DREAM THEATER and TRIVIUM are currently on tour together in the US and they played in New York a few days ago. Loudwire.com was there and they have an awesome review and some pictures from the night up on their website. Head on over to Loudwire.com to see what they have to say about the gig.

One of the most recognized and culturally significant names in metal over the last thirty years, MEGADETH’s ‘Th1rt3en’, is indeed, the band’s thirteenth studio album.

We have been running a raft of competitions over on our Facebook page recently, a few of which have closed. Below are the winners for the various competitions that are now closed and be sure to keep checking in for more awesome competitions!

Slipknot signed artwork and costume – Ruby Horne

Revoker Freeze Festival tickets – Tom Crawford

Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater artwork – Tony Robinson

Signed Staind promo CDs:
Kristina Zeljic
Joshua Cliff
James Higgins
Veronica Connell
Stuart Meanwell
Sophie Tick
Gavin J Peachy
Ryan Brayne
Adam Dowler
Rachel Clark

FIFA bundle and signed football shirt + XBOX – Sandra Matos
FIFA runners up: John Bratton, Douglas Norton, James Higgins, Robin Brooksbank, Philip Conchie, Stuart Kelly, Luke Harding, Tracey Hallmark and Neil Hutchings.

CONGRATULATIONS, guys!

John Fred and Ben of BLACK STONE CHERRY filmed an interview with Musician Photo Journal recently to share some of their Halloween memories. Our favourite bit in this clip is Ben revealling costumes he had dressed up in, in the past – check it out!

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES recently filmed some tutorials for the track, Not In This World, with O2 Academy. Watch below as Joel and Phil show you how to play their parts – there is also an option for you to download the tabs for the track.

Not In This World is released as a digital single on the 23rd of October.

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, MASTODON have been confirmed as guests on the Jools Holland show – only the second metal band to have been invited to play on the show – the other band being Metallica!

The Atlanta metallers’ episode airs on BBC 2 on Tuesday the 18th Oct at 10pm. It will then be repeated the following Friday night (21st of October) at 11pm. There will also be the option to watch it again online and we’ll post details when this happens.

You can pick up a copy of The Hunter by clicking this link.

WITHIN TEMPTATION have revealed a third video blog from their current tour and in this clip the new guitarist, Stephen, turns into the band’s new fitness instructor too! Check it out below:

Today has been buzzing with upcoming KO퐌¿N release news: with the second single, Narcissistic Cannibal, being leaked last night and the track being played on Kerrang! Radio this afternoon. We have yet more news for fans as the band have exclusively premiered the lyric video for the track with Rock Sound. Click here to head over to Rock Sound’s website to check it out!

The Path Of Totality is out on the 5th of December and you can find more details about the release by clicking this link.

ALTER BRIDGE are set to release AB3.5 on the 17th of October and in case you missed it, you can find pre-order details over on the band’s profile on our website. The band have also put together a stunning trailer for the album release, which you can see below. We hope the footage gets you as excited about the release as we are!

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn wrote the following message on the band’s website, MachineHead1.com, yesterday:

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