Author: Crossfire

Abjekt Approved Cerebral Vortex has joined forces with Buddy Leroy to become 215. Cerebral will becoming Cerebral Kanieval and Buddy will enter the 215 world has Buddy Lethal.

The group have songs up on their myspace site and they welcome you all to “the wild world of ascots and smokers jackets”. Get your browsers pointed to:

www.myspace.com/215tfk

And befriend them – They’re the freshest kids yo!

Digable Planets’ Ladybug Mecca has released two new singles from her album Trip The Light Fantastic – You Never Get Over It and Dogg Starr.

The video for Dogg Starr has been shown nationally in the States on a number of channels and Ladybug is hoping to secure even more fans when she plays in Barcelona and Johannesburg.

You can check out the album at www.LadyBugMecca.com.

Wu Tang member Masta Killa is back with a new album, Made In Brooklyn to follow up his solo debut No Said Date.

The album will feature, as always, other Wu members, with the likes of Method Man, U-God, RZA on board with Raekwon and Ghostface teaming up on the track Its What It Is. MF Doom also features on the album which boasts some Pete Rock production.

Check out his myspace by clicking here.

Hardcore hardheads Terror have released the track listing for their new album, Always The Hard Way. The album will feature hip hoppers Mr Dibbs and Murs on track 12 and promises to be as interesting as it sounds. The album is due out in July and the tracklisting is:

01 – “All For Revenge”
02 – “Strike You Down”
03 – “Survival Comes Crashing In”
04 – “Always The Hard Way”
05 – “Lost”
06 – “Last of The Diehards”
07 – “Close To Defeat”
08 – “Test My Convictions”
09 – “Hell To Pay”
10 – “One Step Behind”
11 – “You Can’t Break Me”
12 – “Dibbs And Murs Check In”
13 – “Hardship Belongs To Me”
14 – “Smash Through You”

For more information on the group, check out www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/terror

Converge have posted on their website with news about the recording of their new album and have stated that a number of guest appearances have occurred during the sessions.

Members of Doomriders and The Hope Conspiracy are among those who have appeared so far.

Check out www.convergecult.com for all the info.

Massachusetts metal merchants Unearth are to release their new album ‘In Th e Eyes Of Fire‘ on August 14th through Metal Blade Records.

The follow-up to 2004’s critically acclaimed ‘The Oncoming Storm’ was produced by legendary producer Terry Date (Deftones, Pantera, White Zombie, Soundgarden) and will consist of 11 tracks of the finest and hardest hitting hardcore metal around.

A special limited edition version of the disc will come complete with a bonus DVD featuring handful of live performance clips, as well as a “making of” styled documentary on the album recording sessions.

Unearth will shortly head out on the US roads as one of the headline acts of this year’s Ozzfest Second Stage alongside the likes of Black Label Society and Atreyu. UK touring plans are tentatively scheduled for the year’s end.

For more head-caving information see www.metalblade.de

Speed metal gods and serial boozehounds Dragonforce head out for an extensive UK tour this winter.

The London-based band, who slayed all-comers with their Main Stage performance at the weekend’s Download Festival, are set to play the following shows in support of their ‘Inhuman Rampage’ album. Arguably their finest work to date and their first for Roadrunner Records, the gem has shifted over 40K units in the UK so far.

Dates are as follows:

Wed 29th Nov – Folkstone Leas Cliff Hall
Thu 30th Nov – Southampton Guildhall
Fri 1st Dec – Leeds University
Sat 2nd Dec – Nottingham Rock City
Mon 4th Dec – Cardiff University
Tue 5th Dec – Birmingham Academy
Thu 7th Dec – Sheffield Octagon
Fri 8th Dec – Manchester Academy
Sat 9th Dec – Glasgow Barrowlands
Mon 11th Dec – Norwich UEA
Tue 12th Dec – Bristol Academy
Wed 13th Dec – London Astoria

Tickets are priced £12.50 regionally and £14 in London and are on sale now.

For more fret-wanking info see www.dragonforce.com or www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk