The Melvins are turning twenty five and marking the occasion with a group of celebratory shows

-- Pitchfork will probably not give the next British Sea Power album our coveted U.2 rating, if only because U2 has never, as far as we know, composed a score for the 1934 film Man of Aran. On May 5, Rough Trade will release the band's Man of Aran soundtrack as a double-disc package. One disc will feature the re-scored movie on DVD, and the ot...

According to the band's publicist (they have a publicist!), the long-whispered-about doom-metal supergroup Shrinebuilder is totally going to happen! They're recording an album and everything! This is so awesome.The band's absurd lineup: Saint Vitus/Obsessed/Spirit Caravan/Hidden Hand guitar hero Scott "Wino" Weinrich, gigantic Neurosis/Tribes of...

Photo by Jimmy HubbardGood news and bad news from Mastodon today. The bad, via their website: "Bill Kelliher [first from the left in the photo there -- Ed.], guitarist with Mastodon, has been hospitalized in London as of November 3, during the band's current European Unholy Alliance Chapter 3 package tour. Doctors will continue to monitor his co...

Press photo by Jimmy Hubbard; live photos by Mike WhiteMastodon will pull guitarist Brent Hinds away from causing chaos for long enough to launch the latest round of the Unholy Alliance Tour with Slayer and Trivium at the end of this month. The tour begins October 27 in Manchester, England, and Mastodon have added a handful of headlining dates b...