Billy Talent will have a new album in the shops during late June. Released by Atlantic, it will be called ‘Billy Talent II’.

Slayer will now release their new, as yet untitled album in July. Produced by Josh Abraham, they hope to precede this with a digital release on June 6. Among the 11 tracks on the album are ‘Eyes Of The Insane’, ‘Cult’, ‘Catalyst’, ‘Jihad’ and ‘Catatonic’.

Evanescence will finally release their new album in August. It’s to be called ‘The Open Door’.

It seems that Florida band Cold aren’t yet finished. Despite the recent announcement that they were splitting up, there’s been a change of heart. Cold are taking a break, but will return. In the meantime, frontman Scooter Ward and drummer Sam McCandless are carrying on with their new project, The Witch.

Nightwish are to release the ‘End Of An Era’ DVD in the UK on June 5. This 18-tracker was filmed at the band’s last gig with former singer Tarja Turunen on October 21.

The Almighty are to headline the Bulldog Bash on August 11. This happens at the Shakespeare County Raceway in Warwickshire.

A website has been set up to aid Love mainman Arthur Lee, who’s battling against leukemia. This is to help pay for Lee’s ongoing treatment.

Rock act Seether has set a July 11 release date for the CD/DVD “One Cold Night,” which chronicles a February appearance at Philadelphia’s Grape Street. The venue was the sight of the first meeting between guitarist Pat Callahan and future bandmates Shaun Morgan and Dale Stewart.The 13-track Wind-Up CD has cuts from Seether‘s three studio […]

Originally scheduled for a June 6 release via Warp, Boards Of Canada’s new “Trans Canada Highway” EP has been bumped up a week to May 30. In addition to the studio version of “Dayvan Cowboy” from the group’s 2005 album “The Campfire Headphase,” the EP features an Odd Nosdam remix of that cut plus the […]

Okkervil River has signed a European deal with Virgin/EMI, which will on April 28 combine its album “Black Sheep Boy” and the EP “Black Sheep Boy Appendix” into a double-disc set. The releases were originally issued in North America by Jagjaguwar, to which Okkervil River remains signed. The European edition will feature the single “The […]