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.

The Dillinger Escape Plan are to release their download only EP on June 13. Available through iTunes, it will feature new versions of old DEP songs ‘Unretrofied’ and ‘The Perfect Design’, plus covers of ‘Wish’ (Nine Inch Nails), ‘Angel’ (Massive Attack), ‘Jesus Christ Pose’ (Soundgarden) and ‘Like I Love You’ (Justin Timberlake).

Fireball Ministry will support Finland’s H.I.M. at the House of Blues in Hollywood, CA on June 11th. This will be H.I.M.’s final U.S. performance of the summer, and the groups’ first West Coast show together. (They performed five concerts along the East Coast late last year as part of Bam Margera‘s inaugural Viva La Bands […]

A new interview with Danish rockers D-A-D is currently available online at this location.D-A-D released a new live DVD/CD package, entitled Scare Yourself Alive, on May 8th via EMI. The group’s latest studio album, Scare Yourself, was released in Europe via Noise/Sanctuary on May 23rd, 2005.

‘The Smoke’, the second single from the Eclipse album by progressive metallers Amorphis, is scheduled for release in Finland on June 7th. Included on the CD is the video clip for ‘House Of Sleep’.

Hatesphere have updated their website with new batch of live photos. Check them out at this location.As previously reported, Hatesphere‘s The Sickness Within album will be released in the U.S. on September 12th through SPV/Steamhammer.

Relapse Records has announced the signing of Poland’s Antigama. The Warsaw-based, progressive grindcore quartet is comprised of Lukasz Myszkowski (vocals), Sebastian Rokicki (guitar), Michal Pietrasik (bass) and Krzysztof Bentkowski (drums).

Funk-rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers topped the U.S. charts for the first time in its 22-year history on Wednesday. The Chili Peppers‘ two-disc set, “Stadium Arcadium,” opened with sales of 442,500 copies, a record for the Los Angeles-based quartet.“Stadium Arcadium” was also tops in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, […]

Elbow, The Divine Comedy, Jose Gonzalez and Damian Marley are among the acts who will play at The Summer Series.The gigs kick off on July 6 and run until the July 16 at the London venue.Robert Plant and Corinne Bailey Rae also perform.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are slated to join Keith Urban, the Black Crowes, Big & Rich and Nickelback at Rock ‘n the Rally, a five-day music festival to be held this August in South Dakota during the celebrated Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.