Name? Marc G퀌_rtz Age? 26 Instrument? Guitar All time favourite record? Earth Crisis – Destroy The Machines Greatest experience on tour? Hellfest 2002. And to see Denis, drunk and with black make-up all over his face, staggering around the whole night, going to a gas station and wondering why everyone’s staring at him. Most horrible experience on tour? I had a kidney stone during a US tour… well, at least I didn’t have to carry anything and always had the most room in the bus… -) Most embarrassing moment on stage? On a show in Holland the stage ended right beside the monitor speakers. I fell off the stage, because you couldn’t see that in the dark! Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? Nothing, except warming up. With which band would you love to tour with? USA: Hatebreed. Europe: Hopefully we can arrange a tour with our friends of Heaven Shall Burn sometime. If I couldn’t be a musician, I would work as… … maybe an audio engineer and work in a studio?! Best advice you ever heard? To take guitar lessons, not to teach myself. With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Helge Schneider, I wonder if he’s crazy in real life, too! What’s one thing you would like to achieve in life? I would like to play Ozzfest. Last Words: Eat more vegetables 🙂

Head straight to the MUSIC section and get your ears round a brand new free MP3 download of the finished version of ‘Deadly Sinners’ from 3 Inches of Blood. Taken off the forthcoming album, ‘Advance And Vanquish’ (out Oct 18) you can now also see the cover artwork on their ARTIST page.

The Darkness triumphed once again at the 2004 Kerrang! Awards… scooping two awards to add to the two already on the mantelpiece from last year. The act won the Best Live Band Award for the second year in a row … They also claimed the hotly contested Best British Band Award. Green Day were welcomed into the Kerrang! Hall of Fame, joining luminaries such as Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Queen and Iggy Pop. The Kerrang! Icon Award was presented for the very first time to the surviving founder members of the MC5. Other winners at this the 11th Annual Kerrang! Awards included Lostprophets, who had played at this year’s Kerrang! Day of Rock at the Virgin Megastore, Ash were celebrated with the Classic Songwriter Award, Best International Newcomers were Velvet Revolver … who despite the members having long and illustrious careers in rock are revitalised in the form of a brand new band whose debut album has received great critical acclaim. Metallica were voted the Best Band on the Planet, and were unfortunately unable to attend but sent a short film warning guests to stay away from the Absinthe and thanking people for voting for them even though they had been around for ‘100 years’. The Kerrang! Awards took place at The Brewery in Chiswell Street, EC1 … and ex-Stereophonic Stuart Cable presented the show and kept the audience of 500 musicians, music industry moguls, models and mutants firmly in check. Some job, considering we got through (deep breath) 100 bottles of champagne, 400 bottles of wine, 150 litres of vodka, 4,200 vodka sea breezes, 1,000 shots of Absinthe, 1,000 shots of Jagermeister and 14,200 bottles of beer (so they say)! Guest presenters included Good Charlotte, Lady Isabella Hervey, James Nesbit, and Goldie Lookin’ Chain and the party went on long into the night with Kerrang! DJ’s spinning tunes till the wee hours… The Awards in full: Best British Newcomer Yourcodenameis:milo Best International Newcomer Velvet Revolver Best Single Lostprophets – Last Train Home Best Album Muse – Absolution Best Video HIM – Funeral Of Hearts Best Live Band The Darkness Best Band On The Planet Metallica Spirit Of Rock Anthrax Hall Of Fame Green Day Kerrang! Icon MC5 Classic Songwriter Ash Sadly, no awards for our boys in Slipknot or Killswitch Engage from their 5 nominations this year. A good time was had by all attending however, even if no tables were set on fire this year…

Fear Factory have finished filming a video for the track “Bite the Hand That Bleeds”. The song will be also featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming horror film “Saw”. The James Wan-directed movie is about a serial killer whose latest potential victims í¢ä‰åäó Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell í¢ä‰åäó find they are chained to a wall and have no idea how they got there. The film also stars Danny Glover and Monica Potter.

Finally! We know you have been waiting, and we promised they were coming. And it was worth the wait! Nickelback’s Ryan Peake’s answers to your questions are now online in the ASK THE ARTIST section. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions!

We are pleased to finally be able to confirm that Hatebreed will be supporting the forthcoming crushing Slipknot & Slayer tour in October. Tickets are on sale now.

So what do you know about 3 Inches Of Blood? Other than the fact that the new album ‘Advance And Vanquish’ is coming out on October 18th, of course? Not much? Lots? About the 2 new guitarists? For the whole 3 Inches Of Blood history, have a read over the newly updated BIOGRAPHY on the band.

Catch Walls Of Jericho live in the UK on the awesome Eastpak Resistance tour! Dates are as follows: Nov 24th í¢ä‰åäóì Sheffield, NBA Nov 25th í¢ä‰åäóì Edinburgh, Studio 24. Nov 26th í¢ä‰åäóì London, Astoria Sick Of It All headline, plus 7 Seconds, Slapshot, The Bones & Unearth.

Released in 2 formats, Slipknot have confirmed the tracklisting for their forthcoming single ‘Vermilion’ will be: 7í¢ä‰åŒ Picture Disc: A.’Vermilion’ B.’Scream’* CD: 1.’Vermilion’ 2.’Scream’* 3.’Danger, Keep Away (Full-Length Version)’* Plus ‘Vermilion’ video* * Previously unreleased. Did you know? The version of “Danger – Keep Away” included is the full 8 minute version as it was intended to be. It was edited down at the last minute to end the ‘Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)’ album. ‘Vermilion’ is released October 18th.

Have you checked out the WALLPAPER page on this site lately? We’ve now got a massive seven pages of different desktop wallpapers for all your favourite Roadrunner, Ferret, & Trustkill bands! That’s a whole 112 images you could put on your desktop. Check ’em out, and if we haven’t got one you want – send us in a request!