Following their face-melting main stage appearance at the Download Festival this weekend, Florida’s finest Trivium are thrilled to announce their headlining return to Europe* in Autumn 2012. Bringing with them friends renowned for roof-raising live performances and deliberately playing smaller than usual venues, the tour is set to be a smokin’ hot night out.

Special guests are Californian metalcore masters As I Lay Dying, Century Media headbangers Caliban, and the hotly-tipped Upon A Burning Body.

Trivium overlord Matt Heafy says, “A great tour is built from the ground up. We hope you agree that this is a killer line-up! All four bands have crushing live shows and are ready to destroy! This is a metal tour for the real fans – we hope to see you at the shows!”

“It’s not very often that lineup like this works out for a club tour. I can’t wait to get on stage knowing the crowds will be pumped getting a great show from start to finish. That coupled with being on the road with our friends in Trivium again gives me plenty to look forward to!” enthuses Tim Lambesis, throat-shredding vocalist for As I Lay Dying.

Fast-rising Texan metalheads Upon A Burning Body can’t wait to hit the road. Frontman Danny Leal comments, “we are super excited to be doing this run with Trivium and As I Lay Dying in the fall. We have all been huge fans for years of these bands so this is definitely a very big deal for us. We hope to make a ton of new fans and have an all around great time! Europe and the UK get stoked, ‘cause we are coming back to see you. HELLS YEAH!”

The UK leg kicks off the European run as follows:

Mon 15th Oct – MANCHESTER – HMV Ritz
Tue 16th Oct – GLASGOW – O2 ABC
Wed 17th Oct – BIRMINGHAM – HMV Institute
Fri 19th Oct – BRISTOL – Academy
Sat 20th Oct – NORWICH – UEA
Sun 21st Oct – LONDON – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

UK tickets are available on pre-sale from Wednesday 13th June and go on general sale on Friday 15th June. On sale from all good box offices and venues direct, fans can also buy online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk, www.livenation.co.uk, www.ticketweb.co.uk and www.gigsinscotland.com.

After the UK, the tour steamrolls across Europe, calling at:

Mon 22nd Oct – BRUSSELS, Belgium – AB
Tue 23rd Oct – PARIS, France – La Bataclan
Thu 25th Oct – TILBURG, Holland – 013
Fri 26th Oct – HERFORD, Germany – Club X
Sat 27th Oct – STUTTGART, Germany – LKA Longhorn
Sun 28th Oct – COLOGNE, Germany – Live Music Hall
Wed 7th Nov – BERLIN, Germany – Huxley’s
Thu 8th Nov – HAMBURG, Germany – Docks
Sat 10th Nov – CHEMNITZ, Germany – S

Metal Hammer have posted a video from the weekend when they presented COREY TAYLOR with the Golden God Award for Best Live performance for SLIPKNOT‘s Download 2009 appearance. Check out the video below:

It was the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards on Monday night and there were a few Roadrunner awards and appearances that deserve a special mention. See below for some of the RR UK highlights:

TRIVIUM guitarist Corey Beaulieu spoke to Metal Hammer at Download 2012 moments after the band won the Metal Hammer Golden God Award for Video Of The Year. The band weren’t able to stay for the award ceremony so Metal Hammer decided to award it to the guys during the weekend. Check out the interview below:

LAMB OF GOD‘s awesome album Resolution proved that no one throws down big riffs and bigger grooves than LAMB OF GOD. The gong was presented by Skindred’s Benji Webbe. BOSH!

The Golden God award for Best Album went to Atlanta metallers MASTODON, with the Riff Lord award being bestowed upon the mighty MACHINE HEAD axemen, Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel. The Best Festival appearance was awarded to SLIPKNOT for their 2009 set at Download Festival.

The most emotional award of the night for us had to be the Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2012 Inspiration Award. The Inspiration award goes to people who have made a defining impact on the world of heavy metal and this year that was us, ahhhh! Metal Hammer stated:

From signing seminal acts like Fear Factory, Type O Negeative, Slipknot and Sepultura to breathing new life into veterans like Korn and Megadeth, Roadrunner have been a huge force in our world, and we couldn’t be happier to see them grab this award. Congrats, everybody!

The award was presented by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. Thanks for making us cry, guys!

RR UK MD Mark Palmer and RR US Senior VP of A&R Monte Conner with the Metal Hammer Golden God Award for Inspiration:

The current RR UK team includes (from the left): Austin Collins, Oli Walkers, Lisa Cope, Kirsten Sprinks, Danny Corr, Mark Palmer, Danielle Sammeroff, Michelle Kerr (who was a bit camera shy!) and Andy Pritchard (who unfortunately couldn’t be with us on the night). You may also recognise Senior VP of A&R Monte Conner from RR US, the guys from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and Sami who used to work at the label. What an awesome night!

