From today watch Kerrang! TV (Sky channel 354) for your chance to win an exclusive video I-Pod with Khoma’s video and album The Second Wave uploaded on it, plus a whole host of Khoma goodies as well. So get watching, and see for yourself what all the fuss is about!! To enter the competition Call 09058 176 176 or text 84030

THE COOL AND COLLECTED KING OF THE AIRWAVES IAN CAMFIELD is giving away 3 x Slappa industrial cd wallets and copies of Fear Factory – Transgression on tonights XFM ROCK SHOW. But wait, there’s more. “How generous can this Camfield fella be?” I hear you ask. Well in addition to the “Slappas” he’s pimping out, he’ll be giving away a pair of tickets to each of the forthcoming Sounds Of The Underground shows. To win one of these dirty prizes simply tune in and rock out from 10 tonight! Don’t forget you can listen to the XFM rockshow on fm / DAB / sky radio channel 111. For more details go to the XFM ROCKSHOW homepage.

In anticipation of Nickelbacks forthcoming tour with Bon Jovi and their forthcoming single “Savin’ Me” Nickelback Fans Online are not only streaming the full single and video clip, but giving away swag bags containing signed sticks, rare promos, t-shirts, wrist bands and much more.

Whilst over on their forthcoming tour, The Dresden Dolls are doing a set of instore signings and acoustic sets at the following locations: May 4th @ 4 p.m. Avalanche Records 63 Cockburn St Edinburgh EH1 1BS May 11th @ 1 p.m. Resident Music 28 Kensington Gardens Brighton BN1 4AL Remember: Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia is out now

As many of you are probably aware, earlier this month Norwegian Death Metallers, Satyricon, recorded their video for K.I.N.G here in london town. Well the video is finally here and looking pretty dapper. To view the stream visit our video section or CLICK HERE. But if that wasn’t enough we also just launched the Satyricon Ecard so you can share the wealth with your friends. Remember: Satyricon – Now, Diabolical is available now from all good record stores and probably some crap ones aswell.

Lifted from the band’s official site, Robb Flynn offers an update regarding progress on the new album. “We are also writing like crazy, getting ready to demo some stuff out. We started doing this fun thing each day at practice where we start the set off with one old song, not generally in the live set. Man, we been jamming some hella old shit… ‘Blood Of The Zodiac’, ‘Bay Of Pigs’, ‘Rage To Overcome’, ‘Frontlines’, ‘Down To None’, ‘Death Church’, ‘Devil With The King’s Card’, ‘A Thousand Lies’… it’s been really cool revisiting those songs, and kinda sets the tone at practice in a good way. Writing is going slow but good and at this point we’ve pretty much made it our sole priority. As a result we’ve officially ‘cancelled’ all touring until after the record is done. We thought about heading out, and actually had some pretty nice opportunities, but it was like, ‘Fuck man, we toured for 22 months behind [‘Through the Ashes of Empires’]… How much more can you tour behind one album?’ We also felt it would break up the momentum we have going, not to mention the offers just didn’t feel right. So we passed on Sounds Of The Underground, Download, Rock Am Ring, With Full Force and most of the main Euro festivals just so we could focus solely on writing The Greatest Metal Album Of All Fuckin’ Time! Hells yeah!!! “Frankly, we don’t know if ‘Through the Ashes of Empires’ was some kind of fluke or what, so we’re not gonna take its success for granted, or ourselves too seriously in the process. We’ve just been writing and playing what feels right to us, and it’s made us push our musicianship to new, previously unscaled heights. I’d say we’re definitely evolving again, and the new album is definitely not ‘Burn My Eyes II’ or even ‘Through the Ashes of Empires II’. Of the 16 songs that we have, 10퉌_ of them seem like they’re going nowhere at the moment. Of the 5 that are completed, we are really amazed with how they are turning out. It feels really fuckin’ unique, the material is totally different than what is going on right now, and we think it’s really gonna sound fresh and stand out compared to what’s currently ‘happening’ in the metal scene at the moment. It feels unmistakably ‘Bay Area’, and unmistakably MACHINE HEAD, but it’s SO in its own little world… it’s a trip man, it’s a little scary, as it kinda feels like uncharted territory, but that makes it more exciting too, something about this feels special, it feels huge. I wouldn’t say it’s ‘heavier’ than ‘Through the Ashes of Empires’, but it’s AS heavy, and the ‘Battery’ break (for the [recording of a METALLICA song as part of Kerrang! magazine’s] ‘Master Of Puppets’ tribute) did us good… songs that were 5 minutes long are now 8 minutes long, and I’m noticing a healthy dose of the sludge vibe (ala ‘Death Church’, ‘Elegy’, ‘Violate’) coming back… long songs, long intros, but it feels more uptempo as a whole than ‘Through the Ashes of Empires’… some of the hooks are just ridiculous! Lots of changes in each song, and musically as well as riff-wise it is very technical… full-on down-picking / million-note mania. Lyrics are dark, darker, and some just plain fucked. Some are about war, some are anti-religion… I’ve officially written my first love song (!) which ends with a homicide and then a suicide… another, (jokingly) nicknamed ‘The Thrashterpiece’ (proper title: ‘Aesthetics Of Hate’), is a full-on riff-fest with all hard vocals / no singing, and is my pointed and very pissed-off take on Dimebag-basher William Grim. “‘Tentative’ song titles below, with the topic in parentheses: – ‘Halo’ (Anti-religion) – ‘Aesthetics Of Hate’ – ‘The Beautiful Mourning’ (Suicide) – ‘Now I Lay Thee Down’ (Love / death / homicide / suicide) “Let me tell you what our goal for this album isn’t: Our goal isn’t to be the biggest band on the planet, like everyone else is ‘trying’ to do. Our goal isn’t to write the ‘biggest metal record of all time,’ we’ll leave the ‘biggest’ records to the MTV-friendly metal-lite that is getting so much play at the moment… aka the new glam. Realistically, the new stuff is too heavy for mainstream radio / video, too long, and definitely doesn’t have enough gay singing, steal enough MAIDEN riffs, apply enough make-up, or have enough whack-ass guitar-solo-wankery to be considered ‘in’ enough for the ‘scenester’ crowd. And you know what? We’re not even trying to fish in that pond. We’re gonna fish in another pond, the pond that still wants to hear a new ‘Vulgar Display’, or a new ‘Roots’, or a new ‘South Of Heaven’, or even a new ‘As The Palaces Burn’. That other pond will never ‘get’ us, and if they do ‘get’ us, it’s gonna be because they heard so many other fuckers telling ’em why they should ‘get’ us. “Our goal is to write the greatest no-bullshit metal album of all time, an album that, 20 years from now, will still be in rotation… an album that has the influence, enormity, respect, and epic grandeur of an album like METALLICA’s ‘Master Of Puppets’, yet has the fire and ‘fuck you’ attitude of a punk masterpiece like POISON IDEA’s ‘Feel The Darkness’, and the cold, depressive beauty of THE CURE’s ‘Disintegration’. Will we accomplish it? Well, that’s for the world to decide, but the way we see it, if anyone is capable of achieving that goal… it is MACHINE HEAD. “Prepare!!!” goto MACHINEHEAD1.COM

