Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN), has posted a cover version of the IRON MAIDEN classic "Children of the Damned" on its MySpace page. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR entered Andy Classen's (LEGION OF THE DAMNED, DEW-SCENTED, NEAERA, ASPHYX) Stage One Studios in Kassel, Germany earlier this week to begin recording their new album. more info

NME — The Wombats, British Sea Power, The Undertones and The Damned have been confirmed to play at the Red List LIVE festival in June. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, ex-SEPULTURA) will be a DJ on his own station in the next Grand Theft Auto: The Lost And Damned. more info

The Music Fix — News: Strummercamp have announced the headliners for this year's festival: Billy Bragg, The Alarm and The Damned. The festival takes place on 22-24 May 2009 at Manchester Rugby Club. The Damned and The Alarm kick off their double headed UK tour at t... more info

Guardian Music — The once-flawless credentials of Detroit's late-60s garage-rock scene took a considerable dent recently thanks to Iggy Pop's badly timed car insurance advert. And let's not forget the readiness of MC5's surviving members to exchange their manifesto o... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Dutch doom band FAAL and the Belgian black metal act GORATH are among the confirmed performers for the second edition of the Night of the Damned festival, set to take place March 28 in the small room of de Kade in Zaandam, the Netherlands. more info

PopSugar UK — When I was at T4 On The Beach in the summer I had a quick chat with ex-Skins star Joe Dempsie, who played the much-loved Chris in the first two seasons of the show. With Dev Patel doing so well with Slumdog Millionaire, and a brand new cast having ta... more info

VH1 News — Rockstar Games' Vice President of Product Development, Jeronimo Barrera, talked to us about the newest "Grand Theft Auto" add-on, "The Lost and Damned." "We're rethinking how you play the game," he said. more info

JamBase — Nick Lowe to Release Career-Spanning set Quiet Please…The New Best of Nick Lowe Vintage Music Videos Unearthed for Deluxe Version Nick Lowe British songwriting icon Nick Lowe will release his definitive best of Quiet Please…Th... more info