LAMB OF GOD recently played some shows in Australia and New Zealand- the second time they have been to Australia this year (shinfo?)- and when they were there, they took some time to chat with 3 News’ David Farrier.

Click to watch the interview in full, where he talks about touring, the sucess of the album, the crowds of New Zealand and forgets his own track names!

The band will take a nice break for the festive season before hitting the road again, coming back to the UK for another headline tour in February. Tickets are on sale now. Click here to pick up your Lamb of God tickets online. Full dates / venues are as follows:

Tue 9th Feb – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Wed 10th Feb – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy
Thu 11th Feb – GLASGOW Barrowlands
Fri 12th Feb – MANCHESTER Academy
Sat 13th Feb – LONDON Brixton O2 Academy

Current album WRATH is in stores now. Buy Wrath online HERE.

“Yeah, retirement is a concern. It has to do with the limitations of my body. I’ve got stuff going on with my neck. I try not to make it obvious but the range of motion in my neck is becoming very limited. I don’t think it has as much to do with wear and tear, as it does with the lack of preparation. There were so many years where I would go out there and just start headbanging. I didn’t think about… OK Dave… you’re an elite athlete… you do metal callisthenics with your left hand… so why don’t you limber up the rest of your body? Over the last two years I’ve really started to take a different approach to my health, my fitness… my life. For the last year I’ve been on a really strict regiment and I try to take really good care of myself so I can play better.”

So says MEGADETH’S Dave Mustaine in the last of Metal Hammer’s 3 part interview. In this latest installment, Dave also talks about how he decided on Chris Broderick and what he likes about the newest member of Megadeth.

You can check the full interview out HERE.

Current album ENDGAME is in stores now! Pick it up online HERE.

The current issue of Metal Hammer is a bit of a stormer!

Not only does it have an extensive interview with DOWN frontman Phil Anselmo, there is also an

When PORCUPINE TREE hit Wolverhampton recently on the final leg of the UK tour, we hopped on a train and caught up with the guys once again to get you an update on how things have been going since the release of The Incident. And it was damn awesome to catch another PT show, it has to be said! We cornered Gavin in their dressing room for a bit of a chin-wag…

RR UK: So, how are you today Gavin? Things been going well?
GAVIN: Yeah, we’re getting close to the end of the tour, so we’re excited about finishing it! I think we’ve done 52 dates with few only a few days off. I don’t think we had enough days off when we came back from America. We didn’t really recover from the jetlag so a few of us got colds and life living on a bus with a cold is pretty hard going but, you know, it’s gone pretty well! We’ve played to more people than ever and sold out more shows than ever – in bigger venues! So it’s been a great step up and we’re all really pleased about that.

The last time we spoke to you guys was around the release of ‘The Incident’, and your first stop was a tour of the US, so fill us in about how that went for you.
It went very well. Apart from the first two shows which nearly sold out, all of the other shows sold out. It was quite a short tour. We were told because of the recession that if we played outside of the areas like the West Coast or the East Coast or Chicago we would do quite badly because of the current climate. But to our surprise apart from the first two shows, as I said, every other show sold out and that was very encouraging. Then we went in to Canada. We did two or three shows in Canada and they sold out too, so it was great!

Fantastic! And then from there you came back to the UK before going in to Europe?
That’s right- I think we did two shows. We did Bristol and we did London. Then we went across, in to mainland Europe for four weeks. Actually six weeks, but we had a little break in the middle and now we’re here right at the very end, four shows to go in the UK and that is basically the end of that tour!

You’re going to Mumbai, I believe, before Christmas. Is that the first time you have played there?
It is, it is and we are excited to go. We are expecting more than ten thousand people to turn up. It’s gonna be mental!

Do you get any time when you’re there to have a look around?
I think we are going to have a day or so because we arrive a day before the concert and I think we’ve got most of the next day in Mumbai, after the concert so we’ll have a look round.

So what would you say has been the highlight of the past four months, touring the album thus far?
Probably the show we did at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. It was the biggest show. It was also, probably, the most exciting show we’ve done so far. It was amazing, I think there was five and half thousand people there. That sold out too, and that really was a great show.

