You may now watch online the new video to the track “Ascetic” by the Sofia-based doomy-blues five-piece band Cigaretta.The band, featuring Vla_Doom, Klim_End, D_Echo, Mic_Hail and Bo_Betz, is also to have a live-gig with the Swiss noise-terrorists Mir. This will take place at Sofia’s O!Shipka Club, on May 23rd.

The full-length debut from Burn In Silence, entitled “Angel Maker”, is scheduled for a July 25 release through Prosthetic Records. Production duties were handled by Ken Susi (Unearth), while mixing was handled by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Himsa). Previous releases for the band include 2004’s “Pure As Your First Day” EP, and a split seven-inch […]

Eighteen Visions release their new, self-titled album through Trustkill in mid-July. Right now, check out new song ‘Victim’ here.

Sick Of It All are to have current album ‘Death To Tyrants’ released on limited edition coloured vinyl at the end of June. It will be available on the Think Fast! label.

The Manic Street Preachers front man James Dean Bradfield will release his debut album ‘The Great Western’ on July 24 and precede it with the single ‘That’s No Way To Tell A Lie’ on July 10.The album also sees a contribution from Nicky Wire who wrote the lyrics for ‘Bad Boys And Painkillers’ and a […]

Stone Sour have now brought in Roy Mayorga of Soulfly as their permanent drummer. The band’s new album, ‘Come What(ever) May’, is due out in late August.

Society 1 have set “The Years of Spiritual Dissent” as the title for their first release through Crash Music, Inc. The set is a collection of material featured on Society 1‘s first two albums — “Slacker Jesus” and “Words as Carriers” — plus two cover songs, a brand new track entitled “This Is The End”, […]

Buckcherry have signed a deal with Atlantic. The band’s new album, ‘Fifteen’ (already out in America), will now be available on the label.

Рўwo live video clips of Alice Cooper performing in Ottawa on Saturday, May 6 have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check out the clips for “Dirty Diamond” (video) and “The Awakening/Steven” (video).

The current line-up for this year’s Download Festival is as follows: June 9: Main Stage Tool, Deftones, Coheed & Cambria, Soulfly, Strapping Young Lad, Soil, Amplifier. Snickers Stage All-American Rejects, Atreyu, InMe, Sevendust, Clutch, Fishbone, Dredg, Bleeding Through, Throwdown. Gibson/ MySpace.Com Stage Ginger & The Sonic Circus, Backyard Babies, Cathedral Engerica, Bullets & Octane, My […]