Fancy taking on members of TRIVIUM at a game of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the ole XBOX?? Then log on to XBOX LIVE between 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Eastern time (which is about 8pm UK time) on Thursday, October 23!!

For full details on who to hit up with a friend request for a game and what the full dealio is, head HERE.

Nice to see that the guys have some cool down time ahead of them landing in the UK this coming weekend ready to head out with Slayer on the Unholy Alliance tour in support of new album SHOGUN (in stores NOW).

The dates are as follows and there are still some tickets available so if you dont have yours yet, don’t panic, just GET ON IT!

Mon 27th Oct – Manchester Apollo
Tue 28th Oct – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Thu 30th Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 31st Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Sun 2nd Nov – Cardiff CIA
Mon 3rd Nov – Glasgow Academy

The guys are also preparing for Halloween with a cool new skin and some new tracks on their MySpace. CLICK FOR THE OFFICIAL TRIVIUM MYSPACE.

For more news on Trivium, check out their NEWS PAGE

BUY SHOGUN ONLINE HERE.

The Red Rocker, SAMMY HAGAR has released the first single off his upcoming release COSMIC UNIVERSAL FASHION, which sees a UK release on the 17th NOVEMBER.

The single, which is the title track from the album, is available NOW as a digital single from all the usual outlets.

You can try before you buy in the player below…

For more news on Sammy, check out his NEWS PAGE.

Remeber the days when you used to stand in the record store and look at the beautiful artwork in a brand new 12″ long play offering from you fave band?? You would coo over the pretty closs images before you… What? Sorry? You don’t? It’s just us old fuckers??! OH well let

We had word this morning that KILL HANNAH‘s tour bus had been consumed by fire in the Swiss Alps. We were hoping to have more news before we posted here, but all we have until now is the following from the band’s management:

“The bus was driving from Bologna Italy where they played last night to Paris for show tomorrow. They are in the Swiss Alps, closest city is Airolo, Switzerland. They were sleeping and bus filled with smoke and they realized it was on fire…something from the engine must’ve started it…the bunks are all pretty much melted…but everyone is out alive and uninjured, which is the important thing. Apparently the bunk section is particularly bad, some of the bunks collapsed onto each other and melted….”

We are awaiting news as to whether this will affect the upcoming tour dates and we will post here as soon as we have more news on that sistuation. Needless to say the guys will be doing thier best to make it over. In the meantime, our thoughts go out to the guys, who have lost a substantial amount of their personal effects in the incident.

For more news on Kill Hannah, check their NEWS PAGE.

LAMB OF GOD have announced a couple of headline shows in Ireland before they commence their METAL HAMMER sponsored DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH tour in February.

The guys will now play the following shows
Sun 8th Feb – Belfast Mandella Hall
Mon 9th Feb – Dublin Academy

Then the following dates on Defenders (w/Dimmu Borgir/5 Finger Death Punch + one more act to be confirmed)
Wed 11th Feb – Bristol Academy
Thu 12th Feb – Birmingham Academy
Fri 13th Feb – Manchester Academy
Sat 14th Feb – London Brixton Academy
Sun 15th Feb – Glasgow Academy

Lamb of God are currently in the studio recording their follow up to last offering Sacrement. Release date is still to be confirmed.

For more news on Lamb of God, head to their NEWS PAGE.

If you like Lamb of God, you should also check out DEVILDRIVER, SLIPKNOT and DREAM THEATER…

CLICK TO PICK UP THIER LATEST DVD ‘WALK WITH ME IN HELL’

BLABBERMOUTH.NET have posted the second in a series of clips taken from the upcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED DVD, which will be released on DECEMBER 8TH.

You can check out the clip at THIS LOCATION.

See Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Jeff Waters (Annihilator) and Joel Stroetzel Killswitch Engage) amongst others re-living Annihilator’s ‘Alice in Hell’…

The clip is part of a series of many which will be posted over the coming months across a number places across the old inter-web! The next 2 instalments will be posted at 6pm on WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER at the following sites:

INSTALMENT 3- ROADRUNNERRECORDS.CO.UK

INSTALMENT 4- METALHAMMER.CO.UK.

If you missed installment 1, you can check it out at the DVD RELEASE PAGE…

When KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES hit the road last week on their UK tour, it was their second in support of their debult album SMART CASUAL. Gone are the days of vans and travel lodges, and the band set off for Edinburgh last week in a tour bus, only this time it was less of a novelty. On their tour in May, they were a tad excited about the whole tour bus thang, and gleefully gave us a tour! Check it out below!!

The guys still have the following shows to play on the tour and a few tickets are still available…
Tue 21st Oct – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Wed 22nd Oct – Sheffield Leadmill
Fri 24th Oct – London Astoria
Sat 25th Oct – Oxford Academy
Sun 26th Oct – Cardiff University Solus
Mon 27th Oct – Southampton University
Wed 29th Oct – Northampton Roadmenders

They release single FISTICUFFS on NOVEMBER 3rd, and you can pick up that and the album (if you don’t already own this masterpiece HERE.

CLICK FOR MORE KIGH NEWS.

Did you get to see the mighty DRAGONFORCE on their recent UK tour??

BLABBERMOUTH has posted an exclusive clip from the upcoming DVD ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE CONCERT, which will see a release on DECEMBER 8th.

The DVD is of the now infamous gig that was held on celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Roadrunner Records back in 2005, pulling together artists from the Roadrunner United album, plus some special guests, playing killer tracks from the Roadrunner history books as well as tracks from the Roadrunner United album itself.

You can check out the clip HERE

and see Dino (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy), Corey (Slipknot, Stone Sour) and Robb (Machine Head) talking about the performance of Slipknot’s ‘Surfacing’ at the December 2005 concert.

Blabbermouth will place another exclusive clip on the site at 5pm UK time on OCTOBER 20TH, and further

Roadrunner are pleased to annouce that TRIVIUM are to feature in an interview with Katie P on the Xfm Rock Show this Sunday 19th October from 10pm-1am. Vocalist MATT HEAFY and KERRY KING of SLAYER will be chatting about the forthcoming UNHOLY ALLIANCE TOUR that kicks off on 27th October. Full details of the tour can be found here.

You can listen online via their website, nationally on DAB or for those of you in London, on 104.9FM.

For more details about the Xfm Rock Show, check out this section of the station’s site.

For more news on TRIVIUM click here.

SHOGUN is in stores NOW. You can pick up your copy online HERE.