You can now pre-order DELAIN’S forthcoming album APRIL RAIN!

CLICK HERE to place your order online now!.

The band will be in the UK next week to play a couple of club shows around their apperance at the Hard Rock Hell fest. The full list of dates are below and you can pick up tickets over at our TOURS PAGE.

Thu 3rd Dec – LONDON Islington Academy
Fri 4th Dec – PRESTATYN Hard Rock Hell
Sat 5th Dec – DUDLEY JB’s

Today sees the launch of the new look weekly Roadrunner UK newsletter. All the latest giveaways, comps, tours and releases PLUS the announcement of each weeks METALOTTERY winner.

The Roadrunner UK newsletter will be the BEST way to keep up with all the BIG Roadrunner band news and the best retail offers on our CDs- don’t miss out!!

Head to the RR UK HOMEPAGE to sign up!

Yesterday in the US of A, they celebrated Thanksgiving and you’d think, being an international superstar thanks to being the man, the legend Tommy Lee- drummer with the infamous Motley Crue- that Tommy would be in his mansion being served a slap up meal, supping the finest wines and surrounded by hot chicks.

However, Tommy is busy working on the new METHODS OF MAYHEM record, going through all the submissions from members of the public for the tracks on the album, so he spent his time in the studio. Check the latest update from Tommy to see his glamour filled working holiday. Poor Tommy.

Lest you forget, here’s your reminder that Tuesday 1st December will see a FREE download of the title track of TAKING DAWN’S debut album, due for a release on the 25th Jan 2010.

The guys hail from Las Vegas, surrounded by all the glitz, the glamour and the debauchery and it shows!! They’re a rock n roll time-bomb about to explode onto the scene!!

‘We spent our whole lives in Las Vegas and we’re the only people from Las Vegas who didn’t turn into smack dealers’, chortles vocalist Chris (Babbit), who also did a stint as security with guitarist Mikey (Cross) at the Hard Rock Hotel, leading them to be featured in True TV’s Rehab show over in the ‘States. ‘I save a lot of lives, kick a lot of ass!’ he laughs.

Taking Dawn are by no means a throw-back to 80’s glam metal, although the band are certainly inspired by the era gone by. “I don’t get people who don’t like Bon Jovi and Skid Row and other classic bands,” says Chris. “We want to bring it to the kids, for them to understand it in a modern context. We don’t want to imitate. We want to do our own thing. We want the balls and the attitude.”

Head back to the site at 4pm UK time Tuesday to download and check out the track…

When BLACK STONE CHERRY were in the UK last month it was like having family back after being away for an extended holiday. Not only do these guys rock (quite literally) at what they do they are damn awesome people as well. They are back home now and looking to start working on new material to follow-up current album Folklore & Superstition, so we won’t see them again for a while, so to help fill the gap a little, lets get to know their vocalist Chris a little better in the continuation of our Getting To Know You series:

What were you doing when I interrupted you to do this?
I was talking about Wagamamma chicken soup! I was saying how I’d like to have the chicken noodles tonight, but minus the onions and the chicken, so I get just the noodles and the broth kinda thing, you know what I mean? The broth is warm, it’s kinda good for your throat. And I talked to my fianc

Fancy having a good ole chinwag with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE?? Well then GIGWISE can be of service!

Between 4 and 5pm on WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER you will be able to chat to memebers of the band in a live webchat over at the site!

CLICK HERE for the full details of where and how to sign up and get in on the action and have a chat with the guys.

Today see them kicking off the Rockstar Energy Drink Taste Of Chaos tour in Glasgow. Full dates are as follows. There are a few tickets still available for some shows. Support comes from In Flames, Every Time I Die and Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster.

Fri 27th Nov – Glasgow O2 Academy
< Sat 28th Nov – Bristol O2 Academy *SOLD OUT*
Mon 30th Nov – Newcastle O2 Academy
Tue 1st Dec – Birmingham O2 Academy
Wed 2nd Dec – Manchester Academy *SOLD OUT*
Thu 3rd Dec – London Hammersmith HMV Apollo

Current album ‘Killswitch Engage’ is in stores now. Pick it up online HERE.

ALEXISONFIRE are auctioning signed artwork from their current album ‘Old Crows / Young Cardinals to raise money for The Chi Ling Cheng Special Needs Trust Auction.

On November 2nd, 2008 Deftones’ bass player Chi Ling Cheng was involved in a car accident which has left him in a semi-conscious state. In his journey to recovery, the Cheng family has accumulated an overwhelming amount of medical bills that insurance does not entirely cover. The Chi Ling Cheng Special Needs Trust has been set up to aid the family with these bills.

You can bid on the artwork THIS LOCATION.

MADINA LAKE’S drummer Dan Torelli let TATTOO TV in on the stories behind his tattoos and his plans for more in a recent interview with the online channel.

CLICK HERE to view the video interview and see and hear about his tattoos and also hear a little about current album ATTICS TO EDEN which is in stores now. Pick it up on online HERE.

Here at ROADRUNNER UK we are all about the carin’ and the sharin’ and so we have decided to share some of the Roadrunner band loot we have lying around in the office.

Starting tomorrow, we will be picking a member of the Roadrunner UK mailing list at random to win something from the office- it could be a rare promo CD, a poster, a CD, a DVD- anything. The winner will have 5 days to claim their prize or it will ‘rollover’ into the prize bin with the following weeks prize. Just like the national lottery. Only not so much wonga but much more rock-tastick.

To get in on the action, sign up for the mailing list over at the ROADRUNNER RECORDS HOMEPAGE and look out for the winner announcements on the site and in the mailout.

HEAVEN AND HELL frontman Ronnie James Dio, who last week cancelled his solo Euro tour due to ill health, has been confirmed as being in the early stages of stomach cancer.

In a statement on Ronnie’s official site, Wendy Dio writes:

“Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.

Thanks to all the friends and fans around the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up.

Long Live Rock and Roll, Long Live Ronnie James Dio”

All here at Roadrunner UK wish Ronnie a speedy recovery.