UK rock outfit Brigade are giving away a tune called “Shortcuts” ahead of their UK tour supporting Aiden.

Romeo Must Die rise from the ashes of UK metalcore legends Stampin’ Ground with their début mini-album Defined By Enemies.

Alaskan metalcore road-warriors 36 Crazyfists are previewing a track from their forthcoming album The Tide And Its Takers.

Texan stoner-doom masters of metal The Sword raise the ghost of H P Lovecraft on their much anticipated second album Gods Of The Earth.

Rock’n'roll threepiece The Subways are set to release a give-away track called “Girls and Boys” from their forthcoming album All Or Nothing.

Erik Engstrom is the man who puts the Nintendo into HORSE the Band’s Nintendocore; he talks to TDP about pigeonholing, Flashdance and the new album, A Natural Death.

Italian melodic punks Sun Eats Hours are set to release Ten Years, a retrospective “best of” that sums up their decade in the business.

Stoner bluesmen Dead Meadow finish their short jaunt around the UK with an intensely brilliant set at Brighton’s The Freebutt.

US political punks Anti-Flag announce their seventh album, The Bright Lights Of America, and a growing list of UK tour dates.

Paralyzed is the superb sophomore album from Witch, the garage-stoner metal band featuring J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. on drums.