OPETH will tonight feature on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show when Daniel P. Carter will interview frontman Mikael Akerfelt and showcase tracks taken from new album WATERSHED which hits stores today.

You can tune in online AT THIS LOCATION from MIDNIGHT tonight. The show runs until 2am.

Should you however need your beauty sleep, if you the same page, you will be able to check it out on the listen again player until 09/06. Nice one.

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Today saw the release of the critially acclaimed WATERSHED, the latest release from OPETH, so you can now not only pick this up digitally, but as a CD or Special Edition CD/DVD. Vinyl will also be available in stores 9th June.

Full track listings of the editions is as follows:

CD (BUY HERE):
1. Coil
2. Heir Apparent
3. The Lotus Eater
4. Burden
5. Porcelain Heart
6. Hessian Peel
7. Hex Omega

Special Edition CD / DVD (BUY HERE):
CD:
1. Coil
2. Heir Apparent
3. The Lotus Eater
4. Burden
5. Porcelain Heart
6. Hessian Peel
7. Hex Omega
8. Derelict Herds (Bonus Track)
9. Bridge Of Sighs (Robin Trower Cover) (Bonus Track)
10. Den Standiga Resan (Marie Fredriksson Cover) (Bonus Track)

DVD:
1. 5.1 Album Mix 2. Making Of The Album Documentary 3. Exclusive interviews

And it is today on the day of release that we complete our series of interviews with Mikael, vocalist and mastermind of Opeth. Check out part 8 of our series below, as he continues to fill us in on the processes and the inspiration behind the album.

OPETH‘s Mike Akerfelt recently took some time out to answer some questions submitted by the members of the bands UK Street Team (head HERE for more information on the RR UK Street Team) whilst in the UK to promote new album WATERSHED which hits stores TODAY!

Check out the interview below!!

Whilst on the same press junket, Mike also took part in a hilarious battle of prog minds with producer, friend and PORCUPINE TREE frontman Steven Wilson. ‘Have I Got Prog For You’ can be seen exclusively on the Classic Rock magazine website HERE.

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Clown has never been one to hold back. That’s why we love him so much! SLIPKNOT’S hard hitter was recently interviewed by MTV, who asked him about their upcoming stint on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival in the United States.

“We’re back, and it just happens to be this thing called the Rockstar Energy Mayhem festival. That’s cool. But we didn’t want them, they wanted us. Everyone wants our f—ing money and our kids. We’re playing a show, and a bunch of great bands are playing too. But we’re back, so get out of our way. Call it what you will, but we’re headlining. It’s our show, and we’re here to kill you.”

He’s just as prolific about their upcoming, as yet untitled album, which they are still working on back home in Iowa…

“Listen, we are the hardest ever,” he said. “We blow all bands away. I don’t give a f— who your band is. I’ve probably played with your band, and you don’t show me sh–. So, it’s like, is this band heavy? Oh, yeah, we’re the heaviest. We’re heavy thinkers, heavy hitters, heavy writers and heavy people, but it’s emotionally heavy. There’s a lot of emotion on this record, and we’re all on the same page with our own emotions, so you’re finally seeing the kings of all the courts bringing their kingdom’s jewels in for one gigantic war.”

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Slipknot will be in the UK for the Reading/Leeds festival in August, with the new album pencilled in for release around the end of the same month. Watch this space for more news. And in the meantime, the UK RR office is VERY excited about the 2 new tracks they just heard…

We are almost at the end of our series of interviews with Mikael

Following up on their amazing success with single ‘Rockstar’, NICKELBACK are to release single PHOTOGRAPH on June 23rd. Already taking the airwaves by storm, the single will be available from that date on CD and will feature the following tracklising:

1. Photograph
2. We Will Rock You

But if you cant wait that long, you can pick it up digitally from the 16th June. Oooor just pick up the album, ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, from which it is taken.

