The Quietus — Birmingham Festival gets even better more info

Guardian Music — The latest trend in heavy metal is dark metal, or so I'm told. And the T-shirts, and the music that goes with them, are something elseFashion's peculiar love affair with heavy metal appears to have taken another twist. The Iron Maiden T-shirt shown h... more info

Pitchfork — In the forthcoming nerd-avenger comic book movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, the titular hero's band faces off against a group of punks called Crash and the Boys in a battle of the bands. While actor Erik Knudsen (aka Crash) provides vocals for the ... more info

Thrash Hits — When we first interviewed Shane Embury from Napalm Death at Bloodstock Open Air 2008, he told us we asked “fucking stupid questions”. That hasn’t changed a bit in the last two years, but this time he seemed to take our jibber-jabber a bit more ... more info

Metalsucks — I really have nothing to say about this. But it made me giggle. -AR Thanks to Cody Barrick for the link. more info

Altsounds — The undisputed leaders of the extreme, NAPALM DEATH, just finished a new video clip for the song “On The Brink Of Extinction”. The track is taken from the stunning “Time Waits For No Slave” album and the video man... more info

Metalsucks — I haven’t actually rocked out/killed small animals to Napalm Death’s Time Waits for No Slave for awhile, but the just-released video for the song “On the Brink of Extinction” makes me wanna revisit it ASAP. The video’s not particularly amaz... more info

Guardian Music — Last week we wanted minimal lyrics, this week it's as florid, or even as floral, as you likeThere was a brief moment on the 10 words or fewer thread in which I imagined we might go a whole week without a single, solitary Bob Dylan nom. I feared that ... more info

Guardian Music — How much can you say in not many words? Plenty, it would seem, even if it doesn't always make that much senseThe value of brevity, when considered in the whole among a broad range of qualities the majority of which would be deemed by those of a disce... more info

Guardian Music — Are these hardcore punk rockers purveyors of grindcore, 'powerviolence', or sound and fury signifying nothing?Hometown: Sacramento, California.The lineup: Lee Spielman (vocals), Garrett Stevenson (guitar), Spencer Pollard (bass), Sam Bosson (drums). ... more info