Paolo and Matt video interview!

Sweden's Metal-TV.com conducted an interview with bassist Paolo Gregoletto and guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM in November 2008 when the band toured Europe with SLAYER, MASTODON and AMON AMARTH. Watch the four-minute chat below:

To know more about Trivium go at:

www.roadrunnerrecordsaboutbands.blogspot.com
www.roadrunnerrecords.ca
www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecordscanada1
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RoadrunnerCanada
http://roadrunnerca.media-toolbar.com/

Enjoy!

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Soulfly: Marc Rizzo interview and acoustic performance!

Soulfly: Marc Rizzo interview and acoustic performance!

Guitarist Marc Rizzo (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy) will be in the studios of WSOU FM for an interview and acoustic performance today, Thursday, January 8 at 3:30 p.m. EST. You can listen to the program live at 89.5 FM or online at www.wsou.net.

Rizzo will perform at the Metro Art Fest at Mexicali Blues in Teaneck, New Jersey on Friday, January 9. More information is available at www.mexicalilive.com.

Metal Mark conducted an interview with Marc Rizzo prior to Soulfly's November 7, 2008 concert at the Masquerade in Atlanta, Georgia. Watch the five-minute chat below:

Marc Rizzo recently launched a MySpace page for his newest side project, Inpsychobleedia, in which he handles lead guitar and lead vocals. Three songs have already been completed: "Blind Lead The Blind", "Silent Til Disturbed" and "Tortured Mind".

Inpsychobleedia is:

Marc Rizzo - Guitar, Vocals

Dennis Kimak - Guitar

Elo Hernandez - Bass

Kanky Lora - Drums

Rizzo's latest solo album, "The Ultimate Devotion", was released on July 31, 2007 through Shrapnel Records in the U.S. and Mascot Records throughout Europe.

For more about Soulfly and the members go at:

www.roadrunnerrecords.ca
www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecordscanada1
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RoadrunnerCanada http://roadrunnerca.media-toolbar.com/

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Shawn Crahan to release new EP with Dirty Little Rabbits!

Shawn Crahan to release new EP with Dirty Little Rabbits!

Dirty Little Rabbits, the band featuring Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan, will release a new EP, "Simon", on January 20 via The End Records. The CD was tracked at Sound Farm Studios, which is the same place Slipknot recorded its latest album, "All Hope is Gone".

"Simon" track listing:

1. Poor Poor Woman with Her Head in the Oven

2. You Say

3. Hello

4. I'm So Beautiful

5. Happy

6. Same Mistakes

"Dirty Little Rabbits is my new Slipknot," Crahan recently told HeadbangersBlog.com. "I'm playin' drums, and I'm a songwriter and this is the band I've been waiting to be in my whole life. And it's more of an alternative band than a metal band. It's everything I've ever been into. And it's a thought process, it's a mindset. And this will be the band I end my life with.

"A lot of people don't know I'm more or less an alternative person in art and music. I didn't grow up obsessed with metal. But that's most of the beauty behind Slipknot. You've got guys that are completely dedicated to the metal, and then you've got guys who never even listen to it, like me. And you come together and make this thing called Slipknot that happens to be a metal band, and that's awesome because I always believed when I got together with my brothers that they were writing music that I never heard or felt and that's why I went with it.

"And I brought the art to this music, and throughout time I developed all my musical skills and – boom — here I am with Dirty Little Rabbits and it's finally everything I've ever wanted in a band."

Dirty Little Rabbits has thus far released a three-song EP, "Breeding", which was supported by a 27-date U.S. tour with Stone Sour that took the group from Fargo, North Dakota, up to New England, and down the East Coast to the southern reaches of Florida.

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Soulfly: new interview available!

Soulfly: new interview available!

