Amongst the midst of a headrush from smoking the “fattest cigar” and talking about his latest tattoo work, DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara answered the questions you posted on the DevilDriver message board… Such topics as the greatest metal band ever, favorite places to play, artwork for the new album, favorite movies of all time…even listening to a four year old singing “Clock” are covered. Go to DevilDriver.com for the answers to all the questions, and keep ’em coming.

Of course, you can go to www.roadrunnerrecords.com/FreddyVsJason and listen to the upcoming Freddy Vs Jason soundtrack and form your own opinion, but it’s always good to have a second take…Thanks to www.hitthepit.com, you now have a second opinion. Their review on this upcoming soundtrack (11/8 release date) is as follows: I have always been a big fan of Freddy. I mean…think about how cool he is! He hacked people up while Dokken busted out the classic “Dream Warriors”. Only in the 80’s could a guy with a horrible sun burn use peoples veins as puppet strings, and be put up on the pedestal the way he was. Then there was Jason, the big bruiser who beat the fuck out of people, and wore a hockey mask? What is intimidating about a hockey mask? Like I said…only in the 80’s! Welcome back to the future. Both Freddy and Jason are back, and this time they face off! So it would be fitting that this clash of the horror titans would have a soundtrack filled with…well…cheese! Thankfully, the cheese is traded in for 20 tracks of metal delight. It is the perfect soundtrack to slice and dice to. Most times a soundtrack consists of a bunch of songs you already have in your collection. Or the compilation will include re-mixed favorites, acoustic versions, or my favorite…techno versions! That is not the case with this soundtrack. New song from Killswitch Engage (with Howard Jones on vocal)…is simply AMAZING! New song from DevilDriver (Dez from Coal Chamber’s new band) is surprisingly very heavy! Sepultura with Mike Patton (Faith No More)…creative! New Ill Nino song…tribal! You also get to hear rare and unreleased material from Hatebreed, Slipknot, and Chimaira. Then there is new From Autumn To Ashes material which quite possibly could be the best tune of the soundtrack. Honestly, hardcore kids will see growth in the effort, yet still I hear why FATA is considered one of the finer hardcore acts of today! Kudos to the powers that be at be at Roadrunner for listening to peoples complaints about soundtracks. Finally labels are realizing that using the soundtrack as a spring board for upcoming releases, or including new and rare material is far more appealing then rehashing old works! Not to mention, having Howard Jones bark while Freddy and Jason duke it out sounds like a damn good time to me! Well done, and props to whomever put the compilation together! Pit Scale: 8, Two sour points, the Sevendust track is poopy, and I have heard “Trigger” from In Flames one too many times! Also, as much as I love Type-O-Negative, “(We Were) Electrocute” was a poor choice! Too mellow! Suggested Tracks: Killswitch Engage – “When Darkness Falls”, Hatebreed – “Condemned Until Rebirth”, From Autumn To Ashes – “The After Dinner Payback”, Sepultura w/Mike Patton – “The Waste”, DevilDriver – “Swinging The Dead”, Lamb Of God – “11th Hour” Track Listing: 1) Ill Nino – How Can I Live 2) Killswitch Engage – When Darkness Falls 3) Spineshank – Beginning Of The End 4) Mushroomhead – Sun Doesn’t Rise 5) Hatebreed – Condemned Until Rebirth 6) Slipknot – Snap (’97 demo) 7) Chimaira – Army Of Me 8) From Autumn To Ashes – The After Dinner Payback 9) Sevendust – Leech 10) Powerman 5000 – Bombshell 11) Sepultura w/Mike Patton – The Waste 12) Murderdolls – Welcome To The Strange 13) Seether – Out Of My Way 14) Stone Sour – Inside The Cynic 15) DevilDriver – Swinging The Dead 16) The Blank Theory – Middle Of Nowhere 17) Nothingface – Ether 18) In Flames – Trigger 19) Lamb Of God – 11th Hour 20) Type O Negative – (We Were) Electrocute

Spineshank is officially three dates deep into their return to the road out in the US of A. Drummer Tommy Decker checks in with the following: “What’s up people! I’m sitting in the parking lot of “Pops” in St. Louis getting ready to play. This will be the 3rd show of the tour and so far it has been amazing! It feels really good to be back on the road. The first show was in Fargo, N. Dakota, a place that we haven’t been since 1999 with System Of A Down and the crowd was insane. It’s good to know that we still have fans there. Since it was the first night of the tour we decided to have a few drinks and cause some trouble! We paid for it the next day. Sioux Falls was the second show. This was our 1st time there, so we didn’t know what to expect. We found out as soon as we hit the stage..there were bodies everywhere! Security even started kicking girls out for showing their tits. This was also the 1st time we ever played “Slavery” live and it is going to be a permanent part of the set from now on! It was definitely an awesome show. Like I said were in St. Louis at “Pops” and this place always goes off. So I’m really looking forward to this show. I’ll let you know how it goes. The new site will be up by the time you read this so let me know what you think. talk to you soon…I’ll tell you about our exploits in Des Moines.” Tommy

