Veteran German thrashers Destruction are to headline the Irish Day Of Darkness Festival, which happens in Ballylinan, Co. Laois on July 7/8. The full list of bands is:JULY 7 – Moonsorrow, Geasa, Sorrowfall, Ground Of Ruin, Minds Astray.JULY 8– Destruction, Primordial, Morphosis, Hexxed, Mass Extinction, Aftermath, Primed, For Ruin, A Distant Sun, Nothing is Sacred.

311, Jurassic 5, the Wailers are the first artists set for the second U.S. edition of U.K.’s Download Festival. The event will encompass two concerts: Aug. 20 with the aforementioned bands at the Tweeter Center outside Boston and Sept. 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco, with a lineup to be announced.

Leeds band Tangaroa are to release an EP through Anticulture on August 14. It’s called ‘Day‘.

Rx Bandits are to release their new album in October. Called ‘…And The Battle Begun’, it will be on singer Matt Embree‘s label, MDB Records.

Downloadpunk.com have made available a bonus CD of 19 tracks, to go with the new VANS Warped Tour album. This bonus disc includes songs from Halid#fax, The Hope Conspiracy, Atreyu, Scars Of Tomorrow and The Fall Of Troy.

Razorlight have announced some UK shows for the Autumn: Aberdeen AECC October 20, Hull Arena 21, Sheffield Arena 22, Nottingham Arena 24, Swindon Oasis Centre 25, Plymouth Pavillion 26, Cardiff Arena 28, Brighton Centre 31, London Wembley Arena November 1.

Primal Scream have been added to the bill for this year’s Roskilde Festival. The quite brilliant Mancunians join a plethora of top acts on the Danish Festival’s eclectic bill. Also playing the musical extravaganza are the likes of Sigur Ros, Kanye West, Placebo, Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand, Tool and Arctic Monkeys. Roskilde takes place on June […]

Slayer have uploaded new song ‘Cult’ for streaming on their official website. This comes from their new, as yet untitled album, due out at the end of July.

Rock trio Oysterhead is hoping to mount its first tour since 2001 later this year. Рўhe group, which features drummer Stewart Copeland, guitarist Trey Anastasio and bassist Les Claypool, will return to live duty later this month at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn.Oysterhead‘s lone album, “The Grand Pecking Order”, was released in 2001 by […]

Perry Farrell‘s new band Satellite Party has signed with Columbia, which will release its self-titled debut album later this year. Рўhe project boasts guest appearances by Red Hot Chili Peppers members Flea and John Frusciante, plus New Order bassist Peter Hook.