Barely weeks after the end of The Devin Townsend Project – albums, tour, full album shows and comprehensive box set – Devin Townsend is back in the studio.

His next album, due for release at some point during the first half of 2012, has a complete tracklisting announced.

The first of Townsend’s 2012 releases, ‘Epicloud’ is set to feature the following tracks:
Taurus / Animals / Liberation / Back Where We Belong / Save Our Now / Kingdom / Divine / Grace / More!  / Heatwave / Hold On /Angels 

‘Kingdom’ is a re-recording of a track which features much earlier during Townsend’s huge body of work, originally appearing on 2000’s ‘Physicist’.  It is not the first time Townsend has re-worked an existing recording – 2009’s ‘Addicted’ included a re-recorded version of ‘Hyperdrive’ which appeared on his ‘Ziltoid The Omnicient’ release just two years previously.

Later in 2012, Devin Townsend will release ‘By a Thread‘, a multi-disc box set chronicling the Devin Townsend Project’s November 2011 London shows.

Skate-punks Pennywise are to release a brand new album in May.

The band, active since the late 80s have gained a devoted following through constant touring over the years.  This new collection of songs – the band’s tenth studio album – is the band’s first studio release isince 2008.

Confirmed track listing:

01. All Or Nothing (2:29)
02. Waste Another Day (2:22
03. Revolution (3:25)
04. Stand Strong (3:10)
05. Let Us Hear Your Voice (3:43)
06. Seeing Red (2:54)
07. Songs Of Sorrow (3:35)
08. X Generation (3:15)
09. We Have It All (2:59)
10. Tomorrow (3:17)
11. All Along (3:09)
12. United (2:49)

‘All or Nothing’ is released by Epitaph Records on May 1st.

The Gaslight Anthem have announced they are making a one-off appearance in the UK this summer.

Prior to the release of their fourth album, Brian Fallon and co have scheduled an intimate performance at London’s Koko on June 11th. Fans can expect to hear material from the new album.

Gaslight’s 2010 release ‘American Slang’ was the band’s most successful album to date, peaking at #18 on the UK album chart.

Mastodon have revealed they will release a 7″ containing two unreleased tracks next month.

The 7″ single will feature the metal band covering ‘A Spoonful Weighs a Ton’ (originally by The Flaming Lips) and ‘A Commotion’ (originally by Feist) and issued on Record Store Day.

As a Record Store Day release, the 7″ will only be available from select independent retailers on April 21st. Feist will also release a 7″ on Record Store Day featuring her cover of Mastodon’s own ‘Black Tongue’.

Taken from their 2012 album ‘The Pride’, UK rockers InMe have unveiled a new video for the song ‘Pantheon’.

You can view the clip by clicking on the box below.

To support the release of their new album, InMe are currently mid-tour on a trip around the UK which takes the band to dozens of towns and intimate venues.

The remaining March 2012 dates are as follows:

Leicester Firebug (6)
Norwich Waterfront (7)
Sheffield Corporation (8)
Liverpool Masque (9)
York Fibbers (10)
Middlesbrough Crown (11)
O2 Academy Newcastle 2 (13)
Aberdeen Tunnels (14)
Dundee Dexters (15)
Glasgow Cathouse (16)
Belfast Spring & Airbrake (17)
Dublin Whelans (18)
Limerick Dolans (19)
Cork Cyprus Avenue (20)
Leeds Joseph’s Well (22)
Hull Lamp (23)
Manchester Moho Live (24)
Stoke Sugarmill (26)
Nottingham Rock City (27)
Birmingham HMV Institute (28)
Gloucester Guildhall (29)
Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach (30)
O2 Academy Islington (31)