The City of Birmingham has designated May 21 as Ozzy Osbourne day, in honour of one of its most famous sons. The event happens at the Aston Hall, and will include an Ozzy trivia quiz, plus air guitar contests.

Breaking Benjamin have a new album due out in August. It’s to be called ‘Phobia’ and was produced by David Bendeth. This will be released by Hollywood.

According to Metal Heaven, Finnish act Burning Point have signed a deal with the label. The band started recording for their third album, Burned Down The Enemy, a couple weeks ago and a release date has tentatively been set for the fall of 2006. Some song titles include ‘Deceiver’, ‘Parasite’, ‘From The Beginning Of It […]

Bury Your Dead release their new album through Victory in mid-July. It’s to be called ‘The Beauty And The Breakdown’.

Atheist guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer will be performing the Atheist classic ‘Piece Of Time’ with Australian metalers Alarum on Wednesday, May 24th in St. Petersburg, Florida at the State Theatre. This will be the very first time Kelly has performed this song live since 1993.

The Dillinger Escape Plan are to release their download only EP on June 13. Available through iTunes, it will feature new versions of old DEP songs ‘Unretrofied’ and ‘The Perfect Design’, plus covers of ‘Wish’ (Nine Inch Nails), ‘Angel’ (Massive Attack), ‘Jesus Christ Pose’ (Soundgarden) and ‘Like I Love You’ (Justin Timberlake).

One of the most influential American-spawned bands will be celebrated with the five-disc box set, “The Byrds: There is a Season.” Due Aug. 29 via Columbia/Legacy, the package compiles 99 studio and live tracks on four CDs and pairs them with a DVD featuring the band’s appearances on U.S. and U.K. television shows in the […]

Bassist Rob ‘Blasko’ Nicholson has left Rob Zombie‘s band. He’s officially joined Ozzy‘s recording/touring line-up.

Train, Pink and Nickel Creek are among the acts confirmed to play Atlanta’s Star Fest, set for July 22 in the city’s Atlantic Station.Рўhe all-day concert will feature two stages. Aqualung, Mat Kearney and Atlanta’s own the Whigs are also set to perform, along with a host of local acts yet to be named.

Izzy Stradlin joined Guns n’ Roses onstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York last night. He performed the song ‘Think About You’ with Axl and the band.