KILL HANNAH checked in late last night with the latest re the horrific bus fire they encountered yesterday. A statement from the band reads:

It was a view from a postcard that turned into a nightmare. This morning at 9am driving on our tour bus from a show in Bologna, Italy to Paris, France, we woke up somewhere in the Swiss Alps to the smell of toxic smoke and the serious tone of our tour manager saying three words you never want to hear: “Bus on Fire.” Within seconds all band members (including support act My Passion), crew and guests were standing shirtless and shoeless on the side of the winding road as the entire 2-story 45ft bus became fully engulfed in flames. Windows began bursting from the heat and there were several large explosions. It took Swiss firefighters less than 15 minutes to respond to the blaze, but by that time the bus and virtually all of the bands possessions were lost: luggage, clothes, passports, wallets, laptops, shoes, phones, and countless irreplaceable sentimental personal items.

We stood, surrounded by snowcapped mountains, watching the scene in disbelief, comforting one another as the blaze was battled. It took 2 hours before we were permitted to sift through the blackened shell of the bus in a vain attempt to retrieve anything that may have survived. Finally, we were all taken by charter to the tiny Swiss village of Airolo where I write you now from a tiny hotel.

The official cause of the fire will remain unknown until after tomorrow’s investigation. Fortunately, aside from smoke inhalation and shock, everyone is fine, as is our trailer of gear and merchandise. Half of us still have no shoes, but we are all warm in Kill Hannah hoodies and tshirts.

The hotel has a bar, and an accordian, so we will try to keep spirits high while we await our replacement bus from Manchester, England.

We are very sorry to have to cancel both our Paris and Belgian dates, but we expect to be in Stoke On Trent in time for Thursday’s show.

We want to thank the KH fans, our friends, our crew, our management, The Hotel Des Alpes, the staff at Ristorante Cristallina, and all the Swiss Emergency personnel for helping us through this traumatic day.

Kill Hannah Bus Fire Video

The remaining UK dates are:
Fri 24th Oct – Stoke Sugarmill
Sat 25th Oct – Dublin Whelans
Sun 26th Oct – Belfast Limelight
Mon 27th Oct – Glasgow Garage
Tue 28th Oct – Northampton Roadmenders
Wed 29th Oct – London LA2
Thu 30th Oct – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Fri 31st Oct – Manchester Academy 2
Sat 1st Nov – Birmingham Academy 2

For more news on Kill Hannah, check out THEIR NEWS PAGE

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Metallica have announced UK shows on their website, with MACHINE HEAD as main support. The dates will be as follows:

25 Feb: Nottingham, Trent FM Arena
26 Feb: Manchester Evening News Arena
28 Feb: Sheffield Arena
2 Mar: London, O2 Arena
3 Mar: Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
25 Mar: Birmingham, LG Arena
26 Mar: Glasgow, SECC
28 Mar:London, 02 Arena

Tickets go on sale October 24th.

If you cannot wait until March, then don’t forget that they will also be supporting SLIPKNOT in December. Dates for that tour are: Mon 1st Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo *SOLD OUT*
Tue 2nd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo *SOLD OUT*
Wed 3rd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo *SOLD OUT*
Fri 5th Dec – Cardiff International Arena *SOLD OUT*
Sun 7th Dec – Birmingham NIA
Mon 8th Dec – Glasgow SECC
Tue 9th Dec – Manchester MEN Arena
Thu 11th Dec – Newcastle Metro Arena
Fri 12th Dec – Sheffield Arena

For more news on Machine Head, CLICK HERE.

Machine Head will also release a Special Tour Edition of their current album THE BLACKENING, which includes a bonus CD and DVD on OCTOBER 27th. FOR FULL TRACKLISTING AND PRE-ORDER, CLICK HERE.

We continue the series of clips from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE CONCERT DVD with not one but TWO more to be released tomorrow- OCTOBER 22ND.

Both clips will go online at 5pm UK time. Clip 3 will be posted exclusively right here at ROADRUNNERRECORDS.CO.UK and the 4th will be an exclusive with our good friends at METALHAMMER.CO.UK.

Friday (24th OCTOBER) will see clip 5 posted exclusively over with our chums at KERRANG.COM.

