Later this month, MTV will be visiting Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger at home for a taping of Cribs. The shoot will take place at Chad’s home in the Vancouver area sometime in the next couple of weeks. Air date tbd. We’ll pass the news along as we get it.

An email from Rob Barlow… who attended the Oct 8th Unholy Alliance show in London. “I just got back from the Unholy Alliance tour before the gig it was a long 2 hour wait to get in after missing the 1st act as soon as I sat down it was on to Hatebreed! Hatebreed: For a band I never heard before they was awesome they had me head banging all the way though there set, before I heard them I was like yeah don’t expect me to be doing anything just sitting there, but damn they got involved with the crowd and that’s always a nice thing, my 1st time seeing/hearing Hatebreed and I can now say I am a big fan of their music! Slayer: Well I heard Slayer before and wasn’t much of a Slayer fan but I got involved head banging all the way, Slayer didn’t get involved that much with the crowd but their music was awesome after what seemed a 2 hour set they played raining blood the only song I do like of their’s then they finished, I quickly ran to the toilet and got back in time for slipknot. SLIPKNOT: Long time fan 1st time seeing them, purely amazing, always getting involved with the fans, the music was amazing, I cant remember the whole list of songs they did but I was blown away after head banging for hatebreed & slayer my neck was literally broken but how can I not head bang for my favorite band?. Duality was amazing live, that was the best song they did all night! After spit it out Corey Taylor said thank you good night! Quite a few fans walked out but the ones who stayed kept clapping and shouting Slipknot as loud as they could my legends soon came back on stage and did (sic) then finished with Surfacing. This was my 1st gig ever and im happy it was I got to see Hatebreed (who I now love) and I got to see slipknot (who I love even more) but it was till after the gig I felt stupid, waiting for 2 hours hoping to see slipknot, Joey walked out and said Hello to me I replied “Hey you know when slipknot might be coming out?”, he laughed at me and said who he was I was gob smacked and felt so stupid, I got a picture with him that I will soon be getting framed and put on my wall Thank You Hatebreed, Thank You Slayer & THANK YOU SLIPKNOT!!!!!!”

What are you going to do after Christmas once the presents are opened, you’re sick of turkey, and you’re about ready to stab the carolers with a fork? Make your way into London, for a special one-off festive show on December 27th at the Hammersmith Apollo, of course. The Metal Hammer-sponsored bill includes In Flames (headlining), Lacuna Coil, Chimaira, Caliban + 1 other act to be confirmed). Tix will cost 퉌£18.50.

We are pleased to confirm that Every Time I Die will be returning to wreck mayhem on UK shores in support of Atreyu this winter. Dates are as follows: December 2004 12- London í¢ä‰åäóì Mean Fiddler 13 í¢ä‰åäóì Cardiff í¢ä‰åäóì Ifor Beach 14 í¢ä‰åäóì Manchester í¢ä‰åäóì Academy 3 15 í¢ä‰åäóì Glasgow í¢ä‰åäóì King Tuts 16 í¢ä‰åäóì Northumbria í¢ä‰åäóì Uni 17 í¢ä‰åäóì Liverpool í¢ä‰åäóì Uni 18 í¢ä‰åäóì Oxford í¢ä‰åäóì Zodiac 19 í¢ä‰åäóì Portsmouth í¢ä‰åäóì Wedgewood Rooms 20 í¢ä‰åäóì Birmingham í¢ä‰åäóì Academy 2 Bullet 4 My Valentine will also appear.

Before the Unholy Alliance tour kicked off, we offered our street team, the chance to interview Hatebreed. The teamer who sent in the best questions, would be able to ask the band their questions, and have the answers posted here. The winner was chosen, and his interview with Sean Martin, Hatebreed’s guitarist, follows (in 3 parts). Teamer: Having played a very groundbreaking headline London show at Garage two years ago, are you looking forward to performing your material to a new wave of Hatebreed fans? Sean: Yes, definitely. Yeah, without a doubt. It’s going to be a great opportunity to play to a lot of new people. Teamer: To many, ‘Under the Knife’ and ‘Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire’ have come to epitomise the sound of hardcore. Do you feel this is the case or is your newer material the sound you would like to be remembered by in many years to come? Sean: You know, it’s all really the same. The first album’s considered to be a classic, which is an honour. If it’s considered to be a staple in hardcore then that’s an honour as well, but we’re just writing heavy records and trying to put out the heaviest records possible, so if you love ‘Satisfaction’ then great and if you love ‘Rise of Brutality’ and you think that’s the way we should go then that’s fine, but we’re not trying to determine any direction. We’re just writing brutally heavy records and putting them out and hoping that everybody loves them. Teamer: What are your impressions of the UK hardcore scene, having shared the same bill with hard-working bands such as Knuckledust? Sean: It’s awesome, without a doubt! I’m going to be honest with you, I’m on the road so much I can’t keep track of too much stuff and I’m getting old too (laughter). Every band we’ve played with over here has been great. Teamer: How does it feel to have played very intimate shows for many years to then be an addition to huge festivals and arenas across the world? Sean: You know what, it’s all the same to us. Obviously when we play an arena like this it’s a little overwhelming when you notice there are thousands of people out there! To us, we put the same amount of energy and passion playing a show for 20 kids as we do 20,000 kids so to us as long as it’s a Hatebreed show we’ll give them the best show possible. We’ll play a basement, we’ll play a hall, we’ll play an arena – we’ll play whatever you’ve got. All of it’s great. more to come…

