Guardian Music — This weekend it's Latitude, one of the sleepiest festivals in the UK. So how best to deliver a thrilling early-morning shock to wake up the punters who've just crawled out of their tents?It's 11am, and you've woken up in a heavily branded field somew... more info

Metalsucks — The kind of mind-fuckery that Knut traffic in used to be called math-core, but when was the last time you even saw that expression bandied about? For now, let’s just call them awesome. Knut’s latest album Wonder is a dazzling display of technical... more info

Addict Music — Dillinger Escape Plan have confirmed their first UK tour in years for October/ November 2010. more info

The Music Fix — Pre-order your neck braces now. more info

NME — Rock bands play on as mud envelops the Donington Park site more info

Thrash Hits — Rain? Thunder? Lightning? These things matter not when you are as badass as The Dillinger Escape Plan. The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Download Festival 2010 photo gallery by Ben Gibson more info

Altsounds — Mathcore pioneers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are the second band to be announced for this year's Damnation Festival. The frenetic five-piece will bring their devastating live performance to Leeds University Union, on Saturday, November 6, 2010. ... more info

The Quietus — Birmingham gig announced more info

Guardian Music — The sharpest tool in the box can also cut it as an instrument of spectral, shivering beautyWhat is it? Those big metal things with teeth you use to carve up wood? Add a violin bow and an ear for pitch and you can make farm tools sing.Who uses it? The... more info

Metalsucks — When I interviewed Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum last month the band was wrapping up their tour with Dillinger Escape Plan and en route to their final show of the touring cycle for The Eternal Return — a private house show for the winner o... more info