CHIMAIRA are set to play three special low-key shows after their Download Festival appearance at Donington on Saturday 11th June. The three special shows will give the band the opportunity to showcase new material from their forthcoming third album, ‘Chimaira’, which is due for a 1st August release. Full dates are as follows: 11th June í¢ä‰åäóì DONINGTON Download Festival (Snickers stage) BUY ONLINE 14th June í¢ä‰åäóì LONDON Underworld BUY ONLINE 15th June í¢ä‰åäóì OXFORD Zodiac BUY ONLINE 16th June í¢ä‰åäóì COLCHESTER Arts Centre BUY ONLINE Support comes from Israeli labelmates, BETZEFER (whose album ‘Down Low’ is released through Roadrunner on 6th June).

Whatever you have planned for the next month, change it. ROAD RAGE 2005 is coming and you can’t afford to miss it. From May 1st – 18th, TRIVIUM, STILL REMAINS, & 3 INCHES OF BLOOD shall be unleashing fury on the UK. These bands are all cutting through now and if you catch them now, I guarantee you won’t regret it. All the bands are really excited about the Tour and are gointg to deliver a show to remember. Thoughts from TRIVIUM on the tour!!! “We leave Friday 4/29/05 for the United Kingdom for the European installment of the Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary Road Rage Tour . The tour kicks off Sunday night May 1st at the WOLFRUN in Wolverhampton. We can’t wait to get over there and meet up the fans, the Roadrunner International staff and the UK Street Team & Road Crews – we know how hard you all have been working to help promote and support the bands and we look forward to having some fun and showing our appreciation for all of your support.’ m/-_-m/ Matt, Travis, Corey, Paolo If your still not convinced, why not check out the article in this weeks Kerrang! regarding the American ROAD RAGE tour. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE

The release of SLIPKNOT’s – Before I Forget had been moved back to the 13th of June. The release is available on two limited edition 7″ pictures discs. TRACKLISTING: 1ST 7í¢ä‰åŒ: 1.’Before I Forget (Single Version)’* 2.’The Blister Exists (Live)’* 2ND 7í¢ä‰åŒ: 1.’Before I Forget (Full-Length Version)’ 2.’Three-Nil (Live)’* * exclusive track Leading up to the release the band are playing to very special gigs. In addition to playing the mainstage at Download Festival June 12th. The band are playing an exclusive warm up gig in Scotland. This show is exclusive to fans that have downloaded the Desktop Dog. Information about the gig, with the secret link to buy tickets will sent to all Dog owners! Go to: www.downloadfestival.co.uk/dog to get the dog if you haven’t already.

Nailbomb, the cult PunkMetal side-project put together by Max Cavalera (Sepultura/Soulfly) & Alex Newport (Fudge Tunnel), release a specially low-priced DVD called ‘Live At Dynamo’ on July 4th.It features a full raw live recording of Nailbomb’s second (and last) show at the Dynamo Festival in Eindhoven Holland on June 3rd 1995. Joining guitarist/vocalists Max & Alex on the day in a constantly changing line-up on the day were Igor Cavalera (drums í¢ä‰åäóì Sepultura), Evan Seinfeld (bass í¢ä‰åäóì Biohazard), Dave Edwardson (bass í¢ä‰åäóì Neurosis),D.H. Peligro (drums í¢ä‰åäóì Dead Kennedys), Scott Doom (bass í¢ä‰åäóì Doom), Rhys Fulber (keyboards í¢ä‰åäóì Front Line Assembly) & Barry C Schneider (drums í¢ä‰åäóì Tribe After Tribe). The set includes almost all of the ‘Point Blank’ album plus a ferocious cover of Dead Kennedy’s ‘Police Truck’. Full tracklisting is as follows: 1.Wasting Away 2.Guerrilias 3.Cockroaches 4.Vai Toma No Cu 5.Sum Of Your Achievements 6.Religious Cancer 7.Police Truck 8.Exploitation 9.World Of Shit 10.Blind And Lost 11.Sick Life

.hopesfall are doing a Meet & Greet/autograph signing with Tsunami Bomb on May 14th. The event shall take place at MASH on Oxford Street as part of the bands ATTICUS tour promotion. DETAILS ——————– 14th MAY 1-2 PM Mash – 73 Oxford St. London W1D 2EP ——————– .hopesfall will be playing at the Mean Fiddler later that day as part of their UK Tour with Tsunami Bomb. Dates are as follows: Sat 14th May – London Mean Fiddler Sun 15th May – Bristol Fleece 7 Firkin Mon 16th May – Nottingham Rock City Tue 17th May – Birmingham Academy Wed 18th May – Glasgow Cathouse Thu 19th May – Newcastle Globe Fri 20th May – Leeds Josephs Well Sat 21st May – Manchester Hop & Grape Sun 22nd May – Leicester Princess Charlotte Mon 23rd May – Oxford Zodiac Tue 24th May – Brighton Concorde 2 Wed 25th May – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms REMEMBER: .hopesfall – A-types – Out Now

