When Baroness release the Red Album in 2007 they earned themselves a considerable amount of metal credibility, their crunching, screaming metal shocks segueing seamlessly into droney stoner anthems. With the Blue Record the band has taken this formula and injected a great deal of progressiveness, much in the same way Mastodon managed to achieve with Crack the Skye. Exploring the same dark, naturalistic tops of yesteryear but featuring increasingly bizarre and markedly different instrumentation, complete with searing whip-crack riffs and the utilization of additional vocalists, Baroness’ sophomore LP features a natural expansion of growing artistry. Here’s hoping this rainbow of records continues to grow.

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Hearkening back to the days when metal was for AD&D fans and Slayer played over Magic the Gathering games, Mastodon have released a completely awesome, wholly rediculous video for their lead single “Divinations” from the forthcoming Crack the Skye LP. Seriously folks, we have to take this with some tongue-and-cheek as this video, while cool, definitely doesn’t make me think ’serious artist’. So far all you bloggers out there taking this stuff too literally, realize there’s a freakin’ yeti in the movie. Check it below.

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Check out the teaser for the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs video below – looks like we’re in for a jaunt through NYC, dashing up and down brightly-lit streets all helter-skelter. Check it:

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