First details for this year’s Download Festival have now been confirmed. As expected, it will happen from June 10-12 at Donington. So far, the bands announced are: June 10 – Feeder (headlining), Garbage, Billy Idol. June 11 (Ozzfest Day) – Black Sabbath (headlining), Velvet Revolver, H.I.M. June 12 – System Of A Down (headlining), Slipknot, Slayer. For more updates on DOWNLOAD click HERE.

Tis still early, but reviews of Trivium’s Ascendancy are starting to come in. Most recently, from www.PitRiff.com. “Man is the resurgance of American Metal an exciting thing to be a witness to,” starts off the review. Mid-review states, “they employ a ton of time changes, fill riffs, and amazingly acrobatic solos.” And the review concludes with, “If you are as excited as I am about the metal scene today than this is an album that you should not pass by.” You can check out the review in its entirety HERE.

Killswitch Engage,Open Hand, Ill Nino and Bleeding Through will all feature in the upcoming film The Cave. The film opens April 8th in the US, and the soundtrack comes out a couple weeks earlier. The tracklisting for the soundtrack is as follows: Killswitch Engage – “Irreversal” Nightwish – “Nemo” Atreyu Ill Nino – “I’ll Find The Way” Shadows Fall Lacuna Coil Open Hand Bleeding Through Diecast Strapping Young Lad Bury Your Dead It Dies Today Mastodon Vext Burning Brides Egypt Central DevilInside Candiria On the film front, overview is as is as follows: Deep in the Romanian forest, a team of scientists stumbles upon the ruins of a 13th century Abbey. On further inspection, they make a startling discovery – the Abbey is built over the entrance to a giant underground cave system. Local biologists believe the cave could be home to an undiscovered eco-system, so they hire a group of American cave-explorers to help them investigate its depths. JACK (Cole Hauser) and his brother TYLER (Eddie Cibrian) are thrill-seeking professional cave explorers who run a team of the top divers in the world. They arrive in Romania with all the latest equipment, including a new type of scuba tank allowing a diver to remain submerged for up to 24 hours. The crack unit, which also includes Charlie (Piper Perabo) and Buchanan (Morris Chestnut), immediately begins their exploration. But what they find deep inside the caves is not just a new eco-system, but an entirely new species altogether… You can view a trailer for the film HERE. And click HERE to view the poster.

If your sick of watching ‘Tough Girl’ on the confines of your COMPUTER SCREEN, why not vote for it on Kerrang! TV, selection # 102.

Check out this very comprehensive interview with Guitarist Corey Beaulieu from Trivium. Aswell as discussing the forth coming album Ascendancy. Corey goes on to discuss influences, guitar heroes and the recording process. A must for all budding guitarists. CLICK HERE to read the interview. TRIVIUM – ASCENDANCY – OUT MARCH 14TH

Deo2.com bring to us the first UK online review of the long-awaited debut album from Open Hand. And the response is good. ‘You And Me’ is a fantastic 14-track masterwork on which Open Hand cover more musical ground than most artists do in their entire careers. It’s rock but not as you may be used to. Want to hear more? CLICK HERE to read the full review. OPEN HAND – “YOU AND ME” – IS OUT NOW

FINALLY, some new music to hear from Theory Of A Deadman’s upcoming Gasoline CD. That being said, we kindly ask you to adjourn to our MUSIC section to check out their latest, a track called No Surprise.

Guitar World has a new feature on their site called “Dear Guitar Hero” and currently, you can ask Adam D. of Killswitch Engage or Jim Root of Slipknot anything you’d like. Click here to submit a question. Selected questions will be answered in an upcoming issue of Guitar World.

Wednesday 13 and company (Ghastly, Kid Kid, and Pig) recently returned from Los Angeles were they completed filming the video for the first single “I Walked With A Zombie”. In fact, the first cut of it arrived at Roadrunner yesterday (3/2). As it stands now, it looks great (fact, not opinion). Just a couple minor changes needed, and it will be ready to go. Final cut should be in sometime next week. As for the shoot itself, Wednesday 13 had the following to say: “This was the easiest video shoot I’ve been a part of so far…but it was also the weirdest, too. We shot everything on green screen so that was really odd, but it will all make sense in the end. The concept puts the band in the classic horror film Night Of The Living Dead. We are interacting with the characters in the movie as well as performing in a graveyard and inside the house. It should be entertaining and funny to say the least.” Wednesday 13 Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead coming this April

Check out this great feature from click music. Click HERE to watch the interview WARNING: you will need quicktime to watch this click HERE to download it.