Swedish thrash metal band Darkane with their new fronter Jens Broman (ex-The Defaced) have signed with Massacre Records for Europe. The 5th album of the band "Demonic Art" will be unleashed October 24th and will be available as limited Digipak format with exclusive bonus material!

The tracklisting reads as follows:

01. Variations Of An Eyerush
02. Leaving Existence
03. Demonic Art
04. Absolution
05. Execution
06. Impetious Constant Chaos
07. Demigod
08. Soul Survivor
09. The Killing Of I
10. Wrong Grave
11. Still In Progress
12. Wrath Connection

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Source:	massacre-records.com
Band profile:	Darkane

German Power Metallers Edguy have scheduled the following European tour dates:

10.01.09 - Carling Academy Islington, London, United Kingdom
12.01.09 - Elysee Montmatre, Paris, France
13.01.09 - Theatre Barbey, Bordeaux, France
15.01.09 - La Copera, Granada, Spain
16.01.09 - La Rivera, Madrid, Spain
17.01.09 - Rock Star Live, Bilbao, Spain
18.01.09 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
20.01.09 - Transbordeur, Lyon, France
21.01.09 - Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy
23.01.09 - Filharmonie, Filderstadt, Germany
24.01.09 - All Kart Halle, Kaufbeuren, Germany
25.01.09 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
27.01.09 - Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
28.01.09 - Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany
30.01.09 - Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany
31.01.09 - Halle Gartlage, Osnarbrück, Germany
01.02.09 - Docks, Hamburg, Germany
02.02.09 - Lisberghallen, Götheborg, Sweden
04.02.09 - Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
05.02.09 - KB, Malmö, Sweden
07.02.09 - Wartenberg, Fulda, Germany

This European tour will be in support of Edguy's upcoming album "Tinnitus Sanctus" which will be released around 16th November this year.

Source:	edguy.net
Band profile:	Edguy
Event:	Edguy: European Tour

Norwegian metallers Satyricon have issued the following update:

"We have completed the new album "The Age Of Nero" in its entirety and we are very very proud of it! The release date is 3 November and will be followed by a full European headlining tour opening in Stavanger, Norway 12 November and ending in Hamburg, Germany 20 December. Check out all the dates here.

A few more shows will be added soon. Opening act on the tour is Evile and the direct support act will be added soon.

Expect updates with tons of information on the new album and the tour, competitions, interviews and music in the next few weeks!"

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Source:	satyricon.no
Band profile:	Satyricon

Anathema will do a West European this Fall in support of their upcoming compilation album "Hindsight". The message from the band reads as follows:

"We are very happy to announce that this autumn we will be doing an extensive European tour! "The Hindsight Tour" is a celebration of past and present. Featuring unheard classics from the past and unheard classics for the future... We will be accompanied on the whole tour by the excellent new French band Demians MySpace]. A band receiving rave reviews for their debut album "Building An Empire".

Full details and tickets links are available on the Tour Dates page. See you there! More info on the tour and the new album will follow soon."

"The Hindsight Tour": Anathema on tour with Demians

08.10.2008: Tivoli, Utrecht, NED
09.10.2008: W2, Den Bosch, NED
10.10.2008: Biebob, Vosselaar, BEL
11.10.2008: Boerderij, Zoetermeer, NED
12.10.2008: Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, GER
13.10.2008: Matrix, Bochum, GER
14.10.2008: LKA Longhorn, Stuttgart, GER
16.10.2008: Centrum, Erfurt, GER
17.10.2008: Columbia Club, Berlin, GER
18.10.2008: Markthalle, Markthalle, GER
19.10.2008: Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, DEN
20.10.2008: Proxima Club, Warsaw, POL
21.10.2008: Klub Studio, Klub Studio, POL
22.10.2008: Backstage, München, GER
23.10.2008: Z7, Pratteln, SUI
24.10.2008: New Age, Treviso, ITA
25.10.2008: Rolling Stone, Milan, ITA
26.10.2008: Alpheus, Roma, ITA
28.10.2008: Szene, Vienna, AUT
29.10.2008: TBA
31.10.2008: Les Docks, Lausanne, SUI
04.11.2008: Academy Club, Manchester, UK
05.11.2008: Cathouse, Glasgow, UK
06.11.2008: Carling Academy, Sheffield, UK
07.11.2008: Islington Academy, London, UK
08.11.2008: Barfly, Birmingham, UK
09.11.2008: Zodiac, Oxford, UK
10.11.2008: Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK

Anathema will also play three special shows in September, dubbed "The Unholy Trinity", supporting Paradise Lost in honour of PL's 20th Anniversary. For two of the shows both bands will be joined by My Dying Bride.

