Red Hot Chili Peppers return with ‘Dani California’ on May 1st on Warner Bros. Records. ‘Dani California’ represents the first track to be taken from their eagerly anticipated double-CD album ‘Stadium Arcadium’ that follows on May 8th.

Beautiful Days, the 3 day festival organised by The Levellers which takes place at Escot Park near Honiton in Devon, has announced details of this years line up. Killing Joke, Gomez and The Levellers themselves will headline the three days from 18th to the 20th August. Other artists will include reggae legends Steel Pulse along […]

Hours ago the Bulgarian doomy blues five-piece band Cigaretta finished the production work on their new video to a track taken from their recent album “Pluke” (released on April 3rd, 2006В through Stain Studio). The song is called “Ascetic” and is featured on the album as the fatal track number 13. The video is written, directed […]

Slayer have now been confirmed for the Carling Weekend Festival, which happens in Reading and Leeds from August 25-27.

Euro power metalheads Firewind are to release their new album in July. It’s to be called ‘Allegiance’. A single, ‘Falling To Pieces’, precedes this in June. The latter is to include a cover of Blackfoot’s ‘Teenage Idol’.

According to blabbermouth.net, VРѕcalist Messiah Marcolin has left Candlemass. Apparently, there were musical disagreements between the singer and the rest of the band over the new album. More soon.

The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower are to release an EP called ‘INRI’ on May 9. This will be on the Art Fag label.

‘Visceral Darkwavers’ NFD are to release their second album on June 5. Called ‘Dead Pool Rising’, it’ll be on the Jungle label.

W.A.S.P. have a new drummer. He’s Larry Howe of Vicious Rumors, who replaces Stet Howland for the band’s upcoming tour.

Cannibal Corpse are to re-issue their classic album ‘The Bleeding’ through Metal Blade on June 19. This will include one extra audio track, a cover version of Possessed’s ‘The Exorcist’, plus the video clip for ‘Staring Through The Eyes Of The Dead’.