In case you haven’t already noticed whilst surfing through the Roadrunner site, we’ve recently expanded our bandwidth to improve your user experience…as they say. No more waiting for large video files to set-up, or even music files to get cracking – it’s safe to say we’ve put the SPEED back into (ahem!) speed metal!

We can now confirm the full tracklisting for the forth coming DragonForce album, Inhuman Rampage. To listen to the first track from the album go to the MUSIC SECTION of our site. Tracklisting is as follows: 1. Through the Fire and Flames (7:18) 2. Revolution Deathsquad (7:51) 3. Storming the Burning Fields (5:16) 4. Operation Ground and Pound (7:42) 5. Body Breakdown (6:57) 6. Cry for Eternity (8:10) 7. The Flame of Youth (6:39) 8. Trail of Broken Hearts (5:52) REMEMBER: The following magazines are running covermount cd’s featuring tracks from the new album on the following dates: Metal Hammer (21/12), Terrorizer (5/1), ZT (30/12)

We recently manged to catch up with 3 Inches of Blood, after they have had 2 hours sleep, to get a few words about their forth coming UK. CLICK HERE to watch the short video. CLICK HERE for information on the tour .

Our friends at Lollipop.com have some killer live pix of Killswitch Engage posted in their Band Gallery section – check them out here!

If you want to see the mighty Still Remains on the KERRANG! XXV tour you better be swift. Tickets are literally flying out the door. With Birmingham, Manchester, Norwich and Southampton sold out, and many other dates close. We strongly advise you buy your tickets as soon as possible. CLICK HERE to buy tickets online. Also appearing: Bullet For My Vallentine, Hawthorne Heights and Aiden

FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR ROADRUNNER RECORDS’ 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2005 AT THE NOKIA THEATER The lineup for the ROADRUNNER 25TH ANNIVERSARY concert at the Nokia Theater in NYC on 12/15/05 has been officially announced. Previously a closely-guarded list of metal luminaries, the rumors that have been circulating within the rock community and on many websites are being confirmed as this new information is brought to light… Ville Valo, the lead singer for HIM has recently been confirmed to perform a track that has been extremely influential to him over the years. Boasting one of the most impressive line-ups ever assembled on one stage, the concert will feature over 34 artists who will perform 24 classic Roadrunner songs ranging from the King Diamond era, all the way through the recently released Roadrunner United album. The different combinations of artist collaborations are staggering, however, at least one seminal Roadrunner band will reunite with their original, core line-up. Confirmed artists include: Corey Taylor í¢ä‰åäóì Slipknot Joey Jordison í¢ä‰åäóì Slipknot Paul Gray í¢ä‰åäóì Slipknot Howard Jones í¢ä‰åäóì Killswitch Engage Joel Stroetzel í¢ä‰åäóì Killswitch Engage Mike D’Antonio í¢ä‰åäóì Killswitch Engage Adam Dutkiewicz í¢ä‰åäóì Killswitch Engage Justin Foley í¢ä‰åäóì Killswitch Engage Jesse Leach í¢ä‰åäóì Fmr Killswitch Engage / Current Seemless Dino Cazares í¢ä‰åäóì Ex Fear Factory / Ex Brujeria Robert Flynn í¢ä‰åäóì Machine Head Adam Duce í¢ä‰åäóì Machine Head Matt Heafy í¢ä‰åäóì Trivium Corey Beaulieu – Trivium Andreas Kisser í¢ä‰åäóì Sepultura Evan Seinfeld í¢ä‰åäóì Biohazard Billy Graziadei í¢ä‰åäóì Biohazard Glen Benton í¢ä‰åäóì Deicide Steve Asheim – Deicide Acey Slade í¢ä‰åäóì Murderdolls Matt Baumbach í¢ä‰åäóì Vision of Disorder Tim Williams í¢ä‰åäóìVision of Disorder Nadja Peulen í¢ä‰åäóì Fmr Coal Chamber Logan Mader í¢ä‰åäóì Fmr Machine Head Keith Caputo í¢ä‰åäóì Life of Agony Roy Mayorga í¢ä‰åäóì Fmr Soulfly James Murphy í¢ä‰åäóì Death / Ex -Obituary Tim í¢ä‰åñRipperí¢ä‰åŒ Owens í¢ä‰åäóì Fmr Judas Priest/ Iced Earth Jordan Whelan í¢ä‰åäóì Still Remains Jeff Waters í¢ä‰åäóì Annihilator Scott Ian í¢ä‰åäóì Anthrax Ville Valo í¢ä‰åäóì HIM Brian Fair í¢ä‰åäóì Shadows Fall Jamey Jasta í¢ä‰åäóì Hatebreed REMEMBER: Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions – In Stores Now

