Rock Sound

September 2008

Features:

• 38 MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE Flame-throwing powers, fractured hips and broken lungs. Mindless Self Indulgence answer your questions and shed light on their life of battles and injuries. .
• 66 TRIVIUM Sex, drugs and country music, it’s all been happening behind the scenes of ‘Shogun’. Trivium tell ROCK SOUND all of their sordid secrets. .
• 56 BIFFY CLYRO The world’s most famous ginger twins tell ROCK SOUND about Scottish lager-louts, their invisible bedroom divide and twin telepathy. .
• 72 THE AUTOMATIC Returning with a defiantly brilliant second album, The Automatic have transformed into a full-on British rock monster and they’re here for keeps. .
• 76 STAIND Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, owning hair salons and fishing. Welcome to Staind’s unusual world.. Did we mention Fred Durst?
• 78 SUICIDE SILENCE Selling out, success and why off-roading isn’t any fun... ROCK SOUND collared Suicide Silence for the lowdown...
• 60 MESHUGGAH ROCK SOUND follow the Swedish metal machineto Oregon to bone up on blastbeats, BPMsand (fake) boobs...
• 64 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Having escaped dismal day jobs to tour the world, The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon is counting his blessings. He wishes others would count theirs too. .
• 42 WALLS OF JERICHO WELCOME TO MY WORLD
• 44 ALKALINE TRIO ON THE RECORD
• 46 PAUL JACKSON GRAND DESIGNS
• 48 ALL TIME LOW BULLSHIT DETECTOR
• 50 MOTÖRHEAD REVOLUTIONARIES 50 MOTÖRHEADMOTÖRHEAD
• 52 BLACK STONE CHERRY Q&A 52 BLACK STONE CHERRY
• 54 ANTI-FLAG ISSUES
• 131 CANCER BATS THE LAST WORD 131 CANCER BATS
• 6 RSVP Got something to say? We’re listening. .
• 58 OFF THE PEG ROCK SOUND’s guide to the coolest new togs. .
• 8 ROUND UP News and interviews featuring Gallows, Duff McKagan, Enter Shikari, The King Blues, Lacuna Coil, Corey’s Column and more. .
• 18 STUDIO REPORTS The latest studio news from The Answer and Enjoy Destroy, plus recording news from around the world.
• 20 SMASH & GRAB Win! The Rocker goodies, Metallica / Billabong boardshorts and tickets to the Unholy Alliance: Chapter III tour.
• 23 EXPOSURE ROCK SOUND is here to bring you the latest and greatest acts from around the globe, featuring Fighting With Wire, Jaguar Love, Blessed By A Broken Heart, Black Lungs, Exit Ten, Go:Audio, Git Some and more. .
• 122 GIG GUIDE / ON THE ROAD Your A-Z of the best upcoming gigs, plus Torche, Underøath and This Is Menace give us the goss about life on the road..
• 110 LIVES The hottest gigs from around the world reviewed, including the Rock Sound Cave @ Guilfest, T In The Park, Supersonic Festival, Converge, Comeback Kid, Brigade, Slaves To Gravity and more. .
• 81 REVIEWS ROCK SOUND reviews and rates more than 150 new releases in music, films, games and books. Featuring interviews with Slipknot, Dragonforce, The Mirimar Disaster, The Automatic, Hellsongs and Hawthorne Heights, while The Blackout tackle the single reviews.
• ALBUM OF THE MONTH ............82
• ROCK ..............................................84
• METAL ..........................................88
• PUNK / HXC / EMO .....................92
• INDIE .............................................96
• ECLECTICA & HIP-HOP .............98
• REISSUES & COMPILATIONS ...100
• SINGLES ........................................102
• FILMS ...........................................104
• DVDS ..............................................105
• GAMES / BOOKS...........................106