Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — German thrash metal pioneers ASSASSIN will release their new studio album, "Combat Cathedral", on May 20. The effort will be made available via Steamhammer/SPV worldwide on CD, limited-edition LP (500 copies only on red 180-gram vinyl + CD) and as a ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Having created and shared them throughout recorded time, we are well acquainted with monsters, their forms and habits, strengths and weaknesses, ways of appearing and disappearing. Homer and the Bible are full of awful beasties; Shakespeare gave us C... more info

Metal Injection — I wonder if these guys ever saw The Crow. From...The post CALIBAN "Devil's Night" music video appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metalsucks — "I've come back seeking revenge for your shitty use of my likeness."The post Thank God Brandon Lee Didn’t Live to See Caliban’s Video for “Devil’s Night” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metalsucks — Presumably someone somewhere is really stoked about this?The post There is a New Caliban Song appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metal Injection — Only a year after their 2012 release I Am Nemesis, German whatever-you-call-them-core Caliban are finishing up work on writing their ninth studio record. According to main songwriter and guitarist for the band Marc Görtz: Songwriting session in Be... more info

Guardian Music — From raps to apps, the Bard is being reimagined for the digital ageThe World of Shakespeare festival is just drawing to a close, but its digital offspring will hopefully be with us for some time. The last few components of the My Shakespeare project,... more info

Guardian Music — New York's Metropolitan Opera's new production of Adès's opera opened earlier this week. Tom Service gives his verdictI must declare my very obvious interest - I have recently published a book of interviews with Thomas Adès: I am close to his music... more info

Guardian Music — (Kitsune)Two Door Cinema Club's boisterous gigs belie the shy, understated young men on stage. Similarly, and like 2010's successful debut, Tourist History, Beacon combines uplifting electro pop with introspective, melancholy undercurrents. The like... more info

Guardian Music — Sales of tracks used in Danny Boyle's opening ceremony have surged, plus five featured songs – including Arctic Monkeys' cover of Beatles' Come Together – will chart in Top 40Over 50 British songs employed in the soundtrack to the opening ceremon... more info