Masters of Death tour 2006

In November, Europe will face the most brutal bill that has ever shared the same stage': Grave, Dismember, Entombed, Unleashed will team up to bring a night of the best metal Sweden has ever had to offer. The package is an idea that all four bands has planned and prepared in the past months and finally they are doing it. Dates and more info will be announced shortly.

Source:	grave.se
Band profile:	Grave

After 25 years of existence, the legendary German heavy metal band Grave Digger has signed a long-term deal with the Spanish record label Locomotive Records.

Commented Goyo Esteban, President of Locomotive Records: "We are very proud that a heavy metal legend like Grave Digger puts that much trust in us. After the presentation of the first demo songs of the new album it was clear that something really BIG will come up for us, and it was obvious that we will release this new milestone of classic metal on Locomotive Records."

On September 22, 2006, Locomotive Records will release a new Grave Digger single, "Yesterday". The single will be accompanied by a bonus DVD of the band's performance on Rock Machina Festival in 2001. The new Grave Digger album will follow on January 12, 2007, with a subsequent Grave Digger/Therion European co-headlining tour to take place between January 18 and February 17.

Source : BlabberMouth.Net

Source:	metal-temple.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger

With a musical landscape as varied as the range of their band member's occupations (which includes a psychologist, an electrician, a youth center worker, and a graphic designer), Italian sextet Graveworm will be bringing their brand of melodic goth/black metal to North American shores for the first time during the Metal Maniacs and Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles-sponsored North American Metal Crusaders Tour.

A compact version of a traveling United Nations, Italy's Graveworm is joining forces with Vader (Poland), Kataklysm (Canada), Destruction (Germany), Speed\Kill/Hate (New York), and The Absence (Tampa). The first show of this truly international line-up is set to take place on May 26th in Montreal, Quebec. Checking in from his home in Italy, trilingual architect student and Graveworm vocalist Stefano Fiori shares his thoughts on his maiden trip to North America in support of (N)utopia:

"We are looking forward to playing in every city on this tour. We're thinking of bringing empty suitcases for all the things we want to buy that we can't get here at home... haha. This will be a new experience for us and we are all curious about the response we will get over there. Maurizio from Kataklysm told us there are a lot of Graveworm fans in Montreal, and that the people there generally go crazy at shows. We're also looking forward to visiting Las Vegas. We've heard a lot about it, but to be there would be a very different thing."

Source:	nuclearblastusa.com
Band profile:	Graveworm

Legendary Swedish death metallers Grave have completed work on their new album, "As Rapture Comes", for a July 25 release via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally).

Commented vocalist/guitarist Ola Lindgren: "The new album is finally completed. Nine tracks which can only be described as the most aggressive, evil and brutal stuff we have ever created both sound and song-wise. The album was recorded by ourselves at Studio Soulless and the final mix was made in the Abyss Studio with Peter Tägtgren. This one takes Grave into a new dimension while still staying true to our legacy of brutal, heavy death metal."

The artwork for "As Rapture Comes" was designed by the Polish artist Jacek Wisnieswki, who has previously worked with Grave on their "Back From The Grave" and "Fiendish Regression" albums, in addition to designing artwork for such acts as Krisiun, Vader and Decapitated, among others.

"As Rapture Comes" track listing:

01. Intro - Day Of Reckoning (0:49)
02. Burn (6:24)
03. Through Eternity (3:45)
04. By Demons Bred (4:16)
05. Living The Dead Behind (6:26)
06. Unholy Terror (3:44)
07. Battle Of Eden (3:38)
08. Epic Obliteration (4:02)
09. Them Bones (2:32)
10. As Rapture Comes (5:34)

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Grave

The band posted the following note concerning the cancellation of their current tour:

"Rest of the Tour cancelled
Cause of health problems of our singer we were forced to quit the rest of the tour. We hope to come back to spain as soon as possible... sorry"

Source:	graveworm.de
Band profile:	Graveworm

Grave Digger has reveiled more information about the forthcoming new album "The Last Supper", due on January 17th 2005.
The tracks will be:

