Today sees the release of the new album from 36 CRAZYFISTS– the stunning ‘Collisions & Castaways’.

You can now pick up the album in all good record stores, on iTunes and online HERE. If you want to check the album out, you can listen online here, exclusively with Kerrang!.

In the player below, you can check out the first in a three part interview with front-man Brock Lindow as he takes us through the album, track by track. In part one, he tells us where the title for the album comes from and gives us insight into the opening three tracks of the album- In The Midnights, Trenches and Whitewater- covering subjects such as the strenght of the human spirit, learning from your mistakes and overcoming fears. Click on the link below to find out more and head back on Wednesday for the second part in the series.

Click here to win an Ibanez signed by the band’s original line-up with Metal Hammer!

TAKING DAWN love to update their YouTube and they’re a bunch of nutters. It’s a great combination, as their latest upload shows!

Below, we’ve got the latest video from the Vegas crew featuring drummer Alan Doucette playing with fire- quite literally. Check it out below and please- don’t try this at home!

The band’s (aptly titled) debut album ‘Time To Burn is out now. Pick it up online HERE.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES have just announced that they will be playing the following two small club shows leading up to their Reading & Leeds festival appearances.

Next week, in a global exclusive, MTV will premi

To celebrate the forthcoming release of COLLISIONS AND CASTAWAYS– the brand new album from 36 CRAZYFISTS, the band and METAL HAMMER have come together to bring you an awesome competition!

Head on over to the Metal Hammer website now to enter their 36 Crazyfists competition- a fun 10 question rapidfire quiz on Roadrunner history (wonder where they got the questions from?!)- to be in with the chance of winning not only 2 tickets to your local 36 Crazyfists show in November and a meet and greet but also an Ibanez guitar signed by the original 36 Crazyfists line-up!

And if that wasn’t enough, win or lose, you will get some exclusive video content from the band sent to you after the closing date- frontman Brock answering the very same questions!

CLICK HERE to enter the competition!!

‘Collisions And Castaways’ will hit stores this coming Monday (July 26th). You can pre-order the album now AT THIS LOCATION.

In the latest of the video updates from the band, we see KO퐌¿N fans and journlaist from Rock Scarz magazine snapping the members of the band for a tattoo feature on the band. Click on the player below to see the clip.

Korn released their new album Korn III- Remember Who You Are last week and so this is available online here or at your local record store.

STONE SOUR will release forthcoming album AUDIO SECRECY not only as a standard CD and digital release, but also as a Special Edition CD/DVD.

The Special Edition of the album will feature 3 bonus tracks and will have an accompanying DVD. The full tracklisting of the special edition is therefore as follows:

CD- as standard edition plus 3 bonus tracks:
Audio Secrecy
Mission Statement
Digital
Say You’ll Haunt Me
Dying
Let’s Be Honest
Unfinished
Hesitate
Nylon 6/6
Miracles
Pieces
The Bitter End
Imperfect
Threadbare
Hate Not Gone (Bonus Track)
Anna (Bonus Track)
Home Again (Bonus Track)

DVD
Making Of The Album’ Documentary
‘Mission Statement’ (Live At Download Festival 2010)
‘Made Of Scars’ (Live At Download Festival 2010)
‘Hell & Consequences’ (Live At Download Festival 2010)

This edition is available to pre-order now, and if you do so over at HMV.COM, you will get your copy with an exclusive embroidered logo patch (whilst stocks last- so be fast!).

Monday July 26th see’s the 36 CRAZYFISTS release their new album Collisions And Castaways here in the UK and those lovely folks over at Kerrang! are giving you the chance to listen to the album in it’s entirety right NOW!

CLICK HERE to listen to the album now!

Head back here on Monday for the first in a 3 part Track By Track interview with the band’s frontman Brock Lindow, as he walks us through each track on the album- a Roadrunner exclusive!!

If you like what you hear over at Kerrang, you will be able to pick this up at your local store from Monday. Alternatively, pre-order the album now online HERE.

If you dragged your feet grabbing tickets for the forthcoming STONE SOUR / Avenged Sevenfold tour dates, then you may be missing out on this stupendous tour. Seven of the ten shows are now completely sold out, with only Glasgow, Birmingham and Brighton having tickets left- and they are getting close to selling out too!

The full list of dates is below. Buy links for the remaining dates can be found HERE.

Tue 26th Oct – GLASGOW SECC
Wed 27th Oct – MANCHESTER Academy – sold out
Thu 28th Oct – BIRMINGHAM NIA
Sat 30th Oct – LONDON HMV Hammersmith Apollo – sold out
Sun 31st Oct – LONDON HMV Hammersmith Apollo – sold out
Tue 2nd Nov – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy – sold out
Wed 3rd Nov – LEEDS O2 Academy – sold out
Thu 4th Nov – MANCHESTER Academy – sold out
Sat 6th Nov – PLYMOUTH Pavilions – sold out
Sun 7th Nov – BRIGHTON Centre

Stone Sour’s new album AUDIO SECRECY will hit stores September 6th. Single Say You’ll Haunt Me will be available digitally from August 1st. Watch this space for news on when you will be able to see the video for the release, coming soon!

Click to pre-order Audio Secrecy.

As voted on by 6,500 drummers worldwide, DREAM THEATER’S Mike Portnoy has taken home the 2010 Drummies Award for Progressive Rock Drummer and SLIPKNOT’S Joey Jordison has taken home the Drummies Award for Metal Drummer. Mike was also a runner up in 3 other categories- namely Live Performer, Metal Drummer and the overall Drummer Of The Year. LAMB OF GOD’S Chris Adler was a runner up in the Metal Drummer category.

Created by Enter Music Publishing, the Drummies are a 15-plus-year-running annual awards poll honoring drummers who made a contribution in the previous year, and inspired others to want to play better.

Featuring 40 categories and set to unveil a Drummie Hall of Fame next year for repeated winners (including Portnoy and Rush’s Neil Peart among others), stay tuned right here for more information on these awards.