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

Culture Bully — 2/1 Anaheim, CA House of Blues 2/2 San Diego, CA House of Blues 2/3 Hollywood, CA House of Blues 2/4 San Francisco, CA Slim’s 2/6 Seattle, WA El Corazón 2/7 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre 2/8 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom 2/9 Spokane, WA... more info

Metalsucks — Before Meshuggah was Meshuggah-ing and mind-fucking the feeble confines of what was rhythmically acceptable to our once feeble metal minds, Dream Theater was pushing the boundaries of mind-fuckery with their crushing masterpiece “The Mirror” on t... more info

Guardian Music — News that heavy metal is to receive serious scholarly attention in Salzburg has raised some eyebrows elsewhere in these pages. So is it heretical that the city of Mozart should be putting Metallica and Slayer centre stage? Not a bit of it. Heavy meta... more info