Word to "Jesus Built My Hotrod": The phrase "feat. Gibby Haynes" usually means good things are about to happen. And now the Butthole Surfers frontman has hooked up with Atlanta metal monsters…   Read Story »

When Brent Hinds isn't fronting Mastodon, he likes to blow off steam by doing some wood carving. Over the past year, he's been busy with recording his band's new album Once More 'Round The Sun, so…   Read Story »

You've known Sia Furler for a while whether you realize it or not. The Australian singer and songwriter has been hovering around the music industry for nearly two decades. She scored a UK hit with…   Read Story »

Last week, Grantland published a thoughtful, compelling piece by Steven Hyden titled "The Sad But True Fate Of Pop-Metal." In his essay, Hyden used the new Mastodon album, Once More 'Round The Sun,…   Read Story »

Mastodon teased us earlier this year with news of a new album with some insane artwork. Then they gave us "High Road" (and its awesome video) and "Chimes At Midnight". And now they've finally made…   Read Story »

This was a weird week in the music-video universe, and that was a good thing. Many of this week's videos (including those that didn't make it onto this list, like clipping.'s genuinely harrowing…   Read Story »

Mastodon used to make videos about evil clowns and cannibal cavemen, but in making the clip for "High Road," the first single from their new album Once More 'Round the Sun, they've gone a different…   Read Story »

Before putting on "Chimes At Midnight" to write about here, I was listening to Opeth's forthcoming Pale Communion (which I wrote about yesterday) and before that, to In Flames forthcoming Siren…   Read Story »

For the last several years Adult Swim has curated a series of singles released throughout the summer. They've put out some fantastic tracks in the past, but for the fifth series, coming this summer,…   Read Story »

Mastodon will release the new album Once More 'Round The Sun next month, and today share a bit more of what it will sound like. We've already heard "High Road," and now we've got a preview of "Chimes…   Read Story »