Name? Jakob Batten Age? 27 Instrument? Lead guitar All time favourite record? Metal: Megadeth: Rust In Peace Non-metal: A-ha: Scoundrel Days Greatest experience on tour? Probably when I banged some groupie in a hotel room somewhere in Germany. The room had 3 beds, in the bed to the right of me was the girl I nailed earlier that day asleep. In the bed to the left was Mr. Bo Summer í¢ä‰åäóì talking dirty to me and telling me what I should do to the groupie. Most horrible experience on tour? We headlined a festival in the Czech Republic. I got extremely drunk on low-budget-vodka and fell asleep. I was thrown out of bed 20 minutes before our show and I couldn’t stand up. I vomitted twice on stage and we played our worst show ever. People there were pissed off. In a way it wasn’t horrible, it was pretty funny í¢ä‰åäóì at least afterwards. Most embarrassing moment that ever happened to you on stage? Playing in a blue dress with flowers on it in Berlin. It was so short that the audience could see everything. And I guess I’m not the biggest animal in the forest….. Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? Nope, just the beers and the booze. With which band would you love to tour with and why? That girl band who have sex with their fans. Don’t remember the name of the band, but maybe I’d get lucky. If I wouldn t be a musician, I would work as… Nude photographer Best advice you ever heard? Cut your hair í¢ä‰åäóì you look like David Crockett. With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Someone with heavy hooters and a wide behind. Maybe that new Russian tennis babe í¢ä‰åäóì if she had some implants first. Last Words: Buy our new album í¢ä‰åäóì It rocks more than anything ever rocked before!!!!!!

Amongst your web travels, we ask you to check out the Resident Evil: Apocalypse ecard, and hear the songs from the upcoming soundtrack (including another Cradle Of Filth song from their upcoming release), along with music from Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, DevilDriver, 36 Crazyfists, and more. Enjoy. Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack in stores Aug 30th.

MVWire.com is reporting that director Joe Lynch is creating yet another amazing video in the form of DevilDriver’s “Nothing’s Wrong”. Winner of the “Filmmaker of the Year” in the Village Voice (Best of Long Island edition, 1999) for his horror shorts “mAHABRA” and “hiBeams”, Joe is known for his morbid, devious, and hilarious sense of humor, which he applies liberally to his videos. The video for “Nothing’s Wrong” takes place in the band’s rehearsal space in Santa Barbara, chosen “to simply capture the band in their elementí¢ä‰åŒ_ purely letting the music take over.” Joe described the shoot day as being “hot, cramped, sweaty as heck but fun as hell!” The video features an energetic atmosphere that is complemented by festive lighting Joe’s patented epilepti-cam, and includes almost 600 different camera angles. The focus was on the energy created by the band, and Joe describes the experience as being reminiscent of the effect that would be created if one were to put a firecracker in a mailbox. Paired with DevilDriver’s intense and explosive sound, this music video gets everything right. The band have posted some ‘Making Of’ video clips on their official site HERE.

As mentioned previously, Auguest 8th marked the 10 year anniversary of the release of the Machine Head album ‘Burn My Eyes’, and in honour the guys did a special show in Philadelphia, playing the entire album from start to end. Below is a review of the night, from the band’s official messageboard, written by ‘Shun Fist’. “This show was unbelievable, i cannot express how lucky i felt to be there as a fan of 7 years to witness something so awesome. There are so many reasons why MH are so special to so many people, maybe its that fact that unlike most of their peers of ten years past, they can still deliver the same caliber performance they did when they first entered in the heavy metal scene, or maybe it’s the honesty and sincerity the band has always had with their fans. Or probably the most obvious would have to be the great music they put out, either way “MH’s the best, that’s the point”. Their opening music was Realize, Real Eyes, Real Lies, which the band didn’t play but it came through the PA. But then they did something i’ve only heard through many upon many bootlegs. They did they ol’school desire to fire intro into Davidian, needless to say the shit hit the fan. Some people got it, some people didnt but that was okay, i guess you just had to be that kind of fan to understand. They ripped into Old, then of course into A thousand Lies which came out so awesome. None But My Own was a little off key, unfortunately one of Robbs strings wasnt tuned correctly, you might see/hear that on the dvd. Oh yeah on that note i saw about 4 or 5 people shooting the set from all angles so if you pray hard we might get that dvd we’ve all been waiting for. Back to the subject, NBMO came out great. Then one of my all time favs the Rage to Overcome, it was monstrous! McClain made the drums sound gigantic and i still can hear a whole bunch of people saying “holy shit” including myself. Following the order, Death Church was heavy beyond all hell we all know where that one went. The only time ive heard Nation on fire was when they played it during the TBR tour and they cut the heavy part out. It was really awesome to hear the full version. Blood for Blood was awesome, i should mention Phil did a lot of improvs on the solos which were definitely cool and Robb was on target with his. Im your god now was flawless and they did a few covers with Mark Hunter from Chimaira on stage including Creeping Death, Walk, Livewire and one more i think. Closed the set off with Block of course and shit you had to see all four of those dudes in a group hug on stage, very emotional for those dudes and Im so happy for those guys. Thank You Machine Head for an amazing night, you guys are amazing.”

Something for the weekend? We give you the most awesome, most headbangin’ brand new Chimaira video for Power Trip…. Watch it in the VIDEO section.

36 Crazyfists: Yes, they’re from Alaska. No, they don’t live in igloos. No, they don’t ride dog sleds. Yes, they rock hard. Please allow me to introduce you to 36 Crazyfists. Let’s get the basics out of the way. To read the full article from the Hartford Advocate, click HERE.

What do you know about the world of being on the road with Thornley? If all of the following comes as news to you, not much (and do read all the way to the end for a chance to win an iPod or Xbox). – Earlier this week in Toledo, apparently due to bad wiring, Ian spent the whole 45 minute set getting shocked every time he sang a line. True. Not fun. True again. Oddly enough, bassist Worm (who sings backups) did not have the same misfortune. – Yesterday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the band occupied some time at Grade A Tattoos and Piercing, and couldn’t have been happier. Worm, Tavis, and Sekou all walked out sporting new tats, and some with new piercings, too. They raved about the joint, so if you are ever in Fort Wayne…

Have you watched the brand new video from Zao yet? Shot for the track ‘The Rising End’ you can watch it online HERE. The Zao album ‘The Funeral Of God’ is out on Monday.

Roadrunner will be releasing the ‘All Hail The Dead’ album by Trustkill band Walls of Jericho on October 4. The tracklisting is shaping up to be: 1. All Hail The Dead 2. There’s No 1 F**ck You 3. A Little Piece Of Me 4. Another Anthem For The Hopeless 5. Revival Never Goes Out Of Style 6. Day And A Thousand Years 7. Through The Eyes Of A Dreamer 8. 1:43 AM 9. Jaded 10.Thanks For The Memories 11.More Life In The Monitors 12.Fixing Broken Hearts 13.To Be Continued…

Have you visited the ECARDS section of this site lately? We have brand new e-cards up for: Most Precious Blood Walls of Jericho High Holy Days and Resident Evil: Apocalyse (do check out the album player in this). Find them all, and more, HERE.