The new Neurosis album, entitled "Given To The Rising", will be released worldwide on Neurot Recordings in May 2007.
The first mp3 from the upcoming album has been posted online here.

The song is called 'Water Is Not Enough' and can be downloaded at no charge. The song can also be heard on the Neurosis MySpace Page and Neurot Recordings Myspace Page.

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Source:	neurosis.com
Band profile:	Neurosis

The following message was posted on Arch Enemy's official website :

"Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott has scheduled a signing sessions at the Frankfurt Musik Messe in Germany, Europe's largest international trade fair for musical instruments, music software and computer hardware, sheet music and accessories.

Michael Amott comments: 'It's going to be a blast coming down to Germany for the weekend, check out gear, meet fans and hang out with my ESP family! The ESP signings are always a good time!
I am also going to be doing a signing at the Randall Amplifiers booth, I have recently hooked up with Randall and we are working on all kinds of cool stuff - one of those things being a 'Michael Amott NINJA V2' amp! Come and check out the prototype of this beast if you are at the event! See you there!"

Signing Schedule:

March 31 - 14:00 (2:00 PM)
Michael Amott signing session at the ESP booth (together with Gus G of Firewind, Shagrath and Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir).

March 31 - 16:00 (4:00 PM)
Michael Amott signing session at the Randall Amplifiers booth.

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Source:	archenemy.net
Band profile:	Arch Enemy

The upcoming tour schedule of Swedish Sludge Doom Metal band Cult Of Luna goes as follows:

07.04.17 (DE) - Marburg - KFZ
07.04.18 (FR) - Toulouse - Les Vents Du Sud
07.04.19 (ES) - Bilbao - Kafe Antzokia
07.04.20 (ES) - Gijon - Louie Louie
07.04.21 (PT) - Coimbra - Theatre
07.04.22 (PT) - Lisboa - Corroios Theatre
07.04.23 (ES) - Madrid - Copernico Nova Club
07.04.24 (ES) - Barcelona - Be Cool
07.04.26 (IT) - Prato - Siddharta Club
07.04.27 (IT) - Torino - Spazio 211
07.04.28 (IT) - Pinarella Di Cervia - Rockplanet Club
07.04.29 (HR) - Zagreb - Mochvara
07.04.30 (SI) - Ljubjana - Orto Bar
07.05.01 (DE) - Dresden - Starclub
07.05.02 (SE) - Lund - Smålands Nation

The band has issued the following message on their website:

"First of all we'd like to thank everybody who were at our shows around Europe in February. We had a blast! Also thank you Convoj, The Ocean, Bossk, Blueneck, Switchblade and Fear Falls Burning for being great support acts.

Second of all we are keeping our promise, which means going to Southern Europe in mid-April. Check out the new dates in the shows section!

Also, stay tuned for festival dates in the near future."

Source:	cultofluna.com
Band profile:	Cult Of Luna
Event:	Cult Of Luna: European Tour

Dates of Cursed Earth Tour 2007 were added on The Haunted's official web site.

Cursed Earth Tour 2007 - PART 1: The Haunted, Municipal Waste + Wolf

April 25, 2007 - Tilburg (NL) 013
April 26, 2007 - Deventer (NL) Burgerweeshuis
April 27, 2007 - Groningen (NL) Vera
April 28, 2007 - Leeds (UK) Cockpit
April 29, 2007 - Norwich (UK) Waterfront
April 30, 2007 - Newcastle (UK) Academy
May 01, 2007 - Glasgow (UK) Cathouse
May 02, 2007 - Dublin (IRE) Voodoo Lounge
May 03, 2007 - Liverpool (UK) Academy 2
May 04, 2007 - Birmingham (UK) Academy 2
May 05, 2007 - London (UK) Mean Fiddler
May 06, 2007 - Bristol (UK) Academy 2
May 07, 2007 - Oxford (UK) Zodiac

Cursed Earth Tour 2007 - PART 2: The Haunted, Municipal Waste + Lyzanxia

May 08, 2007 - Vosselaar (B) Biebob
May 09, 2007 - Rennes (F) UBU
May 10, 2007 - Poitiers (F) Comforte Moderne
May 11, 2007 - Barcelona (E) Apolo
May 12, 2007 - Madrid (E) Caracol
May 13, 2007 - Bilbao (E) Bilborock
May 15, 2007 - Lyon (F) CCO
May 16, 2007 - Milan (I) Rainbow
May 17, 2007 - Geneva (CH) PTR-Usine
May 18, 2007 - Will (CH) Remise
May 19, 2007 - Vienna (A) Planet Music
May 20, 2007 - Budapest (HUN) Kultiplex
May 22, 2007 - Prague (CZ) Rock Café
May 23, 2007 - Wroclaw (PL) WZ Club
May 24, 2007 - Warschau (PL) Proxima Club
May 25, 2007 - Berlin (D) Kato
May 26, 2007 - Frankfurt (D) O25
May 27, 2007 - Munich (D) Backstage
May 29, 2007 - Stuttgart (D) Die Röhre
May 30, 2007 - Bochum (D) Matrix
May 31, 2007 - Hamburg (D) Molotow

