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30.11.2005 today news about BOLT THROWER/MALEVOLENT CREATION/NIGHTRAGE/NECROPHAGIST MELECHESH - INTO ETERNITY - DEATHSTARS
Malevolent Creation in tour with Bolt Thrower, Nightrage, Necrophagist
	MALEVOLENT CREATION, NIGHTRAGE and NECROPHAGIST have been confirmed as the opening bands for BOLT THROWER on their upcoming European headlining tour, set to take place in January/February. A list of confirmed dates can be found at this location.

Melechesh
	The Mesopotamian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH have just publicized their new drummer . Quoting founding member Ashmedi: ”we are very glad to announce the addition of Xul to the Melechesh Djinn union; Xul is a tremendously talented drummer with outstanding technical ability”. Melechesh has been working on new material with Xul for the last year, prior to this he performed with the band at various gigs and festivals where he proved his drumming capabilities by offering flawless and exceptional performances. On this XUL commented: “I am honored to finally be part of this cult. Playing with Melechesh is an enriching experience both on a musical and on an ideological level”. Finally, Xul is noted for drumming for Thanatos, Abode of the Blessed and with the now disbanded black metal act Liar of Golgotha. {Click the following: 1,2,3 to view photos of XUL} www.melechesh.com www.osmoseproductions.com from Osmose Productions


Deathstars
	Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 27, 2006 European release date for the new album from Sweden's DEATHSTARS, entitled "Termination Bliss". A sample track, "Cyanide", has been posted online at this location (Real Media). DEATHSTARS recently parted ways with guitarist Erik "Beast X Electric" Halvorsen. A session guitarist will be recruited for upcoming tours.

Into Eternity
	Tim Roth of the Regina, Saskatchewan-based progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's really nice to take it easy at home. All the guys have been recovering after a year of hard touring. It was an amazing year for our band. There are so many people that we would like to thank for that. Without the fans coming and supporting us, there would be no shows. For that we are very proud of our new fan base. We hope to see you all next year on the road. "All of December we plan on taking off. In the meantime we will be writing our music for the next INTO ETERNITY album, which we plan on recording in early spring. It will be good to recharge our batteries and live a 'normal' life for awhile. The main focus now will be our new record. I know we have the talent now to come up with some great songs. After doing 140 shows, I think the guys are all comfortable with every aspect of the band. The new songs should prove it all we hope." INTO ETERNITY's upcoming CD will be the group's first with singer Stu Block of Vancouver's OMEGA CROM. The band's third album, "Buried In Oblivion", was released in February 2004 through Century Media Records. As was the case with their previous two albums, "Buried In Oblivion" was recorded at Touchwood Studios in Regina with ex-bassist Scott Krall, Grant Hall and Johnny "Sixpack" Gasparic handling the majority of production duties.

28.11.2005 today news about INFERNO FESTIVAL - CELTIC FROST - DIMEBAG BEYOND FOREVER TOUR - VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
Inferno Festival
	BOLT THROWER and BLOODTHORN have reportedly been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are the reunited black metal legends EMPEROR, MARDUK and 26 other bands that have yet to be announced

Celtic Frost
	Metal pioneers CELTIC FROST (photo) have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. The reunited band will perform a 90-minute "best of" set (including new songs) on August 4 on the "Blackstage." The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CELTIC FROST CHILDREN OF BODOM DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER EMPEROR IN EXTREMO SOILWORK SUBWAY TO SALLY As previously reported, CELTIC FROST have set "Dark Matter Manifest" as the tentative title of their first album in 13 years. The culmination of some three and a half years of songwriting and recording work, the album was largely produced by the band themselves and financed by their own production company, with additional assistance from HYPOCRISY/PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren during the final recording and mixing sessions at Horus Sound Studio in Hanover, Germany. Negotiations with a variety of labels are currently underway, and the album is scheduled for a release in early 2006. Original CELTIC FROST members Tom Gabriel Fischer (voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass) are joined by Erol Unala (guitar) and Franco Sesa (drums). The band are now managed by Antje Lange for The A Label in Berlin, Germany.

Dimebag Beyond Forever Tour
	A dozen or so Finnish metal musicians will be taking part in the "Dimebag Beyond Forever Tour", set to kick off in early December. A posting at the trek's official web site, www.dimetour.com, reads as follows: "Once again it is the time to raise our hands and salute our fallen brother Dimebag Darrell [ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN] as a tribute for his inspiring life [and] entertaining existence as a guitar hero, a brother and as a person, beyond forever! "We have done it before and we are doing it again! Yes, the DIMEN NIMEEN! (In the name of Dime) tribute band is up again and ready to roll across Finland." DIMEN NIMEEN! will consist of the following musicians: Ville Sorvali (MOONSORROW) Mikko "Ilmarinen" Salovaara (KIUAS) Neissu (DEAD SHAPE FIGURE) Micko Hell (DENIGRATE) Grandy (BATTAGIA) Nico Hartonen (GODSPLAGUE) Euge Valovirta (GODSPLAGUE) O.J. (GODSPLAGUE) Arska Hietala (GODSPLAGUE) Niklas Etelävuori (AMORPHIS) Mr. Crab (BLEAK) Atte Sarkima (AJATTARA) Esa Salminen (COREDUST)

Visions Of Atlantis
	Austrian "epic metal" band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS will teaming up with XANDRIA and REGICIDE for the "Romantic Darkness Tour 2006" beginning mid-February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 15 - Stuttgart, GER @ Röhre Feb. 16 - Wuppertal, GER @ Live Club Barmen Feb. 17 - Berlin, GER @ Kato Feb. 18 - Glauchau, GER @ Spinnerei As previously reported, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS recently announced the departure of singer Nicole Bogner. Replacing Nicole in the group's lineup is professional soprano singer Melissa Ferlaak (photo). Ferlaak, 26 from Minneapolis , Minnesota , graduated with a master's degree from New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts in 2003 for vocal performance. She has worked in the operatic field, most recently as Musetta in "La Boheme", and has been singing with AESMA DAEVA. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS released their latest album, "Cast Away", last November through Napalm Records/SPV. The CD was recorded and mixed by Peter O. Moritz at Radwerk 14 Studios in Austria and was mastered by Ue Nastasi at Sterling Sound in New York City.

25.11.2005 today news about ROTTING CHRIST - HARRY POTTER - DISILLUSION - MEMORIZED DREAMS - NORTHER
Rotting Christ
	ROTTING CHRIST will play a very special show consisting exclusively of material from their first three albums — "Passage To Arcturo" (1989), "Thy Mighty Contract" (1992) and "Non Serviam" (1994) — on January 14, 2006 at An Club in Athens, Greece. A poster for the show can be viewed at this location. ROTTING CHRIST recently inked a deal with Season of Mist. The band are expected to enter the studio during the coming months to begin recording a new studio album, tentatively due in early 2006.

Harry Potter im Weltall
	“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” im Weltall Zürich, 25. November 2005 – Internationale Raumschiff-Station: Commander William McArthur kam diese Woche in den Genus einer ganz speziellen Vorführung von Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch. McArthur, Astronaut der NASA, arbeitet und lebt auf der Raumstation für eine sechs monatige Mission. Da er zu NASA’s regelmässigen Langzeit Crew-Members gehört, hat NASA die Macher der Harry Potter-Filme kontaktiert, in der Hoffnung, dass diese auf magische Weise einen Weg finden, dass der Commander den neusten Harry Potter Film im All sehen kann. Zusammen haben es Warner Bros. Pictures und die NASA dann geschafft, den Film für McArthur ins Weltall zu streamen. McArthur und Flug-Engineer Valery Tokarev bilden die 12. Crew der Station, welche über mehr als fünf Jahre regelmässig von Astronauten bewohnt wurde. Die Station hat ein inneres Volumen, das grösser ist als ein durchschnittliches 4-Zimmer Haus wozu sogar das modernste und höchstentwickelte Weltall-Labor gehört from Fox-Warner - Switzerland

Disillusion
	DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, have posted a live video for the song "Alone I Stand In Fires" at this location. "[The clip] was shot on October 21st, 2004 when we were on European tour with AMON AMARTH and IMPIOUS," the band write on their web site. "The video shows DISILLUSION at one of the few shows in extended line-up with five guest musicians." As previously reported, DISILLUSION are tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in February to begin recording their sophomore full-length effort for a May/June 2006 release via Metal Blade Records. The band are currently finishing up the songwriting process at their own Salvation Recording studio in Leipzig and are describing the new material as "much more 'DISILLUSION' than ever before." DISILLUSION's full-length debut, "Back to Times of Splendor", was released in April 2004 through Metal Blade Records. "Back to Times of Splendor" was mixed at Tam Recording Studios in Zwickau, Germany and was mastered at Mastersound Studios in Fellbach, Germany with ATROCITY mainman Alex Krull.

Norther
	Finnish metallers NORTHER have lined up the following dates in February/March: Feb. 25 - Kuopio, FIN - Henry´s Pub Mar. 10 - Helsinki, FIN – Tavastia As previously reported, NORTHER have set "Till Death Unites Us" as the title of their new album, due on January 25, 2006 via Spinefarm. A single, entitled "Scream", will precede the album before the end of the year. "Till Death Unites Us" track listing (in no particular order): 01. Scream 02. Throwing My Life Away 03. The End of Our Lives 04. Evil Ladies 05. Drowning 06. Die 07. Everything 08. Alone In the End 09. Norther 10. Omen 11. Fuck You 12. Wasted Years NORTHER's last release was an EP, entitled "Solution 7". The band's third full-length album, "Death Unlimited", was issued last year through Spinefarm Records.

Memorized Dreams
	Norwegian progressive power metallers MEMORIZED DREAMS have ended their co-operation with Sound Riot Records. "This takes effect immediately and the band [are] actively seek[ing] a label to release [their] next album, 'End of Innocence'," the group write in a statement. "During the last year it has been almost impossible to get in touch with the label, and two mails, as the only correspondence since this summer, it shows the lack of professionalism you should expect from your label. The situation topped itself when the band suddenly was removed from Sound Riot's webpage, without any notice or explanation. By that time the band has already decided to leave the label, but it shows a complete lack of professionalism. As we have come to know, this hasn’t only happened to MEMORIZED DREAMS, but also many other bands signed to this label, so this should stand as a clear warning. The band is now looking for a more professional label, to release the next album, suitably named 'End of Innocence'." MEMORIZED DREAMS issued their debut album, "Theater of Life", in April 2004 through Sound Riot. The CD was recorded at Skansen Lydstudio in Trondheim, Norway with producer Stein Bratland and featured a guest appearance on the track "Gates of Heaven" by singer Olaf Hayer (DIONYSUS, LUCA TURILLI, LORD BYRON). Mastering duties were handled by Tommy Newton at Area 51 Studios in Germany.

24.11.2005 today news about MORBID ANGEL - MANNTIS - KULT OV AZAZEL - LOUDNESS - SERPENT RISE
Morbid Angel/Behemoth/Krisiun/Despised Icon
	MORBID ANGEL will be teaming up with BEHEMOTH, KRISIUN, and DESPISED ICON for a North American tour next spring. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Apr. 06 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Apr. 09 - New York, NY @ B.B. King's Blues Club Apr. 12 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House Apr. 15 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's

Manntis
	Southern California-based quintet MANNTIS have been added to ANTHRAX's upcoming headlining tour, which is scheduled to kick off in early January. Additional support will come from GOD FORBID and SWORN ENEMY. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 06 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live Jan. 07 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre Jan. 13 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues Jan. 21 - Hollywood, CA @ The Avalon MANNTIS' acclaimed new album, "Sleep In Your Grave", produced by Cameron Webb (DANZIG, MOTÖRHEAD, SOCIAL DISTORTION), is available on Century Media Records. The recent additions of drummer Josh Feathers and guitarist Daniel Racardio have added a whole new dynamic to the band's already stellar live show.

Kult ov Azazel
	Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have issued the following update: "Once again the legions have been summoned and KULT OV AZAZEL has been called forth to participate in the return of the Sacrifice of the Nazarene Child Festival in 2006. This news should also squash the rumors that have been floating around that the band had dissolved. In fact new material is in the works for the fourth album and in the next few weeks the split CD with VROLOK, 'Feast of Sacrilegious Impurity', will be released through Arctic Music. We have also been informed that after the many delays the 'Oculus Infernum' LP has been sent to press and we are waiting for a release date from the label." KULT OV AZAZEL's third album, "The World, The Flesh & The Devil", was released in June via Arctic/Crash Music Inc. The CD was recorded and engineered by Shawn Ohtani, and was mastered by Erik Rutan at Mana Studios in Tampa, Florida.

Loudness
	Veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS have lined up the following North American dates as part of their 25th Anniversary Tour: Mar. 18 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater Mar. 19 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club Mar. 26 - New York, NY @ B.B. King's Mar. 31 - Hartford, Ct @ Webster Theatre/Underground Mar. 29 - Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern Apr. 01 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx More dates are expected to be announced soon. LOUDNESS recently released a compilation CD, entitled "The Best of Reunion". The 14-song set includes one brand-new track, "Jack", alongside previously released compositions recorded during 2001-2005, featuring the band's original lineup. As previously reported, LOUDNESS have inked a European deal with Drakkar Records. The group's latest studio album, "Racing", received a European release on September 26. "Racing" was released in Japan last November via Tokuma Communications. LOUDNESS' current lineup consists of the following: Akira Takasaki – Guitar Minoru Niihara – Vocals Masayoshi Yamashita – Bass Munetaka Higuchi – Drums The LOUDNESS bandmembers are currently working on separate solo albums, tentatively due in early 2006.

Serpent Rise
	Considered the oldest active Brazilian doom metal band, SERPENT RISE have announced plans to re-release on CD their legendary demo tape "Anastenárides", which originally came out in 1994. This re-release will come with the tracks from the 1995 demo "Travellin' Free..." as a bonus. Pre-orders are currently being accepted through the e-mail address serpentrise@serpentrise.com (special prices for distros). The complete track listing is as follows: 01. Mistress of my Paradise 02. Gardens of Illusion 03. Misericordium 04. Betrayer God Bonus Tracks: 05. Mistres of my Paradise (Funeral Version) 06. Travellin' Free... in the Cosmic Sea This release is being made through a partnership between Satanael Records and Wolfshade Productions. For more information on SERPENT RISE, visit www.serpentrise.com.

22.11.2005 today news about METALLIC NOISE FESTIVAL - UNEARTH - USURPER - INCANTATION
Metallic Noise Festival
	NOCTE OBDUCTA from Mainz, Germany and the Koblenz cult thrashers DESASTER are the first two bands confirmed for next year's installment of the Metallic Noise Festival, set to take place July 14-15, 2006 in Burgstetten-Erbstetten, Germany

Unearth
	UNEARTH vocalist Trevor Phipps has checked in with the following update: "It has been an amazing couple of years for us and we are just blown away by the overwhelming response we have received around the world. We are about to go into writing hibernation and pool our collective experiences together to make another bad-ass record. So far what we have written is faster, heavier and darker than anything we have ever done. We will unleash the best record of our lives next summer. With us a ton of touring is imminent when we put out a record, so we will be back to all the places we traveled to the past two years and even add a few more countries and continents to the list in 2006 and 2007. "As for our last few shows of the album cycle, we will be playing in Boston, Portland and Providence before we go away for a while. Playing all three of these cities is something we used to do every other weekend back in the day, but we haven't been to either place in at least two years so we felt the need to visit again before we are done. It is something we are looking forward to and the bands playing are bands we hand picked for a reason." UNEARTH w/ WALLS OF JERICHO, SINCE THE FLOOD, IF HOPE DIES, SCREAMS OF ERIDA: Dec. 08 - Revere, MA - Wonderland Ballroom Dec. 09 - Portland, ME - The Station UNEARTH w/ IF HOPE DIES, BACKSTABBERS INC, TORCHE, SCREAMS OF ERIDA: Dec. 11 - Providence, RI - Living Room UNEARTH recently released a special edition of "The Oncoming Storm" with a bonus DVD that features the original EPK — "Live at Downtown", featuring "My Heart Bleeds No Longer", "The Great Dividers" and "Black Hearts Now Reign", as well as interview footage, backstage antics, "Eye of the Oncoming Storm", a behind-the-scenes look at making "The Oncoming Storm", plus all of UNEARTH production videos as seen on MTV and Fuse.

Usurper
	Chicago's USURPER will make their first-ever appearance in Mexico on December 3 at Box Underground (located on the world-famous Revolucion Ave.) in Tijuana. Also appearing on the bill will be AVENGER OF BLOOD, INFINITUM OBSCURE, ESTUARY and OMISION. An in-store signing/appearance will be held between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the Last Temptation Rock Shop (located on the corner of Revolucion Ave & 8th St). USURPER's fifth full-length album, "Cryptobeast", was released earlier in the year via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Twilight Dominion" was recorded at Chicago's Rax Trax Studios with producer Neil Kernon (JUDAS PRIEST, DEICIDE, CANNIBAL CORPSE). It marks the recording debut with the group of new singer Dan "Tyrantor" Lawson and the return of the band's original drummer, Joe "Apocalyptic" Warlord.

