Witness the sickness tonight from the GODFATHER of HEADBANGERS BALL – MR JAMEY JASTA. Jamey and his band (Hatebreed) are doing a very special MTV Headbangers Ball show all the way from the US. Tune into MTV2 at 11pm to witness the sickness.

Make sure you catch tonights TRIVIUM SPECIAL ON THE RADIO 1 ROCK SHOW, in addition to be interviewed/co-presenting. They will be talking you through each track of their forthcoming album ‘The Crusade’ (out 9th oct) DETAILS: RADIO 1 ROCK SHOW – WED 1am-3am – WEBSITE

If you’re a hardcore Trivium fan, you’ll want to pick up one of the numbered ‘First Day Cover’ versions of their new album when it is released on Oct 9th. You can pre-order your copy from one of the participating stores to get an exclusive numbered ‘First Day Cover’ copy of ‘The Crusade’ on day of release. Once you have your CD, just register the individual number at the website on the cover and if you’re one of the first 100 to do so, then you will get an exclusive Trivium ‘The Crusade’ promo flag signed by the band. Additionally, everyone who registers stands the chance of winning VIP tickets to see and meet the band on the Iron Maiden tour in December.

Matt Heafy spoke exclusively to Kerrang! and gave them a track by track description of퉌æTrivium’s‘s forthcoming album, The Crusade. If you want an early look into Trivium‘s October 11th release, The Crusade, all you must do is click HERE and you’ll be whisked away to our very own퉌æMYSPACE page. By the way, while you’re there, friend us. We like having lots and lots of friends. TRACK BY TRACK ‘Ignition’ “‘Ignition’ is an extremely thrashy track, it’s got no bullshit! The vocals come in almost immediately, which is quite unusual for Trivium. The rhythm’s really fucking fast.” ‘Detonation’ “‘Detonation’ is part two of ‘Ignition’, lyrically. In a way you can think of it as a three-piece song, like an opera, I guess. It’s got the slow, heavy shit which is like the first movement. The second movement is fast and chaotic and the third movement is more chilled out and melodic. ‘Enter the Conflagration’ “This song as a long song title! It’s another really fucking thrashy one. The chorus is extremely catchy again and it reminds me of Megadeth’s ‘Countdown To Extinction.'” ‘Unrepentant’ “‘Unrepentant’ is one of Corey’s [Beaulieu, guitar] songs. All of his songs remind me of old school Annihilator or old school Megadeth. They’re very ‘notey’ and it was really hard for me to learn how to play this one. Corey can do a lot of straight down-picking like Hetfield, so this is a very busy song and it’s got a nice solo section. I did all the Lyrics again, though, on this record.” ‘Anthem (We Are The Fire)’ “‘Anthem’ is a track on which Paolo [Gregoletto, bass] laid down a really fucking sleazy pre-chorus. He’s been the master of the sleazy riffs on this album! Think of Motley Crue, Skid Row, and Dio! It’s fucking rad!” ‘And Sadness Will Sear’ “This song is one of mine. I was thinking new-school Rammstein when I wrote it. It’s written on a seven-string and it’s slow, minimalistic and very heavy. The verses have no guitar but just a melody thing with the bass and drums. Lyrically, it’s a song dedicated to and about Matthew Shepard who was a gay kid who was hunted down in Wyoming in 1998 and beaten almost to death and left to die. It’s a very emotional song and it’s very heavy and dark. It’s got a depressing feel but I wanted to do it because I don’t think many people know the story” ‘Becoming The Dragon’ “‘Becoming the Dragon’ is a title I got from a book that I really liked. It’s a little groovier and is a head-banging, fist-pumping kind a song. It’s a realy most song. Then, right in the middle, I really use the seven-string and it goes into a very Dream Theatre-type part, then a death-metal part and just a world of technical shit!” ‘To The Rats’ “‘To the Rats’ is a Paolo song, It’s one of the fastest thrash-metal songs we have. It’s fucking balls-out thrash” ‘This World Can’t Tear Us Apart’ “‘This World Can’t Tear Us Apart’ is basically this album’s ‘Dying In Your Arms’. Whereas that song was about relationships and being good, about making your life better and taking a glimpse of the life that used to be. It’s another rock song.” “Tread The Floods” “This has a very technical riff. It actually took me a really long time to learn this riff and it’s all over the place! But the chorus ended up sounding like a Guns N’ Roses song that never was!” ‘Contempt Breeds Contamination’ “This one is recorded on a seven-string guitar in a different turning. It starts off with a really technical death-metal riff, not new-school death metal but a Cynic or Atheist style death-metal. It’s really fast and really thrashy but it’s got a really catchy chorus. It almost sounds like a radio-rock but in a good way.” “The Rising” “This was also written by Paolo. I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s a style I’ve never heard before. He played it for all of us and we were like, ‘Is this a cover?’. It sounds like something Def Leppard might have done. It sounds sleazy and dirty but catchy, anthemic, and gigantic too. It’s fucking awesome! “The Crusade” “‘The Crusade’ is an eight minute instrumental. It’s very, very skilled and it’s got some odd time signatures. It’s really fucking good. We were thinking of “Orion’ when we wrote it. It doesn’t sound like it but we wanted a long instrumental track that really makes people think.”

Enter the studio with Machine Head in Part One of “The Blackening Sessions”, a behind-the-scenes look at the band as they record their upcoming album, “The Blackening”. CLICK HERE to go to the bands official site to watch the footage

The mighty DRAGONFORCE have now added a second London Astoria show on Tuesday 14th December after their show on 13th December sold out. The properly multi-cultural, London-based extreme power metallers are currently on a US headline tour in support of their ‘Inhuman Rampage’ album, which has now shifted over 46K units in the UK. Dates on this side of the pond begin at Belfast’s Mandela Hall on 16th November, Dublin Ambassador Theatre on 18th Nov, then continue in the UK on 29th Nov.

CRADLE OF FILTH have announced three UK shows for this December. Dani and the boys, who were nominated for a Grammy on their last album, ‘Nymphetamine,’ release their seventh studio album, ‘Thornography’ on 16th October and line up for the following shows. Support comes from Sabbat (featuring producer extraordinaire, Andy Sneap), plus one other band tba. Sun 17th Dec í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester Academy Mon 18th Dec í¢ä‰åäóì Birmingham Academy Tue 19th Dec – London Astoria Meanwhile, fans can pick up limited edition numbered ‘first day cover’ editions of the album, exclusively from a chain of selected indie stores. You can check for your local store HERE .

SOULFLY bassist Bobby Burns suffered a mild stroke Thursday (Sept. 14) and will remain in a doctor’s care until he is fully recovered. There is no word yet as to who will take his place on SOULFLY’s upcoming U.S. tour, which is expected to kick off Monday (Sept. 18) in San Diego. Burns is expected to recover fully and will rejoin the band for their Australian tour at the end of October. SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

DragonForce have launched their official mobile store on their website. Be the envy of, well pretty much everyone, as ‘Operation Ground & Pound’ pumps out of your phone. CLICK HERE – to go to the bands website or CLICK HERE – to go directlyy to the store