Called The Art Of Metal, it was produced by Pontus Norgren and Marcus Jidell, and has the following track listing:

1. Breaking The Walls
   2. Fighters Of The Century
   3. Live Or Die
   4. Spirit Of The Age
   5. Message
   6. Fear Of The Light
   7. Force Of Metal
   8. Heels Of Steel
   9. Hysterica
   10. Daughters Of The Night

You can hear clips from all the songs here.

Find out more at www.hysterica.se

Laithwaites Wine have teamed up with the band and Aussie winery Warburn Estate to make it available over here.

There are two wines on offer:

Back in Black Shiraz 2011 – Barossa (from £9.99 a bottle)
Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc 2011 – Marlborough (from £9.99 a bottle)

Find out more at www.laithwaites.co.uk

The veteran vocalist, who is currently on a solo tour of America, says that no such approach has been made.

This rumour might have started because current Yes vocalist Benoit David will miss the band’s upcoming tour of Australasia due to illness. He’s being temporarily replaced by John Davison of Glass Hammer.

Anderson has also responded to comments from Yes bassist Chris Squire that the pair are in regular contact.

“I haven’t spoken with Chris in four years, and the only e-mail I have received from him in the last 3 years was him asking for free tickets to my show in Mesa, AZ last week – very sad, but true.”

Find out more at http://jonanderson.com/

Following Ward’s statement last week that he is still waiting for a fair and reasonable contract to sign, there have been internet stories that she had dismissed the drummer from the Sabbath reunion, But writing on Twitter, Sharon had this to say: “I am not in any position to hire or fire anyone in Black Sabbath. I don’t manage the band, I manage my husband”.

Right now, the rest of the band are getting in with writing and recording a new album. Whether Ward ends up being involved remains to be seen.

Meantime, Ozzy has been talking about Tony Iommi’s ongoing cancer battle. This is what he had to say in an interview on Ozzy’s Boneyard, the new classic rock radio station:

“He needs more and more support, man. He doesn’t have a brother, he doesn’t have a sister — it’s just him and his wife and the members of Black Sabbath. So any encouragement, any support [is appreciated]. He’s gonna beat it. What it’s down to is determination and believe me, this guy’s got more determination than anybody I’ve ever met. It’s gonna be fine. It’s just one of those trials in life that happen. When the bombshell hit about Tony’s cancer problem, I came to England. It would’ve been pretty bad if I would’ve stayed in L.A. When (producer) Rick Rubin found out, he said, ‘I will accommodate wherever they are’. Which was very cool of him, actually. . .

“He’s gonna beat it. He’s got so much support, not only from each one of us in the band, but the fan base; it’s unbelievable. It’s one of them problems you have in life. . . He ain’t gonna die, I’m telling you. I told him if he dies, I’m gonna kill him.”

The foursome are al alt. rock band from London. However, they began in Norwich in 2002, before relocating.A seven-track mini album titled Widows was released 2005, introducing Sennen to the world. Debut album Where The Light Gets In followed in 08, with Age Of Denial coming out two years later.

Now they’re back with Lost Harmony, which is due out through Indelabel in April. This is preceded by the single Vultures, out on March 5. The quartet – Larry Holmes (guitar/keyboards/vocals), Rich Kelleway (guitar/vocals), James Brown (drums/keyboards) and Tim Kelleway (bass) – play The Barfly in London on March 8.

Now you can download the song I Watched The End With You for free right here.

Find out more at the same website.

Originally released in 1971, the new version not only has the original album, but also has four bonus tracks. There’s also a second CD in the deluxe edition which has previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Here’s the full track listing:

CD One

1 Mambo Sun

2 Cosmic Dancer

3 Jeepster

4 Monolith

5 Lean Woman Blues

6 Get It On

7 Planet Queen

8 Girl

9 The Motivator

10 Life’s A Gas

11 Rip Off

12 There Was A Time/Raw Ramp

13 Hot Love

14 King Of The Mountain Cometh

15 Woodland Rock

CD Two

1 Electric Warrior Poem – Rare US Radio Promo

2 Mambo Sun – Instrumental Edit

3 Cosmic Dancer – Single-Vocal Version

4 Jeepster – Single-Vocal Version

5 Monolith – No Backing Vocals Version

6 Lean Woman Blues – Single-Guitar Track – Work in Progress

7 Get It On – Full Length Version

8 Planet Queen – Acoustic Version

9 Girl – New York Demo

10: The Motivator – Work In Progress

11 Life’s A Gas – Studio Out-Take

12 Rip Off – Instrumental *

13 Raw Ramp – London Demo Version

14 Electric Boogie – London Demo Version

15 Honey Don’t – Studio Out-Take / Work In Progress

16 Planet Queen – Acoustic Solo / London Demo Version

17 Girl – Acoustic Solo / London Demo Version

18 Jeepster – Electric Home Demo Version

19 Get It On – Acoustic Home Demo Version

20 Untitled Instrumental – Studio Out-Take

21 Electric Warrior Poem and radio advert. US Radio promo

There will also be a super deluxe version with a DVD.

In addition, on April 21, a vinyl box set called Electric Sevens will be put out. This will have four seven inch singles. Pre-order this here.

Find out more at www.facebook.com/T.RexBolan

Yes, we know the great one time Deep Purple and James Gang guitarist died in 1976, but Great Gypsy Soul, out on March 26, features outtakes and alternate versions of his solo material, with current musicians playing and singing along to Bolin’s own guitar and vocal recordings.

Here’s the track listing for the CD:

1. The Grind (with Peter Frampton)
2. Teaser (Warren Haynes)
3. Dreamer (Myles Kennedy, Nels Cline)
4. Savannah Woman (John Scofield)
5. Smooth Fandango (Derek Trucks)
6. People, People (Big Sugar and Gordie Johnson)
7. Wild Dogs (Brad Whitford)
8. Homeward Strutt (Steve Lukather)
9. Sugar Shack (Glenn Hughes and Sonny Landreth)
10. Crazed Fandago (Steve Morse)
11. Lotus (with Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Nels Cline)

There’s also a deluxe edition, with the following tracks on a bonus CD:

1. Flying Fingers (Oz Noy and Nels Cline)
2. Marching Bag – Movement One (Nels Cline, Tommy Bolin, Greg Hampton, John Scofield, Sonny Landreth)
3. Marching Bag – Movement Two (Nels Cline, Tommy Bolin, Steve Lukather, Derek Trucks, Peter Frampton)
4. Marching Bag – Movement Three (Gordie Johnson, Tommy Bolin, Nels Cline, Oz Noy, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa)
5. Marching Bag – Movement Four (Nels Cline, Tommy Bolin, Warren Haynes, Joe Bonamassa, Oz Noy, Brad Whitford, Peter Frampton)

It happens at The Underworld, and the bands playing are:

Tin Spirits (pictured here)

Panic Room

Sanguine Hum

The Reasoning

Tickets cost £17.

Orion Music + More is an annual music, arts and lifestyle festival, which will be headlined by Metallica. It happens this year on June 23/24 at Bader Fields in Atlantic City.

“We’ve had the idea of doing our own lifestyle festival with lots of diverse music and fun and games for years,” said Lars Ulrich. “Finally this year all the practical ducks lined up in a row, and we are beyond psyched to bring Orion to our fans, friends and the curious. After the most incredible of weeks ever in December 2011 celebrating our 30^th anniversary at the Fillmore in San Francisco, , bringing the spirit of that week, the looseness of that week, the possibilities of that week, the fan interactive elements of that week, and the (fill in your own blank here) of that week to a festival setting is so exciting we can hardly contain ourselves.”

Watch Metallica talking about the festival here.

The Londoners started out in 2008 with the release of the EP We Drink Blood. Since then they’ve become renowned for touring with an impressive stage show, which includes aviator uniforms, swords, daggers, and the sacrifice of at least one band member at every show.

Heavily inspired by the epic qualities of Iron Maiden , the band’s line-up is Duke Fang Begley (vocals), Gravedigger Cox and Sir Graveghoul Terrorsound (lead guitar), Lord Graham Pyre (bass) and Baron von Hammerstein (drums).

You can see these mighty metal maniacs live in March at:

Fri. 9: London The Unicorn

Sat. 10: Manchester Satan’s Hollow

Sun. 11: Kendal Bootleggers

Tue. 13: Boston Axe And Cleaver

Wed. 14: Wakefield Snooty Fox

Thu. 15: Oxford Bullingdon Arms

Fri. 16: Preston Rampage

Sat. 17: Derby Old Bell

Sun. 18: Dudley Ye Old Foundry

Their debut album  is to be called Tales Of The Ost. Now you can download the song On The Volga Bridge for free right here.

Find out more at www.stukasquadron.com