www.new-noise.net is running a Killswitch Engage competition where you can win a signed artwork chromalin of 'As Daylight Dies', a copy of the album package, single promo and a promo wristband.

On November 5th, 3 inches of blood will be releasing a digital EP titled 'Trial Of Champions'. The EP will include unreleased studio tracks ‘Trial Of Champions’ + ‘In The Time Of Job When Mammon Was A Yippie’ + ‘Key To Oblivion’

more info on the EP to come.

And make sure you bring your axes to the following November shows….

Wed 7th Nov – Wolverhampton Little Civic (01902 552121 / www.wolvescivic.co.uk)
Thu 8th Nov – Southampton The Brook (023 8055 5366 / www.wegottickets.com)
Sat 10th Nov – Minehead Hard Rock Hell [festival] (08700 11034 / www.hardrockhell.com)
Sun 11th Nov – Swindon The Furnace [Remembrance festival] (01793 534238 / www.thefurnace.org.uk)
Mon 12th Nov – Brighton The New Free Butt (01273 603974 / www.ents24.com)
Tue 13th Nov – London The Barfly (0870 9070999 / www.ticketweb.co.uk)

Tickets are

Kentucky boys, BLACK STONE CHERRY are set to mark their debut UK headline tour this October with the release of two digital single releases with previously unreleased studio tracks:

Oct 8th – ‘Hell And High Water’ + ‘Big City Lights’ & ‘We Are The Kings’
Oct 29th – ‘Rain Wizard’ + ‘Drinkin’ Champagne’ & ‘Stop Runnin’.

Fresh from supporting Aerosmith and Hinder earlier this summer, the boys are very proud to be nominated for ‘Best New Band’ in Classic Rock magazine’s ‘Best New Band’ category in their annual ‘Roll Of Honour’ Awards, which is being held on 5th November.

Catch ‘em while you can!

Madina Lake are going to be holding a Live and Low Key session at Kerrang! Studios just before their Birmingham show on Friday 28th September. The band will be playing stripped down acoustic numbers and holding a Q&A session in front of lucky competition winners only…

To enter the competition visit Kerrang! radio

Madina Lake's new single “One Last Kiss” will be out October 29th.

From Them, Through Us, To You is Out Now
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Brazilian metal titans Max and Igor Cavalera have written and recorded new material together for the first time in 12 years. It is their first outing since recording their former band, Sepultura’s colossal landmark album, ‘Roots’ in 1995. The new project named CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, features the Cavalera brothers (Max on vocals & rhythm guitar and Igor on drums), Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on bass. Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) makes a cameo bass appearance on one track. Another track features a collaboration with Max, Joe and Richie Cavalera (Incite) on vocals.

Monte Conner, Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R recently visited the band in the studio. “Having stopped by the studio last week, I can tell you the magic between Max and Igor is still there. When these brothers play together, it's like the planets align,” he says. “Igor's playing is simply on fire and as always, Max continues to have one of the most recognizable and powerful voices in all of metal. It was great to see both Max and Igor with such big smiles on their faces.”

This long-anticipated reunion between the Cavalera brothers is something fans across the globe have been waiting for since Sepultura’s last gig at Brixton Academy in December 1996. Hailing from Belo Horizonte in central Brazil, Sepultura gained a legendary reputation as the one of the most highly regarded and successful death/thrash metal bands of all time, with two gold albums under their belts both in the UK and the USA – ‘Chaos A.D’ (1994) and ‘Roots’ (1996).

“When Igor and I met at the 10th Annual D-Low Memorial Show and got the instruments in our hands, it was like we had never been separated. The metal was flowing in our veins,” comments Max. “It was the same in the studio.”

Recording took place this past July at Undercity Studios in Los Angeles, with rising production star, Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head guitarist). Mixing at Undercity is currently underway. The still untitled record is tentatively slated for a February 2008 release. Among the 11 songs set to appear are: “Inflikted,” “Bloodbrawl,” “Holy Poison,” “The Doom Of All Fires,” “Ultra-Violent” and “My Sanctuary.” A b-side cover of the Possessed death/thrash classic “The Exorcist” was also recorded.

This coming friday Rockworld.tv are running unseen interviews with a host of Roadrunner bands. Read their press release below for more info:

Coming this weekend on Rockworld.TV, two all new one hour shows

Wes Orshoski of Billboard.com reports: If THE CULT's 2001 reunion album, “Beyond Good and Evil”, was a heavily produced, muscular rock affair, the band took the opposite approach on the forthcoming “Born into This”, due Oct. 2 via Roadrunner. THE CULT cut the disc in 36 days with a mind toward re-embracing its punk-rooted past.

“Our last record, with all respect to [producer] Bob Rock … we were guilty as much as he was, it was an overproduced record. We just went too far with it. It took about a year-and-a-half to make [and] an exorbitant amount of money,” singer Ian Astbury tells Billboard.com. “This was one far more economic. We didn't want to get entrenched in debates of whether this is working or is this not working. If anything got a little bit drawn out, we just moved on to the next track.”

Read more at Billboard.com

To chronicle the past five years leading up to the release of DOWN's new album, “III – Over The Under”, singer Philip Anselmo (ex-PANTERA) has been issuing periodic installments leading up to the release of the record. This is Philip's personal communication to the band's loyal fan base and gives a first hand account of the tragedy, isolation, rebirth and ultimate triumph of one of the most important bands of our time.

The third installment is as follows:

“I don't want to skip over some of the finer points of interest that occurred during the writing of 'Over the Under'. So, I'm going to jump back and tell of some key happenings.

