Soulfly have been confirmed to play the Mainstage at Download Donnington. Catch them there on June 6th with label mates Machine Head and Slipknot to name but a few… For full Download Festival details visit the official site HERE

“What an amazing time we had in Japan, it is almost like a second home to us at this point. The overwhelming respect given to bands there is frightening. So much love. There is no other place in the world like Japan… Land of Tofu and Robots, how can you go wrong with those credentials? Endless thanks to Koji at RR and Nambu for everything … man, I wish the rest of the world ran as smooth as you guys made our trip. VERY DANGEROUS! Australia blew us away. Hands down some of the LOUDEST shows KsE has played in a long time. The fans who came out made us feel right at home, it was amazing. We hope to go back as soon as possible. Saddle up some kangaroos … “momma I am coming home.” Special thanks to Bob and all at the RR office, you guys are the greatest! Finally to the bands on the 2 tours: It was like a dream come true playing with ANTHRAX, it was great to see that they were very down to earth guys. Burnt By The Sun: Our old buddies tore it up, cool to rock with them again. FATA: Most of KsE was meeting them for the 1st time and instantly they became some of our favorite dudes to hang with. Our old buds Soilwork: It was like a family reunion to see those guys again. Some of the best and coolest guys we know. Love you Soilwork! Extra thanks to Dillanger Escape Plan, Embodiment, and all the others who were there. Rock N Roll.” ~Mike D

Roadrunner releases a brand new ‘Download 2004’ CD compilation on May 28th exclusively through selected HMV stores. You can’t buy it, but can get it absolutely FREE if you purchase 2 Roadrunner CD’s from a range of over 50 titles priced at just 퉌£6.99 and 퉌£8.99. They include the latest releases from 36 Crazyfists, Fear Factory, Hatebreed, Chimaira & Soulfly as well as classic albums from Slipknot, Machine Head & Sepultura. The full tracklisting of ‘Download 2004’ is as follows: 1.Slipknot ‘Pulse Of The Maggots’ 2.Killswitch Engage – ‘Rose Of Sharyn’ 3.Fear Factory ‘Cyberwaste’ 4.Soulfly ‘Prophecy’ 5.36 Crazyfists ‘The Heart And The Shape’ 6.Red Tape ‘Stalingrad’ 7.Machine Head – ‘Bite The Bullet’ 8.Chimaira ‘Pure Hatred’ 9.Every Time I Die ‘Ebolorama’ 10.Scarlet ‘Untitled’ 11.Three Inches Of Blood ‘Deadly Sinners (Demo)’* 12.DevilDriver ‘Digging Up The Corpses’* 13.Ill Nino ‘I’ll Find A Way’* 14.Hatebreed ‘This Is Now’ 15.Stone Sour ‘Inhale’ 16.Murderdolls ‘Love At First Fright’ 17.Dirty Americans ‘No Rest’ 18.Machine Head ‘Imperium (video)’* – full-length uncensored version. * = previously unreleased. Here is the full list of participating HMV stores: ABERDEEN BASILDON BELFAST BIRMINGHAM (BULLRING) BIRMINGHAM (HIGH ST) BLACKPOOL BRADFORD BRIGHTON (CHURCHILL) BROMLEY CAMBRIDGE CANTERBURY CHELTENHAM CHESTER COLCHESTER CROYDON DONCASTER EAST KILBRIDE EDINBURGH (OCEAN) EDINBURGH (PRINCES ST) FORT KINAIRD GATESHEAD GLASGOW (ARGYLE) GLASGOW (BRAEHEAD) GRIMSBY GUILDFORD HANLEY HULL KINGSTON LEEDS LEEDS (WHITE ROSE) LIVERPOOL LONDON (360 OXFORD ST) LONDON (OXFORD CIRCUS) LONDON (TROCADERO) MANCHESTER (MARKET ST) MERRY HILL MIDDLESBROUGH MILTON KEYNES NEWCASTLE NORTHAMPTON NORWICH NOTTINGHAM (LISTERGATE) NOTTINGHAM (VICTORIA) OXFORD PORTSMOUTH PRESTON READING SHEFFIELD (HIGH ST) SHEFFIELD (MEADOWHALL) SOUTHAMPTON SPEKE PARK SUNDERLAND SWANSEA THE FORT THURROCK TRAFFORD CENTRE UXBRIDGE WATFORD YORK

