We’ve just finished posting up all your photos you’ve been sending us from Roadrage. Some are live photos of Chimaira, Ill Nino, and Spineshank, and some are you guys hanging out with the guys in the band, plus your drawings, tattoos, and collections! Check em out in the FAN GALLERY. And if you have a photo that should be up there, email us it!

A while back we asked you to send in your guitar-related questions for Acey of The Murderdolls. An online guitar clinic of sorts, if you will. Acey kindly took some time out to answer a whole bunch of your questions, and here is part THREE of Acey’s Guitar Clinic. 8. I need some help finger tapping and I was wondering if you have any pointers on how to? – Brian Brian, You know what…I’m not a big finger tap guy. So I would be the wrong person to ask. I would suggest going to a music store that sells music video tapes, the instuctional kind and look for one in the style of Eddie Van Halen. 9. My name is Eva. I heard about this from the Murderdolls website and thought it would be pretty cool, mostly because I live in Tennessee and my parents probably wouldn’t dream of taking me to the U.K. I actually wanted a little bit of help on the song “White Wedding.” When I play it, it sounds out of tune and too high pitched. I looked online at like, 50 different tab sites but no one says anything about tuning. So I’ll ask someone who know’s best, do you do some tuning down or something special (other than distortion)? I’ve tried retuning over and over so I know my guitar is in tune. If you could help me out, it would be cool. Thanks so much, you rock! ~your friend~Eva Eva, The stuff on our albums is tuned to E. So if your tuned to E you should be cool. The ‘effect’ on the album is a Electro Harmonics ‘Micro Synth’ and this an sure change the sound a ton! Joey loves those things…. but they can be kind of expensive. Try a Auto Wha or a flanger and that should do it. If that doesn’t do it, you should have the intonation on the guitar checked. This can make your guitar sound out of tune even tough your tunner says you are. 10. Could you tell me how to get the action as low as possible on my guitar please? – Billy Billy, Is this Billy Idol? Ask Steve Stevens… if not…. I would say again, to take it to a repair shop. There can be many things you could dot that would, in the long run, fuck your guitar up. It’s not as easy as just doing one thing. It depends on the kind of bridge you have on your guitar, your string gauge, ect. ect. 11. Whats your main guitar rig consist of – pedals, rackmounted effects, amp settings etc…? – Guy Guy, I use mostly Gibson Les Pauls. I also play BC Rich and mabe Gretsch guitars with a Sure Wireless system. This is important as I have used a TON of wireless systems and the Sure ones just agree with me the most. I run that and on the front end of the amp I have my Dunlop Wha…I believe it’s the 550 with the different settings on the side. Out of my effects loop I run a DigiTech Auto Wha and Flanger a Electro Harmonics Micro Synth and Poly Chorus. One they all go into a Huges and Kettner Tri Amp head (sometimes 2….) though either 2 4×10″ or 4 depending how big the gig is. I like to have 30 watt speakers in one and 75 watt in the other so this way my sound guy gets a DI out of the head and 2 different mic’ed signals. My settings on the head are normaly Bass at around 2 O’clock, Mid at 3 or 4 and highs about the same. It depends on the stage. I try to sound check everyday to accomodate the room. I put my gain all the way up and believe it or not, I don’t like to be louder than I have to be. But remember, the Ghoul-our drummer is the LOUDEST human on the planet….so it’s always damn loud. I used to keep the presence low but as I get more confidence in my playing, the more I increase it and the tighter it sounds. NOW-keep in mind that we are a 2 guitar player band. Joey has active pickups in his guitar I have passive, he has more of the ‘scoop’ metal sound. That means very little mids, so we try to compliment each other…. you know… if he wears white I wear red… if he wears black I wear black. Ha,ha… just kidding…. Part 4 coming soon.

It’s time for this years Interactive Music Awards, and Slipknot have landed a nomination for the Best Music DVD with ‘Disasterpieces’! That means they are one of the best-selling Top 20 Music DVDs since September last year! They are up against some major name competition (Led Zeppelin, Queen, Kylie, Bowie, U2, The Beatles, Robbie Williams, Abba, Ronan etc) so help ’em out. Cast your vote for the ‘Knot HERE. Voting is open until the end of November. Vote and you could even win a BT Home Computing PC and 12 months rental of Broadband from BT! The winner and 4 runners up will be announced the night of the Awards, December 2nd. You can also vote for THIS SITE HERE in the IMA’s People’s Choice Award. [you know you love this site]

Rock up your desktop with these four new (and free) screensavers for DevilDriver, created by our teamer Chris Parrish. Solo shots, group shots, black n’ white, colour… you got it. Grab ’em HERE.

Today, we bring you two of the Roadrage guitarists. Ahrue, Ill Nino’s guitarist, asks questions of Matt, Chimaira’s guitarist. And no, the questions are not about guitars. 1. What was your favourite show of the tour? “Portugal. The fans there were just the craziest and the most brutal of the whole tour.” 2. Who drinks the most on your bus? “Me, Rob, and Rob (Garcia, Spineshank).” 3. Which is the best Eastside or Westside? “Eastside! Even though since I’ve moved I’m now a Westsider.”

