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Video: Mastodon’s “Dry Bone Valley” (live)

Atlanta's Mastodon took its melodic sludge metal across the pond this past winter with Red Fang and The Dillinger Escape…

The Flaming Lips’ colored-vinyl double LP for Record Store Day

Despite its hectic, globe-trotting schedule, even Oklahoma psych-rockers The Flaming Lips have found the time to gear up for Record…

Video: Mastodon’s “Dry Bone Valley”

Metal poster-boys Mastodon have just released a video for "Dry Bone Valley," the second single off The Hunter (Warner Bros.…

MP3 Premiere: Empty Space Orchestra’s “Exit Strategy”

Empty Space Orchestra: s/t (Empty Space Unlimited, 5/10/11) Empty Space Orchestra: "Exit Strategy" [audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02-Exit-Strategy.mp3|titles=Empty Space Orchestra: "Exit Strategy"] Empty Space…

The Metal Examiner: The Secret’s Solve Et Coagula

Every Friday, The Metal Examiner delves metal's endless depths to present the genre's most important and exciting albums. The Secret:…

The Sword: Infectious Riffs Direct Hefty Southern Rock ‘n’ Roll

Following the intense yet melodic works of its first two albums, Age of Winters in 2006 and Gods of the…

Converge: Rules Were Made to be Broken

This pioneering, aggressive hardcore outfit is a band that likes a challenge. With 20 years under its belt, and on…

Dysrhythmia: Hyperactive Technicality

Strip down, way down, the layers of the moody energy of Brooklyn post-rock metal trio Dysrhythmia’s fifth album, Psychic Maps,…

Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire…and Dethklok?

Bartender, there’s a commercial in my rock show!

What We’re Seeing This Weekend: Mastodon, Converge, Peanut Butter Wolf

It's a great few days for metal in Chicago as Mastodon, Converge, Kylesa, and Russian Circles each performs new material.…

The Art of Screaming!: Total Training for Vocalists on the Edge

Renowned singing teacher Susan M. Carr's technique for The Art of Screaming! was first developed in 1978 and has since…

Ten Albums to Anticipate This Spring

As the weather stops being oppressive in the Northern Hemisphere, a number of potentially great albums from countless genres are…