Brooklyn Vegan — Opeth @ Grand Ballroom in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) tonight in NYC * Opeth @ Terminal 5 * Greg Garing @ Knitting Factory * Midlake, John Grant @ Bowery Ballroom * Jonsi release party @ (Le) Poisson Rouge... more info

Altsounds — High Voltage is the must-see rock event of 2010 – a two-day festival featuring the very best in classic rock, progressive rock and metal. Custom built by rock fans, for rock fans. Topping the bill are the legendary Emerson, Lake & Palme... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: For High Voltage!Further acts announced… Opeth High Voltage is the must-see rock event of 2010 – a two-day festival featuring the very best in classic rock, progressive rock and metal. Custom built by rock fans, for ro... more info

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