17.09.2008: Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, GER
18.09.2008: Bataclan, Paris, FRA (with My Dying Bride)
19.09.2008: Forum, London, UK (with My Dying Bride)

All info about those special shows can be found here.

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Source:	anathema.ws
Band profile:	Anathema
Event:	Anathema: The Hindsight Tour

Vomitory have announced the following:

"The upcoming European tour in September together with Incantation has unfortunately been cancelled. Incantation has been forced to cancel due to personal familiy issues, which leaves us with no headliner for the tour. Vomitory will still play a few of the planned shows (see dates below). We are of course very sorry for the cancellation, but the things that have happened are beyond anyone's control, which makes it impossible to fulfil this tour. We apologize to our fans and all the promotors involved. We are aiming for a full European tour next year after the release of our next album, which is planned for a May 2009 release."

Vomitory will still play these shows just as planned:

11 Sept - DE, Berlin - K17
12 Sept - DE, Bischofswerda - Morbide Festspiele
13 Sept - DE, Bitterfeld - Festung
14 Sept - NL, Zaandam - Kade
27 Sept - DE, Essen - Essen Death Fest 7 / Turock

Other shows that are confirmed for the remainder of 2008 are:

24 Oct - SWE, Sundsvall - Club Destroyer (support: Dead Awaken)
25 Oct - SWE, Östersund - Hårdrocksklubben @ Gamla Tingshuset (support: Dead Awaken)
08 Nov - ES, Madrid - Trauma Fest

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Source:	vomitory.net
Band profile:	Vomitory
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Metal Storm received the following message from the SolMusic Management:

"Hello Shaman fans, Shaman is looking for you!

Tiziana Hurd speaking, SolMusic Management Inc. Canada, and Shaman's manager.

Shaman is working to prepare the score to give to Gocmen Symphony Orchestra of Turkey for the Summer European Festivals 2009. In fact we will be touring all summer and it will be a special exclusive tour.

Anyway, as Shaman's manager, I'm looking for a Shaman European fan that would like working with me and to open an Shaman European Fan Club. Shaman has the official one in Brazil, but I really I would need your support to create an European one too.

If you are seriously interested to be our future Shaman Official European Fan Club President and to work for your loved band - please contact me back. Shaman & I, we will be very honored to hear back from you!

Thanks loving Shaman, with my best regards

SolMusic Management Inc. Canada
Tiziana Hurd, Shaman's manager"

SolMusic Management is an international booking agency, and books festivals, single events, complete tour in worldwide. All info on http://www.solmusicmanagement.com, or http://www.myspace.com/solmusicmanagement.

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Source:	solmusicmanagement.com
Band profile:	Shaman

Pantheist have posted the following on their MySpace:

"As you might have noticed in the last few weeks, there have been a few changes in the tourdates with Skepticism and Ophis. We are proud to announce that the 7 dates have now been finally confirmed! This short but intense tour is going to be a unique event (not joking, considering Skepticism only tour for the second time in their long career and for us it's only our second proper tour as well). Hope to see many of you there.

In related news, we have a great time recording our third album "Journey Through Lands Unknown" with Greg at Priory Studios. The album is currently being mastered at Sonic Mastering by Rik Dowding (some of you might recognize his name from the credits of the last Portishead album; you might even have seen him, as he was their sound engineer on their recent tour). We should be able to post a full track on the myspace site by next weekend or so."

