Black metal ground-breakers SATYRICON are set to bring their “Tour Diabolical” to the UK this September. This will be the band’s first UK tour in over three years and with new album, ‘Now Diabolical’ picking up plaudits from all corners and rave reviews coming in from their recent summer festival appearances, SATYRICON are ready once more to push the boat out for the forthcoming shows. Satyr, the band’s frontman and visionary is keen to bring their latest material to everyone in a more intimate setting than that of a huge festival stage, commenting “We’re very much looking forward to touring Europe again as we’ve not done so since 2003! Playing all the festivals this summer we’ve seen that the new songs go down extremely well live. I haven’t experienced anything like this since we toured ‘Nemesis Divina’ in 1996. The unity within the band is really strong these days and I think it really shows on stage. This summer has been great so far. Now we’re looking forward to bringing this spectacle indoors and displaying the whole package in its full glory!” In the UK, the album ‘Now Diabolical’ has picked up broad praise from the UK press. Check out some quotes below: “2006 has been an incredible year for metal albums. Few have bettered this dark masterpiece.” – Paul Brannigan, Kerrang! editor “They are in a class and a world of their own.” í¢ä‰åäóì KKKKK, Kerrang! album review. “Their most mature and adventurous accomplishment of a career that stretches back into the time of myth.” í¢ä‰åäóì 8/10 Metal Hammer “What a return to formí¢ä‰åŒ_.’Now Diabolical’ should be heard by all.” í¢ä‰åäóì 8/10 Rocksound “Tour Diabolical” will hit the following cities: Fri 15th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Birmingham Academy Sat 16th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì London Islington Academy Sun 17th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester Academy 2 Mon 18th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Newcastle Academy Tue 19th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Glasgow Cathouse Wed 20th Sep í¢ä‰åäóì Nottingham Rock City

TOAZTED.COM conducted interviews with Stone Sour members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Jim Root (guitar) on July 2 while the pair were in Holland for several European festival appearances. Watch the interviews HERE. When you’re done with those interviews, come play with their E-CARD for a while. Come What(ever) May hits stores July 31st.

Veteran Rockers The New York Dolls had a featured interview with Simon Mayo last night on BBC2. To listen to the interview again and again, simply CLICK HERE The bands forthcoming album “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This” is out 24th July. CLICK HERE to pre-order your copy.

MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine and drummer Shawn Drover recently spoke to Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s new album, “United Abominations”. “We rented [LED ZEPPELIN drummer] John Bonham’s drum kit and recorded at a studio in [PINK FLOYD guitarist] David Gilmour’s house [in England], which was great,” Mustaine said. “The kit is the only one that’s available in the world to rent,” Drover added. “Dave surprised me with that, which was pretty incredible because I didn’t even know it was possible to get Bonham’s kit to rent for anybody. So I incorporated the bass drum and his floor tom and a snare on the kit that I use in the studio, and that was really inspiring. We played in the middle of nowhere and it was just a really cool vibe.” Regarding the musical direction of “United Abominations”, Mustaine said, “If I was to say what time this record would have came out, I would have said some time before [1990’s] ‘Rust in Peace’ or sometime after [1992’s] ‘Countdown to Extinction’. The critics called ‘The System Has Failed’ a return to form, but this is even more so. The record company that I’m with now gets it and I’m with management who gets it. So I don’t have to write songs because the wives of certain bandmembers are griping or their mortgage is not getting paid or management is telling me that I’ve got to get a record done to do the tour and I’ve got to do the tour because if not, I’m not going to be able to pay my bills.” “United Abominations” will contain 11 songs, including the title track, “Washington’s Next” and “Gears of War” an additional track will be included with the Japanese release. “It’s a really diverse record,” Shawn said. “There’s some faster stuff that should appeal to the band’s thrash fans and it’s got a little more mainstream stuff as well. It’s definitely not one-dimensional.” SOURCE: BLABBERMOUTH

On September 11th, Roadrunner will be releasing a set of Ultimate Metal Albums. These ‘Best Of’s’ will pull together the best material from some of Metals greatest artists. The first batch include: FEAR FACTORY SEPULTURA TYPE O NEGATIVE Whether you are a huge fan of these artists and have their back catalogue, or if you want a career summary, these are a must have for any dedicated metaller. MORE DETAILS COMING SOON, including full tracklistings, packaging, bonus material and free mp3’s.

Make sure you kick your weekend in true style by catching Redemption TVs coverage of the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards on Friday 14th/Sat 15th July from 22:04. In addition to all the awards the show features the MIGHTY DRAGONFORCE.

We have the new HATEBREED album in the RR office and in the infamous words of Emily Bronte “SHIT, THIS SHITS THE SHIT MO FO”. So to wet your appetite until next week (when we put an audio stream up), here is the full tracklisting. 1. Defeatist 2. Horrors of Self 3. Mind Over All 4. To The Threshold 5. Give Wings To My Triumph 6. Destroy Everything 7. Divine Judgement 8. Immortal Enemies 9. The Most Truth 10. Never Let It Die 11. Spitting Venom 12. As Diehard as They Come 13. Supremacy of Self

Time for yet another BRUCEY BONUS. This time you can get your greasy mits on a Stone Sour bonus track. That’s right folks get your free copy of the track ‘Suffer’ when you purchase the digital version of the new album ‘Come What(ever) May’. BUT WAIT there’s more!!! I-Tunes will also have an exclusive additional bonus track ‘Frozen’. The band recently stormed the mainstage at Download. To win yourself some Stone Sour goodies head over to the FREESHIT section of the site.

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have announced a special warm-up show prior to their appearance on the Main Stage at the Reading &amp Leeds Festivals on August Bank Holiday weekend. The genre leaders will perform at the Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall on August 21st, their first UK show since the Taste Of Chaos tour last November with Funeral For A Friend and The Used. With over 400,000 albums shipped in the US alone of last album ‘The End Of Heartache’ (a stone’s throw from Silver certification in the UK) Killswitch Engage have returned to the studio. The band are currently recording a new album with acclaimed producer & guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz at the helm. As yet untitled, the new record is set for release on November 20th.

The first of the new weekly series of ORGAN TV shows starts next Wednesday evening, 12th July – 10.30pm, Sky, Channel 173. And who better to feature on the show than Orange County favourites, Bleeding Through. So make sure you tune in and check it out. Also be sure to tell us what you think in the forum.