OPETH frontman Mikael Akerfeldt recently sat down with Roadrunner to talk about new album WATERSHED

In part 1 below, he chats about the songwriting process and the inspiration for the lyrics of the album.

WATERSHED will be available on June 2nd digitally and on CD. There will also be a collectors edition CD and an extremely limited vinyl edition. Limited to 200 copies in the UK, you can PRE-ORDER THE VINYL online. The other editions you can PRE ORDER THE OTHER VERSIONS HERE.

To celebrate the release of WATERSHED, OPETH‘s follow up to their critically acclaimed RR debut ‘Ghost Reveries’, we have set up the following club nights where you can hear tracks from the new album spun during the evening and pick up some giveaways.

The club nights will take place as follows:
May 27th – Manchester / Satans Hollow
May 30th – Portsmouth / The Deco
May 30th – Wrexham / Tivoli
May 30th – London / Sin
May 31st – Edinburgh / Studio 24
May 31st – Liverpool / Krazyhouse
May 31st – Glasgow / Cat House
May 31st – Oxford / Zodiac
May 31st – Norwich / The Waterfront
May 31st – Birmingham / Academy
May 31st – Nottingham / Rock City
June 7th – Leeds / University

The new album hits stores on JUNE 2nd, and you can check out the contents of all the different formats on the RELEASES PAGE. You can pre-order the album HERE.

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Yes you did read that right! Lemmy of Motorhead features in the brand new video from AIRBOURNE for RUNNIN WILD- the new single out digitally on JUNE 16th.

AIRBOURNE supported Motorhead on a Australian tour and Lemmy it would seem was quite taken with them:

“They’re cocky motherf*ckers, it’s great. One of them came up to me with a bottle of Jack Daniels and said, ‘Mother’s milk’. Inspired.”

So it came as no surprise when he agreed to be in the video! Check it out below! And remember that the debut album from AIRBOURNE ‘RUNNIN WILD’ is in stores now and you can pick it up from the ROADRUNNER STORE

And if you are heading to Download or live in Ireland, you can catch the guys on the following tour dates:

Sun 15th Jun – Download Festival
Tue 17th Jun – Dublin Whelans
Wed 18th Jun – Belfast Limelight

Hey Goatriders!

Members of 3 INCHES OF BLOOD will be doing a live chat exclusively with members of the Goatriders Horde (3 INCHES OF BLOOD’s seriously awesome fan club) on Thursday, May 8th at 6 PM Eastern US time (so that’s about 11pm UK time).

Members can log in HERE to chat with the guys, and if you’re not yet a member- sign up and become one!

You’ve all been hankering to hear what the new material on debut album ‘SMART CASUAL’ is sounding like- so wait no more!!

If you head to the KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES BEBO PAGE you will be able to hear and download the track GOOD BOYS GONE RAD- it’s never been heard before!!! And you can only check it out on Bebo!! So what are you waiting for??!

And if you are liking the sound of the new stuff, then remember you can pre-order the album HERE!!!

For more info on KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES head HERE.

On Monday 5th May, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES will premier a BRAND NEW and NEVER BEFORE HEARD track off their upcoming debut album SMART CASUAL on BEBO.

Head to the bands brand new Bebo profile HERE from Monday afternoon to check it out!!

If you head to the HEADBANGERS BALL BLOG you will discover a cool video interview between Straight Line Stitch frontwoman Alexis and DEVILDRIVER frontman and pit master Dez Fafara.

Head HERE to check it out!

Current album THE LAST KIND WORDS is in stores now and you can order this online at the HERE both digitally and in the shiny CD format!

Feast your eyes on the final installment to the Mike & Mike series! This piece brings to a close the seven part video documentation of Mike Portnoy and Mike Akerfeldt’s talk at the Roadrunner NYC office. In this clip, the guys talk about each of their first concert experiences and the bands they grew up listening to. Check it out at the link below and see if you have anything in comon with your fave prog dudes:

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DONT FORGET that OPETH release their new album WATERSHED on the 2nd of July. Head HERE for more details on the formats. You can pre-order from THIS location.

DOWN‘s Kirk Windstein can be seen on Exclusivly on Metal Hammer Magazine’s website chatting about all things Down and New Orleans in a video interview that was filmed in Manchester on the bands recent UK headline tour.

Kirk speaks frankly about the toll the touring lifestyle has taken on his personal life, his childhood in New Orleans and how the Down members are focusing all their energies on Down- this is no side project but “priority number one!”

Head to THIS location to check out the interview in full.

DOWN’s current album ‘Over The Under’ is in stores now and can be picked up at the new THIS location.

Check out current video ‘On March The Saints’ HERE.

ROADRUNNER RECORDS are thrilled to welcome heavy metal masters LAMB OF GOD to the Roadrunner family (ex-North America).

LAMB OF GOD are renowned for their world class metal. Comprising vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler, the band have accumulated global sales of around three million units. They have performed numerous sold out shows across the globe as well as appearing at some of the world’s biggest rock festivals, including Ozzfest & Download. In 2007, they were honoured with a Grammy nomination.

“Having toured with countless Roadrunner bands both domestically and overseas Lamb of God has had the chance to see the amount of promotion and support the label puts into their bands. The foreign territories seem a perfect place to put the two machines in motion together. We look forward to a long partnership! Cheers!” enthuses frontman Randy Blythe. Roadrunner’s Snr VP International, Wally van Middendorp, agrees, “Roadrunner and Lamb Of God are a perfect match. We’re excited to be working with them. Everyone is looking forward to taking Lamb of God to the next level!”

The first LAMB OF GOD release on Roadrunner will be an all-new, 2-DVD set on June 30, 2008.

The Walk With Me In Hell 2-DVD set features over five hours of incredible, all-access footage. Disc 1 contains the highly anticipated feature documentary Walk With Me In Hell and multiple live performance extras from across the globe on the Sacrament World Tour. The documentary chronicles every detail in the lives of Lamb of God as they completed recording and toured around the world nearly three times over in support of the highly praised 2006 album Sacrament. Disc 2 includes an additional full-length Making of Sacrament feature plus LAMB OF GOD’s entire, uncut, brutal performance at the Download Festival 2007, where they performed in front of over 72,000 fans. Extras include deleted scenes, live performance videos for various tour stops, the official music video for Redneck, and a Making of Redneck documentary.

“We’re on stage for 90 minutes a day,” says drummer Chris Adler. “People want to know what’s going on for the other 22