Watch this space for news on more of our online

Fancy taking on members of TRIVIUM at a game of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the ole XBOX?? Then log on to XBOX LIVE between 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Eastern time (which is about 8pm UK time) on Thursday, October 23!!

For full details on who to hit up with a friend request for a game and what the full dealio is, head HERE.

Nice to see that the guys have some cool down time ahead of them landing in the UK this coming weekend ready to head out with Slayer on the Unholy Alliance tour in support of new album SHOGUN (in stores NOW).

The dates are as follows and there are still some tickets available so if you dont have yours yet, don’t panic, just GET ON IT!

Mon 27th Oct – Manchester Apollo
Tue 28th Oct – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Thu 30th Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 31st Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Sun 2nd Nov – Cardiff CIA
Mon 3rd Nov – Glasgow Academy

The guys are also preparing for Halloween with a cool new skin and some new tracks on their MySpace. CLICK FOR THE OFFICIAL TRIVIUM MYSPACE.

For more news on Trivium, check out their NEWS PAGE

BUY SHOGUN ONLINE HERE.

The Red Rocker, SAMMY HAGAR has released the first single off his upcoming release COSMIC UNIVERSAL FASHION, which sees a UK release on the 17th NOVEMBER.

The single, which is the title track from the album, is available NOW as a digital single from all the usual outlets.

You can try before you buy in the player below…

For more news on Sammy, check out his NEWS PAGE.

Remeber the days when you used to stand in the record store and look at the beautiful artwork in a brand new 12″ long play offering from you fave band?? You would coo over the pretty closs images before you… What? Sorry? You don’t? It’s just us old fuckers??! OH well let

We had word this morning that KILL HANNAH‘s tour bus had been consumed by fire in the Swiss Alps. We were hoping to have more news before we posted here, but all we have until now is the following from the band’s management:

“The bus was driving from Bologna Italy where they played last night to Paris for show tomorrow. They are in the Swiss Alps, closest city is Airolo, Switzerland. They were sleeping and bus filled with smoke and they realized it was on fire…something from the engine must’ve started it…the bunks are all pretty much melted…but everyone is out alive and uninjured, which is the important thing. Apparently the bunk section is particularly bad, some of the bunks collapsed onto each other and melted….”

We are awaiting news as to whether this will affect the upcoming tour dates and we will post here as soon as we have more news on that sistuation. Needless to say the guys will be doing thier best to make it over. In the meantime, our thoughts go out to the guys, who have lost a substantial amount of their personal effects in the incident.

For more news on Kill Hannah, check their NEWS PAGE.

LAMB OF GOD have announced a couple of headline shows in Ireland before they commence their METAL HAMMER sponsored DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH tour in February.

The guys will now play the following shows
Sun 8th Feb – Belfast Mandella Hall
Mon 9th Feb – Dublin Academy

Then the following dates on Defenders (w/Dimmu Borgir/5 Finger Death Punch + one more act to be confirmed)
Wed 11th Feb – Bristol Academy
Thu 12th Feb – Birmingham Academy
Fri 13th Feb – Manchester Academy
Sat 14th Feb – London Brixton Academy
Sun 15th Feb – Glasgow Academy

Lamb of God are currently in the studio recording their follow up to last offering Sacrement. Release date is still to be confirmed.

For more news on Lamb of God, head to their NEWS PAGE.

If you like Lamb of God, you should also check out DEVILDRIVER, SLIPKNOT and DREAM THEATER…

CLICK TO PICK UP THIER LATEST DVD ‘WALK WITH ME IN HELL’

BLABBERMOUTH.NET have posted the second in a series of clips taken from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED DVD, which will be released on DECEMBER 8TH.

You can check out the clip at THIS LOCATION.

See Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Jeff Waters (Annihilator) and Joel Stroetzel Killswitch Engage) amongst others re-living Annihilator’s ‘Alice in Hell’…

The clip is part of a series of many which will be posted over the coming months across a number places across the old inter-web! The next 2 instalments will be posted at 6pm on WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER at the following sites:

INSTALMENT 3- ROADRUNNERRECORDS.CO.UK

INSTALMENT 4- METALHAMMER.CO.UK.

If you missed installment 1, you can check it out at the DVD RELEASE PAGE…