Velvet Revolver are to call their new album ‘Libertide’. Currently in production, the record should be released during the late Summer.

The Magic Numbers are heading back to the studio to create the follow up to their Mercury-nominated debut album.The band will begin recording in May at the Allaire Studios in upstate New York, reports US music mag Billboard.The music will be produced by Richard Wilkinson who worked with the band on their self-titled debut.

Breaks Co-op are set to make their debut UK performance next week.The New Zealanders will play London’s Bush Hall on April 24, but without founder member Zane Lowe. Lowe has put the show down to a busy work schedule on Radio 1 and MTV, plus the fact that his first child is due any day […]

Scottish metalheads Mendeed are to headline Subverse 45, which happens in London at the Camden underworld on May 7. Also on the bill are Big Hand, A Day Called Desire, and The Red October. The fun starts at 2pm, running until 6pm.

Canada’s 3 Inches Of Blood have just finished recording demos with Slipknot‘s Joey Jordison. Now, it seems that the drummer will be producing the band’s new, as yet untitled album.

Vaux have finally signed a new deal. It’s with Outlook Music. Their new album, ‘Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice’, is due out in August. The record was originally expected out last September on Atlantic.

Halifax are to release their new album on Drive-Thru at the end of May. It’s to be called ‘The Inevitability Of A Strange World’.

Рђnnihilator leader Jeff Waters has confirmed that the band now have an Official MySpace page.Check out the page to find videos, tracks and everything else Annihilator related.Annihilator will be playing at least 20 shows in Europe this summer in support of their new album, Schizo Deluxe. Dates can also be found at the new MySpace […]

US death metallers Aurora Borealis have released their new album, Relinquish, via Nightsky Productions. Relinquish features Tony Laureano (Angel Corpse, Nile, Dimmu Borgir) on drums. Tracks that appear on the 37-minute CD include: ‘Myths Of The Light’, ‘Let The Games Begin’, ‘Ravaged By Fire’, ‘God Wills It’, ‘The Red Flag’, ‘River Through The Skies’, ‘Tonight […]

Poison lead singer Bret Michaels – who’s gearing up to head out on the group’s 20 Years Of Rock Tour next month – reports he’ll go before the cameras by year’s end in a film based on his own life if all goes as planned. Michaels is the author and producer of the film, tentatively […]