01. Passion
02. The Last Supper
03. Desert Rose
04. Grave in the No Man's Land
05. Hell to Pay
06. Soul Savior
07. Crucified
08. Divided Cross
09. The night before
10. Black Widows
11. Hundred Days
12. Always and Eternally

with an all-in-all running time of 53 minutes. The band itself attests the album to cover "more metal, more passion and more power" than the previous records of GRAVE DIGGER.
On February 11th, Grave Digger will set off for their 25th anniversary tour.

http://www.nuclearblast.de/

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Grave Digger

Italian Melodic Black metallers GRAVEWORM will record their new album "N(u)tobia" in the end of September with producer Andy Classen in the Stage One Studios in Borgentreich, Germany. The finished record is expected to show up in early 2005.

http://www.nuclearblast.de

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Graveworm

From the official homepage, some weeks ago (yeah, I know, quite late, but better late then never, right?)

After 3 weeks in Abyss studio the new album entitled FIENDISH REGRESSION is finally finished. 11 tracks were recorded including 9 brand new songs+a cover version of Saint Vitus
classic "Burial at sea" and a re-recording of a old song named "Autopsied" which was originally written and recorded for promotion in 1989.
The cooperation with Tommy and Peter Tägtgren really payed off and we are very satisfied with the result both song and soundwise.
To say that the songs are brutal would be an understatement. The new blood of Pelle Ekegren on the drums really shows through the whole album.
Fast, heavy and brutal is the only way to describe it.
European release through Century Media rec's is planned to late August.

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Grave

"Valhalla", the new video of the German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER, is now available on the band's official homepage http://www.grave-digger.de in Quicktime format. The clip was filmed in Pratteln (Switzerland), Barcelona (Spain), Lichtenfels (Germany) and Bochum (Germany) during GRAVE DIGGER's "Rheingold World Tour" in January.

In other news, GRAVE DIGGER plan to release a new album on 17th January 2005 via Nuclear Blast. A world tour will follow soon afterwards, starting in April 2005.

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Grave Digger

Austrias former ABIGOR and current DARKWELL & SHADOWCAST Drummer Moritz Neuner will support the famous Italian Gothic/Black Metal-Act GRAVEWORM on drums during the upcoming year 2004 instead of Martin Innerbichler who will concentrate the whole year in growing static buildings! After the very successful X-MAS-Festival-Tour 2003 GRAVEWORM just writes new material for their follow up to 2003's "Engraved in Black" CD via NUCLEAR BLAST! Several Festival-dates round the world are booked.

Source:	Nuclear Blast Records
Band profile:	Graveworm

SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"Just wanted to check in with all of our dedicated fans this holiday season and let you all know what to expect from SIX FEET UNDER in the New Year? Well, first off, I want to thank all the bands on our last U.S. roadtrip, Unnatural Born Killers Tour, especially my good friend Sherwood and SKINLESS ? my favorite band to tour with, for the simple fact ? they rule! ? on all levels. If it wasn't for their dedication to that tour, among other things, that tour may not have happened ? and also would like to apologize to everyone that may have been hoping to see us at a couple shows (i.e. Brooklyn, Palo Alto) on that tour that canceled out, we want you all to know that if there is a way we will be making those dates up in the near future ? missing those shows was unavoidable, and it pissed us off? We are currently planning another U.S. tour starting at the end of January 2004 for 3 or 4 weeks. We'll have dates and support acts up within the next couple days.

"Right after the U.S. tour well be heading over to Europe to play 2 weeks of dates with FLESHCRAWL and CRIMINAL ? tour dates are up ? more TBA soon. Lookin' forward to seein' all you freaks over in Europe. Hopefully we can thaw you out this winter!

"What else? Right after the holidays, I'll be heading into the studio to start editing a new video clip for the title track, 'Bringer Of Blood' from our latest release. Look for that real soon. We've also recently confirmed With Full Force 2004 as well as Summer Breeze and more fests in Europe this summer TBA soon!

"As for getting into the studio to record, the next thing on the list is 'Graveyard Classics 2'. We'll be in the studio recording in late April/early May for a fall release date.

"That's all about that, for now...just wanted to keep you all as informed as I can. I'd also like to thank everyone at Metal Blade Records U.S.A. and Europe for a great year once again and their continued support and belief in this band.

"I hope everyone will have a great Christmas and holiday season and a sick fuckin' New Year."

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Six Feet Under