BLEEDING THROUGH are currently touing the US on the MTV2 “Headbanger’s Ball” tour as main support for Cradle Of Filth, appearing with Arch Enemy and Himsa as well. They just finished a fantastic headlining run in the US with Martyr AD, Walls Of Jericho and It Dies Today supporting. The band will finish the year after the “Headbanger’s Ball” tour playing two special shows with DANZIG, one in Las Vegas and one in Los Angeles, where Danzig’s former bandmate Doyle will be joining him for special MISFITS sets. As I Lay Dying will also support. The band is featured on MTV’s “Battle For Ozzfest” weekly series, which is airing now in the US. And be sure to check out “This is LIVE, This is Murderous”, the new DVD from Kung Fu records, which captures an entire Bleeding Through live performance near their hometown.

ZAO just finished the Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Misery Signals tour of the United States. The band will be taking part in a huge metal tour in the US in November which will be announced soon! In January they are headlining a West Coast tour with support from The Agony Scene and Twelve Tribes. The band also plans to record a few new tracks to be included as bonus material on the Japanese release of “The Funeral Of God,” due in January. The band’s first ever official website just launched: www.ZaoOnline.com with TONS of content! Go check it out! í¢ä‰åñIf the melodic end of the genre has been taken by Killswitch Engage then the extreme end of the Kingdom belongs to Zao. No question.í¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åäóì Metal Hammer UK (9/10)

Just to let you know – Wednesday 13 will be interviewed on Detonator TV today November 9th @ 4pm! You can tune in and watch by going to www.detonator.tv.

Last week, on an unsuspecting Thursday night (4/11) in Sayreville, NJ, Cradle Of Filth kicked off their North American tour in support of their new release, Nymphetamine. And we now have live pics from the show (thanks to Kristina Sisti at www.showandtellonline.com) and various backstage, pre-show, and sound check pics (courtesy of an unnamed photographer of our own). The pics can be seen in Cradle’s PHOTO GALLERY.

Spanning the spectrum of complete-and-in-stores and it’s-in-the-works, we have an ecard especially made for our current and upcoming DVDs. Chimaira, Ill Nino, Soulfly, Slipknot. Check it out from the In The Pit section.

Wednesday 13 touring the UK right now… Go See! Full dates here.

Don’t take our word for how awesome the new Hopesfall album ‘A Types’ is… read the below review from Kerrang! instead. HOPESFALL A-TYPES KKKK POST-HARDCORE THE WAY MUM USED TO MAKE. LISTENING TO Hopesfall is like listening to the nascent post-hardcore bands of the mid-’90s. A-Types’, the band’s second full length offering, eschews the horrible corporate unit-shifting, radio-friendly sound of many of today’s so-called ’emo’ bands and harks back to the earthier, ethereal sounds of Texas Is The Reason, Chamberlain or Fireside. If you can remember those bands first time around you’ll get a rush of sentimentality and fond memories. If you can’t then this will serve as a lesson on how things should be done. ‘A-Types’ is a consistently beautiful record. Powerful and emotive without ever sounding trite or wet, it conveys mood and atmosphere where others just shout about being rubbish with girls. Put it on your Christmas list now. DOWNLOAD: ‘The Ones’. FOR FANS OF: Jimmy Eat World, Far.

