Continuing the series of ‘rants’ from Robb Flynn of MACHINE HEAD fame, here we present Robb’s ‘Worst Movie Ever’…

MACHINE HEAD are in the UK from Monday (1st December) as direct support to SLIPKNOT on their headline tour. Dates are as follows:

Mon 1st Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Tue 2nd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Wed 3rd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Fri 5th Dec – Cardiff International Arena **SOLD OUT**
Sun 7th Dec – Birmingham NIA
Mon 8th Dec – Glasgow SECC
Tue 9th Dec – Manchester MEN Arena
Thu 11th Dec – Newcastle Metro Arena
Fri 12th Dec – Sheffield Arena

For more Machine Head news, check out their NEWS PAGE.

Machine Head’s current album THE BLACKENING is now also available as a limited 2CD / 1DVD tour edition. You can pick this up NOW and is you can buy online HERE.

SATYRICON are currently in the UK for some shows to promote current album THE AGE OF NERO, finishing their run tomorrow (26th NOVEMBER) with a sold out show at London’s ULU.

If you have ever wondered whether extreme metallers such as Satyricon constantly listen to music that would make your mother run for the Holy water or if they sit and listen to Fleetwood Mac and drink tea, then wonder no more! Below, Satyr runs us through his most influential artists/albums. Check it out!!

For more news on Satyricon, CHECK THEIR NEWS PAGE…

Check out this recent interview with Greg (Bass) and Mat (Vox) from KILL HANNAH filmed just before they hit the stage at Astoria 2 at the end of last month! Here they talk about how the tour for their latest release has gone for them, focusing mainly on the devastating bus fire that claimed pretty much all of the bands personal effects and could have very easily claimed THEM, which happened just before they landed here in the UK!

The guys were touring in support of UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT OF US which can be picked up online NOW from THIS LOCATION.

For more Kill Hannah news, be sure to check out thier NEWS PAGE.

MACHINE HEAD guitarist (and Jackson Signature Artist!) Phil Demmel will be attending Guitar Guitar, Newcastle on the 11th of DECEMBER 2008.

Phil will be at the store on the day the band play at the Newcastle Metro Arena as support to label mates SLIPKNOT. Phil will be there to sign and meet and greet from 1PM- put that date and time in your diary to be sure not miss out on the chance to meet one of the finest metal guitarists around and the chance to check out his Jackson Signature guitar!!!

If drumming is more your thing, then you should rock up to PMT in Birmingham on the 6th DECEMBER at 3pm where Joey Jordison of SLIPKNOT fame will be meeting, greeting and giving general tips and advice.

If you have not get gotten your tickets for the upcoming tour, then it’s not actually tooo late- you can still get some for the latter half of the tour. Dates as follows…

Mon 1st Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Tue 2nd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Wed 3rd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Fri 5th Dec – Cardiff International Arena **SOLD OUT**
Sun 7th Dec – Birmingham NIA
Mon 8th Dec – Glasgow SECC
Tue 9th Dec – Manchester MEN Arena
Thu 11th Dec – Newcastle Metro Arena
Fri 12th Dec – Sheffield Arena

ORDER MACHINE HEAD’S LATEST ALBUM ‘THE BLACKENING’ HERE

ORDER SLIPKNOT’S LATEST ALBUM ‘ALL HOPE IS GONE’ HERE

Max Cavalera and his SOULFLY tribe have announced a full UK tour for February 2009. The band, whose critically acclaimed album, ‘Conquer’ came out earlier this year have lined up the following shows:

Sun 1st Feb – Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
Mon 2nd Feb – Oxford Zodiac @ Academy
Tue 3rd Feb – Bristol Academy
Wed 4th Feb – Dublin Academy
Thu 5th Feb – Belfast Spring & Airbrake
Fri 6th Feb – Glasgow ABC
Sat 7th Feb – Manchester Academy 2
Sun 8th Feb – Leeds Cockpit
Mon 9th Feb – Nottingham Rock City
Tue 10th Feb – Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Wed 11th Feb – London Electric Ballroom

Tickets are on sale now from box offices, all usual agents and the online resources highlighted on the TOURS PAGE.

Support comes from Phoenix, AZ based outfit, Incite, who are fronted by Max’s stepson, Ritchie Cavalera!!

THRASH HITS are the latest pimpers of all things METAL to get in on the action and host an EXCLUSIVE clip from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED DVD – ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE CONCERT- which sees a release on the 8th DECEMBER.

If you head to THIS LOCATION you will be able to check out snippets featuring Joey from SLIPKNOT, Jamey of HATEBREED and Andols from CHIMAIRA, the latter of whom discusses how his involvment in the project eventually led to his re-joining the band…

If you have missed any of the previous snippets, or would like to pre-order online, head to THIS PAGE!

If you head to the FUSE website, you will be able to check out the video vote for their awards this year and interestingly, SLIPKNOT are battling against Britney Spears!!!!

You can vote for SLIPKNOT in this metal vs pop battle right HERE, where their video for ‘Psychosocial’ is up against Brit’s ‘Womaniser’.

Slipknot land on UK soil on MONDAY (December 1st) to kick off the UK leg of their headline tour with label mates MACHINE HEAD. Dates are as follows:

Mon 1st Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo **SOLD OUT**
Tue 2nd Dec – London Hammersmith Apollo

Actually, it’s not as bad as it sounds. Bruce actually seems a friendly if slightly slobbery fella! He joins Satyr as he updated us from the mainland Euro leg of the SATYRICON tour that hit our shores TODAY!

Check out the video below to hear why Evile have had to pull out of the tour (ouch!) and how things have been going generally for the guys…

There are still a few tix available for the few UK dates, which are as follows:

TONIGHT 24th November – Birmingham Barfly
Tue 25th Nov – Leeds Rio’s
Wed 26th Nov – London ULU

The tour is in support of new album THE AGE OF NERO, which is in stores NOW. Pick it up online FROM THIS LOCATION.

For more news on Satyricon, head to their NEWS PAGE.

It’s an excectic mix your illustrious web master has selected for you this week, fueled by new video releases, past loves relived and eger anticipation of things to come!

If you head to the MEDIA PAGE of the website HERE, you will be able to feast your eye and ears on the following:

OPETH hit the UK on tour this week and my LORD are they on devastating form! Last nights show at Shepards Bush Empire was nothing short of incredible. Top if this weeks playlist is BURDEN, their new video.

Following up behind it is NICKELBACK’S current single GOTTA BE SOMEBODY. Bit of a shift from Opeth, granted, but new album DARK HORSE has been on constand rotation here in the office

NICKELBACK recently sat down with the BBC’s Emma Jones for their enternainment news and chatted about the success of their hit single ‘Rockstar’ and their new album DARK HORSE.

“It definitely showed us how to have a successful video – only be in for six seconds at the end…”

Chad (vocals) jokes about the hit single’s video.

The main focus of the interview is of course their new album, which was released this week (17/11). Produced by Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Def Leppard), it’s one hell of a rocker of a record.

Comments Jones:

“Lange’s stamp is all over Dark Horse – from the vocal harmonies to the multi-layer guitars. It is the most polished record the band, once described as ‘post-grunge ‘, have put out.
The first single, Gotta Be Somebody, is a traditional Nickelback up-tempo ballad, but much of the album is surprisingly heavy…”

Check out the full article HERE.

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