CALLING ALL TRIVIUM FANS!!! The band will be holding an exclusive web chat today at 12.30pm. CLICK HERE to get involved and interact with your rock heroes.

Dragonforce’s rhythm virtuoso Dave Mackintosh has taken time out of his hectic schedule to update us on the bands current UK tour once again. CARDIFF!, 02/12/06 Mad,just bloody mad as bicycles. Never fails to impress me, the cardiff crowd. They’re fecking nuts, once again, as in leeds, they are queing for like 3 hours, chanting and singing our songs, (and some more somewhat “traditional” welsh numbers), usually involving fecking and drinking, very entertaining! sold out!!! a room packed with insane fans, what a crowd interaction! We were just having a ball tonight, everything is running smoothly, Herman and Sam are in top form, Fred prancing round like……well a frenchman, ZP is wailing (when he wasn’t up on my riser generally prodding me feeding me water,and doing his best to put me off), Vad is running around like a headless chicken, back and forth like a thing possessed! Was a mad show, just once I would like to see us fools from the front! a wonderful night! high point of the day? crazy fans! low point? none! quote of the day? “ball bag grab is so last year man, growler grab is the new vogue” If you have any pictures from the tour, why not send them in? If they’re good enough we’ll post them up with a credit. You may even get a cheeky treat in the post. SEND A PIC

Dragonforce’s rhythm virtuoso Dave Mackintosh has taken time out of his hectic schedule to update us on the bands current UK tour once again. NOTTINGHAM!!!, 01/12/06 We all love rock city, it’s one of our favourite venues. Sold out, (as all of the shows thus far), some of my family and friends were there, it was awesome, wonderful sound, great people, and fantastic fans, we played the show to a packed hall, and we were going for it, fourth show for this tour, so were relaxing into the performances a little easier, it was a great set, very loud fans, (I could hear them over my monitors), I spent a lot of time during this set laughing, mainly due to the standup comedy provided by sam, (of course) zp and Herman, Fred spent a lot of time on the riser next to me, laughing, and generally putting me off with his usual jokes and making me piss myself! What a fun night, like I said always a good night in nottingham. One of the great things about rc, is the after show rock rooms, always a laugh! Didn’t go too hard out this night on the booze, for I feared for my liver lol! High point of the day? walking in on sam while he’s having a piss mid set. low point? as above. quote of the day? if it smells, don’t touch it. If you have any pictures from the tour, why not send them in? If they’re good enough we’ll post them up with a credit. You may even get a cheeky treat in the post. SEND A PIC

To keep you guys going, the second instalment of í¢ä‰åñThe Blackening Sessionsí¢ä‰åŒ, Machine Head‘s video update for their upcoming release ‘The Blackening‘ is now online for your perusal. Don’t miss the opportunity to watch these guys in all their recording glory!! To view ‘The Blackening Sessions‘ CLICK HERE

Within Temptation are back! and we’re very excited to see them play live again, to play their new material and to see all of you there. If you didn’t know yet what to get your parents and friends for Christmas, you do now! You can also still watch The Howling, through: www.the-howling.com Catch the guys on: Tue 10th Apr í†äóæ Bristol Academy Wed 11th Apr í†äóæ Manchester Academy Thu 12th Apr í†äóæ Glasgow Garage Fri 13th Apr í†äóæ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Sat 14th Apr í†äóæ London Astoria

Atlanta extreme metallers Daath are set to explode into the UK next year, at the following dates: Tue 20th Mar ˆ Exeter Lemon Grove Wed 21st Mar ˆ Nottingham Rock City Thu 22nd Mar ˆ Manchester Academy 3 Fri 23rd Mar ˆ Birmingham Academy 2 Sat 24th Mar ˆ London Mean Fiddler Mon 26th Mar ˆ Oxford Zodiac Tue 27th Mar ˆ Glasgow Garage Wed 28th Mar ˆ Stoke Sugarmill Thu 29th Mar ˆ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Fri 30th Mar ˆ Newport TJs For more information on Daath visit www.daathmusic.com or www.myspace.com/daath

If you missed ’em touring with Paramore in October, you’re about to get a second chance to catch Chicago boys MADINA LAKE in the UK. We’re thrilled to announce the band are returning for 9 shows supporting GYM CLASS HEROES in February. Make sure you don’t miss out on all the fun and get yourselves along to the following: Fri Feb 2nd – Birmingham Academy 2 Sat Feb 3rd – Oxford Zodiac Sun Feb 4th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Room Tue Feb 6th – Leeds Cockpit Wed Feb 7th – Newcastle The Global Thu Feb 8th – Glasgow Cathouse Fri Feb 9th – Manchester Academy 3 Sat Feb 10th – Yeovil Ski Lodge Mon Feb 12th – London Islington Academy Madina Lake will release their debut Roadrunner album – titled From Them, Through Us, To You on March 26th, 2007. Already picking up a lot of media love, Big Cheese awarded their EP a perfect 5/5 score, calling them “musical gold dust” and “the next big thing”. They’re not alone – Metal Hammer says they’re “excellent” and “set to soar in 2007” and Rocksound “infectious”. The Fly and Kerrang! agree, commenting on their “abundant quality” and “incredible first impression” respectively. In fact, the Radio 1 Rock Show opens tonight with one of their songs, and the band have already been playlisted on XFM and Kerrang! Radio as well. Look out for their homemade video for song One Last Kiss, made while in the UK with Paramore, coming soon to Kerrang! & Scuzz TV. Madina Lake features identical twins Nathan (vocals) & Matthew Leone (bass), Daniel Torelli (drums), and Mateo Camargo (guitar). Stop by their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/madinalake for a sneak preview of some tunes.

Metal god Robert Flynn has been talking to Rocksound TV about the new ‘really dark’ Machine Head album The Blackening, giving insights into the lyrics, artwork and the timing of this momentous album. View it at this location!

The awesome guys at extreme radio, have interviewed Paolo from Trivium while they were here in the UK. The interview will be on show The Midweek Ministry on Wednesday December 20th at 8pm, with a repeat 9am on Friday 22nd December, make sure you catch it or you’ll be sorely disappointed!

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