Metalsucks — Vince Neilstein checking in to the MetalSucks Mansion here at 1:10pm Eastern Standard Time. Why so late, you ask? No, Axl and I didn’t go on an all-night coke binge (though we did get hella high and listen to the new Slayer song last night), but Iâ... more info

Guardian Music — "You are not moving. You are not metal!" cried Trivium's singer. You could almost feel sorry for them. Supporting Slayer - and appeasing Slayer's diehard fans - is notoriously difficult at the best of times. As for supporting these veterans when they... more info

Guardian Music — News that heavy metal is to receive serious scholarly attention in Salzburg has raised some eyebrows elsewhere in these pages. So is it heretical that the city of Mozart should be putting Metallica and Slayer centre stage? Not a bit of it. Heavy meta... more info

MTV.com News — 'I couldn't vote for any of the two candidates, because it's a mockery on democracy,' Peter Dolving says.By Chris Harris The Haunted Photo: Century Media Peter Dolving, the outspoken frontman for Swedish thrash-metal titans the Haunted, mi... more info

VH1 News — Barack Obama? John McCain? The Haunted's Peter Dolving speaks out about U.S. politics. Plus Mastodon, Slayer and more news that rules, in Metal File. more info

JamBase — MASTODON REVEAL CRACK THE SKYE TRACK LIST, BIG TOURS INTO 2009 Mastodon has set Crack the Skye as the title of their new album, due in early 2009. The seven-song, 50-minute effort was recorded at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta and was produced... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jimmy HubbardWitness the fruit of Mastodon's labor with noted Springsteen-and-nü-metal (okay, and a lot of other stuff) producer Brendan O'Brien: Crack the Skye. Wait, as in "'scuse me while I crack the skye"? Is that a thing? [Or is it a r... more info

VH1 News — We compare the portrayal of vampires in "Twilight" to those in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "True Blood," "The Dark Path Chronicles" and more. more info

ContactMusic — Former BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER star DAVID BOREANAZ and his wife JAIME BERGMAN are trying for more kids. The pair is desperate to give son Jaden Rayne a little brother ... more info

Altsounds — *"UNHOLY ALLIANCE TOUR, CHAPTER III" LAUNCHES ITS FIRST 2008 ASSAULT WITH METAL HAMMER SPONSORED UK DATES BILL FEATURES SLAYER, TRIVIUM, MASTODON * The UK leg of the mighty "Unholy Alliance Tour, Chapter III" kicks off in Manchester, England on O... more info