KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have been doing the rounds at European festivals this summer, one of which being Rock Am Ring. The band played a stonking set at the festival, which we know because the whole thing is now up online! Check it out below:

And in case you missed it, you can see a video interview with Jesse and Adam at Download Festival this year, below:

Watch this space for Killswitch Engage updates!

In continuing with our SLIPKNOT timeline stories, today we’re taking a look at the time post the Iowa World Tour in February 2002, right up to the 31st of Decemnber 2004. This period covers the Subliminal Verses world tour, Download Festival and we found some hilarious footage from interviews covering the band’s early days, including a bizarre German interview involving the guys trashing the room they’re in.

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As we mentioned on Monday, we’ll be rolling out some delayed Download Festival footage that we captured with our bands at the festival. So far we’ve premiered a clip featuring Jeff from DEVILDRIVER and Adam and Jesse from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Today’s clip features Corey and Paolo from TRIVIUM giving us the lowdown on looking like a douche in wellies, as well as chatting Metallica. Check it out below:

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BLACK STONE CHERRY played at Hard Rock Calling festival last Friday and whilst there Ben Wells from the band took out some time to have a chat with Hard Rock. Check out that video interview below:

French metallers GOJIRA sat down in front of a camera for YouTube recently and picked a selection of videos that you probably wouldn’t expect the guys to be into! There are some killer videos in there from Die Antwoord to Sleepytime Gorilla Museum to Bjork – and more! Check it out below:

BLACK STONE CHERRY were in the UK recently to perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, as well as Hard Rock Calling last Friday – and by the sounds of it, both gigs were killer! Roadrunner UK was at Hard Rock Calling so we can confirm that the band were awesome at that show…regardless of the rain! Whilst over in the UK, Stereoboard.com caught up with Jon Lawhon from the band and you can see some extracts from his interview below:

…how does a festival such as this compare to those with a straight up rock edge?

“Download is an animal unto itself. It’s all rock bands all day long, there’s a classic rock day and so on. The diversity is definitely much larger at the Isle of Wight, but at Download there’s so many people and they’re so into all the bands and they’re so supportive and they come out full force. It’s a fantastic festival. We always love to play Download.”

“Download Festival,” continues Jon, touching on his favourite shows, “the very first one we did, was very memorable. We were told there was a huge crowd but we didn’t really know until we walked out and there was all those people just standing there, chanting ‘Black Stone Cherry’. It blew us all away.

Having successfully crossed over from merely a fan of music, to a touring musician, what would he advise to someone looking to venture down the same career path?

“I would tell them to make sure they’re listening to everything because originality is something that’s very difficult to have these days. It’s so easy to fall in love with a particular band or particular genre of music, you know? If you pay too close attention to something like that without broadening your horizons and paying attention to other things like Motown, R&B, jazz and blues, all that – you’ll end up stereotyping yourself, pigeonholing yourself to a degree that you can only do this one thing. A lot of times, there are bands out there today who are just like a band from 1975, or just like a band from 1992, you know? Music is losing its original nature because of that.

“So, my best advice is: be original, be independent, be unique. Don’t be afraid to be different from everything that’s going on, because the only way you can become the biggest band in the world is to be different from all the other ones.”

But, as touring can be very time consuming, is it easy to find time to listen to new music?

“I mean when you start touring and you start playing in a band and all that, you kind of become jaded to a degree once you’ve done it for so long,” Jon admits. “I think the big trick is, kind of like what I was saying before, pay attention to other genres and other styles and things like that. By doing that, it’ll keep your soul young and keep you fresh on music. So, when a new rock band comes out you’ll be a little bit more prone to listen to them because you listen to so much reggae or whatever else that you’re not totally burnt out on rock.”

So, will the rest of Black Stone Cherry’s year be recording-heavy?

“Ultimately, yeah. Once we get home in the middle of July, we’ll be writing that record and playing just a few shows we have booked. We’re supposed to be going to Australia in September but we don’t have things confirmed yet or anything. We’ve got a plan and we’ve got offers from them, so we’re trying to get it all locked down. Hopefully we’ll be able to do that, hopefully a little more travelling to new places that we haven’t been.

“I was talking to our booking agent the day before yesterday and suggested South America because we’ve never been there before either. It’d also be nice to head back to Japan, maybe hit China and so on. Nothing like months and months of touring, more just playing a certain area for a week, playing key shows that’ll help open us up to that market and then when the new album comes out, we can then go there more extensively!”

Click here to read the full interview on Stereoboard.com.

We’ve been rolling out some clips that we filmed with our bands at Download Festival this year and today’s clip features Adam and Jesse from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. It’s only a short clip so we won’t spoil it for you…check it out below:

Watch this space for Killswitch Engage updates!

The fifth and final video interview with RUSH‘s Geddy Lee is up on MusicRadar. In the final clip the frontman talks about Neil Peart and Nick Raskulinecz‘s unique relationship and how that aided the recording of the drum tracks for ‘Clockwork Angels‘. Check it out below:

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We caught up with DEVILDRIVER‘s Jeff Kendrick at Download Festival and we grilled him about everything from getting comfy playing big shows now, pre-gig rituals, hanging out with mates at festivals, what’s next for DEVILDRIVER and more – check it out below:

Label mates MACHINE HEAD and TRIVIUM were at Full Force Festival in Germany recently and whilst there they were interviewed by PitCamTV. In his interview, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn discussed what he thinks about the Roadrunner offices closing down and what the band plan on doing moving forward. Check out both video interviews below: