Sikth are to release their second album in the UK on June 26. It’s called ‘Death Of A Dead Day’ and will be on the BielerBros label.

Athlete have begun work on their new album, according the a posting on their official site.The album will be the follow up to 2005’s ‘Tourist’. “It’s coming along soooooo well…Just can’t wait to get in now. It’s been a good week all round. Joel (Pott, singer/guitarist), Tim (Wanstall, keyboards) and I got together to play […]

Wolfmother have announced details of a secret show. The retro rockers are planning to play The Camden Crawl tomorrow (April 20). The gig will take place at 5pm at the G Lounge on 18 Kentish Town Road. The band are set to play a mini tour in support of their debut album Wolfmother:Wolfmother’, which is […]

Candlelight Records has premiered ‘Vengeance Rising’ from Keep Of Kalessin‘s new album, Armada, at the label’s official My Space page. Last weekend the band performed at Norway’s famous Inferno Festival in Oslo where they were dubbed the big buzz band of the fest.

US death metallers Aurora Borealis have released their new album, Relinquish, via Nightsky Productions. Relinquish features Tony Laureano (Angel Corpse, Nile, Dimmu Borgir) on drums. Tracks that appear on the 37-minute CD include: ‘Myths Of The Light’, ‘Let The Games Begin’, ‘Ravaged By Fire’, ‘God Wills It’, ‘The Red Flag’, ‘River Through The Skies’, ‘Tonight […]

Poison lead singer Bret Michaels – who’s gearing up to head out on the group’s 20 Years Of Rock Tour next month – reports he’ll go before the cameras by year’s end in a film based on his own life if all goes as planned. Michaels is the author and producer of the film, tentatively […]

UK rockers Tigertailz are the final act confirmed for this year’s Z Rock 06 Festival, being held on Sunday, September 24th at JB’s in Dudley, UK. The bill also features Toby Jepson, former frontman of the Little Angels, Snakeryder and Eden.

Less Than Jake are to release a special edition of new album ‘In With The Out Crowd’. This will come with a bonus DVD (including studio footage) and a CD-ROM (with live, acoustic and re-mixed songs). This is to be packaged in a leather-bound book, with a signed poster.

They may not have an album title as yet, but Machine Head have confirmed some of the song titles for the next record. These include ‘Hale’, ‘Aesthetics Of Hate’, ‘The Beautiful Morning’ and ‘Now I Lay Thee Down’. No news yet on whe recording will start.

Dog Fashion Disco have a new keyboardist. He’s Tim Swanson, who’s replaced Jeff Siegel.