JAG-TV, the University of South Alabama's student-run television station, conducted an interview with Max Cavalera and Marc Rizzo of Soulfly when the band played Hammond, Lousiana on November 6, 2008. Watch the chat in two parts:

Part 1

Part 2

In other news, Soulfly will release a digital EP to coincide with the band's upcoming European tour. The "Blood, Fire, War, Hate" tour EP will hit stores on February 9 and will feature the following tracks, which were all recorded live in Poland in 2005:

01. Blood Fire War Hate (album version)

02. Prophecy (live)

03. Downstroy (live)

04. The Frontlines (live)

05. Living Sacrifice (live)

06. Mars (live)

Enjoy!

CrazyTan \m/**\m/

2 previously unheard Cradle of Filth demos available to stream!

2 previously unheard Cradle of Filth demos available to stream!

Cradle of Filth have made available 2 previously unheard demos from their “Godspeed on the Devil’s thunder” album sessions.
The first of these, “Dark” (“Honey and Sulphur” demo) can be hear at:http://www.roadrunnerrecords.ca/page/News?&news_page=&news_id=71690.

The other, for the track “Shat out Hell”, is available exclusively to Cradle Of Filth fan club members. To check out that little gem, sign up as a member to The Order Of The Dragon at http://theorderofthedragon.com/.

For more news on Cradle of Filth go at:

www.cradleoffilth.com
www.roadrunnerrecords.ca
www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecordscanada1
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RoadrunnerCanada http://roadrunnerca.media-toolbar.com/

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Megadeth: Dave Mustaine on songwriting for new album!

Megadeth: Dave Mustaine on songwriting for new album!

Megadeth is in the final stages of the songwriting process for the band's new album, which is tentatively expected sometime next year via Roadrunner Records. The CD is once again being helmed by acclaimed British producer Andy "Undie" Sneap, who produced Megadeth's last album, "United Abominations" (May 2007, Roadrunner Records).

Megadeth's forthcoming LP will be the group's first with guitarist Chris Broderick, who replaced Glen Drover at the end of last year.

Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Revolver magazine about what fans can expect from the upcoming CD, which he said will contain "stuff that's melodic like nobody's business, stuff that's heavier than hell, and stuff that's a combination of both." An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Revolver: How are the songs coming together?

Mustaine: The way I write, I'll play a riff and tape it and save it. And if I don't use it now, I'll use it later. The very first song I ever wrote, "Rust In Peace… Polaris", didn't appear on anything until the fourth Megadeth record. Right now, there are about 20 songs that are in the making, and there's another good 25-to-30 hours worth of guitar riffs on tape. And I've also got a lot of old lyrics I've assembled over my career. Some of it's relevant to this day and age; some of it is stuff that, if I released it, would probably get me in a lot of trouble. Those songs deal with a lot of the anger that I felt when I was younger and reading things like [the 1971 underground manual for making homemade explosives] "The Anarchist Cookbook".

Revolver: Is anything complete and ready to be recorded?

Mustaine: There's probably seven or eight of those, and then there's a couple of songs left over from the last record and one from the record before that. But sometimes the best stuff I write is at the spur of the moment. I wrote "Angry Again" right after I got out of a treatment center in Arizona. They had done one of those happy little 1990s interventions where everybody who's not loaded gets to point the finger at everyone who is. And the day I got out of rehab, they threw me into a studio in Phoenix where I wrote "Angry Again" for the movie "The Last Action Hero".

The entire interview can be found in the February 2009 "Mega Preview 2009" issue of Revolver magazine, available on newsstands now.

Also you can catch Megadeth interview on "Uranium", which is exclusively available on Fuse On Demand, sat down with Dave Mustaine to talk about the band's history, Gigantour and Mustaine's brand of coffee. The full interview is available all January long only on Fuse on Demand.

Watch a clip below:

Enjoy!

CrazyTan \m/**\m/

Dragonforce, Soulfly and more at the NAMM show!

Dragonforce, Soulfly and more at the NAMM show!