A rather lovely live review of 36 Crazyfists in Kerrang!, so we thought we’d share it with you…. 36 Crazyfists, plus Eighteen Visions, Bullet For My Valentine. Corporation, Sheffield 16.10.04 KKKK On the video for í¢ä‰åñHand Of Bloodí¢ä‰åŒ, the lead track from their forthcoming debut mini-album, Bullet For My Valentine rain blood on a room full of people in a scene lifted straight from vampire flick í¢ä‰åñBladeí¢ä‰åŒ. As subtle as an acid enema perhaps, but the direct approach appears to suit this welsh quartet best. Tempering razor sharp riffs with deft melodic strokes, they present a simple but hugely effective noise combining a Wildhearts-flavoured pure rock stomp, old school metallic guitar pyrotechnics and an abrasive hardcore edge. Add the fact that Matt Tuck is a poster boy in the making and the evidence suggests you’ll be hearing a lot more about them soon. Eighteen Visions also slam their genres into the blender, but the Californians sound a lot more forced. Songs like the aptly named í¢ä‰åñCrushí¢ä‰åŒ are out out-and-out metalcore sluggers, but then they’ll throw out a pop punk hook apropos of nothing or shoehorn a blast beat into the mix. Frontman and Jacoby Shaddix-alike James Hart has an impressive set of longs to match all occasions, but his stadium rock shape throwing (at one point he appears to be riding an invisible motorcycle) and constant attempts at ingratiating banter (um, í¢ä‰åñShout ‘fuck yeah’ if you like Def Leppardí¢ä‰åŒ_í¢ä‰åŒ) soon begin to grate. 36 Crazyfists’s Brock Lindow is almost as cheesy, but at least it seems spontaneous as he asks to see us í¢ä‰åñspit it out England-styleí¢ä‰åŒ í¢ä‰åäóì whatever that means. Possibly the green and yellow phlegm storm that fills the air when he later invites the crowd to í¢ä‰åñhawk a loogieí¢ä‰åŒ at drummer Thomas Noonan. Hails of hepatitis aside, the impressively-mutton-chopped vocalist does a sterling job of marshalling the troops í¢ä‰åäóì not that they need much encouragement. ‘A Snow Capped Romance’ might be a more measured collection compared to their bristling debut album (not to mention boasting a title straight from the Random Emo Generator) but live the keep their heaviness intact. Tonight’s set pretty much follows the newer album’s track-listing and while the fractious ‘Slit Wrist Theory’ causes absolute mayhem, the likes of ‘The Heart And The Shape’ and ‘Kenai’ are received like old, if vicious and slightly deranged friends. The new single ‘Blood Work’ and the brooding ‘Skin And Atmosphere’ í¢ä‰åäóì the biggest departures in terms of melody and the structure í¢ä‰åäóì also slot right in and, while a few more older songs would have been nice, the new and improved 36CFs still do the job in consummate style.

Fear Factory’s Burton C. Bell recently spoke to Icons of Fright about his love of the horror genre, comics, the band’s soundtrack contributions and what films inspire him and the rest of the group. Several clips follow: Icons of Fright: What do you consider some of your favorite horror films and why? “Wow. Um, well again, ‘Nosferatu’. The original. It’s still the top film for me. Because the cinematography and the bleak, dark imagery still freaks me out. I love it. That’s probably my number one horror film. Um, the original ‘Alien’ is still up there. It’s fantastic. With the H.R. Giger beast and the story itself and the fact that Ridley Scott did it was just amazing. I like the original ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’. You’ve got something somewhat based upon a true story, a legend. Great costumes and film work. Great movie. I even enjoyed the American remake of ‘The Ring’.” Icons of Fright: Do horror films, or films & art in general have any influence on your songwriting process? “I’m influenced in many ways. By books, by films, by stories. And films have always been a large factor in the influencing of my writing, in the ideas & the concepts of a FEAR FACTORY song. For instance, the movie ‘The Terminator’ was a big influence early on with the records ‘Demanufacture’. ‘Fear Is The Mindkiller’. That kind of thing. ‘The Book Of Dune’ had a big influence. ‘Blade Runner’ had a HUGE influence on me. There’s so many more ideas that come from movies and the concepts of films. So, yea. I do get inspired not just by horror or sci-fi, but by films in general. “The movie ‘Contact’ had a big influence in the writing of the record ‘Obsolete’. The idea of loneliness and humanity reaching out. Carl Sagan wrote the book ‘Contact’ and the movie was made, and it totally inspired me. Movies get my ideas and thought process rolling. I see them and they spark something inside me to get me to create something. I get inspired by films of ALL genres.” Read Burton C. Bell’s entire interview with Icons of Fright HERE.

We are always looking to sign hard rock and heavy metal bands! Any bands who feel they have the goods are urged to mail their demos (preferably on CD) to the address below. Every single package received will be listened to… Roadrunner Records A&R Ealing Studio Ealing Green London W5 5EP