Californian psych-noiseniks The Warlocks will be bringing their widescreen sonic experience to the UK in the latter half of August.

“Empty Eyes” is a double A-side yin-yang of industrial trash and treasure from History Of Guns.

Homegrown retro rockers Stone Gods will tour the UK throughout the month of November with Aussie band Airborne.

Have I got Bad News for you – gangster-rap misogyny is alive and well in the metalcore genre, courtesy of Ligeia.

Style-switching Southern-metalcore warriors A Life Once Lost roll out for yet more European dates on their autumn tour.

The Just Like Kicking Jesus EP is a non-essential selection of Reykjavik-recorded album offcuts from Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Mancunian rockabilly-punx Goldblade prepare to board, pillage and plunder the UK on a tour to support forthcoming album Mutiny.

Début single “Blueprints” from Birmingham band 51 Breaks is a timely reminder that indie rock doesn’t have to suck.

So close, but yet so far… Boxing Day Massacre is a Textbook example of nineties alt-pop-punk without the magic ingredient.

Knights of the Abyss stick rigidly to the deathcore template and stamp on the accelerator in their second album, Shades.