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

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance was filmed and recorded by Rockpalast on February the 5th 2012, in the Live Musik Halle of Cologne (Köln, Germany) where Halestorm performed on their European tour in support of Shinedown. Halestorm is an American rock... more info

ContactMusic — Shinedown star Brent Smith has hit back at suggestions the bands new song condones the use of violence against bullies insisting he just wants youngsters to have self-respect and dignity The bands new track Bully focuses on the issue of schoolyard... more info