“Before DOWN began writing new material as a whole band, I was four months out of surgery, and two months into physical therapy and was asked to sing with ALICE IN CHAINS by Jerry Cantrell (opening up for the majestic HEART). I hadn't been on stage in two years, but I accepted immediately. It was an honor. Layne Staley (R.I.P) was a friend, and an incredible singer. I hadn't sang in a long time, and singing his songs was no easy task. I did the gig. With my mobility still extremely compromised, I still felt confident. The show was spiritual. The surprise, and response of the fans, the tears, the symbolism/homage to our deceased brothers, so thick over the event, we could feel them. The band played with tight emotion. They were amazing. All of this was overwhelming (AIC is in my heart). This is what I needed. A catalyst. I was home on that stage. I needed it back, and I would have it. After that incredible experience, my workouts became even more intense, and the writing of the new DOWN began for real.

“The songs to this point were very raw, recorded on hand-held cassette recorders and jam boxes. But, those tapes became priceless to us. We carried them everywhere we went, and became a canvas for ideas that consumed us all. After workouts and practice, I would spend my time intimately with a pen and paper, a guitar, an old generic amp (with a crushing tone!) and an old cassette four-track. I wrote insidiously. I dug through mountains of tapes, and found quite a large amount of jam sessions we had recorded over the years. Everyone else also had their own private library of jam tapes as well, and soon we were overwhelmed with riffs and half-songs. I put them all onto one CD. From start to finish it ran over an hour. There was enough material for four albums, and, they were all damn good parts. Jim [Bower, drums] and I recorded some raw parts for a few songs (just guitar and drums) at Balance Studios with 'the puma' courtesy of my partner in adventure and the owner of the facility Gene Joannen. After that, we were interrupted, pleasantly, by opportunity. We had to switch gears completely.

“I was six months out of surgery, and we did a five week tour of Europe. Playing our own 'Evening With Down' shows, as well as the giant, (in)famous, outdoor summertime festivals, including being the unannounced, special guest band to play the main stage at Download that year (U.K./European fans, our homeland, YOU, our sisters and brothers, are incredible! THE LOYAL!!! We shall return…soon). It was a big deal.

“DOWN had never been to Europe before. Word had it that our contingency there was insane. It would be our first tour in over five years, and there was no better way for us to return. We decided to document the event to be used as a movie (no release date yet). It was directed by one of my best friends Jim Van Bebber ('Deadbeat At Dawn', 'The Manson Family'), and his cinematographer, the ever-cool Mike King.

“With Snake, our ever-loyal, kick-ass road crew, the film crew, and (us) the band, we all got onto a plane for an eight-hour flight. We landed in Hamburg, Germany, then piled into two buses. The shows were awesome! The audiences in Europe are as hardcore as you can get. As a band, we were in no way, shape, nor form, any where close to the standards we were capable of, but we pulled it off.

“The highlights of the tour are many. Playing the Gods of Metal festival in Italy, seeing old friends like Satyr and Frost from SATYRICON (you fucking killed!), TESTAMENT, SODOM, and many others. But one of my greatest memories of all… The mighty VENOM (hail to Cronos, Antton, and Mike!) headlined the festival, and invited me onstage to sing 'Die Hard' (from the 'Bursting Out'/'Die Hard' EP). It made a part of my life.

“Running into VOIVOD in London was an all night blast! (Much love to Snake and Away. You've influenced two generations of heavy metal, and are one of my favorite bands. We are friends for life! R.I.P. Piggy. I can't say enough about you as a person, neither your beautifully unique guitar talent. At rest, your legacy is forever).

“The Download festival was great for us, and our last show in the U.K. We opened the whole show at 11 a.m. and the crowd was packed in and ready. They sang every word. It was a fucking jam session. We had the opportunity to watch a wide variety of bands that day, and the crowd were fanatic throughout (love to Dez, Tim, and anyone I left out)!

“METALLICA (gods!) headlined that year. It was the anniversary of the release of the massive 'Master of Puppets'. They ripped through the entire LP from beginning 'till end. They were very animated, extremely tight, and they dominated the masses of fans, who could not get enough. It was as heavy as heavy gets.

“Making it through that tour was a giant re-learning experience. Being in front of an audience again, and a great audience they are, our groove as a band came quickly. It was clumsy here and there, but there were more great moments than bad. It most importantly was extremely instrumental in the re-sharpening of our chemistry as a band, and, friends. On a personal note, in the back of my mind, there may have been a glimpse of doubt about the wear on my spine at that point, but my WILL saw me through. I knew I had a ways to go, but I'd get it. And it proved WE were damn well ready to roll on…”

To read the full blog as well as parts 1 and 2, head down to the down website
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A 10-minute video interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn conducted by VidDREAM during the band's spring 2007 tour with HEAVEN AND HELL can be viewed here.

MACHINE HEAD has recruited Brandon Sigmund (photo) from fellow San Francisco Bay Area metal band HOSTILITY to handle the bass parts on the group's current North American tour.

Sigmund is the temporary replacement for regular MACHINE HEAD bassist Adam Duce, who was forced to sit out the trek after suffering a broken leg while dirt biking in Redding, CA. Also joining the band onstage to reproduce Adam's backing vocals is Jared MacEachern of tourmates SANCTITY.

Duce's leg is healing normally and he's currently on track to rejoin the band for the rest of their 2007 tour schedule, starting with their Loudpark 07 date.

HMV have posted an exclusive interview with Billy Duffy of the Cult discussing the new album, politics and about signing to Roadrunner.