The dates are as follows:

Oct 25 Logo Hamburg, Hamburg (Ger)
Oct 26 Baroeg, Rotterdam (Ned) Dutch Doom Day VII]
Oct 27 Kunstverein, Nurnberg (Ger)
Oct 28 Black Pes, Prague (Cz)
Oct 29 Rock club na OZZaY, Nitra (Svk)
Oct 30 Escape Vienna, Wien (Aus)
Oct 31 Amnesie Berlin, Berlin (Ger)
Nov 01 Scheld'apen Antwerp, Antwerp (Bel)

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pantheïst
Event:	Pantheist

Evile have officially been confirmed as a support act to Satyricon on their upcoming European Tour. The tour spreads widely throughout Europe including the UK, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Chile, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland=;
Check the list of dates on the Evile 'Gigs' section to see if there'll be a show near you, and please note Evile will be the openers for the night, and will therefore play EARLY so get there in good time if you want to see them!

Satyricon / (other band tbc) / Evile
European Tour

November
19 - Rotterdam, Waterfront NL
20 - Amsterdam, Melkweg NL
21 - DE TBC !
22 - Rennes, Antipode FR
23 - Paris, Loco FR
24 - Birmingham, Barfly UK
25 - Leeds, Cockpit UK
26 - London, ULU UK
27 - Antwerp, Hof Ter Lo BE
29 - Lyon, CCO FR
30 - Lausanne, Le Romandie CH

December
01 - Winterthur, Salzhaus CH
02 - Milano, Alcatraz IT
03 - Roma, Alpheus IT
04 - Ljubljana, Media Park SLO
05 - Zagreb, Boogaloo CRO
06 - Wien, Gasometer AT
07 - Prague, Futurm CZ
08 - Wroclaw, WZ PL
09 - Warzaw, Progresja PL
10 - Berlin, Kato DE
12 - Utrecht, Helling NL
13 - Lengerich, Satan's Convention DE
14 - Frankfurt, Batschkapp DE
16 - Stuttgart, Rohre DE
17 - Saarbrucken, Garage DE
18 - Munchen, Metropolis DE
19 - Halle, Easy Schorre DE
20 - Hamburg, Knust DE

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Source:	evile.co.uk
Band profile:	Evile
Event:	Satyricon: European Tour

The Melvins have announced an European tour in support of their new album, "Nude In Boots," recently released on Ipecac. The band will play an extensive series of tour dates across the continent, with more to be announced. Supporting acts will be Big Business and Porn. The band is currently on the American Summer 2008 Tour.

Confirmed Melvins European tour dates:

September 10, 2008 Cardiff, UK - The Point
September 11, 2008 Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
September 12, 2008 Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
September 13, 2008 Hamburg, Germany - Flakbunker (Uebel & Gefährlich)
September 14, 2008 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
September 16, 2008 Berlin, Germany - Maria Am Ostbahnhof
September 17, 2008 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
September 18, 2008 Munich, Germany - Backstage
September 19, 2008 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
September 20, 2008 Dornbirn, Austria - Transmitter Festival
September 21, 2008 Vienna, Austria - Arena
September 22, 2008 Budapest, Hungary - Merlin
September 23, 2008 Prague, Czech Republic - Palac Akropolis
September 24, 2008 Milan, Italy - Musicdrome
September 25, 2008 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson
September 26, 2008 Fribourg, Germany - Frison
September 27, 2008 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
September 28, 2008 Poitiers, France - Le Confort Moderne
September 29, 2008 Belfort, France - La Poudriere
September 30, 2008 Sheffield, UK - Plug
October 01, 2008 Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
October 02, 2008 Manchester, UK - Academy 2
October 04, 2008 Dublin, Ireland - TBA
October 05, 2008 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
October 06, 2008 Brighton, UK - Concorde 2

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Source:	themelvins.net
Band profile:	Melvins
Event:	Melvins: European Tour

According to a press release from Arcane Promotions, Nocturnus will be touring their legendary "The Key" album later this year with their classic line-up from that period. Support will come from Violated (SWE), Punish (CH), Memorial (DK) and Slither (SWE)

So far the following dates have been announced:

