Kerrang! have joined up with Stone Sour with an awesome competition launching tomorrow on Kerrang! TV . The winner will receive a jet black guitar, courtesy of playrecord.net, a copy of their new album and the staple Stone Sour T-shirt. There will be T-shirts and albums for all the runners up. To win watch Kerrang! TV for more details, the competition closes on 1st December 2006.

Black Label Society guitarist Zakk Wylde spoke of his love of Ozzy, being on the road and the job of being a rock star… “I still play for Ozzy, and I love that man to death,” he said. “But he’s not going to be doing what he does forever. The man is more than 60 years old, and one day he will come up to me and say, ‘Zakk, it’s time for me to stop.’ “I don’t look forward to that day. But it will come. And when it does, I want to be able to still do what I do í¢ä‰åäó play music. So that’s why I started with those side projects like PRIDE & GLORY and my solo career.” “The only hard part of this gig is touring. It’s like your hobby has become your job. And I don’t care who you are í¢ä‰åäó a rock guitarist, a writer, a porn star í¢ä‰åäó whatever profession you get into will feel like a job at some point. The best thing to do is keep reminding yourself why you’re doing it. “And that, to me, is the secret. I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. And I want to make sure I’m fresh when I play. We don’t get a lot of sleep on the road, and it can become monotonous at times. But I have sole responsibility for my music. I don’t have a record company telling me what I can or cannot record. And I never will.” To view the entire interview with the Deseret Morning News click here. SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Trivium‘s two day video diary has been uploaded at this location. It covers their two dates in Stockholm, Sweden where they are currently supporting Iron Maiden.

Megadeth ‘s new song is available as an exclusive download from MTV.com. This track is from Megadeth‘s new album ‘United Abominations‘ due for release next year. To download this track go to this location. SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu celebrates his 23rd birthday today, along with HIM frontman Ville Valo.. Happy Birthday Corey! To add a little excitement to this already special day, there is an awesome Trivium guitar game online, check it out here.

Killswitch Engage have been filmed at their ‘secret show’ on the 20th November in California. The clip of the guys performing ‘Fixation on the Darkness‘ has been posted here. SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

There are reports that Soulfly mainman Max Cavalera will be making a guest appearance with FAQ member Paul Filipenko on January 11th 2007, unfortunately there is no more information, but stay posted for news as it arrives! Soulfly‘s current release ‘Dark Ages‘ is available at this location.

Nickelback won the favourite album category for ‘All The Right Reasons‘ at last nights American Music Award’s glittering ceremony in LA. The nominees are selected based on record sales within each category and the winners are then selected by a poll of 20,000 music fans! and on that note, last week at London’s Earls Court, NICKELBACK won WORLDS BEST ROCK GROUP at this year’s World Music Awards í¢ä‰åäóì beating off stiff competition from Coldplay, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greenday & Keane!! The glamorous event (which also featured Michael Jackson and Beyonce), usually held in Monaco, will be broadcast tonight on Channel 4 at 11pm! For more info check: www.worldmusicawards.com !!! Nickelback have sold 25 million albums worldwide !!! More ‘Back stats: Current record ‘All The Right Reasons‘ has now sold over 7 million copies worldwide ‘All The Right Reasons‘ debuted at #13 in the UK album charts last year and achieved Top 10 status in over 7 countries, inc No. 1’s in Canada, Australia and the USA. Last single ‘Saving Me‘ reached #1 on the UK TV airplay charts. Nickelback appeared in the top 50 selling artists of the 21st Century in the UK Music Hall of Fame. Nickelback have sold over 1.4 Million albums in the UK! They have BPI certified Triple Platinum, Gold and Silver albums Album ‘Silver Side Up‘ peaked at #1 in the UK album charts, and ‘The Long Road’ at #5. They played to over 400,000 UK fans earlier this summer supporting Bon Jovi on the British leg of their Worldwide Stadium Tour. ‘All The Right Reasons‘, hasn’t left the Billboard Charts’ Top 20 since it’s October ’05 release! Touring trade publication Pollstar revealed that Nickelback ranked 3rd behind only U2 and Bon Jovi in worldwide ticket sales for the first quarter of 2006. First single from All The Right Reasons, ‘Photograph‘ became one of the first songs to sell over 1 million downloads!! Nickelback and Chad Kroeger have been Nominated for/Won 7 Grammy Awards, 6 Radio Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards and 1 MTV Video Music Award. Look out for a new single in early 2007í¢ä‰åŒ_. Don’t forget Nickelback Roadtones are available here.

DEVILDRIVER, the Santa Barbara, California-based band featuring former COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara, has entered Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas to begin recording its third album, tentatively due next summer via Roadrunner Records. “We got to Sonic Ranch three days ago, loaded in and began getting drum tones yesterday,” Dez writes in an online posting. “In two days, [John] Boecklin [drums] has laid down 10 tracks! We will be done tomorrow with drums and then move on to guitar tones and begin tracking them Saturday. “It’s been a killer time so far! “Tune in on Monday to get the link for our DEVILDRIVER YouTube [channel] that launches on the 20th. We will do daily updates as well as show you what’s going on here, what we do for a break… like shooting 357 magnums near the border of Mexico. GOOD TIMES, MAN!” As previously reported, a seven-minute audio interview with Dez Fafara, conducted recently by Andrew Haug of Triple J’s “Full Metal Racket” (based in Australia), can be downloaded at this location. Roadrunner Records will release a “special edition” of DEVILDRIVER‘s “The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand” CD on October 31. More information is available at this location.

Trivium‘s new video for their track Entrance of the Conflagration is now showing on Kerrang! TV, number 102. So what are you waiting for… get dialling to see the awesome new video, Kerrang!: Channel 354: Selection Line 09056 525 666