Metalsucks — Finntroll, Moonsorrow and Swallow the Sun are coming to the U.S. and Canada. That alone gives us goosebumps. That the tour starts next week and hits NYC the day after Opeth’s Blackwater Park commemorative concert gives our collective nipples the ab... more info

411 Mania — Scott Weiland speaks out about Velvet Revolver breakup. UMG aims to change your life, spending habits. Green Day working on new album. Track listings for Bullet For My Valentine, Daughtry, As I Lay Dying. Opeth readying new release. Check out what yo... more info

Altsounds — Sweden’s OPETH, easily one of the most revered and respected bands in the metal scene and beyond for the past two decades, will commemorate their twentieth anniversary in Spring 2010 with six exclusive shows that will take place across the g... more info

Metalsucks — On Wednesday we got a thirty-second cock tease of the new Opeth song that will be on the God of War: Blood & Metal EP compilation; we’ve already heard Trivium’s contribution to that collection; and now Noisecreep has debuted “My Obsession,” t... more info

Metalsucks — OMG did you hear there’s a 30 preview of a new Opeth song on Amazon??? Holy @*$&!!!!! To me nothing could be more useless than hearing 30 seconds of a song that isn’t out yet, but people always send us these Amazon pre-order pages anyway. I bet t... more info

Metalsucks — I recently contacted Bazillion Points book publisher and heavy metal author Ian Christe about reviewing his books for MetalSucks. Bazillion Points is best known as the home of Daniel Ekeroth’s excellent tome, Swedish Death Metal. Ian was kind ... more info

411 Mania — News about System of a Down, Serj, Opeth, Rammstein, Lamb of God, Trivium, Bleeding Through, Norma Jean, Smile Empty Soul, Down, Megadeth, Haste The Day, Demon Hunter, and tons more. Catch up on tours from Sevendust, Aaron Lewis, Unearth, Megadeth, a... more info

Metalsucks — Suckalo Zoker emailed us yesterday to plead with us “Forget Opeth… In Mourning is the real deal…” and Suckalo Viking_xxx did the very same today, demanding “Don’t be gay, you know you like them!” While I find both claims to be overly ex... more info

I Like Music — Commemorate their twentieth anniversary in Spring 2010 with six exclusive shows across the globe more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Staples Center The Black Eyed Peas, March 29 (Sat.)Hollywood Bowl The Eagles, April 16, 17 and 20 (Mon.) Walt Disney Concert Hall Air, March 28; Keith Jarrett, March 15 (Sat.) The Orpheum Norah Jones, April 23 (Sun.) The Wiltern Opeth,... more info