CAVALERA CONSPIRACY will play a one off show in London after their appearance at this years Download festival.

The show, which will be held at the Astoria on JUNE 17TH will be the first time brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera have played London since that infamous night in Brixton back in 1996 when Sepultura played for the last time ever with Max at the helm.

Cavalera Conspiracy recently released their debut album ‘Inflikted’, the first material the brothers have written and recorded together in over 12 years. The album is the first outing since they recorded Sepultura’s colossal landmark album, ‘Roots’ in 1995. The band features Max on vocals & rhythm guitar and Iggor on drums as well as Soulfly guitarist Marc Rizzo and Gojira’s Joe Duplantier on bass. Rex Brown (DOWN, Pantera) also makes a cameo bass appearance on one track.

Inflikted can be purchased online NOW at the following locations:
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KILL HANNAH are thrilled to announce they have been invited by Kerrang! Radio to perform a special, one-off Raw! gig for an exclusive audience of just 200 fans. The show will take place on May 1, at The Institute at The Barfly, in Birmingham.

ALL 200 tickets will be given away FREE. Fans should listen out for on air competitions and visit kerrangradio.co.uk

If you head HERE you will be able to catch a VERY recent interview with Phil Anselmo. STV’s John Kilbride caught up with the man, the legend whilst DOWN were in Glasgow as part of their current UK tour.

Check out the bands ARTISTS PAGE for detals of shows still left to run, and to check out their current video ‘On March The Saints’!!

The video for the 2nd single from KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES’ upcoming debut SMART CASUAL is online exclusivly at MYSPACE so head HERE.

It’s currently also showing on a number of TV stations, including MTV2, Scuzz, NME TV and Kerrang! TV where it seems to be doing rather well! In a recent blog, vocalist Aled comments:

“What’s three and a half minutes long; as old as a toddler; dividing opinion with the most controversial name change since prince turned into a symbol, and sitting pretty at the top of the kerrang video chart?
phuket, thailand! it’s ’give me what i want’! EFFING SWEET!
home skillets,
this is truly awesome. i’m so totally stoked and flattered right now. it’s a bit of a surreal experience seeing it on tv, but to see it being requested more than the like of fall out boy, panic at the disco and other such champions of the melodramatic popular song persuasion. well, it’s quite a kicker, i can tell you.
thanks!

(You can read the rest of Aled’s blog HERE)

The guys have also recently announced the following headline tour, which will be preceded by a show supporting Simple Plan at London’s Astoria on the 18th April. Full dates are as follows:

Wed 21st May – Middlesbrough Empire Thu 22nd May – Glasgow Garage
Fri 23rd May – Manchester Academy 3
Sat 24th May – Liverpool Academy 2
Sun 25th May – Leeds University ‘Slam Dunk’ Festival
Tue 27th May – Oxford Zodiac
Wed 28th May – Birmingham Barfly
Thu 29th May – Nottingham Rock City Basement
Fri 30th May – Sheffield Leadmill Steel Stage
Sat 31st May – Stoke Sugarmill
Mon 2nd Jun – Norwich Waterfront
Tue 3rd Jun – Exeter Phoenix
Wed 4th Jun – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Thu 5th Jun – London Astoria 2

Single GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, which will be available in the following formats:
CD
1. Give Me What I Want (radio edit) / 2. Be Nice (Start Now)
7” vinyl
A. Give Me What I Want (radio edit) B. Easy Tiger (acoustic)
Digital 2 Track (iTunes Exclusive)
1. Give Me What I Want (radio edit) / 2. Pink Suede (Studio Version)
Digital 1 Track (Available April 14th)
1.Give Me What I Want (radio edit)
Debut album SMART CASUAL will be hitting stores on the 26th May

Pre-order both online HERE

BLACK STONE CHERRY, who are currently in the studio recording their follow up to their 2007 self titled debut, have posted a 2nd video update on their progress.

You can see part 1 on their MYSPACE if you missed it!