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Source:	the-haunted.com
Band profile:	The Haunted
Event:	The Haunted: Cursed Earth Tour

Grave Digger have announced three new dates for Germany in support of their latest album "Liberty Or Death". As confirmed are:

31-10-07 Germany Bochum Zeche
01-11-07 Germany Saarbrücken Garage
02-11-07 Germany Speyer Halle 101

Grave Digger are also scheduled to play three headlining shows in Russia this month. Those dates have now been confirmed and are as follows:

28-03-07 Krasnodar, Centr Iskusstv 'Premiera'
30-03-07 Ekaterinburg, 'Kosmos'
31-03-07 Moscow, 'Apelsin' club

A complete list of all Grave Digger live dates can be found here.

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Source:	grave-digger.de
Band profile:	Grave Digger
Event:	Grave Digger: Russian Tour

The brand new video for the song 'Lost' from the album "6 Days To Nowhere" has been added to the video section on the official webpage of Italian Power Metallers Labyrinth.
You can donwload the video at this location, or through YouTube here.

You can also download the first song 'Crossroads' from the new album at this location.

"6 Days To Nowhere" was released on 26 February 2007 through Arise Records.
The tracklisting goes as follows:

01. Crossroads
02. There Is A Way
03. Lost
04. Mother Earth
05. Waiting Tomorrow
06. Come Together
07. Just One Day
08. What???
09. Coldness
10. Rusty Nail
11. Out Of Control
12. Wolves 'N' Lambs
13. Smoke And Dreams
14. Piece Of Time

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Source:	labyrinthmusic.it
Band profile:	Labyrinth

Finnish Suomi Metallers Entwine have update the tour section of their official website.

A list of upcoming shows goes as follows:

23.03.07 Lahti, Cumulus (FIN)
24.03.07 Kouvola, Rytmikatti (FIN)
30.03.07 Athens, Underworld (GR)
18.05.07 Dordrecht, Biebelot (NL)
23.05.07 Hamburg, Logo (GER)
24.05.07 Duisburg, Pulp (GER)
25.05.07 Leipzig, Wave Gotik Treffen (GER)
26.05.07 Bielefeld, Falkendom (GER)
28.05.07 Berlin, Knaack (GER)
02.06.07 Nivala, Tuiskula (FIN)
27.07.07 Kuopio, Kuopiorock (FIN)

Source:	entwine.org
Band profile:	Entwine

Guitarist Isaac Delahaye of Dutch Death Metal band God Dethroned, has posted the following message on the band's official website :

"Hiyah,

I just uploaded the song 'Hating Life' from our latest album "The Toxic Touch" on our MySpace page. If you haven't heard it yet, you can listen to it here.

Enjoy!"

"The Toxic Touch" was released on October 20 last year through Metal Blade Records.

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Source:	goddethroned.com
Band profile:	God Dethroned

Guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen has posted the following message on Hatesphere's official website:

"So now there is finally some tour dates for you. After the release of the new album "Serpent smiles and killer eyes" we will embark on a Scandinavian tour with Stonegard (N). The dates are:

16.05.2007: Gimle, Roskilde, Denmark
17.05.2007: Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
18.05.2007: Studenterhuset, Aalborg, Denmark
19.05.2007: VoxHall, Aarhus, Denmark
22.05.2007: Blå, Oslo, Norway
24.05.2007: Hulen, Bergen, Norway
25.05.2007: Samsen, Kristiansand, Norway
26.05.2007: Folken, Stavanger, Norway

Furthermore we will head out on a European headliner tour in June - but much more about that later. Also expect us to announce summer festival appearances plus some very special shows very soon.

See you out there !"

Hatespehere have in the meantime already been confirmed for summer festivals as Summer Nights Festival, Tuska Open Air Festival and Earthshaker Fest.

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere
Event:	Hatesphere: Scandinavian Tour

Christofer Johnsson (guitar, vocals) has posted the following message on Therion's official website.

