Series 18 of Top Gear has certainly featured a stellar set of names, from Hollywood’s A-List (Ryan Reynolds, Michael Fassbender), million-selling music types (Will.I.Am, Alex James), stupendously quick TV stars (Matt Le Blanc) and even regenerating Time Lords who can travel through time (Matt Smith) – and with all these big names in mind, they definitely needed to end the current run in style. Thankfully, they found a Stoke-born, rock god just in time: SLASH. Not only did the mighty axeman feature in the ‘Stars In Reasonably Priced Cars‘ feature but his rendition of ‘Jessica’ as the show closed was a pretty awesome end to the series.

Check out some behind-the-scenes action as SLASH came to turns with the frankly horrendous conditions down at Dunsfold…

Find out more about SLASH and his upcoming album ‘Apocalyptic Love’ by clicking here.

You may remember last week when we posted about KO퐌¿N revealing a series of webisodes in anticipation of their upcoming UK tour. Well, Rock Sound premiered the second in the series of webisodes and you can check out that clip featuring Jonathan Davis by clicking here.

KO퐌¿N are heading to the UK at the end of this month and you can find the dates and buy tickets on our Tour Page by clicking here.

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES have been confirmed for this year’s Camden Crawl and can check out the official flyer for the festival below:

Click here to buy tickets for the festival but be warned, early bird tickets have sold out and the rest are selling well too. Get your tickets today!

SOULFLY released ‘Enslaved’ yesterday, which is their eighth studio album and we’ll be posting reviews of the album throughout the week to give you a taste of what the press are saying about the album. Check out an extract from Ourzone’s review below:

Now on their 8th album, you know what to expect from Soulfly, and this outing doesn’t stray from their much trodden path of brutally heavy metal. But saying that, this is their best, most accessible release to date. During the 54 minute intense battering our ears receive, we experience relentless machine gun style drums from new guy David Kinkade, riffs bigger than Max’s home country Brazil, ridiculous solos and vocals which we’re sure left Max Cavalera in need of a fair few packets of Soothers. 8/10

Pick up a copy of ‘Enslaved’ by clicking here.

Alternative Press Magazine is offering a FREE 29-track mixtape which can be downloaded on their Facebook page and if that wasn’t cool enough, the mixtape includes Roadrunner’s very own THE AMITY AFFLICTION. Check out the tracklist below:

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SLASH has teamed up with Ray-Bans to present a series of webisodes about his upcoming album ‘Apocalyptic Love‘. The latest webisode has premiered and you can check it out below:

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 6

And in case you missed the previous five webisodes, you can watch them below:

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 1

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 2

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 3

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 4

SLASH in the Studio // Episode 5

Keep up to date with all things SLASH by clicking here.

SLASH was in the UK last week and whilst here he stopped by the Topgear studio and filmed the ‘Star In A Reasonably Priced Car‘ feature and you can see his appearance on the show tonight at 8pm on BBC2. Check out the Topgear guys introducing the show int he video below and click here to find out more about the show.

STORM CORROSION, the hugely-anticipated new project from Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, will be unveiling their unique debut album on May 7th.

The self-titled album, which comprises six epic compositions that will delight and surprise in equal measure, clearly deserves special treatment when it comes to packaging – and the boys have certainly not been slacking!

COLLECTOR’S EDITION DOUBLE-LP SET

The first option includes a double LP set of the self-titled album with exclusive artwork, etched into 180g black virgin vinyl in gatefold jacket. You’ll also get a digital download of high quality FLAC files of the album and a tasty 24″ x 36″ fold-out poster of exclusive artwork.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION DOUBLE-LP SET & SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY/CD BUNDLE

Things take a step up with this package. You get all the contents of the Collector’s Edition Double-LP Set (as shown above), plus a digital download of the album the day BEFORE release, 5.1 audio mix of the album, two exclusive demo tracks and five instrumentals, and the full album on CD – all in a package containing over 2.5 hours of music!

You can click here to pre-order these packages right now – and click here to find Storm Corrosion on Facebook.

Following last year’s number one blues album, Bingo!, the STEVE MILLER BAND followed that success with a second album, ‘Let Your Hair Down‘, released in April by Space Cowboy / Roadrunner / Loud & Proud Records.

Apple are hosting another exclusive acoustic show at their Glasgow store and if you get yourselves down to the store on the 26th of March at 5pm, you can catch Welsh rockers KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES. With a live reputation envied by many, the band are one of British rock’s finest emerging talents. Most recent iTunes album In Gold Blood has seen a real progression in the bands sound, and newly released iTunes EP Diamond Days features the main track taken from that album, as well as exclusive live tracks.

Click here to find out more on the Apple website.