Veteran stoner crew Fu Manchu have signed to the Liquor & Poker label. The band are planning to record 13 original songs, and three covers, for their next album. The latter will be ‘Moving In Stereo’ – The Cars, ‘D.O.A.’ – Van Halen and ‘Who Are You’ Void.

Hope Of The States, Jim Noir and Morning Runner have signed up for this year’s Middlesbrough Music Live festival. Bromhead’s Jacket, Captain, The Fratellis, Larrikin Love, The On Offs, Sunshine Underground, Vincent Vincent And The Villains, The Motorettes and The Noisettes are also on the bill for the free one day event on June 18.This […]

Mystic Circle have a new drummer. This is Astaroth. According to a message, posted at their official website: “After a long time search Mystic Circle found the right one behind the drum set. Astaroth gives the Mystic Circle material a much more brutal feeling then the old drummer.”

Muse have revealed the artwork from their eagerly awaited Black Holes and Revelations album which hits the shops on July 3. Their new single Suppermassive Black Hole is available now for download and is also released on CD on June 19. The band headline the Carling Weekend festival at Reading and Leeds in August and […]

Manowar are to headline next year’s Gods Of Metal Festival, which will happen on June 9. Rhapsody will also be on the bill.

Avenged Sevenfold have posted up a version of the Pantera classic ‘Walk’. Check it out here.

The Blood Brothers are to put out an EP in the near future. As yet untitled, this will include previously unreleased tracks, recorded during sessions for the ‘Crimes‘ album. The band have also been working on a new record, with co-producers Guy Picciotto and John Goodmanson.

Twisted Sister are to release an album of Christmas songs, all done in the inimitable band style, through the Razor & Tie label. However, due to recording commitments on this project, the band have had to cancel two UK shows, namely those in London (June 27) and Nottingham (28).

Franz Ferdinand have revealed further details of their forthcoming single ‘Eleanor Put Your Boots On’.Рўhe Glaswegian four-piece have recorded a new version of the track at a studio in Benton Harbour, Michigan. It was orginally thought that their fourth and final single lifted from ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’, would be released around […]

London band The*Ga*Ga*s have split up. However, vocalist/guitarist Tommy, drummer J Thomopoulos and bassist Toshi Ogawa are planning to start a new band.