If (like us in the RR UK office) you can’t wait for Trivium to return in 2006 why not check out this interview with the beat-meister-general Travis. It may just be enough to wet your appetite in the meanwhile CLICK HERE to read the interview.

Nickelback are planning to release the single Far Away on the 30th January. The single will be their second taken from the bands latest album All The Right Reasons.

Zao has written over ten songs, and continues to accumulate material, for their new full-length album, the follow up to last year’s landmark “The Funeral Of God.” The band is demoing material in their hometown of Greensburg, Pennsylvania right now and will enter Chicago’s Electrical Audio studio in January to begin tracking with Steve Albini. The famed engineer’s resume, of course, includes Nirvana, The Pixies, Neurosis and Slint. “This is our strongest material and I’m confident in saying this will be the best album that ZAO has ever written,” says longtime guitarist Scott Mellinger. “We want to capture the dark and sinister vibe that was all over the ‘Liberate’ record, while going even further forward and experimenting – as Zao always has done – with new depths within our sound.” While drummer Jeff Gretz has claimed the new album will be called “The George Lucas Neckfat,” the truth is, the album is still as yet untitled. Watch this space for more info on the forth coming release.

Still Remains have signed up for K! XXV, an extra-special tour hitting the UK in January to celebrate Kerrang! magazine’s 25th birthday. They’ll be joined by Bullet For My Valentine, Hawthorne Heights, and Aiden for an unforgettable event. í¢ä‰åñWe feel totally honoured and privileged to be part of this bill,í¢ä‰åŒ states keyboardist Zach Roth. í¢ä‰åñI grew up buying Kerrang! magazine from the local record shops. It’s such a huge blessing to be a part of this tour. We’re just a bunch of kids who love music like anybody else, so this is like a dream come true.í¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åñIt has been way too long since we’ve been to the U.K now, so we seriously can’t wait,í¢ä‰åŒ adds frontman TJ Miller. í¢ä‰åñThis tour is going to be absolutely incredible. We’re going to bring sweat, buckets and buckets of sweat, so be ready!í¢ä‰åŒ Tickets for the K! XXV tour will go on sale November 12 at 9am. You can purchase tickets online by visiting www.aloud.com or by calling them on 0870 998 8888.

Max Cavalera talks to Heavy Metal Source about ‘Dark Ages’. And just possibly, a reunion with Sepultura. Check it out here: The Heavy Metal Source site

Orlando, Florida metal sensations TRIVIUM have posted the following message on their official web site:

“We are on our way to Quebec this morning to prepare for tomorrow’s sold-out opening show at the Theatre Capitole in Quebec City with CHILDREN OF BODOM and AMON AMARTH, in fact we think all of the Canadian shows are sold out í¢ä‰åäó we know it will be good, we just hope our equipment arrives safely from Japan and in time for the show.

“We will be out until the middle of December then we will take a bit of break for the holidays before we head into Audiohammer Studios with [producer] Jason [Suecof] to begin pre-production of ‘The Crusade’ that will take most of January, then we head back out in late January supporting our heros, the mighty IN FLAMES for another North American run along with lablemates í¢ä‰åäó the awesome DEVILDRIVER í¢ä‰åäó that takes us out until end February.

“We will be back to the U.K. in March for our ‘The Crusade III – Ascend Above The Ashes Tour’. From what we understand tickets are selling very well, there is still time to pick up your tickets if you haven’t had the chance, we will be joined on this tour with our friends from GOD FORBID and look forward to meeting the guys from BLOODSIMPLE, can’t wait.

“We plan on setting aside most of April and all of May to record ‘The Crusade’ and then we will hit the road again for the summer tours and festivals.

“As always thanks to everyone for the support this year í¢ä‰åäó it is hard to believe ‘Ascendancy’ came out (3.15.2005) only eight months ago and still doing well, thanks to ‘Ascendancy’ we have been able to tour and perform over 250 shows world-wide in the last 16 months, its all pretty much a blur but it has been a great experience and we’re appreciative of the opportunity you’ve given us, thanks to everyone who continues to believe in us and those willing to work with us for the long haul, it’s great to be off the sidelines and in the game.

“Many people have been emailing asking us for things such as tabs, advice on starting a band, record label workings, opening for us, booking shows, where to get tickets and a number of other things í¢ä‰åäó we do try to accomodate as many requests as we can but it isn’t always possible to answer all the questions especially when we are being asked to do something for someone like tab out a song or explain the meaning of the songs or when we got together, what does TRIVIUM mean, what gear is used etc. The best place for getting the facts are right here on the í¢ä‰åäó website or on the Official TRIVIUM Message Board, or on our Official TRIVIUM Myspace page, we try to keep all our sites up to date and current so many of the initial questions that someone might have can be usually found here on our web site, just check out the links and you might find what it is you are looking for.

“We really appreciate the emails, posts, comments and pictures people send in we are pretty good about posting what we can and thank you for sending the pictures and fan art, we have some really talented friends and fans and enjoy checking out your work.

“Well, we will post a update in a few days, in the meantime we hope to see you at one of our upcoming shows.”

As promised, here’s the content of DVD2, off of the Silent Force Tour DVD package. Backstage footage: Tours & Festivals, 2003-2005 The making of: The album part one The album part two Stand My Ground Memories Angels Impressions & interviews: De Boerderij, TMF Special 2004 Bettina S, Finland 2005 WT in Dubai, TMF special 2005 TMF Awards & MTV Newsflash, The Netherlands 2005 Live 05 interview, The Voice, Finland 2005 Kerrang Radio FM, United Kingdom, 2005 Extra’s: Open Air forest theatre’ Kersouwe’ special, The Netherlands 2004 The Java-island special, The Netherlands 2005 Photogallery Bloopers Credits REMEMBER To win a signed copy of the Japanese & German copies of the album CLICK HERE

Throwdown have posted the following comment up on their official site: “So we have been on the Soulfly tour for about a week now, and it has been awesome. Soulfly is so damn heavy live it’s ridiculous.” – Throwdown REMEMBER both Soulfly & Throwdown are coming to tour the UK. CLICK HERE for more info.

Madball have posted the following message on their official site regarding their forth coming European tour. “We are very excited, and we are looking forward to our upcoming European tour, which starts the 21st of October. We’ll be over for almost a month, covering 24 cities, and 10 countries. This is our first overseas tour since the release of “Legacy”. The response to the new record has been amazing here in the US, and we can’t wait to play the new songs for our European audience. Through the years, Europe has been our second home……a place where hardcore has always been strong, no matter what the trends or styles were. We’re happy to have along with us, our friends from Sworn Enemy, and Since The Flood. We look forward to seeing everyone, new and old, very soon!! “

Dez Fafara has posted the following tour update on the band official website. “Hello out there! The shows on this tour have been going amazingly well – especially Monday night’s Halloween gig in Detroit, which was sold out! Special thanks to the Detroit police department for hanging out with us at Harpo’s and showing everyone a good time. No, seriously! Unfortunately, we woke up the next day to a broken down bus, forcing the whole band and crew to cram into two mini-vans for the drive out to the next show in Davenport, Iowa – which we did make, by the way! Thanks to everyone who’s been coming out to see us, and hope to see many more of you as the tour moves along – it’s been a hell of a ride!” – Dez Remember DevilDriver & The Agony Scene will be touring in the UK from the 1-6 December. CLICK HERE to view a full list of dates.