Those good people over at Kerrang! have got a great (and easy) competition to win a rather nifty Caliban skateboard to celebrate the release of their stunning new album The Awakening.

On the evening of the gargatuan new album The Awakening, we caught up with Caliban guitarist Marc G

Thanks to Kevin McClymont, we have a host of new live photos up in the galleries:

Bleeding Through

Caliban

Daath

Killswitch Engage

All Machine Head fans need to check out this month's Drummer Magazine (June issue), as drummer Dave McClain is the cover star and also gives a great in-depth interview all about the new album The Blackening.

Dream Theater fans should also be interested in another mega interview with Mike Portnoy in his first full UK interview.

Check out all the details of the

Catch Sanctity's “Beneath the Machine” on MusFlash. It will be shown 3 times a day for the next 2 weeks on Sky Channel 375 so there's no excuse!

Fear Of A Blank Planet

The lovely Paolo from Trivium

Make sure your peepers are tuned in

We have many of our artists nominated in all sorts of polls all year round, but this has got to be one of the most unusual – peta2's World's Sexiest Vegetarian!

Room Thirteen have posted another fantastic review of the magnificent new Porcupine Tree album Fear Of A Blank Planet – head on over to the Press page to have a read.

“it's this contrast between heavy and light that makes the band so unique and engaging… innovative, heavy, subtle and thoroughly impressive.”
“With each member of the band being well respected musicians in their own right it's no surprise that there is plenty going on from each of them”

Fear Of A Blank Planet is out now, and you really must go and give it a listen – you will not regret it.