks — It’s only January 7th but already three ridiculously awesome North American tours are planned for the early part of the year: Soilwork + Darkane + Swallow the Sun + Daylight Dies (in some markets) Meshuggah + Cynic + The Faceless The Haunted + Nach... more info

Metal Injection — 2008 was a great year for ridiculously silly metal viral clips to be passed around to distract you from doing your work. We thought we would take a look back at our favorite 10 metal viral clips from last year: 10) The Meshuggah Baby This is absolute... more info

Metal Injection — 2008 was a great year for ridiculously silly metal viral clips to be passed around to distract you from doing your work. We thought we would take a look back at our favorite 10 metal viral clips from last year: 10) The Meshuggah Baby This is absolute... more info

Metal Injection — Five albums and three singers into their career, Darkane are still slipping melodies into their thrash-infested death metal. Demonic Art doesn't try anything new, but it captures Darkane filling their Swedish death metal niche as soundly as anyone co... more info

Metalsucks — I loathe having to pare down every album I’ve listened to over the course of the year into a list of the “best 10.” I find it exceedingly difficult because there’s just no way to prevent great albums from being squeezed out. And while my list... more info