Upcoming Bullsh*t 160 MASTODILLINGER’S MARS ADDICTION MOVING FORWARD September 19th, 2011 at 5:00pm Axl Rosenberg Speaking of supergroups that might actually be super… Back in […]
New Stuff 230 T.R.A.M. EMBARK ON AN “ENDEAVOR” WITH NEW TRACK July 7th, 2011 at 12:00pm Vince Neilstein The release date of T.R.A.M.’s debut album Lingua Franca via […]
Hipsters Out Of Metal! 120 MASTODON: UNRELEASED ‘SKYE’ JAM FREE TOMORROW June 27th, 2011 at 2:00pm Anso DF On Tuesday Kia and Adult Swim’s weird download wall will […]
Upcoming Bullsh*t 310 MASTODON + DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN + MARS VOLTA + JANE’S ADDICTION = GIRAFFE TONGUE? June 14th, 2011 at 11:30am Axl Rosenberg So how’s this for a new supergroup? Mastodon guitarist Brent […]
Reunion Mania 310 SOUNDGARDEN ARE TOURING WITH MASTODON, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, COHEED & CAMBRIA, AND THE MARS VOLTA May 6th, 2011 at 10:30am Axl Rosenberg Last month Soundgarden announced the first set of dates for […]
Rampant Rumors 420 DAVE GROHL MIGHT BE ON THE NEW MASTODON ALBUM May 4th, 2011 at 12:30pm Axl Rosenberg I heard about, and then completely ignored, this photo album […]
Cinemetal 110 ALL ABOARD THE T.R.A.M. TO AWESOMETOWN, LAND OF EAR-PUSSY MASSAGES March 30th, 2011 at 10:00am Vince Neilstein In my post-festival coverage of SXSW I raved about the […]
Lick My Label 270 MEET T.R.A.M., A SUPERGROUP FEATURING MEMBERS OF ANIMALS AS LEADERS, THE MARS VOLTA, AND SUICIDAL TENDENCIES March 8th, 2011 at 12:00pm Axl Rosenberg Yep, you read that right — Sumerian has signed T.R.A.M., […]
Levi/Werstler Sucks 460 GREAT MUSICIANS THAT COULD GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR DEFINITION OF GENRE (AND ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR IT) April 20th, 2010 at 3:30pm MetalSucks Musicians are strange creatures. Their work hours and habits are […]
Levi/Werstler Sucks 360 EMIL WERSTLER ON HIS BIGGEST NON-METAL INFLUENCES April 20th, 2010 at 10:30am MetalSucks Quite often I get a lot of questions about musical […]
Show Reviews 560 WILL BARONESS TAKE THE COVETED BEST LIVE SET OF THE YEAR AWARD TWO YEARS IN A ROW? December 10th, 2009 at 3:00pm Kip Wingerschmidt Last year Baroness played a truly stellar set that left […]
Neilstein Soundscam 260 SOUNDSCAN: A BIG WEEK FOR DREAM THEATER, DARKEST HOUR, GOATWHORE July 1st, 2009 at 3:26pm Vince Neilstein Last week was a ginormous week for new metal releases, […]
Reunion Mania 200 AT THE DRIVE-IN HOPPING ON REUNION BANDWAGON? June 12th, 2009 at 4:00pm Vince Neilstein [Update: Jim Ward tells Buzzgrinder a reunion isn’t in the […]
New Stuff 130 NEWZ FROM VOLTA-LAND: *CRYPTOMNESIA* BY EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ OUT TODAY, AND NEW MARS VOLTA ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT MONTH May 5th, 2009 at 1:36pm Kip Wingerschmidt Today’s release finds Omar, Cedric, and Juan from The Mars […]
Editorials 120 A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR GENERATION’S GREATEST PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND AT A SMALLISH VENUE September 4th, 2008 at 11:43am Kip Wingerschmidt I was pretty surprised when I heard that The Mars […]
Editorials 100 SUPER-DUPER METAL TUESDAY January 29th, 2008 at 1:02pm Vince Neilstein The big Tuesday for politics may be next week, but […]
Editorials 1 OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ’S SOLO STUFF MORE FUSION-BASED (AND TRIPPIER) THAN THE MARS VOLTA January 29th, 2008 at 11:37am Kip Wingerschmidt With Cedric singing on a few of the tracks (and […]
Sunday Spotlight 160 SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT: DON’T YOU THINK THE MARS VOLTA DESERVES YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT? January 27th, 2008 at 2:02pm Kip Wingerschmidt I mean, really — come on. There is no other […]
Cinemetal 9040 CINEMETAL: THE MARS VOLTA – “GOLIATH” December 14th, 2007 at 10:26am Vince Neilstein So I loved, loved, loved The Mars Volta’s first album […]