Stereogum — You’ll find a greater sense of dynamic space, sharper songwriting, and plenty of killer half-speed riffs on crusty blackened death ‘n’ doom crew Withered’s third album Dualitas. It’s a powerful, effective upgrade on their usually unrelentin... more info

Metalsucks — Oh, hey, lookit! Our friends at Brooklyn Vegan are giving away a free mp3 of a new Withered track, “The Progenitor’s Grasp.” (They also have an mp3 of the new song “Extinguished with the Weary,” in case you somehow still don’t have that o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Withered - "The Progenitor's Grasp" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Withered - "Extinguished With The Weary" (MP3) Withered at a BV day party @ Emo's (more by Samantha Marble) Withered will release their new LP Dualitas via Prosthetic Records on... more info

Metalsucks — We’ve gotten a positively retarded number of e-mails asking us to post about the Adult Swim/Scion A/V free sampler that’s currently available for download, which is abso-fucking-lutely amazing, because we did a post about it a week ago. But on th... 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

Song, by Toad — I actually meant to post this a couple of weeks ago, when we seemed to be having an ‘Edinburgh bands cover one another’s songs’ love-in here on Song, by Toad, but I somehow managed to get distracted (I know, I was amazed too). This is Enfant Ba... more info

Song, by Toad — Everyone knows that I acknowledge my often-stated dislike of cover songs to be the purest hypocrisy by now, don’t they?  Because after Dylan posted (and I enjoyed) the two Withered Hand covers from the End of the Road Festival the other day, I now... more info

Metalsucks — Here’s the album art for Withered’s new album, Dualitas. I’m not entirely sure what the meaning of the cover is supposed to be, especially in relationship to the title (I mean, “dualitas” is a type of taco, right?), but maybe you guys can h... more info

Metal Injection — Click Here To Watch The Video Fresh off the heels of releasing his new music video for "On A Wicked Night", Danzig has announced a 3 week Blackest of the Black tour (mostly West Coast/mid-west dates) with a strong support staff featuring Marduk, Poss... more info

Guardian Music — Fence Collective event on tiny Scottish island sells out before lineup is even announcedOne of the year's liveliest and certainly wee-est festivals is to take place on the Isle of Eigg. And it was sold out before the lineup had even been announced. F... more info