Mastodon (Musical Group)

Bay Area metal dominates the nation

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2008

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

Mastodon exposes its inner prog

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

Oakland Metal Titans Saviours Are the Real Deal

By Phil FreemanIn a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers ... More >>

The Sounds of Violence

Triclops! Acid-damaged punk noise!

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

Metallic Apex

Mastodon destroys cookie-cutting rock

Reign in blood and BBQ at Slayer in San Jose

Mastodon destroys cookie-cutting rock

Satan's Pilgrims

Oakland's Saviours shepherd hell-bent thrash into a new era

Reinventing the Steel

Could Early Man, a quartet from hip NYC signed to Matador Records, be the savior of real-deal metal?

Time for Sharing

Hardcore metal and the shows that make it great

Bang Thy Head Carefully

A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals

The Elephant Men

Mastodon's monstrous metal is just breaking the surface

Up From the Underworld

This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.