Prog icons & living legends Rush were recently honoured with their own stamp in Canada. One of just 4 bands to receive this accolade alongside

Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke to The Scene Magazine whilst at the Toronto stop of Mayhem Festival 2013. Bill talks about fans proposing at their shows, his side project Primate, his personal fears, as well as his

Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor was recently interviewed by The Aquarian. In the interview

Alter Bridge lead guitarist Mark Tremonti recently spoke with Total Guitar about touring, his rig & the forthcoming Alter Bridge album! Mark had this to say about the mood of the new record “I don’t think it’s as dark as ‘AB III’ but listening to it, a lot of the lyrics are still on the darker side of things. But there’s definitely a few uplifting concepts and themes on there as well. There’s apocalyptic lyrics… all kinds of moods.”

Click here to read the full interview.

Slipknot & Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor spoke to Metal Injection whilst at Roskilde festival. Corey talks about his favourite live bands such as Iron Maiden & Metallica as well as revealing some information about Slipknot’s plans for 2014…

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison spoke to Access: Rock back stage at Metaltown Festival. He chatted some more about his new project Scar The Martyr. Joey talks about forming the band & selecting all the members, he describes the band’s sound & explains the band name. Check out the video below & get excited for Scar The Martyr’s debut album.

The Devil Wears Prada’s Jeremy DePoyster

Ever wanted to learn how to play Lamb of God style riffs? Check out this video of Willie Adler talking about his new All Axess Platinum ‘Destructional’ guitar tutorial series to find out how you can! Lamb Of God will be headlining the Saturday night of Bloodstock Festival on August 10th. For Bloodstock tickets & info CLICK HERE!

SLIPKNOT’s M. Shawn Crahan, aka Clown, is set to direct a new movie based on ‘Officer Downe’, the graphic novel created by Joe Casey (Man of Action) and artist, Chris Burnham. Casey has penned the script.

‘Officer Downe’ details the story of a brutal supercop who continually dies in the line of duty, only to be resurrected by his superiors and sent back onto the streets each and every time. Skip Williamson (producer, Underworld, Crank) and Mark Neveldine (director, Crank, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance) will produce the feature along with Casey, Man of Action. Slipknot manager Cory Brennan exec produces.

Crahan, co-founder of seminal rock band Slipknot, directs many of the band’s music videos and makes his feature directorial debut with ‘Officer Downe’. Those videos have garnered 100 million views and Slipknot has sold 20 million albums/DVDs worldwide, while headlining the summer’s biggest global music fests from Ozzfest to Roskilde to Download.

Casey is a founding partner in Man of Action Studios, the entertainment company who created Ben 10, the megahit three billion dollar boys’ action empire and the biggest superhero launch of the past decade. Founded by comic book creators and acclaimed comic writers, many Man of Action titles are being turned into features, including The Great Unknown, and television series, including Casey’s Disco Destroyer. “I make comics because I love them, not to be back-door movie pitches” says Casey, “but this turned out to be a unique opportunity to go deeper and explore the characters in ways our printed page count prevented.” Confirming the film adaptation requires “more over-the-top set pieces to illustrate how incredibly chewed up and broken Officer Downe gets on the job, this makes someone with Crahan’s eye the perfect, twisted match for this material,” says Casey. “We feel like the team of Clown, Joe, Skip and myself will really have a great opportunity to make a low budget, visceral, exciting franchise that we can bring to all markets and platforms,” says Neveldine, “this kind of insanity has worldwide appeal and social media will be a big part in how we attack it.”

Check out this video of Clown explaining the basics.

Dream Theater have revealed more behind the scenes magic from the studio in the form of this brand new video. Dream Theater are set to release their milestone self-titled album on September 23rd & you can find out how it was created right here. We are very impressed with their organisational skills alone. Loads more album info coming soon!