Incantation
	INCANTATION are set to attack Los Angeles at the Dec. 2 To Appease The Beast festival. Also scheduled to appear are SADISTIC INTENT, LETUM ASCENSUS, WILLOW WISP, INFINITUM OBSCURE, ESTUARY, FUNERUS, NUCLEAR WINTER and DIABOLOS. Mainman John McEntee sent this message to the metal community: "It will be great to take a break from writing the new album to return to L.A. for this killer show! We always look forward to playing southern California, you guys seriously kick ass. Get ready for a night of killer death metal!" Set to play three shows in mid-December with VITAL REMAINS, INCANTATION are currently working on material for a new 2006 release. Upcoming INCANTATION shows: Dec. 02 - Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA (To Appease the Beast) w/ VITAL REMAINS: Dec. 16 The Kave – Portland, ME Dec. 17 Palladium – Worcester, MA Dec. 18 Empress Ballroom – Danbury, CT

20.11.2005 today news about PAIN - BLACK SABBATH
Black Sabbath
	BLACK SABBATH's performance of "Paranoid" at Wednesday night's (Nov. 16) UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 during Mark Radcliffe's show from backstage at the Alexandra Palace in London. Radcliffe also interviewed Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne after the show. Like all BBC Radio programs, it is available to listen on demand for a week at BBC.co.uk. The SABBATH segment begins at 2 hours 29 minutes 45 seconds into the program with "Sweet Leaf"; the live version of "Paranoid" is at 2 hours 37 minutes, and the interview starts at 2 hours 41 minutes.

Pain
	PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "The brand new DVD 'Live Is Overrated' is out now on Metal Mind, and features two concerts from Poland! There is a lot of bonus shit on there as well, so it's worth checking out if you want to see what the live set looks like these days... Yours truly gave it a proper mix, so it sounds fucking good as well! It comes in two different versions — a normal one, and a limited edition digi-pak version. "The work continues with my covers album. I've cut a few songs already, and a couple of examples of songs that have been pain-ified are BJÖRK's 'I Play Dead' and DEPECHE MODE's 'Behind The Wheel'. Watch this space for more covers as I get them done! "Believe it or not, but I've started work on a new 'normal' PAIN album, and have got two songs down. They are heavy as fuck and are — as the English would say — the dog's bollocks. I'm just heading off on a European tour with HYPOCRISY, but have booted up my laptop to include a full recording studio, so I'll be spending the hours of travel getting new songs down. "Have your say on the cover album! Here's your chance to let me know what you think! Send me your suggestion of a song that needs to be fucked up by me for the cover album! The winner will have his suggestion covered, and mentioned on the sleeve! E-mail your suggestions to cover@pain.cd. "While we're at it - why not have a competition. Just answer this simple question: on the last PAIN tour, we had a new, fantastic drummer (since Horgh moved over to HYPOCRISY...). What's his name? Answer that and the winner gets to pick up a signed copy of the new DVD (of course the nice, shiny limited edition version). E-mail your answer to contest@pain.cd. Don't forget to include your name and address." PAIN's latest album, "Dancing With the Dead", debuted at position No. 3 on the Swedish album chart in late January. The follow-up to 2002's "Nothing Remains The Same" was released in continental Europe in March.

18.11.2005 today news about SAMAEL - PURGATORY - CALLENISH CIRCLE - NAGLFAR - VADER - CENTURY FAMILY - ANDARK
Samael
	Century Media Records will re-release SAMAEL's "Ceremony of Opposites" (originally issued in 1994) and "Worship Him" (1991) this fall, both as "deluxe editions," featuring bonus material. The details are as follows: "Ceremony of Opposites/Rebellion" (release date: November 21, 2005): 01. Black Trip 02. Celebration Of The Fourth 03. Son Of Earth 04. 'Till We Meet Again 05. Mask Of The Red Death 06. Baphomet's Throne 07. Flagellation 08. Crown 09. To Our Martyrs 10. Ceremony Of Opposites 11. Rebellion 12. After The Sepulture (new version) 13. I Love The Dead (ALICE COOPER cover) 14. Static Journey 15. Into The Pentagram (new version) "Worship Him" + "Live in Vienna '93" (bootleg) (release date: December 5, 2005): 01. Sleep Of Death 02. Worship Him 03. Knowledge Of The Ancient Kingdom 04. Morbid Metal 05. Rite Of Cthulhu 06. The Black Face 07. Into The Pentagram 08. Messenger Of The Light 09. Last Benediction 10. The Dark 11. Manitou (VENOM cover) 12. Total Consecration (live) 13. Until The Chaos (live) 14. Blood Ritual (live) 15. Rite Of Cthulhu/Sleep Of Death (live) 16. After The Sepulture (live) 17. Beyond The Nothingness (live) 18. Worship Him (live) 19. Morbid Metal (live)

Purgatory
	"Im Januar 2006 werden CITY OF THE DEAD und MIRIQUIDI PRODUCTIONS unser aktuelles Album "Luciferianism" auf Vinyl veröffentlichen. Die LP wird auf 500 Stück limitiert sein und erscheint im Gatefold , sowie mit Poster. In January 2006 our latest album LUCIFERIANISM will be released by CITY OF THE DEAD and MIRIQUIDI PRODUCTIONS as 12" LP. This record will be limited to 500 copies with gatefold cover and poster. http://www.miriquidi-productions.com/ http://www.cityofthedeadrecords.com/" from Purgatory

Callenish Circle
	Dutch melodic death metallers CALLENISH CIRCLE have been confirmed as the opening act for PARADISE LOST on their Mexican tour in January. The dates are as follows: Jan. 12 - Café Iguana – Monterrey, MEX Jan. 13 - Hard Rock Live – Guadalajara, MEX Jan. 14 - Gran Forum - Mexico City, MEX

Naglfar
	Swedish black metal titans NAGLFAR will be supporting DARK FUNERAL on a European tour beginning in February 2006. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Feb. 24 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben Feb. 25 - Malmö, SWE @ KB Feb. 26 - Göteborg, SWE @ Kåren NAGLFAR's latest album, "Pariah", is available now on Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Sheol", "Pariah" is described in a Century Media press release as "a flawless work of iniquitous hell-spawned art filled with raging guitar riffs, bludgeoning drums, demonic vocals, that combine with haunting melodies to capture hell's eternal depravity."

Vader
	A brand-new VADER track, entitled "This Is the War", has been made available for download at this location. The song comes off the veteran Polish death metallers' latest mini-CD, "The Art of War", available now on Regain Records. The EP was recorded at Hertz Studio and produced by Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawscy. The complete track listing for the mini-CD is as follows: 01. Para Bellum 02. This Is the War 03. Lead Us!!! 04. Banners on the Wind 05. What Colour Is Your Blood? 06. Death in Silence 07. This Is the War (video)

Century Family
	Continuing the highly successful "Metal for the Masses" series, the Century Family unseals "Metal for the Masses Volume Four", once again exclusive to Hot Topic locations nationwide. The two-disc compilation contains 40 tracks totaling over two hours of music. The artwork for "Volume Four" incorporates the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to stunning effect and also depicts the album art for each featured artist within as well as additional artist and album information. "Volume Four" comes housed in a deluxe double digipak and is available now for a low, low price at all Hot Topic locations nationwide. Started in 2003, "Metal for the Masses" has become The Century Family's largest-selling compilation series, replacing the budget-priced "Identity" series. The "Metal for the Masses" series is also one of Hot Topic's longest-running exclusive compilations. Selling well over 60,000 copies each, "Metal for the Masses" continues to disseminate the word of metal. Disc One includes the following Century Media artists: GOD FORBID MANNTIS DIECAST BRAND NEW SIN AGENTS OF MAN SHADOWS FALL ARCH ENEMY THE HAUNTED BEHEMOTH OLD MAN’S CHILD NAGLFAR STRAPPING YOUNG LAD NEVERMORE EYES OF FIRE INTO ETERNITY CRYPTOPSY WATCH THEM DIE NAPALM DEATH DESPISED ICON IMMOLATION Disc Two includes: Nuclear Blast artists: DIMMU BORGIR SOILWORK IN FLAMES MESHUGGAH BLEED THE SKY DARKANE MNEMIC HYPOCRISY EXODUS CATHEDRAL Liquor And Poker Music artists: FIREBALL MINISTRY NEBULA THE HELLACOPTERS THE ILLUMINATI THE BLACK HALOS CRASH KELLY THE THIEVES SCOTT REEDER AMERICAN HEARTBREAK BACKYARD BABIES

Andark
	Italian avant-garde/industrial metallers ANDARK have parted ways with drummer Davide "Klepoth" D'Alberto due to "artistic differences." Taking D'Alberto's place as a session drummer for all concerts between December 2005 and March 2006 will be Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (ANCIENT, HORTUS ANIMAE, ex-DOOMSWORD, PSYCHORDER).

17.11.2005 today news about HIMSA - KORPIKLAANI - THE HUMAN ABSTRACT - ANGTORIA - CALLENISH CIRCLE
Himsa
	The cover artwork for the new HIMSA album, "Hail Horror", has been posted online at this location. The artwork was conceived by Stephen Kasner, who has previously worked with SUNNO))) and INTEGRITY, among others. Prosthetic Records will be releasing "Hail Horror", worldwide on February 7, 2006. The follow-up to 2003's critically-acclaimed "Courting Tragedy and Disaster" was produced by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED), ensuring a tight, intense recording that captures the band's musical intensity. The band have already completed a video shoot for the album's second track, "Sleezevil", under the guidance of veteran video director Derek Dale (AS I LAY DYING). Dale also manned the helm for HIMSA's "Rain to the Sound of Panic" video from "Courting Tragedy and Disaster". Having just completed the "Blackest of the Black Tour" alongside CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH, and DANZIG, HIMSA are now preparing to head overseas to kick off a 19-day trek through Europe alongside 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 02 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island Dec. 03 - Wien, Austria - Arena Dec. 04 - Budapest, Hungary - Kultiplex Dec. 05 - München, Germany - Backstage Dec. 07 - Hasselt, Belgium - Muziek-o-droom Dec. 08 - Newport City, UK - Live Arena Dec. 09 - Norwich, UK - The Ferry Boat Dec. 10 - Aberdeen, UK - Moshulu Dec. 11 - Leeds, UK - The Cockpit Dec. 12 - Manchester, UK - Jilly's Rockworld Dec. 13 - London, UK - Underworld Dec. 14 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix Dec. 15 - Wil, Switzerland - Remise Dec. 16 - Trier, Germany - Exhaus Dec. 17 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle (Fuck X-Mas Fest) Dec. 18 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet Dec. 20 - Arnhem, Holland - Goudvishal

Korpiklaani
	The Finnish folk-metal band KORPIKLAANI entered the studio on November 14, 2005 to record their third full-length album ”Tales Along This Road”. The album will be released in March 2006 on Austrian label Napalm Records. The sessions will be interrupted for a couple of weeks by the second leg of the Clan's European tour. The tour highlights will be the appearances as one of the three main acts at the Czech's "Winter Masters Of Rock" concert with Hammerfall and Stratovarius on December 3 and at the charity concert for the sexually abused children in Celle , Germany on November 26. European tour to support the release of the third album is already being booked and it will start on March 30, 2006 . The tour will be approximately three weeks.

The Human Abstract
	Hopeless Records has announced the signing of technical progressive metal band THE HUMAN ABSTRACT. The Los Angeles based band takes heavy influence from both European and American Metal with a focus on technical proficiency and creative intensity. The band initially caught the attention of Hopeless Records after recording a two-song demo and hitting the local venues with a relentless do-it-yourself attitude and intense and unbridled live shows. The band has created a substantial following and dominated the local scene in Los Angeles. By joining the Hopeless Records team, THE HUMAN ABSTRACT is taking the next step to bring their music to fans everywhere. THE HUMAN ABSTRACT are currently preparing to record in February and will be playing select dates in the coming months as well as touring more extensively this spring leading up the the release of their Hopeless Records debut. Upcoming THE HUMAN ABSTRACT shows: Nov. 17 - Cobalt Cafi - Canoga Park, CA Dec. 16 - Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA

Angtoria
	On saturday, november 19th, ANGTORIA (newly signed to LISTENABLE RECORDS) heads in to the studio to start the recording of their debut album "God Has A Plan For Us All", scheduled to be released in April 2006. The band has chosen the studio and crew at Sidelake Studios in Sundsvall/Sweden to handle the task. The drums on the album will be handled by very talented new and upcoming young drummer Andreas Brobjer. At only 18 years of age he´s already received numerous awards for his achievments and is getting more and more renowned around the world for his skills. -In 2004 he won the "Swedish National Championships In Drumset Soloing", and went back in 2005 to defend his title and won once again! - At only 17 years of age he was asked by acclaimed swedish keyboard wizard Rickard Andersson (Majestic, Time Requiem, Space Odyssey etc) to lay down the drums on the album entitled "The Astral Episode" with his highly technical metal project called Space Odyssey. Andreas is also active in various other bands and projects like for instance prog metal band Platitude. To help out engineering the drums etc, the band has hired Daniel Bergstrand, responsible for the sound on various albums of many bands throughout the years such as for instance In Flames, Soilwork, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Behemoth etc. At the start of the recording there will be a new STUDIO REPORT section added to this site. A studio diary section will be added, dedicated to frequent updates about the progress of the studio recording with images, video clips, interviews and personal "diaries" written by the members. visit www.angtoria.com for official information and updates. from Angtoria

Callenish Circle
	2 brand new CALLENISH CIRCLE tracks titled ‘GUESS AGAIN’ and ‘IGNORANT‘ have been posted online on the band's myspace domain : www.myspace.com/callenishcircle These tracks are featured on Callenish Circle ’s new (and meanwhile 5th) full length album titled [ PITCH.BLACK.EFFECTS ]. Official release dates [Pitch.Black.Effects]: - Germany : 11.11.2005 (label : Metal Blade Europe) = out now ! - Rest of Europe : 14.11.2005 (label : Metal Blade Europe) = out now ! - North America : 10.01.2006 (label : Metal Blade USA ) - Japan : January / February 2006 (label : Metal Blade Japan ) [Pitch.Black.Effects] was recorded at aRe U Recordings in Holland under supervision of producer Gail Liebling. The final mix was done at the Antfarm Studio in Denmark with Tue Madsen (a.o. The Haunted, Illdisposed & Mnemic). Mastering duties were handled again by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound in Germany and last but not least the complete artwork was created by Danish art talent Mircea Gabriel Eftemie at Cadaverman Media. The European release will be available in a luxury limited edition digi-pack CD / DVD set. Complete tracklist [Pitch.Black.Effects] CD: 1. This Day You Regret 2. Ignorant * 3. Behind Lines 4. Schwarzes Licht 5. Sweet Cyanide 6. Blind 7. Guess Again * 8. Self-Inflicted 9. As You Speak 10. Pitch Black Ad ditional track list [Pitch.Black.Effects] CD/ DVD set: · professionally recorded live show (7 songs – 40 minutes) at the 013 venue in Tilburg , The Netherlands. · studio report featuring the recordings in Holland , the mix in Denmark & an exclusive interview with producer Gail Liebling. · festival report of the band’s trip to the Brutal Assault Festival in Czech Republic (2005). · festival report of the band’s trip to the Piorno Rock Festival in Spain (2004). · motion photo gallery from Trendkiller Management

16.11.2005 today news about KEEP OF KALESSIN - MORTICIAN - LULLACRY - ANAAL NATHRAKH
Keep of Kalessin
	Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN, featuring Obsidian C. (a.k.a. Arnt Grønbech, also a touring guitarist for SATYRICON) on guitars/bass/synth, have been confirmed as the support act for EXODUS and HYPOCRISY on their upcoming European tour. The dates are as follows: Nov. 22 - Lutaako – Jyvaskyla, FIN Nov. 23 - Club Teatria - Oulu, FIN Nov. 24 - Nostory - Helsinki, FIN Nov. 25 - Nooruse Maja – Tartu, EST Nov. 26 - Salamandra – Riga, LAT Nov. 27 - Proxima – Warszawa, POL Nov. 28 - WZ – Wroclaw, SK Nov. 29 - A 38 – Budapest, HUN Nov. 30 - Media Park – Ljubljana, SLO Dec. 01 - Stadthalle – Cham, GER Dec. 03 - Troubadour – Lyon, FRA As previously reported, KEEP OF KALESSIN have set a March 27, 2006 release date for their new album, entitled "Armada". The CD will be released via the Norwegian label Tabu Recordings, a division of Tuba Records. Vyl is playing drums on the album and a new bass player, Wizziac, is being introduced. MAYHEM singer Attila Chisar is doing some additional vocals, but he will not be the frontman anymore. The band will try out different vocalists in the studio to find the one who matches the music best. The group's complete lineup will be revealed when the recording sessions are completed. KEEP OF KALESSIN's most recent mini-album, "Reclaim", was released in December 2003 through FaceFront Records. The group's first release since 1999's "Agnen: A Journey through the Dark" (Avantgarde), "Reclaim" has been described as a new milestone in Norwegian black metal by the Norwegian press. "Reclaim" is available in the U.S. through The End mail-order.

