System Of A Down have announced that they’re to take a lengthy break, following their headlining stint on this year’s US Ozzfest tour. The band are not splitting up, but it may be a few years before we see them again.

Soil have now confirmed three club shows in the UK,in addition to their appearance at the Download Festival. These happen at London Camden Underworld June 7 (with Clutch and Blindside), Southend Chinnery’s 8, Edinburgh Studio 24 11.

Firebird are to play 5 shows in the UK in the perdiod 7-28 May. Harry Armstrong, from End Of Level Boss, will be joining the band for this tour, on guitar.

Three of Depeche Mode‘s best-known albums will be reissued May 16 via Rhino in expanded form. The band’s 1981 debut “Speak & Spell,” 1987’s “Music for the Masses” and 1990’s “Violator” will be bolstered with a bonus DVD disc featuring a 5.1 audio mix, B-sides and remixes and new interviews with band members about the […]

Hatebreed have now signed to Roadrunner. Their new album, ‘Supremacy’, is released at the end of August.

Mogwai are to release an EP to coincide with a host of European summer festival appearances.The band, currently touring North America, release the ‘Travel Is Dangerous’ EP on June 26. As well as the title track, which is taken from the band’s current album ‘Mr Beast’, the EP will feature an Acid Casuals mix of […]

Henry Rollins and Evergrey have been added to the bill for the Download Festival, which happens from June 9-11 at Donington.

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has confirmed that the bands comeback single will be the track ‘In The Morning’.The London based four piece will release the song on July 3 with their sophomore album, whichВ has the working title of ‘Wham Bam Boom’, following shortly after.Borrell described the single as “too fast in the morning and too […]

Swedish Viking metalheads Amon Amarth are currently recording a new, as yet unttitled album. Due out through Metal Blade in September, it’s being produced by Jens Bogren.

White Stripes singer Jack White and his wife Karen Elson are celebrating the birth of their first child, a baby girl.The Detroit Free Press reports that Scarlett Teresa was born on Tuesday in Tennessee, where the couple live.The singer-guitarist’s side project, The Raconteurs, release their debut album next week.