Consequence of Sound — First album in six years. more info

Metalsucks — Little known fact: June 1st is an international holiday called “Listen to an Unsigned Band Day.” So do your good deed for the day and listen to Errata, Reserve de March, or the Observer… or do a triple mitzvah and listen to all three. Errata: ... more info

Metalsucks — DIMEBAG  RONNIE JAMES DIO DAVE MUSTAINE  GLENN DANZIG EDDIE VAN HALEN MIKE PATTON MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN (military photo) RANDY RHOADS ZAKK WYLDE TOM ARAYA ALICE COOPER COREY TAYLOR DARON MALAKIAN BUZZ OSBOURNE CHINO MORENO GENE SIMMONS PAUL STANLEY... more info

Guardian Music — Anything and every goes in Zorn's constantly evolving musical world: his pieces are a vision of what happens when postmodern practices become something much more meaningfulJohn Zorn. Finding any one label to define the man and his work is pretty well... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Faith No More @ Williamsburg Waterfront (more by Samantha Marble) Speaking of Mike Patton (who has a Record Store Day release), Faith No More, who we last heard from in 2010, have been announcing dates....... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On Monday, it was announced that the composer, multi-instrumentalist and experimental rock polymath has signed on to score an upcoming new film "The Place Beyond the Pines," directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) and starring Ryan Gosling, Br... more info

Metalsucks — A couple of years ago, Mike Patton provided the brilliant score for Crank 2: High Voltage, a film which, as you all know, went on to win 57 Oscars and break every box office record there is. Now he’s announced a new gig as a composer, for the film... more info

Metal Injection — Does Ben Weinman ever rest? Between being on tour with Mastodon, collaborating on two separate side projects with each Brent Hinds and Mike Patton, as well as doing a full US tour, his plate seems pretty full. But I guess that's not enough for h... more info

Metal Injection — Man, Dillinger Escape Plan are really making the rounds with their former members. First, Mike Patton joins them in San Francisco, then original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis joined them at the New York show and last night in Norfolk, VA, former guitari... more info

Metalsucks — In the absence of new Faith No More (which seemed like it might actually be a thing for a minute earlier this week), Tomahawk has always been my favorite (read: most FNM-like) of Mike Patton’s myriad side projects. If I’m being honest, the Patton... more info