Muse have confirmed the details of the first single to be taken from their forthcoming new album. The band will release ‘Supermassive Black Hole’ on June 19 although the formats and B-sides are yet to be revealed. Muse will release their as yet untitled new long player on July 3. The band recorded the album […]

Nothington, who include former Tsunami Bomb members Gabe Lindeman and J Northington, will start recording an album with producer Scott Llamas at the end of May. Bassist Matt Mckenzie will be helping out in the studio.

Pearl Jam‘s first European tour in six years will kick off Aug. 23 in Dublin and run through Sept. 30 in Athens. Рўhe band will also headline the U.K.’s Leeds Festival on Aug. 25 and its accompanying Reading Festival two days later.The European jaunt will be followed by a November tour of Australia, with support […]

Wolverine have brought in Per Henriksson to replace departed keyboard player Andrew ‘Bagge’ Baglien. Herinksson has been standing in for Baglien for the past few months.

Former Megadeth bassist James Macdonaugh is to play with SpeedKill/Hate when the US extreme metalheads tour America shortly, as part of the ‘Metal Crusaders’ package.

Eddie Marsh, formerly bassist with Lionsheart and Seven Deadly Sins, has joined young UK metalheads Gripshift.

A Dozen Furies have split up. The band were part of the 2005 US Ozzfest touring bill, after winning a ‘Battle Of The Bands’ contest. They released one album, ‘A Concept Of Fire’. It seems they’ve now grown apart.

It seems that Florida band Cold aren’t yet finished. Despite the recent announcement that they were splitting up, there’s been a change of heart. Cold are taking a break, but will return. In the meantime, frontman Scooter Ward and drummer Sam McCandless are carrying on with their new project, The Witch.

Nightwish are to release the ‘End Of An Era’ DVD in the UK on June 5. This 18-tracker was filmed at the band’s last gig with former singer Tarja Turunen on October 21.

The Almighty are to headline the Bulldog Bash on August 11. This happens at the Shakespeare County Raceway in Warwickshire.