DragonForce will be attending the Winter NAMM event in Anaheim, CA and hosting the following signings:

Friday 16th January 2009

Samson Technologies (Booth 5940, Hall B)

2pm - 3pm

Herman Li & Sam Totman

Saturday 17th January 2009

Ibanez / Tama (Booth 4634, Hall C)

12pm - 1pm

Herman Li, Sam Totman, Dave Mackintosh

Also, don’t miss the legendary guitarist Joe Satriani will introduce his new signature Peavey JSX guitar amplifier during a special press conference during the NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show on Friday, January 16, at 1 p.m., in the middle of the Peavey exhibit (5740) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gary Rossington and metal legends Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura), Alex Skolnick (Testament), David Ellefson (Megadeth) and Greg Christian (Testament) are also slated to appear during the show.

Peavey NAMM artist schedule:

Friday, January 16:

* 11:00 a.m. - Rudy Sarzo (Dio, Blue Öyster Cult) autographs

* 12:00 p.m. - Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy) autographs

* 1:00 p.m. - Joe Satriani press conference, middle of booth

* 1:00 p.m. - Alex Skolnick and Greg Christian (Testament) autographs, rear of booth

* 3:00 p.m. – Black Stone Cherry autographs

* 3:00 p.m. - Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir, Chrome Division) autographs, rear of booth

Saturday, January 17:

* 11:00 a.m. - David Ellefson (F5), Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) and Rudy Sarzo autographs

* 1:15 p.m. - Joe Satriani autographs

* 3:00 p.m. - Flynnville Station autographs, rear of booth

* 4:00 p.m. - Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) autographs

Schedule subject to change; please visit exhibit to confirm dates and times.

Important: The NAMM show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests.

For more info on NAMM, go at:

http://www.namm.org/thenammshow

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Check out the new Roadrunner Records bands releasing in 2009!

Check out the new Roadrunner Records bands releasing in 2009!

2009 will see some of the newcomers signed to Roadrunner in 2008 releasing their debut albums, so here a taster of things to come.
Roadrunner Records have loaded some demo tracks for each of the bands below to their artists pages.

Check them out:

First to release are The Parlor Mob, who were founded in New Jersey in 2004 and describe themselves as 'straight up rock n roll'. Album “And you were a crow” will be released in March. Go at:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.ca/artist/The+Parlor+Mob

to check them out.

Next up we have Dommin, dark, romantic goth rockers, with a velvety intense vocalist at the helm. Their as yet to be titled debut is still being worked on, but a demo track can be found at their artist page:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Dommin/.

Expect a release around May.

Port Amoral are due to release around the same time as Dommin. Hailing from Canada, the band are a signing from legendary A&R man Monte Conner. "Port Amoral know how to craft songs with hooks and smart arrangements and their developed level of writing made me take notice." he comments.

Judge for yourself and check out the couple of demos in the player at:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/PortAmoral/.

Steadlur will release their first single in late March / early April and will follow this with debut album “Everything is nothing” in May. They apparently rock 'like Vikings in party shorts'... and cite influences such as Guns N Roses, Motley and Foos amongst others.

Check out some tracks:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Steadlur/.

Munity Within may have their roots in New Jersey, but they found their vocalist in Blighty!! They are still working on their yet to be titled album which is due in the autumn, but check out their demos at:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Mutiny/.

Don’t forget also Killswitch Engage fourth untitled album, Roadrunner expects to release the record in Spring 2009.

Bringing you more news on these bands or others soon!

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Soulfly: Final European Spring 2009 tour dates announced!

Final European Spring 2009 tour dates announced!

As promised, Soulfly is now announcing the rest of the dates for the second leg of Soulfly's European Conquer Tour with Incite. With the addition of these dates in East Europe and Scandinavia, the tour is now scheduled to take up two full months and will see Soulfly playing 57 shows in 27 countries.