Oct. 14 - Copenhagen, DEN - The Rock
Oct. 15 - Hamburg, GER - Hafenklang
Oct. 16 - Hengelo, NED - Metropol
Oct. 17 - Rotterdam, NED - Baroeg
Oct. 18 - London, GBR - Electrowerkz
Oct. 19 - Birmingham, GBR - The Asylum
Oct. 20 - TBA
Oct. 21 - TBA
Oct. 22 - Pratteln, SUI - Z7
Oct. 23 - Wien, AUT - Viper Room
Oct. 24 - Milano, ITA - Zoe Club
Oct. 25 - Giebelstadt, GER - Bringer Of Death Fest XVI
Oct. 26 - Berlin, GER - K17

A flyer of the event can be found here

In the meantime, Mike Browning (Former Morbid Angel and Nocturnus drummer/vocalist) has issued a statement regarding what is being billed as a reunion of the "classic lineup" of Nocturnus, set to take place in Europe this fall. In a post to to the comments section of Blabbermouth, Browning writes, "I want to be totally up front and honest with everyone that the original lineup will not be touring. My band After Death will be doing the tour as Nocturnus, we WILL be playing at least 7 of the 10 songs on 'The Key" as well as a couple of old Morbid Angel songs done the way they were originally written on "Abominations of Desolation"! Mike Davis was asked and he didn't want to do the tour as he and I were the ones who wrote pretty much everything on 'The Key'. Lou and Sean were not asked to do this. What people will see will be a show that no one else can faithfully perform containing old Nocturnus and Morbid Angel material that I either wrote or co-wrote. And it will be done the way it was meant to be written and performed, not some contrived 'rock star' version! The tour will be from October 13-27, 13 shows only to be done in Europe because of these U.S. trademark restrictions from the former members who did indeed steal the name and band I created back in 1988."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Nocturnus
Event:	The Lost Key Returns To Europe Tour

Posted on the official site of Kamelot:

"Kamelot are preparing for the upcoming shows in Europe this August. We just received confirmation from Kamelot's management company that the band plans to shoot video from each of the upcoming concerts including the utilization of the massive camera crew planned for the Wacken Festival in Germany."

The 2008 shows that will be recorded are as follows:

August 01 - Wacken Open Air Festival, Wacken, Germany
August 03 - Ankkarock Festival, Vantaa, Finland
August 15 - Metal Rock Fest, Lillehammer, Norway
August 16 - TT Circuit, Assen, Netherlands (with Iron Maiden)

Kamelot have also announced another European tour to happen in 2009. The band will be announcing ticket information soon. Here are the dates:

Rule The World European Tour 2009 - Kamelot + special guests
March 20 - 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
March 21 - Essigfabrik, Köln, Germany
March 24 - Wunfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
March 25 - Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
March 26 - The Cathouse, Glasgow, United Kingdom
March 28 - Rio's, Leeds, United Kingdom
March 29 - Astoria, London, United Kingdom
March 31 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
April 01 - Havana Café, Toulouse, France
April 03 - Sala Bikini, Barcelona, Spain
April 04 - Sala Heineken, Madrid, Spain
April 05 - Sala Gamma, Murcia, Spain

Source:	kamelot.com
Band profile:	Kamelot

In support of their new album "The Premonition", Firewind will return to European stages for a headlining tour. Not all the dates have been confirmed yet, but a list of announced dates so far can be seen below. For the Spanish and French shows, the band will be supported by Germany's Brainstorm and Finland's Kiuas. More dates will be announced very soon as will information about purchasing tickets.

Here is a list of the dates:

12.11.08 - Lyon, France @ Marche Gare
13.11.08 - Toulouse, France @ Havanna
14.11.08 - Bilbao, Spain @ Santana 27
15.11.08 - Vigo, Spain @ A
16.11.08 - Madrid, Spain @ Ritmo & Compas
17.11.08 - Hospitalet/Barcelona, Spain @ Salamandra
19.11.08 - Paris, France @ La Locomotive
20.11.08 - Colmar, France @ Grillen
21.11.08 - Milan, Italy @ Zoe (special guest: Kiuas)

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Firewind

Vomitory will be hitting the road again for a European tour this coming September. Countries included in the tour are Denmark, Germany, France and the UK among others. Incantation will be the support band for the tour.

