REM, Ryan Adams and Idlewild are among the bands to feature on a tribute album dedicated to cult Seventies rockers Big Star.A group of acts all cover tracks by the acclaimed group on ‘Big Star Small World‘. The long-mooted record will finally be released on May 23. Ryan Adams’ former band Whiskeytown also feature, while […]

Testament will no longer be playing Bradford Rio’s on June 3. However, Onslaught and Xentrix intend to go ahead with their appearance at the club on that same night.

Congratulations to Lordi. They’ll be representing Finland in tomorrow’s Eurovision Song Contest, with ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, after making it through the semi final stage.

Sevendust have cancelled their planned tour of the UK and Europe next month. This is due to financial problems.

Avenged Sevenfold and Dragonforce have both been confirmed for the main stage on this Summer’s US Ozzfest tour. This kicks off on June 29.

The City of Birmingham has designated May 21 as Ozzy Osbourne day, in honour of one of its most famous sons. The event happens at the Aston Hall, and will include an Ozzy trivia quiz, plus air guitar contests.

Breaking Benjamin have a new album due out in August. It’s to be called ‘Phobia’ and was produced by David Bendeth. This will be released by Hollywood.

According to Metal Heaven, Finnish act Burning Point have signed a deal with the label. The band started recording for their third album, Burned Down The Enemy, a couple weeks ago and a release date has tentatively been set for the fall of 2006. Some song titles include ‘Deceiver’, ‘Parasite’, ‘From The Beginning Of It […]

Bury Your Dead release their new album through Victory in mid-July. It’s to be called ‘The Beauty And The Breakdown’.

Atheist guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer will be performing the Atheist classic ‘Piece Of Time’ with Australian metalers Alarum on Wednesday, May 24th in St. Petersburg, Florida at the State Theatre. This will be the very first time Kelly has performed this song live since 1993.