Mativision are the leaders in multi-camera interactive viewing technology and they have teamed up with SLASH to release Slash 360, a new app which brings you into the studio with Slash, Myles Kennedy and the CONSPIRATORS, along with producer Eric Valentine, as they play their new album, ‘Apocalyptic Love’ from beginning to end. Follow every moment through six 360-degree spherical cameras. You choose the camera and can move each camera a full 360-degrees using touch control or your device’s gyroscope. Pinch in or out to use the zoom feature to get closer to the action and more!

Features:

* Choose from 6 different cameras positioned throughout the studio
* From each camera, you can rotate in a full 360-degree view
* Zoom in and out
* Instantaneous switching from camera to camera
* Switch between full screen or framed high resolution view (iPad version only)
* Bonus materials including: photos, album artwork and song lyrics
* Move the cameras using your device’s gyroscope

These apps let you follow every moment as the band performs songs from the new album through six 360-degree spherical cameras. You choose the camera angle via touch or gyroscopic control — each camera rotates a full 360-degrees. Pinch in or out on your device to use the zoom feature to get closer to the action. Each app also includes additional content, such as exclusive photos and song lyrics.

There are two versions of the app to choose from — one version includes the hit single “You’re A Lie” along with photos, lyrics and other extras and the second a full version that includes the full “Apocalyptic Love” album, photos, lyrics and other extras. Click here to pick up the app from iTunes for a modest

Amazon are premiering a teaser clip of the DVD included with GOJIRA‘s upcoming album ‘L’Enfant Sauvage‘. The DVD is included with the Special Edition of the album and you can see the tracklist of the album below:

Disc: 1

1. Explosia
2. L’Enfant Sauvage
3. The Axe
4. Liquid Fire
5. The Wild Healer
6. Planned Obsolescence
7. Mouth Of Kala
8. The Gift Of Guilt
9. Pain Is A Master
10. Born In Winter
11. The Fall
12. This Emptiness (bonus track)
13. My Last Creation (bonus track)

Disc: 2 (included in the Special Edition)

1. Oroborus (Live)
2. The Heaviest Matter Of The Universe (Live)
3. Backbone (Live)
4. Love (Live)
5. A Sight To Behold (Live)
6. The Art Of Dying (Live)
7. Drum Solo (Live)
8. Clone (Live)
9. Flying Whales (Live)
10. Toxic Garbage Island (Live)
11. Vacuity (Live)

Click here to watch the teaser clip on Amazon’s website.

Rita Buzzrock of Austria’s Mulatschag TV conducted interviews with a raft of Roadrunner bands at this year’s NOVA ROCK Festival including LAMB OF GOD bassist John Campbell, Joe Duplantier from GOJIRA, DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez and Brent & Zach from SHINEDOWN. Check out those video interviews below:

Click the links below to pick up a copy of the above artist’s latest releases:

LAMB OF GOD // Resolution
GOJIRA // L’Enfant Sauvage (pre-order)
DEVILDRIVER // Beast
SHINEDOWN // Amaryllis

In the run-up to the physical release of SLASH’s second solo album ‘Apocalyptic Love‘ on 18 June, MusicRadar will be premiering an exclusive four part track-by-track video series, in which the man himself talks through the record. In this first instalment the guitarist explains the inspiration behind the album’s title track and opener Apocalyptic Love, One Last Thrill, Standing In The Sun, first single You’re A Lie and No More Heroes. Check out part one below and click here to watch part 2 on MusicRadar NOW!

Pick up a copy of SLASH‘s new album ‘Apocalyptic Love‘ by clicking the below links:

iTunes Standard Album (Out Now)
Roadrunner release CD/DVD (Out 18/6) at Play.com

For their millions of fans around the world, Slipknot are as much a culture and a way of life as they are a band. To completely engage with all of the perseverance, ingenuity, artistic integrity and holistic vision of Slipknot’s creative output in all of its forms, is to fully embrace every facet, and to find community in counterculture and true strength in survival.

Slipknot is like no other band the rock scene has ever encountered and to celebrate two decades of game-changing existence, the band will release Antennas to Hell, a “best of” collection documenting its inimitable career, on July 24. The album is scheduled to be released via Roadrunner Records while the band is spending its summer as the main attraction of the 2012 edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, as well as curating and headlining the inaugural year of their very own festival, Knotfest.

The time is right for a “best of” collection from the band, as it captures the first chapter of Slipknot – a chapter where they’ve gone from unknown to the one of the biggest rock bands in the world — all on their own terms.

