Monday sees the release of the Kerrang! album 08, which features some of the best rock and metal has had to offer in 2008 and therefore, it OBVIOUSLY features a veritable FEAST of Roadrunner tracks!

No fewer than NINE killer RR bands appear in it’s mighty tracklisting including AIRBOURNE, NICKELBACK, SLIPKNOT, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MADINA LAKE, MACHINE HEAD, ATREYU, KILL HANNAH, and KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES!

Check out the deets (and the Dep. Ed of Kerrang, Daniel Lane!) in the TV clip below!!

KILL HANNAH have a new video for the track CRAZY ANGEL and you can check the clip, which shows LOTS of footage from their previous outings over here in Blighty EXCLUSIVELY on KERRANG.COM!!

HEAD HERE TO CHECK IT OUT NOW!!!

The track is taken from their current album UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT OF US which is in stores NOW. You can pick up a copy online HERE.

The Kill hannah guys are about to embark on a full UK tour. Full dates are as follows and tickets are on sale NOW:

Tue 23rd Sept – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
Wed 24th Sept – Newcastle Academy
Thu 25th Sept – Norwich Waterfront
Fri 26th Sept – Sheffield Academy 2
Sat 27th Sept – Leeds Cockpit
Sun 28th Sept – Bristol Academy
Mon 29th Sept – Exeter The Phoenix
Tue 30th Sept – Brighton Concorde 2
Thurs 2nd Oct – Nottingham Rock City
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

TRIVIUM were in the Roadrunner UK office recently and we chatted to them about their upcoming album SHOGUN. Below, you will be able to check out Corey and Paolo chatting about the album, track by track!!

And don’t forget that you can also hear another BRAND NEW TRACK right here at RR UK by heading to the HOMEPAGE where there is a link to THROES OF PERDITION! Niiiiiice!

And for those of a digital pursuasion, the pre-order for SHOGUN is now up at 7Digital. Click HERE to pre-order online now. If you’re more into your CD’s, remember that HMV have a free Trivium patch on offer with their pre-order, which can be found by pointing your mouse in THIS DIRECTION.

This week saw the release of AMANDA PALMER’S debut solo album WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the name, Amanda is one half of Boston punk cabaret duo THE DRESDEN DOLLS.

WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER was co-produced with musician and friend Ben Folds, and written in various locations at various

TRIVIUM have made the track THROES OF PERDITION from their upcoming juggernaught of a metal offering SHOGUN available for the masses to check out.

Click on the player below to get yet another taster from the album, which sees a release on the 29TH SEPTEMBER.

If you go to the bands ARTISTS PAGE you will also be able to check out the current single DOWN FROM THE SKY. And if you are liking what you hear, and we are thinking you will, then you can pre-order the album from THIS LOCATION (which has a cool offer to get a limited edition Trivium patch FREE with your purchase! We’re all give, give give…)

Due to phenomenal demand, Australian rockers AIRBOURNE have added a second night at the London Astoria on November 28th. Tickets for the additional show are on sale NOW!!

Having sold out every single one of their 10 debut headline shows in February (which included several venue upgrades), Airbourne played to 3000 fans. Now the band are set to sell out all their shows again, but this time rocking out with over 30,000 UK fans – a massive 1000% surge a mere 9 months later.

The full list of dates is as follows:

Sat 1st Nov – Cardiff University
Sun 2nd Nov – Bristol Academy
Wed 5th Nov – Birmingham Academy
Thu 6th Nov – Sheffield Octagon
Fri 7th Nov – Liverpool Academy
Sat 8th Nov – Manchester Academy – on last few tickets!
Mon 10th Nov – Dublin Ambassador
Tue 11th Nov – Belfast Mandela Hall – on last few tickets!
Thu 13th Nov – Inverness Ironworks
Fri 14th Nov – Dundee Fat Sams
Sat 15th Nov – Glasgow Barrowlands – on last few tickets!
Mon 17th Nov – Newcastle Academy – on last few tickets!
Tue 18th Nov – Leeds Metropolitan University
Wed 19th Nov – Stoke Victoria Hall
Thu 20th Nov – Nottingham Rock City
Sat 22nd Nov – Oxford Academy
Sun 23rd Nov – Norwich UEA
Mon 24th Nov – Cambridge Junction
Wed 26th Nov – Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Thu 27th Nov – London Astoria – on last few tickets!
Fri 28th Nov – London Astoria – extra show!!!>/p>

Look out for a special CD/DVD edition of their excellent debut ‘Runnin’ Wild’ in stores in November.

TRIVIUM, who release their highly anticipated new album SHOGUN on the 29TH SEPTEMBER, are currently adorning the cover of Kerrang! Magazine!!

The mag is IN STORES NOW so head on out to read more about the new album, which you can pre-order online HERE.

And let us not forget that the guys will be hitting the UK on the Unholy Alliance tour in October, co-headlinging with Slayer. Dates are as follows…

Mon 27th Oct – Manchester Arena
Tue 28th Oct – Birmingham NEC Arena
Thu 30th Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 31st Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Sun 2nd Nov – Cardiff CIA
Mon 3rd Nov – Glasgow SECC

TRIVIUM are set to release their stonking new album SHOGUN on the 29th SEPTEMBER and in order to get your salivating in anticipation, we bring you the video for the current single DOWN FROM THE SKY, as premiered on the bands OFFICIAL MYSPACE earlier this month!! CHECK IT OUT!

And as if THAT wasn’t enough, tomorrow (SEPTEMBER 17TH) we will be bringing you, for your aural pleasure, the chance to hear a previously unreleased track from the album! Happy days!

PRE ORDER SHOGUN HERE

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES performed at Kerrang! radio last week, and we were there to take som pics of the guys chillin’ backstage, adding their mark to the stations Teenage Cancer Trust auction piece and of the performance and signing!

Head to the BAND’S PICTURE GALLERY to have a look-see!

Tickets are on sale NOW for the guy’s upcoming UK tour. The dates are as follows. Miss it and MISS OUT!

Wed 15th Oct – Edinburgh Liquid Room
Thu 16th Oct – Glasgow QMU
Fri 17th Oct – Manchester, Club Academy/Academy 2
Sat 18th Oct – Leeds Cockpit
Mon 20th Oct – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Tue 21th Oct – Nottingham Rescue Rooms/Rock City
Wed 22nd Oct – Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 24th Oct – London Astoria
Sat 25th Oct – Oxford Academy
Sun 26th Oct – Cardiff University Solus
Mon 27th Oct – Southampton University
Wed 29th Oct – Northampton Roadmenders

Pick up the debut album SMART CASUAL at the KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES STORE.

On OCTOBER 27TH, MACHINE HEAD will release a VERY limited 2CD/DVD Special Edition of their current album THE BLACKENING. The release, which will feature a bonus DVD as well as additional tracks will be a one time only run of the CD. No more will be manufactured after initial production.

The package will be a 3 panel / 6 page digipak ebossed sleeve, with expanded booklet. The tracklistings will be as follows:

DISC 1
1. Clenching The Fists of Dissent
2. Beautiful Mourning
3. Aesthetics of Hate
4. Now I Lay Thee Down
5. Slanderous
6. Halo
7. Wolves
8. A Farewell To Arms

DISC 2 (B-Sides and rareities):
1. Hallowed Be Thy Name
2. Alan’s On Fire
3. Negative Creep
4. Seasons Wither
5. My Misery
6. House Of Suffering
7. The Possibility Of Life’s Destruction
8. Ten Ton Hammer (Extended Original Mix)
9. Hole In The Sky
10. Colors
11. Hard Times (live in New York)
12. Halo (I Want Your Soul) (demo 2005)
13. Aesthetics Of Hate (Thrash-terpiece) (demo 2005)

The accompanying DVD will feature the following footage (Frontliners, please make sure you are seated…):

– With Full Force 2008 –
1. Clenching The Fists Of Dissent
2. Now I Lay Thee Down
3. Halo

– Rock In Rio 2008 –
4. Aesthetics Of Hate
5. Davidian

– Download 2007 –
6. Imperium
7. Old

– Burn My Eyes 10th Anniversary 2004 –
8. A Thousand Lies
9. The Rage To Overcome
10. Death Church
11. Blood For Blood

Music Videos:
1. Halo
2. Now I Lay Thee Down
3. Aesthetics of Hate
(Plus The Making Of… each video)

Pre-order your copy HERE…FAST!