Slipknot less time between albums? – DevilDriver new drummer - new Barren Earth – Gamma Ray

Slipknot want to spend less time between albums Mick Thompson interview – DevilDriver new drummer for Soundwave – new Barren Earth album – Gamma Ray to put out best of album – Battlecross start new album – DOMINATION to start new album! Drummer Dave Elitch is not unable to perform with he band KILLER BE KILLED at the Australia Soundwave XV festival as there are scheduling conflicts with his other band ANTEMASQUE so filling in for him is CONVERGE drummer Ben Koller. DOMINATION a conceptual Heavy Metal Band from Argentina have recently finished the DOOM IN NATION WORLD TOUR 2014 and is now working on their second album. You can follow the news, tour dates and also check the last album at: http://www.facebook.com/dominationheavymetal http://l.facebook.com/l/AAQHLZqIkAQHhVkcHuLUzJkcuPLZqdaFWqZ6SqzF8b-kKLQ/www.dominationmetal.com.ar Official video: https://l.facebook.com/l/7AQH9d3vwAQEkTsIKpuQlVqRyMw9XpnAl0d1NvuByhJsrkQ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPJzcL3zzAOc DevilDriver have announced that former Chimaira drummer Austin D’Amond has joined the band. SLIPKNOT’s newest album ".5: The Gray Chapter" was written 6 years after their previous album and those years in between had many ups and downs. Mick Thomson had a recent interview with Music Radar, and said there should be less time between records from now on. He stated, "It enables us to have songs in the can already before we go in a studio to work on a new album. We hope to do our next record sooner after touring '.5'. We don't want to spend the same amount of time between albums as we've done with the last two." Full article here; http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/slipknot-talk-new-album-paul-gray-and-overhauling-their-tones-610064/2 BARREN EARTH, have signed with Century Media they are a progressive death metal band that includes Sami Yli-Sirniö guitarist of KREATOR. The band have finished recording their third studio album to be out in first quarter of 2015. GAMMA RAY are getting set to release a best of album titled "The Best (Of)", on January 30 through earMUSIC. and mastermind Kai Hansen discusses the upcoming album in an interview below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EebvqOfFSrs Battlecross have started pre-production on their new album at Audiohammer Studios with producers Jason Suecof and Mark Lewis. Stay tuned for updates. Source: Blabbermouth, musicradar, theprp