San Francisco-based doom metallers Asunder are currently putting the finishing touches to their upcoming full-length album with legendary producer Billy Anderson (Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Cathedral). Currently, the tentative title for this monument is Works Will Come Undone. The album should enshroud the light around mid-late September.

Brutal Truth, Raging Speedhorn, Watch Them Die and Alabama Thunderpussy are all featured on ‘For The Sick – A Tribute To Eeyehategod’. This is due out later in the year on Emetic Recordings.

The Zutons have announced details of the second track to be lifted from their latest album ‘Tired Of Hanging Around’. The band will release ‘Valerie’ on June 19 through Deltasonic.Available on two CDs and a 7″ vinyl, ‘Valerie’ will come backed by ‘April Fool’ on CD1. CD2 will include ‘I Will Be Your Pockets’ and […]

Queens, New York hardcore crew Endwell have signed to Victory. The band started in 2003.

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke and bandmate Jonny Greenwood have played new songs at a special one-off show in London.The concert (May 1) is being held in support of The Big Ask, Friends Of The Earth‘s climate campaign. During the show the band played semi-acoustic versions of some of their biggest hits and three new songs.The […]

Apocalyptica are to release a double CD retrospective at the end of May. It’s to be called ‘Amplified – A Decade Of Reinventing The Cello’. There will also be a double disc DVD, ‘The Life Burns Tour’. A single, ‘Repressed’, is due out in mid-May. This features vocal appearances from Soulfly‘s Max Cavalera and Matt […]

Nevermore guitarist Steve Smyth has been forced to pull out of the band’s US tour with In Flames. This is because he’s suffering from severe kidney problems, and is being temporarily replaced by Jag Panzer‘s Chis Broderick. This is the second medical blow to hit Nevermore, with bassist Jim Sheppard also forced to sit out […]

Stone Sour are to call their second album ‘Come What May’. Expect a release in August.

Bullet For My Valentine are to support Guns n’ Roses, when the latter play the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The dates happen on May 12, 15 and 17.

Venom, Death Angel, Onslaught and Sodom are teaming up for two shows in Tokyo. Under the banner of ‘Thrash Domination’, they play in the city on September 16/17.