Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN have given Metal Hammer an exclusive interview ahead of their upcoming new album, ‘We Are The Others’! Hammer sat down with frontwoman Charlotte Wessels to get the skinny on what can be expected from the new album. Check it out below and be sure to read more over on Metal Hammer’s website by clicking here.

SOULFLY have a brand new album coming out next month – and Classic Rock have got an exclusive video preview for you. According to Cavalera, the main theme of the album is slavery, with confirmed songtitles including Slave, Change, Legions (a song about the Roman Empire), Gladiator, Redemption Of Man By God and Revengeance. The album has been produced by Zeuss, best known for his work with bands like HATEBREED, Shadows Fall, BLEEDING THROUGH, Throwdown and Chimaira. Click here for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of ‘Enslaved’ on Classic Rock’s website, or alternatively, you can watch below:

Cast your minds back to last year when we aksed you to submit questions for MACHINE HEAD‘s frontman, Robb Flynn…well, our friends over at Roadrunner US were able to sit Robb down and get the answers to your specially selected questions! Check out the video below:

Pick up a copy of MACHINE HEAD’s latest album ‘Unto The Locust’ by clicking here.

Last Friday we were at Wembley Stadium with DREAM THEATER and PERIPHERY before their show when we heard that the legendary Mini Band were in the building. We raced over to go meet the guys where we held an impromptu interview. It was all a bit unexpected as well as being freezing (hence the shakey camera) but it was a blast meeting these little dudes and hearing them talk about music, being in the band and more. Check out the intevriew below – and for those of you who spotted our news post last week, yes that is little Zoe Thomson!

We passed this video onto our friends at Metal Hammer so they got the band’s hello message too. Ah, bless! Check out some pictures of the band backstage at Wembley below:

The band also made their own video from the day, which you can watch below:

Click here to find out more about The Mini Band and be sure to check out their full collection of photos from their day meeting DREAM THEATER. You can also vote for them in the Teenage Rockstar competition by clicking here.

Pick up a copy of DREAM THEATER’s latest album ‘A Dramatic Turn Of Events’ by pointing your mouse in this direction.

Each year there are drummers who deserve recognition for their exceptional work on record, live and in the educational arena. Modern Drummer believe their members are part of the most educated drumming audience on the planet and therefore the perfect people to share with the world who the special players of 2012 are. There are a bunch of Roadrunner artists up for nomination this year, which gives you all a reason to head over and vote. BOOM!

Check out the categories and Roadrunner drummers that have been nominated below:

MVP:
Mike Mangini (DREAM THEATER)

Metal:
Chris Adler (LAMB OF GOD)
Brann Dailor

GOJIRA have been rehearsing for their upcoming live dates and in typical GOJIRA style, they have taken some rather arty shots from their time practicing. See below for a selection of the photos:

You can see all of the photos from their rehearsals on their Facebook page by clicking here.

ARTISTdirect got an exclusive insight into Jonathan Davis‘ DJ alter ego when they were invited to his house recently and they described this DJ persona as ‘an id gone mad’. The KO퐌¿N frontman’s DJ name is J Devil and he insists on “Indulgence instead of abstinence”. In an exclusive interview and video, ARTISTdirect introduce you to J Devil – hear about everything Jonathan Davis has in store for the future below…

How was J Devil born?

J Devil just came to me. I was making music, and I was trying to think of a name for myself. It just popped into my head. It’s my initials “JD” and then “Evil”. My wife’s nickname is “Devil”. I’ve been fascinated with the devil my whole life so it slipped in organically. It’s like Korn and everything else I’ve ever done musically, in that respect.

How do songs start?

There aren’t that many lyrics here. I’m going to do some though. It starts with an idea. I just start with a beat, a bass patch I made, or anything like that, and I build on it. It’s intricate, tedious, and difficult work. People think electronic music is really easy. A lot of people are like, “Oh, I wish I could do that” or whatever. It’s really hard though. Doing Korn songs is easy to me. I can do a Korn song in an hour. That song I just played you took two weeks to make. It’s all intense programming, and it’s pretty difficult.

Has J Devil always been in the back of your mind? Did you know if you were going to do EDM, you were going to take it to an evil place?

Yeah, it started off as dark. I made Korn dark. I’m inspired dark things, and I wanted to create this alter ego that was different from Korn. EDM is so much different in general. I wanted to basically incorporate all of the kinds of EDM music that I like into this. I have song called “Move” that’s basically dubstep, jungle, and drum ‘n’ bass all in one. I like mixing genres together. I have some songs that are straight metal. I don’t know what the fuck it is. It’s just different. Everybody I play it for just freaks out because it is so different. It’s all still in the electro vain because I’m an electro freak. I love that 130, 128 BPM. I love the four-on-the-floor pattern, but I change it up.

What’s the psychology of J Devil? What’s his backstory?

He represents indulgence, doing what you want to do, and not ignoring your instincts. Do what you want to do. Indulge in whatever you want, as long as you don’t hurt anybody.

Do you feel like you’re going with your instincts musically?

There are no boundaries musically. I’m thinking outside of the box. I’m not thinking, “Oh, I have to be this or I have to be that”. I’m just going with what’s inside of me being musical, being an artist, and doing different things.

Click here to read the full interview and watch the accompanying video.

You can pick up tickets for Korn’s upcoming UK tour by pointing your mouse in this direction and heading over to our Tour Page.

Buy a copy of Korn’s new album ‘The Path Of Totality’ by clicking here.

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy is a food lover and as eager fans will know, he even has his own food blog. But how well would he cope with traditional British food, such as jellied eel, cockles and welks, Scotch eggs and pork pies? The challenge was set and Big Cheese Magazine sent in their (wisely vegetarian in this situation) man Ian Chaddock to talk to Matt about what he thought of these foods from Ol’ Blighty. Watch the video below and find out more on Big Cheese’s website by clicking here.

Pick up a copy of TRIVIUM’s latest album ‘In Waves’ by clicking here.

Visit Matt’s food blog by pointing your mouse in this direction.

Our friends over at Rock Sound caught up with MASTODON in Manchester and they spent time with the band before they went up on stage, filming their pre-gig rituals and routines. Check out the video below:

Pick up a copy of MASTODON’s latest album ‘The Hunter’ by clicking here.

Graveyard Shift presenter Wayne Madden spoke to Zach Myers of SHINEDOWN in Newcastle recently and they chatted about his band’s successes and their upcoming album. Check out the exclusive interview for Y Radio below:

Pre-order SHINEDOWN‘s upcoming album ‘Amaryllis‘ by clicking this link.