Every Time I Die have posted the following news about their new bass player, Welcome to the family Kevin. “After hours (minutes) and hours (minutes) of deliberation (watching cheaters) the Every Time I Die Camp has decided on a new bass player. His name is Kevin Falk, previously of the band Between The Buried And Me. He comes to us from North Carolina with boatloads of talent (money) and enthusiasm (money). We thank EVERYONE who sent emails, pictures, tapes, loose coins and threats. Your willingness to surrender your time, nay your LIVES just to be a part of our band is flattering and appreciated beyond words.” – ETID

36 CRAZYFISTS thank the UK, ‘WE RULE’ “Hey all, we are back from our European tour and let me tell you, IT WAS AMAZING!!!! Thanks to everyone who came out and sang the songs with us, you all rule!!! Well it looks like the beginning of summer and we have settled back into writing the new record. We are hoping to wrap up the writing by August and start recording early fall, for an early ’06 release”. “We are going to be documenting the entire writing and recording process and hope to have some video clips soon for everyone to see”. “A big thank you to our brothers in 12 Tribes and From First To Last for coming to Europe with us, we love you guys!. We will be updating the site as the events happen, and will be announcing a couple shows this summer. Thanks to everyone for listening to the music and supporting the shows. We love you all…” – 36CF REMEMBER: 36 Crazyfists – Destroy the Map – Can be ordered exclusively through the Roadrunner store NOW

This years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL is going to be the best yet. With a month and half left we have already had seven awesome RR acts confirmed. 1.)WEDNESDAY 13 2.)CHIMAIRA 3.)EVERY TIME I DIE 4.)OPEN HAND 5.)SLIPKNOT 6.)KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 7.)CALIBAN To find out more about DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE. In preparation to the festival, SLIPKNOT are playing a warm up show at GLASGOW BARROWLANDS. Tickets are ONLY available from the Download Dog, which pops up on your desktop with the link to buy tickets after you have installed it. Download the dog at: www.downloadfestival.co.uk/dog

í¢ä‰åñThis is how hardcore is supposed to soundí¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åäóì Kerrang! Hardcore traditionalists, TERROR are set for some long-awaited UK shows this June. TERROR bring the purest hardcore attitude to their music. Their brutal, stripped-down, uncompromising, sweat-soaked stomp of an album, ‘One With The Underdogs’ has won them fans and followers across the globe, thanks to the genuine power transmitted by their songs and the California band’s relentless, hard-working approach to playing shows. Now, their UK fans get a bite and can catch their heroes at the following shows JUNE 27TH – PONTYPRIDD ARTS CENTRE JUNE 28TH – GLASGOW BARFLY JUNE 29TH – SHEFFIELD CLUB ZERO JUNE 30TH – LONDON UNDERWORLD Tickets go on sale this week and are available from box offices and all usual agents. To coincide, Roadrunner will be re-issuing TERROR’s debut album, ‘Lowest Of The Low’ on 27th June, but with a whopping 10 extra live tracks and 3 bonus studio tracks. Full tracklisting will read as follows: 01. Better Off Without You 02. Don’t Need Your Help 03. Nothing To Me 04. Keep Your Distance 05. Another Face 06. Push It Away 07. Life And Death 08. What Have We Done 09. Lowest Of The Low 10. Can I Say (BONUS) 11. Out Of My Face (BONUS) 12. Nothing To Lose (BONUS) 13. Better Off Without You (Live in Tokyo) 14. Don’t Need Your Help (Live in Tokyo) 15. Life And Death (Live in Tokyo) 16. What Have We Done (Live in Tokyo) 17. Another Face (Live in Tokyo) 18. Push It Away (Live in Tokyo) 19. Nothing To Lose (Live in Tokyo) 20. Nothing To Me (Live in Tokyo) 21. Lowest Of The Low (Live in Tokyo) 22. Keep Your Distance (Live in Tokyo)

CHIMAIRA are set to play three special low-key shows after their Download Festival appearance at Donington on Saturday 11th June. The three special shows will give the band the opportunity to showcase new material from their forthcoming third album, ‘Chimaira’, which is due for a 1st August release. Full dates are as follows: 11th June í¢ä‰åäóì DONINGTON Download Festival (Snickers stage) 14th June í¢ä‰åäóì LONDON Underworld 15th June í¢ä‰åäóì OXFORD Zodiac 16th June í¢ä‰åäóì COLCHESTER Arts Centre Tickets for the club shows are priced at 퉌£12 and go on sale today from box offices and all usual agents. Support comes from Israeli labelmates, BETZEFER (whose album ‘Down Low’ is released through Roadrunner on 6th June).