As you might expect, a lot of demos land on our doormat. All good, for we really do listen to all of them! Good and not so good… Today, one landed from an unsigned US band called RiverRed. CD titled ‘Save Myself’. Why are we telling you this? We just happened to notice on the liner notes (yes, we read these too), a certain Phil Demmel is credited for 3 solos. Yes, THE Phil Demmel from Machine Head… nice surprise eh? Have a look at their WEBSITE for more info if that’s caught your interest.

The brand new Ill Nino single. What is it? ‘Unframed’? ‘Numb’? It’s looking likely it will be ‘This Time’s For Real’ though a final final decision is still to come.

Just had word very recently from our Australia guys… with some great Nickelback news! Below, a few clips from the email… ‘Someday’ moved UP one place in National Singles Chart from #6 to #5. Sales of the single were incredible last week. ‘The Long Road’ went down one place from #14 to #15 BUT……we scanned 34% more over-the-counter and are expecting close to a 100% increase on ship figures this week. In regards to our latest single, ‘Figured You Out’, radio is LOVING IT!! This track has been serviced to radio just this week and already it is appearing on major playlists accross the country, starting with NOVA buzz bins (who picked up the single even before it was officially serviced) and continuing to spread like wildfire with the official adds, first week out. A few comments from radio: “‘Figured You Out’ is turning out to be another monster for us, Nickelback is again Hot with us right now.” “Nickelback is going off, we have it on high rotation & will report this week”. “We’ve just ATB’d on ‘Figured You Out’! Sounds awesome on air.” Both single and album are rapidly heading towards PLATINUM status over there!

In this Roadrage Interrogation, we pit Mike from Spineshank against Cris from Ill Nino, and then let Cris have his revenge… [parental advisory] Mike Vs Cris 1. How does it feel to be the kings of nu-metal? “Like Henry the 8th.” 2. How do you like the food in Europe? “Better than the food in China.” 3. Bush or no Bush? (and no not the President.) “I like shaved pussy!” Cris Vs Mike 1. Vaginal sex or anal sex? “Oral sex.” 2. Condom or no condom? “See answer 1.” 3. Kerrang! or Metal Hammer? “Club Magazine.” 4. Would you like to kill Daniel Lukes? “No, I think God has already played a cruel joke on him.”

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has posted the following message on the band’s newly re-launched official web site: “The past has been nothing more than a template, a blueprint for what the future holds in store for us. The evidence is apparent, archived for all to see, hear, and comprehend. Nothing has been hidden from those who have been privy to that knowledge. It has all been written down and revealed in heraldic fashion, as a warning of what was to become of FEAR FACTORY. Placed in suspended animation for a period of two years, the FEAR FACTORY machine had to calculate its own future, assess the situation, and determine an outcome. This was to be an evolutionary step for a cognitive machine. Now, as a new dawn approaches, FEAR FACTORY is revitalized as a finely tuned, highly charged mechanism of destruction. The outcome is a new album, appropriately titled ‘Archetype’. The past two years have been a journey for us. Very much like the poetic journey of Dante Alighieri, we have traveled through Hell and Purgatory, and we still await the final chapter of Paradise. With the departure from long time label Roadrunner, we painfully strained to make it this far, and we are prepared to work even harder to continue even further. Our new label Liquid 8 [web site, parent company of D3 Entertainmentí¢ä‰åäóEd.] has the utmost belief in FEAR FACTORY, the likes we have not seen in many years. Burton, Raymond and Christian, companions on a mission of musical awareness, capability, and strength, are ready to unleash the knowledge of what we have been experiencing. We have learned much about ourselves, and are we are prepared to show everyone that FEAR FACTORY is once again open for business. There will be eleven new songs on the album to describe various episodes over these past two years, titled as follows: 1. Slave Labor 2. Cyberwaste 3. Default Judgment 4. Act of God 5. Drones 6. Corporate Cloning 7. Human Shields 8. Bite The Hand That Bleeds 9. Undercurrent 10. Bonescraper 11. Archetype We have also rearranged the working parts in FEAR FACTORY, to assure better performance. Raymond Herrera and I asked Christian Olde Wolbers to take the position of guitar player. He was the only candidate we could think of, because he has been an important part of this machine for many years, he understands the philosophy, and he knows what FEAR FACTORY must accomplish. We have assigned Byron Stroud from STRAPPING YOUNG LAD and ZIMMERS HOLE as bass player. We believe the choices we have made will enable this machine to run longer, better, and smoother. During this recording, we have utilized the programming talents of John C. Bechdel (who has been an integral part of the touring process of FEAR FACTORY for several years), Steve Tushar (who had remixed the demo version of ‘Archetype’, available on the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ soundtrack), and Rhys Fulber (who has been an important and evolutionary part of this machine for a decade), to add and matriculate those nuances to the music that have really set us apart from the herd. The music we have just recorded is a testament of faith and endurance. We persevered through seemingly endless battles, and, there were moments when hope was a futile concept, but together, we stood as one. The music, and lyrics, will reflect this journey, and will truly speak in decibels, withstanding all prejudice, judgment, and preconceived notions. A pure voice all on its own. For FEAR FACTORY, the future is now.” Do visit the band’s new site at: www.FearFactory.com