Following on from their 2006 Kerrang! Remastered CD in honour of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, KERRANG! have announced their latest tribute- Maiden Heaven – featuring bands covering tracks from Iron Maiden’s legendary career. The CD will be given away free with Kerrang! issue 1219, on sale July 16.

The CD will feature a number of RR artsits covering classic Maiden,

SOULFLY have been confirmed to play at the UK’s top independent metal fest BLOODSTOCK on FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST.

The guys are set to release their new album CONQUER on the 21ST JULY and you can sample a track back at the RR UK HOMEPAGE. Make sure you check it out!

BLACK STONE CHERRY are set to release the follow up to their stunning self titled debut on the 18th AUGUST. Titled FOLKLORE AND SUPERSTITION, the tracklising for the album has been confirmed as follows:

1) Blind Man
2) Please Come In
3) Reverend Wrinkle
4) Soul Creek
5) Things My Father Said
6) The Bitter End
7) Long Sleeves
8) Peace Is Free
9) Devil’s Queen
10)The Key
11)You
12)Sunrise
13) Ghost of Floyd Collins

If you are wanting a taster of things to come, digital single BLIND MAN is available now. You can pick that up in the usual places or simply click HERE

PRE ORDER THE ALBUM HERE

If you are keen to see KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES play as part of the iTunes festival, the only way you can get tickets is by entering a competition to win them. There will be tonnes running on radio stations, websites and TV stations in the run up to the shows, so keep ’em peeled!

One such competition is being run on the iTunes at the moment whereby if you pick up a copy of the guy’s debut album SMART CASUAL, you will be entered into a prize draw to win a pair of tickets. Full details can be found HERE.

If you are one of those lucky people who already have the album, why not enter the competition on this very site to win one of 2 pairs of tickets to the show on the 6th July. Head back to the HOMEPAGE for details on how to enter.

In other news, Kids In Glass Houses will be releasing single SATURDAY on August 11th. The video was shot yesterday on location in London. More news and behind the scenes gossip coming soon!

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES have been confirmed to play as direct support to Eliot Minor as part of the upcoming iTunes festival. The show will take place on July 6th at London’s KoKo in Camden Town.

The iTunes fest will kick off on July 1st 2008, and will take over London’s legendary KOKO for a month-long extravaganza of live music. iTunes Live: London Festival ‘08 will feature exclusive gigs from some pretty big names acts such as N*E*R*D and James Blunt as well as hot up and comers such as Hadouken and, of course, Kids In Glass Houses! Each performance will be recorded and made available for sale on iTunes and the shows will also be televised accros channels such as MTV, ITV and Channel 4!!

For more info head to http://www.ituneslive.co.uk/

So did you miss the 24 hour FREE download of the brand new SLIPKNOT track ALL HOPE IS GONE on Friday? Are you a bit gutted? FRET NOT!

The track is now available on all the usual places as a digital single- you could even CLICK HERE NOW and purchase it for the bargain price of 79p!

Follow up single PHSYCOSOCIAL is set for release on the 7th JULY and you can pre-order that fella right HERE.

Album ALL HOPE IS GONE will be released on AUGUST 25TH and you can catch the band at this years Reading / Leeds festival. More album and tour news to follow! Watch this space…

The colossal third album from metal titans TRIVIUM is done. Titled SHOGUN, it is Trivium’s most mature and complex offering to date. Due for release on September 29, Shogun is an epic 11-track masterpiece.

In 2005, critics and metal-heads worldwide took notice when Trivium crashed into the metal world with the release of their enormously successful Ascendancy album. The band landed magazine covers across the globe in under a year and picked up “Best New Band” accolades almost everywhere they played. Intent on not delivering a ‘part two’ with their follow-up record, 2006’s The Crusade took a slightly different direction, with cleaner singing and more varied influences, entering the mail UK album chart at number 7. It retained their stunning signature guitar work and led to some enviable touring opportunities with bands such as Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Trivium have changed it up yet again on Shogun, for the first time choosing not to record in their home state of Florida. Instead the band headed to Nashville, Tennessee to work with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Stone Sour). “Working with Nick is like being around out long lost fifth band member”, Matt Heafy, Trivium’s frontman enthuses. “He took what we did and put us through pre-production boot camp… he kicked our asses! When we first met him we had this instant connection and knew we had to work with him. What’s so great about the album sessions is that it all happened so organically and he really hammered at us to give our absolute best.” The result is a monolithic album that crystallizes the band’s sound and showcases Trivium’s finest elements.

Slayer’s Kerry King expressed excitement about co-headlining with the band this Autumn on Metal Hammer’s “Unholy Alliance: Chapter 3” UK tour. He commented to Total Guitar magazine, “I’ll be at the side of the stage watching them. Great players like that make us want to do better.”

