Shrinebuilder? the project that features in its ranks Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus, The Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (OM, Sleep) and Dale Crover (Melvins) ? has scheduled the following European tour dates: Nov. 09 – Tivoli – Utrecht, Netherlands Nov. ...

“Star Born”, a brand new song from Spiritual Beggars - the Swedish band featuring Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D’Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind) - is available for streaming on the group’s MySpace page. The track comes off Spiritual Beggars’ ...

Find out why José Carlos Santos over at Terrorizer picked Encircling Sea as band of the week: It takes not only balls but talent too, to release a one-song album. When it’s a demo, it requires an extra dose of cockiness. Aussies Encircling Sea showed they did have all that, talent included, when th ...

Praise for the Carlton Melton / Empty Shapes split from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: We sold tons of the last Carlton Melton full length, Pass It On. In fact we even sold a copy to J. Mascis who made it his top favorite record of 2009. No small feat, there! So the dudes are on a roll, and just ...

Veteran British doom / stoner band Cathedral will embark on a European headlining tour in November. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 07 – Köln, Germany – Underground Nov. 08 – Stuttgart, Germany – Die Röhre Nov. 09 – Vienna, Austria – Szene Nov. 11 & ...

The Quietus’ Ben Graham talks to Ripley Johnson about Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips and the three R’s. “Are you really in Bermuda?” Ripley Johnson‘s soft Californian accent asks me down the line. It’s easy to imagine Johnson – main man behind Wooden Shjips, leading lights of the current garage-psych, neo ...

Lovingly pinched from Doommantia: Maryland`s Earthride are back with their long awaited third album titled Something Wicked. Do I really need to tell you about this band, if I do then something is seriously wrong. Having since forming in 1997, Earthride have delivered a couple of mighty albums like ...