So for anybody who’s not been able to make any of the shows, tell us a little bit about the structure of the shows, what you’ve been playing and what they’ve missed out on.
Okay normally, well not normally, we always, well, so far we played the whole of ‘The Incident’- the whole first disc, the whole 55 minute piece as the first half of the show. Then we take a 10 minute break and then we come back and play a selection of songs mainly from the previous three (albums) going back to ‘In Absentia’ plus two or three other things that we sometimes bring out from the old days. We wheel out, in an old wheel chair these old crappy songs (laughs). Normally we swap a few songs round in the second half of the show. It’s a selection of different things. I think the whole thing is about two hours fifteen minutes.

So what does the New Year hold?
In the New Year, we have some dates in Australia in February and we’re just receiving offers at the moment for different festivals in the summer. There’s talk of going back to America, to play a big festival in America and maybe going to South America and maybe back to Canada – I mean it’s all up in the air at the moment – these plans are still coming through…

Watch this space in the new year for updates re touring. Click here to buy ‘The Incident’ online.

Head on over to AOL UK and SPINNER MUSIC to check out the new short film for SLIPKNOT’S stunning track ‘Snuff’.

When the time came to create a visual for the song, once again the band did the unexpected and made a short film. Co-directed by Slipknot’s own M. Shawn Crahan and renowned photographer/director P.R. Brown, the film features frontman Corey Taylor as never seen before, interwoven in an intricate storyline. Taking the viewer on an emotional roller coaster ride, the piece is likely to generate more questions than answers.

“‘Snuff’ as a piece of art is a testament to the evolution of Slipknot,” says Crahan. “It’s taken 10 years of uncompromising vision to finally be able to present portions of the bigger picture. Stay awake, because as always, it’s still continuing.”

Head HERE NOW to check out the film, which is exclusive to AOL/SPINNER until Monday. December 21st will see the film added to Slipknot’s Official Website and Roadrunner UK.

Snuff is taken from the bands current album All Hope Is Gone which is in stores now. Click to buy online.

DOMMIN are set to release their debut album in February of 2010 and it’s a bit of a stonker. Love Is Gone…

“…is the sound of the brokenhearted,” explains frontman Kris, “It’s about finding love, losing love, and personal reflection – universal themes that transcend genre distinctions. The emotional element is more defining than how much keyboards, guitars, or drums we have in a song.”

But don’t take our word for it- give it a listen for yourself.

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has reunited with his prog buddies to re-form the infamous prog supergroup Transatlantic for a world tour in 2010.

The band, which also features members from Marillion, The Flower Kings and Spocks Beard, will commence the ‘An Evening With Transatlantic Whirld Tour 2010’ on April 17th with a show at the Downwy Theatre, California and will take in the USA and mainland Europe before heading to the UK for 2 shows-

Fri May 21st – Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Sat May 22nd – Academy, Manchester

Almost a decade has passed since their last live appearance together, so these tickets will no doubt go like hot cakes! Tickets are on sale now. Check the Transatlantic Official Site for ticket purchase details.

Mike’s last Dream Theater offering- the critically acclaimed Black Clouds And Silver Linings -is in stores now. Pick it up online HERE.

Check out this poignant interview with PORCUPINE TREE frontman Steven Wilson, where he talks to about the changing musical climate and the musical narative that is current album The Incident, amongst other things.

Click on the player below to view. We will be posting our own interview with drummer Gavin here very soon. Watch this space…

Pick up The Incident online now, HERE.

HMV have launched their pre-order for ROB ZOMBIE’S upcoming album Hellbilly Deluxe 2 and if you get in nice and early with your pre-order, you could be one of the lucky folks to a FREE sew on patch!

To order and get your patch, click on this link here.

And if you’re fast, you will be able to get our mits on a FREE mp3 download of a track from the album. CLICK HERE to download the track BURN now. This will only be available until 4pm Friday 18th December, so be quick as a cat!

So here is the third of the SOULFLY updates from studio recorded for Metal Injection and in this one, Max chats to us as Tommy from Prong records the track he guests on. Take a gander by clicking on the player below.

We hope to have more news on the upcoming album- Omen- in the New Year.