Download and Sonisphere have come and gone for 2010, the corporate sponsors have been well satiated and the fair-weather fans have got their fill of metal til next summer; at last it is the turn of Britain's only full-on real Heavy Metal festival to soil our land, pollute our landscape and show that metal is best conducted well away from the mainstream, in the Midlands of England where it all began four decades ago. Bloodstock Open Air 2010 springs ominously into life on Friday 13th August and here I belatedly offer a short preview article to skim over before hitting the motorways, train stati...

Rockfreaks.net has a magic box filled to its limit of CDs from all genres imaginable to man. Some unimaginable, too. During the summer we decided it was time to put some of these CDs to use, and a contest was born. It's time for the fourth edition, where we'll again raffle 5 x albums this week for one lucky winner.

All you have to do in order to participate in this contest is to send your FULL NAME and your PHYSICAL POSTAL ADDRESS to contests@rockfreaks.net no later than Sunday 23:59 CET. Please also indicate whether or not you own a device that can play vinyl records.

Linkin Park has made a new track called "Wretches And Kings" available at Noisecreep.com.

Copenhagen melancholic pop-rockers My Vancouver are currently giving away their new EP "Way Home" for free streaming and download at their website myvancouver.dk.

A stranger just added me to facebook, requesting for me to check out his band, and being in a good mood, I did so. Turns out Denmark has new a neon/pop-punk trio. They're called UpUpDown, check them out and leave your thoughts in the comments.

Check out the new song "On My Own" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus:

The recently opened nightclub Simons on Store Strandstræde 14 in Copenhagen will host a new rock night called Mudd Club once a month. The club will not host concerts as such, but hopes to draw both international and local artists to carry out DJ sets after their performances in some of the larger venues across the city.

The club's musical profile will consist of rock, indie-noise, old classics and shoegaze, and the target audience is, according to the club's organisers, musicians, creative youth, industry types in fashion, music and advertisement, and "the hard boys with the lovely ladies".

The first Mudd Club will take place already this Friday (September 3rd) from 23:00 to 05:00, with the following DJ line-up:

Stunners Int.
Steen Jørgensen Vs. Jenni Jet
Black Leather Machine
Visuals af Kristian Kragelund

Joey Jordison recently told The Des Moines Register that despite bassist Paul Gray's tragic death, Slipknot will not stop, and will record another album sometime after the release of a new DVD, titled "(sic)nesses", which is due on September 28th. He went on to say that there will be no replacements - that everyone in the band plays bass and can play guitar - and that the band would figure something out when the time comes.

The Psyke Project have urged those in or near Copenhagen to keep the 8th of October free for a surprise event.

A Road To Damascus have parted ways with their singer, and are currently looking for a replacement. The split was on friendly terms, having happened due to different levels of ambition. If you think you have what it takes to fill in the open position, the band would like to hear from you on:
aroadtodamascus@gmail.com

Tides Of Man have a new song on their myspace called "Salamanders And Worms".

Tom DeLonge recently commented on how the new Blink 182 album will sound like:

Quote: I feel like a little kid full of wonder. I can't comprehend the size of these shows. We're getting on better than we ever have, and there's a confidence there now. We love what we do and we know we do it pretty well. "The record will be very modern, relevant, fast and fun. It'll be a mixture of drum'n'bass, indie rock and stadium rock. I can't say we've done that before, but you can see the tip of the iceberg on the last record. Anyone who listens to my band Angels and Airwaves will know where I sit musically. If you imagine that, mixed in with what the other guys do in their spare time, you get it. It's going to be a really great collaboration of the best of three different genres of music.

Trusted Few have made a song from their upcoming debút LP "And Then We Forgot" (due October 1st) available at their bandcamp page. "Cold Sea Of Legacy" is the title, and while you're listening, you can also preview the album's cover there on the right side of the page.

Underoath's new album will be called "Ø (Disambiguation)".