Quoted: Mastodon is a band whose raison d'etre seems to be creating records. Bold, beautiful long players in the grand rock tradition. Their newest album feels ...

Quoted: The world of epic, gloomy metal has become a breeding ground for mediocrity. After the full-blown success of Isis, there seemed to bands popping up ...

Quoted: Philadelphia's Starkweather have the merit to try to change things up a bit. They are a metalcore band that are not playing into the usual ...

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Intronaut might not be the biggest headline grabber in the ever-expanding world of metal, but they are a heavy hitting up and comer. With ex-members of Uphill Battle, Impaled, Exhumed, and Anubis Rising on board, Intronaut unleashed a well received EP earlier this year (entitled Null) and now continues with their pummeling force with their debut full length, Void (released on August 22). While the Isis/Neurosis clones still seem to be popping up everywhere, there are very few bands that are creating something new in the world of bone crushing monoliths.

Quoted: The Gersch, short version: Unknown mid 90's-era stoner metal (see: Kyuss, Sleep, Floor...) band from New England that featured Cliff Meyer who would years later ...

Quoted: The cover art on a Muse album is always more stimulating than any music the band has to offer, and Black Hole and Revelations is ...

"Chances are if you grew up in the 90's and found yourself digging on the mainstream, alterna-sounds of bands like Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney and even Sonic Youth, it's possible that you've got a couple of Melvins CDs. Maybe one of them is their 1993 Atlantic debut, 'Houdini', co-produced by Kurt Cobain. Sandwiched between their influential doom album, 'Lysol' and Lollapalooza-friendly, 'Stoner Witch', 'Houdini' was satisfying enough for the metal kids and straightforward enough for your eyebrow-pierced girlfriend to get into."