Calling all Cradle Of Filth fans! RoomThirteen.com have posted up a brand new interview with Dave! Go and have a read HERE. In other news, Dave called in earlier today from the studio, where the guys are rehearsing ready to hit the road in South America soon!

By the powers of the internet, we had a quick chat online this morning with Chris & Matt from Chimaira, all the way over in Japan, 90 minutes before they were due to play a show in Nagoya. RR: Hey! Matt, Chimaira: Hello! Chris, Chimaira: Hey! What’s up? RR: Where are you, right this second? Matt, Chimaira: In Nagoya, Japan right now, sharing a hotel room w/ Chris. Chris, Chimaira: Wireless connection in our hotel room. We play in 90 minutes. RR: How is it going over there? Matt, Chimaira: It’s been awesome. Chris, Chimaira: It’s pretty cool, Tokyo is awesome. The people here are so welcoming, and RR Japan is super nice too. We are pampered here …I love it! RR: So, tour food this trip. Have you eaten Japanese food, or did you go to a McDonalds? Chris, Chimaira: I’ve eaten Japanese food… love it. Handy if someone is around to tell me what it is though. I only had McDonalds once. Last night every single one of us went to a Korean grill… they bring meat, veggies out and you cook it yourself at the table, you get rice and stuff to mix with it. RR: Cool. What are the fans like at the shows? Same as here? Chris, Chimaira: Not as much moshing, our Japanese fans like to chant along with the songs more. In between songs there’s complete silence from the crowd tho, kinda crazy. Everyone is really intelligent and pays attention to what’s going on. It’s hard to really explain but they are insane! And there is still some crowd-surfing, even though it’s not like the USA or Europe. Japan watches more than they move, whereas in Europe there’s tons of action on the floor. Plus the first two or three rows in Japan are all girls. We get guys in business suits at our shows too. We had some fans show up at our hotel… and it was these guys in business suits walking up to us for autographs. RR: Very different then huh? And now, only a few more shows and you get to go home eh?! Chris, Chimaira: Yep… 6. One here in Japan (soon!) and then 5 in Australia. Matt, Chimaira: I’m glad we’re touring here and Australia, it’s an awesome way to end being on the road for a year and a half. I am looking forward to getting home to my baby & my bed after though! RR: Did you get to see any of Japan this trip? Chris, Chimaira: Last night Matt and I took a cab to this area in Tokyo… where all the buildings are covered in lights. It’s kinda the shady part of town but we wanted to take pics as it looks cool as hell! RR: Why covered in lights? Early for Christmas? Chris, Chimaira: Ha, no, it’s all adverts I think. [See Chris’s photos HERE & HERE.] But it’s also an area full of hookers, gangs…etc. RR: So this is why you REALLY went there…! Chris, Chimaira: Hahah no.. you know I’m not like that! Pretty cool though, huh? We also saw the biggest intersection in the world. [See Chris’s photo HERE.] RR: Very cool. So is this all around Tokyo? Chris, Chimaira: Yea all Tokyo… it’s huge. I’m a good tour guide?! RR: Yes, good job. How’s your new drummer taking to it all? Chris, Chimaira: He’s loving it. He’s up every night, partying fucking hard. He’s never been over here before. He’s a crazy one, but super nice. If he tries to be a pest, he’ll soon learn once we smack him around! Matt, Chimaira: It has been cool touring w/ Kevin, everyone seems more energized, even when feeling pretty burnt after so long on the road. RR: Looking forward to seeing Australia next? You’ve never been there right? Never seen a koala? Matt, Chimaira: No, we’ve never been. I hear the crowds are crazy so it should be fun! Chris, Chimaira: I plan on seeing as much as possible. I have some family who recently moved to Melbourne. I can’t wait to see stuff like the Opera House etc. RR: Any last words? Chris, Chimaira: It’s time to rock!

