Altsounds — So the release date has been set and it's all in stone, the two monsters of the music industry - legendary lead singer of Velvet Undergound Lou Reed and Metallica have joined forces and are pushing out a collaborative album. Metallica announced this ... more info

NME — Acts also launch an official website in the build up to their LP launch more info

Metal Injection — I have a reserved level of optimism about the upcoming Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration. Other than the initial story we posted a few weeks ago, there has been no progress, until a site recently launched at loureedmetallica.com featuring the photo yo... more info

The Quietus — Nothing to see here, please pass along more info

Metalsucks — The official website for the upcoming Metallica/Lou Reed collaboration has launched, although right now there is absolutely nothing of interest there save for this picture of the old bass player for Suicidal Tendencies and four terminal cancer patien... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Dave Simpson explains why Joy Division's Closer is one for all eternityWhen I was still at school, I finished my Saturday job a co... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Michael Hann hails a proto-punk classicIt starts with the name: the Modern Lovers. I can't think of a more per... more info

Guardian Music — From Public Enemy to P Diddy, a new documentary charts how rap became a global phenomenon out of anger, sex and blingIt's 1989 and I'm hangin' tough with my £11.99 skateboard from Argos and a bright yellow Sony Walkman in Stanmore, a leafy suburb of... more info

Guardian Music — This New Jersey band blend the lugubrious with the lovely, the ugly with the pretty, to unleash a quirky, fluffy soundHometown: New Jersey.The lineup: Vincent Cacchione (vocals, guitar), Magali Charron (keyboard, backing vocals), Talya Cacchione (bas... more info

Guardian Music — This lo-fi DIY duo from Manchester make metal machine music haunted by the ghost of British industryHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Jack Hardman (vocals, guitar), Mike Benson (drums, samplers).The background: We got praised yesterday – actually, i... more info