Check out the artwork for the forth coming Caliban album The Undying Darkness CLICK HERE to go to the bands artist section and view the artwork. CALIBAN – THE UNDYING DARKNESS – IN STORES 27th FEBRUARY

Progtastic death metallers Opeth have just finished their uk stint of their winter European tour. The shows were in association with the bands latest and greatest 8th album Ghost Reveries. CLICK HERE to read Drowned in Sounds great review of their London Forum show.

StarWars.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

“My first ‘Star Wars’ memory took place in a drive-in. There was a double feature of ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ and ‘A New Hope’, so my first heroes were Darth Vader and Burt Reynolds. I loved ‘Star Wars’.”

“One of my fondest memories was trying to tell kids at school that there were three stories before ‘Episode IV’ and nobody believed me. Now I walk a little taller because I knew.”

“Growing up I was very poor, so movies were escapism for me, and ‘Star Wars’ was the ultimate escape. I played with my friends’ ‘Star Wars’ toys as much as I could. The only ‘Star Wars’ toy I had before I could buy them myself was the 12″ C-3PO. I loved it until the sheen wore off it. I then pretended it was a statue in a jungle somewhere. I never dressed up for Halloween, but when we played ‘Star Wars’ í¢ä‰åäó the original LARP game í¢ä‰åäó I would get into fights with my friends wanting to be either Darth Vader or Han Solo. Sometimes I ended up as Artoo, which sucked.”

“Being a comic geek, I try to get my hands on as much ‘Star Wars’ stuff as possible. I still have some loose figures from the original run and some of the comics in fair condition. I love collecting the old stuff because it lets me remember how much fun it was at the time, being a ‘Star Wars’ fan and a kid. They were our movies. Some parents dug them, but they were mainly for us.”

Read the entire interview at StarWars.com.

Michael Melchor of 411Mania.com recently conducted an interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta. Several excerpts from the chat follow:

On hosting MTV2‘s “Headbanger’s Ball”:

“I even told [MTV] in the beginning, before I got the job, ‘Even if you play double what you used to play as far as real heavy metal goes, that’s better than nothing.’ But they’ve been really cool. And that’s the thing í¢ä‰åäó before ‘Headbanger’s Ball’ a band like SHADOWS FALL was selling not a quarter of what they are now. It’s had an amazing positive effect. We’ve played with a lot of these bands [featured on the show], but it’s another thing to hang out them or to say, you know, ‘play this video’ or ‘get this band on and let’s do an interview’ or whatever…it’s been really cool to be able to give back to the metal community.”

On the upcoming HATEBREED album:

“When we went out on this tour, we wanted to do two new songs. One didn’t work out during soundcheck, so we’ve been sticking with one (although the other we may bring back and do live now). We’re still working on it now and it should be out next May or June.

“[‘The Rise of Brutality’] was based more on the travels and seeing the world and the injustice in it. That’s what inspired that just because I needed to comment on it. I figured, ‘I’m in a band this is what I do í¢ä‰åäó let’s take some of the personal stuff out and talk about what’s going on.’ But I think the next one’s going back to more of the personal route. After what’s gone on the last 2-3 years, the new one is going to reflect all the ups and downs. I really felt like í¢ä‰åäó that whole period of time, I felt like I wasn’t living by my own advice anymore. I’m not living by my own lyrics. I’m letting myself be defeated and that’s not what I’m about. So, that’s what the new record’s gonna reflect. It’s not about how many times you fall, it’s about if you’re going to get back up. You can only take so many setbacks and the last three years got me to this point where we’re ready to do a new one that’s going to be even more on fire.”

Read the entire interview at 411Mania.com.