Over at the official Hopesfall website, the band have posted the following message: “Hey everyone, so our friends at Atticus are doing a sweet giveaway at our London show on Aug 9th. They’ll be giving away some goodie bags filled with Atticus gear. We hope you’ll all come on down to hear some great music and get a chance to win Atticus clothes! Make sure you visit their website at www.atticusclothing.com. Rocksound is also sponsoring our whole UK portion of the tour – make sure you pick up the new copy of Rocksound this month – we’re in it!!!” In other Hopesfall news, the band are about done mixing the new album!

Did you know? Caliban dropped by the old RR UK office just before our move to say hi, as they were in the country for a couple of days enroute from Germany to the USA. While they were at the Roadrunner office in Germany, we hear staff had them answer a few questions about themselves, so one translation later… here is the piece on bassist Boris. Name: Boris Pracht Age: 26 Instrument: Bass All time favourite record? Slayer – Reign in Blood Greatest experience on tour? To see how Denis, our second guitar player, fall totally drunken out of bed, hahaha! Most horrible experience on tour? Knock on wood, there is no horrible story to tell so far… Most embarrassing moment that ever happened to you on stage? Nothing embarrassing has happened to me yet… Until now, haha… Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? Besides warming up just the usual, like putting new strings on, tune the guitar etc. With which band would you love to tour with? Hatebreed If I couldn’t be a musician, I would work as… Office-slave in an advertising agency Best advice you ever heard? Never say never! With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? LEAH REMINI AKA CARRIE HEFFERNAN (King of Queens) because this woman makes the sun rise!!) What’s one thing you would like to achieve in life? To get a date with Leah! ) Last Words: Thanks to all the people that support/supported us endlessly! Without you we are nothing! THANKS!

Roadrunner Records is raising hell again with the August 30th release of MUSIC FROM & INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE. The soundtrack, which highlights the best of today’s darker leaning heavy rock, features Slipknot, Nightwish, A Perfect Circle, The Cure, The Used, Rob Zombie and more. The first single from the leaders of The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal, Killswitch Engage’s “The End Of Heartache” will impact US radio on August 9th and is already starting a strong buzz with early adds at WZZN in Chicago and WAAF in Boston. The band’s latest album, The End of Heartache was released in mid May and has already surpassed the 100,000 album sales mark in the US! TRACK LISTING 1. Slipknot – Vermilion 2. The Used – Just A Little 3. The Cure – Us Or Them 4. A Perfect Circle – The Outsider (Renholder Mix)* 5. Lacuna Coil – Swamped 6. Killswitch Engage – The End Of Heartache 7. Rammstein – Mein Teil* 8. DevilDriver – Digging Up The Corpses* 9. Cradle Of Filth – Nymphetamine* 10. CKY – Escape From Hellview 11. Deftones – The Chauffeur 12. H.I.M. – Join Me In Death 13. Nightwish – Nemo 14. Thrice – Under A Killing Moon 15. 36 Crazyfists – Bloodwork 16. Cold – End Of The World (acoustic)* 17. Rob Zombie – Girl On Fire (Resident Renholder Mix)* 18. Massive Attack – Future Proof * Denotes previously unreleased Did you know? The US release of this album will not have the Nightwish track, but instead a song by Demon Hunter.

How many of y’all out there read the Orlando Weekly? Not many we’ll bet. Well, in their “Best of Orlando 2004 Edition,” this publication features “Best of 2004” ranging from Sports & Recreation, Local Color (we are in the US here), Goods & Services, Food & Drink and Arts & Entertainment around Florida. That being said, someone today stumbled upon the following piece on new RR act Trivium, rated BEST METAL ACT in this “Best Of 2004” piece. What was written about Trivium? Read below: “They released a great record – Ember to Inferno – late last year on a German label, and then, within the space of a few months, found themselves booked on tours with the likes of Iced Earth and Chimaira and ended up signed to Roadrunner Records. Like, that’s a big deal. And, unlike some of Orlando’s other nationally known “heavy” bands, the gut-punching power metal that Trivium delivers is something to be proud of, as their combination of metal’s heavy history and abundant technical proficiency results in something truly forward-looking and strong. Goes to show what happens when a band sets out to be “good” rather than “famous.””

