CriticÂs Notebook: Big-Thinking Band Extracts Metal From a Mountain
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Mastodon's ÂBlood MountainÂ is a strong record by a powerful band nearing an ideal of cohesion.
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"Last night Sting did a big leap for the cut-off hit, and he makes the same move tonight but he gets the footwork just a little bit wrong and doesn't quite achieve lift-off. The mighty Sting looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock."  The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Genesis, the Who, the Police and Black Sabbath are among the acts appearing this summer in arenas between the Black Forest and the Baltic, in Europe's richest nation with a wealth ... via The Globe and Mail
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Kristjan Jarviâs ensemble supported and furthered the eveningâs explorations of world music with a robust and often free-blowing sound.
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By Eric R. Danton, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 15--These are inspirational times for indie-rock bands, who are combining grass-roots efforts with technology to get their music heard without help from record labels.
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Slayer, the great exemplar of thrash-metal, played an elegant first 90 minutes on Thursday. Then came the 150 liters of stage blood.
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As the lead guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tom Morello played loud arena rock &#151; and loved it. Once back home, going through his record collection, he realized there was more to music than volume.
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The four-piece group picked up the Mercury Music Prize for Best British Album Of The Year, just after being awarded GQ magazineâs Band Of The Year.
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Nunatak, an unknown rock band from  Antarctica, is about to become famous.
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You may not think you know a thing about the "Kalevala," but if you're acquainted with Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the heavy-metal band Amorphis, or Don Rosa's Donald Duck cartoon books, you've got a ...
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The Shiny Diamonds, a spunky band from Canada, make music  they call "mind-blowing thrash folk." On Wednesday, the lads and their songs were tagged with a less flattering description: "non-notable."
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The triumph of Franz Ferdinand in this year&#39;s Mercury Music Prize will help bring rock music to a new audience, according to music critics.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - When the Mars Volta put out its latest album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," in January, the act gave its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly popular -- and creative.
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Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand's Mercury Prize in will bring rock music to a new audience, critics say.
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When a band sells 3 million copies of its first album, its members might expect to celebrate with a few drinks.
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Incubus, "Light Grenades" (Epic): Incubus has grown into that rarest of modern rock bands &#151; one that continues to challenge themselves and evolve without sacrificing massive appeal.
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The Mason County band Bobaflex hooked up with Sevendust and is out crisscrossing the country this December, pounding out their energetic, melodic metal nightly for a sea of fans.
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Their tent city in Kiev may have looked like a two-week rock festival but it throbbed with serious purpose.