Moby Forms Metal Band

Dance music star Moby has announced plans to hit the road with a heavy metal band.

The Porcelain hitmaker has formed a new group, called  Diamondsnake, with three pals, and he has released the tracks What The World Needs Now Is Rock, We Wanna Love You and Rock And Raw on websites Facebook and MySpace.com.

Moby said;, "Combining such disparate influences as rock, hard rock, metal, and heavy metal, New York City's Diamondsnake was borne out of a shared love for entering a small, dark, and musty room, plugging into a few amps, and playing as loud as possible for a seriously long time."

Diamondsnake is set to make its concert debut on 17 June at New York City's Highline Ballroom.