Megadeth are this month's cover stars for Metal Hammer magazine (cover date July 2007).

Still haven't picked up the incredible new Dream Theater album Systematic Chaos?

As Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show on BBC 6Music moves to it's new Friday Night Slot, he's got a slew of great guests joining him in his new slot.

Hot on the heels of a truly triumphant performance at the Download festival, DREAM THEATER have confirmed they will return this Autumn for six headline shows.

New album ‘Systematic Chaos’, which received several perfect score reviews, soared into the UK album chart at #25 yesterday – their highest chart position here to date 22 years into their career (2005’s ‘Octavarium’ charted at #72).

Tickets went on sale this morning priced

The mightiest metal tour in years is set to hit the UK this November. ‘THE BLACK CRUSADE’ brings together four of the leading lights in metal for a string of UK arena shows. Headed up by MACHINE HEAD and TRIVIUM, the tour will march through the UK with DRAGONFORCE, ARCH ENEMY and a third special guest act (tba) in tow.

MACHINE HEAD royally levelled Donington’s Download Festival this weekend and reminded the crowd why they’re one of the best live metal bands in the world today. Talking about the tour, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn was in boisterous form, enthusing “We’re so goddamned jacked-up to do this! It’s going to be completely fucking sick! We cannot wait to plunder all of the vodka in all your towns and see our beer-breathed brethren pillaging along side us. We’re stoked to be sharing stages and brown-eyes with our boys in Trivium once again and are looking forward to hanging out with all the other bands.”

Meanwhile, TRIVIUM’s Matt Heafy is equally excited: “It’s going to be a really amazing show for the fans. Rarely is there a tour where every single band is such a dominating force in the music world. MACHINE HEAD have always been revolutionary in bringing monumental albums every damn time they put one out; DRAGONFORCE are sweeping (literally and guitar-atively) the entire world with their lightning fast precision and incredibly memorable tracks; and ARCH ENEMY are queen and kings of a metal capable of being so brutal and heavy, yet so melodic and catchy. It's great to look at this line-up purely as a music fan and know that us Triviums are gonna have a fantastic time ourselves, being able to watch some of our favourite bands who also happen to be some of our best friends in the metal world.”

Dates line up as follows:

Tue 20 Nov Glasgow SECC 0870 040 4000
Wed 21 Nov Manchester MEN Arena 0870 190 8000
Fri 23 Nov Birmingham NEC 0870 909 4133
Sat 24 Nov London Brixton Academy 0870 771 2000
Sun 25 Nov London Brixton Academy 0870 771 2000
Mon 26 Nov Cardiff CIA Arena 029 2022 4488

Tickets are priced at

Keep an eye on the Radio 1 Download Page for all their updates on last weekend's incredible Download Festival.

On the cover of the June 23rd issue of Kerrang! magazine, there is an amazing CD of some top bands covering metal classics, including killer tracks from Soulfly and Madina Lake!

And apparently a few Welsh lads have covered an old Machine Head classic…

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the “Forums” section of the band's web site:

“What a great day yesterday in England [at the Download festival]! After a trying stretch of making some shows in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and Finland we limped into Download yesterday, tired and worn out. Thank you for making our performance so enjoyable for us. When I saw everyone, especially those up front, I couldn't control the rush I felt. It was also kewl backstage too, seeing Clint from the old SEVENDUST days, Josh from BUCKCHERRY, and the great guitarist from DRAGONFORCE, and the MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE guys was just a great all around vibe.

“I hope you enjoyed the webcast and I want to thank the organizers for Download for not only having us, but for making the webcast happen too.

“At this rate, while this was one of the shortest set lengths I have played in the U.K. for sometime, I look forward to playing for you again in 2009.”

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

NME.com interviewed Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo at last weekends Download festival, the interview has been posted at YouTube.

MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball interviewed Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, they aired five of the interview segements last weekend (June 9th) another six will air on June 16th at 10.00pm, ET. Once they have all been aired they will be put in rotation in all rock blocks on MTV2.

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Trivium and Sanctity’s May show at Sala Apolo in Barcelona, Spain has been documented and you can see the photos online at the Metal Symphony website.

Below is Trivium’s setlist:

01. Entrance of the Conflagration
02. Detonation
03. Ember to Inferno
04. Like Light to the Flies
05. Rain
06. To the Rats
07. Requiem
08. Tread the Floods
09. Dying in Your Arms
10. Drowned and Torn Asunder
11. Suffocating Sight
12. Ascendancy
13. Ignition
14. Anthem (We are the Fire)
15. A gunshot to the Head of Trepidation
16. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH