Whilst getting unbelievably hammered on the road 36 Crazyfists frontman, Brock, managed to keep us in the loop with a cheeky update.

German metalcore stalwarts CALIBAN have lined up a few UK dates to support their forthcoming album, ‘The Awakening’, which hits shops on 28th May.

Check out this rather nifty interview from Fuse's 'The Sauce' with Stone Sour's very own Corey Taylor talking about the band's summer plans, playing in Russia, and what's in store for fans on the upcoming Come What(ever) May special CD/DVD edition!

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Yesterday saw a slew or additions to the already thunderous Download line-up

Friday 8 June
Main Stage
My Chemical Romance
Velvet Revolver
Wolfmother
DragonForce
Megadeth
Hinder
Buckcherry

2nd Stage
Korn
Enter Shikari
From Autumn To Ashes
Turbonegro
ANJ

3rd Stage
Hayseed Dixie
I Was A Cub Scout
Job For A Cowboy
This Et Al

Saturday 9 June
Main Stage
Linkin Park
Marilyn Manson
Slayer
Machine Head
Bowling For Soup
30 Seconds To Mars
Aiden
Shadows Fall
HELLYEAH
Turisas

2nd Stage
Motley Crue
Biffy Clyro
Gallows
Bring Me The Horizon
Bloodsimple

3rd Stage
Necro
Lez Zeppelin
Beyond All Reason

Sunday 10 June
Main Stage
Iron Maiden
Evanescence
Killswitch Engage
Stone Sour
Lamb Of God
Mastodon
Papa Roach
Chimaira
Reuben

2nd Stage
Billy Talent
Dream Theater
Dimmu Borgir
Within Temptation
Devil Driver
Unearth

3rd Stage
Reel Big Fish
Between The Trees
Kids In Glass Houses
Hardcore Superstar
Drive By Argument

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Our Australian branch reports that Machine Head's The Blackening is tearing everything up in the country. Rave reviews from critics and fans have made The Blackening Machine Head's highest Australian debut in history (#14). It's already outsold Through the Ashes of Empires. Our Australian sisters and brothers have started the “Best Album Ever?” campaign to discover whether fans agree.

While touring the UK supporting Trivium, Sanctity was involved in an accident last night in Nottingham, England when a taxi hit the band's van, driving them into a brick wall. Thankfully, no one was injured, just a few bumps and bruises. The band is hitching a ride with their friends in Trivium until the van can be repaired.

Sanctity will be on the road with Trivium through the start of June when they return back to the States.

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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine has been interviewed by Caustic Truths, a few passages follow:

On having political lyrics:

“Well, MEGADETH has had political records forever. All you need to do is look at the titles: 'Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?!', 'The System Has Failed', 'The World Needs a Hero'. The majority of the music has always been political in nature. And a while ago, there was something that had happened in New York where a Russian ambassador from the United Nations had driven through a stop sign, drunk as a skunk and killed a dude and got off because of diplomatic immunity.

“You know what? If that was MY kid, I don't know if I would be satisfied with that. I absolutely have to tell you, I don't know if I would be satisfied that a guy could kill my kid, driving drunk, and that just because he's a diplomat from another country that he would be exonerated. “So that made me really start looking at what the UN was all about. And the more I would watch politics, I would see most people don't really give much credence to the UN. They just kind of think it's a figurehead. Well, it wasn't created to just be an empty figurehead. It was created to promote peace and keep people from going to war against one another. And there's a new movie coming out called 'You and Me' that I had a chance to participate in and when I saw the trailer for it I said I absolutely want to say something as a person that travels from country to country.

“You know, we went into Serbia, and I watched out the window of the bus as we drove from disaster area to disaster area, getting to the place that we stayed, and these kids were so poor, brother, we had to sell our t-shirts for I think five bucks that night, and they usually sell for like $25 to $30 just so that we could show them that we love them and we support them and that heavy metal knows no boundaries and it's color blind. You know, we went there as four musicians that don't really care about politics. All we care about is just bringing the music to them and them standing up for themselves. I myself find that a little bit incredulous after you take a swipe at the UN, to say that we don't, that we don't care about politics but that's my own particular feelings and my opinions and I'm not pushing that on anybody, I never have. Even though I got involved in Rock The Vote in America back in 1992 and I went to the White House, and I've shaken hands with the President. I've never told any of our fans how to vote. I just say do vote.”

On the re-recorded version of “A Tout Le Monde“:

“That particular song when it came out on 'Youthanasia', a song we did a video for, and MTV had said don't use this guy Wayne Isham. So I told my manager, look we can't do it with him, and he heard them too, and he said, we'll just turn it in under a fake name. And I knew that was a recipe for disaster. But he did it. MTV found out. Got pissed at me for something I didn't even do. And they banned the video. After that, because radio in America used to follow MTV, and still kind of does to a certain degree, radio wouldn't touch the single either. So 'A Tout Le Monde' is a fan favorite. It's a worldwide song that MEGADETH is known for, but the public doesn't know it. They haven't heard it. So a band has that one song that just says everything in a nutshell. I mean, I'm not going to say that 'Stairway to Heaven' is that for LED ZEPPELIN but that's what I certainly believe. I think every band needs to get that one shot at the public and unfortunately, how it was, we missed that. And I don't know if I would feel content if I wasn't able to address that failure because it was failure at the hands of some one else. If I did, and it failed, I would be able to accept it. I know winning and losing are both necessary to be able to experience either. But when the song kind fell like that, the fans totally embraced it and I just kind of knew that something needed to be done.”

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Dream Theater are set to film the video for the track “Constant Motion” this week. The track comes from the highly anticipated album ‘Systematic Chaos’ and is scheduled for a June release. A special edition of the album will also be available.

Tracklisting:
The Special Edition DVD will include:
the entire album mixed in 5.1 surround sound
“Chaos in Progress – The Making of Systematic Chaos”
(a 90-minute documentary directed by Mike Portnoy)

The CD's track listing for both editions is:
In The Presence of Enemies Pt.1 (9:00)
Forsaken (5:36)
Constant Motion (6:55)
The Dark Eternal Night (8:51)
Repentance (10:43)
Prophets Of War (6:01)
The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
In The Presence of Enemies Pt.2 (16:38)

SOURCE: THE GAUNTLET

‘The Serpent’ is the forthcoming second studio release by Still Remains, the guys have been holed up for the last 10 months writing and preparing the album. They began the recording process at a Los Angeles studio, “It's been a long wait for us,” comments band frontman TJ Miller. “It is such a refreshing feeling to finally be in the studio again, working on all the material we have been writing for the past year. Listening back to these songs is so invigorating. We're mixing the record now and it's all coming together. Expect the unexpected with 'The Serpent', as these songs are faster, darker, heavier and more melodic; truly the most honest thing we have ever written as a band.”
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“The Serpent” tentative track listing:

01. Anemia in Your Sheets
02. Stay Captive
03. Dancing with the Enemy
04. Avalanche
05. Maria
06. Dropped from the Cherry Tree
07. The Wax Walls of an Empty Room
08. An undesired Reunion
09. The Serpent
10. I Could Never be Your Lover
11. Eye of the Storm
12. Float like a Feather
13. What is Love?
14. The River Song
15. Sleepless Nights Alone
Commenting on conquesting the world in 2008, “We feel that it is very important for the entire world to hear this record,” says Miller, “This album is going to be monumental, so we plan on touring on it until our bodies quit functioning.”

The guys are currently on tour in the U.S. with Shadows Fall and are preparing to tour with the Vans Warped Tour in August.

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Megadeth frontman Dave Musatine, has been recently interviewed by Keith Carman of ChartAttack.com. You can view a few passages below:

On his band's latest effort, “United Abominations“:

“I don't know how long the band will be around for or if this will be our last record, but it's certainly the best we've done in a long time. There's a warmth and chemistry in the band that has been missing for a long time. The new members are surprising me because they've been a blessing. They're the right fit, which is exciting for me. They've gotten used to the idiosyncrasies of this band and are energized.”

On MEGADETH's musical evolution:

“I write the music myself and you can tell when a band is going through the motions. When you have to deal with group problems, you tend to turn your ears off. There are only three things that cause problems: women, money and religion. What else has started any war? When I eliminated those problems, I could write more enjoyably.”

On what people expect to hear from a band called “MEGADETH“:

“I see a band's moniker as their face. There's a reason the face is where it is and the ass is where it is.

“There are some bands I won't even listen to because the name offends me. It portrays them as something instantly. Still, on a musical level, I'm not going to make a [affects country tone] Meg'erdeath record any time soon. There's a history to this band that we live up to. Stylistically speaking, this is what I'm good at, and the heart of the music is all that matters.”

SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH