As we mentioned last week, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman COREY TAYLOR gave a lecture at Oxford University this year and his lecture was filmed. The lecture has been edited into four parts, which he’s posting on his website www.thecoreytaylor.com once a week. You can see the first part by clicking this link (opens in a separate window) and you can watch the second part below:

Phil Demmel from MACHINE HEAD was interviewed by the CAMSTAS video channel when the band was in Austria recently and in the video below he discusses what he can’t tour without, his favorite food and city, as well as showing off all his tattoos…and he has a LOT of them!

Demmel was also interviewed by the Musica Metal blog when the band played a sold-out show in Milan, Italy this week. He talked about a variety of things including what t has been like playing the new material on tour. Check out that interview below:

Catch MACHINE HEAD live on tour in December – click here to head over to our tour page to find details.

You can also pick up a copy of MACHINE HEAD‘s new album, Unto The Locust, by clicking this link.

ALTER BRIDGE and BLACK STONE CHERRY are currently on tour together in Europe and some footage from the shows popping up online. Below are a selection of videos from Huxleys in Berlin that we’ve found to get you all in the mood for the upcoming UK dates, which start next week!

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í¢ä‰åŒÈBlack Stone Cherry – Blame It On The Boom Boomí¢ä‰åŒå:

í¢ä‰åŒÈBlack Stone Cherry – Blind Man:

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í¢ä‰åŒÈAlter Bridge – Slip To The Voidí¢ä‰åŒå:

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í¢ä‰åŒÈAlter Bridge – Ghost Of Days Gone Byí¢ä‰åŒå:

ALTER BRIDGE and BLACK STONE CHERRY will be joined by label mates, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, for the UK leg of the tour and you can find details over on our Tour Page by clicking this link.

COREY TAYLOR‘s solo acoustic tour kicked off this week and Artisan News Service posted a video of Taylor talking about what fans can expect from the shows. Each night, the SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman will perform acoustic versions of some of his songs and possibly some covers, read from his book Seven Deadly Sins and take questions from the audience. Check out the video below:

To celebrate the release of “In Waves” this year, Attitude Clothing are giving away a Jackson V guitar in Inferno Red signed by every member of metal titans, TRIVIUM. What a killer prize!

All you need to do to enter is click this link and head over to Attitude Clothing’s Facebook by clicking this link. Easy, huh?

A host of Roadrunner’s finest feature in the new issue of Metal Hammer! As well as a massive piece with MEGADETH – in which Dave Mustaine invites us into his own and personal recording studio – we also catch up with TRIVIUM ahead of their headlining slot on the upcoming Defenders Of The Faith tour! Plus, Soulfly and LAMB OF GOD both chat about their upcoming new albums, KO퐌¿N discuss why they’re smashing boundaries once again and WITHIN TEMPTATION discuss their awesome new movie product!

Click here to order your copy now!

Word on the street is that Google has launched an online music store in the US, which is not disimilar to iTunes whereby music fans running the Android software can buy, store and stream MP3 files. Major labels EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and 23 independent labels are providing content to create a library of 13 million songs.

The service is set to challenge the popularity of iTunes and the iPhone with a new study by the research firm Gartner suggesting that more than half of all smartphones sold between July and September ran Android and this accounts for more than 60 million devices.

Google is also integrating its new service with its Google+ social network so that users will be able to share songs with their Circles contacts who can listen to the full length of the tracks one time without making a purchase. A second play will result in a purchase and songs range in price from 69 cents (44p) to $1.29 (82p) – the tracks will come without DRM copy-protection. The search giant is also offering a different track free for download every day as the firm has secured exclusive content to be able to do so. The rapper Busta Rhymes is debuting his upcoming album on the Android store and The Rolling Stones and Coldplay are offering previously unreleased live performances.

Google is also hoping to link with smaller artists through its new Artist Hub. Musicians can add their own page for a $25 fee and set their own prices. Google will take a 30% share of each sale.

Google did not discuss any plans to offer Google Music outside the US but if you’re a Blackberry user we’re guessing that you heard about Blackberry launching it’s BBM Music service in the UK on Tuesday. The company now offers users 50 DRM-protected tracks of their choice for

Our friends over at Metal Hammer are having a TRIVIUM Thursday today and to celebrate the upcoming dates in the UK, they have posted a video of Corey and Paolo chatting about the new album, In Waves. In the 6 part track by track the guys through ALL of the tracks on the album to give you the lowdown of how each one came about. Part one has gone live today and the remaining parts will go live over the next feew weeks. Watch this space for updates!

Click here to check out the track by track on Metal Hammer’s website.

Our friends over at NME.com are premiering an exclusive ALTER BRIDGE webisode over on their website and you can watch it by clicking this link. This week’s webisode is all about the making of AB III.5 and as always, it’s a killer clip!

Catch ALTER BRIDGE live during their UK tour next week – click here to find details on our Tour Page.

As we reported last week, Rock Louder are hosting an exclusive video interview with Aaron and Mike of STAIND where they go through their latest self-titled album and give fans the lowdown on each track. You can check out both the first and second parts of the track by track by pointing your mouse in this direction.

You can also keep up to date with all things STAIND and pick up a copy of their latest album ‘Staind’ by clicking this link.