the following is brought to you from Dez Fafara in regards to new project DevilDriver: “Today is Tuesday, July 8th…as of today, I am officially done singing songs. There are 12 tracks for the album, along with an extra track entitled “Digging Up The Corpses.” The extra track will only be available on the digipak which will be in Europe. We will spend Tuesday thru Friday going through the songs with a fine tooth comb. Friday will be our finishing date. This is everything I’ve ever dreamed of…the album is brutal in every sense of the word, and I can’t get enough of it. It has an ever present hook and is built on integrity. “After Friday, mixing/mastering/and all the other great things start happening. Next week we will be meeting with photographers and video directors, and the band will be getting together to start practicing for the upcoming tour. “I’d like to thank everybody at my record label – Roadrunner Records – for a valiant effort. We’re gonna be bringing them the finest product ever…and no that’s not just a kiss-ass, my label supports heavy ass music, and that makes me appreciative.” -Dez Fafara

The Murderdolls are back in the press again (did they ever leave?). Check out their cover feature on Kerrang!, and also pick up the new issue of Total Guitar (out July 8th) for the guitar tab to White Wedding! Oh yes, and they have a rather nice 4-page feature with Joey & Acey too.

The first single from the new as-yet-untitled Nickelback album will be called ‘Someday’. ‘Someday’ is tentatively set for a September release, shortly before the release of the new album, but you’ll be able to hear it on the radio even sooner! Radio mixes for ‘Someday’ are currently underway, and the band are due to be shooting a video for the track this week. In other Nickelback news, the guys are hosting an international media day in Vancouver in the near future, in order to do some promotion for the new record!

The latest creation in the Type O Negative video library has been added online. Check out our VIDEO section for “I Don’t Wanna Be Me,” the video for the song off their latest release, Life Is Killing Me. Classic.

Last week we wrote of the upcoming soundtrack we are putting together for the upcoming ‘Freddy vs Jason’ movie. Well, looks like the track listing has been finally confirmed. It shapes up as follows: note: sequence may change 1. Ill Nino – How Can I Live 2. Killswitch Engage – When Darkness Falls 3. Spineshank – Beginning Of The End 4. Mushroomhead – Sun Doesn’t Rise 5. Hatebreed – Condemned Until Rebirth 6. Slipknot – Snap (’97 demo) 7. Chimaira – Army Of Me 8. From Autumn To Ashes – The After Dinner Payback 9. Sevendust – Leech 10. Powerman 5000 – Bombshell 11. Sepultura w/Mike Patton – The Waste 12. Murderdolls – Welcome To The Strange 13. Seether – Out Of My Way 14. Stone Sour – Inside The Cynic 15. Devildriver – Swinging The Dead 16. The Blank Theory – Middle Of Nowhere 17. Nothingface – Ether 18. In Flames – Trigger 19. Lamb Of God – 11th Hour 20. Type O Negative – (We Were) Electrocute Yes, some new tracks from our bands on there… we can’t wait to hear them. Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 are previously unreleased. ‘Freddy vs Jason’ soundtrack in stores August 11th, movie in cinemas August 15th.

The crowd chanted “Killswitch, Killswitch, Killswitch…” before, during and after Killswitch Engage’s set at the LA Ozzfest this past weekend! “On this day not only did KSE kill it, they crushed it,” tells their press person here at Roadrunner…then again, that is her job. “The band are the talk of Ozzfest. The boys from Disturbed, Nothingface, and Depswa were all up on stage during the band’s performance.” Oh, and she has pictures from the show…we have 22 new Killswitch Engage pictures, to be exact (thanks Maria!). Check out KsE’s PHOTO GALLERY for the pics. Killswitch Engage Alive Or Just Breathing in stores now.

So, Murderdolls and Stone Sour, touring the UK together this week. Kerrang!.com will be running a special Stone Sour featurette this week, as Corey will be calling them up every single day of the UK tour this week to make an online tour diary. Word has it it all kicks off on Tuesday…

Be sure to tune into the Radio 1 Rock Show on July 15th from 12am-2am for plans are afoot to air a couple of live tracks by Spineshank.. recorded at the recent Download Festival! ‘Self-Destructive Pattern’ in stores July 14th. Did you know that ‘Violent Mood Swings’ is one of Ian Camfield’s (XFM DJ) Top 5 Tunes Of The Week?

Get your hands on the new Stone Sour single right now for ‘Inhale’ is officially released TODAY. Stone Sour will be touring the UK, for the last time in some time to come, from tomorrow.

Did you know that the Murderdolls single ‘White Wedding’, out next Monday, had also been pressed up in very limited edition vinyl picture disc? Not available for sale in shops over here, you can only track this down by winning one in a competition! More details of competitions coming soon…