Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Swedish death-metal purists Miasmal ripped a void through the underground with their demo, inciting vinyl pressings of the limited-to-250 cassette by Detest Records/Nuclear War Now. Chunky riffage paid homage to the early output from their cou... more info

Altsounds — *The World.The Flesh.The Devil* is set as the title of the Metal Blade debut from Uppsala Sweden's *IN SOLITUDE*. Cover art for *The World.The Flesh.The Devil*, out May 24, consists of a shadowy portrait chosen from a collection of images by artists ... more info

Popdose — Metal! Priest, Entombed and Nine Inch Nails meet up with the blackened stylings of Carpathian Forest in the 25th week of False Metal, Dead! more info

Totally Fuzzy — G O D said... THE GRUNGY DUNGAREES -Working At The Black Label Brewery - The lost tape is found!Thanks to a fellow blogger who sent this in!Covers of Joe Walsh,and The Stooges,plus a bunch of originals,from the WA band where the term,"Grunge" was pro... more info

Metalsucks — If bands like Carnage, Entombed, Gehenna, and Integrity give you a nerd-boner, Orange County’s own NAILS will make you blow your load faster than Michael Jackson at a Build-A-Bear store. I think many MetalSucks readers will agree that their raw, fi... more info

Guardian Music — Lucy Mangan on the people making the headlines, for better or worse, in the past seven daysUniversity challengedLord Browne I feel so blessed to be living at a time of such splendid innovations. Take, for example, the recommendations of Lord B's rep... more info

The Newsroom — Johan Hegg and Ted Lundstrom from Amon Amarth explain to http://www.WatchMojo.com what makes Sweden special in terms of their metal bands, and tells us how pioneers like Entombed help make them what they are today. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words and photos by BBG Entombed was up next, and they were one of the loosest bands I've ever seen onstage. They almost reminded me of Eyehategod, but without the deliberately sculpted feedback and at twice the speed. They played... more info

Metal Injection — "There's a lot of sex on this episode," Darren explained at one point in the show; he was not lying. This week Jenny joins us on the show and we immediately begin talking about Rob's pubes. Somehow the conversation then moves to Jenny's tits and then... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Memorial Day weekend is here in just a few hours, which means summer unofficially starts right about now. Among many other awesome things, that means we're now heading straight into summer festival season. If you've got the t... more info