Metalheads are campaigning to have their tribal sounds recognised as a religion. But surely there are more suitable types of music – like psychedelic trance"Metal's our religion," proclaimed loincloth-wearing beefcakes Manowar in their 1987 so... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's kind of a lazy post, but three requests that emerged from last week's posting on The The are well worth it if you want my opinion.Son Of The Rock mentioned that he had been surprised a few weeks back when one of my contributions to the Contrast... more info

Guardian Music — The rock drummers have joined Beat for Peace, a campaign urging world leaders to prevent further conflict in the countryThis weekend, members of Radiohead, Pink Floyd, the Police and Elbow beat the drum for renewed diplomatic action in Sudan by, er, ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Phil Selway (Radiohead) and The Police's Stewart Copeland have joined the lineup in the campaign to keep the peace in Sudan. Called The Sudan365 campaign and started by Faithless drummer, Jaime Catto, the effort..... more info

Panormx — A lot of remixes lately in the inbox... I picked out the best ones.KITCH 'N SYNC PRESENT - DODYZ - THERES SNOW DAY LIKE A SNOW DAY - DECEMBER MIXTracklist:1) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas2) Jack Beats - U.F.O3) Florence & The Machine - Drum... more info

BBC 6 Music — Speech plans recording sessions with Bonobo, Faithless and Rodney P more info

Guardian Music — The Mercury prize-winning rapper has sacked her record label Big Dada, claiming that the small independent operation is responsible for her album's lack of commercial successSpeech Debelle has announced that she is sacking her record label, blaming B... more info

The Music Fix — News: To mark their return, Faithless have made a new track available to download on their official site. A free download of 'Sun To Me' can be accessed by anyone who signs up to their official website which will also keep any subscribers up to date... more info

Guardian Music — Spanish speed metal? Croation crunk? Greek ghetto funk? Relive the sounds you encountered on your summer holsOctober is rubbish. It's not summer. It's not Christmas. It's dark all the time. Nothing happens for 30 days, and then some brat wearing a Sc... more info

The Music Fix — News: Faithless are to tour the UK in the next two months under the guise of Faithless Sound System which promises to be a sonic and visual experience in intimate venues. The tour precedes the release of the band's sixth studio album in early 2010 a... more info