The dust has settled and all 14 new acts on the Download bill have been confirmed. The slightly over eager Soundgarden upstaged the second wave of announcements by releasing the latest version of the event’s official poster over 4 hours early for one brief moment, which is all the time you need on the internet for the news to spread everywhere. Since then
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The first five acts announced in tonight’s piecemeal Download line up roll out are Soundgarden, Chase & Status, Biffy Clyro, You Me At Six, and Tenacious D. Rumours circulating ahead of the release have proved to be rather close to the truth. Soundgarden are easily the biggest band confirmed in this latest cluster. Soundgarden are easily the biggest band confirmed in this latest cluster.[...]

Today’s the day that Download Festival ramps up its 2012 campaign with the addition of another 14 bands to the bill anticipated this evening, released in two bursts on BBC Radio One. The first round of acts are expected to be announced by DJ Zane Lowe during his 7pm show with the rest being released during the Daniel P. Carter Rock Show at midnight.[...]

This weekend sees the release of the long awaited Iron Man 2. This latest installment of the armored titans tales sees Tony Stark(Played by Robert Downey Jr ) pressured by the United States government to share his technology and pursued by those determined for revenge. The film looks set to be the same sarcastic thrill [...]

Twitter Feeds: Gotta love them.  A mere four and a half hours later than their previous announcement that Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith were to headline,  Thirty Seconds to Mars, Stone Sour, Billy Idol, Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch have all been added to the Download 2010 line-up. There are a [...]

This time around we thought we’d give you the best of the best. Some of the best opening tracks of alternative albums released in the last ten years. Now this was so much of a mammoth task we have recorded for you a mammoth podcast, one which comes in two chunks for easy consumption! You [...]

Fresh from their tour with Dimmu Borgir on the Defenders of the Faith stint in the UK, Lamb of God brought along Redneck and Unearth for on more show on these fair lands, and fittingly in a town very much renowned for producing metal. But actual metal. Like, steel and stuff. Arriving just in time [...]

  While I sit around pondering about whether or not Tool will release another album this decade, Lamb of God came along with their sixth. 2006 saw them gain the most attention of their career with the brilliant “Sacrament” album, mostly due to the fact that “Redneck”, the lead single, may well be the catchiest [...]