Altsounds — While the ship is steaming North through the St George's Channel into the Irish Sea, they received more news from their North American scouting party: After they were released from custody they went to Montréal, Canada. How could they not p... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: - The Replacements "Let It Be" (remaster, bonus tracks) Moving to a major label was inevitable for the Replacements: they garnered too much acclaim and attention after Let It Be to stay on Twin/Tone, esp... more info

Totally Fuzzy — olegelagin said... Vinegar ~ 1971 ~ Vinegar the Ventures ~ 2002 ~ Christmas Joy Venegoni & Co ~ 2003 ~ Live... Somewhere in the Seventies... Veludo ~ 1975 ~ Ao Vivo Vanilla Fudge ~ 1993 ~ Psychedelic Sundae: the Best of Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge ~ ... more info

Metal Injection — Last month, we discovered that former Cephalic Carnage guitarist/songwriter Zac Joe formed a new outfit of grinders called Collapse. We were so excited about this we reached out to Zac and snagged an exclusive premiere of an incredible new track from... more info

411 Mania — We take a break from the 80's to talk thrash! We review the end of NWOBHM, the beginning of thrash, and the evolution to extreme metal. We also look at tape trading and fanzines from the 80's as well. Plus reviews of more thrash albums from Slayer... more info

Pitchfork — Ryan Adams' "first fully-realized sci-fi metal concept album" is here, according to an email newsletter. It is a real thing called ORION that was recorded in 2006 and features artwork by Away, aka Michel Langevin from real life metal band Voivod. You... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessie Barber, Christopher Mumma Matt Martinez of Landmine Marathon belts it out (by Jessie Barber) While BBG and Kim Kelly were trolling about the blackened stage at Bernie's, getting southern-fried by the Louisiana frighteners Thou, and c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — all photos by Brian Reilly except the Nardwuar shot is by Bryan Bruchman Nardwuar backstage @ Galaxy Room Andrew WK on stage @ Galaxy Room Andrew WK went from headlining Irving Plaza in NYC straight to Texas for a full... more info

Metalsucks — Last weekend I was lucky enough to be back in NYC for my spring break (even though the first week of March is clearly not spring), and was able to catch the Kreator, Voivod, Nachmystium, Evile, and Lazarus A.D. show. Considering that it had been a li... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by BBG, photos by Samantha Marble Snake of Voivod! As Kreator took the stage to "Choir of the Dammed," you could feel the excitement and adrenaline building in the venue. The band played with dead on accuracy, flawlessly mixing... more info