The new issue of KERRANG!! just hit the shelves and if you are a MADINA LAKE fan, you should probably be picking up a copy. In this weeks issue, the band reveal the artwork for their new album ATTICS TO EDEN (which is due to hit selves APRIL 27TH) and Nathan fills us in on how the artwork came to be. He may also mention UK tour plans…

Also, in the same issue, Matthew contributes to the mags 199 songs you have to download.

For more Madina news, including their studio updates, head to their NEWS PAGE.

Check out the first track to be revealed from the new album, NEVER WALK ALONE, by clicking on the player below…

It’s time for a new installment! We get RR bands to tink up random questions to pose to other randomly selected RR bands, and this time, AIRBOURNE‘s questions are posed to the mighty MACHINE HEAD.

Click on the player below to check it out…

There’s a shirtless bassist, a Chimaira lover, some party peanuts, and a dog.

If you play guitar and you are a fan of OPETH, then this is feature you are NOT going to want to miss!

If you click HERE you will be taken to MUSIC RADAR, where Frederik and Mikael walk you through a tutorial on playing the track HEIR APPARENT, which is taken from their critically acclaimed current album WATERSHED.

Well, the full title of the award is MOST ANIMAL FRIENDLY BREAKTHROUGH INTERNATIONAL BAND, on account of KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES being a) rad and therefore getting the most votes and b) guitarist Iain being vegan, which when you are touring in a band is even harder than normal, but the dude pulls it off!

AMANDA PALMER has announced a show in Dublin to her upcoming run of European dates. She will play The Sugar Club on 16 Feb.

Rumour has it there will be a VERY special, secret guest…

Tickets are on sale now and you can pick them up online by CLICKING HERE.

Amanda is also of course playing London on the 4th at Camden’s Electric ballroom.

Amanda’s debut solo album WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER is on sale now, and can be picked up HERE.

CLICK HERE FOR OTHER AMANDA PALMER NEWS.

Taken from the brilliant album ULTRA BEATDOWN from Brit(ish) metallers DRAGONFORCE, check out the newest video offering THE LAST JOURNEY HOME by clicking on the player below.

You can check out other DragonForce news at their NEWS PAGE.

CLICK HERE TO BUY THE ALBUM ONLINE.

Mark March 16th in your diary as a date to remember. This is the day that THE PARLOR MOB will be releasing their groove-laden rock debut AND YOU WERE A CROW. Finally. Them pesky Americans have had the pleasure of their Led Zep influenced stylings for a few months already. Damn them.

The Parlor Mob are a five-piece raging stallion of a band from Red Bank, New Jersey. Fusing old style rock- Zeppelin, Stones- with the new roll sounds of the leaner, meaner hybrids Kings Of Leon, White Stripes and Wolfmother. Yes, it is quite the combo. Believe us, we know!

The band have been kicking up quite a shit storm in America over the past couple of years with their explosive, high octane live shows and building a very loyal fan base along the way. Onstage is where The Parlor Mob shine, pouring their hearts into each and every gig.

The album was recorded with producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse) in the autumn of 2007. Relocating to Asheville, North Carolina, they brought the songs to life at the Echo Mountain Recording studio.

The Parlor Mob take their name from a notorious 19th Century street gang of the same name, which is quite fitting. Around the mid 1800s, the historical New York hoodlums were commissioned by other street gangs to incite riots. Today, these five musical renegades spark a similar explosion, but with verbose riffs, thought provoking vocals and a smooth yet raucous groove.

Click on the player below to check out upcoming single HARD TIMES, which you will be able to pick up digitally from March 9th.

Sunday Jan 25th saw OPETH play a show in India for the first time at the Indian Institute of Technology’s Saarang festival in the city of Chennai. It was quite the experience as Mikael commented:

India was great and pretty ubvelievable at the same time. I mean, it’s so poor I couldn’t believe it. Where we went is the ‘real’ India, not Goa which is a tourist paradise more or less. We had a ‘hotel’ in a student type area as the Saraang festival was just around the corner from there. It was basically located in the middle of the woods and was a pretty simple affair. No hot water, no toilet paper, no soap, obviously no room service. But with that said, our chaperone took great care of us and fixed us whatever we needed. There were several monkeys hanging out with us at the hotel. They lived in the woods surrounding it and greeted us outside our doors every morning.

You can check out the full interview, the bands set list and some footage of their sound check over at BLABBERMOUTH.

More Opeth news can be found HERE.

Buy current album WATERSHED online BY CLICKING HERE.

A few months ago, one lucky ROCK SOUND winner was the recipient of one hell of a prize!! They won KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES playing in their house!!

Fresh from their tour in Europe, the guys set up in the winners hallway and played for an intimate crowd of 20 folks.

Check out the footage below!!

Kids in Glass Houses are currently writing new songs back at home in Wales. They will head out on tour with Fall Out Boy in March, and play a JD Set in Belfast, before returning to Wales to begin recording their new material.

Full dates for the guys are as follows:
(w/Fall Out Boy)
Thu 5th Mar – Manchester Evening News Arena
Fri 6th Mar – London O2 Arena
Sat 7th Mar – Cardiff International Arena
Sun 8th Mar – Brighton Centre
Fri 13th Mar – Belfast Spring & Airbrake (headline JD Set)

Pick up KIGH’s debut album SMART CASUAL online HERE.

For more news on the guys, CLICK HERE.