EPK stands for Electronic Press Kit. And Spineshank have just recorded a brand new one. Why is this cool? It’s cool because not only does it contain clips of the new songs, it also contains: * Elements of the videos from The Height of Callousness * Elements of the video shoot for ‘Smothered’ * All band members speak about touring and the making of the new album * Kevin Estrada, the band’s A&R dude, adds his thoughts!

This year’s annual Kerrang! Awards will be held on August 21, at a secret location in London! So, it’s time for you to help determine once again who is going to win them! The list of Awards you can help decide are: 1. Best British Newcomer 2. Best International Newcomer 3. Best Single 4. Best Video 5. Best Album 6. Best Live Act 7. Event Of The Year 8. Best British Act 9. Best International Act You can vote/nominate by: 1. Filling in the voting forms in Kerrang!, and sending it to: Kerrang! Editorial, EMAP Performance, PO Box 2930, London W1 6DZ 2. Visiting the website at www.kerrang.com, 3. You can telephone vote for ‘Best Live Act’ and ‘Best Band In the World’ by dialing 09058 171700. May the best bands win!

Congratulations going out today to the Murderdolls and all their fans! New single ‘White Wedding’ stormed into the UK charts at #24! We’re pleased to report you’ll be able to see a special Murderdolls performance of ‘White Wedding’ on Top Of The Pops this coming Friday from 7pm on BBC1 (repeated Saturday night on BBC2). In other Murderdolls news, check out a brand new interview with Wednesday 13 and Designer Magazine, posted online HERE.

The Murderdolls release a repackaged version of their ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ album on Monday, July 21st. It features 5 bonus tracks, including ‘White Wedding’, plus 3 videos – one of which is the previously unseen ‘Love At First Fright’ promo clip. Oh, and it also comes wrapped in a rather nice slipcase (red and black of course). You can pick it up from the following retailers: HMV – get 퉌£2 off with your ‘Download 2003’ card. VIRGIN – for only 퉌£11.99 OFFICIAL ROADRAGE STORE – for only 퉌£11.99. MVC SANITY MUSIC ZONE and all other good Indie stores. Don’t forget, you’ve still got tomorrow to pick up the White Wedding single and enter our competition to win Joey’s mirrored Les Paul guitar and a signed t-shirt!

It is a hot and sticky Friday afternoon here in London, and all are pleased it is the end of the week. Alas, it is also the end of our Spineshank track by track, written by drummer Tommy Decker. The final 2 songs are below. 12 songs in, we are done. So if you haven’t picked up the ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’ CD yet, you now know what to do tomorrow. Of course, once you have picked up the album, we suggest you head over to FREE SHIT and try your luck winning a plethora of cool Spineshank swag – signed drumskins, tshirts, hats, videos.. shot glasses – lots up for grabs. And over to Tommy, for the last word… 11. Fallback “This was also on the first demo we did for this record. We approached this song with a totally different attitude than we do most of our other songs. We wanted it to sound like the four of us playing live with no loops or any weird sounds or effects. It was really strange at first and felt like we were forgetting something… but as we listened to it we realized that it had a raw “live” vibe to it.” 12. Dead To Me “What can I say about this song, it sounds just like a song called “Dead To Me” should. Fast pissed off and noisy. I feel like this song has a lot in common with some stuff off of “The Height Of Callousness” – it is extremely heavy, but it has a lot of different levels to it. I think the riff in the bridge is one of the best and biggest riffs Mike has ever come up with and the ending is fucking out of control. We initially wanted this song to be earlier in the sequence but we realized that this is the best way to end the record. “

Monsieur, with this 퉌£2 off on even more albums, you are really spoiling us! Yes, we are talking about the Download 2003 discount card. Surely, you’ve ordered your FREE card by now?! If no, we pity you… go to FREE SHIT and get one. We have added even more albums to the list you can save 퉌£2 off with your discount card. Included titles so far are: * Chimaira ‘The Impossibility Of Reason’ (out now) * Type O Negative ‘Life Is Killing Me’ (out now) * Spineshank ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’ (out now) * Various ‘Soundtrack – Freddy Vs Jason’ (out now) * Murderdolls ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ special edition (out now) * Coal Chamber ‘Giving The Devil His Due’ (out Aug 25th) * Various ‘Soundtrack – Underworld’ (out Sept 1st) * Ill Nino ‘Confession’ (out Sept 29th) * To My Surprise ‘To My Surprise’ (out Oct 6th) * Machine Head ‘Through The Ashes Of Empires’ (out Oct 13th)

