Now up on our site is a free mp3 of the track ‘Strike You Down‘, taken from Terror’s new album ‘Always The Hard Way‘ Head this way to grab the track.

Max Cavalera is set to jam with Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker at the Exit Fest, which happens on July 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia. For more details on the festival head here. In similar news, Corey Taylor and Josh Rand from Stone Sour appeared with Alice In Chains at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, featuring on the track ‘Again’.

It has now been confirmed that ‘Symphony Of Destruction‘ will feature in the brand new game Flatout 2, the sequel to the highly successful destruction derby racing game. Flatout 2 is released on June 30th on PC, Xbox360 and PlayStation 2. For more details head over here.

We can now exclusively reveal the tracklisting for the brand new Stone Sour album Come What(ever) May, released on July 31st. 1.30/30-150 2.Come What(ever) May 3.Hell & Consequences 4.Sillyworld 5.Made Of Scars 6.Reborn 7.Your God 8.Through Glass 9.Socio 10.1st Person 11.Cardiff 12.Zzyxz Road Check out the ecard here

Machine Head’s Dave McClain has written another update in the Machine Head diary detailing where the band are with respect to their new album. Machine Head will join the Sounds Of The Underground tour for a week before hitting the studio in August to record the album. “If I could describe the songs in one word it would have to be ANGRY!!!!!!!! I think the song “Struck A Nerve” from The More Things Change album is sitting back smiling at the new stuff… this is just Fucking Metal!!!!” The album will be produced by Robert Flynn and Mark Keaton, with Colin Richardson again mixing it.

Redemption TV (Sky channel 368) will be showing the first of four half-hour episodes jammed full of live footage and interviews recorded at this year’s awesome Download Festival next Sunday (June 25th) at 10pm, and will be repeated on the 28th at 10pm, and on the 29th at 1.10am. Also look out for a Download Weekend Special on the 7th-9th of July, where the whole weekend will be dedicated to the festival and the bands that played there. Click here to see Redemption TV’s schedule.

Terror have conformed the tracklisting for their new album Always The Hard Way due on July 24th. 1. All For Revenge 2. Strike You Down 3. Survival Comes Crashing In 4. Always The Hard Way 5. Lost 6. Last of The Diehards 7. Close To Defeat 8. Test My Convictions 9. Hell To Pay 10. One Step Behind 11. You Can’t Break Me 12. Dibbs And Murs Check In 13. Hardship Belongs To Me 14. Smash Through You

Following their storming set on the main stage at this year’s Download Festival, Stone Sour have unfortunately been forced to postpone their upcoming London show on July 5th due to a scheduling conflict. Lead singer Corey Taylor stated, “We had such an incredible time at Download this year and feel terrible about having to miss our upcoming London show. We look forward to seeing all of our UK fans and making it up to them this Fall!” The band’s new album, ‘Come What(ever) May’, which is released on 31st July, comes off the back of over 55,000 UK sales of their eponymous 2003 debut album and gold status (over 500K) in the USA. The new album’s first U.S. single, ‘Through Glass’, is currently exploding at rock radio.

INHUMAN RAMPAGE SECOND STRIKE UK TOUR ANNOUNCED! Log On to www.dragonforce.com for Exclusive Advance Ticket Purchase Opportunity. DragonForce are back to lay waste to the UK once again! After an amazing tour in January and a blistering performance at Download (KKKKK, Kerrang!), this promises to be one of the tours of the year. Confirmed dates are Wed Nov. 29 – Folkestone, Leas Cliff Hall Thu Nov. 30 – Southampton, Guildhall Fri Dec. 01 – Leeds, University Sat Dec. 02 – Nottingham, Rock City Mon Dec. 04 – Cardiff, University Students Union Tue Dec. 05 – Birmingham, Academy Thu Dec. 07 – Sheffield, Octagon Fri Dec. 08 – Manchester, Academy Sat Dec. 09 – Glasgow, Barrowlands Mon Dec. 11 – Norwich, UEA Tue Dec. 12 – Bristol, Academy Wed Dec. 13 – London, Astoria

The Dresden Dolls will appear on the legendary “Later With Jools Holland” live on BBC from 11.35pm tomorrow (Friday 16th June), performing two tracks. Also appearing are Gogol Bordello & the Dixie Chicks. Click here to go to the “Later..” website, where the episode will be archived for a week after transmission.