On June 5th Nickelback will be releasing the 3rd single from their massive new album “All The Right Reasons” The tracklisting is as follows: 1.’Savin’ Me (pop edit)’ 2.’Animals (live)’ 3.’Follow You Home (live) Plus ‘Savin’ Me’ video All tracks are exclusive to the single.

For your delight we have posted up a tasty selection of music & Videos from the recently released Headbangers Ball: The Revenge compilation. The album is out now for around 퉌£11.99 from HMV, Virgin, Music Zone, FOPP and you local official ‘Roadrage’ store. WALLS OF JERICHO – A TRIGGER FULL OF PROMISES – AUDIO 36 CRAZYFISTS – I’LL GO UNTIL MY HEART STOPS – AUDIO HATEBREED – TO THE THRESHOLD – VIDEO

Khoma have got an exclusive digital bundle of their latest album “The Second Wave”. The bundle is available exclusively through iTunes and features the bonus track ‘Death Throes’.

On July 26th, 2006, the seminal New York Dolls – a band that has been accused of inspiring everything from punk rock to hair metal – will release their eagerly anticipated album, One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This, through Roadrunner. In 2004, former New York Dolls fan club president, Morrissey made the request that reunited his boyhood idols for the Meltdown Festival, which he was curating at the Royal Festival Hall in London. “Basically we got together to do a one-off show and have a coupla laughs,” says singer David Johansen. That quickly turned into two shows, and was so well received, that offers started coming in from festivals…Reading, Leeds, and many more, including a bunch co-headlining with fans the White Stripes. Reported the L.A. Times, “Onstage, the Dolls proved worthy of the legendary status that has been built over the years, and then some.” “We were having so much fun, we decided to continue past the summer, and naturally, started writing some new songs. Besides Syl and myself, [the band is] guitarist Steve Conte, bass player Sami Yaffa, keyboard player Brian ‘the Professor’ Koonin, and drummer Brian Delaney, who we insist on calling ‘Delancey.’ Everyone in the band contributes material,” adds Johansen. The new album features 13 new tracks, including the first single “Dance Like a Monkey,” “Take a Good Look at My Good Looks,” “Maimed Happiness,” and “Runnin Around,” and was produced by Jack Douglas, who made his bones engineering the first eponymously titled New York Dolls record, and has since produced everyone from Aerosmith to Cheap Trick to John Lennon and Yoko Ono. “Jack’s always been good to us, so we thought we’d throw him a bone,” says the band. One Day It Will Please US to Remember Even This includes guest appearances by Michael Stipe on “Dancing on the Lip of A Volcano,” Iggy Pop on “Gimme Love and Turn On the Light,” Tom Gabel (Against Me!) on “Punishing World,” and the Dolls‘ own hero, Bo Diddley, on “Seventeen.” “There’s so much negative bullshit being forced down people’s throats in the marketplace, we really wanted to create a thing of beauty that will stand the test of time, and hopefully add something positive to people’s lives,” says Johansen. “I don’t care if this record is a hit,” Sylvain Sylvain declares, “Just as long as every man, woman, and child buys it.” Producer Douglas adds, “This is the band that gave the world ‘Personality Crisis,’ ‘Jet Boy,’ ‘Looking for a Kiss,’ ‘Puss ‘n’ Boots,’ and ‘Trash.’ Maybe we can’t forgive them for that, but they swing harder than anyone around, and this album is a fuckin’ masterpiece.” The Dolls are planning a world tour in support of the new release, starting Summer 2006. “Playing music is the best thing in the world,” says Johansen. “It makes show business almost bearable.”