Guardian Music — Director Danny Boyle reveals plans for London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, including village cricket, maypoles and rainA village cricket team, 12 horses, 10 chickens, 70 sheep, a model of Glastonbury Tor, two mosh pits and the largest harmonically ... more info

Metalsucks — In my heart is a cherished memory of this two-day metal festival I attended in like 2001. The big headliners were predictably exciting, but I arrived before lunch to take in sets from then-fledgling acts Dillinger Escape Plan, Shadows Fall, and that... more info

Metalsucks — Veil of Maya, Eluveitie, Corrosion of Conformity and Napalm Death all had big debuts last week, while Asphyx, Caliban, Pallbearer and Christian Mistress all eked into the Current Hard Music Top 100 as well. A good week all around. Let’s take a loo... more info

Metalsucks — Last week we noticed that a few new Century Media releases — new albums by The Devastated and Caliban, and a single by Rise to Remain — had appeared on Spotify. We wondered whether Century had adopted a policy of posting albums by upcoming and/o... more info

Metalsucks — Much has been made of Century Media’s very public anti-Spotify stance on MetalSucks, and as such there’s really no need to repeat it again here. Now it appears as if Century might be having a change of heart, but only if they believe your band i... more info

Chorus.fm — *Caliban* (http://www.calibanmetal.com/)'s music video for "Memorial" can be seen in the replies. more info

Chorus.fm — *Caliban* (http://www.calibanmetal.com/) will release I Am Nemesis on February 28 via Century Media Records. Album art and tracklisting can be found in the replies. more info

Guardian Music — Franz Ferdinand and a Bavarian puppeteer are shaking up The Tempest in The Isle is Full of Noises. Maddy Costa reportsAs rehearsals for The Tempest go, the scene in London's Sausage Studios is a little peculiar. There's hardly room to move between th... more info

Mercury News, California — Toward the end of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," after the slave Caliban is foiled in his plot to murder the wizard Prospero, he inexplicably shows up reformed, seeking forgiveness and grace. more info

Mercury News, California — A plot twist in Shakespeare's late-in-life masterpiece "The Tempest" always has left me scratching my head in puzzlement. more info