Thrash Hits — California-based psychedelic rockers Valient Thorr are landing in the UK as support to Mastodon at their tiny club shows. Valient Himself answered these questions with an elegance clearly unattributable to real Earthlings. How’s it working ou... more info

All About Jazz — GUEST POST BY IAN ROGERS: On a recent road trip, Topspin's Ian Rogers came across two distinctly different artists who are finding success by combining a lot of hands-on grassroots marketing with a dash new technologies. I met a band called Halesto... more info

411 Mania — The band that bought us the sound of madness is here to leave a whisper... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Billy Talent [ tickets ], Rise Against and Rancid will be among the artists to headline the first Rock on the Range festival in Canada June 27 at Winnipeg's Canad Inns Stadium. Theory of a Deadman, Shinedown, Thornley, Blue October, S... more info

Thrash Hits — We caught up with Shinedown bassist/pianist Eric Bass to talk about touring with Disturbed and to dispel accusations of his band being formulaic, as well as uncovering the hangover cure that never fails but only works 60% of the time. Loads of bands... more info

Kerrang! — Rob Cavallo, the man behind My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade and Green Day's American Idiot, has signed on to produce Paramore's as-yet-untitled third studio album. Cavallo, who has also worked with Less Than Jake, Shinedown, Avril Lavigne, as... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Staind [ tickets ] hits the road next month for a slate of casino dates, with support at most shows from Hoobastank [ tickets ] and, on select nights, Shinedown [ tickets ].... continued more info

Altsounds — *Shinedown* release their debut UK album ‘*The Sound Of Madness’ *on March 2 through Atlantic Records. The album was produced by multiple Grammy Award-winner Rob Cavallo and debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 in June of last ... more info

Altsounds — *Shinedown* are set to release their debut UK album ‘*The Sound Of Madness’ *on March 2 through Atlantic Records. The album was produced by multiple Grammy Award-winner Rob Cavallo and debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 in Ju... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Video footage of SHINEDOWN members Zach Myers, Eric Bass and Berry Kerch talking about their gear and stage setup is available for viewing on the German web site Bonedo. more info