Make sure you listen to the Radio 1 Rock Show tonight for a special Chimaira competition. Chimaira will be recording a special Radio 1 Maida Vale session at some point during their upcoming UK tour. One of the tracks they play will be a cover, and they want you to choose it! The person who’s cover gets chosen will win a chance to hang out with the band at a tour date of their choice… For the full details, and how to enter, you’ll have to listen to the show!

Chimaira have confirmed an instore signing in London at Tower Records, 1 Picadilly Circus, on February 6th from 4pm. Please note, some Chimaira/Every Time I Die shows are very close to selling out, so we suggest you get your tickets as soon as possible if you haven’t already done so, so you are not disappointed!

Whilst flicking music channels on your TV, let us draw your attention to the following available selections this week… Magic: Nickelback ‘How You Remind Me’ #749 Kerrang: Murderdolls ‘White Wedding’ #985 BRAND NEW!! Nickelback ‘Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good’ #528

Something for the weekend…. While Red Tape & Every Time I Die are busy shooting videos this weekend, we’ve got an EXCLUSIVE for you!! Just in & online… and a VHS of this is not even in the country yet! We have the brand new Nickelback video for live favourite Figured You Out, ready to go, and up in the VIDEO section. Go check it out. Have a great one.

Why not kick off our new relationship with Ferret Music by offering up a bunch of free tunes? Right now, you need to head on over into the MUSIC section. Grab yourself MP3s from Every Time I Die (on tour here very soon with Chimaira), Scarlet, and From Autumn To Ashes.

Posted on the official Spineshank messageboard, comes this message from Jonny Santos, on his departure from Spineshank and his new plans for the months ahead. Hello everyone. First off, I would like to thank everyone who has stuck by SPINESHANK over the years. You are the single most important people to myself and the rest of the guys. I am sorry that this has happened, but it was inevitable at this point. This was not an easy decision for me, but one that I felt I needed to do. It is true that we have had creative differences over the last several years, but I always tried to be positive and contribute my part as a vocalist for the band. I am very proud of what we’ve accomplished as a band and will never harbor any regrets. It was my life for the last 8 years and it is something I will hold close to my heart forever. [However] I feel that it is time for all of us to move on. Tommy, Mike and Rob are amazing creative people and I have no doubt that they will make an awesome next record for you guys. I wish them only the best luck in wherever they go. As for myself, I am currently in the studio tracking demos for a new project that I’ve been working on for a while. We have 15 songs and I hope to be in the studio [recording a full-length album] by this summer. As soon as we have a name you will be the first to know. I can understand that so many of you may be hurt by this split, but the bottom line is that I just wasn’t happy anymore. I hope that all of you can understand that. You guys are so important to me and hope you guys will stay true to SPINESHANK. I will have something new for you guys real soon. I hope this has cleared up a lot of unanswered questions for everyone. I love you all very much and I will continue to create music for all of you.”

New video, new promo tour, new album… the latest Dirty Americans info from guitarist Jeff… Welcome to Dirty Americans 2004!! We had some really great shows in December with Seether and Gary Hoey(yes, Gary Hoey!) A great way to close out what was a very busy year for the band. The holidays brought us a nice break from this frickin’ circus that is the music biz. We all took a few weeks and got our heads together. As I laid on the beach in Jamaica over the new year, it dawned on me how busy this year is going to be. We’re very excited about shooting our first video for í¢ä‰åñStrange Generationí¢ä‰åŒ next week. We’re filming it at the high school where Myron used to teach in northern Michigan. It’s gonna be ROCK to the bone so keep your eyes peeled. Myron and I are also jumpin’ the pond to do some interview/ acoustic performances starting January 24. Our stops include London, Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne and I don’t know where the hell else. Sounds dangerous to me. I hope my liver can take it! We’ll be laying the groundwork the full-length release (finally!!!!!!!!) of our album í¢ä‰åñStrange Generationí¢ä‰åŒ on March 15. Hopefully the whole band will be over not long after to do some touring. And so, looks like the first half of the year is already filling up and I can only imagine how the rest is gonna go. More fuckin craziness as we make our way. But I can’t wait!!!!!!! See ya’ll soon Peace Jeff

So you wanna get scuzzed with Chimaira? Right now on Scuzz TV, you can enter a competition to meet the band and have your photo taken with them onstage on their February UK tour! If you can’t get Scuzz TV (for shame) on your television, you can still check out the competition over on the Scuzz website, at: www.scuzz.tv.

Fear Factory have confirmed the tracklisting for new album ‘Archetype’ is set to be: 1. Slave Labor 2. Cyberwaste 3. Act of God 4. Default Judgement 5. Corporate Cloning 6. Archetype 7. Drones 8. Bite The Hand That Bleeds… 9. Bonescraper 10. Undercurrent 11. Human Shields ‘Archetype’ is released in April.

The latest issue of Kerrang! magazine includes all the results from their recent readers poll. Obviously, lots of The Darkness fans out there, given their (no less than) 9 awards! So how did our Roadrunner guys do? Best New Band #9 – DevilDriver Best Dressed Star #8 – Wednesday 13 Best Video #4 – Murderdolls ‘White Wedding’ Best Single #9 – Murderdolls ‘White Wedding’ Sexiest Male #5 – Joey Jordison Best Band #9 – Murderdolls Best Live Gig #10 – Murderdolls Best Club 1. Kerrang! Club (Murderdoll Acey Slade was one of the DJs) Congrats!