Рўhe legendary New York-band Sick Of It All will play at Sofia’s Black Box on April 23rd (Sunday). (A year ago the same place saw a gig by another American legendary band – Agnostic Front.) Support will come from Bulgarian bands Not Broken In Spirit and Last Hope. The gig is set to start at […]

Ronnie James Dio is not re-joining Black Sabbath. The legendary singer is currently collaborating with guitarist Tony Iommi on a planned box set based on the band’s Dio era, and this will include new songs. But there will be no tour.

Thursday have been forced to cancel a number of shows in Canada. This is because vocalist Geoff Rickley is suffering from severe throat problems.

Sham 69‘s Jimmy Pursey has adapted the band’s hit song ‘Hurry Up Harry’ for the World Cup. He’s recorded a version called ‘Hurry Up England’. All proceeds from sales will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

GWAR are to release a career-spanning DVD called ‘Blood-Bath & Beyond’,to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The band are also working on a new album,‘Go To Hell’. It’s being produced by Devin Townsend.

San Francisco band Every Move A Picture are to release their debut album in June.‘Heart = Weapon’ is released on June 5 through V2. It’s preceded by a single, ‘Signs Of Life’, on May 22.

Arctic Monkeys kicked off their first headlining UK tour of 2006 in Nottingham last night (April 13).The tour has been one of the year’s hottest tickets, and the band will debut new tracks from their forthcoming EP ‘Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys’ (out on April 24).

Leaves’ Eyes will release a new EP entitled “Legend Land” on June 2nd through Napalm Records. A release party is being held on May 20th at Kornhaus Hunfeld in Hunfeld, Germany to give fans a chance to hear the EP two weeks ahead of time. Drummer Moritz Neuner will be a special guest DJ for […]

Irish soft-rockers Snow Patrol unveiled songs from their forthcoming album Eyes Open at a sold out gig at London’s Koko on April 12.Gary Lightbody and co delivered an 18-song set, balancing the new material with an equal measure of crowd-pleasing favourites, such as Chocolate, Spitting Games and How To Be Dead. The band are now […]

Scottish metalheads Mendeed have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band have also announced they’ll support Slayer on the UK/European ‘Unholy Alliance Tour’ at the end of the year.