TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele will be joining the cast of the new vampire movie, “Tao of M”, this August. Steele will be taking on the role of Viktor Baine, the vampire who sires Midael. James L. Bills is directing the hi-def production, produced by Milena Rimassa-Merrill and featuring makeup FX by Matt Green, director of “Vicious”. “Tao of M” is reportedly being shot by Velvet Life Productions in a joint venture with Isis Films. Shooting for “Tao of M”, which is based on the half-hour indie film “Slayer Zed and the City of the Dead”, began in early July, and the moviemakers are aiming for a world premiere this Halloween.

We probe Dutch rockers, Within Temptation, and find out a little bit more about them PT 1 : RUUD JOLIE 2.) AGE 19-04-1976 so, I’m 29 3.) INSTRUMENT In the band guitar. Outside the band (as a hobby) bluegrass mandolin and dobro 4.) ALL TIME FAVOURITE RECORD AND WHY? Live After Death from Iron Maiden. It made me decide to buy a guitar. So if it wasn’t for that album I wouldn’t be answering these questions right now 5.) IF YOU WEREN’T A MUSICIAN WHAT WOULD YOU BE? homeless -) no, seriously, read below… 6.) INTERESTING FACT THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU? When I was a kid I wanted to become a knight, an astronaut or a stormtrooper (star wars) 7.) BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD? Don’t eat the yellow snow (FZ) 8.) PERSON (DEAD OR ALIVE) THAT YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO SHARE A ONE TO ONE WITH? Angelina Jolie. To find out if we are related. 9.) YOUR FAVOURITE TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THE SILENT FORCE? they are all beautiful 🙂 10.) WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE CAN TAKE FROM THE ALBUM? Lots of positive thoughts and feelings. Maybe for every mood a different song…

Within Temptation’s colossal video Stand My Ground is now up and running on KERRANG! TV selection #108. The video will be available on the site as a stream for only one more week!! So CLICK HERE and watch the video.

We’re sorry to announce that East Coast bruisers Blood Has Been Shed (featuring Howard Jones & Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage) have been forced to cancel their planned September 3-date UK tour, due to unforeseen Killswitch Engage US touring commitments. The band regretfully sends their apologies to their fans. Ticket refunds will be available from the point of purchase. Killswitch Engage will play the UK in November with the Taste Of Chaos tour.

Chimaira’s colossal self-titled 3rd album is released on Aug 8th and if you buy it from selected Indie ‘Roadrage’ stores then you will receive an exclusive ‘Chimaira’ numbered laminate. If you register the number of your laminate at this website from Monday Aug 8th, then you could win tickets and the chance to meet the band on their next UK tour

On July 25, during a day off from performing on the second stage of Ozzfest, Grammy nominees KILLSWITCH ENGAGE played a very special show at the Worcester Palladium that was filmed for their first-ever DVD. Photos from the DVD shoot can be found at HeavyMetalSource.com. Special guests at the show included AS I LAY DYING and ONCE BELOVED. The DVD is being directed by Lex Halaby (MUDVAYNE, CHIMAIRA) and will be released at the end of this year.

Prepare to feel the FEAR as the monstrous machine that is FEAR FACTORY return with their sixth studio album TRANSGRESSION. Out on the 22nd of August the album is also available with a strictly limited edition DVD. The trackllisting is as follows: 1. 540,000 F 4:28 2. Transgression 4:50 3. Spinal Compression 4:12 4. Contagion 4:38 5. Empty Vision 4:54 6. Echo Of My Scream 6:58 7. Supernova 4:32 8. New Promise 5:14 9. I Will Follow 3:42 10. Millenium 5:25 11 Moment Of Impact 4:01 (DOWNLOAD) 12. Slave Labor (live) 4:02 * 13. Cyber Waste (Live) 3:38 * 14. Drones (Live) 4:57* * Bonus track. Bonus DVD includes: – 3 music videos. (Moment Of Impact, Transgression, Spinal Compression) – The Making of Transgression – Video interviews with band – Entire album in enhanced/DVD audio – Behind the scenes footage

Chimaira’s colossal self-titled 3rd album is released on Aug 8th. However if you can’t wait to hear brutality in it’s many beautiful colours (black) then you’ll be glad to here that we have teamed up with a selection of the best metal clubs in the country who are going to be giving Chimaira fans and metal fans alike an exclusive pre-release listen to the new record in its entirety. Each of the clubs will be doing a full album playback on the dates listed below and will be giving out a selection of posters, sticker flyers and wristbands. Dates are as follows: Friday 29th July @ Kerrang Club – Birmingham Saturday 30th July @ Mission – Edinburgh Saturday 30th July @ Civic -Wolverhampton Sunday 31st July @ Teen spirit – Cardiff Tuesday 2nd of August, Ziggys – York Wednesday 3rd of August Po Na Na – Lincoln Thursday 4th August @ Zodiac – Oxford Friday 5th August @ Spiders í¢ä‰åäóì Hull Friday 5th August @ Face/off – Swansea Friday 5th August @Jilly’s Rockworld – Manchester Saturday 6th August: Loaded @ The Krazyhouse í¢ä‰åäóì Liverpool Saturday 6th August Rock City – Nottingham

SOULFLY – DARK AGES has gone back to the October 3rd. But trust us when we say it’ll be worth the wait.

Due to the DAMN RIGHT awesome demand, the TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR has opened it’s gates for a few more dates. New dates added include: 7th November – Doncaster Dome 13th November – 2nd Brixton show Full listings are as follows: 06/11 – Apollo (Manchester) 07/11 – Dome (Doncaster) 08/11 – NIA (Birmingham) 09/11 – SE&CC (Glasgow) 10/11 – Centre (Brighton) 12/11 – CIA (Cardiff) 13/11 – Academy (Brixton) 14/11 – Academy (Brixton) CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS