They’ve hinted at its impending release and now it’s confirmed- PERIPHERY will release their ‘Iracus Lives! EP‘ in the UK on April 17th. The full track listing of the EP is confirmed as follows:

New Groove
Frak The Gods
Jetpacks Was Yes! (v2.0)
Icarus Lives!
Icarus Lives! (Bulbous Remix)
Icarus Lives! (Zedd Remix)
Icarus Lives! (PeteyG Remix)
Captain On
Eureka

The tracks, with the exception of ‘Icarus Lives’ were all produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by guitarist Misha “Bulb” Mansoor at “Bulb’s Bedroom Studios”. The EP will be released digitally at all the usual platforms.

Having just completed a sold-out UK run of club shows, the band will return to the UK later this year to play at Sonisphere Festival, which takes place at Knebworth Friday 8th- Sunday 10th July. Their self titled debut is in stores now.

Today REVOKER have revealed the artwork for their forhcoming debut album REVENGE FOR THE RUTHLESS– check it out now to the left!! The album is set for a release here in the UK on the 2nd May and features debut single Stay Down which is available now over at iTunes and all the usual digital platforms. You can check out the track and their recent MP3 giveaway track ‘Thief’ (also from the album) in the player below.

The band, fresh from a stint supporting label-mate Rob Zombie, are currently preparing for a co-headline tour with Holy Grail. Grab tickets from our Tours Page now. Dates are as follows:

Wed 16 Mar – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy 3
Thu 17 Mar – CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Fri 18 Mar – PRESTATYN Hammerfest
Sat 19 Mar – COVENTRY Kasbah
Sun 20 Mar – MANCHESTER Roadhouse
Mon 21 Mar – SHEFFIELD Corporation
Tue 22 Mar – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 2
Wed 23 Mar – GLASGOW King Tuts
Thu 24 Mar – LEEDS Cockpit 3
Fri 25 Mar – NOTTINGHAM Rock City Basement
Sat 26 Mar – OXFORD Academy 2
Sun 27 Mar – SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
Mon 28 Mar – LONDON Barfly

Check out the clip below for the view from behind the cameras filming WITHIN TEMPTATION as they perform for their video for the lead single ‘Faster‘, taken from forthcoming album The Unforgiving (which hits stores on teh 28th March).

You can pre-order the album online now over it iTunes HERE now, and you can also pre-order the CD online- and if you do this at HMV you could get one of a limited number of SIGNED copies- check that offer out this location!

We’re getting ever closer to the release of the 2nd full length from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY– the unashamedly brutal Blunt Force Trauma– on March 28th and so today, the band have revealed the first video from the release over with our friends and defenders of the faith METAL HAMMER.

The video- for the debut single from the release Killing Inside– can be viewed NOW by pointing your mouse IN THIS DIRECTION!!

The single is available digitally now and can be picked up from iTunes here. The album can be pre-ordered online now too, with HMV offering a free lanyard with every order of the CD/DVD special edition- check that out at this location– and a digital pre-order offer at 7Digital bagging you the album for just a fiver right here.

Ahead of their jetting off to play Australia’s SoundWave Festival Total Rock DJ Tina Saul caught up with MURDERDOLLS frontman Wednesday 13 to talk about their impending dates in Oz and their following stint in Japan.”The hardest part is surviving all the partying!” he says of the Aussie fest, joking that it doesnt take much persuading for him to partake of a beverage or two. When it comes to Japan, he seemigly loves it out there, talking about how the fans are amongst some of the most dedicated they have and adding that the cultural differences and technology make the country “the closest place to outerspace” for him.

He also doscusses how he and Joey Jordison fit in the band around their other commitments, and how Joey is “one of the hardest working people [he’s] ever met“. Click on the player below to check out the interview.

The band are touring in support of their current album Women And Children Last, which was released at the tail end of 2010. You can pick the album up online now over at PLAY.COM and ITUNES.

This coming Tuesday (March 8th), ROYAL REPUBLIC will be playing a show at Birmingham’s Academy 3, but if you fancy getting up really close and personal, then you should tune into Kerrang Radio tonight and Monday and listen to Matt Stocks’ show (7pm-10pm, weekdays) to be in with a chance of cramming in to his studio whilst he is LIVE on air Tuesday as Royal Republic jam an acoustic track before whizzing off to their show!!

Tune in to Matt’s show on 102.5FM in the Midlands and nationally on Freeview, DAB and online HERE.

Royal Republic land in the UK on Monday in support of their forthcoming debut We Are The Royal. The dates rack up as follows with tickets available now, here.

Mon 7th Mar – LONDON Barfly
Tue 8th Mar – BIRMINGHAM Academy 3
Wed 9th Mar – MANCHESTER Deaf Institute
Thu 10th Mar – GLASGOW Kings Tut’s
Fri 11th Mar – BRISTOL The Fleece
Sat 12th Mar – NOTTINGHAM Rock City

Pre-order the album, which is due to hit stores on March 14th, from Play.com and iTunes.

This coming Monday, at 4pm UK time, head on over to METAL HAMMER for the premiere of the brand new video from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. The defenders of the faith will be the first to bring you the video for the lead single from forthcoming album Blunt Force Trauma– the brutal ‘Killing Inside’!

Killing Inside is available as a digital single NOW- pick it up over at iTunes, here. ‘Blunt Force Trauma’ will see a release on the 28th March. Pre-order the CD over at Play.com or get it for a fiver digitally over at HERE.

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Click on the player below to watch the brilliant full length ‘Directors Cut’ edition of the video for TIMES OF GRACE’S debut single ‘Strength In Numbers‘, a poignant and thought provoking ‘short film’.

The track is taken from the band’s debut album The Hymn Of A Broken Man, which was released back in January. You can pick the album up over at Play.com and iTunes.

The band are currently on tour in the USA in support of the record and will hit UK shores in June when they head on over to play the hallowed grounds of Castle Donington for this years Download Festival, which kicks off on June 10th.

Following on from last week’s clip where we chatted to SLASH and Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy about the track Beautiful Dangerous and working with Fergie, this week we talk to them about the legendary Iggy Pop and the track ‘We’re All Gonna Die’.

“[This track] is one of my faves. Iggy Pop is a genius and a brilliant, brilliant frontman.” states Myles, before Slash goes into more detail about working with Iggy on the track, including how he put his ideas for the track vocal over to Slash and his specific requirements re getting to the studio to record it…

Both of the aforementioned tracks are taken from Slash’s self titled album, which will be released as a special CD/DVD edition on Monday (March 7th). Pick that up online from this location. The standard edition is available now.