This summer’s Mayhem and Knotfest outings celebrate the band and the life of late bassist Paul Gray, and will serve as ‘the end of the beginning’ for Slipknot – this summer’s performances will be the fan’s last chance to see them as they are now. Of course the band will continue- but just as inevitable with Slipknot, is the fact that the band will evolve – and the future is unwritten. Antennas to Hell serves as a companion to that celebration. The two-disc version of Antennas to Hell includes a bonus live CD that captures the band’s 2009 performance at the legendary Download Festival in the U.K. The live disc showcases the band playing a set of career spanning classics in front of 80,000 rabid fans. The journey from – “(sic)” – track 1 on their self-titled debut – to “Snuff” – the haunting No. 1 rock track from 2008’s All Hope Is Gone – proves that. The album features fan favorites, live classics and well-known radio hits.

Furthering the immersion in the band’s culture, this summer will see the release of the band’s first ever mobile application, Wear the Mask. Part mask builder, part social connector for fans, and 100% Slipknot in its look and execution, the app brings the Slipknot mindset into previously uncharted territory – the mobile devices of fans worldwide. Wear the Mask will be released simultaneously with Antennas to Hell.

Take a look at the numbers. Globally, Slipknot have notched 11 Platinum albums and 38 Gold albums, as well as some multi-Platinum releases across albums and DVD releases. The band’s most recent studio album, All Hope Is Gone, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. The band has won a Grammy, and has also been nominated seven times.

Slipknot — vocalist Corey Taylor (8), guitarist Mick Thomson (7), DJ Sid Wilson (0), percussionist Clown (6), late bassist Paul Gray (2), drummer Joey Jordison (1), percussionist Chris Fehn (3, ) guitarist Jim Root (4), sampler Craig Jones – 133 (5)– came to embody all that it meant to be “heavy” both in terms of melody and subject matter, as well as in their commitment to the purest of expression and to the ultimate empowerment and triumph of their audience. Founded in 1995, and immediately foresaw the inevitable domination of an artistic vehicle that would expand the boundaries of possibility within metal and hard rock music, both onstage and off.

The band has spent over a decade slowly and methodically cementing their place as one of rock’s most loved acts. They’ve dominated their own headlining tours and festivals around the world while maintaining the fiercely loyal support of their following, both embracing and engaging their fans with their steady evolution. Slipknot continually challenge their fans with new ventures, greater challenges, and new and exciting music. To the surprise of many outside of the culture (but not to the band and its fans), Slipknot’s most recent #1 song was a ballad – the haunting and riveting “Snuff.” To not evolve is to die.

Today, Slipknot stand alongside institutions like Metallica and Iron Maiden, as one of a select few bands whose legacy is assured within the pantheon of elite heavy metal bands.

Slipknot march on, 15 years since the first incarnation came together. Personalities may collide but their collective drive continues to keep them bonded as brothers. “We’re banded together in hate,” says Jordison. “Sometimes we hate each other, sometimes we hate the world. Sometimes we just hate our own lives. But when we get together, something monstrous happens and we pull this amazing sound out of all that energy. Plus, we believe in world domination. And this is the band that’s going to get us there.”

Always imitated, never duplicated, there is only one Slipknot. And they’re peerless.

Track Listing:

1. (sic)
2. Eyeless
3. Wait And Bleed
4. Spit It Out
5. Surfacing
6. People = Shit
7. Disasterpiece
8. Left Behind
9. My Plague (New Abuse Mix)
10. The Heretic Anthem (live)
11. Purity (live)
12. Pulse Of The Maggots
13. Duality
14. Before I Forget
15. Vermilion
16. Sulfur
17. Psychosocial
18. Dead Memories
19. Snuff

Bonus CD: (sic)nesses: Live At The Download Festival, 2009

1. (sic)
2. Eyeless
3. Wait And Bleed
4. Get This
5. Before I Forget
6. Sulfur
7. The Blister Exists
8. Dead Memories
9. Left Behind
10. Disasterpiece
11. Vermilion
12. Everything Ends
13. Psychosocial
14. Duality
15. People = Shit
16. Surfacing
17. Spit It Out

Last Thursday MACHINE HEAD were inducted into the Hall Of Fame at this year’s Kerrang! Awards and SImon Young from Kerrang! caught up with Robb Flynn, who recounts his evening, his band’s main stage appearance at Download 2012 and reveals his love of the great outdoors. Check it out below:

BBC entertainment reporter Emma Jones went along to the Kerrang! Awards in London on Thursday and asked some of the World’s biggest heavy metal stars for their most un-rock and roll secrets. She got some surprising responses from the bands, which included Roadrunner’s own SLASH, MACHINE HEAD, COREY TAYLOR and ALTER BRIDGE‘s Myles Kennedy…click here to check out the video on the BBC’s website.