“It’s shortly before 6pm, and things are getting rowdy in Hammersmith. As the never-ending stream of maggots and seasoned metalheads alike grows longer still, the missiles begin to fly, and the impatient forward surges begin. Already this is clearly going to be one hell of an evening. Lead act Mastodon are clearly insane geniuses as they serve up a simply staggering yet criminally short 20 minute set, before Hardcore champs Hatebreed whip the eager crowd into a suitable and circular-motioned frenzy. However, neither act could prepare the thousands of attendees for what was about to follow: Slayer are quite possibly the most important and perhaps even greatest metal band that has ever existed. Judging from the seemingly endless chants of í¢ä‰åñSlayerí¢ä‰åŒ and the deafening roar that greets their arrival, many would seem to agree. Any doubters are surely silenced when songs like ‘Disciple’ and ‘Dead Skin Mask’ turn the floor into a sea of relentless neck-thrusting aggression, meaning you can do little more than follow suit safe in the knowledge that on this occasion, you’ve simply been overpowered. Slipknot aren’t exactly slouches either, particularly where overwhelming energy and generally crushing brutality are concerned. Despite the absence of Samples man Craig Jones, the band promptly set about tearing down the very rafters of this historic theatre. Tracks such as ‘(sic)’ and ‘Eyeless’ are performed with the ferocity that few other modern day acts could possibly deliver, just as forthcoming single ‘Vermilion’ displays a band that can be darker and more sinister than you could have ever anticipated. If you were in attendance – you’ll understand just how breathtaking the evening was on occasion. If you weren’t í¢ä‰åäóì shame on you.” 8/10 Ryan Bird www.musicstuff.co.uk

Friday 15th October 7 – 9pm GMT (2-4pm EST): Extreme Radio’s Nigel interviews Jim Root, #4, of SLIPKNOT & Jamey Jasta of HATEBREED from the Unholy Alliance tour… Don’t miss it! The show will be repeated on Sunday 1 hour earlier than advertised on Friday. Listen to the show online at: Extreme Radio.

Wow…over 10 months ago, Trivium shot a video for a track of their’s called “Like Light To The Flies.” All good things come in due time, this video is point in case – you can check it out in our VIDEO section now. Speaking of the video, it’s bottled lightning. It’s another storm coming from down south. Plus, it contains over 1.5 minutes of straight riff/solos somewhere in the middle of the piece. Enjoy. In other Trivium news, the band is still in Florida recording their Roadrunner debut, which is slated for an early 2005 release. The drums, both guitar rhythm tracks and bass tracks are complete. Next up, solos (again, we ask you to see above video) and vocals/screams. In other news, the band is playing four US dates with Fear Factory in November.

While chatting in the office, we just learnt about what has to be THE most metal Black Cab in London. Bernie Rose spends his days taking people where they want to go around London in his licensed black cab. Bernie has a daughter, who happens to like Slipknot. Having told her off for playing their CD around the house, or telling her to turn it down, one day Bernie got the parental duty of picking up his daughter from a Slipknot gig she was attending. Upon actually seeing Slipknot play, Bernie was completely converted. So much so he has since swiped his daughter’s Slipknot CDs, and now drives around London, playing Slipknot in his black cab for his, perhaps surprised, customers. Bernie, we salute you!

Did you listen to the Radio 1 Rock Show late Tues night? If you did you’ll have heard the following choice RR tracks: – Hatebreed ‘Live For This’ – Eighteen Visions ‘Waiting For The Heavens’ – Slipknot ‘Duality’ – Soulfly ‘Bleed’ – Slipknot ‘Vermilion í¢ä‰åäóì Part 2’ And…36 Crazyfists ‘Bloodwork’ + a very cool feature about ‘Kungí¢ä‰åäóìFu Moves For Killing The Band Guys’ feature! We thought it sounded f*ckin’ awesome and it featured about 30í¢ä‰åäóì60 seconds of lots of album tracks with the interview lasting about 10í¢ä‰åäóì15 mins! Really worth checking out if you missed it… you can replay it online at the Radio 1 website HERE.