METAL HAMMER magazine this month has a freakin’ AWESOME feature with TRIVIUM, with the one guys also gracing the cover!! They fill us in on new album SHOGUN…

“This is the past, the present and future of Trivium…Shogun is a combination of everything we feel we’ve done right.” Say’s Heafy in the feature, “…you can really hear the fire is there. The Passion. We’re all out. We’re here to kill…”

Also in the mag is an Access All Areas with Aussie nutters AIRBOURNE on the Mayhem Tour in the US, a cool interview with BLACK STONE CHERRY and DRAGONFORCE drop their trousers. Seriously.

So, check out the September issue, on shelves now!!

All the releases of the afforementioned bands can be found in the offical ROADRUNNER ONLINE STORE.

DRAGONFORCE released new album ULTRA BEATDOWN on Monday (25/08) and marked the occasion spending over 2 hours signing copies in Oxford Street’s (London) Zavvi Megastore for hundreds of fans!!! You can check out the mayhem in the video below and there are also some cool shots in the bands PICTURE GALLERY. See if you can spot yourself in either!!

ULTRA BEATDOWN is available to buy now for the ROADRUNNER STORE.

SATYRICON have released the artwork for their upcoming album THE AGE OF NERO which is due to hit stores on the 3RD NOVEMBER. Beautiful…

KERRANG.COM have a couple of cool Roadrunner competitions running that you may be interested in!

First up is one for an XBox 360, Guitar Heroes Legends game and a Special Edition of the new DRAGONFORCE album ULTRA BEATDOWN (in stores NOW folks!). Point the ole mouse HERE to see how you can be in with a chance of getting your mits on THAT!

T’other comp over there is to win some super cool SLIPKNOT rarities, namely the limited (SO limited in fact that it’s no longer available. All stocks in the warehouse gone!!!) Special Edition of the new album ALL HOPE IS GONE (in stores NOW) plus a 7″ picture disc of Psychosocial (unavailable in the UK) and a 12″ picture disc of the self titled debut album!!!! Scherweet!! CLICK HERE to check out that lil gem…

Also over there is a lil article about illegal downloading, where Slipknot’s Corey Taylor gives HIS two cents on the issue. Have a point or 3 to make on that yourself? Head HERE to read Corey’s thoughts and to leave your own!

Head to the ROADRUNNER STORE to pick up both the afforementioned albums!

As you may have heard SLIPKNOT released new album ALL HOPE IS GONE this week! What you may NOT know is that it is currently sitting at number 2 in the UK album charts! Head out this weekend and pick it up and maybe they can knock The Verve off the top spot!

You may also have heard that the SK camp is a plethora of broken bones. Not only did Joey (drums) break his ankle recently (causing their late departure from the Reading / Leeds line-up), but DJ Sid broke BOTH his heels on their first show in 2.5 years in Seattle, on the first show of the US Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Tour. We managed to grab a few mins with Sid out in Texas to chat about what the bejeezus happened, and here is what he told us:

(Pick up ALL HOPE IS GONE online NOW- CLICK TO BUY.)

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