On March 31st, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES will play an intimate launch party for new album DIRT, which will have hit stores on march 26th.

Tickets for the gig are not on sale. In order to get into the gig, you need to pre-order the album from HMV.com to be automatically entered into a draw to win a pair of tickets to the show, which will be held at the Borderline Club in London. There are only 100 pairs of tickets up for grabs, so this really is an exclusive little show!!

And that’s not all! The first 1000 people to pre-order the album from HMV will get also a signed copy of the album.

Already ordered the album from HMV and having a bit of a panic attack? Don’t worry- all previous HMV orders will be taken into consideration / counted for the signed album offer & automatically entered into the draw for a pair of tickets. Phew!

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER FOR JUST

COHEED & CAMBRIA have loaded a brand new track onto their Official Website.

The stunning track, titled ‘The Broken’ is taken from the band’s forthcoming release ‘Year of The Black Rainbow‘, the eagerly awaited prequel to ‘The Amory Wars’ tetralogy.

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY stixman Craig Nunenmacher has departed as drummer for the band. As the news hit the web yesterday, main man Zakk Wylde issued the following statement:

“Craig Nunenmacher has resigned as BLS’ drummer. We are sorry to see him leave. We wish Craig well in his new endeavors and have the utmost love and respect for him.”

More news as and when it comes.

Black Label Society are currently working on a new album, which is pencilled for a release later this year.

DOMMIN frontman Kris Dommin has been documenting the bands journey through the UK and Mainland Europe and last night played a show in Paris France. Below he fills us in on how things went in a continuation of his tour diary.

In the player you can see, you will find part 2 of our video interview with Kris where he goes through the bands debut release Love Is Gone, which hits UK stores on the 15th Feb, track by track. In this, we are walked through the lyrical meanings and musical inspirations of each track. If you missed part 1, you can check it out HERE. Part 3 will be loaded tomorrow, so head on back.

You can pre-order the album online HERE.

Paris France at Bataclan

I’ve heard many things about performing in Paris. From the very bad to the very good. We arrived at the venue a bit early to do a photoshoot for a journalist who’s camera was broken when I was here in December. Looking at the results, I think the pics came out great! And I usually never think that.

We took the stage the last night in the 1st support slot. From here until the end of the tour, we will be direct support for Lacuna Coil. Again I was uncertain about the language barrier. But we kicked off the set and as we ended the first song there was a roar of applause and cheering! The French audience loved Dommin and Dommin loved France. We were all happy with how things ended up.

One interesting thing. There was a meter that would monitor the decibels. Apparently there is a law that requires the sound not to be louder than 102. Weird to do at a rock show. But the sound was still good..just low.

After the show, the entire band was taken on a cab drive-by tour of Paris. We got to see a lot of the major sites. Thank you for a great time Paris!

On April 26th MUTINY WITHIN will release their self titled debut album here in the UK. It’s been a long road for the band, and they have documented their way along it religiously.

Now, in a new series of video snippets, we will present this footage to you and give you the story of Mutiny Within- a young band trying to make their way in metal. You can check out the first instalment in the player below and we will continue the series every Friday, with part 2 this coming Friday 12th.

You can pre-order the CD online now at THIS LOCATION or you can pick it up digitally now on iTunes.

Roadrunner Records, SEGA

BLEEDING THROUGH have unveiled brand new track ‘Anti-Hero’ on their Official MySpace Page, taken from their forthcoming eponymous album set for release on April 12. The LP was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Municipal Waste, Agnostic Front, Hatebreed). You can also see the artwork for the album there.

The complete ‘Bleeding Through’ track listing is confirmed as follows:

1. A Resurrection
2. Anti-Hero
3. Your Abandonment
4. Fifteen Minutes
5. Salvation Never Found
6. Breathing In The Wrath
7. This Time Nothing Is Sacred
8. Divide The Armies
9. Drag Me To The Ocean
10. Light My Eyes
11. Slow Your Roll
12. Distortion, Devotion

The guys are currently on the The Black Procession tour in Europe with label mates Machine Head and Hatebreed. UK dates are as follows and can be found on the TOURS PAGE, complete with buy online links.