The complete tour itinerary is:

Jan. 28, 2009 - Stuttgart, Germany @ LKA

Jan. 29, 2009 - Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall

Jan. 30, 2009 - Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Effenar

Jan. 31, 2009 - Lille, France @ Splendid

Feb. 1, 2009 - Portsmouth, UK @ Pyramid Centre

Feb. 2, 2009 - Oxford, UK @ Zodiac at Academy

Feb. 3, 2009 - Bristol, UK @ Academy

Feb. 4, 2009 - Dublin, Ireland @ Academy

Feb. 5, 2009 - Belfast, Ireland @ Spring & Airbrake

Feb. 6, 2009 - Glasgow, Scotland @ ABC

Feb. 7, 2009 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2

Feb. 8, 2009 - Leeds, UK @ The Cockpit

Feb. 9, 2009 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City

Feb. 10, 2009 - Wolverhamton, UK @ Wulfren Hall

Feb. 11, 2009 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

Feb. 12, 2009 - Paris, France @ Bataclan

Feb. 13, 2009 - Cler. Ferrand, France @ Coop. de Mai

Feb. 14, 2009 - Bilbao, Spain @ Kafe Antzokia

Feb. 15, 2009 - Madrid, Spain @ Sala Heineken

Feb. 16, 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseum

Feb. 17, 2009 - Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Apolo

Feb. 18, 2009 - Toulouse, France @ Bikini

Feb. 19, 2009 - Fribourg, Switzerland @ Fri-Son

Feb. 20, 2009 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Xtra

Feb. 21, 2009 - Milan, Italy @ Rolling Stone

Feb. 22, 2009 - Rome, Italy @ Alpheus

Feb. 23, 2009 - Treviso, Italy @ New Age

Feb. 24, 2009 - Graz, Austria @ Orpheum

Feb. 25, 2009 - Saarbrucken, Germany @ Garage

Feb. 26, 2009 - Salzburg, Austria @ Rockhouse

Feb. 27, 2009 - Linz, Austria @ Posthof

Feb. 28, 2009 - Worgl, Austria @ Komma

Mar. 1, 2009 - Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer

Mar. 2, 2009 - Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof

Mar. 3, 2009 - Wuerzburg, Germany @ Soundpark Ost.

Mar. 4, 2009 - Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys

Mar. 5, 2009 - Chemnitz, Germany @ Sudbahnhof

Mar. 6, 2009 - Czech Republic @ Metalmania Festival

Mar. 7, 2009 - Poland @ Metalmania Festival

Mar. 9, 2009 - Budapest, Hungary @ Diesel Park

Mar. 10, 2009 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Media Par

Mar. 11, 2009 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Tvonica Club

Mar. 12, 2009 - Belgrade, Serbia @ SKC

Mar. 13, 2009 - Athens, Greece @ Gagarin

Mar. 14, 2009 - Thessaloniki, Greece @ Milos Apothiki Stage

Mar. 15, 2009 - Sofia, Bulgaria @ Universiada Hall

Mar. 16, 2009 - Bucharest, Romania @ Sala Polivalenta

Mar. 17, 2009 - Kiev, Ukraine @ Club Bingo

Mar. 18, 2009 - Vilnius, Lithuania @ Forum Palace Galaxy

Mar. 19, 2009 - Riga, Latvia @ Dream Factory

Mar. 20, 2009 - Tallin, Estonia @ Rock Cafe

Mar. 21, 2009 - Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi

Mar. 23, 2009 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Tyrol

Mar. 24, 2009 - Gothenburg, Sweden @ Tradgarn

Mar. 25, 2009 - Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller

Mar. 26, 2009 - Malmo, Sweden @ KB

Mar. 27, 2009 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Rock

Stay tuned to the Official YouTube Soulfly Channel at:

http://www.youtube.com/soulfly

and also at:
www.roadrunnerrecords.ca
www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecordscanada1
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RoadrunnerCanada

http://roadrunnerca.media-toolbar.com/

CrazyTan \m/**\m/

Cradle of Filth: Behind the scenes footage from Northampton gig!

Cradle of Filth: Behind the scenes footage from Northampton gig!

British extreme metallers Cradle of Filth have posted behind-the-scenes footage from the warm-up show for the band's recently completed European tour. The four-minute clip, which was filmed backstage in Northampton, England on December 1 can be watch below!

To know more about Cradle of Filth go at:

www.cradleoffilth.com

www.roadrunnerrecords.ca
www.myspace.com/roadrunnerrecordscanada1
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RoadrunnerCanada http://roadrunnerca.media-toolbar.com/

Enjoy!

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