Mark Gardener shot to fame as part of the 90’s ‘shoegaze’ scene with Oxford band Ride and enjoyed success with some landmark albums of the genre, most notably debut offering ‘Nowhere’ and follow up ‘Going Blank Again’, the latter featuring the classic ‘Leave Them All Behind’.

System of a Down fans, we know you’ve been waiting for a brand new album, and with the band recently touring alongside Deftones and being confirmed as one of the main acts at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, we hoped that such a record would materialise.

Matthew Robert Cooper has been making music under the Eluvium moniker for a decade now. In that time he has become, relatively speaking, something of a big name in the ambient music world but, for many, he is still yet to release a definitive record for his project. With the epic ‘Nightmare Ending’ it feels like Cooper is going for broke to a certain extent. Is this the definitive statement that listeners have been waiting for?

American superstar Jay-Z has taken to radio to quash rumours that his wife Beyonce is pregnant with what would be their second child.

Placebo have today announced the title and the release date for their seventh studio album 'Loud Like Love' which will be released on the 16th September, 2013. Recorded in London at RAK Studios during 2012 and early 2013, the album has been produced by Adam Noble and features 10 brand new studio tracks. 

Paradise Lost have announced a handful of UK gigs to mark their 25th anniversary as a band. Joining Paradise Lost for the short tour will be Lacuna Coil with another very special guest to be announced shortly.

Having announced their return with news of new album 'This Savage Land', set for release on Monday September 2nd, Black Spiders today confirm they will hit the road for an October UK tour.

Californian heavy metal outfit Huntress are back with a brand new album this year - and they’ve already unveiled it’s first track, which was co-written with Motorhead legend Lemmy.

Alt-rock outfit Everything Everything have announced that their brand new single ‘Don’t Try’ will hit shelves on June.

Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington has been announced as the new frontman of Stone Temple Pilots, following the recent firing of Scott Weiland.

American singer-songwriter Cat Power has apparently decided to pack her bags and leave the US, having posted a lengthy rant about the country via her Instagram account.

Following her spring UK tour, X Factor star Janet Devlin has confirmed dates for a new autumn UK trek.

One of the most impressive progressive acts to emerge in recent years, TesseracT are back on the road ahead of the release of their superb second album Altered State, which is reviewed here. Jonathan Rimmer chats to guitarist James (aka Metal by his peers) before their scintillating​ Glasgow performance.

The Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek has sadly passed away, aged 74.

The multi-million selling, incomparable Elton John is to lead star-studded line-up celebrating the best of British songwriting at the final Friday of Barclaycard's British Summer Time concerts at London's Hyde Park.

New Model Army are set to tour the UK this autumn, following the release of their forthcoming as-yet-untitled new album.

On 12th July Japanese four-piece Taffy return to the UK to tour they’re new record debut ‘Lixiviate’ released on Club AC30 this summer. The tour kicks off with two dates opening for the prestigious The Wedding Present.

Following the success of their recent single ‘I Am Electric’, Heaven's Basement will be releasing ‘Fire, Fire' from ‘Filthy Empire’, in celebration of their Download appearance.

Phoenix, Arizona's Blessthefall have announced a UK headline tour for October. Glass Cloud and Oceans Ate Alaska also coming along for the ride in support.

The first music video from Beady Eye's new record, 'BE', has just gone live - for single 'Second Bite of the Apple'.