When NICKELBACK were in town recently, we sat down in their dressing room to catch up with bassist Mike to ask about how the Dark Horse tour has been going and what keeps the band out there on the road. Click on the player below to see the first part of the interview and we’ll post part 2 on Thursday (11/03).

In other news, the band recently played the closing ceremony of the 2010 winter Olympics (see that amazing live footage HERE) and have expanded their tour into June with more dates across the USA.

Bobby Burns is updating his YouTube Channel with updates from SOULFLY’S north American run of shows. Check out the player below for update number one from San Antonio, Texas…

The band recently put the final touches to their forthcoming album Omen, which will see a release in the UK on May 24th. Get the full lowdown on the release HERE.

It is with great regret that DRAGONFORCE announce a parting of the ways with singer ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion but the rest of the band sincerely wish ZP great success with his future projects.

While the creative core members have begun writing the fifth album, they have also started a worldwide search for a new vocalist. “We are looking for a powerful melodic singer, to write a new chapter of DragonForce with us.” said guitarist Herman Li.

Anyone wishing to audition for the vacant position should apply following the instructions at HERE.

THEORY OF A DEADMAN hit the UK on a headline tour in April, kicking things off in Leeds on Saturday April 3rd and making their way through the major towns and cities to the tours finale in London on April 9th.

The band will release digital single So Happy on April 4th to coincide with the tour and you will be able to pick this up at all the usual digital platforms.

The track is from the current album Scars & Souvenirs, which is in stores now (Click here to buy online) and is available as a standard CD, standard digital edition and digital sepcial edition.

To check the full list of tour dates and to get tickets online, check out the Tour Page.

Today we are kicking off another new Roadrunner UK exclusive series!

In this series- DISCOGRAPHY– we will be sitting down with our established artists and talking about each of the albums in their catalogue, be that focusing on the vibe around the album, it’s recording, the touring of the album or all of the above.

To kick-start this series we sat down with Robb Flynn, frontman with Bay Area thrashers MACHINE HEAD to talk about the bands releases. We start today with Robb talking about seminal album Burn My Eyes, which was released back in 1994.

Click on the player below to view the clip, where Robb talks about leaving Vio-lence and his aims with Machine Head; forging their own path in heavy metal, where they wrote the album and the touring of the record.

Head back tomorrow to hear about 1997’s The More Things Change.

Pick up Burn My Eyes online HERE.

DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li is embarking on an Ibanez sponsored guitar workshop tour in Europe this month. Apart from showcasing his unique playing style, Herman will answer questions from the audience and talk about everything from performance techniques, to the business side of the music industry.

‘I really want to encourage people to come to these workshops not just to sit and watch, but to participate and ask questions to get as much as they can from this experience.’