Do you want a stonkingly cheap DVD with a boatful of awesome videos on it? Of course you do! Coming late summer is ‘Roadrage 2003’ and you’ll be able to get your sweaty hands on it for less than a tenner. Bargain! The tracklisting is confirmed to be: 1. Slipknot – ‘My Plague (Director’s Cut)’ 2. Soulfly – ‘Back To The Primitive (Uncensored Version)’ 3. Killswitch Engage – ‘Fixation On The Darkness’ 4. Ill Nino – ‘Unreal’ 5. Ill Nino – ‘God Save Us’ 6. Coal Chamber – ‘Loco’ 7. Spineshank – ‘Smothered’ 8. Spineshank – ‘Synthetic’ 9. Fear Factory – ‘Resurrection’ 10. Machine Head – ‘The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears (Live)’ 11. Sepultura – ‘Roots Bloody Roots’ 12. Chimaira – ‘Down Again’ 13. Chimaira – ‘Split’ 14. Type O Negative ‘I Don’t Wanna be Me’ 15. Stone Sour – ‘Inhale’ 16. Murderdolls – “White Wedding’ 17. Sinch – ‘Tabula Rusa’ 18. Theory Of A Deadman – ‘Nothing Could Come Between Us’ 19. Nickelback – ‘Too Bad’ 20. Life Of Agony – ‘Weeds’ 21. Downthesun – ‘Medicated’ 22. The Misfits ‘Scream’

Remember we told you about the new Two From The Vault series? Basically 2 classic CD’s for less than the price of 1? A small release date change from our original report. You can now get the below initial releases, from September 8th. *Annihilator ‘Alice In Hell’ + ‘Never Neverland’ *Exhorder ‘Slaughter In The Vatican’ + ‘The Law’ *Obituary ‘Slowly We Rot’ + ‘Cause Of Death’ *Gang Green ‘You Got It’ + ‘Older Budweiser’ *Mercyful Fate ‘In The Beginning’ + ‘Melissa’ *King Diamond ‘Abigail’ + ‘Fatal Portrait’ *Pestilence ‘Consuming Impulse’ + ‘Testimony Of The Ancients’ *Suffocation ‘Effigy Of the Forgotten’ + ‘Pierced From Within’ *Front Line Assembly ‘Caustic Grip’ + ‘Gashed Senses & Crossfire’

Or track by track of the new Spineshank record, detailed by Tommy Decker, continues… 9. Stillborn “Here is another song where it was just me and Mike going off into our own little world, kinda just messing around and coming up with something cool. It started off with a drum beat that Mike fucked with in Pro Tools and created the whole begining section. Once we had that, the rest of the song just wrote itself. We had the entire song recorded and had to take the weekend off from recording, Gggarth had the idea to work on some new vocals and lyrics during our time off, so we went in on a Saturday and just pumped out new vocals. It gave the song a whole new identity, and got us really excited about it. Usually it takes me a week or more to work on lyrics but this song all came out in one night. We knew if we wanted this song on the record we had to make it happen in 2 days and everything finally fell into place (for once!)” 10. Falls Apart “I had this idea for a really whacked out song with a lot of different time signatures and tons of changes, the kind of song thats almost hard to listen to. So Mike and I started writing this song. it was really fucked up and and weird. As soon as Jonny came in and put some vocals on it, we realized that the song was really catchy and should be a little more straight forward. So we went in and simplified it. We tried to concentrate on the verse riff because it really stood out and had a great groove. It ended being one of the most straight forward songs on the record. But once again, I think it just works.” Self-Destructive Pattern is OUT NOW. more to come…

Roadrunner Records are pleased to announce that Nickelback are set to release their highly anticipated album The Long Road on September 22, 2003. Nickelback was the US #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats on the strength of 3 singles: “How You Remind Me”, “Too Bad”, and “Never Again.í¢ä‰åŒ Additionally and no less impressively, Nickelback earned the US #1 Most Played Song of 2002 with “How You Remind Me”. Since then, a string of hits has kept Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger’s evocative voice, and undeniable songs, firmly placed on commercial radio playlists. The songs on The Long Road are the heir-apparent to this amazing success story to date – and they deliver in spades. From the infectiousness of the first single “Someday”, to the dynamic “Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good,” to the striking chord progressions of “Do This Anymore” and the emotive lyrics of “Throw Yourself Away,” the result is an album that finds Nickelback’s signature guitar rock built upon and taken to new heights. The video for the album’s first single, “Someday,” was recently shot in Vancouver by video director Nigel Dick. Since the release of Silver Side Up, the band was nominated for four Grammy Awards, nabbed 4 Billboard Awards and was awarded a Juno Award for í¢ä‰åñSongwriters Of The Year,í¢ä‰åŒ for their songs, í¢ä‰åñHow You Remind Meí¢ä‰åŒ and í¢ä‰åñToo Badí¢ä‰åŒ. The album also garnered gold and/or platinum status in over 10 countries with the UK (3X platinum) and the band’s homeland of Canada (7X platinum) pulling in the highest marks. These are just a few accolades that have accompanied the band’s meteoric rise to the top of the charts. Following the release of The Long Road, Nickelback will be embarking on a major US tour this Autumn. The band’s live show is a sound explosion accompanied with eye-popping production. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for tour dates as they are revealed.