Hopesfall have confirmed that there will be 10 new tracks on their forthcoming album ‘A Types’. The songs set for inclusion are: 1. It Happens 2. Start & Pause 3. Icarus 4. Breathe From Coma 5. Champion Beyond Blessing 6. The Ones 7. Manipulate The Eclipse 8. Matchmaker’s Haven 9. Owl 10. Per Sempre Marciamo ‘A Types’ is due out in November.

InfinityMag.com has recently added an 18-minute audio interview with Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell. In the interview, Burton talks about the group’s break-up and reunion, the latest album, “Archetype”, touring plans and experiences touring with Slipknot & Chimaira, his experiences working with Geezer Butler on his solo album, and his twin brother Ben, who’s a country musician, and even some politics. Check it out HERE.

Top 20 Rock Deaths All this week on Scuzz, they’re dedicating the channel the the rock legends no longer with us. Take a look at what’s in store: Top 20 Rock Deaths September 14, 16 and 18 From choking on their own vomit to choking on a ham sandwich, rock stars’ deaths are rarely as glamorous as their rock ‘n’ roll lives. In this griping two-hour documentary, Scuzz looks at the tragic and debauched demise of rock legends such as Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Joey Ramone, Cliff Burton, Layne Staley, Randy Rhoades, Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain. Our rock pundits, along with the likes of Slipknot, Good Charlotte, Incubus, Lostprophets, and The Offspring, look at the stories behind the deaths of some of rock’s biggest icons, and delve into the phenomenon of the Scandinavian death metal deaths, the 27 Club, and take a look at the bizarre endings the history books have tried to gloss over. Featuring our hosts, Cradle Of Filth. Rock In Peace Every day at midday Scuzz hand-picks a selection of videos in tribute to the rockers no longer with us, from The Clash, Def Leppard, The Ramones, and Alice In Chains, to Metallica, Sublime, AC/DC and Nirvana.

Who is… CALIBAN Name? Andreas D퀌_rner Age? 27 Instrument? Vocals All time favourite record? Unbroken í¢ä‰åñLife Love Regretí¢ä‰åŒ Greatest experience on tour? The Hellfest and the first time that the people screamed along all the lyrics. Most horrible experience on tour? A 3-day stop in a French village. Our driver killed two tyres at the same time and we had to spend our off-days in the middle of nowhere. Most embarrassing moment ever on stage? Once I was so drunk that I wanted to do a feat on a monitor box. It slipped away and I fell down right on my ass. It was embarrassing and painful. Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? Screaming myself into the right mood. With which band would you love to tour with? I already did (In Flames). Besides In Flames, touring with Chimaira, Machine Head or Slipknot would be cool. If I couldn’t be a musician, I would work as… Probably owner of a pub! Best advice you ever heard? With your voice you should become a singer. With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Jim Morrison, to philosophise about the world. What’s one thing you would like to achieve in life? To complete and train my voice so far that I’ll be satisfied with myself sometime. World domination would be cool, too. Last Words: Love me, or hate me, but never ignore me. Thanks to all of you out there, who have been with us and supporting us for such a long time, stay metal/hc!

Originally set to hit Morrisound studios in Florida today, the start date for Trivium to start the recording of their Roadrunner debut (titled Ascendancy) has been pushed back. Yes, the effects of the hurricane situation continue. Trivium should be hitting Morrisound studios sometime later in the week, details to follow.

