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 […]

Graham Coxon has been added to the bill of Newquay’s Ripcurl Unleashed Music Festival.The pop legend joins bands including Feeder, Starsailor and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly at the festival, which ends a week of outdoor sporting events.The music part of the festival will take place on the 4th and 5th of August.

The Raconteurs have announced a new set of North American tour dates that will see them head out again in the late summer.Having previously announced details of their first ever North American tour last month the band featuring Jack White and Brendan Benson will play ten dates in SeptРµmber.The gigs kick off in Houston at […]

The Rolling Stones have confirmed details of their next single. The wrinkly rockers will release the latest track from their album ‘A Bigger Bang’, ‘Biggest Mistake’ on August 21. The release coincides with the European leg of their World Tour.

“Waterloo to Anywhere,” the debut album from ex-Libertines principal Carl Barat‘s new band Dirty Pretty Things, will be released Aug. 1 in North America via Interscope. The set has been out since last month internationally; first single “Bang Bang You’re Dead” reached No. 5 on the U.K. singles chart, while the album debuted at No. […]

Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick has died. He was 55. Welnick took over as the cult band’s keyboard player in 1990 and continued until the band retired from performing following the death of founder and frontman Jerry Garcia in 1995.