So, Dez Fafara. The man is a beast. DevilDriver’s tattooed, muscle-bound frontman looks like he could crush metallers half his age under his little finger. The band’s brutal sixth album, ‘Winter Kills’, lands on August 26 and we thought it only right to grill him on his unique voice, co-headline tours, covers and the band’s constant evolution.

Mikill Pane has added Glasgow and Edinburgh shows to his string of October tour dates.

Orange County's Avenged Sevenfold have revealed the music video for the title track from their eagerly-awaited new album, 'Hail To The King'. 

Legendary group Earth Wind & Fire will be bringing the sounds of new album 'Now, Then & Forever' to the UK in October.

Bring Me The Horizon have revealed the video for Can You Feel My Heart, another cut from their 'Sempiternal' album.

Legendary prog rock icon Ian Anderson has announced a 22-date UK tour for 2014, which will follow the release of his new concept album.

Årabrot are genuinely filthy. Not in the lewd, posturing sense of a Mötley Crüe or Steel Panther though. They are grimy and nasty, as they proved it on 2011’s ‘Solar Anus’, which was an obscene chunk of blackened noise sludge.

Mutya Keisha Siobhan have unveiled the video for Flatline, their debut single.

Canadian multi-platinum pop-rockers Barenaked Ladies have confirmed UK and Irish live dates for November and December 2013.

The 2013 Welsh Music Prize shortlist has been revealed, and it features Gruff Rhys' Neon Neon, ex-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci lead singer Euros Child, Zervas & Pepper, Winter Villains, Little Arrow and Metabeats,​ among others.

Matt Goss has confirmed a short residency at London's Cafe De Paris for October.

American star Miley Cyrus has announced the release date of her brand new album ‘BANGERZ’.

Parquet Courts will release a new EP, 'Tally All The Things That You Broke', on October 7.

Buckcherry have released a new music video for their latest single, Nothing Left But Tears.

Paradise Lost will release 'Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)' on October 21. The influential metallers will celebrate 25 years together with the rarities compilation, which also features re-recorded versions of Gothic and Our Saviour, as well as a new track, Loneliness Remains.

Emily Maguire has confirmed a long run of UK dates for autumn and winter 2013.

Pharrell Williams believes that new Daft Punk single, Lose Yourself to Dance, on which he features, would have been a winner with David Bowie behind the microphone.

Most taglines are slightly hyperbolic. Not so in the case of Boomtown Fair. It’s dubbed “the maddest city in the country” and, well, that’s pretty much accurate.

The Who will not be pursuing action against One Direction over their track Best Song Ever, which is seen by some as being a take-off of Baba O’Riley.

Wardruna will play their first UK show later this year, touching down at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on October 24.