Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Torche at The Charleston earlier this year (more by Samantha Marble) Everything goes in cycles and with one cancellation comes another addition. Like Walter Schreifels before them, Torche have cancelled their appearance at Generation Records "... more info

Metalsucks — I haven’t needlessly lumped self newly-released videos together in awhile, and these three clips were all released pretty much at once, so I figured, “Hey, why not?” After the jump, check out the latest audio-visual offerings from Torche, Hello... more info

Detroit Free Press — Sufjan Stevens: 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Royal Oak Music Theatre, $30. Sold out. Torche: with High on Fire and Kylesa, 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Majestic Theatre, $15. Alejandro Escovedo: with the Sensitive Boys, 8 p.m. Oct. 14. The Magic Bag, $20. more info

The Music Fix — With a tour to back up their new album more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Torche at The Charleston in May (more by Samantha Marble) Torche will play their new LP, Songs for Singles, in it's entirety at an all ages in-store (in-basement) show at Generation Records on 10/25 at 5:30PM. That's one... more info

Stereogum — I’ve already gone on about Kylesa’s forthcoming Spiral Shadow, a sure contender for metal album of the year, so I’ll cut to the chase: Adult Swim and Scion A/V have released Metal Swim, a free compilation that features Spiral Shadow’s “Fors... more info

Metal Injection — Whoever at Scion is a metalhead and throwing all this money at promoting sweet bands, I thank you! The newest promotion in this ongoing relationship is a free compilation of unreleased tracks (b-sides for the most part) from bands like Death Angel, S... more info

Popdose — In this week's new metal reviews, Dave Steed prays Serj Tankian will reform System of a Down, Flotsam and Jetsam give him the shivers and half-hour long doom tracks are spotlighted. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Metal Swim Compilation (Zipped MP3s) Zoroaster at The Studio at Webster Hall (more by Markus Shaffer) Adult Swim have posted an album of FREE downloadable tracks. The record, entitled Metal Swim features rare and unreleased tracks fr... more info

Metalsucks — Unless you count 2009′s Healer / Across the Shields EP (which contained two new songs), Songs for Singles is the first Torche record of the post Juan Montoya era. Need fans of 2008′s stoner-pop gem Meanderthal worry that the guitarist’s departu... more info