If you watch Scuzz TV then you know what we are talking about… if not, switch on the telly to Sky channel # 471 for Scuzz and find out. Now running ‘Big Tools And G Strings’ on the channel include Acey from The Murderdolls, and Kenny from Type O Negative. Enjoy. Two other titbits: 1) The Murderolls ‘White Wedding’ is the #1 most requested track on Total Rock Radio. 2) Type O Negative have a top 5 ‘skull’ album review & a 1 page feature with Kenny in the current issue of Meltdown Magazine. And the new video debuted at #7 on Kerrang! TV.

If you are awake still at 2am tonight, tune into Radio 1, for Vicky Marsden will be spinning new Nickelback tune ‘Someday’ somepoint in her show. If that’s a little early for you, you can catch it again tomorrow morning at 11:25am on Jo Whiley’s show. (Thoughts also going out to Nickelback fan Edna, in hospital tomorrow… hope it all goes ok.) In other Nickelback news, do you want to work for the band and help us promote them? We are looking for new faces from all over the UK to join our Nickelback E-team. Just click HERE to join up.

Cristian from Ill Nino has been taking some time out recently to hang out on the official Ill Nino messageboard over at www.illnino.com where everyone’s been talking about the new song ‘How Can I Live’… Cris writes: I know you guys have been asking for the lyrics. I thought you might appreciate this. So I’ll take a couple of minutes and hook it up. í¢ä‰åñHow Can I Liveí¢ä‰åŒ I am so alike you In so many ways I know I’m just a copy That carries on the strain But, we make the same mistakes ‘Cause, we are one and the same We leave behind the stain That will never separate All the lies in me All that dies in me How can I live without you? All that lies in me All that dies in me How can I live without you? I am your mirror image I’m all you left behind You made me what I am But who the hell am I? But, we make the same mistakes ‘Cause, we are one and the same We leave behind the stain That will never separate All the lies in me All that dies in me How can I live without you? All that lies in me All that dies in me How can I live without you? We’ve made the same mistakes We are one and the same How can I live Do you think of me? Do you dream of me? I always dream about you Do you think of me? Do you dream of me? I always dream about you Cristian Machado.

“The Murderdolls are perfect. In the same way that The Undertones or Tatu or The Cheekygirls or Take That or The Petshopboys or The Sex Pistols or Junior Senior or Nirvana or Mud or Kylie are perfect. For there is nothing that could be added or subtracted that would in any way improve the basic idea of a gang of 4 ft tall Marilyn Manson Mini-Me horrorgoths banging out 4/4 balls-to-the-slaughterhouse-wall glam-metal with lyrics about necrophilia, death, disease and suicide. And why bands that dress like tramps and bang on about being depressed should be taken out and made to dig their own graves and then shot in the back of the neck. Get over it! Take some Prozac! Buy a puppy! Die! BANG!” Written by Steven Wells, you can read the complete Playlouder’s Murderdolls interview with Joey HERE.

Pure and simple, new Ill Nino art for forthcoming album ‘Confession’ posted HERE.

Calling all SPINESHANK fans… Tune into Scuzz TV for ‘Smothered’ is #3 in the video chart. Nice eh? Speaking of Scuzz, calling all TYPE O NEGATIVE fans… Johnny Kelly’s interview piece ‘Big Tools & G Strings’ is now running on Scuzz TV. And you can watch TWO TON videos – I Don’t Wanna Be Me & My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend (who needs Tatu). Check it out. Calling all MURDERDOLLS fans… White Wedding is now up for selection on Q TV. No longer does #192 get you directory enquiries… now on Q it gets you the Murderdolls. Calling all STONE SOUR fans… Check out Kerrang! magazine for a special 3-page On The Road feature with the band. And there’s a feature in the new Ice too.

We present an exerpt from Dani Filth’s (Cradle Of Filth) tour diary from the US Ozzfest… Why? Read on… “Marysville, Ca. – Wednesday 9th July. Very hot day and I’m starting to get a bit of a tan (yuk!). Ozzy cancelled but I wasn’t told why. The show went on successfully anyway with Korn headlining. We just got to play a little later. I got up real early to catch Killswitch’s 9.30am set and played a naughty trick on Adam D. by swapping his water for Newcastle Brown ale while he wasn’t watching. He just drank it down and used the bottle as a guitar slide! Damn he’s more rock than most on this tour! We had a very solid show and even got “Ebonyí¢ä‰åŒ_” in the set for good measure. The keys tried to die ‘cos of the sun but we pulled it off. Another good Ozzfest day.” Thanks to Sin Metal.