We got bored waiting for festival season to start so we figured we keep ourselves entertained by making a new Spotify playlist of some of our favourite bands playing Download Festival 2016. The playlist features Roadrunner’s Killswitch Engage, The Amity Affliction and Gojira as well as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Korn, Rammstein, Glassjaw, HECK, Deftones, Atreyu, Neck Deep, Milk Teeth, Municipal Waste and much more!

We will keep adding to the playlist so make sure you follow for all future additions. Let the countdown begin!

Theory Of A Deadman’s Tyler Connolly spoke to the NationalStudent.com a head of the bands upcoming UK headline tour which begins this Saturday in Newcastle. He spoke about the bands lighter side, their future plans and working with Alice Cooper on the song ‘Savages’ from the album of the same name. Get the full run of of dates in our tour page section.

Check out the brand new Killswitch Engage song ‘Cut Me Loose’ taken from their forthcoming album ‘Incarnate’. You can pre-order ‘Incarnate’ on CD from Amazon with an exclusive ‘Incarnate’ artwork patch whilst stocks last. You can also pre-order on iTunes where you will get instant downloads of ‘Cut Me Loose’, ‘Hate By Design’ and ‘Strength Of The Mind’.

Goth punk rippers Creeper have today released their latest EP ‘The Stranger’ on Roadrunner Records. The EP which features the songs Black Mass, Valentine and Miser is available on ltd edition white 12″ vinyl from our store or digitally from iTunes.

Creeper will take to the road again tomorrow for their first headline tour with support from Grader. London’s upgraded show at The Underworld has already sold out – don’t sleep on getting tickets for the other dates!

Creeper have unveiled their brand new EP ‘The Stranger’ ahead of the official release on Friday! The EP which features the single ‘Black Mass’ can be streamed right here! There is still time to pre-order the exclusive ‘South Coast Coroner’ t-shirt & white 12″ vinyl bundle in the Roadrunner webstore. This t-shirt will not be available ever again after the pre-order period is over!

“To this day I’m kind of shocked by the success we’ve had. If you do the math, none of this should have happened. Think about it: nine guys in masks and coveralls from Des Moines, Iowa, playing crazy heavy metal music – there’s no way that works on paper. To this day no one is more surprised by our success than we are.”

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor answered fan questions yesterday over on The Guardian. Check it out right here!

“I’ve always employed a melodic style with my leads, placing strong emphasis on infusing romantic sensibilities into what I’m trying to say.” Dream Theater’s John Petrucci shares his 5 top tips for guitarist over at MusicRadar.

Dream Theater recently released their latest album ‘The Astonishing’ which went to no.11 in the UK album charts.

Head over to Kerrang! for a behind the scenes look at the making of Creeper’s latest music video ‘Black Mass’! Creeper will be hitting the road again for their first headline tour in February which includes a very special show at The Underworld in London on March 3.

February 2016

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 2016

1 Guildford Boileroom
2 Bath Moles
3 London Underworld
4 Tunbridge Wells Forum

After selling out Camden Barfly in 24hrs Creeper’s London headline show on March 3rd will now take place at The Underworld with support from Blood Youth, Muskets and Grader. Check out the amazing poster for the show and make sure you get your ticket for this very special evening.

Creeper release their brand new EP ‘The Stranger’ on Feb 19th. Grab your limited edition white vinyl and pre-order exclusive t-shirt right here.

Check out this amazing video of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan discussing their masks and there impact. Watch BBC2’s Artsnight from 11PM tonight to see the interview in full. Slipknot kick off their UK arena tour on Monday!