Mortician
	Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza is reporting that MORTICIAN vocalist/bassist Will Rahmer is likely to spend the next few weeks at a Polish jail while the prosecutors prepare an indictment against him for robbery with a dangerous weapon. The judges from the Polish town of Krosno Odrzanskie (where Rahmer is currently being held) have accepted a proposal from the prosecutors to detain Rahmer for up to three months in accordance with the Polish law. In addition to the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon, the prosecutors will likely charge Rahmer for resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. Rahmer, 36, was arrested by the Polish police after he allegedly assaulted a taxi driver with a knife and stole a taxi cab following the group's performance in the Polish city of Zielona Gora on Sunday (Nov. 13). Rahmer reportedly called a cab after MORTICIAN's concert in Zielona Gora (which the other MORTICIAN members performed without Rahmer) and requested to be taken to the Berlin airport so that he could fly back to the United States. He allegedly paid the driver 200 euros for the ride, but apparently went berserk when he was unable to reach someone on his mobile phone. Rahmer allegedly proceeded to attempt to gain control of the vehicle, in the process causing a small cut to the cabdriver's neck with his knife. The driver managed to escape and contacted the police. He was subsequently taken to the hospital, where he received two stitches. In the meantime, Will stole the car and drove himself to the Polish/German border crossing in Swiecko, where he allegedly got into a scuffle with the authorities before being detained. At the time of his arrest, Rahmer was reportedly not carrying any additional cash or a valid passport. He was, however, in possession of at least one knife and a set of knucklers, according to Gazeta Lubuska. Speaking to the police through a translator, Rahmer apparently offered a very different account of what transpired to the version given by the taxidriver. MORTICIAN were in the middle of a European tour with BLOOD RED THRONE and AKERCOCKE when the incident took place. The group are said to be continuing the trek, with members of BLOOD RED THRONE and AKERCOCKE assisting with bass and vocal duties

Lullacry
	Finnish quintet LULLACRY will release their fourth studio album, "Vol. 4", in the U.S. on January 24, 2006 via Century Media Records. The album was recorded at Astia Studios with Anssi Kippo (CHILDREN OF BODOM, ENTWINE) and at Finnvox Studio with Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS), resulting in a high-quality production. LULLACRY's first single off the new album, "Stranger in You", entered the Finnish single chart at position No. 16 upon its release in July. The title cut was backed by a cover of KISS' "I Stole Your Love". LULLACRY issued a five-song EP, "Fire Within", in August 2004, featuring two new songs ("Fire Within" and "The #1 Rebel"), two remakes of classic LULLACRY tracks, as well as a cover version of W.A.S.P.'s "L.O.V.E. Machine".

Anaal Nathrakh
	British cyber/black metal act ANAAL NATHRAKH will be headlining a show at The Underworld in London, on December 15 with KHOLD, TED MAUL and LEECH WOMAN as part of Terrorizer magazine's "A Cold Night In Hell 2006" festival. The band will also play the following day in Birmingham with RAMESSES and NARCOSIS at Edwards No. 8. The lineup of bands on this show was picked personally by ANAAL NATHRAKH. Both shows will have a full live lineup completed by Ventnor on guitar, Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, LOCK UP, WARHAMMER) on bass and Danny Herrera (NAPALM DEATH, VENOMOUS CONCEPT) on drums. Tickets are available on www.ticketweb.co.uk.

14.11.2005 today news about DISSECTION - CONFESSOR
Dissection
	Swedish death metallers DISSECTION have parted ways with recently recruited bassist Haakon Forwald (a.k.a. General K; MYRKSKOG, DISIPLIN). The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO), it has been decided that Forwald will step back from the position as DISSECTION's bass player in order to focus on his esoteric and exoteric work in Norway. DISSECTION wish Forwald the best of luck on the path to anti-cosmic gnosis and thank him for his time with the band. This will not affect the two upcoming shows in Sweden and Germany booked for December and January [December 30 at Kolingsborg (The Shrine) in Stockholm, Sweden and January 28 at the Winternoize Festival in Osnabrück, Germany] where DISSECTION for the last time ever will perform a set based solely on the old albums! Bass player candidates already exist and are currently being tried out in rehearsals!" DISSECTION recently reacquired the rights to their classic "Storm of the Lights Bane" album from Nuclear Blast. In addition, Black Lodge's licensing rights to the group's 1993 debut, "The Somberlain", will expire in December. Both albums are currently out of print and will be re-issued by the label to which DISSECTION will sign for their next album. DISSECTION entered the studio on February 2 to begin recording their long-awaited third album, the group's first release since "Storm of the Light's Bane". The recording is taking place at Black Syndicate Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, with DISSECTION mainman Jon Nödtveidt's brother Emil Nödtveidt (a.k.a. THE DEATHSTARS' Nightmare Industries) and Skinny Kangur at the helm. Eleven songs are being recorded for the album and the material is being regarded by the band as "a work of sonic black magic, actively channelling the anti-cosmic current 218." Rough-mix versions of two new songs from DISSECTION's forthcoming CD are available for download on their official web site. Check out the tracks "Xeper-I-Set" (mp3, lyrics) and "Starless Aeon" (mp3, lyrics). DISSECTION are currently in negotiations with several labels for the upcoming release, but the recordings are being completely financed by the band itself independent of any record company. A final decision about the group's new label home is expected to be made soon.

Confessor
	Reunited North Carolina-based progressive metallers CONFESSOR will be opening for LAMB OF GOD at their hometown show on November 27 at The Canal Club in Richmond, Virginia. CONFESSOR announced the final track listing for their live DVD, which was filmed in late September in Oslo, Norway. In addition to the live performance, the disc will feature other bonuses, such as the music video for "Wig Stand", footage from the studio, and a little surprise from CONFESSOR's drummer Steve Shelton! An early 2006 release is expected. CONFESSOR's live DVD will feature the following track listing: 01. Collapse Into Despair 02. Cross The Bar 03. Prepare Yourself 04. The Downside 05. Sour Times 06. Uncontrolled 07. Wig Stand 08. Eve of Salvation 09. Suffer CONFESSOR have just released their new full-length album, "Unraveled", via Season of Mist. The CD was produced by Dick Hodgin (ex-CORROSION OF CONFORMITY producer) and is "a wonderful representation of the classic CONFESSOR twisted guitar riffing and complex drumming, meshed with some more straightforward parts and a toned down and very melodic vocal approach," according to vocalist Scott Jeffreys. "We feel that the new album will certainly appeal to the old-school CONFESSOR fans and also will attract a brand new fan base who might not have heard us when we were together before." CONFESSOR split up in the early '90s after releasing one full-length album (1991's "Condemned") and EP (1992's "Confessor"), with the with the rhythm section going on to form FLY MACHINE. CONFESSOR reformed in 2002 following the death of guitarist Ivan Colon, who passed away due to cardiac complications

12.11.2005 today news about PAPA ROACH - AMORPHIS
Papa Roach
	PAPA ROACH's 2004 album, "Getting Away with Murder", has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of a million copies. PAPA ROACH have set a November 22 release date through Geffen for their DVD, entitled "Live & Murderous in Chicago". The disc will feature "80 minutes of the raw live energy PAPA ROACH is known for, shot in high definition at the Vic in Chicago," all of the band's videos, exclusive never-before-seen, all-access footage, a photo gallery, and more. As previously reported, PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix just began shooting his first feature film, an as-yet-untitled supernatural thriller directed by Ryan McKinney. Lou Diamond Phillips and Pam Grier are co-starring in the flick, which is shooting in Sacramento, near Shaddix's hometown of Vacaville, California.

Amorphis
	Audio samples from the upcoming AMORPHIS album, "Eclipse", have been posted online at the Nuclear Blast Musicshop. "Eclipse" is scheduled for release on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki with engineer Nino Laurenne (THUNDERSTONE). The production duties were handled by the band and Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH) for vocals. The mixing was taken care of by Mikko Karmila (who previously worked with the group on their "Am Universum" CD) at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. "Eclipse" track listing: 01. Two Moons 02. House of Sleep 03. Leaves Scar 04. Born from Fire 05. Under a Soil and Black Stone 06. Perkele (The God of Fire) 07. The Smoke 08. Same Flesh 09. Brother Moon 10. Empty Opening 11. Stonewoman (bonus track)

11.11.2005 today news about RAMMSTEIN - THE AMENTA - SOLITUDE AETURNUS
Rammstein
	German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have selected the title track of their new album, "Rosenrot", as their next single. "Rosenrot" (the single) will be released on December 9, 2005 and will contain the following tracks: 01. Rosenrot (Single Version) (03:47) 02. Rosenrot (The Tweaker Remix by Chris Vrenna) (04:34) 03. Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix by Northern Lite) (04:45) 04. Rosenrot (3AM At Cosy Remix by Jagz Kooner) (04:50) Universal U.K. has apparently confirmed that "Rosenrot" will be the international single, but the U.K. will get "Mann gegen Mann" instead. If this is true, it is presently unclear when the "Mann gegen Mann" single will be released in the U.K. or elsewhere. However, the band's keyboardist, Christian "Flake" Lorenz, said during a recent online chat that it will be issued in January 2006.

The Amenta
	THE AMENTA will be joining Polands Behemoth on their first ever Australian tour. Jan. 06 - Enigma Bar, Adelaide Jan. 07 - The Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne Jan. 08 - The Tote, Melbourne (Under 18's) Jan. 13 - Her Majestys Bar, Brisbane Jan. 14 - Gaelic Club, Sydney (All Ages)

Solitude Aeturnus
	A full-length MP3 of a new SOLITUDE AETURNUS pre-production/demo track, entitled "Sightless", is available for download at this location. A re-recorded version of the cut is expected to appear on the long-running Arlington, Texas-based doom metallers' new studio album, "Alone", due in early 2006 via Massacre Records. Other songtitles set to appear on the group's first studio album since 1998's "Adagio" include "Waiting for the Light", "Scent of Death", "Essence of Black", and "In Hell I Burn"

10.11.2005 today news about ANGTORIA - NORDIC RAGE METAL FESTIVAL - BELPHEGOR -

GEORG LAAKSO - DIECAST - SEASON'S END/BLOODY MARY - MOONSPELL

Angtoria

ANGTORIA, the new Swedish/British orchestral/metal band formed by female singer Sarah Jezebel Deva (CRADLE OF FILTH, THERION, MORTIIS), composer Chris Rehn (ABYSSOS) and Tommy Rehn (MOAHNI MOAHNA), have inked a deal with France's Listenable Records. The group's debut album is tentatively scheduled for release in the spring. A full-length MP3 of the ANGTORIA demo track "Six Feet Under's Not Deep Enough" has been made available for download at Angtoria.com. Other songtitles expected to appear on the upcoming CD include "Confide In Me" (KYLIE MINOGUE cover), "Little Girl", "Deity Of Disgust" and "I Cried Alone".

Nordic Rage Metal Festival

DISMEMBER, NOCTURNAL RITES and CRUCIFIED BARBARA are among the artists appearing at the third annual Nordic Rage Metal Festival, set to take place Saturday, November 12 at Folkets Hus in Boden, Sweden. The complete festival lineup is as follows:

DISMEMBER
NOCTURNAL RITES
CRUCIFIED BARBARA
SLOWGATE
MACHINAE SUPREMACY
ZONARIA
RETRIBUTION
EVERMOORE
DARK LEGIONS
BEYOND DREAMS

Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. (CET) and tickets will be priced 150 SEK.

For more information, visit the official Nordic Rage Metal Festival web site, www.nordicrage.se.

Belphegor

"All right, last days before we hit the studios.
We're all set, most of the 10 compositions/arrangements are finished in a rudimentary form. Equipment is packed, new cymbals arrived and cables/strings/plecs a.o.have been fixed.
Andy Classen will be at the helm as producer. The four recording sessions and mixing/mastering process should be complete by middle of February ´06, and the yet untitled album's release date will hopefully be sometime in April/May of 2006.
As for the new album, we are doing everything we can to make sure it's the heaviest, most intense - monumental one BELPHEGOR ever made.
We never rehearsed as often as for these 10 sound-collages, hell yeah,.....we feel that this will be the mightiest BELPHEGOR jewel yet.

Well, we will let you in on the progress being made and give you an insight into the recording processes, reports will be posted on this site on a regular basis...

Helmuth, Sigurd, Nefastus & Barth."

from Belphegor

Georg Laakso (Turisas)

Guitarist Georg Laakso of the Finnish "pagan battle metal" act TURISAS was seriously injured in a car accident outside Hämeenlinna, Finland the night of October 27-28. The following update on his condition has been posted at the group's official web site:

"The last two weeks have been an extremely hard time for us and we hope that you understand how difficult it has been for us to come out with an update on Georg's condition. There have been days when the situation has appeared to be very dark, as well as days bringing good news and glimpses of hope. Georg's condition is now somewhat stable, but still extremely severe and the risk of different complications is still evident. The following part will give you more information on what actually happened and how things have moved on since then.

"The accident took place two weeks ago, on the night between Thursday and Friday (Oct. 27-28) when, for a reason still unknown, Georg's car swerved off the highway, crashing through an elk-fence before coming to a halt 60 meters farther ahead. The first reports on the accident did not come in before early Friday morning and the first police patrol was at the scene around 8 am. They, however, did not notice the unconscious Georg who was lying on the ground approximately 5 meters from the vehicle. Neither did the following patrol which came to the scene later in the afternoon to add some more police tape in the fence as a signal to the motorists passing by that the police had already been there. Georg was reported missing on Friday afternoon. It was not before 6 pm Georg's brother found him at the scene of the accident and called the emergency number. When Georg was lifted up from the ground his heart stopped beating. At that point he had been lying unconscious on the icy ground for some 12 hours minimum, and his body temperature had gone down to 20.1 °C. No other persons were involved in the accident.

"Georg was rushed to Hämeenlinna Central Hospital and later in the night transferred to the intensive care unit at Meilahti Hospital in Helsinki. During this time the nursing staff kept his heart beating by hand for well over four hours. At Meilahti Hospital he was connected to a heart-lung machine and heart operation was started immediately.

"During the last two weeks Georg has gone through several operations on his heart, abdomen, feet etc. His body temperature has been raised slowly up towards normal, which has brought up some problems with his right leg not heating up properly due to bad frostbites. He has shown marks of consciousness throughout last week, and has been awake for short periods during the last days, but is still kept under anaesthesia and heavy narcosis most of the time. His heart is now somewhat working on its own, but his breathing is still controlled by a respirator, and there are also problems with his kidneys. Apart from a few broken ribs and a minor fracture in his jaw, the crash did not cause notable external damage. Recent scans have not shown any signs of brain damage either, but at this stage that is still far too early to speculate on.

"We would like to express our gratitude for all the kind words and thoughts you have posted in our guestbook. Your concern really means a lot to us and has given both us and Georg's family a lot of strenght during these hard two weeks. We, together with Georg's family, wish that you continue posting your thoughts and greetings in our guestbook or on our forum, as all your posts have been, and will be in the future as well, forwarded to the hospital staff who are reading your greetings directly for Georg. We would also like to thank you all for the extremely tactful manner in which you have received these heavy news not declining to any level of rumours or speculations. We will keep you posted on how things move on again as soon as there is something new to tell."

Back in July 2004, Laakso was stabbed six times in the back times in the group's hometown of Hämeenlinna, Finland after getting into a fight with a stranger.

TURISAS' debut album, "Battle Metal", was released in July 2004 through Century Media Records.

Diecast

from Diecast blog on Myspace

"To our Fans and Friends: We apologize for dropping off the American Headcharge Tour. American Headcharge, Indexcase and Bleed The Sky were the best tour mates that we could have asked for. The tour was going amazingly and our fans came out in force to support us. We even made the best of the only dud of a show in Cleveland by closing the bar. Together with the rest of our tourdmates a few old friends and Matt and Kevin from Chimaira, we nearly drank the place dry. The problem came the next day on a day off we had in Nashville. We (Kirk, Jeremy, Paul & Jon) aren't really sure what happened. It all started with an argument about Brendan Frasiers' acting skills, (mature huh?) and ended with a valued member of the Diecast family (Jason) sneaking off onto a bus in the middle of the night without explanation or warning. Needless to say we are all devastated, saddened and dissapointed. We always considered Jason to be one of the nicest guys in the band and obviously an amazing musician, phenominal drummer and most importantly a friend. We aren't sure why he left, but when we know more we will make everyone privy to the information. The rest of us would like to apologize to our Label, our Manager, our Agents, the rest of the Bands on the tour and most importantly our Fans"

news from http://www.myspace.com/diecast

Season's End/ Bloody Mary

English female-fronted doom band SEASON'S END and Italian goth rockers BLOODY MARY begin their U.K. tour this Saturday (Nov. 12). Also appearing on the bill will be THE FACES OF SARAH. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Nov. 12 - Ipswich, UK - Premier pool club (w/ FULL COLAPSE)
Nov. 14 - Coventry, UK - Jailhouse
Nov. 15 - Cambridge, UK - Man on the Moon
Nov. 16 - Brighton, UK - Engine Rooms
Nov. 17 - High Wycombe, UK - The White Horse
Nov. 18 - Norwich, UK - Ferryboat (w/ KARN8)
Nov. 19 - London, UK - Camden Underworld (w/ THE GHOST OF LEMORA, UNDERCOVER SLUT)

BLOODY MARY released their debut album, "Blood 'N' Roll", on Sixsixsix Records, the new independent metal label founded by CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus.

Moonspell

MOONSPELL have inked a three-album deal with SPV/Steamhammer Records following their split with Century Media. The band are currently recording their new album, entitled "Memorial", at the Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (TIAMAT, SAMAEL, SENTENCED), who had worked with the group on their first three records ("Wolfheart", "Irreligious", "Sin/Pecado"). The recording sessions will last from November 1 to November 27.

09.11.2005 today news about INCANTATION - BLOODFLOWERZ - MYSTIC CIRCLE
Incantation
	INCANTATION's video for the track "Dying Divinity" has been posted online at this location (.AVI file). The song comes off the Pennsylvanian death/grind heavyweights' most recent CD, "Decimate Christendom", which came out in Europe in August 2004 via Listenable Records. INCANTATION are currently working on the material for a new studio album, to be recorded in the spring of 2006. A summer/fall release via Listenable (Century Media in the U.S.) is expected.

Bloodflowerz
	German female-fronted dark/goth metal act BLOODFLOWERZ have announced the addition of guitarist Jochen Laser (ex-BLUE SEASON) and bassist Jan Beckmann (ex-FATERED) to the group's ranks. The band are continuing to write and demo material for their upcoming album, "Dark Love Poems", which they plan to record in early 2006 for a tentative summer release via Silverdust Records..

Mystic Circle
	German "dark Satanic metal band" MYSTIC CIRCLE have cancelled their previously announced Mexican tour. "We are very sad that we cant play this time for the fans in Mexico but we can't go on with our old drummer so it's not possible for us to come over and play the Mexico tour this time!!" the band write in a statement. "We want to apologize to all the fans and promoters in Mexico. For us it's a dream to play in your country, but without a drummer we can't do anything. MYSTIC CIRCLE is coming back with a new lineup and a new CD next year and be sure we will give you a blast with a new and enthusiastic drummer. The shows will be postponed for next year. We hope you understand our shitty situation this time. We will be back as soon as possible." MYSTIC CIRCLE are currently seeking a new drummer for their upcoming world tour in support of their seventh full-length album, "The Bloody Path of God", tentatively due on February 27, 2006 via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The new CD is being recorded with former MYSTIC CIRCLE drummer Necrodemon at the production helm.

08.11.2005 today news about MALEVOLENT CREATION - HATE - DREAM EVIL
Malevolent Creation
	MALEVOLENT CREATION mainman Phil Fasciana has rejected as "wrong" an announcement on the official DOWN THE DRAIN MySpace.com page that former MALEVOLENT CREATION and current DOWN THE DRAIN frontman Brett Hoffman will be singing two tracks on MALEVOLENT's upcoming studio album. "Brett Hoffman is not singing any songs on our new album and either is Jason Blachowicz," Phil told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "Jason has rejoined the band — yes, that is true — but he is playing bass, not singing (unless some backing vocals are needed). Brett is no longer a part of MALEVOLENT CREATION and hasn't been for the last five years and is definitely not recording with MALEVOLENT CREATION. All vocals will be performed by vocalist Kyle Symons who replaced Hoffman in late 2000 and has recorded the last two studio albums, 'The Will To Kill' and 'Warkult' and a live album that was released earlier this year titled 'Conquering South America' and was recorded in Brazil on the Brazilian Tour in 2003 and has no plans of leaving or being released from the band. Whoever posted that information about Brett and Jason singing on our new album is an idiot and it is 100% not true!!!" The current recording and live lineup is: Kyle Symons – vocals Dave Culross – drums Jon Rubin – guitars Jason Blachowicz – bass Phil Fasciana – guitars MALEVOLENT CREATION will play the following live dates in Mexico this coming December: Dec. 02 - Aguascalientes, MEX @ La Caverna Dec. 03 - Mexico City, MEX @ Circo Volador Dec. 04 - Puebla, MEX @ La Ciricua Bar These will be the last shows in support of the band's ninth album, "Warkult". MALEVOLENT CREATION are currently writing the material for their tenth studio CD, entitled "Doomsday X", which will be released spring-summer 2006. Several European festival appearances will follow next summer.

Hate
	Polish death mongers HATE have announced the addition of guitarist Hellbeast (photo) to the group's ranks. "A young guitarist known to be a part of some underground bands such as CHAOSPHERE and DAMNED turned out to be the best among those who came forward," reads a press release. Commented HATE mainman Adam The First Sinner: "I confirm Hellbeast is a new member to the lineup. The 19-year old has just outstripped all the other candidates. I'm really glad we're a four-piece again! We're rehearsing a lot these days to make the songs as tight as possible. Soon we'll start playing concerts promoting 'Anaclasis'. Our first public appearance with the new lineup will be during a special concert at Proxima Club, Warsaw — a tribute to Doc — late VADER's drummer and our dear friend. We'll be there to pay him tribute he deserves and help his family. Being there is a must!" "Anaclasis" is available now on Listenable Records.

Dream Evil
	Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL, who were recently rejoined by vocalist Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors, are currently in pre-production for their new album. Drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) "is now laying the final touch on the lyrics," according to a posting on his web site. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "See no Evil - Hear no Evil - Speak no Evil", "Glorious", "Speed Demon", "Let's Heavy Metal (Ourselves to Death)", "Gladiator", "Weekend Warrior", "Do the Sign", "21" and "Out of the Sunlight".

07.11.2005 today news about GRAVE - DISILLUSION - BEHEMOTH - MELECHESH - NEVERMORE - KATAKLYSM
Grave
	Swedish death metallers GRAVE have posted the following message on their official web site: "GRAVE will perform at this year's Arnhem Metal Meeting [in Holland]. Sharing the stage with DISMEMBER, DESTRUCTION and CANDLEMASS will be a night to remember. Also added are the dates for the upcoming European 'The Domination Tour 2006'. Be sure to check out the dates for your chance to see CRYPTOPSY, GRAVE, DEW-SCENTED, ABORTED, VESANIA and HURTLOCKER. Probably one of the most brutal packages ever put together... "We are currently writing new material for our upcoming album. Seven songs are finished and more are in progress. Two of the tracks have been recorded as a studio tryout and also to get an idea of what it will sound like as finished tracks." A complete listing of upcoming GRAVE shows can be found at Grave.se. GRAVE's latest album, "Fiendish Regression", was released in August 2004 through Century Media Records

Disillusion
	DISILLUSION, the prog-death band from Leipzig, Germany, are tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in February to begin recording their sophomore full-length effort for a May/June 2006 release via Metal Blade Records. The band are currently finishing up the songwriting process at their own Salvation Recording studio in Leipzig and are describing the new material as "much more DISILLUSION than ever before." Upcoming DISILLUSION shows: Nov. 19 - Oschatz, GER @ E-Werk Dec. 03 - Aue, GER @ Winter's Dawn Festival Dec. 10 - Höchen, GER @ Glanhalle - Killing Santa Claus Party Dec. 16 - Hamburg, GER @ Fundbureau Dec. 17 - Hannover, GER @ Underworld Dec. 26 - Bautzen, GER @ Power Of Expression Festival Jan. 21 - Bayreuth, GER @ KOMM

Behemoth
	Polish black metallers BEHEMOTH have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Atarfe Vega Rock festival, set to take place March 10-11, 2006 at Nave Medina Elvira in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. Other bands scheduled to appear at the festival include TWISTED SISTER, GAMMA RAY, MASTERPLAN, IN EXTREMO, MONSORROW and TO/DIE/FOR. More confirmations will be announced soon. BEHEMOTH recently completed a North American tour as part of the Blackest of the Black tour, featuring headliners DANZIG alongside CHIMAIRA, HIMSA, MORTIIS and THE AGONY SCENE. This was the group's third U.S. tour in support of their most recent, critically-acclaimed record, "Demigod". BEHEMOTH are currently in the middle of a lengthy Canadian headlining tour. The band also completed a video for the track "Slaves Shall Serve".

Melechesh
	ABSU's Proscriptor will not be collaborating with MELECHESH on their upcoming album, according to a press release from MELECHESH's record label, Osmose Productions. "Proscriptor and Melechesh will not be working together on recording the upcoming Melechesh album. This was a mutual decision that had to be taken due to the geographic circumstances and overlapping time schedules. Proscriptor has been a member of Melechesh since 1999 and has recorded two albums with them: Djinn and Sphynx. Both the Melechesh members and Proscriptor had to take this decision; however, this does not affect their comradeship and possibilities for future cooperation. “We have nothing but high regards for Proscriptor. He is one of the very few true artists that I know of, a dear friend and we appreciate his talent. But this cross Atlantic distance was becoming quite impractical and limited the creative inputs of both of us. I feel confident that we will cooperate musically again in one way or another, but it was simply impossible to do so for the upcoming Melechesh album. Should time permit though, Proscriptor may provide guest vocals on the upcoming (4^th) Melechesh album. One thing is for sure: he certainly deserves the medal of honor” Quoted Melechesh founder Ashmedi Osmose Productions recently released a double digipack Absu anthology compilation CD ‘Mythological Occult Metal 1991-2001.’ News on the upcoming Melechesh album will follow. www.melechesh.com www.osmoseproductions.com from Osmose

Nevermore
	NEVERMORE have announced the following U.S. headlining dates during November: Nov. 14 - Backroom – Austin, TX Nov. 15 - Trees – Dallas, TX Nov. 17 - Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO Nov. 18 - Lo Fi Cafe - Salt Lake City, UT Nov. 19 - The Core – Boise, ID Nov. 20 - Sabalas's – Portland, OR

Kataklysm
	Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have lined up the following shows in December: Dec. 15 - Quebec City, QUE @ Kashmir Dec. 16 - Toronto, ONT @ The Marquee Dec. 17 - Trois-Rivieres, QUE @ The Manchester

03.11.2005 today news about ANATA - MY KINGDOM MUSIC - CLAWFINGER - VILE - IMPALED NAZARENE - DARK FUNERAL - MARDUK
Anata
	Swedish technical death metallers ANATA have revealed the track listing for their new album, "The Conductor's Departure", due in early 2006 via Wicked World/Earache Records. The follow-up to last year's "Under a Stone with No Inscription" was recorded at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden. "The Conductor's Departure" track listing: 01. Downward Spiral into Madness 02. Complete Demise 03. Better Grieved than Fooled 04. The Great Juggler 05. Cold Heart Forged in Hell 06. I Would Dream of Blood 07. Disobedience Pays 08. Children's Laughter 09. Renunciation 10. The Conductor's Departure ANATA's next live appearance will take place on November 25 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Also appearing on the bill will be VOMITORY. The group's previously announced show on November 5 has been postponed until a later date.
My Kingdom Music
	Finalmente pronte le nuove uscite My Kingdom Music. Il 23 Novembre è fissata la data di uscita di ROOM WITH A VIEW "Collecting Shells At Lighthouse Hill" e di EN DECLIN "Trama". Aspettatevi due tra i più stravolgenti album ascoltati nella scena italiana. Potete ascoltare in anteprima i loro brani presso i seguenti link: ROOM WITH A VIEW "Breathe The Water" www.mykingdommusic.net/room2.mp3 EN DECLIN "Still Anger" www.mykingdommusic.net/endeclin.mp3 e vedere le cover dei CD presso i seguenti link: ROOM WITH A VIEW www.mykingdommusic.net/Cover-logo/Room2_cover_mid.jpg EN DECLIN www.mykingdommusic.net/Cover-logo/En_declin_cover_mid.jpg Maggiori infomazioni sul sito: www.mykingdommusic.net

Clawfinger
	Swedish rap-metal outfit CLAWFINGER wil embark on a European tour in January Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 11 - Hamburg, GER - Logo Jan. 12 - Cologne, GER - Prime Club Jan. 13 - Fribourg, SWI - Frisson Jan. 14 - Zurich, SWI - X-Tra Jan. 16 - Vienna, AUT - Planet Music Jan. 17 - Graz, AUT - Orpheum Jan. 18 - Zagreb, CRO - Tvornica Jan. 19 - Budapest, HUN - Petofi Csarnok Jan. 20 - Prague, CZR - Abaton Jan. 21 - Warsaw, POL - Stodola Club

Vile
	Californian brutal death metallers VILE have posted the following message on their official web site: "VILE's third full-length CD, entitled 'The New Age of Chaos', is now out and in stores worldwide!! The European press has been highly complementary and we have been averaging an 8 or 9 out of 10 in the European print mags and web zines! We're now gearing up for a U.S. promotional campaign thanks to Dave Bremmer and Earsplit PR. "We're going to be touring Europe in April/May and are currently looking for our best options for a U.S. tour. As you may know, VILE is also in the process of recruiting some new members to make this new phase of touring possible and we plan on doing some west coast shows with them in January 2006." "The New Age of Chaos" was released in the U.S. last month via Unique Leader Records. The CD came out in Europe in late September through Listenable. The group's recording lineup was as follows: Colin Davis – Guitars Juan Urteaga – Vocals Tyson Jupin – Drums Jack Gibson (EXODUS) - Bass

Impaled Nazarene
	Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have set "Pro Patria Finlandia" as the title of their ninth studio album, tentatively due on March 28, 2006 via Osmose Productions. The band will enter Sonic Pump studio in mid-November with producer Tapio Pennanen to begin recording the follow-up to 2003's "All That You Fear". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Cancer", "For Those Who Have Fallen", "KUT", "Contempt" and "Hate-Despise-Arrogance". The group had previously described the new material as "fast, brutal as fuck, in-your-face IMPALED NAZARENE." In other news, IMPALED NAZARENE will embark on a Latin American tour in late January 2006. Three shows in Mexico have already been confirmed, with more to follow. As previously reported, the double 10" version of IMPALED NAZARENE's "Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces" live album was released in September, limited to 500 copies. The band's "Latex Cult" (1996) and "Rapture" (1998) albums will be released in digipack format with new artwork and layout. Both CDs will be remastered at Finnvox studio and will include videos as an extra bonus.

Dark Funeral
	DARK FUNERAL's new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", has entered the Swedish national chart at position No. 35. It has also debuted on the Swedish heavy metal chart at No. 3. As previously reported, the limited digipack version of "Attera Totus Sanctus" has been delayed until January 2006 "due to a complicated manufacturing process." The regular edition of the album was released in Europe on October 24 via Regain Records. The CD will arrive in the U.S. on November 29 via Candlelight Records USA. DARK FUNERAL have uploaded two tracks from "Attera Totus Sanctus" at their official web site. Check out the songs "Godhate" (Windows Media) and "666 Voices Inside" (Windows Media). DARK FUNERAL's new album was recorded and mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, IN FLAMES, BEHEMOTH) and Örjan Örnkloo (MISERY LOVES CO.) at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden between May 23 and July 15, and August 8 and August 19, 2005. Mastering duties were handled by Tomas Eberger at the Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden. The CD features a guest appearance by former MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf Hielm. DARK FUNERAL currently features vocalist/bassist Emperor Magnus Caligula, guitarist Lord Ahriman, guitarist Chaq Mol, and drummer Matte Modin.

Marduk
	Swedish black metallers MARDUK have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are the reunited black metal legends EMPEROR along with 28 other bands that have yet to be announced.

31.10.2005 today news about CHTON - GORGOROTH - BURST - KORPIKLAANI - SOULFLY
Chton
	Chton have just finished recording three new tracks at Godt Selskap studio and are truly satisfied! Recorded and mixed in 4 days, using no triggers, no synths and no vocal distortions! Just Metal! Chton have chosen to call this recording Death Awaits and got a chance to try these songs out live (two of'em for the first time ever) at Bybroen Scene in Trondheim - Norway- this last weekend. news from http://www.myspace.com/chton

Gorgoroth
	Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH wil record several shows on their current European tour with 1349 for an upcoming live album, entitled "True Norwegian Black Metal". Scheduled for a late autumn release in 2007, it will mark and celebrate GORGOROTH's 15-year anniversary. GORGOROTH's new album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", is tentatively scheduled for release early next year via Sweden's Regain Records

Burst
	Sweden's BURST have finsihed shooting a video for "Where the Wave Broke", the lead-off track from the bands new record "Origo". Drummer Patrik Hultin comments, "The video shoot for 'Where the Wave Broke' was all in all a great experience. To have someone outside the band visualize our music was a new experience for us. To let go of a song and let someone else interpret it gives everything an entirely new feel, and judging from the sneek-peeks we've gotten, the end result will be stark, intense, and suggestive. Peter and Kim [Reinholdsson and Petersen, repectively, the video directors/producers of 'Harvest Light'] and their dedicated crew really went out of their way with this." Exclusive still shots of the video shoot can be viewed at this location. The video, the first from "Origo" and the band's second overall, will make its international debut in November. "Origo", which is already drawing critical acclaim from some of Europe's leading rock and metal press, was released in the U.K. and Europe on October 24 and will see a North American release on February 7, 2006. BURST kicks off their European tour supporting OPETH on November 27.

Korpiklaani
	Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI have lined up the following dates during the coming months: Nov. 25 - Treibsand Club – Lübeck, GER Nov. 26 - CD Kaserne - Celle, GER Nov. 27 - Goudvishal – Arnhem, NETH Nov. 28 - Frontline – Gent, BEL Nov. 30 - Underground – Köln, GER Dec. 01 - Faust – Hannover, GER Dec. 02 - Kulturhof – Lübbenau, GER Dec. 03 - Winter Masters Of Rock – Zlin, CZR Dec. 04 - Monastery – Vienna, AUT Dec. 05 - Explosiv – Graz, AUT Dec. 08 - Kek Lyuk Blue Hell – Budapest, HUN Jan. 27 - Red Neck – Jyväskylä, FIN Apr. 7-8 - Ragnarök 3, Stadthalle - Lichtenfels / Bamberg, GER As previously reported, KORPIKLAANI will enter Fantom studio on November 17 to begin recording their third album, entitled "Tales along This Road". A tentative March/April 2006 release is expected. The group's second album under their current moniker (the group released two albums as SHAMAN), "Voice of Wilderness" was released last January via Napalm Records.

Soulfly
	SOULFLY will be embarking on a European headlining tour beginning in late January. Support on the U.K. portion of the trek is expected to come from SKINDRED. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Jan. 28 - Dublin, IRE - Ambassador Theatre Jan. 29 - Belfast, UK - Limelight Jan. 30 - Glasgow, SCO - Garage Jan. 31 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2 Feb. 01 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Feb. 02 - Sheffield, UK - Leadmill Feb. 03 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2 Feb. 04 - Portsmouth, UK - Pyramids Feb. 05 - Bristol, UK - Academy Feb. 06 - Exeter, UK - University Feb. 07 - London, UK - Astoria Feb. 08 - Norwich, UK - UEA Feb. 10 - Lille, FRA- Le Splendid Feb. 11 - Luxembourg, LUX - Rockhal Feb. 12 - Tilburg, NETH - 13 Feb. 13 - Amsterdam, NETH - Paradiso Feb. 14 - Cologne, GER - Live Music Hall Feb. 15 - Bremen, GER - Aladin Feb. 16 - Hamburg, GER - Markthalle Feb. 17 - Berlin, GER - SO 36 Feb. 18 - Leipzig, GER - Werk II Kulturfabrik Feb. 19 - Braunsweig, GER - Meoer Hall Feb. 20 - Prague, CZR - Roxy Feb. 21 - Vienna, AUT - Arena Feb. 22 - Budapest, HUN - Petofi Csarnok Feb. 24 - Sofia, BUL - Hristo Botev Hall Feb. 25 - Istanbul, TUR - Yeni Melek Theatre Feb. 27 - Athens, GRE - Sporting Arena Feb. 28 - Thessalonki, GRE - Idrogios Club Mar. 02 - Belgrade, SER - Dom Omladine Mar. 03 - Zagreb, CRO - Mochvara Mar. 04 - Bratislava, SK - Bkis Mar. 05 - Graz, AUT - Orpheum Mar. 06 - Ljubljana, SLO - VPK Mediapark Mar. 07 - Salzburg, AUT - Rockhouse Mar. 08 - Linz, AUT - Posthof Mar. 09 - Munchen, GER - Backstage Mar. 10 - Worgel, AUT - Kamma Mar. 11 - Rimini, ITA - Velvet Mar. 12 - Treviso, ITA - New Age Mar. 13 - Milan, ITA - Rolling Stone Mar. 14 - Fribourg, SWI- Fri-son Mar. 15 - Zurich, SWI - Rohstofflager Mar. 16 - Darmstadt, GER - Central Station Mar. 17 - Strasbourg, FRA - La Laiterie Mar. 18 - Gent, BEL - Voorhuit 1200 Mar. 19 - Paris, FRA - Elysee Montmartre Mar. 21 - Bordeaux, FRA - Rock School Barbey Mar. 22 - Toulouse, FRA - Salle Des Fetes Mar. 23 - Barcelona, SPA - Razzmatazz 2 Mar. 24 - Bergara, SPA - Sala Jam Mar. 25 - Lisbon, POR - Paradise Garage Mar. 26 - Porto, POR - Hard Club Mar. 27 - Madrid, SPA - Arena

28.10.2005 today news about European tour of CRYPTOPSY, GRAVE, DEW-SCENTED, ABORTED, VESANIA and HURTLOCKER - TROIS RIVIÈRES METALFEST- KAMPFAR - THE GATHERING - TESTAMENT - MY THRENODY - ARCTURUS, TSJUDER, RED HARVEST and CONFESSOR - KAYSER - ARCH ENEMY - THE CENTURY FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS BALLS
Cryptopsy, Grave, Dew-Scented, Aborted, Vesania, Hurtlocker
	CRYPTOPSY, GRAVE, DEW-SCENTED, ABORTED, VESANIA and HURTLOCKER will be teaming up for a European tour beginning in late January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 31 - Warsaw, POL - Proxima Feb. 01 - Berlin, GER - K17 Feb. 02 -Hannover, GER - Musikzentrum Feb. 03 - Groningen, NETH - Vera Feb. 04 - Katwijk aan Zee, NETH - Scum Feb. 05 - Weert, NETH - Bosuil Feb. 06 - Tourcoing n/Lille, FRA - Le Grand Mix Feb. 07 - Manchester, UK - Jilly´s Rockworld Feb. 08 - Dublin, IRE - The Voodoo Lounge Feb. 09 - Glasgow, UK - Barfly Feb. 10 - London, UK - Camden Underworld Feb. 11 - Antwerpen, BEL - Hof Ter Loo Feb. 12 - Paris, FRA - La Locomotive Feb. 13 - Toulouse, FRA - La Ramiere Feb. 14 - Lyon, FRA - Tba Feb. 15 - Strasbourg, FRA - Tba Feb. 16 - Zürich, SWI - Abart Music Feb. 17 - Essen, GER - Turock Feb. 18 - Elterein n/Aue, GER - Hagalaz e.V. Feb. 19 - Prague, CZR - Black Pes Feb. 20 - Wien, AUT - Arena Feb. 21 - Milano, ITA - Transilvania Live Feb. 22 - Rome, ITA - Alpheus Feb. 23 - Geneva, SWI - L´Usine Feb. 24 - Trier, GER - Ex Haus Feb. 25 - Georgsmarienhütte n/Osnabrück, GER - Tor 3 Feb. 26 - Hanau n/Frankfurt, GER - Halle 2 Feb. 27 - Arnhem, NETH - Goudvishal Feb. 28 - Rotterdam, NETH - Baroeg Mar. 01 - Hamburg, GER - Markthalle Mar. 02 - Aalborg, DEN - 1000 Fryd

Trois-Rivières Metalfest
	BEHEMOTH, MARTYR and NEURAXIS are among the confirmed acts for the fifth annual Trois-Rivières Metalfest, set to be held November 11-12, 2005 at the Maquisart in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, November 11, 2005: 06:40 p.m. - STRIGAMPIRE 07:10 p.m. - PAROXYSM 07:45 p.m. - BENEATH THE MASSACRE 08:20 p.m. - DESCEND INTO NOTHINGNESS 08:55 p.m. - ION DISSONANCE 09:35 p.m. - EXHUMED 10:20 p.m. - BLINDED BY FAITH 11:25 p.m. - MARTYR Saturday, November 12, 2005: 06:40 p.m. - ECLIPSE ETERNAL 07:15 p.m. - THINE EYES BLEED 07:50 p.m. - VORTEX 08:25 p.m. - HORFIXION 09:00 p.m. - AVERSE SEFIRA 09:40 p.m. - NECRONOMICON 10:25 p.m. - NEURAXIS 11:30 p.m. - BEHEMOTH For more information, visit www.troisrivieresmetal.com.

Kampfar
	Die norwegischen Old School Black Metaller KAMPFAR haben bei Napalm Records eine längerfristigen Vertrag unterzeichnet. Ein neues Album ist bereits in Vorbereitung, zu erwarten ist ein Meisterwerk im Stile alter DARKTHRONE Veröffentlichungen. ************************* The Norwegian Old School Black Metal mongrels KAMPFAR have joined the NAPALM RECS roster of talented artists and are currently working on their next masterpiece, described as "in the style of old DARKTHRONE of talented artists and are currently working on their next masterpiece, described as "in the style of old DARKTHRONE

The Gathering
	According to a posting on the band's official web site, Dutch rock act THE GATHERING have commenced the recording sessions for their eighth full-length album with producer Attie Bauw, who has previously worked with the group on their "How to Measure a Planet?" CD (1998). Founding member/drummer Hans Rutten had previously said about the recording process for the follow-up the well-received electronic/atmospheric-tinged opus "Souvenirs", "We will start recording in an old church in the south of Holland by the end of November. We will build a studio, together with Attie Bauw, in the main part of this little church. How it will sound? We have no idea, it's an experiment, as always! [laughs] We will start recording end of November 2005 and have a possible release date by the end of March 2006. We will master half of the album by January 2006. It will be a huge return of guitars! Yes, a guitar-orientated album." THE GATHERING have just released their double-DVD, "A Sound Relief", in the U.S./Canada via The End Records. The DVD was made available in Europe through the band's own label, Psychonaut Records. The two-disc set features a live concert the band recorded on May 23, 2005 at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam, plus bonus extras like the band's own tour impressions caught on video, video interviews and a TV special about 15-year career of THE GATHERING. The bonus disc also showcases a collection of beautiful 3-D animation clips, which were especially designed for the band by promising Dutch and Polish 3-D artists Michel de Klein and Marcin Pazera.

Testament
	Three complete tracks from TESTAMENT's upcoming live CD, "Live in London" — "Into the Pit", "Practice What You Preach" and "Over the Wall" — have been posted online at EagleRockEnt.com. Due on November 1 via Eagle Rock Entertainment, "Live in London" is the documentation of a dream that long-time die-hard TESTAMENT fans have been waiting for: the reuniting of the band's "classic" lineup. Featuring vocalist Chuck Billy, guitar virtuosos Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and original drummer Louie Clemente (along with TESTAMENT and WHITE ZOMBIE alumnus John Tempesta as a second drummer), the band rips through classic TESTAMENT fan favorites in this show, shot in London earlier in 2005. This CD is the companion CD to the "Live in London" DVD. "Live in London" track listing: 01. The Preacher 02. The New Order 03. The Haunting 04. Electric Crown 05. Sins of Omission 06. Souls of Black 07. Into the Pit 08. Trial by Fire 09. Practice What You Preach 10. Let Go of My World 11. The Legacy 12. Over the Wall 13. Raging Waters 14. Disciples of the Watch

My Threnody
	After releasing the second album, "The Dawn of Understanding", through Avernus Records, Brazilian doom metal band MY THRENODY have returned with a new EP, available for free download on the Internet. Entitled "Transcending Misery", the disc contains three songs plus a booklet and lyrics. This EP is a gift for the fans who followed the work of Jefferson Brito (the man behind MY THRENODY) over the years. "Transcending Misery" is available for download at www.mythrenody.com.

Live performances by ARCTURUS, TSJUDER, RED HARVEST and CONFESSOR
	High-quality videos of the complete live performances by ARCTURUS, TSJUDER, RED HARVEST and CONFESSOR, recorded at this year's Sonic Solstice festival, which took place on September 24, 2005 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway, have been made available for streaming and download at Gigs.no. The set times are as follows: ARCTURUS - 1 hour 31 minutes TSJUDER - 53 minutes RED HARVEST - 52 minutes CONFESSOR - 1 hour Kurt Gronbech from Gigs.no commented in a statement: "We are very excited about being able to offer these videos for download, and are very pleased to have the backing of Season of Mist, who, [being] so foresighted, are exploring new and exciting distribution methods." Gigs.no is run by Legio Media (www.legiomedia.com), a provider of secure digital distribution solutions for the music industry.

Kayser
	KAYSER, the new Swedish band featuring Spice (ex-SPIRITUAL BEGGARS), Mattias Svensson (THE DEFACED), Bob Ruben (ex-THE MUSHROOM RIVER BAND) and Fredrik Finnander (ex-AEON), will release their debut album, "Kaiserhof", in North America on December 13 through Season of Mist (via Caroline distribution). "Kaiserhof" was released in Europe on June 27 via Scarlet and will be issued in Japan on November 27 through Gencross. KAYSER's video for the track "Good Citizen" has been posted online at this location (.MPG, 37.5 MB). "Kaiserhof" was recorded at Caesar studios (SOILWORK, THE DEFACED) and features a sound best described as "a mutation of BLACK SABBATH/MEGADETH/SLAYER with dips from different good bowls of classic and modern metal," according to a press release. "Originating from the pens of Spice and Svensson, KAYSER enforces the pillars of metal with absolute authority," the press release continues. "Focus always lies on the song, easily identifiable through the supreme vocals by Spice, though the emotional and musical expressions stretch from heavy introvert pounding to pure hate driven ferocity."

Arch Enemy
	ARCH ENEMY have added the following Italian/Spanish dates to their European itinerary: Dec. 05 - Bologna, ITA @ Estragon Dec. 06 - Treviso, ITA @ New Age Dec. 08 - Barcelona, SPA @ Mephisto Dec. 09 - Bergara, SPA @ Sala Jam A complete listing of upcoming ARCH ENEMY tour dates can be found at ArchEnemy.net.

The Century Family's second annual Christmas BallS
	Seattle's NEVERMORE have been confirmed as the headliners of The Century Family's second annual Christmas BallS, set to take place Wednesday, December 7 at the Key Club in Hollywood, California. Support at the show will come from BEHEMOTH, WATCH THEM DIE and MANNTIS. Following last year's successful event, The Century Family's evil elves have put their heads together to come up with even more fantastically diabolic devilry. Already busy assembling stockings filled with heavy metal trimmings, they are scouring the workshop for musical goodies for all attendees. Santa's selected outstanding surprises to raffle throughout the night, and one lucky winner will go home with a brand new Schecter guitar. Tickets for the Christmas BallS are available at The Key Club box office, or at Ticketmaster. The Century Family includes Century Media Records, Nuclear Blast America, and Liquor and Poker Music. Century Media, the flagship label of the Century Family, is an upstart independent hard rock/heavy metal label founded in 1988. Its American branch opened three years later. With nine offices around the globe, the label employs more than 150 people worldwide. Featuring a rich catalog of such influential acts as ICED EARTH and OPETH, the label's leading artists today include SHADOWS FALL, LACUNA COIL, GOD FORBID and ARCH ENEMY.

25.10.2005 today news about RAMMSTEIN - CRYPTOPSY - DIO - MALEVOLENT CREATION - INTAGLIO

Rammstein
	Audio clips of all 11 songs that are set to appear on the new RAMMSTEIN album, "Rosenrot", have been posted online at Herzeleid.com. "Rosenrot" is scheduled for release in Germany on October 28 via Universal. A limited-edition version of the album will include a bonus DVD featuring three live video clips recorded earlier in the year. A U.S. release date for the CD has yet to be announced. RAMMSTEIN's video for their new single, "Benzin", can be viewed by clicking here. The clip was was shot in August by Uwe Flade, who has also directed videos for DEPECHE MODE and FRANZ FERDINAND.

Cryptopsy
	When original CRYPTOPSY vocalist Lord Worm recently rejoined the band, having left the Canadian death metal act in 1998, it also marked the return of one of metal's most bizarre frontmen. "I got my nickname Lord Worm a long time ago, before CRYPTOPSY existed," the vocalist tells the Swedish magazine Close-Up. "In the late '80s, I used to hang out with a mysterious guy from England who was a dark magician. He always carried with him a portable altar, a bunch of bones, a set of knives, ampoules containing blood and a lot of other shit. We used to have séances and smoke weird stuff.” Such as? "Well, I guess snake ribs was the weirdest stuff we smoked. It's great to smoke, I can tell you." You must be joking! I'm not totally familiar with the anatomy of a snake, but surely it doesn't have ribs? "Not like human ribs, a snake's ribs are not as hard," explains Lord Worm. "They're hollow, that's why they're so good to smoke. You smoke a rib rather quickly, but the effect is quite funny. It's hard to describe, it's a special feeling. "Anyway, when SUFFOCATION came to Canada for their first show here in 1993, we got the support slot and had to do something extra to stick out and get the audience's attention. SUFFOCATION had become successful with their album 'Effigy of the Forgotten' and we were an insignificant band who had released just one demo. With that in mind I came up with the idea of having a worm-eating show on stage. "At every gig fans turn up and gather in front of the stage hoping to get a little taste," continues Lord Worm. "People wanna eat worm. It's become a tradition. These days I always buy the same amount of worms before a gig: two dozen. One dozen for myself and another dozen for the people in the first couple of rows. Sometimes I feel like a bird mom feeding her nestlings. If you chew the worms, they taste fucking bad. If you swallow them, it's like eating cold spaghetti." On June 16, CRYPTOPSY drummer Flo Mounier performed at the Museum Of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, Ontario as part of the "Demons Stole My Soul – Rock 'n' Roll Drums In Contemporary Art" exhibit. "Among other things, the visitors got the opportunity to watch him play on a drum set made out of cheese!" says Lord Worm. "The entire drum set was made out of cheese, maybe with the exception of the cymbals. I couldn't be there to watch this historic event. Perhaps just as well; Flo later told me that it was pretty crappy playing the cheese drum set."

Dio
	A representative at DIO's management company, Niji Management, Inc., has sent the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the reports that Ronnie James Dio will be collaborating with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi on two tracks for an upcoming project tentatively dubbed "Black Sabbath: The Dio Years": "With respect to the recent rumors of Ronnie James Dio's rejoining BLACK SABBATH, DIO manager Wendy Dio commented, 'Ronnie is not rejoining BLACK SABBATH. He's very happy with his own band and will be touring festivals next year with DIO, NOT Ozzfest. The writing project is just something that may happen between Tony and Ronnie if they have time between their own projects to write one or two songs to be included on the 'Black Sabbath: The Dio Years' box set.'" Guitarist Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE) has officially rejoined DIO as a "permanent" member after filling in for an injured Craig Goldy on the U.K. leg of the band's current European tour. Craig was previously said to have hurt his arm while touring Russia and was trying to continue to play the shows on painkillers, but was forced to leave the trek earlier in the month. Aldrich's sole studio recording with DIO came in the shape of 2002's "Killing the Dragon", after which he toured with the group before leaving to join the touring lineup of WHITESNAKE. Upcoming DIO tour dates: Oct. 25 - Dublin, IRE @ The Music Centre Oct. 26 - Belfast, IRE @ The Spring & Airbrake Oct. 29 - Tel Aviv, ISR @ Exhibition Grounds, Pavilion 1 Dec. 01 - Aarhus, DEN @ Scandinavian Congress Center Dec. 03 - Copenhagen, DEN @ K.B. Hallen Dec. 04 - Oslo, NOR @ Sentrum Dec. 05 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Liseberghallen Dec. 06 - Stockholm, SWE @ Arenaen Dec. 08 - Helsinki, FIN @ Icehall Dec. 09 - Yvaskyla, FIN @ Icehall Dec. 10 - Oulu, FIN @ Teatria

Malevolent Creation
	Long-running Floridian death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have reportedly parted ways with guitarist Rob Barret and bassist Gordon Simms. Replacing them in the group's latest incarnation are returning members John Rubin (guitar) and Jason Blachowicz (bass, also in DIVINE EMPIRE). MALEVOLENT CREATION are currently writing the music for their tenth studio album, to be released sometime in the spring/summer of 2006. The band's latest album, "Warkult", was released in July 2004 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Liquid Ghost Recording Studio in Boca Raton, Florida by Phil Plaskon and mixed at Studio Wild in Quebec by producer Jean-Francois Degenais (KATAKLYSM). Mastering duties were handled by Bernard Belley in Montreal. A live album, "Conquering South America", was issued last year via Arctic.

Intaglio
	The Intaglio debut album is released now!!! Tracklist 1. The Begining 2. Dark Cherry Day 3. Solitude 4. Wind Of Autumn Russian doom metal label Solitude Prod. are represents their second release - the debut album of Russian band "Intaglio". Conceptual album "Intaglio", is a fruit of imagination of musicians from bands "S.C.A.L.P". and "Yachur", it is filled with a unique depressive atmosphere of a cold and a gloom, and developing the best traditions funeral doom a genre (Evoken, Mournful Congregation). CD contains the eight-page booklet with photos and texts. "Intaglio" - is the first Russian funeral band which was officially issued! Official Site - http://www.intaglio.nm.ru You can order CD from label web-shop Solitude Prod.

24.10.2005 today news about X-MASS FEST PART II - KATAKLYSM - NIGHTWISH -DIO - FORLORN LEGACY
X-Mass Fest Part II
	MORBID ANGEL, ENTHRONED, PRIMORDIAL and ENSIFERUM will be teaming up for the X-Mass Fest Part II European tour beginning in early December. ORIGIN may also join the bill, although this is unconfirmed at this time, according to a posting on the PRIMORDIAL web site. The dates are as follows: Dec. 07 – London, UK - Astoria Dec. 08 – Tilburg, NETH - 013 Dec. 09 – Antwerpen, BEL - Hof Ter Loo Dec. 10 – Frankfurt, GER - Halle Hanau Dec. 11 – Paris, FRA - La Loco Dec. 12 – Strassbourg, FRA - La Laiterie Dec. 13 – Winterthus, SWI - TBA Dec. 14 – FRA - TBA Dec. 15 – Barcelona, SPA - Mefisto Dec. 16 – Madrid, SPA - TBA Dec. 17 – Bergara, SPA - TBA Dec. 18 – Bordeaux, FRA - TBA

Kataklysm
	Kataklysm singer Maurizio Iacono has announced on the official Kataklysm forum (http://smnnews.com/board/showthread.php?t=92501) that the first mp3 from the upcoming album "In the Arms of Devastation" will be premiered (released) on 1 January 2006! Maurizio Iacono also announced plans to write the band's autobiography to coincide with their 15th anniversary. "I've been thinking about it for a long time during the last few years, especially when I'm on tour and all the bandmembers of other bands are like, 'Dude, we had no idea about the shit you guys been through...'," Iacono explained. "We would talk about fun things and sad things all night long over beers and hard liquor, they would always tell me, 'Dude, you should write a book,' and I always said maybe one day. So what better time then now? Next year will mark the band's 15th anniversary and I'm damn proud of what we've achieved. For some it ain't much but for me it's everything, so I decided to set the record straight on EVERYTHING. We've kept many things to ourselves over the years, and I think it will be cool read. I really got convinced last week when mags from Europe were in town listening to my new album and then we had a BBQ at my house. The day before they left and again, the same thing: 'Bro, put that shit in a book! Do it!'... So OK, fuck it, let's do it. I talked to Nuclear Blast about it, they said let's go for it. So next year sometime... 'Kataklysm / The Northern Hyperblast: Uncut' book will be released. I've been writing for the past few days and this is really exciting... So stay tuned for more details." In other news, KATAKLYSM have secured the co-headliner position for the No Mercy Festivals tour in Europe held next March. Some shows in the Quebec area are also planned for December. KATAKLYSM's new album, "In the Arms of Devastation", is currently being mixed in Denmark by acclaimed producer Tue Madsen. A February 20, 2006 release via Nuclear Blast Records is expected.

Nightwish
	NIGHTWISH mainman Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards) spoke to the Finnish News Agency (STT) about the group's decision to fire their lead singer, Tarja Turunen, following the final show of their "Once" world tour, which took place on Friday, Oct. 21 at Helsinki's Hartwall arena. Holopainen told STT that the "open letter" on the band's web site contained all the details about the split with Tarja that the band wanted to make public at this time. "A NIGHTWISH book will be published in May. In it, the reasons for the split will be examined in more detail," Holopainen said. He added that he and Turunen had not spoken since the letter was posted. "I have not spoken with Tarja, but then again we have not spoken with each other for many years," he said. "We all know that personal relationships are the most difficult thing in the world. All couples have their problems, and after all, there are five of us in this band." Tuomas did not wish to comment on who the new singer might be. Holopainen, who is responsible for most of the songwriting in NIGHTWISH, said in the group's open letter that Turunen had concentrated on business at the expense of music and friendship. "To you, unfortunately, business, money and things that have nothing to do with those emotions have become much more important," the letter reads. "You feel that you have sacrificed yourself and your musical career for NIGHTWISH, rather than thinking what it has given to you. "You have said yourself that you are merely a 'guest musician' in NIGHTWISH. Now that visit ends and we will continue NIGHTWISH with a new female vocalist." Turunen has studied classical singing at the Sibelius Academy in Finland and at the Karsruhe University of Music in Germany.

Dio
	Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio has revealed during an interview with BBC Radio 2's "Masters of Rock" program that he will once again be collaborating with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. "At this particular point — if all doesn't fall through, and I doubt that it will — Tony Iommi and I are going to write a couple of tracks together for a project that I think is called 'Black Sabbath – The Dio Years'," Dio said. "So that'll be two unreleased tracks which I'm sure will be interesting to old SABBATH fans, and maybe [even] the new SABBATH fans." To listen to a playback of the "Masters of Rock" program featuring Dio, click here (the above-mentioned quote can be heard approximately 36 minutes and 10 seconds into the show — at the 19:36:10 mark). Dio recorded a total of three studio albums with BLACK SABBATH — 1980's "Heaven and Hell", 1981's "Mob Rules" and 1992's "Dehumanizer" — in addition to appearing on the classic live album "Live Evil" in 1983. Dio is currently touring Europe with his solo band, which currently includes guitarist Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE) filling in for an injured Craig Goldy.

Forlorn Legacy
	Premiere Croatian melodic death metal band FORLORN LEGACY have been added to select dates on the Vital Brutality Tour 2005 as the support band for VITAL REMAINS This will be FORLORN LEGACY's first-ever European tour on which they will promote their debut album, "Paths of Insanity", available on Metalsound Records.

19.10.2005 today news about ATARGATIS - ROTTING CHRIST - EXHUMED - ZUUL FX - HUBI MEISEL
Atargatis
	German gothic/dark metal band ATARGATIS, who feature in their ranks female singer Stephanie Luzie (DARKWELL), have revealed the final track listing for their full-length debut, "Wasteland", due late 2005/early 2006 via Massacre Records. "Wasteland" was recorded at Hellion studios (DARKSEED, EQUILIBRIUM) in Munich, Germany and will include a new version of the group's "hit" song "Angels Crying", which topped the German dark metal chart at www.mp3.de for 10 months straight with more than 12,000 downloads. The album, which was mixed and mastered at Alex Krull's (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES) Mastersound studios, will feature additional guest appearances by Stefan Hertrich (DARKSEED) on vocals, Moritz Neuner (LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY, DARKWELL) on percussion and treble flute, and Susanne Zisky, formerly of the Junge Sinfonie Berlin, on the violin. "Wasteland" track listing: 01. Intro 02. Wasteland (Water's Heir) 03. Selina (Widow of the Moon) 04. Thy Crystallic Ascension 05. Cradle of Fern 06. Through the Mists of Oblivion 07. 4giving 08. My Solace 09. Circle of Life 10. Angels Crying 11. Outro

Rotting Christ
	ROTTING CHRIST have inked a deal with Season of Mist. The band are expected to enter the studio during the coming months to begin recording a new studio album, tentatively due in early 2006.

Exhumed
	North American Beer Run 2005 October 27 Acrimoniously amputating Aptos, CA – Aptos Club 28 Ceremoniously cessating Ceres, CA – The Workshop 29 Savagely severing San Francisco, CA – Elbo Room (part of the 3 Days of Darkness fest) 30 Tumultuously terrorizing Tacoma, WA – Hell’s Kitchen 31 Viciously vivisecting Vancouver, BC – The Columbia November 1 Vulgarly vilifying Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar 2 Knowingly knifing Kelowna, BC – The Well 3Crassly cauterizing Calgary, AB – The Underground 4 Egregiously excreting Edmonton, AB – The Victory Lounge 5 Repugnantly reviling Regina, Sk – The Exchange 6 Wantonly waylaying Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert Hotel 7 Thoroughly thrashing Thunder Bay, ON- Warp 9 8 Scathingly scorching Sudbury, ON- The Townhouse 9 Maliciously mutilating Montreal, QC – Club Saphir 10 Tauntingly tormenting Toronto, ON- Lee’s Palace 11 Tremulously triturating Trois Rivieres, QC – Maquisart (part of the Trois Rivieres Metal fest) 12 Purulently pustulating Peterborough, ON- Montreal House 13 Obstreperously obliterating Ottawa, ON- Mavericks 14 Rottenly repulsing Rochester, NY – Bug Jar 15 Blatantly brutalizing Boston, MA – Middle East 16 Nastily necrotizing New York, NY - Pyramid 17 Acridly agonizing Albany, NY – Valentine’s 18 Biliously bereaving Baltimore, MD – The Mojo 19 Spastically splattering Spartanburg, SC – Ground Zero 20 Acidly atrophying Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade 21 Obnoxiously Operating on Orlando, FL – The Social 22 Jauntily jigsawing Jacksonville, FL – Thee Imperial 23 Terribly terrifying Tampa, FL – The Masquerade 24 Malignantly masticating Mobile, AL - 25 Soundly shredding Shreeveport, LA – 516 Soundstage 26 Bawdily bludgeoning Beaumont, TX – Art Studio 27 Awfully agonizing Austin, TX – Backroom 28 Acidly assaulting Arlington, TX – The Phoenix 29 Obnoxiously operating on Oklahoma City, OK – The Conservatory 30 Abhorrently attacking Albuquerque, NM – The Compound December 1 Phantasmagorically phlebotomizing Phoenix, AZ – The Clubhouse 2 Lasciviously lavaging Las Vegas, NV – The Time Inn 3 Crepitously cadaverizing Corona, CA – Showcase Theatre 4 Heinously hacksawing Hollywood, CA – Alterknit Lounge – matinee show 4 Horrendously harrowing Hollywood, CA – Alterknit Lounge – night show

Zuul FX
	tour dates 22 octobre - Aigle (SWI) 04 novembre - Lorient (56) + Anorexia Nervosa (FRA) 12 novembre - Voisins le Bretonneux (78) (FRA) 3 décembre – Achères (78) (FRA) 09 décembre - Genève - Festival Equilibre (SWI) 15 décembre - Dijon (21) (FRA) 16 décembre - Lyon (69) + Gojira (FRA)

Hubi Meisel
	Hubi Meisel has recently completed the bonus tracks for his upcoming concept album and he's glad to announce that he has just signed a worldwide deal with LION MUSIC again. Details on the release will follow soon

16.10.2005 today news about DREAM THEATER - THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - KATAKLYSM - RAMMSTEIN
Dream Theater
	DREAM THEATER's John Petrucci will be conducting a guitar clinic at the Sound Control store (Oxford Street) in London, England on October 23. Petrucci will be demonstrating his incredible prowess on the electric guitar as well as spending time chatting to fans, fielding questions and holding a short signing session. As previously reported, DREAM THEATER performed PINK FLOYD's "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety as their second set on October 11 at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. This continues DREAM THEATER's tradition of covering a "classic album" in entirety whenever doing a two-night stand in the same city (the band previous covered METALLICA's "Master of Puppets" and IRON MAIDEN's "The Number of the Beast" in 2002). Joining the group for the performance was Mike Kidson on saxophone (from "the Australian Pink Floyd Show") and Theresa Thomason (who previously appeared with DREAM THEATER on "Scenes from a Memory" and "Live Scenes from New York"). DREAM THEATER are scheduled to perform the album one more time on October 25 for the second night of their two-night stand at the famous Hammersmith Apollo in London.

The Dillinger Escape Plan
	THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN have announced a full North American headlining tour, their first since late 2004. The tour, in support of the band's breakthrough album "Miss Machine", begins November 6 in Ottawa at the Babylon Club and includes HELLA (through November 27), THE BRONX (November 28 onward), BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, HORSE THE BAND and THE FLASHBULB. 2005 has seen THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN tour as part of the Vans Warped Tour, Gigantour and with SLIPKNOT, AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH, POISON THE WELL, EVERY TIME I DIE and more across Europe, Japan, Australia and North America. Look for "Unretrofied", the third single and video from "Miss Machine", on MTV2, Fuse, MuchMusic, MusiquePlus and dozens of regional video shows throughout North America. "Miss Machine" also produced the MTV2 "Headbanger's Ball" and Fuse "Uranium" staples "Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" and "Panasonic Youth". THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN tour dates: Nov. 06 - Ottawa @ Babylon (5 pm show) Nov. 07 - Hamilton, ON @ The Underground Nov. 08 - Montreal @ Cabaret Le Tulipe Nov. 09 - Toronto @ Opera House Nov. 13 - Edmonton @ Starlite Room Nov. 14 - Calgary @ MacEwan Hall Nov. 15 - Vancouver @ The Redroom Nov. 16 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's Nov. 17 - Portland, OR @ Loveland Nov. 19 - San Francisco @ 12 Galaxies (5 pm show) Nov. 20 – Los Angeles @ El Rey Theater Nov. 21 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction Nov. 25 - Austin @ Emo's Nov. 26 - Houston @ Engine Room Nov. 27 - Dallas @ Trees Nov. 29 - Kansas City @ El Torreon Nov. 30 - Minneapolis @ Triple Rock (5:30 pm show) Dec. 01 - Madison, WI @ The Annex Dec. 02 - Chicago, Il @ Logan Square Auditorium Dec. 03 - Detroit @ St. Andrews Dec. 04 - Cleveland @ Grog Shop Dec. 06 - Boston, MA @ The Middle East Dec. 08 - Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church Dec. 09 – New York @ Bowery Ballroom Dec. 10 - Baltimore @ Sonar

Kataklysm
	Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM have tapped director Maurice Swinkels from LowlifeMedia (EXODUS, ABORTED, GOREFEST) to film the band's video for the track "Crippled & Broken", from their forthcoming album, "In the Arms of Devastation". The conceptual clip will be shot in Amsterdam, Netherlands in early March, shortly prior to the band's European co-headlining tour as part of the No Mercy festival. KATAKLYSM's new album, "In the Arms of Devastation", is currently being mixed in Denmark by acclaimed producer Tue Madsen. A February 20, 2006 release via Nuclear Blast Records is expected.

Rammstein
	German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have filmed a video for the second single off their upcoming "Rosenrot" album. According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Jonas Åkerlund (METALLICA, MADONNA, SATYRICON) was the director for "Mann Gegen Mann", which deals with the subject of "men on the edge of homosexuality." No word yet on when the new single or video will be released. RAMMSTEIN's new album, "Rosenrot", is scheduled for release in Germany on October 28 via Universal. A limited-edition version of the album will include a bonus DVD featuring three live video clips recorded earlier in the year. RAMMSTEIN's video for their new single, "Benzin", can be viewed by clicking here. The clip was was shot in August by Uwe Flade, who has also directed videos for DEPECHE MODE and FRANZ FERDINAND.