The guys will be hitting the UK with Def Leopard and Whitesnake in the summer. Tickets are still available and dates are as follows:
Tue 17th Jun – Glasgow SECC
Wed 18th Jun – Birmingham NEC
Fri 20th Jun – Manchester MEN Arena
Mon 23rd Jun – Sheffield Arena
Tue 24th Jun – Newcastle Arena
Thu 26th Jun – London Wembley Arena

They will also play Sat 14th Jun at the Isle of Wight Festival.

Buy BSC online at the following locations:
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Roadrunner recently caught up with Jimmy Bower whilst DOWN were in Stockholm as part of their current European tour. Check it out below…

The guys are now in the UK as part of that tour and there are still the following dates to run, and if you’re quick, you just might be able to bag yourself a ticket:
Thu 10th Apr – Norwich UEA
Sat 12th Apr – Manchester Academy – SOLD OUT
Sun 13th Apr – London Brixton Academy
Tue 15th Apr – Dublin Ambassador Theatre

The guys are here in support of their current album Down III- Over The Under, which is in stores now. Buy online at the following locations:
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The Iowa 9, SLIPKNOT have loaded another new image onto their official website. You should head to http://www.slipknot1.com/ to check it out.

The guys are set to return with an as yet untitled album in the Autumn, but in the interim they will head out on the road in the USA on the MAYHEM TOUR. Full dates and venues available HERE for those of you planning a holiday in July…

Thos of us who are a lil more strapped for cash will be able to grab the guys at READING/LEED FEST this August.

The forward-thinking Swedes who seamlessly and fluidly combine metal, classic rock, prog, folk and free-form jazz, continue the time-honoured Opeth tradition on Watershed, their second album for Roadrunner Records. With this, their ninth opus, Opeth continue to shake things up, turn the corner and push the limits of their sound. And the results are breathtaking. Watershed sounds at once, completely like and absolutely nothing like previous Opeth records. Watershed takes all that is Opeth, and goes where Opeth have never gone before.

Watershed picks up where 2005’s flawless Ghost Reveries left off, beginning contemplatively before erupting into full-bore chaos. It’s an album that combines brute, blunt force with whimsical, melodic beauty.

With Watershed, Opeth aren’t afraid to think outside of the box, but the album isn’t too much of a departure for Opeth. The signature Opeth sound –

THE DRESDEN DOLLS return with No, Virginia, an eclectic mix of songs old and new that span the entire first five years of the band’s existence, giving a rare and enthralling insight into from whence this inimitable Brechtian punk duo came and to where they’re heading post Yes, Virginia, their last album.

Vocalist Amanda Palmer elaborates:

“Ingredients for a No, Virginia: 1) one b-side from our last record, 2) four unreleased recordings, 3) one old demo, 4) one 80s cover tune (of course) and 5) five brand-new recordings of older tunes we’ve never laid to tape. Sprinkle on some Sean Slade producer-action and viola…instant record!”

Full tracklisting is as follows:
1.Dear Jenny
2.Night Reconnaissance
3.Mouse and the Model
4.Ultima Esperanza
5.Gardener
6.Lonesome Organist Rapes Page Turner
7.Sorry Bunch
8.Pretty In Pink
9.The Kill
10.Sheep Song
11.Boston

As a compliment to No, Virginia, The Dresden Dolls are releasing a 350-page opus titled The Virginia Companion. An unconventional blend of songbook and scrapbook, it includes never-before-seen photos, notation and background stories for all of the songs from No, Virginia and Yes, Virginia, along with sheet music for all twenty-four tracks.

If you are unfamiliar with The Dresden Dolls, you can check out some tracks HERE

No, Virginia hits stores on May 19th.

Continuing the series of interviews with Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) and Mike Akerfeldt (OPETH), if you follow the link below you will be taken to Part 2!

CLICK!!

These interviews were recording for their upcoming US tour together- the Progressive Nation tour- but don’t feel shortchanged! Dream Theater have just released EP ‘Forsaken’ digitally (buy online HERE) and Opeth are due to release new album WATERSHED in June. Preceeding that however, they will hit these shores on the Defenders of The Faith tour with DEVILDRIVER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and Arch Enemy. Full dates are as follows:
Wed 23rd April – Birmingham Academy
Thu 24th April – Glasgow Barrowlands
Fri 25th April – Manchester Academy
Sat 26th April – London Brixton Academy

Tickets are on sale now!