Tune in those T.V. sets, Trivium will be appearing on tonights MTV2’s Headbangers Ball for an exclusive interview and ‘Top 10 Video Takeover’. Be sure not to miss it! The new record ‘The Crusade’ will be released on October the 9th DETAILS: MTV2 / Channel 345

The following message has been posted on the official SLIPKNOT website: “You guys have been sending us the craziest sh*t for the longest time. We want to give you the chance to share that sh*t with the world! This page is a new network put together by the folks at QiShare. You guys will be able to create and share all kinds of SLIPKNOT stuff from banners to videos to wallpapers. To make this a little more interesting, when you upload content or share it with your friends using our special HTML script, youll get points you can redeem on SLIPKNOT stuff like tickets, merch and other exclusives. Check it out here.”

WITHIN TEMPTATION has completed the songwriting process for its new album, tentatively due early next year. “Some songs have been recorded and the rest is going to be done the next month,” frontwoman Sharon den Adel writes on the group’s web site.

In other news, Sharon has posted a report on the band’s recent appearance at the Dutch Applepop Festival. You can read it at this location.

WITHIN TEMPTATION has been nominated in the “Best Rock Act” category at the TMF Awards, the Dutch equivalent of the MTV Awards. The band’s latest album, “The Silent Force”, was certified platinum Holland for sales in excess of 80,000 copies.

Sharon den Adel and WITHIN TEMPTATION guitarist Robert Westerholt welcomed their first child, a daughter by the name of Luna, on December 7, 2005. SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH.NET

TALKINGMETAL.COM has posted episode 97 of their &quotTalking Metal” podcast. This fifth and final episode of &quotTalking Metal”‘s Ozzfest coverage features a short interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Black Label Society’s Nick Cantanese. Photos as well as the 40-minute podcast can be downloaded HERE. iTunes users can also subscribe to &quotTalking Metal” for free HERE. Black Label Society‘s Roadrunner debut, Shot To Hell is out now. CLICK HERE to watch the new video for ‘Concrete Jungle’ CLICK HERE to view the ecard

Led by dynamic frontwoman Candace Kucsulain, we’re pleased to announce that hardcore metallers Walls Of Jericho have confirmed a UK headline tour for November. Touring in support of new record ‘With Devils Amongst Us All’, released just 2 weeks ago on August 21, WOJ have been busy all summer trekking the USA, first on the Ozzfest tour and currently with the Family Values tour (Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour). 퉌æ Watch their path of destruction continue in the UK at: 퉌æ Wed 1 Nov – Stoke Underground Thu 2 Nov – Manchester Musicbox Fri 3 Nov – Newport TJs Sat 4 Nov – Southampton퉌æJoiners Sun 5 Nov – Kingston The Peel Mon 6 Nov – Birmingham Bar Academy Tue 7 Nov – Newcastle Trillians Wed 8 Nov – Aberdeen Moshulu Thu 9 Nov – Glasgow King Tuts Fri 10 Nov – Leeds Josephs Well Sat 11 Nov – Nottingham Rock City Sun 12 Nov – Swindon Furnace plus Fri 1 Dec í¢ä‰åäóì London Kentish Town Forum (Persistence tour with Sick Of It All, Madball, Terror, Comeback Kid, Destiny, + Distance)

International Super Shredder ‘Corey Beaulieu’ (Trivium) recently took the ultimate Bloke Test. CLICK HERE to see how he did, and how he rated against some of our other Roadrunner Artists

Do you have what it takes to survive the “Concrete Jungle”? Well Black Label Society does and they’re going to you what its all about in their brand new VIDEO. See Zakk and the boys like you’ve never seen them before. It’s sleek, it’s animated and it’s all for you. “Concrete Jungle” is off of Black Label Society‘s Roadrunner debut, Shot To Hell. The album hits stores on September 11th, but you can get a preview of it now by viewing their ECARD

DragonForce axeman, Herman Li spoke with InsideBayArea.com about the physical toll that a DragonForce show puts both on themselves and their audience. He also talks about what makes the band so distinct in today’s metal world. Read the interview HERE.

Time has come to reveal the cover artwork for Killswitch Engage‘s highly anticipated new album, As Daylight Dies, which will be released through Roadrunner on November 20th.

The Grammy-nominated quintet, who have risen to the highest echelon of their genre and have influenced many bands in the process, are just now putting the finishing touches on this, their first studio album since 2004’s critically acclaimed and fan approved, The End of Heartache. Las year also saw the release of the Gold-certified DVD (Set This) World Ablaze.

“Everyone is excited about the new material,” says bassist Mike D’Antonio. “We went back to the basics of everyone contributing on this record. We can’t wait to get it out.”

Ian Camfield will once again be playing the hardest and fastest metal tunes from 22:00pm í¢ä‰åäóì 1:00am. This week he’ll be giving away tickets to the forthcoming 36Crazyfist/Atreyu tour. Tune in early, have your dialling fingers poised on those digits and don’t miss this great competition! 36 CRAZYFISTS (w/Atreyu, Chiodos, 3) Fri 15th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì London Brixton Academy Sat 16th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Glasgow Barrowlands Sun 17th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Nottingham Rock City Mon 18th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester Academy DETAILS: Tomorrow (08.09.06) on the XFM Rock Show (104.9FM or on Sky digital channel 0111)