“Biffy Clyro” always sounded like some kind of degenerative vaginal disease to me, but in fact it’s the name of an awesome 3-piece heavy rock band from Scotland. 2007′s Puzzle was something of a masterpiece; I loved the way it sounded and I loved the songs, and I listened to that album a whole lot that year. Axl and I saw them play live shortly after the release of that album and the band absolutely fucking smoked. News of a new Biffy Clyro album isn’t exactly “news” to those in the UK, but Only Revolutions will finally receive a U.S. release on March 9th, exclusively on iTunes.

According to SMNnews.com, Only Revolutions was produced by GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and BC’s prior album Puzzle) and mixed by Andy Wallace (a bazillion great bands), so you know it’s going to sound great. The album also features the orchestration of multi Grammy-winning composer David Campbell; the orchestrations on Puzzle were part of what made it so special so I’m glad to see they’re keeping that element of their sound intact.

Can any of our UK readers tell us what to expect from Only Revolutions? Is it a worthy successor to Puzzle?

Here’s the video for “That Golden Rule,” the album’s first single. Check out Biffy Clyro on MySpace for more. After the jump, peep a list of Biffy Clyro U.S. tour dates scheduled for March and April.

-VN

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Hats off and horns up to Ken Lee. He correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Prosanctus Inferi. For his troubles, Ken wins a vinyl single of The Cult’s “Dirty Little Rockstar,” which he tells me is a gift for his brother, who is apparently a Cult fanatic. Glad we could help bring the Lee family a little closer together, Ken.

This week the very nice people at Roadrunner have donated two copies of Biffy Clyro’s Puzzle for us to give away. Now, if you don’t know Biffy Clyro, be forewarned – they are in no way, shape, or form metal. They are, however, awesome, and both Vince and myself think that this is an outstanding album. So here’s your chance to expand your horizons a little, and the best part is, it’s free!

All you have to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail with your answer, your name and address at axl [at] metalsucks.net. We’ll randomly select two winner from everyone who gets it right, and announce his or her names next week.

Thanks to MetalSucks Maniac Tyler Hendricks, who has supplied us with logos to use for the next FIVE weeks! Keep sending me your suggestions so I can spend more time smoking pot and cranking metal and less time working, m’kay kids?

-AR