Hours ago the Bulgarian doomy blues five-piece band Cigaretta finished the production work on their new video to a track taken from their recent album “Pluke” (released on April 3rd, 2006В through Stain Studio). The song is called “Ascetic” and is featured on the album as the fatal track number 13. The video is written, directed […]

Slayer have now been confirmed for the Carling Weekend Festival, which happens in Reading and Leeds from August 25-27.

Euro power metalheads Firewind are to release their new album in July. It’s to be called ‘Allegiance’. A single, ‘Falling To Pieces’, precedes this in June. The latter is to include a cover of Blackfoot’s ‘Teenage Idol’.

According to blabbermouth.net, VРѕcalist Messiah Marcolin has left Candlemass. Apparently, there were musical disagreements between the singer and the rest of the band over the new album. More soon.

The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower are to release an EP called ‘INRI’ on May 9. This will be on the Art Fag label.

Norwegian trio Communic are to release a new album through Nuclear Blast on May 22. It’s called ‘Waves Of Visceral Decay’.

Tarja Turunen, the former Nightwish singer, is to release a Christmas album at the end of the year. The English title is ‘Breath From Heaven’, and this will be on the Universal label. Recording will happen during the Summer, with producer Esa Nieminen.

The Streets have announced that their next single will be Never Went To Church.The ballad will be the second single from Mike Skinner‘s third album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living.The track sees Skinner confront the death of his dad, after a long battle with illness.Never Went To Church is due in shops […]

Gosforth Gathering is a new, independently run 2 day community music festival for all ages, located on the outskirts of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the north east of England. The line-up: Saturday 5th August The Stranglers, Therapy?, Stiff Little Fingers, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, Buzzcocks, The Exploited, Antiproduct, Spunge and Adequate Seven. Sunday 6th August Biffy […]

PJ Harvey is releasing her first Live DVD next month. It’s entitled ‘PJ Harvey On Tour – Please Leave Quietly’ will hit the shelves on 1st May