Howard Jones, vocalist of Killswitch Engage is in Big Cheese’s latest issue! Don’t forget Killswitch Engage will be gracing our fair shores in January 2007!

Machine Head frontman Robert Flynn was in the UK last week mixing their forthcoming album ‘The Blackening’. Now back on US soil Mr Flynn has graced us with another studio update. “Hey Fuckers!!! Just got back from merry ol’ England, where the Chicken Tikka Masala, Cobra Lager and Budvar flowed like… well… wine. I was technically there to check out mixes, but jet-lag essentially prevented me from being any sort of real help. It wasn’t necessary anyway though, as Colin is fucking destroying… Jesus, it is so í¢ä‰åäóì fucking – heavy!!! He had been sending us mixes to listen to and approve as Mark Keaton (our engineer) and I were WAY behind *cough* and still in Oakland putting the finishing touches on some vocals. It was actually pretty cool to be able to hear stuff at home on my crappy real-world car stereo, and not those amazing $20,000 studio speakers that can make a monkey farting into a trumpet sound FUCKING CRUSHING!!! So, the main purpose of my visit was to do a mini-press tour. Yes, 3 days of 10-11 hours of interviews, while existing on 3 hours of jet-lagged sleep a night and black tea… it made for some great interviews, let me tell ya. I was pretty much hallucinating for the last 3 hours of each day, which inevitably led to me talking about frying on acid / mescaline and real-life hallucinations… koo-koo bird!? Press is flipping out! Some people said it’s the best thing we’ve ever done, others said it was “So epic, it sounds like The Bible!!!” I was like, “WOW!… wait, is that good?” He assured me, yes. Really stoked though, man, great response from pretty much everyone. Label is LOVING it. Played it for a couple of fans who were lingering around too… “oh my God’s” were uttered, heads were banging and horns were flying!!! Colin is gonna be moving to another studio, as we still have 2 songs left to mix *cough, cough*, but rest assured my beer-breathed-brethren, we’re almost there. We just got the mix of the opening track, “Clenching The Fists Of Dissent”… I practically wept… but not really. Ok, maybe a little. That video update is still coming. No really, it is. -Flynn”

Never fear Trivium are near, it’s not long now before the awesome Trivium will be blasting their way to a venue near you! But in the meantime, view pictures of their dates in Italy here, and get prepared for the Crusade to begin in the UK!

You want the DVD? So why not check out the Roadrage stores below to get your Free Slipknot keyring* when you buy the awesome Slipknot DVD ‘Voliminal: Inside The Nine To find a Roadrage store near you, click here! * while stocks last

This Tuesday, 5th December at 11pm on MTV2, Headbangers Ball are offering you, yes you! The chance to meet the metal monsters that are Killswitch Engage and they are coming to the UK to burn down your town, in just 7 days in 2007! Sun 7th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Nottingham Rock City Mon 8th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Glasgow Barrowlands Wed 10th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Dublin Ambassador Theatre Thu 11th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester Academy Fri 12th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Birmingham Academy Sat 13th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Brixton Academy Sun 14th Jan í¢ä‰åäóì Bristol Academy We’ve also got a signed framed original artwork from the latest album ‘As Daylight Dies‘, plus copies of the album í¢ä‰åäóì how awesome?! To enter CLICK HERE

The cutting edge Daath have been in the studio working on their debut album ‘The Hinderers, and we have a studio report here for you to viewí¢ä‰åŒ_ Join Daath’s official MySpace page now, and for more info visit www.daathmusic.com..

TG2 brings you up close and personal with Trivium – the critically acclaimed ‘Future of Metal’ as they set-up for their UK tour with Iron Maiden. Lex asks the questions TG2 viewers want answered. TG2 and Roadrunner records gives you the chance to WIN a ‘meet & greet’ Trivium & watch them play live at London’s Earls Court on the 22nd December 2006, plus win the original signed Crusade artwork & their album collection. 3 runner’s up win Trivium‘s album collection. See TG2.co.uk for competition details. SHOWING ON The Wrestling Channel (TWC) (on Sky 427) every Tues, Friday, & Sunday at Midnight from tomorrow until the 17th Dec inclusively. & on Extreme Sports Channel (Sky channel – 419, NTL channel – 422, Telewest (channel – 527) on Monday 11th @ 24:30, Tuesday 12th Dec at 0130 & Wednesday 13th Dec at 01:00.

Machine Head frontman Robert Flynn updates us on the mixing of their forthcoming album ‘The Blackening’. ‘We’ve got 3 mixes done at this point and as my friend Sir Sparks-A-Lot put it, í¢ä‰åñJesus H. Fucking Christ on a crutch!!!!!!!??????í¢ä‰åŒ… í¢ä‰åŒSICK!!!!!!!!í¢ä‰åŒ Colin Richardson is KILLING it!!! Guitars are massive!!!!!!!!! We wrapped up tracking Saturday, went to the Re-Ignition record release and got PLOWED and gloriously wrecked, had a fucking blast!!! Early-Metallica cover band Damage Inc. closed the show, and fuckin’ RULED it!!! Bassist did í¢ä‰åñAnesthesia Pulling Teethí¢ä‰åŒ flawless… WOW! I haven’t headbanged that hard in ages. We raged so hard, Damage Inc. got shut off, and everyone nearly fought the whole security force… great, GREAT night!!’

Today sees the release of two awesome Slipknot packages. The first is their stunning new DVD ‘Voliminal: Inside The Nine’, if you’ve seen their previous DVD ‘Disasterpieces’ you may think you know what to expect. All we can say is ‘Expect the unexpected’. The special double disc package takes the viewer on a several hour journey into the world of Slipknot as the band recently circled the globe in support of the multi-platinum album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). Far from your usual tour film, ‘Voliminal: Inside the Nine’ is more of an art piece – while fans are taken in the studio, on stage, backstage, on their tour bus and everywhere in between as they experience the energy of a band literally living, breathing and fighting for the music they created, none of it unfolds in ways you’d expect. The second package is a limited edition of their stunning album ‘Vol 3:The Subliminal Verses’. This ground breaking album is now available as a limited 2 disc set featuring previously unavailable tracks, and rare live versions. This is all put together in a tasty new package. CLICK HERE TO BUY ‘VOLIMINAL: INSIDE THE NINE’ DVD CLICK HERE TO BUY ‘VOL 3: THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES’ LIMITED CD

The awesome Within Temptation have their brand new video collaboration with Spellbornfor The Howling online at MTV.com. To view this amazing video click here!