Our good friends at Planet-Loud have put PE’Z up as one of this months recommended artists. CLICK HERE to find out more. PE’Z will be releasing their forthcoming album ‘Tsu Ku Shi N Bow’ on the 29th May.

Trivium have finished recording their upcoming CD The Crusade. On Thursday, frontman Matt Heafy started tracking vocals at Audiohammer Studio in Orlando, Florida, where the band also recorded guitars and bass. Heafy is co-producing the disc with Audiohammer owner and previous collaborator Jason Suecof, and the album will be finished by the end of May for a fall release. Songs include “Ignition,” “Contempt Breeds Contamination,” “And Sadness Will Sear,” “Vengeance,” “To the Rats” and “Contemporary Plague.” “There’s one acoustic song, a Skid Row/ M퀌_tley Cr퀌_e-sounding song, a Def Leppard, Southern-rock metal song and then 11 ridiculously technical thrash songs,” Heafy said. “It’s a solo insanity CD, but in a good way.” … As sited on MTV.com The album “The Crusade” is due for release at the beginning of October.

THE MIGHTY ALASKANS – 36 CRAZYFISTS have confirmed a handful of Barfly shows around the forthcoming Download Festival. Support for the shows comes courtesy of Khoma. A band who rarely perform live, and who should definately be seen, and heard. DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Fri 9th June Sheffield Corporation Tue 13th June Cardiff Barfly Wed 14th June Birmingham Barfly Thu 15th June London Barfly 36 Crazyfists are preparing for the release of their forthcoming album “REST INSIDE THE FLAMES” (OUT JUNE 12th).

On Gideon Coe’s BBC 6 Music show tomorrow (12th May) at 11:30am, The Dresden Dolls will be interviewed and appear in the 6 Music Hub to perform two songs exclusively live on the air. One not to be missed, as if you don’t already have tickets for the sold-out London show this will be the last opportunity to hear the band live until the Reading/Leeds festival. Listen live on digital radio or through the BBC 6 Music website

Stone Sour have released this official statement on their myspace blog “We’re pleased to announce that Roy Mayorga (Soulfly, Sepultura) has officially joined Stone Sour! Aside from being a cool guy, Roy did one hell of a job playing on the album and we’re looking forward to going on the road with him in a few weeks. Looking forward to seeing everyone then. Later, Stone Sour” Stone Sour are currently preparing for the release of their forthcoming album “Come What(ever) May” due late August.

You can now pre-order 2 previously unreleased versions of Nickelback’s amazing new single ‘Savin’ Me’. The track is taken from their U.S. number 1 album and co-incides with their massive UK stadium tour supporting Bon Jovi. í¢ä‰åñSavin’ Meí¢ä‰åŒ is available from June 5th, but you can pre-order your download now: To pre-order the acoustic version text NICKELBACK to 81330. To pre-order the radio mix text NICKELBACK RADIO to 81330. Texts cost 퉌£1.50 plus standard network operator charges, and work from the UK only. Or to pre-order by credit/debit card, click here. On 5th June click here and enter the PIN code to claim your download. Nickelback will be special guests to Bon Jovi at the following UK dates: May 20th – Dublin, Croke Park June 3rd – Glasgow, Hampden Park June 4th – City Of Manchester Stadium June 7th – Coventry, Ricoh Arena June 9th – Southampton, St Mary’s Stadium June 10th – Milton Keynes, National Bowl June 11th – Milton Keynes, National Bowl

In preparation for their eagerly anticipated sets at this year’s Download Festival, Redemption TV (Sky channel 368) are tonight (Wednesday 10th) showing live performances from Trivium, DragonForce and Soulfly at just after 1am on their Redemption Live! show. And don’t worry if you miss them tonight, Trivium’s will be repeated on the 13th, 16th and 18th May, and DragonForce on the 14th, 17th and 18th May. Redemption TV schedule Get Download tickets here

The Beatles of Attitude, New York Dolls are currently in the UK promoting their forthcoming album (One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This). In conjunction with this, MOJO magazine have published an amazing feature into the band, furthermore the magazine comes with a 15 track free CD which features a New York Dolls track. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Tune in to Scuzz TV (Sky channel 364) this Sunday (14th May) evening at 9pm to catch a very special ‘Behind The Music’ with one of the most underrated bands around, the mighty Chimaira. Documenting the band at their most candid, see the masters of their art as they work, sleep and play. An event of epic proportions that is not to be missed! And don’t forget the simply HUGE competition that Scuzz are currently running all this week to win a Sounds Of The Underground iPod nano and other Chimaira goodies. Catch Chimaira headlining the Sounds Of The Underground tour 10/05/2006 – Academy í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester 11/05/2006 – QMU í¢ä‰åäóì Glasgow 12/05/2006 – Forum í¢ä‰åäóì London

According to a posting at Blabbermouth? Frontman Burton C. Bell was reportedly electrocuted during the band’s first-ever concert in Luxembourg, which took place Saturday night (May 6) at the Den Atelier venue. A Luxembourg-based BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Th퀌©id has submitted the following report: “The concert hall Den Atelier was obviously too small for a well-known American band, especially when it’s attracting a lot of people from the three neighbour countries (France, Belgium, Germany). “The support bands didn’t get the sound they deserved (MISERY INDEX), so everybody was waiting for the first FEAR FACTORY song, and surprisingly the sound was OK, but only for a few seconds: at the moment singer Bell wanted to join in, the power on stage went down, and all you heard was the unplugged drum… “After a second try and a series of classsic and new FF songs, power went down again and this prevented them to finish a song. After this second incident, many people (including singer Bell) blamed the technicians hoping there will be no third interruption… A few minutes before midnight, during the song ‘Archetype’ the singer instantly fell backwards, the audience, believing this was part of te show continued singing ‘Open your eyes…’ while the band stopped playing and roadies entered the stage to ‘carry’ Bell to the backstage. His eyes were open and he could almost stand alone, but looked not that good… “This was the end of the concert, and beginning of the speculations… “Twenty minutes later, I talked to the new guitarist of MISERY INDEX who told me that Bell was indeed electrocuted and still in the backstage, shaking and that nobody had called an ambulance or thought about getting him to a hospital… “So much for the first and maybe last concert of FEAR FACTORY in Luxembourg.” The Blabbermouth site