We are pleased to announce that Ferret band Zao have confirmed 2 shows in the UK for September. Tickets are on sale now and you can catch ’em at: Sept 23 – Manchester, Star & Garter Sept 24 – London, Metro

This past weekend in LA, new Slipknot videos were shot. The songs, “Vermilion” and “Vermilion Pt. 2.” Shoots for both the videos should have wrapped up yesterday!

The mighty ROADRAGE brand is back with another fine DVD release that squeezes together a whole 26 video offerings from the finest of our 2004 roster! Did you know? We guess you like ’em – the first two Roadrage DVDs went Top 3 in the National Music Video Charts! ROADRAGE 2004 the DVD forms part of a special retail campaign which will run exclusively via VIRGIN from 23rd September through to 18th October. This rather impressive package will sell for the bargain price of 퉌£7.99 but you can get yours FREE!! All you got to do is purchase 2 CD’s from the Roadrunner selection available as part of the ROADRAGE deal at all participating Virgin stores! Some 40 titles will be up for grabs at not to be missed sale prices including classics like Machine Head’s ‘Burn my Eyes’, Slipknot’s ‘Slipknot’ at 퉌£6.99 and more recent releases like the crushing Killswitch Engage latest offering ‘The End of Heartache’ & 36 Crazyfists ‘A Snow Capped Romance’ priced at 퉌£7.99! Buy any two and we’ll throw the DVD in for free! Watch this space for exciting news on Roadrunner’s ROADRAGE TOUR which looks set to hit the UK early 2005. TRACK LISTING: 1. Slipknot – ‘Duality’ 2. Soulfly – ‘Prophecy’ 3. Killswitch Engage í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Rose Of Sharyn’ 4. Ill Nino – ‘This Time’s For Real’ 5. Ill Nino – ‘How Can I Live’ 6. DevilDriver ‘I Could Care Less’ 7. 36 Crazyfists ‘At The End Of August’ 8. Red Tape ‘Stalingrad’ 9. Fear Factory – ‘Cyberwaste’ 10. Machine Head – ‘Imperium (uncensored version)’ 11. Dirty Americans ‘Strange Generation’ 12. Chimaira – ‘Pure Hatred’ 13. Chimaira í¢ä‰åäóì ‘Powertrip’ 14. Every Time I Die ‘Ebolorama’ 15. Every Time I Die ‘I Been Gone A Long Time’ 16. Scarlet ‘Untitled’ 17. Stone Sour – ‘Bother’ 18. Murderdolls – “Love At First Fright’ 19. Hatebreed ‘This Is Now’ 20. From Autumn To Ashes ‘The Royal Crown Vsí¢ä‰åŒ_’ 21. 40 Below Summer ‘Self-Medicate’ 22. To My Surprise ‘In The Mood’ 23. Twelve Tribes ‘Venus Complex’ 24. Thornley ‘So Far, So Good’ 25. Nickelback ‘Figured You Out’ 26. E-Town Concrete ‘Punching The Walls’

Simply that. Illdisposed have given their official website a facelift. See the new look HERE.

If you haven’t already checked out some of the recent e-cards we posted for our new Trustkill bands, why not? Familiarise yourself with a slew of new MP3s just posted in the MUSIC section. NINE new MP3s in fact, from 7 of our Trustkill bands. Now that should keep you downloading for a good 30 minutes. Videos to come….

Name? Denis Schmidt Age? 29 Instrument? Guitars, clean vocals All time favourite record? Metallica – Master of Puppets Greatest experience on tour? Beast Feast Show in Japan Most horrible experience on tour? Stopping touring due to 9/11 Most embarrassing moment that ever happened to you on stage? Playing almost a minute of a different song than the rest of the band Do you have any sort of ritual before going on stage? No With which band would you love to tour with? Metallica If I couldn’t be a musician, I would work as… A printer Best advice you ever heard? Quit your job With which famous person (alive or dead) would you love to spend some time and why? Klaus Kinski, I bet you can discuss things with him for a long time What’s one thing you would like to achieve in life? To live a healthy life without worries Last Words: Believe in yourself In other Caliban news, the band are set to shoot a video in Berlin, Germany next week on August 26/27. We hope to have some photos from the shoot to show you soon after, so keep an eye out!

So what’s the lowdown on Twelve Tribes? Currently out on the road in the USA with 36 Crazyfists, Kittie, & Candiria, the guys took some time to do an interview with Jay, from theundergroundscene.net. Check it out HERE.

A long day, and alotta film… but the shoot for the brand new video for Cradle of Filth’s Nymphetamine is done. Shot yesterday, crew were on site by 7:30am til the last take at not long before 2am! The band also had an early start, driving into London for the shoot from Ipswich, and finally arriving home around 4am this morning! Roadrunner is also tired today, but pleased to report we took quie a few photos during the day, which we’ll be posting next week, for a behind the scenes piece. Meanwhile, Dave (bassist) hauled himself out of bed to send forth this quick note about yesterday: “The video shoot for ‘Nymphetamine’ went great. Had a very early start at 7am, obviously with a hangover, and spent 14 hours holed up in a damp underground vault near the London Dungeon. Pretty grim stuff. The director, Dani Jacobs, and his crew were brilliant and worked flat out all day filming lots of different scenes with Dani, the band, Liv Kristine and our 2 very beautiful actresses. I can’t wait to see the finished version. Hope they get to include what will be the first windmill headbanging in a metal ballad, haha!!! Liv was amazing and I wanna thank her for being so cool.”

Corey Taylor has posted the following message at the message board StoneSourBoard.tk: “I’d like to give you a little update on the Stone Sour front as we haven’t done that in a long time. 1. We have 30 full and partial songs brewing at the moment. 2. Jamey from Hatebreed has expressed his interest in doing a song with us and most definitely will. 3. Plans are being made to start work in September of 2005, or perhaps even earlier, depending on the schedule. “That’s it for now. “Thank you to everyone for keeping the fires lit while Jim and I indulge our other passion. Commitment has to be total, and at the moment our commitment is to the ‘KNOT. But as soon as we’re done touring with SLIPKNOT, it’s on. I’m writing, Jim’s writing, Josh is writing, everyone is gearing up for this. “Stay tuned.”

If you have yet to do so, download “Like Light To The Flies” off Trivium’s MUSIC page. Now that that is out of the way, Trivium is currently touring on the US Road Rage tour with Chimaira and Machine Head. Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy checks in with the following: “Yo! Matt here in North Carolina…in the midst of two tornadoes, one hurricane, and a tropical storm, but that ain’t stoppin’ us. We are getting to Atlanta tomorrow and Orlando on Saturday no matter what natural disaster gets in our way. So we’re a bit into the second week of touring and I must say so far the tour has been fantastic. Two standout shows in particular – Worcester, MA at the Palladium — one word- UNREAL. My favorite show so far. People were dancing, moshing, pumping horns, screaming along with the songs. The energy was so intense I threw my guitar down during í¢ä‰åñPillars Of Serpentsí¢ä‰åŒ to get a little more up close with our fans. You can check out some cool photos from this show at www.zeroflesh.com and see what I am talking about (Thanks Bruce). “Then there was Norfolk, VA at the Norva. Now, we played here on the Iced Earth tour to an extremely active, amazing crowd – and to continue the tradition of Trivium at the Norva… it was the same. People knew who we were this time and they were nuts. It felt like we were playing a hometown show at the Norva. So there’s that. Now, make sure all you fans come down and check us out at a nearby show – we promise an unforgettable show…” And if you have ever seen them live, you’d agree.