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 […]

New Swedish death metal band Death Breath have signed to the Black Lodge label. Death Breath feature Nicke Andersson (Entombed, Nihilist), Robert Pehrsson (Runemagick, Deathwitch) and Magnus Hedquist (Grinderbitch, Ruthless Mausoleum). Their debut album will be released in September, and has guest vocals from Scott Carlson (Repulsion) and Jörgen Sandström (Grave, Entombed).

Dark Tranquillity have been added to the bill for this year’s Ragnarock UK Festival, which happens at the Perth Concert Hall in Central Scotland on November 4. They join the following names on the bill: Gamma Ray, Dream Evil, Kalmah, Astral Doors, Charon, Elvenking, Circus Maximus, Intense and Headless Cross.

Primal Fear are to release a compilation album in late September. It’s to be called ‘Metal Is Forvever’, and will come with a bonus CD, featuring ‘classic metal tracks’.

Lostprophets return with their first single in over 18 months with the release of the euphoric anthem ‘Rooftops (A Liberation Transmission)’ on 19th June 2006 for Visible Noise. The band gave the new track, alongside 2 others from new album ‘Liberation Transmission’, its first airing in the UK recently in front of 25,000 fans when […]

Jarvis Cocker, Air and The Divine Comedy have joined forces for French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg‘s forthcoming album.Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich has also signed up for the ’21 Grams’ star’s project ‘5:55’.Cocker and The Divine Comedy‘s Neil Hannon have penned lyrics for the album, which is due out on September 4.Air‘s Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel […]