Heavy Metal

Alice In Chains: Seattle legends Our Amit caught up with Alice In Chains at Download and found the lads in pretty damn good spirits. Which is nice. Download 2014 will take place 13-15 June, with 5,000 tickets going on sale from June 21-July 1 at a special Early Bird deal of £10 less than the current, 2013 prices for 5-day camping tickets, 3-day camping and weekend arena tickets. To get yours, head to www.downloadfestival.co.uk from 9am on June 21.

Heavy Metal weights RAVEN LORD announce their second UK show this summer to happen on 19th June 2013 at THE HAIRY DOG in Derby.

Members of MaYaN, Epica, HDK and DragonForce will partake in a new rock opera video game entitled "Karmaflow." A crowdfunding campaign for the release has been established with various per packages over at this location. The soundtrack to the game will feature a band and orchestra featuring the likes of vocalist Marc Hudson (Dragonforce), vocalist ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Katatonia have been revealed as very special guests on Paradise Lost's Tragic Illusion 25th anniversary UK tour in October alongside Lacuna Coil. Since they are also celebrating their own 10th anniversary for their standout sixth album Viva Emptiness, the band will be performing the album in its entirety each night. To coincide with the shows and the album's 10-year anniversary, Viva Emptiness will be entirely re-mixed and re-mastered by David Castillo plus enhanced with new artwork courtesy of Travis Smith for a re-release on November 4th via Peaceville. The album will be available for pre-order from September 23rd. Read more...

Bruce Dickinson: flying high Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has revealed his involvement in a charity that helps disabled people earn pilot’s licenses. Bruce serves as the vice-patron of Flying Scholarships for Disabled People (FSDP) and met with some of the scheme’s recent graduates right before Maiden owned Download this past Saturday, June 15. “It’s not just about teaching people with disabilities to fly, it’s much more than that,” he tells the Leicester Mercury. “It’s about creating friendships, and there’s a whole community around it and support system that comes with people encouraging each other.” Check out some videos of Bruce explaining his involvement with the scheme below…

EP, Self-released2013 1. From Permafrost2. Scavenger of Human Dignity3. The Origin of Dark Sunlight 4. Cathedral in The Air5. Weathercocks in The Maze6. Clockwork TaleOrigin: Tokyo, JapanGenre: Death MetalHailing from Tokyo, death metal act with their debut EP in vein of Swedish Death Metal school.Download:Mediafire linkOriginally uploaded by rotThis material has been uploaded with the permission of the band. Please do post your comments below.

Airbourne: climbing all over the Download 2013 Merl chats to Joel from Airbourne at Download 2013 about playing Donington and putting out an Airbourne Rock Climbing DVD. Er… Download 2014 will take place 13-15 June, with 5,000 tickets going on sale from June 21-July 1 at a special Early Bird deal of £10 less than the current, 2013 prices for 5-day camping tickets, 3-day camping and weekend arena tickets. To get yours, head to www.downloadfestival.co.uk from 9am on June 21.

After announcing their new self-titled album, technical death/thrash metallers Revocation have debuted online their brand new unsettling single "The Hive". You can hear what the band has to offer with this new material on the video located below. The album drops on August 6th in North America, August 2nd in Germany/Benelux and August 5th in the UK and rest of the world via Relapse Records. Read more...

When it was announced that ex-Isis members Jeff Caxide, Aaron Harris and Bryant Clifford Meyer and Deftones' frontman Chino Moreno had formed the new project Palms, the expectations were high. Their self-titled debut album is now only a week away from its release and you can stream it in full until June 25th at this location. Tells us what you think about the band's first release and what these musicians created together. Read more...

FFDP Merl chats to Zoltan from Five Finger Death Punch at Download about swearing kids, having the plug pulled live on stage and touring with Avenged Sevenfold. Big. Download 2014 will take place 13-15 June, with 5,000 tickets going on sale from June 21-July 1 at a special Early Bird deal of £10 less than the current, 2013 prices for 5-day camping tickets, 3-day camping and weekend arena tickets. To get yours, head to www.downloadfestival.co.uk from 9am on June 21.