Rock Sound magazine spoke with Killswitch Engage frontman backstage at Download Festival about his favourite festivals, worst festivals, scariest festivals, dream line-ups, camping & the time a bear hit him in the face! Watch it below!

Whilst at Download Festival we had the pleasure of catching up backstage

Roadrunner newcomers Empress AD have today been announced to play this summer’s Reading & Leeds Festivals. Empress AD recently announced the release of their debut album ‘Still Life Moving Fast’ which will be released on September 1st & is available for pre-order now.

Metal Hammer have premiered King 810’s astounding new video for ‘Fat Around The Heart’! The debut album ‘Memoirs Of A Murderer’ by KING 810 is available to pre-order now on iTunes. When you pre-order you will get ‘Killem All’, ‘Fat Around The Heart’ & ‘Desperate Lovers’ as instant downloads.

King 810 will also be touring the UK this September for the Download Freezed Over Tour.

Tue 23rd Sep – Thekla, Bristole

Wed 24th Sep – Classic Grand, glasgow

Thu 25th Sep – O2 Academy 2, Birmingham

Fri 26th Sep – O2 Academy Islington, London

Sat 27th Sep – Academy 3, Manchester

Following their astounding set headlining the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury this past weekend, Marmozets have now released their brand new video for ‘Captivate You’. Watch the video below & download your copy of the track from iTunes now.

Watch the official lyric video for ‘Savages’ featuring the legendary Alice Cooper right here! Theory Of A Deadman’s new album ‘Savages’ is available for pre-order now. When you purchase from iTunes you will get the songs ‘Savages’, ‘Drown’, & ‘Angels’ instantly. You can also order the CD from Amazon.

British comedian & prog metal fan

Marmozets recorded a phenomenal cover of Morrissey’s classic

EMPRESS AD are excited to reveal details of their debut album, titled ‘Still Life Moving Fast’ and set for release September 1. The album will be released in CD and digital formats, by new label Roadrunner Records, who snapped up the British band two months ago.

Having taken time to carefully hone their style of the music they love, EMPRESS AD have written an arsenal of songs that veer from an expansive, progressive sound to an aggressive, controlled roar. Citing their influences as Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and new label-mates Mastodon and Opeth, the Berkshire four piece locked themselves away in a UK studio with experienced New York-based producer, Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Pelican, Old Man Gloom) to craft their debut. Their method of recording the music live, quickly, and as organically as possible has led to noticeable nuances within the album – details for the listener to pick up on after repeated plays – but, more importantly, it has led to the kind of natural feel to the music that cannot be replicated with a couple of extra weeks tweaking behind the scenes.

The result is a debut album for the ages. With lyrics that focus upon suggestive metaphors for the intangible minutiae of everyday life rather than relationships and lost love, this is a band of musicians as focused upon grooving together as one as they are on their songwriting and being able to relate to fans on an emotional level. Soothing and utterly crushing in turn, EMPRESS AD’s music juxtaposes gentle harmonies with frantic ferocity; relaxed strumming followed by thrash beats, time signature changes and other meanderings that you’ll just have to find out about for yourself. The album’s artwork was created by San Francisco artist Seth Curcio.

Comprised of ten songs, the album’s track listing is:

• Still Life Moving Fast
• Invisible Conductor
• Delve Into The Retrospect
• Deeper In Disguise
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