Coming attcha next week is the tradional Roadrunner UK Staff Top 10! Oh yeah! That time again! It’s come around so soon!! But before we tell you what WE have been diggin’ (both RR and none RR), we thought we would have a look at what YOU have been liking this year, and so here we have one of the winning entries from our ‘Fiftenn Minutes of Fame’ competition.

Roadrunner UK website reader Steven Wilson (no, not that Steven Wilson) has nominated Killswitch Engage’s 2009 self titled effort as his fave Roadrunner release of the year. This is what he had to say about it:

Best album release of 2009 has to be Killswitch Engage- Killswitch Engage. I have listened to a large number of albums over the years to try and quench my thirst for great music but none have appealed to me more than Killswitch Engage’s new album.

I was astounded when I listened to the album for the first time. It really did have everything I look for in a music album- a total screamer of a first song followed by some of the best songs ever recorded in my opinion. It was a real pleasure to listen to- especially the guitars. The riffs used were out of his world brilliant! Howard Jones, Adam Dutkiewicz, Joel Stroetzel, Mike D’Antonio and Justin Foley are really amazing artists- they all have amazing skills and talent.

My favourite riffs have to be from the verse for “Starting Over“. After listening to it, it was stuck in my head for the rest of the week- it got to the point when I just had to pick up my guitar, learn it and playing it over and over again, never getting tired of hearing it and I am still the same! Howard’s vocals were also on fire. They’re just so appealing to the ear- such a beautiful and strong voice. In all the combo of the drums, guitars, bass and vocals equal one of the most powerful and amazing sounds to date without a doubt. So let us all hope this album will never be “The Forgotten”!

Thanks to Steven for sending in his review. Look out for an email requesting your choice of 2 CD’s coming at you very soon! Watch this space for more reader reviews coming soon…

Pick up Killswitch Engage ‘Killswitch Engage’ online HERE.

Last weeks Metalottery winner failed to claim his prize before today’s 5pm deadline so this Friday one lucky mailing list subscriber will not only win this weeks TBA prize but also the Down poster that is burning a hole in our…poster tube!!

If you are not already on the Roadrunner UK mailing list then sign on up at the Homepage to be in on this Friday’s drawer!

It’s December, and up and down the country twinkly lights and trees are going up all over the place. Some tasteful, some tasteless but all in the same festive spirit and we here at Roadrunner UK are gettin’ down with that spirit!

We are doing our very own (early, granted) 12 Days Of Christmas. Over the month of December, we will be giving away MP3’s and Wallpapers in a giveaway extravaganza, we kicked off with a FREE MP3 from bay area thrashers MACHINE HEAD. If you missed it – shame on you! Check back Friday 4th December for your next free gift!

Each gift will only be available for 24 hours, so keep an eye out!!!

Machine Head will be in the UK in Feb on a full UK tour. Click HERE.

Having recently come back from Vegas, some of the Roadrunner UK staff could have done with this info a little sooner, but for those of you who are heading that way, or just downright curious, here are the tips for a damn saucy night in their hometown from newbies TAKING DAWN. Check out the video clip below for their tips on the best place for a strip, on the strip.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES will be at MTV tomorrow with Fightstar to perform a short set and turn on the ‘alternative Christmas lights’ in Camden, London!!

Camden’s Christmas Lights with MTV will kick off at the MTV HQ at Hawley Crescent, London at 7pm and will roll until 9pm, with the ‘turning on’ session (oooh err!) happening at approx 8.25. Head on down to get in on the action!!

Tommy Lee’s METHODS OF MAYHEM prjoect over at the THE PUBIC RECORD is full steam ahead with another track being made available this past Sunday.

Head to THE RAW TRACKS PAGE of the site to download the stems of ‘Louder’ so you can submit your efforts on the track and be in with a chance of getting on the record!

Getting close to deadline on Louder now so be quick!!

Check out the latest video update from Tommy in the player below and for more just head HERE.

Don’t forget folks that this coming Wednesday afternoon, at 4pm UK time, you will be able to speak to members of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE in a live webchat over at GIGWISE!!

Head on over to THIS LOCATION for full details of how to get in on the action on Wednesday afternoon!!

The guys are in the UK on the Rockstar Energy Drink Taste of Chaos Tour, last night hitting the stage at Newcastle’s O2 Academy. There are still a few tickets left on the remaining dates (with the exception of Manchester, which is now SOLD OUT). Check the TOURS PAGE for dates and ticket links.

The guys are touring in support of their new self titled release. This is in stores now. Buy online AT PLAY.COM.

Last week we promised you, our illustrious readers / visitors a FREE MP3 form young upstarts TAKING DAWN. Alas, we are having to delay this little treat until 4pm NEXT week (that’s the 9th December). Wang that into your diary safe in the knowledge that the best things come to those who wait, patience is a virtue and all that crapola. Appologies for the delay folks!

SATYRICON have spoken out to clarify internet gossip and speculation about their immediate future and direction. Frontman and band mastermind Satyr commented as follows yesterday:

“Let’s try and bring some clarity to the rumours that have been circulating lately. Although “The Age Of Nero” is now a year old, the project is still very much alive to us as we’ve been working it more or less non-stop for almost three years. The last 12 months since release has been spent relentlessly touring and the fortunate success of the album has taken us to India, Australia, Japan, twice to America, across Europe and around Scandinavia and now we head out on the “Finale In Black” tour, which will mark the end of the colossal “The Age Of Nero” project. Once we have done that, we feel the time is right to take a break. A break where we can rest, get some perspective, work on other musical projects and non-musical projects and allow ourselves to figure out Satyricon’s next move.”

“We have some ideas on what we want to do next and one of them is to open a new musical chapter. It has never been in this bands nature to rest on our laurels and we won’t be doing that either. When the time is right, we will start working on exploring new musical territory and only the future can tell what that will turn into. Taking on challenges like that is something Satyricon never has been afraid of. On the contrary, it is what has made the band grow. We tried to perfect everything Satyricon has learnt and experienced musically for the last decade on “The Age Of Nero” and we feel that we reached the goal we set out to achieve. It is time to pave way for something new. No, we won’t return to something old. Forget it! All we know is that regardless of what we end up doing, it will still sound unmistakably like Satyricon. We won’t tour in the foreseeable future unless it is something so unique that it could be considered an historical event, but we will do one or two select festivals here and there whenever we feel like it. When we return, some of the people surrounding us today might be gone and some might still be with us. We don’t know when, we don’t know how, but we do know that Satyricon is still very much alive and this break is something we know we need to do to keep it that way. Until then, see you at “Finale In Black”!”

Whilst the tour routes around Europe, the London show is indeed the ‘Finale In Black’ as it’s the very last date of the run. This will be your last time to catch this incendiary band live, before they take that break. Tickets are on sale now for the Shepherds Bush Empire show in London on the 20th December. Pick tickets up online HERE.

You can pick up the album ‘The Age Of Nero‘ online now at THIS LOCATION.

It’s the first METALOTTERY draw here at Roadrunner UK!!! In the prize pot this week is a SIGNED DOWN POSTER! Todays winner has until 5pm on Wednesday 2nd December to mail from the email account associated with their mailing list sign up to confirm their postal address to claim the prize.

After that time, the prize will ‘roll-over’ into next weeks prize pot.

So, DAVID SMILEY- come claim your prize or some other lucky bugger will be getting it next week along with someother metallic goodie!