Watch this space for further news on the forthcoming album from the band…

After leaving the UK after their London show on Friday, DOMMIN headed into mainland europe with Lacuna Coil to continue supporting the band on their European tour. Main man Kris has continued to check in from the road and in this latest instalment, he fills us in about their first show in Eindehoven.

Not only that, but we have part 1 of our Track by Track interview with Kris in the player below, where he walks us through the first few tracks of debut album Love Is Gone. it’s a real interesting insight to the emotiona behind the album. Check it out!

Day “lost count” Eindhoven

We left Amsterdam where we spent a day off. Everyone did exactly what they wanted to. It was roughly a 2 hour drive to Eindhoven where we play tonight as direct support for Lacuna Coil. It is also the first show we will play where English is not the primary language though most speak and understand it. It makes me wonder, can I say what I usually say? Shall I speak less? Shall I make an attempt to speak obviously poor Dutch? I’m not sure I want to embarrass myself like that.

We got to the venue and it had the nicest most comfortable amenities thus far! We had catering with hot food!

I took some time to do an interview and sign a few things for local contests. There were these big vinyl pictures of the album cover.

Because DLR had the night off, we had the direct support slot for Lacuna tonight with a local opener. Its a good thing because you generally play for more people. It is a bad thing because, whereas if you are the first band, you can leave your stuff set up on stage all dialled in before the venue doors open, if there is a band ahead of you, you need to tear it all down and set it back up before your set which can pose a number of problems. And it sure did.

As the local was taking their gear off stage, I came out to find the holder for all my picks misplaced. I found one pick on the ground and I had one on my guitar. With no time to look for the holder, I figure I’ll be fine in this set as long as I don’t have butter-fingers. As we test the sound for the monitor lady, she proclaims that the “guitar is not as loud as before” during sound check. I think to myself, either someone screwed with my settings or the monitor lady changed something. I check my amp settings. Nope, all is dialled in correctly.

With no time to trouble shoot, we start the set. I immediately notice my guitar is hardly audible in the monitors. I’m hoping it sounds ok in the audience. I just play ahead. Somewhere near the end of the set, my guitar comes blaring out of my monitors. As it turns out, the sound engineer and monitor lady were trouble shooting the entire set. They found out that the one out of the four speakers being mic’d was blown. It was working during soundcheck. The only thing that happened during sound check and our set was the local band who we let use our speaker cabinets…ugh…sigh… They were nice enough guys, but it sure doesn’t make me want to share my gear again. Now we have to try and fix the problem before the next show which there is certainly no time to do. And if we can’t fix it, I’m wondering what type of fee I’m going to have to pay for it because its a rental.

We were able to sell CDs at the show this time and we did pretty well with that. Apparently a lot of people noticed the sound issues but we still came across okay. We met our new fans and hung out with Pizza from Lacuna. That was our night. On to Paris tomorrow…

Pre order the album HERE.

Snuff, the short film to the track of the same name by SLIPKNOT’S Shawn Crahan will be made available to purchase via iTunes from this coming Sunday- Valentines Day.

The short film, which was directed by Clown and P.R Brown, stars Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor and features a cameo from none other than Malcolm McDowell- most famed for the lead roll in Stanley Kubricks controversial 1972 flick A Clockwork Orange.

You can check out the video in the player below.

The single ‘Snuff’ will be available from all the usual digital platforms on March 14th.

Our very own Heavy Metal Legends HEAVEN & HELL have been confirmed as headline act for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2010. This is the festivals 10th anniversary and the band are crowning an already incredible line up befitting such an important milestone. Not only that, but for Tony and Geezer, they’ll be playing a show back in the Midlands, with Tony himself commenting:

“Great for Geezer and me to play somewhere near to home, even better to headline a legendary festival. Thanks for the opportunity!”

The BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL 2010 will take place at Catton Hall, Derbyshire from 13th – 15th August. Weekend tickets are on sale now at the Official Bloodstock Website.

Heaven & Hell’s current album The Devil You Know is in stores now and can be picked up online HERE.