Irish soft-rockers Snow Patrol unveiled songs from their forthcoming album Eyes Open at a sold out gig at London’s Koko on April 12.Gary Lightbody and co delivered an 18-song set, balancing the new material with an equal measure of crowd-pleasing favourites, such as Chocolate, Spitting Games and How To Be Dead. The band are now […]

Scottish metalheads Mendeed have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band have also announced they’ll support Slayer on the UK/European ‘Unholy Alliance Tour’ at the end of the year.

The Lightning Seeds are reportedly set to be resurrected for a tour and festival dates over the summer. An official announcement looks likely to be made over the next week coinciding with the release of Best Of album. Apart from some solo work, Lightning Seeds lynchpin has mainly beРµn focusing on producing the likes of […]

Kaiser Chiefs have announced an intimate warm-up show for their forthcoming UK tour.The band are set to play arenas across the UK from April 19, but will kick their tour off at The Garage in Glasgow on April 17.

Norwegian band ‘I‘ have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band – who include members of Immortal, Enslaved and Gorgoroth – will start recording their debut album at the end of April.

On Tuesday, April 18, only two days before the great gig the legendary band Review with Vasso Gyurov will enter Tangra Mega Rock‘s studio. At 12:00 noon time. At Supermarket Varbanov! On Wednesday, April 19, at 12:00 noon time again – the same will happen to Hipodil! Finally – at a media – not sensored!!!

The new 28th issue of the pro-Rock magazine for Righteous Music willВ be out this Saturday, April 15th. The issue will contain 8 extra pages (76p. in total), and you can get an idea of what will be featured by clicking here.В В 

The Vines have confirmed details of the next single to be taken from their album ‘Vision Valley’.The trio will release ‘Anysound’ on May 22 in three formats, CD plus two limited edition 7” vinyl’s. The CD format will be backed by a AOL Country Version of ‘Get Free’.The first 7” format will come as a […]

Bloc Party have chosen a producer for their upcoming second album.Tentatively titled ‘Urbanite Relaxation’, the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Silent Alarm’, will be produced by former Compulsion guitarist now successful producer Jacknife Lee.

Mastodon have posted their version of Metallica’s ‘Orion’ at www.myspace.com/mastodon. This is the finished version, as compared to what is said to be the unmastered cut that appeared on the recent ‘Remastered’ album, the 20th anniversary tribute to the ‘Master Of Puppets’ record, put together by Kerrang! magazine.