Recent news... (atleast the ones that I know of)

Some news that can be the cause of some worry among progressive metal fans... Kristoffer Gildenlow has left "Pain of Salvation". It's somewhat shocking although I feel there'll be no compromise on the quality of music that these guys put out. Simply put these guys define perfection. Daniel Gildenlow (the lead singer, guitarist) is one of the best among the huge number of good musicians churned out in this generation of metal.
Moving on, Tarja Turunen has left Nightwish (kicked out rather), well, for the good or worse. Nothing much has happened since then.
"In flames" continue to suck at their music attempts. Well, I guess that's what the mainstream wants.