Aussie punks The Living End have signed a North American label deal with Adeline, which is partly owned by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. As a result, he band’s new album, ‘State Of Emergency’, is to be issued in the US and Canada in July.

Shadows Fall have uploaded a new track called ‘In Effigy’ onto their official website. This is taken from upcoming album ‘Fallout From The War’, due for release next month.

Former UFO guitarist Paul Chapman has teamed up with ex-MSG singer Robin McAuley and Doro drummer Johnny Dee in a new, as yet unnamed project. The trio have been recording new versions of classic UFO songs from Chapman’s time in the band.

German metalcore crew Heaven Shall Burn are currently finishing up their new, as yet untitled album. Expect a release later in the year.

The Russian Art Progressive Folk Metal band Tumulus are to have two concerts in Bulgaria. On May 9th (Tuesday) the band will play in Sofia at O!Shipka club. Support will come from the Bulgarian band Granulom. On May 11th (Thursday), Tumulus will have a gig in Varna, at Zone 51 club, where the bands Catalepsia, […]

‘Coachella: The Film’ is to be released on DVD on June 19. It features performances filmed at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival over the past six years. Included are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pixies, The Mars Volta, plus Iggy & The Stooges. There’s also more than hour of bonus interview footage.

Ontario band Hostage Life have signed a deal with Household Name for the UK/Europe. Their first release will be the EP ‘Sing For The Enemy’, due out on May 22.

Florida-based Wykked Wytch has made available for download as an online exclusive, the uncensored video for the title track of their forthcoming album ‘Awakened’ at this location. The audio in the track is from a pre-production demo. A new edit of the video including new audio will be able as a multimedia file on the […]

Gay For Johnny Depp, Get cape Wear Cape Fly, Getamped, Viking Skull and Evergrey have all been confirmed for the Snicker’s Stage at this year’s Download Festival. This happens at Donington from June 9-11.

US rockers Firehouse are the latest act confirmed for Z Rock 06 Part 2, which is being held on Sunday, September 24th at JB’s in Dudley, UK. Other acts confirmed for the event include: Toby Jepson (ex-Little Angels), Snakeryder, Lost Weekend, Tiger Tailz, Eden.