ContactMusic — METALLICA and BLACK SABBATH have teamed up to give April's (10) Record Store Day a big boost.The heavy rock supergroups will feature on a limited edition double-A-side,... more info

Guardian Music — Listening to Llandaff Cathedral's new organ has converted me to the instrument's thrilling possibilitiesOrgans: the king of instruments, according to some. To be honest, the cult of the organ has never turned me on, with its cloistered virtuosos plyi... more info

Metal Injection — By: Navjot Kaur Just as I-everything and downloading sites seemed to be the unstoppable and spreading tap for music fans worldwide, “Record Store Day,” has shown, once again, that records are far from crumbling at the feet of the downloa... more info

Guardian Music — Afghan rock band eschew belting out Metallica covers in favour of poignant, Britpop-influenced escapism, finds Rosie SwashIn 2007, a documentary called Heavy Metal in Baghdad showed the quietly harrowing existence of the city's (self-proclaimed) only... more info

NME — Bands to release split 12-inch for Record Store Day more info

The Quietus — Just 1,000 copies will be available more info

411 Mania — From Lars Ulrich of Metallica, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin and Dave Grohl of Nirvana to Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Neil Peart of Rush and Bill Ward of Black Sabbath, the 411Music Staff rank their Top 5 Favorite drummers! See which drummers made the l... more info

Metalsucks — Passover starts at sundown tonight! If you’re like me and you hate your extended family, that’s terrible news. On the other hand, I get to ask the Four Questions a-fucking-gain, since my cousins and I all refuse to grow the fuck up and have babie... more info

Metal Injection — Welcome to Revelations of Doom, Metal Injection's friendly little periodic reminder that there's more to metal than Mastodon and Metallica. Kvlt correspondent Grim Kim toils away ceaselessly in the basements, back alleys, and blogs in which the essen... more info

Guardian Music — American soprano Renée Fleming has dazzled opera fans for decades. Now, suddenly, she's growling rock songs by the likes of Muse and Arcade Fire. Here she tells us why… Earlier this year New York musical manager Peter Mensch played a guessin... more info