“I got to go in the Tardis and touched everything. I was a nut. Being in the Tardis is the closest I’ll ever get to being in the Millennium Falcon.” Corey Taylor recently spoke to the good people at Classic Rock about his love of Doctor Who. He talks about watching the show as a kid in Iowa as well as his experiences on the set of the show. You can read the full interview which includes Corey’s ranking of every Doctor Who on Classic Rock!

Next month The Amity Affliction head out on the road for The Big Ass Tour with A Day To Remember through out New Zealand and Australia. In the build up to this monstrous tour the bands have interviewed each other across the world, via the wonders of modern technology. Check out part 1 below!

“Take care of your instruments and they’ll take care of you.” This is just one piece of advice to all young guitarists out there. Check out Stone Sour’s Josh Rand’s 5 Top Tips for guitarists over at Music Radar.

Every week we update the ‘Ultimate Metal & Punk Playlist’ on Spotify, with our favourite bands, not just Roadrunner Records acts…obviously there are a whole bunch in there too! Latest additions have included, tracks from Down, Paramore, Killswitch Engage, Twisted Sister, Windhand, & Baroness!

Southampton Goth-Punks Creeper have today announced details of the February / March headline tour. They will be joined on the road by Grader. Grab your tickets right here! The band released their Roadrunner Records debut ‘The Callous Heart’ in September.

February

20 Weymouth Finns
21 Newport Le Pub
22 Wrexham Rewind
23 Edinburgh Mash House
24 Dundee Beat Generator Live
25 Huddersfield Parish
26 Peterborough Met Lounge
27 Coventry Kasbah
29 Worcester Marrs Bar

March

1 Guildford Boileroom
2 Bath Moles
4 Tunbridge Wells Forum

As well as touring with Slayer & Anthrax this month, Kvelertak are also playing some very special headline shows – this is going to be awesome!

20 Nov Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
23 Nov Guildhall, Gloucester
26 Nov Academy 2, Liverpool
29 Nov Oslo, Hackney, London

Ticket info right here!

Stone Sour have released another brand new song from their forthcoming covers EP ‘Straight Outta Burbank’. Check out Stone Sour’s cover of the Bad Brains classic “Sailin’ On” below! P.M.A.!

French metal titans Gojira have been announced for Bloodstock Festival 2016! The band join an already impressive line-up which features Mastodon, Twisted Sister, Behemoth, Paradise Lost, Satyricon, Venom & more! More details & early bird tickets are now available over at the Bloodstock official website.

The year is quickly drawing to a close which means it is time for the end of year round ups and polls! Music Radar have announced the nominations for their end of year polls which includes We Are Harlot’s Bruno Agra in the ‘Best New Drummer’ category, Opeth’s Martin Axenrot in the ‘Best Prog Drummer’ category and Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg in the ‘Best Metal Drummer’ category. Voting is open now, make it count people!

We have started a brand new playlist that features all of our most beloved bands even if they aren’t on Roadrunner!

As well as loads of your favourite Roadrunner bands, past & presents, the playlist includes the likes of Deftones, Mastodon, Pantera, Every Time I Die, Bad Religion, Defeater, Faith No More, Descendents, Plague Vendor, Iron Maiden, Refused & loads more!

Listen to the Ultimate Metal & Punk Playlist right here!