Japanese metal sensations Babymetal have been announced to play Download festival. This marks the second time the band have played the festival, following last year's surprise appearance alongside Dragonforce for an insane rendition of Gimme Chocolate.
At a laid-back pre-party featuring performances from Muncie Girls, Heck and Creeper, Kerrang! announced the nominations for this years Kerrang! Awards via a live seance. The awards ceremony will take place at London's Troxy on June 9 and for the first year, will feature live music from Asking Alexandra and more to be announced.
2000trees Festival has announce its 4th full wave of bands for the huge 2016 event, happening over weekend of 7/8/9 July.
Ruby caught up with the female-fronted band Faultlines from Leeds. The bands exquisite delivery of modern melodic metal is both refreshing and ferocious. Read their chat here...
Walking into the Audio in Glasgow, I was shocked to see how full the venue was already and how diverse the crowd was; their was your full on moshers, your metalheads, your ravers and your new age new age hippies...
The band's latest release is the single 'White Flags' that has been produced by David Bendeth and we have named it our Track of the Day!
Thrash metal titans Destruction are hitting the road this Autumn for a full European tour, including four UK dates. The tour is set to be in support of their May 13 Nuclear Blast Records release Under Attack.
We caught up with Deathrashcore rockers Endrah from Brazil! Their hard hitting beats are nothing short of ferocious and we chatted to their lead singer Relentless...
British melodic hardcore group Create To Inspire are set to join label mates Napoleon on their UK tour as main support. The tour in August, comes after the quintet's support run playing sold-out venues across the UK with While She Sleeps.
US metallers Into The Further today release debut single Daughter of Demolition. The band, fronted by scream queen Emily Patterson have created a haunting track with a great, prominent drum beat and beautiful vocals.
Gareth Rooke went and saw Magic Trik, Griever and headliners, The Dead XIII in Glasgow. The New Grave rockers were in the midst of their tour as they tour their latest release 'Catacombs'. Read what Gareth thought here...
Their mix of Rock, Metal and Electronic elements make for an impressive concoction. Ruby had a chat with the Perth rockers and here it is...
We caught up with Never Found on The Last Sunrise Tour where they took part in our A-Z challenge.
Our Coverage of Butserfest 2015