Here is the full list of dates:

6th Sept - Arscholio Open Air, Stavenhagen, Germany
7th Sept - TBA, Denmark
8th Sept - TBA, Denmark/Sweden
9th Sept - TBA, Denmark
10th Sept - Marx, Hamburg, Germany
11th Sept - K17, Berlin, Germany
12th Sept - Morbide Festspiele, Bischofswerda, Germany
13th Sept - Festung, Bitterfeld, Germany
14th Sept - Kade, Zaandam, Netherlands
15th Sept - TBA, Germany/Netherlands
16th Sept - TBA, United Kingdom
17th Sept - TBA, United Kingdom
18th Sept - TBA, United Kingdom
19th Sept - BE, Vosselaar - Biebob
20th Sept - TBA, Paris, France
21st Sept - TBA, Toulouse, France
22nd Sept - TBA, Marseille, France
23rd Sept - TBA, Strasbourg/Nancy, France
24th Sept - TBA
25th Sept - Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
26th Sept - Romein, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
27th Sept - Essen Death Feast 7/Turock, Essen, Germany

Source:	vomitory.net
Band profile:	Vomitory

Nearly a dozen European shows have been confirmed for Denmark's Hatesphere's upcoming tour. The band will cover their own country, but also Switzerland, France, Germany and five dates in Italy with Italian bands Methedras and Neurasthenia as part of the TMF On The Road mini-tour.

Here is the full list of dates:

28/08/08 - Present Aarhus Festival, Ridehuset, Aarhus, Denmark
05/09/08 - Le Grillen, Colmar, France
06/09/08 - Backstage Free and Easy Festival, Backstage, Munich, Germany
17/09/08 - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland
18/09/08 - Music Drome, Milano, Italy
19/09/08 - Rockhouse, Pescara, Italy
20/09/08 - Total Metal Festival, Bari, Italy
21/09/08 - Rock Planet, Ravenna, Italy
15/11/08 - Værtshuset, Næstved, Denmark
28/11/08 - Kulisselageret, Horsens, Denmark
29/11/08 - Bygningen, Vejle, Denmark

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Norway's darkest, Gorgoroth, have announced new European live dates for October and November 2008:

16-10 Norway John Dee, Oslo
17-10 Norway Folken, Stavenger
18-10 Russia Tba, Moskow
19-10 Russia Tba, St Petersburg
21-10 Finland Hella, Tampere
22-10 Finland Travastia, Helsinki
23-10 Estonia Nômme Cult, Talinn
24-10 Latvia Melna Piekdiena, Riga
25-10 Lithuania Mulen Ruzas, Vilnius
27-10 Czech Rep Exit Chmelnice, Prague
28-10 Slovakia Randall, Bratislava
29-10 Croatia Boogaloo, Zagreb
30-10 Slovenia VPK Media Park, Ljubljana
31-10 Serbia SKC, Beograd
01-11 Romania Irish Music Pub, Cluj Napoca
02-11 Romania Fabrika, Bucaresti
04-11 Bulgaria Black Box, Sofia
06-11 Greece Mylos Liebe, Thessaloniki
07-11 Greece Gagarin 205, Athens
09-11 Italy Circolo Degli Artisti, Roma
11-11 France Espace Julien, Marseille
12-11 Spain Salamandra, Barcelona
13-11 Spain Ritmo & Compas, Madrid
14-11 Spain El Roquero, Almeria
15-11 Portugal Cine Teattro Corroios, Lisbon
16-11 Spain A, Vigo
18-11 Spain Tunk, Irun
19-11 France Camji, Niort
21-11 Ireland The Button Factory, Dublin
22-11 Ireland An Cuiscin, Cork
23-11 UK The Limelight, Belfast
25-11 UK Ivory Black, Glasgow
26-11 UK Rock City, Nottingham
27-11 UK White Rabbit, Plymouth
28-11 UK Academy, Manchester

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Gorgoroth
Event:	Gorgoroth