The sister event to the long established All Tomorrow's Parties festival, I'll Be Your Mirror returns to London's famous Alexandra Palace from Friday 25th until Sunday 27th May. Following on from last year's successful event curated by Portishead and ATP, this time around Mogwai have joined with ATP to assemble the music line-up, with a cinema programme curated by Mogwai, London's Prince Charles Cinema, Louis Theroux and ATP. The headliners on each of the three days are festival exclusives – these will be the only UK shows of 2012 for Slayer (Friday) and the specially reformed ...

The staff of One Eyed Jacks taped a crude ?Sold Out? sign on the door at 6 o?clock. Those hoping to pay at the door were disheartened at the news, but happy for the band that they so quickly sold out the venue. Those with the foresight to purchase ahead crowded the sidewalk beginning at dusk. They blocked the historic sidewalk to the beaded and sou... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Self-Released/Independent 2012 When I first happened upon Seattle, Washington-based band Snail and saw that a comparison had been made to Alice In Chains well, naturally I suspected that grunge would be in order. Released at the start of May the album had just sat there for awhile (actually, "album" isn't the best word choice as this was simply a download link provided by a friend so there was no physical album to be had) and it was only after a moment of curiosity that I listened to some of the songs. The Alice In Chains comparison is, at ...

It's the hump-day AV roundup. Let's play some tuneskis. Got a killer orchestral cover of Converge, new music from Dying Fetus, Corey Smoot, The Agonist & Melvins Lite, a trailer for Devin Townsend's new live DVD, and Doc Coyle rippin' a classic solo. Let's begin: Converge's Axe to Fall is one of my favorite albums [...]

1.  Dope Body - "Lazy Slave" (The Baltimore-based 4-piece create a spastic and sludgy brand of post-punk that incorporates noisy guitar outbursts, crazed vocals and off-kilter groove-orientated rhythms for a unique sound like Henry Rollins fronting the Melvins on their sophomore album Natural History out now on Drag City.) http://www.dopebody.info/ Download: http://www.pitchperfectpr.com/mp3/LazySlave.mp3 2.  JBM - "Winter Ghosts" (Brooklyn singer-songwriter Jesse Marchant possesses a haunting and engaging voice not unlike Bon Iver and the wind-whipped, desolate sonics of his sophomore album Stray Ashes , out now on Western Vinyl, make for an album meant for ...

It's the hump-day AV roundup. Let's play some tuneskis. Got a killer orchestral cover of Converge, new music from Dying Fetus, Corey Smoot, The Agonist & Melvins Lite, a trailer for Devin Townsend's new live DVD, and Doc Coyle rippin' a classic solo. Let's begin: Converge's Axe to Fall is one of my favorite albums ...

So this is pretty badass. To celebrate Slayer playing Reign In Blood in full at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror this Friday – also featuring Sleep, Melvins, Wolves In The Throne Room, Yob and more – we have a Slayer motorcycle helmet to give away! To stand a chance of winning, simply answer a very [...]

Melvins Lite have debuted a new track called "A Growing Distaste." Listen below. The song will be released on 7-inch picture disc through Amphetamine Reptile Records and Hammerhead , and will appear on the band's new record Freak Puke , out June 5th via Ipecac .

To celebrate Slayer playing Reign In Blood in full at ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror this Friday - also featuring Sleep, Melvins, Wolves In The Throne Room, Yob and more - we have a Slayer motorcycle helmet to give away! Nice.

With the departure of SNL from our late night conversation, we're left with the weekday crowd to fill in our after-dark hunger pains. This week's selection of midnight snacks is somewhere between "free during your flight" and "halfway decent 7-11," but there are still a few tasty morsels to be had. Dig to the bottom of the barrel below. Your late night TV watching schedule. MONDAY (5/21): Gavin DeGraw (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) Slash (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) Melvins (Last Call With

Rating: 3.8 out of 5 Label: Ipecac   One thing that you can say for sure – Melvins adore their classic FM rock. As if there wasn’t proof enough already (see “Going Blind”,  ”Ballad Of Dwight Fry”, “Buick McCane” etc etc), their new album contains a cover of Wings “Let Me Roll On It” [...] Related posts: Upcoming – Melvins Lite – Freak Puke (Ipecac) Melvins In The News – March 2012 – Free EP + Details On “Freak Puke” and More! Melvins Special – IHRTN Posts Roundup

Melvins Lite is a trio that pairs up original Melvins members Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover with Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn. Freak Puke is their debut album which is going to land on June 5th via Ipecac Recordings.   Tracklist 01 – “Mr. Rip Off“ 02 – “Inner Ear Rupture“ 03 – “Baby, Won’t [...] Related posts: Review – Melvins Lite – Freak Puke Melvins In The News – March 2012 – Free EP + Details On “Freak Puke” and More! Upcoming Releases – Melvins – Chicken Switch (Ipecac)

Best Unsane Album Related posts:Unsane Special – Poll Results Unsane In The News – May ’12 – Melvins Cover Alleged, Album Stream, Tour and more! Poll – Best Killing Joke Album Related posts: Unsane Special – Poll Results Unsane In The News – May ’12 – Melvins Cover Alleged, Album Stream, Tour and more! Poll – Best Killing Joke Album

ATP have announced that the legendary Louis Theroux will be curating the cinema on the Sunday at the forthcoming I'll Be Your Mirror event. He'll be joining Mogwai who will curate the Saturday, and the Prince Charles Cinema who will curate the Friday. Pretty incredible, right? Head here for ticket details/line-up info (which features the likes of Slayer performing Reign in Blood, Sleep, Melvins, Mogwai, Dirty Three, Codeine, Mudhoney, The Afghan Whigs) and check out the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror 2012 Mixtape below.