USA Today Music — Shinedown returns to headline the tour's fourth year. more info

ContactMusic — Shinedown rocker Eric Bass is recovering after spraining his ankle during a concert in Texas on Friday (22Mar13).The group was performing in Lubbock... more info

USA Today Music — The arena tour, which will feature P.O.D. as support, begins Feb. 1in Moline, Ill. more info

411 Mania — Quick turnaround from Amaryllis... more info

Monsters and Critics — more info

Starpulse — The Rundown Episode 57 takes looks at releases from Otherwise, Shinedown, Taproot, War of Ages and Shadows Fall. more info

Metal Injection — What do you get when you transform a festival ground with a few stages, invite Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind, Papa Roach, Adelitas Way, P.O.D., Deuce, Fozzy, Redlight King, Mindset Evolution, In This Moment, Thousand Foot Krutch & Candlelight Red? Why,... more info

Metalsucks — You MetalSucks commenters are hilarious. When I published an interview with Horseback mainman/onlyman Jenks Miller last month, a commenter known as “MSW” said the following: “No offense to this artist and what he does, but MetalSucks is becomi... more info

Metal Injection — Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival is like Mayhem Fest's more mainstream brother, featuring radio-friendly rock bands that some of you might be excited about. For a mainstream tour, this one is pretty stacked featuring Shinedown, Godsmack, Staind a... more info

Metalsucks — Holy crap — last week was a huge one for new metal releases! New records from Meshuggah, Overkill, God Forbid, Ministry, 3 Inches of Blood, Wretched, OSI, Black Breath, Hour of Penance, Angel Witch and more all charted in the Top 100 of the Curren... more info