Guardian Music — Whether the music itself is literally boiling over, or brutality is lurking in the lyrics, the urge keeps on returning to musiciansThe thirst for violence in music begins in adolescence. The excuse is raging hormones. The solution? Heavy metal, of co... more info

Live Daily — Mexican acoustic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela [ tickets ] have extended their US excursion this fall in support of their forthcoming second studio album, "11:11." The pair--Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero--will follow up a previously announced sla... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this sen... more info

Pop Candy — While I'm in Chicago for Lollapalooza this weekend, several fans of Serenity, Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer will gather near Nashville to celebrate one man's magical, fictional universe. more info

411 Mania — The Red Hot Chili Peppers to emerge from hiatus. Zeppelin/QOTSA/Foo supergroup gets a name. The Slipknot re-release reveals bonus material details. Mustaine has surgery. Tommy Lee bringing back nu-metal. Atreyu talks new album title. The NFL/NHL go m... more info

Chorus.fm — I will be conducting an interview with *Slayer* (http://www.myspace.com/slayer) drummer Dave Lombardo at the Mayhem Festival, so if you have any questions for the band please leave them in the replies. more info

411 Mania — He also calls himself a "primed, well-oiled machine"... more info

Detroit Free Press — Mayhem Festival touches down at DTE Energy Music Theatre for a day of metal flavors ranging from the thrash purity of Slayer to the guttural metalcore of metro Detroit's Black Dahlia Murder. Marilyn Manson headlines the show along with Slayer, ... more info

411 Mania — Kerry King says Adam Dutkiewicz says "stupid shit"... more info

Culture Bully — Considering the path Slayer has chosen, the new music the band continues to crank out these days shouldn’t really be shocking to anyone. more info