11.10.2005 today news about INCANTATION - DARK TRANQUILLITY - STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
Incantation
	Pennsylvanian death/grind heavyweights INCANTATION have posted the following message on their official web site: "We have just returned from Europe and the Harvest Festivals with NILE, UNLEASHED, PUNGENT STENCH, BEHEMOTH and BELPHEGOR. The festival tour was a great success, the shows were some of the best we have ever done in Europe. All the bands and crew did a fantastic job every night, it was a great experience for us. We want to thank Metallysee, World Management, Listenable and everyone else involved that made the tour a great experience. Also many hails go out to all the metal heads that came out and showed their support every night!!! We will also be doing our first show in Puerto Rico on November 5th with FUNERUS and VORACIOUS. "We have officially been picked up by Century Media Records for North America after the closing of Olympic Recordings do to some issues with the United States Olympic Committee. "The writing process is in full swing for the eighth INCANTATION studio album, still untitled. We are looking to record early spring next year for a fall 2006 release." INCANTATION's most recent CD, "Decimate Christendom", was released last August via Listenable Records.

Dark Tranquillity
	Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have added several U.K. dates to their European headlining tour in support of their latest effort, "Character" (released in January 2005). After supporting KREATOR on their European tour in spring 2005, a trip to the U.S. and numerous festival appearances, the sextet will be headlining this time, with support from thrash/metalcore hybrid CHIMAIRA, HATESPHERE and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. The schedule is shaping up as follows: Nov. 28 - Cardiff, UK @ Coal Exchange Nov. 29 - Exeter, UK @ Lemon Grove Dec. 01 - London, UK @ ASTORIA Dec. 02 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 Dec. 03 - Glasgow, UK @ QMU Dec. 04 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy 2 Dec. 05 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation Dec. 06 - Paris, FRA @ Trabendo Dec. 08 - Antwerpen, BEL @ Hof Ter Loo Dec. 09 - Haarlem, NETH @ Patronaat Dec. 10 - Utrecht, NETH @ Tivoli Dec. 11 - Bochum, GER @ Zeche Dec. 12 - Hamburg, GER @ Knust Dec. 13 - Köln, GER @ Live Music Hall Dec. 14 - Stuttgart, GER @ Röhre Dec. 16 - Milan, ITA @ Live Music Club Dec. 17 - Cesena, ITA @ Viada Dec. 18 - Trevisto, ITA @ New Age Dec. 19 - Ljubljana, SLO @ VPK Mediapark Dec. 20 - Linz, AUT @ Posthof Dec. 21 - München, GER @ Backstage

Strapping Young Land
	STRAPPING YOUNG LAD have been confirmed as the main support act on ARCH ENEMY's upcoming U.K. tour. The dates are as follows: Dec. 12 - Cardiff, UK @ Coal Exchange Dec. 13- Manchester, UK @ Academy 2 Dec. 14 - Glasgow, UK @ QMU Dec. 15 - London, UK @ Astoria Dec. 16 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall STRAPPING YOUNG LAD recently completed a highly successful run on the inaugural Sounds of The Underground tour in support of their genre-defying breakthrough new album, "Alien". A major U.S. tour with FEAR FACTORY, SOILWORK and DARKANE is scheduled to take place in October/November, followed by a European run with MESHUGGAH

06.10.2005 today news about RAMMSTEIN - FLIPPAUT FESTIVAL - CRYPTOPSY, ABORTED
Rammstein
	More information has surfaced regarding the upcoming RAMMSTEIN CD, "Rosenrot", due in Europe on October 31 via Universal. A limited-edition version of the album will include a bonus DVD featuring three live video clips recorded earlier in the year. "Rosenrot" final track listing: 01. Benzin 02. Mann gegen Mann 03. Rosenrot 04. Spring 05. Wo Bist Du 06. Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do) 07. Zerstören 08. Hilf Mir 09. Te Quiero Puta! 10. Feuer und Wasser 11. Ein Lied "Rosenrot" bonus DVD (included with the limited edition): 01. Reise, Reise (Arenes de Nimes, Nimes France July 2005) 02. Mein Teil (Club Citta, Kangawa, Japan June 2005) 03. Sonne (Brixton Academy, London, UK February 2005) As previously reported, Universal-rock.de has posted previews of all four tracks from the "Benzin" single, including remixes of the title cut by MESHUGGAH and APOCALYPTICA. Check it out at this location. The video for "Benzin" (Gasoline) can be viewed by clicking here. The clip was was shot in August by Uwe Flade, who has also directed videos for DEPECHE MODE and FRANZ FERDINAND.

Flippaut Festival
	FLIPPAUT FESTIVAL IL PRIMO FESTIVAL DELL’ESTATE 2006 COMINCIA LA PREVENDITA SENZA ANNUNCIARE IL CAST GIOVEDI’ 1 & VENERDI’ 2 GIUGNO 2006 BOLOGNA, ARENA PARCO NORD Stessa data, (1&2 GIUGNO), stesso luogo (L’ARENA PARCO NORD di BOLOGNA), stesso festival (FLIPPAUT), stessa filosofia alternativa: il FLIPPAUT FESTIVAL 2006 venerdì 7 ottobre apre la vendita dei biglietti, senza offrire alcuna anticipazione sul cast artistico. Sempre più in linea alla tradizione dei grandi festival europei e al proprio spirito originale, FLIPPAUT giunge quest’anno alla sua quarta edizione, forte di tre stagioni (2002, 2003, 2004) con i nomi migliori della scena musicale mondiale (AUDIOSLAVE, BEN HARPER, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, WHITE STRIPES, KORN, MORRISSEY, MUSE, CHEMICAL BROTHERS, MOBY, PRODIGY, SLIPKNOT fra gli altri) e di un pubblico ormai fedele a questa 2 giorni che ogni anno costituisce l’apripista per la stagione dei grandi festival all’aperto con tantissime ore di musica e varie attività collaterali a base di musica e divertimento. Per non smentirsi, FLIPPAUT (organizzato da Barley Arts in collaborazione con AA Productions) sceglie anche una politica dei prezzi sui generis: l’ingresso per 1 giorno costa 40 euro, l’abbonamento per entrambe le giornate 60 (più diritti di prevendita). I biglietti sono in vendita da venerdì 7 ottobre su ticketone.it, nel circuito di vendita Ticketone e dalla prossima settimana nelle prevendite abituali di tutta Italia. source Barley Arts www.flippaut.com www.barleyarts.com

Cryptopsy - Aborted
	Montreal's CRYPTOPSY hit the road last week with SUFFOCATION, ABORTED and DESPISED ICON supporting their forthcoming October 18 release, "Once Was Not". Already requesting live performances of the yet-to-be-released songs, fans have been making the band welcome every night. "The tour is going extremely well, all the bands get along, and although we have had to reschedule a couple of dates due to the hurricanes, the venues have been packed!" says the band's unstoppable drummer Flo Mounier. "We've been out hitting hard and having a great time every night. It's exciting to talk to fans who have already heard some of the new material, the feedback is already great." Commenting on their first North American tour, ABORTED's vocalist Sven de Caluwé said, "After a hard start, missing the first couple of shows, it's going really well. San Antonio and Houston fans were rabid, and we are looking forward to seeing more of you. The guys in all the bands — CRYPTOPSY, SUFFOCATION, DESPISED ICON — are really down to earth, and it's a great vibe among us all." With this year's spring 2005 tour, CRYPTOPSY reintroduced their committed fan-base to Lord Worm, the band's original vocalist who rejoined the band in late 2004. "Once Was Not" demonstrates the licentious cohesion that years of touring with metal's leaders, performing at prestigious European festivals, and six full-length studio releases have given the band.

03.10.2005 today news about THEATRE OF TRAGEDY - ANATA - GLENN RAMBO
Theatre of Tragedy
	Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, who recently inked a deal with AFM Records, have posted the following message on their official web site: "At last we have entered the studio! Drums have been laid down on tape. Most bass and rhythm guitars have been recorded too and it is sounding GREAT!! We are exploring several musical approaches in order to make the best album possible. 15 new and fantastic songs will be brought to life, most of them will make to the album, and some won't. Time will tell." Check out new pictures at this location. THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's as-yet-untitled new album will be the group's first to feature singer Nell (THE CRESTA March 24, 2006 release is expected. Download audio samples of two demo songs recorded last year: "Fade" (mp3), "Seven" (mp3).

Glenn Rambo
	Former SOILENT GREEN vocalist Glenn Rambo was found dead his mother's home Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1). "His ex-girlfriend Stacy and some National Guardsmen went to Glenn's mom's house on Guerra Drive in Violet Louisiana [on Saturday] because Stacy had not heard from Glenn since before [Hurricane Katrina]," a friend of Glenn's by the name of Melissa writes in the posting. "They discovered the bodies of Glenn and his mom still in the house. Glenn had a broken leg, and he and his mom had no car to evacuate. If you know them you probably know that his family didn't have much money. I'm not sure where they are going to bury them, or if there are any next-of-kin that could help. Maybe we can all take up a collection to make sure that they are buried properly and have grave markers. I don't even know how to go about doing something like that. It just makes me sad to think that after we have all lost so much, we are now finding out that we have lost good friends as well. Glenn was an important part of the [New Orleans] music scene, and a good friend to many of us. He will be dearly missed and fondly remembered."

Anata
	ANATA will release a new album soon. The album will be entitled "The Conductor's Departure" and will be released through Earache/Wicked World (no release date is set yet). The recordings and mixing took place this summer (July-August) at Studio Mega, Valinge, Sweden. And the result is very satisfying. Mastering will take place within a week at Bohus studios, Göteborg, Sweden. Song titles are "Downward Spiral into Madness", "I Would Dream of Blood", "Renunciation", "Complete Demise", "Disobedience Pays", "The Great Juggler" , "Children's Laughter", "Better Grieved than Fooled", "The Conductor's Departure" and "Cold Heart Forged in Hell" (not in order). source Anata - myspace

30.09.2005 today news about NECRODEATH/RAZA DE ODIO - DESTRUCTION - SHADOWS FALL
Necrodeath - Raza de Odio
	Black Dahlia informa che la data dei Necrodeath presso il Transilvania Live di Milano è stata posticipata da venerdì 11 novembre a sabato 12 novembre. La serata vedrà la partecipazione, oltre ai già confermati Soul Takers e Legion, degli Evil Bards come opener. Black Dahlia è inoltre lieta di informarvi che la data di apertura del tour italiano di Raza De Odio è Cruentus è stata fissata presso il Transilvania Live di Milano per sabato 29 ottobre e vedrà la partecipazione di Methedras come special guest. source Black Dahlia agency

Destruction
	German thrashers DESTRUCTION will return to South America in early 2006 for a more extensive tour following a one-off appearance at the Live 'N' Louder Rock Fest on October 15 at Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Also scheduled to appear at the event are SCORPIONS, NIGHTWISH, SHAAMAN, RAGE, THE 69 EYES and TOCATTA MAGNA.

Shadows Fall
	Century Media Records has set a November 15 release date for SHADOWS FALL's "The Art of Touring" DVD, the group's first-ever DVD release. "The Art of Touring" features over two hours of on-the-road antics and live performances filmed from 2002 through 2004 on "The Art of Balance" album touring cycle while on the road in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Also featured here are all six of the band's promotional videos to date from "Thoughts Without Words" to "Idiot Box" to "Inspiration On Demand". Several guest appearances, rare cover songs and a special tribute to Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott (filmed during SHADOWS FALL's tour with DAMAGEPLAN in the fall of 2004) round out the DVD.

27.09.2005 today news about AKERCOCKE - DESPISED ICON - WYKKED WYTCH - NASUM
Akercocke
	Two brand-new AKERCOCKE tracks, "Verdelet" and "The Penance", have been posted online at www.myspace.com/akercocke. The songs come off the U.K. black/death metallers' fourth album, "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", tentatively due in early 2006 via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Choronzon", "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone" was recorded at the band's own Goat of Mendes studios in West London and was mixed by Neil Kernon (NEVERMORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE). Regarding the musical direction of the new CD, AKERCOCKE frontman Jason Mendonca recently had the following to say: "The new material is a progression again from 'Choronzon'. The core AKERCOCKE elements are there — harrowing dissonances, bludgeoning brutality and cacodaemonic sonic assaults all feature but once again we have expanded the AKERCOCKE sound to include more rich and diverse textures, not necessarily bound by the confines of death and black metal." "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone" marks the recording debut with the group of new guitarist Matthew Wilcock, who replaced Paul Scanlan earlier in the year. "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone" tentative track listing: 01. Verdelet 02. Seduced 03. Shelter from the Sand 04. Eyes of the Dawn 05. Dying in the Sun 06. Words That Go Unspoken (Part 1) 07. Intractable (Words That Go Unspoken Part 2) 08. Seraphs and Silence 09. The Penance 10. Lex Talionis

Despised Icon
	The Montreal-based deathcore six-piece DESPISED ICON will embark on a massive North American tour this week alongside SUFFOCATION, CRYPTOPSY and ABORTED in support of "The Healing Process", DESPISED ICON's renowned sophomore release, "The Healing Process", was produced by guitarist Yannick St-Amand (ION DISSONANCE, NEURAXIS), mixed by J-F Dagenais (MISERY INDEX, KATAKLYSM) and mastered by Alan Douches (SHADOWS FALL, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN).

Wykked Wytch
	Florida's WYKKED WYTCH have uploaded two demo tracks that are set to be included on the band's forthcoming album, tentatively titled "The Awakening". Check out the songs "The Awakening" and "Beneath Our Skin" at www.myspace.com/wykkedwytch. The tracks were recorded last month at Redroom Recorders in Tampa, FL with engineer Mark Prator (MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE, OBITUARY) and mastered by Jim Morris (DEATH, ICED EARTH) at Morrisound.

Nasum
	NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Someone asked about the NASUM/NAPALM DEATH split in the Q & A section the other day — will it come out or not? "Well, I haven't got any real news about this. As far as I know it will come out one day, but when and how I do not know. No one does; it's another planed release that's all. "Last time I spoke about it with Shane [Embury, NAPALM DEATH bassist] he said that he had gotten an OK from Earache to use their 'Earache songs' on the split and I guess they have to get a few more OK's before they can get working on a possible tracklist. "I've spent some time today working with our part of the split. I did some adjustments to the edit I did a few months ago and also some EQ tweaking to improve the sound. It sounds pretty good right now and the edit has a good flow so overall it's possible finalized. I might tweak it some more when it's time to really finish it. "The editing I've done is to exclude some songs that didn't sound so good due to either sloppy playing or problems with the sound. I've also moved around some of the songs, which was quite interesting. We used to combine our songs in 'blocks' and there are some completely new blocks in this edit, which at least entertains me. "The tracklist is as follows: 01. Corrosion 02. Doombringer 03. Just Another Hog 04. Inhale/Exhale 05. Scoop 06. Bullshit 07. Relics 08. Löpandebandsprincipen 09. I Hate People 10. Masshypnosis 11. A Welcome Breeze Of Stinking Air 12. Fatal Search 13. This is... 14. The Masked Face 15. The Idiot Parade 16. Den Svarta Fanan

20.09.2005 today news about AKERCOCKE - NEVERMORE
Akercocke
	The official European release date is 10/10/05 and there will be limited edition DVD & 7inch packs out there. No news on the US date The track "Verdelet" is on this months Terrorizer. Akercocke are still talking with directors about the video. source Akercocke - myspace

Nevermore
	NEVERMORE have added two Greek dates to their current European headlining tour. The details are as follows: Oct. 15 – Thessaloniki, GRE - Ydrogios club Oct. 16 – Athens, GRE - Club 22 Denmark's MERCENARY and Germany's DEW-SCENTED, who are supporting NEVERMORE throughout Europe, will not be playing the Greek dates.

19.09.2005 today news about CELTIC FROST - GRAVEWORM - SECRET SPHERE
Celtic Frost
	The new album from Celtic Frost will be mastered at the end of this coming week. CELTIC FROST have set "Dark Matter Manifest" as the tentative title of their first album in 13 years. The culmination of some three and a half years of songwriting and recording work, the album was largely produced by the band themselves and financed by their own production company, with additional assistance from HYPOCRISY/PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren during the final recording and mixing sessions at Horus Sound Studio in Hanover, Germany. Negotiations with a variety of labels are currently underway, and the album is scheduled for a release in early 2006. Original CELTIC FROST members Tom Gabriel Fischer (voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass) are joined by Erol Unala (guitar) and Franco Sesa (drums).

