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FEATURES 42 ADAM D (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) WELCOME TO MY WORLD 44 IN CASE OF FIRE THE TWO OF US

46 THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND

BULLSHIT DETECTOR 48 DESIGN DEVILS SONIC YOUTH

50 ANDY FALKOUS (FUTURE OF THE LEFT) Q&A 52 SPACEMEN 3 REVOLUTIONARIES

72 THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

115 CLUTCH THE LAST WORD

FRANK CARTER GOES (GINGER) NUTS

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6 -7 RSVP Got something to say? Get that shit off your chest…

8-24 THE NOISE

Who’s making a racket in the world of rock? The latest from Paramore, Poison The Well, Kylesa and Pink Punk, as well as the latest studio reports from Frank Turner and Johnny

Foreigner. Also this month: your chance to win tickets to Sonisphere or Bloodstock.

25-36 EXPOSURE

Bringing you the best new music fi rst. FACT. No really, FACT (the band), plus BrokeNCYDE,

People In Planes, Crazy Arm, The Gay Blades, Viva Machine and more.

80-95 REVIEWS

ROCK SOUND reviews and rates all the best new music, fi lms, DVDs, games and books. Featuring Enter Shikari, Rancid, Killswitch Engage, The Mars Volta, Suicide Silence and

more, while New Found Glory tackle the singles.

96-111 LIVES

The hottest gigs from around the world reviewed, including Gallows, The Great Escape, ATP

Vs The Fans, Placebo, The Cumshots and more. Plus, we bring you access-all-areas to the hottest upcoming gigs with features on The Red Chord, Supersonic festival and Failsafe.

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EDIT Okay, it’s offi cial. How can I tell that it’s offi cial? Easy. When your skin literally starts peeling from your body and you’re drowning in your own sweat, that’s how you know it’s offi cially summer time in the Rock Sound offi ce. Yes, we’ve reached that time of the year when putting the magazine together becomes a truly arduous task. It looks like we’re in for a long, hot summer and that’s got to be good news for the festival season ahead. No doubt, many of you are burnt raw from Download festival and the aloe vera is close at hand, but there’s still plenty of hot rockin’ action to come – including the Rock Sound stage at GuilFest where we’ve lined-up You Me At Six, Hundred Reasons and The King Blues to headline this year’s event. There’s a fantastic supporting cast in tow with the likes of The Ghost Of A Thousand, Kylesa, Attack! Attack! and Hexes too. Make sure you don’t miss out, it’s going to be a blinder. Speaking of festivals, this month’s cover stars are playing at pretty much every one of them this summer, including a slot with The Boss himself in London’s Hyde Park. If there’s one band you defi nitely need to see it’s The Gaslight Anthem, so make sure you catch them at whichever outdoor gigfest you attend. Right, back to baking… Darren Taylor, Editor

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And what Superhero they'd be… Rock Sound, Unit 22, Jack’s Place, 6 Corbet Place, Spitalfields, London, E1 6NN Tel: + 44 (0)20 7877 8770 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7377 0455 e-mail: info@rocksound.tv twitter.com/rocksound EDITOR: Darren Taylor (Northstar) darren.taylor@rocksound.tv twitter.com/rocksoundtaylor DEPUTY EDITOR: Darren Sadler (Tuck The Turtle) darren.sadler@rocksound.tv REVIEWS EDITOR: Darren Taylor SUB EDITOR: Jen Walker (SuperTed) jen.walker@rocksound.tv EDITORIAL ASSISTANT / STAFF WRITER: Faye Lewis (Burnt Face Man) faye.lewis@rocksound.tv GAMES EDITOR: David Jenkins (Batman) FILMS EDITOR: Rachel Kellehar (Rogue) DESIGN: Alistair Cook (Hellboy) alistair.cook@rocksound.tv ONLINE EDITOR: Andy Kelham (Neo) andy.kelham@rocksound.tv WEB DEVELOPER: Sonic Network ROCK SOUND SLAVES: Tarik Algin, Trevor Baker, Duncan Bryceland, Jim Burt, Richard Cartey, Helen Catchpowle, Richard Childs, Alex Deller, Mike Diver, James Dominic, Robyn Doreian, Victoria Durham, Lewis Fraser, Neil Gardner, Noel F Gardner, Eleanor Goodman, Shane Harrison, Mike Haydock, Chris Hidden, Darren Johns, Emily Kearns, Rachel Kellehar, Mike Kemp, Adam F Kennedy, Ronnie Kerswell, Jonathan Long, Amy Mcgill, James Mclaren, Joe Marshall, Ken McGrath, Iain Moffat, Dan Morgan, Giles Moorhouse, Tim Newbound, Paul Raggity, Oli Robertson, Mike Watt, Plum Woodard, Ben Yates. HAPPY SNAPPERS: Tom Barnes, Duncan Bryceland, Nigel Crane, Steve Gerrard, Kate Hoggett, Zen Inoya, Mark Latham, Mei Lewis, Danny North, Owen Richards,

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