This weekend, just passed, Nickelback shoot the video for the first single from their upcoming release (title tbd). Title of the song? You’ll know soon enough. The release is due for release this October.

According to a posting on ILL NINO’s web site, the band have enlisted Dale “Rage” Resteghini (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED) to direct two videos from their upcoming album, “One Nation Underground”, due on 26th. The shoot for “This Is War” reportedly took place on Saturday (July 23) in Long Island, while “What You Deserve” will be filmed throughout next week in Brooklyn, New Jersey and Manhattan. “This Is War” is available to download HERE in the music section of the site.

The official OPETH forum, which is part of the UltimateMetal.com community, has been closed due to Internet leaks of the group’s new album, “Ghost of Reveries”. “It may reopen once the album is released,” reads a posting from an UltimateMetal.com webmaster. If you do want to hear tracks from the new album please CLICK HERE. Ghost Reveries is scheduled for release on 29th August, the CD was mastered on June 16 at the Cutting Room facilities in Stockholm and features a running time of 66 minutes. Check out the final cover artwork (designed by Travis Smith) on the OPETH section of the site. .

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, later this year we will be releasing a CD that up until now we have been referring to only as the Roadrunner All Stars. For this historic release, Robert Flynn (Machine Head), Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), and Matt Heafy (Trivium) have each written four songs and have assembled their own group of musicians – past and present – that have appeared on RR throughout the years to record ’em. No musician appears on any song more than once (ceptin’ for the four team captians), and over 50 musicians will be recording among the 12 songs. SO, WHAT DO WE TITLE THIS RELEASE? We are asking YOU for the answer. Come the end of July, we will be picking a name from your entries. The person coming up with the chosen name will receive a credit in the CD package liner notes, plus all the RR 25th Anniversary related releases: Sepultura Roots Fear Factory Demanufacture Mercyful Fate Melissa King Diamond Abigail Coal Chamber Coal Chamber Soulfly Soulfly Machine Head Burn My Eyes Killswitch Engage Alive Or Just Breathing + 2 more to be named later enter your choice at www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/freeshit Good Luck, God Bless Us All…

In a recent interview with FearFactoryFans.com Dino Cazares had the following to say about his contribution FearFactoryFans.com: What can we expect on your part of the “Roadrunner All-Stars” project? Dino: “The ‘Roadrunner All-Stars’ was fucking bad-ass. That was really fun. It was a little difficult to get everyone together, but it was worth it. Andreas Kisser from Sepultura flew in from Brazil to jam with me, Paul Gray, the bass player of Slipknot, came down for this, Roy Mayorga (ex Soulfly) played drums on three songs, Dave McClain (Machine Head0 played drums on one song. Marcelo (ex Soulfly), played bass on one song. Nadja from Coal Chamber played bass on one song. Mike, the guitarist of Spineshank, played guitar on one song. Logan Mader, (ex Machine Head), played guitar on one song. “The singers: Mark, the singer from Chimaira on one song. It came out fucking brutal. It’s called ‘Enemy’. Matt Heafy, the singer of Trivium, did one song. It came out amazing. This song might be the first single from the album. It’s called ‘The End’. Dez from Devildriver is doing a song and Cristian from Ill Nino is doing a song. Three of my songs are brutally heavy and one is light. I wanted to try and do something different for the light song.” FearFactoryFans.com: Will we still be hearing your melodic side as well as the brutal heavy songs/riffs? Dino: “My heart is with metal and will always be. I love playing heavy shit, but as most of you know, I have a melodic side, so I will be combining those two styles together always. I love doing the machine-gun riffs with the melodic choruses…” FEAR FACTORY FANS.COM

Every Time I Die have locked in actor Michael Madsen (” Kill Bill “, ” Sin City “, ” Resevoir Dogs “, etc.) to star in the video for their track Kill The Music. It was shot yesterday at the legendary ” Spartacus ” backlot of Universal Studios , complete with real live lions and tigers. Director Darren Doane (Deftones ,Poison The Well ) will be at the helm with the clip expected to begin airing mid-August.

Here it is, the tracklisting for this years ROADRAGE DVD. And it’s a stormer!!! You can pick up this audio-visual treat this september. 1. Slipknot í¢ä‰åäóì Before I Forget 2. Slipknot – Vermilion 3. Killswitch Engage í¢ä‰åäóì The End Of Heartache (Band Version) 4. Machine Head í¢ä‰åäóì Days Turn Blue To Gray 5. Trivium í¢ä‰åäóì Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr 6. 36 Crazyfists í¢ä‰åäóì Bloodwork 7.Chimaira ‘Cleansation (Live)’ 8. Fear Factory – Archetype 9. Fear Factory í¢ä‰åäóì Bite The Hand That Bleeds 10. Cradle Of Filth – Nymphetamine 11. Wednesday 13 í¢ä‰åäóì I Walked With A Zombie 12. Devildriver í¢ä‰åäóì Hold Back The Day 13. Devildriver í¢ä‰åäóì Nothing’s Wrong 14. Soulfly í¢ä‰åäóì Roots Bloody Roots (Live) 15.Hatebreed í¢ä‰åäóì Live For This 16. Caliban í¢ä‰åäóì The Beloved & The Hatred 17. Still Remains í¢ä‰åäóì The Worst Is Yet To Come 18. The Agony Scene – Prey 19. 3 Inches Of Blood í¢ä‰åäóì Deadly Sinners 20. Obituary í¢ä‰åäóì Insane 21. Betzefer í¢ä‰åäóì Down Low. 22. Illdisposed í¢ä‰åäóì Still Sane. 23. Blood Has Been Shed í¢ä‰åäóì She Speaks To Me 24. Zao í¢ä‰åäóì The Rising End 25. A Life Once Lost í¢ä‰åäóì Vulture 26.Terror í¢ä‰åäóì Overcome. 27. Open Hand í¢ä‰åäóì Tough Girl 28. Walls Of Jericho í¢ä‰åäóì There’s No I in F**k You 29.Hopesfall í¢ä‰åäóì Icarus. 30.Throwdown – Burn 31.Madball í¢ä‰åäóì Heavenhell WOWZER

According to a posting at Blabbermouth, Fear Factory will be publishing a photo book. ABC ePrep is reporting that Fear Factory are turning to their fans for help with a new photo book. It will be a collaboration with photographer Omer Cordell, documenting their 2004 tours in support of ‘Archetype’ and their time out this summer on the Gigantour. In addition to photos, the book will contain text and narration, which is where their fans come in. The guys are asking for your favorite stories about how Fear Factory influenced the music scene in general and you in particular. Just write up something no shorter than half a page and no longer than a full page and e-mail it as an attachment in MS Word format to fearfactory@SeventhFrame.com with the subject heading “Fan Input.” Make sure to include your name, email address, age and location.

Liv Kristine is busy producing her second solo album. The well-expected follower to “Deus ex Machina” will be called “Enter my Religion”. “The recordings are going very well. We have produced so many new songs that it will be hard to make a decision concerning the final album tracks. The songs are very diverse – you will hear soft ballads, cadanced pop songs and also rocking tracks. It’s all so interesting for me as we are working with some very exotic instruments. This is a new challenge for me as an artist because I can realize so many new ideas I’ve been dreaming of for a long time.” says Liv. The Album is due late October.

Pt 1 This new weekly piece is your opportunity to show how much of a fanatical fan you are!!! Pt1 enters the Slipknot obsessed world of Thomas. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING see pics below PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC6 PIC7 PIC8 PIC9 If you think you can come anywhere near this, why not send us an email with your pics. EMAIL US