Now added to Kerrang TV: Slipknot ‘Duality’ #863 Killswitch Engage ‘Rose Of Sharyn’ #867 Fear Factory ‘Cyberwaste’ #451 (banned section only 10 p.m. – 3 a.m.) Now added to Scuzz TV: Slipknot ‘Duality’

Metal Hammer is proud to announce that Massachusetts bruisers Killswitch Engage will be joining previously announced Finish ‘Love Metallers’ HIM at the Golden Gods II: The second annual Metal Hammer Awards. The guys will play a short live set during the Awards. The Golden Gods II take place in London on 7th June and they have a limited number of tickets available to their favourite webheads! So point your mouse at: www.metalhammer.co.uk/awards/ to vote for our boys and you could walk away with a pair of tickets to the show! KsE’s new album ‘The End Of Heartache’ (rated 9/10 in this month’s Metal Hammer, and a stonking 5 K’s in Kerrang!) is out on 10th May.

So you want some free swag before the Chimaira/Killswitch Engage coheadline tour? Giveaways will include KSE Tshirts, posters, stickers, New Shit 9s, Chimairia T-shirts & DVDs. Get down to these club nights! 10.4.04 – Newcastle ‘Legends’, Colchester ‘Soundhaus’ 12.5.04 – Ipswitch ‘Church Of Noise’, Glasgow ‘New Flesh’ 13.5.04 – Cardiff ‘Metros’, Oxford ‘Zodiac’, 14.5.04 – Liverpool ‘Crazyhouse’, Portsmouth ‘E.Q.s’, Wolves ‘Civic Hall’, Belfast ‘The Venue’, London ‘Egg Club’, London ‘Mean Fiddler’, 15.5.04 – Manchester ‘Jillys’, Nottingham ‘Rock City’, Edinburgh ‘Mission’, Hull ‘Spiders’, Birmingham ‘Academy’, Sheffield ‘Corparation’ 21.5.04 – Leeds ‘Bar Phono’ 22.5.04 – Bristol ‘Academy’

Some video watching for you to do this week: First up, “Duality” video from Slipknot. Did you see the initial online viewing on Launch on Friday? Well now you can watch it here as well. Second up, “Rose Of Sharyn” video from Killswitch Engage. KSE were busy headlining the 6th annual Metal and Hardcore Festival in the US this weekend past. Check them both out in our VIDEO section.

We’ll cut this short and sweet… Premiering today, exclusively online at Yahoo Launch, you can now watch the brand new Slipknot video for ‘Duality’. Check out their artist spotlight page and the video HERE.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 5K album review – Kerrang! 4/5 review – Q Page feature – Total Guitar 4/5 review – Total Guitar SLIPKNOT Double-page news story on guitar solos! – Total Guitar FEAR FACTORY 3/5 review – Q 2-pg feature – Terrorizer 7/10 review – Terrorizer SCARLET New band piece – Terrorizer 36 CRAZYFISTS Page feature – Total Guitar DIRTY AMERICANS Playlist plug – Music Week

The utterly amazing new album from Killswitch Engage ‘The End Of Heartache’ is released on May 10th and will be available for only 퉌£9.99. Grab it at the following stores – HMV, Virgin, MVC, Music Zone, FOPP, or your local Roadrage Store! Definitely one album everyone should own – we dare you to dislike it once you’ve heard it. Did you know Kerrang! have rated it the maximum 5 Ks? “Killswitch Engage have raised their game and delivered a second stone-cold classic in a row.” You can check out more reviews in the KSE Press section. Remember – The End Of Heartache – out on Monday – go buy it.