"I will be at the Frankfurt Musikmesse (the Frankfurt Music Fair, website) on the 29:th of March for a Signing Session/Meet and Greet as a part of the Gibson guitar endorsement. It will be starting at 12.00. I doubt it's gonna be crowded with Therion fans there, so it's a great opportunity for fans to besides get stuff signed and get a quick photos also have time for a bit of talking. So anyone having the possibility to pop by is more than welcome!

See some of you there!"

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Source:	megatherion.com
Band profile:	Therion

Swedish Black Metallers Marduk have announced live dates in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine on their official website.

These dates will take place before the upcoming European Tour (The Excess of Evil Tour, starting in May) with Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Melechesh, Goatwhore and Pantheon I. Details for that tour can be found here.

Here's the list of the new upcoming shows:

04.04 BELARUS Minsk, Arena
05.04 UKRAINE Kiev, Dk Svjatoshin
08.04 RUSSIA St Petersburgh, Orlandia
10.04 RUSSIA Krasdonar, Orbita
11.04 RUSSIA, Rostov-On-Don, Podzemka
13.04 RUSSIA, Rjazan, Planetary
14.04 RUSSIA, Moscow, Tochka

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Source:	marduk.nu
Band profile:	Marduk
Event:	Marduk

Death/Progressive Metallers Textures have update their official site with "The Fall Of Ideals European Tour 2007"

They are happy to announce that they will be touring Europe alongside the almighty All That Remains and Misery Signals during the months of March/April. The tour will run through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, the UK and the Benelux. Some territories where they have never played before and are really looking forward to play!

The list of upcoming shows :

23.03.07 Leeuwarden (NL), Romein
24.03.07 Leiden (NL), LVC
25.03.07 Roosendaal (NL), Erato Moshmetal Meeting
29.03.07 Berlin (DE), Magnet
30.03.07 Leipzig (DE), Conne Island
31.03.07 Bochum (DE), Matrix
01.04.07 Kalsruhe (DE), Stadtmitte
02.04.07 Muenchen (DE), Feierwerk
03.04.07 Wien (AU), Arena
04.04.07 Padova (IT), Sottosopra Club
05.04.07 Aarau (CH), Kiff
06.04.07 Trier (DE), Exhaus
07.04.07 Paris (F), Batofar
08.04.07 Kinsgston (UK), The Peel
09.04.07 London (UK), Carlington Academy
10.04.07 Southampton (UK), Nexus
11.04.07 Oxford (UK), Zodiac
12.04.07 Newport (UK), TJ's
13.04.07 Stoke on Trent (UK), The Sugarmill
15.04.07 Manchester (UK), Music Box
16.04.07 Edinburgh (UK), Exchange
17.04.07 Aberdeen (UK), Moshulu
18.04.07 Middlesbourg (UK), The Empire
19.04.07 Brighton (UK), Concorde 2
20.04.07 Hasselt (BE), Muziek-O-Droom
27.04.07 Barcelona (ES), Apolo (2) Textures
28.04.07 Madrid (ES), Capaernico
29.04.07 Barroselas (POR) SWR Barroselas Metalfest
30.04.07 Bilbao (POR), Edaska
01.05.07 Nantes (F), L'Industrya
18.05.07 Utrecht (NL), Tivoli de Helling
19.05.07 Sittard (NL), Fenix
31.05.07 Alborg (DK), 100 FYD
01.06.07 Copenhagen (DK), Lades
25.08.07 Varsselder (NL)

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Source:	texturesband.com
Band profile:	Textures
Event:	Textures: The Fall Of Ideals European Tour

Emil Norberg, guitarist of Persuader (Sweden Power-Heavy Metal band), posted a message on the official site of the band concerning a tour in the United States.

As of now the following dates and cities are preliminary booked. As he indicates it : "We'll come back later with info about venues, so check in regulary for info"

The dates list :

Sept:
14 - Boston, MA
15 - Phily, PA
16 - Springfield, VA
17 - Atlanta, GA
18 - New Orleans
19 - Houston, TX
20 - El Paso, TX
21 - Oklahoma City, OK
22 - Missouri
23 - Des Monies, IA
24 - St.Paul, MN @ Station-4
25 - Milwaukee, WI
26 - Chicago, IL
27 - Cleveland, OH
28 - Buffalo, NY
29 - CT

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Source:	persuader.nu
Band profile:	Persuader
Event:	Persuader: USA Tour

French metallers Gojira are now touring in the USA as part of the Sacrament Tour, together with Lamb Of God, Trivium and Machine Head. Upcoming shows can be found on Gojira's MySpace page.

Short video clips from the band's current North American tour are posted every day. You can find them at this location, or on YouTube here.

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Source:	gojira-music.com
Band profile:	Gojira