DrownedInSound — We have two tickets to this weekend's Supersonic Festival to give away. There are lots of good bands playing including Godflesh, Napalm Death, Hallogallo, Swans AND MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

XLR8R — The man behind seminal bands the likes of Godflesh and Napalm Death, not to mention his oft XLR8R-covered Pale Sketcher moniker, Justin Broadrick will soon be releasing an album comprised of two EPs: a re-release of his Jesu debut, Heart Ache, and th... more info

I Like Music — Birmingham's acclaimed annual festival will be headlined by Napalm Death, Swans, Godflesh, Hallogallo and Melt Banana more info

DrownedInSound — We asked Birmingham-based Calories to put together a playlist of their top five favourite bands to come out of beautiful Brum... Napalm Death- Nazi Punks Fuck Off Napalm Death are one of my favourite ever bands from Birmingham. I've never heard t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Shane on stage with Napalm Death (more by Justina Villaneuva) The grind supergroup Venomous Concept (1/2 Napalm Death, 1/2 Brutal Truth) play Europa Thursday (9/23) with the uber-buzzy Nails and the fantastic and sickening Villains (who also p... more info

Guardian Music — Bands are always splitting up over 'musical differences' but a new music-based dating site hopes to have the opposite effectMusic is littered with bands who've broken up due to "musical differences". But, like the young Hollywood starlet suffering fr... more info

Metalsucks — It’s unusual when a supergroup equals more than just the sum of its parts, but Insidious Disease — a band featuring members of Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man’s Child, and Morgoth — is anything but usual. Full of groove-oriented blackened... more info

I Like Music — The Birmingham-based metal festival adds more acts to its line-up, including Hallogallo 2010 and extreme-metal pioneers Napalm Death more info

The Quietus — Birmingham Festival gets even better more info

Guardian Music — The latest trend in heavy metal is dark metal, or so I'm told. And the T-shirts, and the music that goes with them, are something elseFashion's peculiar love affair with heavy metal appears to have taken another twist. The Iron Maiden T-shirt shown h... more info