Guardian Music — Member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of InventionJim "Motorhead" Sherwood, who has died aged 69, was a member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. He appeared on all the group's early albums, up to and including Weasels Ripped My Flesh... more info

Sky News — A teenage girl in South Africa is reportedly in a coma after she was doused in petrol and set alight in what police say could have been a satanic ritual. more info

Metalsucks — Must… listen… to… everything… to… find… the… diamonds… in… the… rough! It’s exhausting but ultimately worth it. These unsigned bands made me raise an eyebrow recently: Burn Everything: Progressive post-hardcore? Dillinger / Burn... more info

ContactMusic — A move is underway in Russia to overhaul the committee that nominates the film to represent the country in the best foreign language competition at the annual Oscar race It follows widespread controversy over the selection of Nikita Mikhalkovs Burnt ... more info

Metalsucks — It seems like there’s a new supergroup announced every week now, but few such projects get us excited the way news of Argonauts did. The outfit — which features original Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, Burnt by the Sun guitaris... more info

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Metal Injection — Well this is certainly exciting as fuck! Former frontman of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dimitri Minakakis (you know, the guy who screamed his heart out on Calculating Infinity), John Adubato (Burnt By The Sun guitarist), Dave Witte (Burnt By The Sun d... more info

Metalsucks — “Supergroup” is a rough beat; that tag along seems to generate feelings that the sum will never equal the greatness of all its individual parts combined (see: Audioslave, Chickenfoot, Velvet Revolver, etc etc). But when said supergroup is a [comp... more info

We Like it Lossless! — ~Scape / 2000It's hard for me to comprehend that 'Just Landed' actually landed eight years ago now, it seems like only yesterday when I was on a mission to find just about anything that had any connection to Pole and was confronted with the record. B... more info

Guardian Music — July 1976: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicSniffin' Glue wasn't the first fanzine – Punk (which famously coined the genre's moniker) started self-publishing in New York six months earlier – but its primiti... more info