Right about now, Chimaira are in Japan. After Japan, it’s off to Australia for the first time, then back home to start the writing process for a new CD. In between, a DVD/EP titled ‘The Dehumanizing Process’ will be released. Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter checked in with the following update before leaving to Japan: Hey everyone! Well, after 17 months, we are almost finished touring. Never ones to fade into the distance, our final show on the Road Rage 2004 tour ended with some insane drunken madness. There is an old tradition when bands are good friends – they play little pranks on each other like seniors in high school. We ended up crashing Machine Head’s stage for some shots of Grey Goose and Jager. At the end of their show I started playing drums with the Head on some old Metallica classics. It was awesome and now I know why I quit drums. Not to be outdone, at the height of the energy during our set, crowd is going nuts, we are having a blast, next thing you know there are 3 grown men in diapers (Machine Head) on our stage jamming with us. We got fucked with so bad and loved every minute of it. I could tell the crowd was amused with the all of the antics because I am sure they have never seen anything like that before. The Road Rage tour was a blast for us all, and we became closer friends with Machine Head who are some of the best guys on the planet. We just had 2 days off and are headed overseas for our first Japanese and Australian tours, with our friends in In Flames. We are fucking stoked. Rumor has it all of the Australian shows are already sold out. Don’t quote me on that, but that is what I hear. Touring has been a blast and it really defines what is best about being in a band. Onward and upward the DVD is complete. A lot of people seem confused as to what the content on the DVD is. This is not your typical band DVD. It is not something we put together. An actual director, Todd Bell, made a movie based on us…you get the deal. Here is what you can look forward to: – A 90-minute documentary about what we have accomplished, over come, and endured over the past 2 years. It follows us from the beginning of the writing process for The Impossibility of Reason, the recording, the touring and all of the shit we went through in between and during, especially with our drummer situations this year. – The extra goodies that will be included are all of our videos and a 7 song concert from Europe (Colin Richardson mixed the audio from the concert in 5.1 and it sounds amazing) – a 2nd disc, the This Present Darkness CD with some extra tracks (for some reason, a lot of people think the audio for this record is on the DVD…THIS IS NOT THE CASE it is a separate CD entirely) The DVD/EP comes out November 2nd and we really hope everyone enjoys it. The past 2 years have been really special for us and we are excited to be able to share it with everyone in the world. Finally we will start writing this October and hope to be in the studio in January. We hope the DVD/EP can hold you all over till the new shit comes out! Thanks for all of the support for the past year and a half and even though we look forward to a “break” we can’t wait to get back out to do it all over again. Thanks again. Mark

KERRANG TV Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ is now added í¢ä‰åäóì selection # 271 SCUZZ TV Now added: Cradle Of Filth ‘Nymphetamine’ Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ * Note: They can only be selected this week from 3 p.m. í¢ä‰åäóì 5 p.m. and midnight í¢ä‰åäóì 9 a.m.

Further to the last news update about the stonkingly cheap Roadrage campaign kicking off at Virgin this month, we can now tell you it’s actually been brought forward a couple of days, and will start from September 20th! The following albums will be included in the campaign: AT 퉌£7.99 Slipknot ‘Vol 3’ 36 Crazyfists ‘A Snow-Capped Romance’ Soulfly ‘Prophecy’ DevilDriver ‘DevilDriver’ Fear Factory ‘Archetype’ Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ Nickelback ‘The Long Road’ Dirty Americans ‘Strange Generation’ Hatebreed ‘Rise Of Brutality’ Every Time I Die ‘Hot Damn!’ O.S.T. ‘Freddy Vs Jason’ AT 퉌£6.99 Chimaira í¢ä‰åäóì both albums 36 Crazyfists ‘Bitterness The Star’ Fear Factory ‘Demanufacture’ Ill Nino í¢ä‰åäóì both albums Machine Head í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Through The Ashesí¢ä‰åŒ_’, ‘Burn My Eyes’, ‘Hellalive’ Killswitch Engage ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ Nickelback í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Curb’, ‘The State’ & ‘Silver Side Up’ Queens Of The Stone Age ‘QOTSA’ Sepultura ‘Roots’ Slipknot ‘Slipknot’ & ‘Iowa’ Spineshank í¢ä‰åäóì ‘The Height Of Callousness’ & ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’ Murderdolls ‘Beyond The Valley…’ Stone Sour ‘Stone Sour’ Type O Negative ‘Life Is Killing Me’