_{Swedish band Crashdïet release their fifth album, “Rust”, through Frontiers Music on 13th September. The band formed initially in 2000 and has now released albums with four different lead vocalists; “Rust” being the first for new singer Gabriel Keyes. The track “Idiots” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show in June and the latest single “Rust” was on the Show on 6th September.}

_{Finnish band Block Buster release their debut album “Losing Gravity” through Frontiers Music on 13th September. Frontiers are promoting Block Buster as part of their ‘New Breed’ roster, however I didn’t really know much about the band, so I arranged to get some questions answered by e-mail. The band line-up features brothers Aarni and Jaako Metsäpelto on lead vocals / guitar and drums respectively as well as lead guitarist Elias Salo and bass player Joonas Arppe. Elias answered a few questions about the band’s history and their new album.}

_{“Torn From The Pages” is a new album, released on 6th September by Mighty Music, featuring the talents of guitarist and producer Stevie D and Living Colour frontman Corey Glover. This is the first collaboration between the two musicians and initially Glover was to record just the one song, but this soon expanded to all thirteen tracks on the album. The single “Your Time Has Run Out” was included on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 26th July and “Wake Up Call” is on the Show this week.}