During a quick break from the Monster Mayhem tour, Slayer’s Kerry King gave a lengthy video interview with Nikki Blakk, the host of Californian metal radio show ‘Metal Zone’. You can watch their complete chat below.

Slayer are still performing with Exodus’s Gary Holt as second guitarist, since Jeff Hanneman is still in his long recovery process from contacting necrotizing fasciitis in 2011, which was believed to be caused by a spider bite.

Also appearing with Slayer on the Monster Mayhem tour are Slipknot, Anthrax and Motorhead.

Sigur Ros, Iceland’s premier atmospheric soundmakers, have added two extra dates to their Australian visit.

The band were already confirmed for three shows at the Harvest Festival, but now fans can catch Sigur Ros at two headline shows of their own.

The dates are:

11th November – Werribee Park, Melbourne*
13th November – Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth (18+ only)
15th November – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
17th November – Parramatta Park, Sydney*
18th November – Riverstage, Brisbane*

*Harvest Festival shows

It’s been four years since Beth Orton released her last album ‘The Comfort of Strangers’. For the last three years, she’s been largely out of the spotlight altogether.

This year, she returns with a long awaited new album. The title and release date for the album are still unconfirmed, but Orton has confirmed a short run of live dates scheduled for the end of the year, including one at London’s Union Chapel.

The confirmed dates are as follows:

Sheffield City Hall (November 27th)
London Union Chapel (December 5th)
Nottingham Rescue Rooms (December 6th)
Bristol Thekla (December 7th)
Manchester Royal Northern College Of Music (December 9th)
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (December 10th)
Glasgow Oran Mor (December 13th)

In October, Leeds prog/alt-rock band I Like Trains (formerly iLiKETRAiNS) will be releasing a new EP.

‘Beacons’, a four track release, features ‘Beacons’ from the band’s 2012 full-length ‘The Shallows’ plus three brand new songs.

To tie in with the release, the band will embark on a lengthy European tour, visiting the following places:

OCTOBER

Sat 13th, City Museum, Leeds, UK
Mon 15th, Captains Rest, Glasgow, UK
Tue 16th, Cluny, Newcastle, UK
Thu 18th, Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
Fri 19th, Guildhall, Leicester, UK
Sun 21st, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK
Mon 22nd, Cargo, London, UK
Tue 23rd, Cooler, Bristol, UK
Wed 24th, Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, UK
Thu 25th, The Cellar, Southampton, UK
Sat 27th, La Maroquinerie, Paris, FRANCE
Sun 28th, De Boerderij, Geleen, NETHERLANDS
Mon 29th, Gebaude 9, Cologne, GERMANY
Tue 30th, Paradiso (Upstairs), Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Wed 31st, Rotown, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS

NOVEMBER,

Thu 1st, Knust, Hamburg, GERMANY
Fri 2nd, Zoom, Frankfurt, GERMANY
Sun 4th, Magnet, Berlin, GERMANY
Mon 5th, Kranhalle, Munich, GERMANY
Tue 6th, Chelsea, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Thu 8th, Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANY
Sat 10th, Biomill, Laufen, SWITZERLAND
Sun 11th, Salzhaus, Winterhur, SWITZERLAND

‘Beacons’ is released on October 15th.

Linearock.it recently conducted a lengthy interview with vocalist Russell Allen, which you can view below.

Allen is considered to have one of the finest voices in progressive metal and has lent his talents to most of the Symphony X back catalogue, as well as a trilogy of albums with Jorn Lande.

Currently, Allen fronts all-star metal band Adrenaline Mob, where he offers his talents alongside bassist John Moyer (Disturbed), guitarist Mike Orlando (Sonic Stomp) and oft-praised drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater).

Adrenaline Mob’s debut full-length release ‘Omerta’ (released in March 2012) was well received by fans and critics and peaked at #70 on the Billboard 200.