Alice Cooper has been given the keys to the town of Alice, North Dakota. However, the place (home to some 60 people) wasn’t actually named after the rock legend, but rather the daughter of a local railway worker!

The Dillinger Escape Plan are plotting to release an iTunes exclusive EP in the near future. No details yet, though, the track listing.

Lamb Of God, Clutch, Chimaira, Unearth and All That Remains are among the bands included on the DVD ‘Sounds Of The Underground Live: Volume 1’. Filmed during last year’s Sounds Of The Underground US tour, it’s released next month by DRT Entertainment.

On June 10, Saturday, at 20:30h at Albena Stadium, Albena Resort, Bulgaria, a special concert will take place. This will be a Summer party, organized by M-tel, DS Music and the Rhythm magazine. Special guests of the party will be the legendary funk band The Earth, Wind & Fire experience feat. Al McKay Allstars. Tickets […]

The Panic Channel have uploaded a video clip of the band’s acoustic version of “Outsider“, shot on the last day of rehearsal prior to the band’s U.S. club tour. Check it out at this location.

Finland’s Nerlich have inked a deal with OSM Records. The band, who were formed in the fall of 2003, play “old-school skull-crushing death metal,” according to a press release. Nerlich have just finished recording their new album, which will be titled “Defabricated Process”. A December 2006 release is expected.

Skindred are to headline this year’s Uxfest, which happens at the Islington Academy and Islington Bar Academy in London on August 6. There will be 21 bands in all, on two stages. Other names confirmed so far are Bring Me The Horizon, Head-On, Biomechanical, Fireapple Red, Engel and PDHM.

Entombed drummer Peter Stjarnvind has left the band, to concentrate on his other project, Nifelheim. Temporarily, at least, his place is being taken by Olle Dahstedt.

Florida punks Hot Water Music have split up. After a decade together, the foursome have decided to go their separate ways, and will announce various new projects soon.

Sufjan Stevens is due to release ‘The Avalanche’ – an album of material culled from the sessions for his ‘Illinois’ record.‘Illinois’ was originally conceived as a double album but, as the project developed, the album became a single. The left-over tracks have been collected together on ‘The Avalanche’, which is due to be released on […]