Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, Irish-based music lover Barry is keen to tell us who's been seducing him recentlyWho are you and what's your blog called?I'm Barry and the blog is BarryGruffWhere are y... more info

ContactMusic — Jack Osbourne thinks his baby daughter is advanced The Haunted Highway star says people should expect big things from little Pearl his child with fiancee Lisa Stelly because she has already begun reaching her milestones early He sa... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — A few weeks before leaving for Europe, I just so happened to wake up at 5AM to a tweet from Bat For Lashes stating “Tickets for Bat for Lashes intimate Cambridge Junction performance are now on sale - http://bit.ly/Io3v7W“, I impulsively b... more info

Chorus.fm — *Bat For Lashes* (http://www.batforlashes.com) debuted some tracks from the forthcoming album, The Haunted Man, and you can see live videos of all four in the replies including the reported first single "Laura." more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, her first concert in two years is tonight. more info

Chorus.fm — *Bat For Lashes* (http://www.batforlashes.com) will release the new album, The Haunted Man, on October 15th via EMI/Parlophone. Check out her UK tour dates in the replies where she will showcase new material. more info

Metalsucks — Following in the recent footsteps of The Haunted’s Peter Dolving, Arch Enemy’s Chris Amott, and Arsis’ Mike Van Dyne, Mikael Åkerfeldt has quit a band he already left and re-joined once already — in this case, Bloodbath. Åkerfeldt origin... more info

Metalsucks — If you were wondering what Peter Dolving’s next project is going to be now that he’s quit The Haunted for a second time, wonder no longer — ’cause he posted the following on his Facebook page earlier today: To which Reeder enthusiastically ... more info

Metal Injection — Something is in the air in the last few weeks when it comes to band members exiting their groups. We've reported on lineup changes to Suffocation, The Haunted, The Faceless and now Arch Enemy. Today the band announced that guitarist Christopher ... more info

Metalsucks — Is it “Leave your band for the second time!” month in Sweden or something? First, Peter Dolving announced that he has re-quit The Haunted. And now Christopher Amott (above left) is out of Arch Enemy again, following his reunion with the band in ... more info