CKY recently hit our shores for a run of dates and we caught up with Deron at London’s Barfly for a bit of a chin-wag.

Click on the player below to see the interview, and watch this space for news on when you will be able to check out some behind the scenes of the show, which was phenominal! The guys played a ruck of new tracks from their current offering CARVER CITY as well as the ole faves. Good times!

You can pick up Carver City online AT THIS LOCATION.

KERRANG checked in with ALEXISONFIRE when they were in the UK on the Eastpak antidote tour recently to see what a typical day on tour was like with the guys. They have now loaded the video into the KERRANG PODCAST so you can check it out there now or in the player below.

Don’f forget that we also caught up with the guys when they were here too, and you can check that 2 part interview at the locations below!

RR UK Interview Pt 1
RR UK Interview Pt 2

The guys were touring in support of current album OLD CROWS / YOUNG CARDINALS which is in stores now. You can pick it up online HERE.

This week saw MADINA LAKE release the third single from current album ATTICS TO EDEN, ‘Welcome To Oblivion’ and so we thought it would be fitting therefore to subject vocalist Nathan Leone to our weekly grilling…

What were you doing when we interrupted you to do this?
Watching Dexter .. damn you!

Date of Birth?
May, 6th. That’s all ya get.

Where did you go to high school?
Palatine, IL USA

When you were at high school what did you want to be?
I wanted to be a professional footballer but in the States that’s not very realistic. Plus my size pretty much precludes me from anything competitive. I also wanted to be a CIA agent but the same problem (plus i’m a bit of a mangina) got me there.

First instrument you ever played?
Skin flute? Then guitar.

First band you ever played in and what you sounded like etc?
Blank Theory – we were like a pop metal band and put out 2 records on New Line. Not so much a fan of that bands work at this point. And the rest of the world seemed to agree.

Favourite food?
Well it used to be sushi but I’ve since discovered the wonderful world of Spanish tapas. They’re appetizer sized portions of delicious dishes, so you can order like 10 things as opposed to just one.

Beverage of choice?
PBR – since i can hardly taste the difference in beers, whatevers cheapest is usually best.

Biggest pet peeve on the road?
Keeping everything charged- computer, iPod, phone etc. Oh and our TM Bababooeys taste in music. He listens to GWAR and Insane Clown Posse. I’m just saying…

Track of the moment?
“Go Getta” by Yooung Jeezy and R Kelley.

Album of the moment?
Tom Waits “Scarecrows and Hummingbirds”

Movie of the moment?
Magnolia. Tom Cruise was fantastic in this movie and the frogs bit at the end was just genius!

When you look back on your career thus far, what is the most prominent moment?
Signing with Roadrunner. One of the only truly International labels allowing us to work all over the world. We’ve been lucky enough to travel to Japan, Australia, Europe, UK etc and have truly been able to develop a career. Most labels just focus on the States and 99% of bands are dropped before they even put out a record.

Random fact about you…
I accidentally pissed on my Dad. We were on a college football recruiting trip in North Carolina and the team got us retarded drunk and I crawled back to the hotel and into bed with my dad. We both woke up in a sea of urine. Sorry dad.

Single Welcome To Oblivion is available digitally now. Pick it up at iTunes by clicking the button below.

You can grab the album HERE.

If you missed the last in the series, check out this Getting To Know You with George Pettit (Alexisonfire) and work your way back from there- CLICK!.

METHODS OF MAYHEM are ploughing away in the studio still working on ‘The Public Record’ sifting through submissions from members of the public for the album.

If you remember, Tommy Lee is making stems of the

Last week we kicked off a series of chats with the guys from newbies TAKING DAWN. Continuing on from last weeks best hair metal bands discussion, in this clip, the guys talk guitar solos.

Click on the player below to see what they had to say, and if you’re curious as to what the guys sound like, check out the track we have on the ROADRUNNER UK MYSPACE.

Miss last weeks update? Check it HERE.

Debut album TIME TO BURN is scheduled for a January 2010 release.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES are set to perform this coming Friday (20th November) for this years Children In Need on BBC Wales. Tune in at 10.25pm to see the guys play. Those of us in the rest of the British Isles will need to check it out online. We will bring you the URL for that little gem as soon as we have it…

In another regional coup, Birmingham have the pleasure of the guys company for a performance at the KERRANG RADIO Christmas Party on the 10th December at Birmingham Academy II. Tickets are on sale now and you can pick them up HERE.

DELAIN will release their debut album APRIL RAIN in the UK on January 25th 2010.

The band, who hail from Holland, are the brainchild of ex-Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt. Check the player below for a couple of tracks from the band to give yourself a taster!

The album will feature the following track-listing:

1.April Rain
2.Stay Forever
3.Invidia
4.Control The Storm
5.On The Other Side
6.Virtue And Vice
7.Go Away
8.Start Swimming
9.Lost
10.I’ll Reach You
11.Nothing Left

Watch this space for more from the band in the coming months…

Taken from their current album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, this is the new video from DREAM THEATER– Wither.

Enjoy!

Pick up the album online FROM THIS LOCATION.

Those pesky scamps in MADINA LAKE have been at it again with their Kyte player and have updated it once again ffomr the road.

The latest update is from the end of their recent US tour, and sees their merch guy Trout AKA Razzle-Dazzle getting his revenge on a member of the band, with the authority of drummer and ‘camera-man’ Jeezi (AKA Dan). Hilarity.

The band are now back in Chicago and will play a homecoming show this weekend before heading over to Japan for a couple of shows there.

This week saw the release of their 3rd single off current album ATTICS TO EDEN– the catchy-as-all-hell ‘Welcome To Oblivion’. You can pick this up at all the usual digital outlets, but to make it easier for you, if you have iTunes you can pick it up by clicking on the button below:

Head on over to the brand new DEVILDRIVER OFFICIAL WEBSITE now to see a cool live video shot when the band performed live in Holland recently.

You can click here to view.

The band launched their new website just a few weeks ago- be sure to check it out!!

And if you haven’t checked out the new album from the guys, PRAY fOR vILLAINS, make sure you do! It’s KILLER. You can pick it up online HERE.