Graveworm
	Italian gothic black metal band GRAVEWORM will be teaming up with NOISE FOREST, MIDWINTER and BITTERNESS for a European tour in October/November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 23 - Neukirch, GER @ Jugendhaus Neukirch Oct. 24 - Karlsruhe, GER @ Katakombe (Support: LYFTHRASYR) Oct. 25 - Berlin, GER @ K17 Oct. 26 - Kopenhagen, DEN @ Stengade 30 Oct. 27 - Hamburg, GER @ Headbangers Ballroom Oct. 28 - Osnabrück, GER @ Tor 3 Oct. 29 - Rijssen, NETH @ Lucky Oct. 30 - Nijmegen, NETH @ Doornroosje Nov. 01 - Bochum, GER @ Matrix Nov. 02 - Münster Breitenfeld, GER @ Live Arena Nov. 03 - Montabauer, GER @ Camalot Nov. 04 - Bamberg, GER @ Live Club Nov. 05 - Islikon, SWI @ C4 Nov. 06 - Adelsheim, GER @ Live Factory

Secret Sphere
	Italian melodic metallers SECRET SPHERE will be supporting ROYAL HUNT on a European tour in October. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 07 - Caserta.Naples, ITA @ Oddly Shed Oct. 08 - Florence, ITA @ Ministry Oct. 09 - Pavia/Milan, ITA @ Thunder Road Oct. 10 - Munich, GER @ Garage Oct. 11 - Verviers, BEL @ Spirit of 66 Oct. 13 - Zoetermeer, NETH @ Boerderij Oct. 14 - Hamburg, GER @ Headbangers Oct. 15 - Bremen, GER @ Meisenfrei Oct. 17 -Vienna, AUT @ Planet Music Oct. 19 - Budapest, HUN @ Wigwam

16.09.2005 today news about MALEVOLENT CREATION - KATAKLYSM - WINDY CITY INVITATIONAL - MOONSORROW - PRIMORDIAL - THYRFING - ARCH ENEMY - DRACONIAN
Malevolent Creation
	Florida Death Metal veterans Malevolent Creation return to Puerto Rico after nearly a decade!!!! The Show is on Saturday 24 of September. The Venue is Call University Plaza. The Town is Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.It is on the west side of Puerto Rico The Opening Bands are: Inflamatory Sepuchral Dantesco Infectoria Pit Fight Demolition Dismal Divinity Start at 5:00 PM. Malevolent Creation are currently writing the music for they're 10th studio album which should should be released sometime in spring/summer 2006.This is a landmark for the band and we really want this release to be something special for everyone. More info soon to come!! Check our website for updates and new photo's from the US Tour soon. source Malevolent Creation www.malevolentcreation.cjb.net

Kataklysm
	Guitarist/producer Jean-François Dagenais of the Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM has issued the following update: "As most of you know, the recording sessions for the new KATAKLYSM album are done, so this time around I wanna try something different and get another producer involved with the album other then myself (I have produced/mixed the last five KATAKLYSM releases) and wanna give this release two different perspectives, two different feels to it, so we decided to enlist Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC) to mix the new album and I think the combination between both of us will be lethal! I think this will be the best thing to do. I've been swamped with projects from all over Canada and been working on the KATAKLYSM album for two months. Having someone completely fresh to work the last parts of the album will be great, so I'll be shipping the record over to Tue at Antfarm studios in Denmark very soon. 'In the Arms of Devastation' will be released worldwide February 20, 2006 on Nuclear Blast Records and is guaranteed to blow your mind!!" As previously reported, KATAKLYSM's only scheduled show at this time is an appearance at the Windy City Invetational festival on October 1 in Chicago, Illinois.

Windy City Invitational
	Chicago "murder metal" legends MACABRE have been confirmed for the Windy City Invitational, set to take place Saturday, October 1 at the Metro in Chicago, Illinois. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: KITTIE MACABRE BURY YOUR DEAD KATAKLYSM GOD DETHRONED MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD ACUMEN NATION LEAVES EYES ATROCITY MANNTIS HELL WITHIN NIGHTRAGE EPOCH OF UNLIGHT THINE EYES BLEED LILITU HURTLOCKER For more information, visit www.windycityinvitational.com. source Blabbermouth

Moonsorrow - Primordial - Thyrfing
	Finland's MOONSORROW, Ireland's PRIMORDIAL and Sweden's THYRFING are among the confirmed bands for the Heathen Crusade Metalfest, set to take place Saturday, January 21, 2006 at Star Central in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear are TODESBONDEN (featuring Laurie Ann Haus; AUTUMN TEARS, EPHEMERAL SUN, RAIN FELL WITHIN, GARDEN OF SHADOWS, NEST) and THE CHASM. More acts will be announced soon. Tickets go on sale October 15 ($25 in advance, $30 day of show). More information is available at www.heathencrusade.com. source Blabbermouth

Arch Enemy
	ARCH ENEMY have reluctantly taken the decision to reschedule their September U.K. shows until December due to the loss of the advertised and proposed support bands. DARK TRANQUILLITY recently pulled out of the tour, and despite all the efforts of band, label and management, it has not been possible to find two adequate international acts to replace them at such short notice. In today's market it is essential to give fans a great package that offers value for money, much as the Swedish Apocalypse show did last Christmas. It is the band's intention to use the intervening time to put together a great lineup that will give the fans more metal for their money. All September tickets are 100 percent valid for the rescheduled December dates. In London, The Forum show has now moved to The Astoria where all tickets will still be valid. The new dates are as follows: Dec. 12 - Cardiff, Coal Exchange Dec. 13 - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Dec. 14 - Glasgow, QMU Dec. 15 - Manchester, Academy 2 Dec. 16 - London, Astoria The band apologizes for any inconvenience caused, but nevertheless feels that rescheduling these dates is the lesser of two evils. source Blabbermouth

Draconian
	Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN have posted the following message on their official web site: "DRACONIAN is about to record a bonus album this fall. Note that it's NOT the follow up to 'Arcane Rain Fell'. The album will feature three new songs, two or three demo songs in new versions and three covers. As for the new songs; we can promise heavy and truly tearful songs in dark gothic splendor. Prepare to weep! The working title is 'The Burning Halo' and the album will be released through Napalm Records at the end of the year." DRACONIAN's sophomore album, "Arcane Rain Fell", was released in January 2005 through Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Where Lovers Mourn" was recorded at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden and contains more than 60 minutes of music, including the 16-minute epic "Death, Come Near Me" (previously released on the 2002 demo "Dark Oceans We Cry"). source Blabbermouth

13.09.2005 today news about CRISTINA SCABBIA
Cristina Scabbia
	Cristina Scabbia, vocalist of LACUNA COIL, will be joining the Revolver magazine staff this fall with her own monthly advice column. Fans are encouraged to send their questions to the following email address: askcristina@revolvermag.com LACUNA COIL are currently in the studio recording the highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed commercial breakthrough album, Comalies. The offering is currently set for an early 2006 release source: Century Media USA - myspace ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Karmacode" will be the title of the follow-up to Lacuna Coil's critically acclaimed commercial breakthrough album, "Comalies". The new effort is currently being co-produced once again with Waldemar Sorychta and LACUNA COIL, and will be mixed by Ronald Prent (RAMMSTEIN, H.I.M., IRON MAIDEN) and mastered by Darcy Proper (STEELY DAN, PORCUPINE TREE, R.E.M.) at Galaxy Studios in Belgium. An early 2006 release is expected.

12.09.2005 today news about AFTER ALL - LORD BELIAL - EXHUMED - VORTEX - END OF GREEN - MIRTO MASSAKER
After All
	AFTER ALL ON TOUR WITH DESTRUCTION AND CANDLEMASS It's official: After All join the "Hellhoundz of Doom and Thrash Tour", with Destruction (D) and Candlemass (S), the band's second European tour in support of "The Vermin Breed"... The tour starts November 8th and brings After All to Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Belgium. Thanks to Dragon Productions for making it all happen! These are the dates: DESTRUCTION (D) + CANDLEMASS (S) + AFTER ALL + DEATHCHAIN (FIN) 08/11/2005 Pratteln (CH) - Z7 09/11/2005 Ludwigsburg (D) - Rockfabrik 10/11/2005 Bochum (D) - Zeche 11/11/2005 Aschaffenburg (D) - Colos-Saal 12/11/2005 Berlin (D) - Hof 23 13/11/2005 travel 14/11/2005 Helsinki (FIN) - Nosturi 15/11/2005 Oulu (FIN) - Teatria 16/11/2005 travel 17/11/2005 Oslo (N) - Sentrum Scene 18/11/2005 Trondheim (N) - Rosendal Scene 19/11/2005 Göteborg (S) - Karen 20/11/2005 Malmö (S) - KB 21/11/2005 Osnabrück (D) - N8 22/11/2005 travel 23/11/2005 Antwerp (B) - Hof Ter Lo "THE VERMIN BREED" RELEASED IN RUSSIA Dockyard1 has licensed "The Vermin Breed" to Soyuz Music in Russia, with an expected release early September 2005.

Lord Belial
	NOCTURNAL BEAST The new album will be released november 21st on REGAIN RECORDS. In the meantime you can download 2 full songs from the album. Song nr 4 and 7 is available for download. 1. Invocation of the Ninth Sphere (Intro) 2. Succubi Infernal 3. Demonic Possession 4. Desolate Passage 5. Nocturnus 6. Insufferable Rituals 7. Monarchy of death 8. Fleshbound 9. Spiritual Damnation 10. Indoctrination of human sorrow 11. Deathmarch (Outro)

Exhumed
	Californian gore-metallers EXHUMED have been forced to cancel their European tour. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Due to very recent developments with some of the local promoters on the upcoming tour, we are forced to cancel all of the upcoming European shows. As it turned out, some of them decided to pull out at the last minute, without telling us. Promises that were made couldn’t be lived up to, leaving us with two-thirds left of a very short tour… "We went into this planning for a 4 to 5 week tour, then that was cut to 2 weeks which really pissed us off, and it made everything down to the wire financially. We decided to forge ahead regardless, hoping to salvage what remained of the tour and get out to play for our fans as best we could under the circumstances. But, when we found out within a week of getting ready to leave for this tour that a third of it was chopped out, we were left with a situation where we would be losing a lot of money that we don’t have to come over and do this tour. Money that unfortunately pays for us to live and pay rent, etc. — not money that buys fancy cars or band therapists. "We are extremely disappointed to have to back out of these dates and let down the fans and the promoters who were upfront with the band and booking agency, and we are doing our best to reschedule something for early next year. This is the third time this year that our European plans have fallen through and to say we are frustrated would be the understatement of the year. We will be back to bring the gore to all of you as soon as we can. "See you in the morgue or at the bar." EXHUMED will release their covers CD, "Garbage Daze Re-Regurgitated", on September 27 in Europe via an exclusive licensing deal with Listenable Records.

Vortex
	VORTEX, the new Rimouski, Quebec-based band featuring current and former members of JERKS, MENTAL DISORDER, ASTRAL GATES and FOOT CLAN, have inked a deal with Galy Records. The group, who are influenced by such acts as HATEBREED, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, OBITUARY, SLAYER and GOD FORBID, recorded their new album with producer Jean-Francois Dagenais (KATAKLYSM, MISERY INDEX).

End of Green
	SAMSTAG / SATURDAY, 17. September 2005 @ REBSTOCK FESTIVAL 19:30 h - 20:15 h - END OF GREEN Autogrammstunde / Signing Session @ REBSTOCK FESTIVAL in Stuttgart beim Merchandise Stand 21:30 - 23:00 h END OF GREEN SHOWTIME @ REBSTOCK FESTIVAL Eintritt: 5,- EURO - Anfahrt: www.rebstock-festival.de/info_location.html

Mirto Massaker
	CHECK OUT OUR NEW HOMPAGE!!! BUFFA... www.mirto-massaker.ch

08.09.2005 today news about KATAKLYSM
Kataklysm
	Kataklysm have completed the recording of the bands 8th studio album! Guitarist/Producer J-F Dagenais comments: "After having spent 2 months behind the production helm for the new Kataklysm album, we have now achieved what we wanted from a to z , i've worked extremely hard on this record to get it to sound like no other Kataklysm album and i must say when you have the time to work on something it DOES benefit greatly! I'm really happy with the results we have , everyone in the band gave 150% and i cant wait for everyone to hear this album. I have to agree with one of Maurizio's previous statement when he said this album on a technical side and with its blazing tempos has been the most difficult album for me to record my guitar tracks...felt like at some point my wrist and fingers were gonna give in!..but it was well worth the pain!" The band's 8th studio album "In The Arms of Devastation" will be released Feb. 20th 2006, followed by a massive touring campaign. In The Arms Of Devastation track list: 1- Temptation's Nest 2- Let Them Burn 3- Crippled & Broken 4- Open Scars 5- To Reign again 6- In Words of Desperation 7- Like Angels weeping the Dark 8- It turns to Rust 9- The Road to Devastation Kataklysm's only scheduled show for the moment will be in Chicago, Il on Oct.1st as part of the "Windy City Invitational" festival

07.09.2005 today news about CALLENISH CIRCLE - ORDEN OGAN - HIM in Italy
Callenish Circle
	Holland ’s most deadly Death/Thrash formation Callenish Circle recently finished the recordings of their new (and meanwhile 5^th) album. The new album is titled [ Pitch.Black.Effects ] and it was recorded at aRe U Recordings in Holland under supervision of producer Gail Liebling. The final mix was done at the well-known Antfarm Studio in Denmark with Tue Madsen (a.o. The Haunted, Illdisposed & Mnemic). Mastering duties were handled again by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound in Germany . Last but not least the complete artwork was created by Danish art talent Mircea Gabriel Eftemie at Cadaverman Media. Official statement from guitar player Ron on the new album: ‘This time we decided to record, mix and master the album on different locations. We recorded the album over here in Holland with our long-time (live) sound-engineer Gail Liebling and the final mix was done in Denmark with Tue Madsen at his Antfarm Studio. Last but not least the mastering was done by Peter Neuber at Mega Wimp Sound and this turned out to be a perfect combination. The sound is absolutely killer ! Gail, who is also responsible for all digital / wacky sounds on ‘My Passion // Your Pain’, was also involved in the writing process now. Result is that the amount of digital sounds increased, also being more integrated in the music, which turned out great. I think we made a big step forward regarding production and song writing and we’re very anxious to hear what the fans and press think of it". track list [ Pitch.Black.Effects ]: This Day You Regret Ignorant Behind Lines Schwarzes Licht Sweet Cyanide Blind Guess Again Self-Inflicted As You Speak Pitch Black

Orden Ogan
	NEW HOMEPAGE - NEW LABEL the rockhard newcomer of the year ORDEN OGAN starts september with a new homepage and the signing of a new deal! the english version of the homepage will be online in a few days. we´re currently working on it! anyway, check it out and sign our guestbook! www.ordenogan.de ANDREAS MARSCHALL paints ´vale´ nobody else but ANDREAS MARSCHALL who did fantastic artworks for blind guardian, running wild, rage, sodom, in flames, nightwish and so on paints the artwork of the new ORDEN OGAN record ´vale´. the band works hard on it and it will be released this winter. watch out! ORDEN OGAN on tour: 12.02.05 Oeventrop Winternachtstraum-Festival 15.04.05 Paderborn Metal Inferno Festival 16.04.05 Hamburg Headbangers Ballroom 14.05.05 Idar-Oberstein KAMA-Festival 28.05.05 Hünxe Rock & Bike Bandcontest 11.06.05 Luxemburg RAE WarmUpParty 18.06.05 Ratingen Lux 06.08.05 Leverkusen Streetlife-Festival 07.10.05 Castrop-Rauxel Steel meets Steel 15.10.05 Neheim Pro-Biers Tharsys 25.11.05 Köln-Ehrenfeld BüZe 26.11.05 Hamm Ragers Elite Festival 17.12.05 Anröchte Last Night on Earth Festival 26.12.05 Neheim Pro-Biers Orden Ogan's Christmas Party

HIM
	SOLD OUT la data Milanese dei Finlandesi HIM che dopo aver conquistato il resto del mondo con album ai vertici delle classifiche e con tours che hanno fatto il tutto esaurito e visti esibirsi, nel corso degli ultimi dieci anni, davanti a centinaia di migliaia di fans, tornano in Italia alla vigilia dell' uscita del loro ultimo album DARK LIGHT. H.I.M LUNEDI 12 SETTEMBRE ROLLING STONE - MILANO Prezzo del biglietto 20,00€+dp SOLD OUT!!!! Inizio Concerto ore 20.30

02.09.2005 today news about LAETHORA - AKERCOCKE - RAINBOW CLUB

Laethora

DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin has teamed up with Jonatan Nordenstam (vocals, bass), Joakim Rosén (guitar, THE PROVENANCE) and Joel Lindell (drums, THE PROVENANCE) in a brand-new project called LAETHORA. The band's debut album, "March of the Parasite", has already been recorded, with the mixing sessions scheduled for the fall. A five-track rough-mix promotional CD is currently being circulated among "quality" record labels, and a preview MP3 clip featuring the material can be downloaded at this location. "Please note that while this teaser gives a good indication of the musical direction, it's not mixed and mastered, so the final product will be more solid in the sound department," reads a posting on the group's web site.

For more information, visit www.laethora.com.

Akercocke

from Akercoke camp

"Its done..the album.."Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone" - is finished the final mixed and mastered version is delivered, DVD is edited and off to the tech people to turn into a limited edition extra for the release

Shows are booked (for the UK) and a listening party/press thing/booze-up next week on the 9th and still rumours persist about more shows and more shows...

release date is set for the 10th October, exactly two years after "Choronzon" "

Rainbow Club in Milan

Riapre il Rainbow Club, lo storico locale milanese da sempre
all' insegna della musica alternativa!

Ritorna con l'appuntamento tradizionale del venerdì, serata che dal 1995
è “consacrata” all'Alternative Rock, e con la nuova serata del sabato,
tutta dedicata alle sonorità Punk e Ska.

Il Rainbow non è inoltre solo una discoteca ma anche live club,
sul suo palco si sono esibite le principali bands della scena alternativa,
e anche quest'anno la programmazione sarà ricca di sorprese!

Venerdì 16 Settembre 2005
Grande inaugurazione della nuova stagione 2005/06
del venerdì del Rainbow !
Ritorna il venerdì Radar con la sua programmazione musicale
caratterizzata da tutto il meglio della musica

Alternative-Indie, Wave-80, Dark-Electro

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