SHOGUN will hit stores on SEPETEMBER 29TH. Trivium/Slayer tour from October 27. Full dates are as follows:

Mon 27th Oct – Manchester Arena
Tue 28th Oct – Birmingham NEC Arena
Thu 30th Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Fri 31st Oct – London Hammersmith Apollo
Sun 2nd Nov – Cardiff CIA
Mon 3rd Nov – Glasgow SECC

Springfield, Massachusetts natives STAIND are set to release their brand new record THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS through Roadrunner Records in Europe on September 8.

THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS marks Staind’s sixth album and is the follow-up to 2005’s certified platinum ‘Chapter V’. Staind’s last three studio albums debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Album Chart, earning their place as one of the most successful rock bands of the new millennium. Staind joins an elite shortlist of five other artists who have also accomplished this feat, including U2, Dave Matthews Band, System Of A Down, Van Halen and Disturbed.

In a special launch with MySpace, you can hear the new single ‘Believe’ online now at: www.myspace.com/staind. The band are set to shoot a video in Los Angeles this Wednesday, June 25, with director Chris Simms (Lamb of God, Jimmy Eat World).

THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS was produced by Johnny K (Plain White T’s, Kill Hannah, Disturbed) and recorded in the home studio of Staind vocalist Aaron Lewis, with the original band line-up, including Mike Mushok (guitar), Jon Wysocki (drums, percussion) and Johnny April (bass, vocals). The band calls the new project the “most musical CD” they’ve recorded to date, and have been treating their fans to a series of intimate, behind-the-scenes “webisodes” posted on www.staind.com , documenting their recording process.

Comments Lewis: “We went into the studio with the mindset of making our heaviest record yet, but the record that came out has flavors of Pink Floyd and straight-up blues. We didn’t use the same rigs that we use onstage; we used all vintage guitars and amps, and I’m pretty psyched about it! The songs are pretty timeless in their texture.”

Staind will be touring the US this summer with 3 Doors Down, but will return to the UK in September supporting Nickelback. Tickets are on sale now for the following shows:

Fri 12 Sep – BELFAST Odyssey
Sat 13 Sep – DUBLIN RDS Simmonscourt
Mon 15 Sep – MANCHESTER MEN
Tue 16 Sep – SHEFFIELD Arena
Thu 18 Sep – BIRMINGHAM NEC
Fri 19 Sep – LONDON O2 Arena
Sun 21 Sep – LONDON Wembley Arena

In the past decade, Staind has sold more than 12 million records worldwide. They’ve had four #1 singles that span three different US radio formats, including two massive crossover singles ‘It’s Been Awhile’ and ‘Right Here’’. ‘It’s Been Awhile’ spent 16 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, making it the #1 most played rock record of 2002. Staind’s major label debut Dysfunction went double-platinum in 1999, and in the new millennium the band’s Break The Cycle was certified 5x platinum, followed by the platinum succession of 14 Shades Of Grey in 2003, and Chapter V in 2005. In 2002, Elektra Records released a gold-certified MTV Unplugged; and in 2006 released The Singles: 1996-2006, the band’s first-ever hits collection with a separate companion DVD Staind: The Videos.

AMANDA PALMER (who you may know as the front woman from THE DRESDEN DOLLS) recently played a show at Boston Symphony Hall with the prestigeous Boston Pops (the Boston symphony orchestra). It’s an honour and a privilage to be asked to play and Amanda, as you can see from the numerous YouTube clips that have popped up on the internet, was in her element, and put on a stunning show. Check out our favourite clip of the night, which is of the delecatble

If you are keen to hear a brand new SOULFLY track, then this is the site to be on! We have, for your downloading pleasure, a track taken from the upcoming brand-spanking-new album from Max et al, CONQUER.

Titled UNLEASH, the track is guaranteed to make your ears bleed in totally the right way. Heavy and unrelenting metal at its finest!

DOWNLOAD UNLEASH- CLICK HERE

If you like what you hear, you can pre-order the album, which hits stores JULY 21st HERE

The album will be available on CD and Digitally and will also be available simultaneaously as a CD/DVD package. The DVD will feature a full headline live performance recorded in Warsaw, Poland and the CD in this package will feature 3 bonus tracks also. Full tracklisting of the CD/DVD package is as follows:

CD:
Blood Fire War Hate
Unleash
Paranoia
Warmageddon
Enemy Ghost
Rough
Fall Of The Sycophants
Doom
For Those About To Rot
Touching The Void
Soulfly V1
Mypath (Bonus Track)
Sailing On (Bonus Track)
The Beatutiful People (Bonus Track)

DVD
(Live set recorded July 13, 2005, Stodola, Warszawa, Poland)
Prophecy
Downstroy
Seek ‘N’ Strike
No Hope = No Fear
Jumpadfuckup / Bring It
Living Sacrifice
Mars
Brasil
No
L.O.T.M./Reign In Blood
Porrada
Drums
Moses (Coyote from Eyesburn guests on vocals)
Frontlines
Back To The Primitive
Eye For An Eye