3 Inches Of Blood have been hard at work on their new album, called ‘Advance And Vanquish’. Currently scheduled for release on Sept 27th, the trackilisting looks set include 13 songs: 1. Fear On The Bridge (Upon The Boiling Sea I) 2. Deadly Sinners 3. Revenge Is A Vulture 4. Dominion Of Deceit 5. Premonition Of Pain 6. Lord Of The Storm (Upon The Boiling Sea II) 7. Wykydtron 8. Swordmaster 9. Axes Of Evil 10. Crazy Nights 11. Destroy The Orcs 12. The Phantom Of The Crimson Cloak 13. Isle Of Eternal Despair (Upon The Boiling Sea III) Did you know? Two other tracks have been recorded, ‘Quest for the Manticore’ and ‘Ride Darkhorse Ride’, one of which is currently planned as a bonus track on the Japanese release of the album. Look for the new artwork to be unveiled in the next few days.

We’re pleased to confirm the full trackilisting for the forthcoming Cradle Of Filth album ‘Nymphetamine’ will be: 01. Satyriasis (Intro) 02. Gilded Cunt 03. Nemesis 04. Gabrielle 05. Absinthe with Faust 06. Nymphetamine (Overdose) 07. Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette (Instrumental) 08. Medusa and Hemlock 09. Coffin Fodder 10. English Fire 11. Filthy Little Secret 12. Swansong For A Raven 13. Mother of Abominations 14. Nymphetamine Fix In other COF news, the band are presently set to shoot a video for ‘Nymphetamine’ in the UK on August 9th.

A recent report from the Rock N Roll Experience web site, reads that EVERY TIME I DIE singer Keith Buckley was arrested following the band’s Ozzfest 2004 performance at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA on Sunday (July 18). “Apparently, [Keith] had WAY too much to drink at the Jager tent and at one point was wearing a set of fake boobs with a tank top and the local police arrested him for drunk and disorderly conduct, but released him in about 30 minutes. This little event will NOT effect any of the bands shows, they are still scheduled for their ‘off-fest’ dates and all Ozzfest!” Apparently, guitarist Andy Williams has camera phone footage… Keith says… “This is to clarify the rumors circulating on the worldwide web concerning my alleged arrest at the Ozzfest date in Virginia,” Keith writes on the group’s web site. “While everything on the Internet is usually valid and intelligent muckraking, I was NOT wearing fake boobs, but rather a ‘do-rag’ given to me by the generous people of Jagermeister. I was NOT arrested, NOT fingerprinted, NOT read my rights, NOT detained for longer than a half hour and NOT sober. I was fined for disorderly conduct but released on my own recognizance. This marks the first time in history that a member of a band has been in trouble with the law as a result of alcohol. The lesson learned? Don’t wear do-rags.”

So, the office move upon us, we leave you with one new thing, until Monday. Brand new Cradle Of Filth artwork for ‘Nymphetamine’. Feast your eyes on it HERE.

Alaskan loons 36 Crazyfists are set for their first full UK tour of 2004, in support of their critically acclaimed album, ‘A Snow Capped Romance’. Catch Brock Lindow and his cohorts at the following shows: 3rd Oct – LONDON Mean Fiddler 4th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì LEEDS Cockpit 5th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì NEWCASTLE University 6th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì GLASGOW Garage 7th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì EDINBURGH Venue 8th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì MANCHESTER MDH 10th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì BELFAST Limelight 11th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì DUBLIN Music Centre 12th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach 13th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun Hall 14th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì OXFORD Zodiac 15th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì LIVERPOOL University 16th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì SHEFFIELD Corporation 18th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì EXETER Lemon Grove 19th Oct í¢ä‰åäóì PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms Tickets are on sale now, priced 퉌£10 in London and 퉌£9 regionally. Support comes from Eighteen Visions and Bullet 4 My Valentine.

As we’ve said, we’re moving! Please note therefore, that Roadrunner UK will be ‘in transit’ this Friday-Monday, so we may be a little slower than usual to respond to any emails you send for a couple of days. IMPORTANT All your demo submissions, cheques for store items, invoices, DJ feedback forms, all snailmail post, must now be sent to: Roadrunner Records Ealing Studios Ealing Green London W5 5EP If you have very recently sent us something by snailmail, fear not, as immediate mail will be redirected, but please use the new address from now on!