SOULFLY, who are due to release new album CONQUOR on the 28th July (digitally on the 21st), have announced that this will also be available as not only a CD but also a CD/DVD Special Edition.

The ‘regular’ CD will feature the following tracklisting:
1. Blood Fire War Hate
2. Unleash
3. Paranoia
4. Warmageddon
5. Enemy Ghost
6. Rough
7. Fall Of The Sycophants
8. Doom
9. Rot
10. Touching The Void
11. Soulfly VI

with the Special Edition of the CD having the following bonus tracks:
Mypath
Sailing On
The Beatutiful People

The

LAMB OF GOD‘s upcoming DVD will be a 2 disc gate to heaven for any fan. The track listing includes a behind the scenes doucumentary with the band and numerous live tracks, including the FULL SET from last years DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL performance. The DVD, titled WALK WITH ME IN HELL will hit stores on the 30th June. Full tracklisting has been confirmed as follows:

DISC 1:
1.’Walk With Me In Hell’ Movie
2.Live Tracks:
‘Redneck (Unholy Alliance U.S.)’
‘Again We Rise (Gigantour)’
‘Walk With Me In Hell (Unholy Alliance Europe)’
‘Now You’ve Got Something To Die For (European Festival)’
‘Blacken The Cursed Sun (Ozzfest)’
‘Pathetic (Headline Arena Tour’

DISC 2
1.’The Making Of Sacrament’
2.Download 2007 Live Set.
3.’Redneck’ Video
4.‘Making Of Redneck Video’

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Kentucky boys BLACK STONE CHERRY have added a headline show in York, in between their shows on the Def Leppard / Whitesnake UK arena tour. The boys will now play York Duchess on Wed 25th June. Tickets are available now from TICKETWEB.

The band release their second album, ‘Folklore and Superstition’ on 18th August. The album crackles with a down-home, feel good, rock ‘n roll vibe and was produced and mixed by veteran rock producer, Bob Marlette. The album was named after a local Kentucky tradition; story telling and superstitions.

“We’re intrigued by and interested in history, roots and heritage, and we incorporate that into the band,” says drummer John Fred Young. Bassist Jon Lawhon concurs, “We are taking the Southern tradition and spreading it out to the rest of the world. They say, ‘Write what you know,’ so that’s what we’re doing, writing what we know.”

The band had a stellar end to their debut album cycle last November, taking home a gong at the annual Classic Rock ‘Roll of Honour’ Awards. In a room full of the kind of musicians who had inspired them, such as Jimmy Page, Steven Tyler and Jeff Beck, the four Southern boys from a dry county in Kentucky, stepped up to the podium to take home the ‘Best New Band’ award. With this new album, and UK arenas to showcase some new tunes in, 2008 is looking like another good year for BLACK STONE CHERRY.

Full BLACK STONE CHERRY show dates line up as follows:

Sat 14th Jun – Isle of Wight Festival
Tue 17th Jun – Glasgow SECC (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)
Wed 18th Jun – Birmingham NEC (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)
Fri 20th Jun – Manchester MEN Arena (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)
Mon 23rd Jun – Sheffield Arena (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)
Tue 24th Jun – Newcastle Arena (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)
Wed 25th Jun – York Duchess (headline show)
Thu 26th Jun – London Wembley Arena (w/Whitesnake & Def Leppard)

Watch this space for more news coming up on the upcoming release…

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES celebrated the release of their debut album SMART CASUAL on Monday (26/05) with an in-store performance at the HMV in their hometown of Cardiff.

Despite the torrential rain, the center of Cardiff saw fans queuing around the block for most of the morning and afternoon to make sure they were in the store for the 4.30pm performance. The store was packed to the rafters and following their performance the guys signing copies of their debut and chatted to their fans.

Vocalist Aled was humbled by the whole experience, commenting that “it’s really flattering that so mony people came out.”

Check out the HUGE queue and some of the set below, plus Aled and Joel give you the lowdown on how things are with the tour so far…

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