Fall-Out Boy are to start recording a new album in June. Neal Avron will do the bulk of the production work, although Babyface will also be involved. And the band hope to persuade members of Taking Back Sunday and My Chemical Romance to guest on the as yet untitled record.

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.

Billy Talent will have a new album in the shops during late June. Released by Atlantic, it will be called ‘Billy Talent II’.

Slayer will now release their new, as yet untitled album in July. Produced by Josh Abraham, they hope to precede this with a digital release on June 6. Among the 11 tracks on the album are ‘Eyes Of The Insane’, ‘Cult’, ‘Catalyst’, ‘Jihad’ and ‘Catatonic’.

Evanescence will finally release their new album in August. It’s to be called ‘The Open Door’.

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.