Vocalist Tim Lambesis has issued the following update on behalf of As I Lay Dying:

"Songwriting has been going well with about 6-7 songs done. We decided to officially start recording the new As I Lay Dying album on October 17. At that point we'll record as many songs as we can and then finish the album around the new year. I think this will be a good way to spread out our songwriting since most of our previous records have always been written within a few months."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	As I Lay Dying

Danish metallers Mnemic have entered the studio to begin recording their 4th studio album, entitled "Sons Of The System" for a January 2010 release via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band states: "After a minor 2 year break from touring, we have returned to the studio, to record 15 brand new tracks. Our batteries are re-charged and we are extremely excited to let you all hear the new stuff. The material it self is a mixture of grind, rock, polyrhytmics, electronics and represents the sound of a more mature Mnemic, at least in our humble opinion. Compared to the last album, the recordings will be kept completely on Danish soil. This time we are more within our own comfort zone, and will be working with the same dude that made us 2 great sounding albums in the past, which is none other than Tue Madsen, who is a really good friend and a great producer. The drums will be tracked at the Antfarm Studio, while guitars, bass and vocals will be immortalized at the bands own studio, under Tue's supervision. At the end of the recording process, electronics, mix and mastering will then again be handled at the Antfarm Studios. During the recording process we will try to keep you all updated on the progress via this location."

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
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Swedish metallers All Ends have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hey there my friends!

Ok finally, where heading to the studio this autumn to record our second album. Release date for the single, album and songtitles will come along the way...

You will get all the info you need trough our website/street teams around the world...

Stay Tuned / Cheers Joey."

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Swedish metallers Nominon have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Greetings people, fans and fiends of the Grotesque.

We're now almost done with the drum tracks at the renowned Necromorbus Studios. It all sounds massive and rotten, there's just no other way! The drum room starts to reek of Perras creativity and I guess he soon for sure are worthy of his price, it comes bottled from Scotland! Mixed with Atlanta/Georgias pride: Coca Cola, he'll enjoy the rest of his time in the studio!

We have some news from the tomb for you all! The drums are now done and put on tape, I guess, 'cause why else would Perra be sitting here beside me, the editor of death, and enjoying his whiskey and coke?

Today the tormented voice of Juha has ended up on a couple of songs too, yes, that means we've started to record the vokills, it all sounds really promising. We can't wait to let you guys and gals listen to this! And by now you should all understand that Daniel is not participating on this recording or the future of Nominon!

Enjoy the mutilation!"

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Band profile:	Nominon

Ted "Nocturno Culto" "Kveldulv" Skjellum of Darkthrone has issued the short following update on his own MySpace blog:

"This night of the late October...

...The Darkside opens it's gates... ok, enough of "Under A Funeral Moon", but really, late October will see Darkthrone through the last recording "session" for the new album, we've had a long summerbreak now and it's time to face winter/death. Right, and Abscess is recording the last release on Tyrant's label mid October, and this should be jawdropping greatness. Mark my words.

Apart from that my soul nearly explodes this autumn."

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Band profile:	Darkthrone

US metallers Dio have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"While Craig Goldy is touring Australia with Budgie, Ronnie James Dio is pleased to announce that his good friend and ex-bandmate Doug Aldrich will be joining him, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright and Scott Warren for the upcoming UK and European Dio tour in November/December."

Confirmed dates are as follows:

Nov. 21 - Glasgow, Scotland - Academy
Nov. 22 - Sheffield, UK - Academy
Nov. 24 - London, UK - Forum
Nov. 25 - Birmingham, UK - Academy
Nov. 27 - Manchester, UK - Academy
Nov. 28 - Lincoln, UK - Engine Shed
Nov. 30 - Bristol, UK - Academy
Dec. 01 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Hall
Dec. 02 - Tilburg, The Netherlands - 013
Dec. 04 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
Dec. 05 - Bergen, Norway - Peer Gynt
Dec. 07 - Gothenburg, Sweden, Tradgarn
Dec. 08 - Malmo, Sweden - Kulturbolaget
Dec. 09 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
Dec. 12 - Tampere, Finland - Pakkahoune
Dec. 13 - Helsinki, Finland - Cable Factory
Dec. 16 - Bremen, Germany - Aladin
Dec. 18 - Nurnberg, Germany - Lowenssal
Dec. 19 - Reichenbach, Germany - H20
Dec. 20 - Munich, Germany - Tonhalle

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Swedish metallers Katatonia have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"It's hard to believe, but it's a fact - the rathole sessions are over, we're done! David "King rat of the rathole" Castillo, Jonas and me have spent the longest studio sessions this far with nearly every hour of the day (or night) since we finished up with the vocals. Picture this: Mix down, reference listening, un-do, re-do, mix down, reference listening, repeat x 100. There's always something you find to correct, whether it's one drum hit that's not loud enough, or a backing harmony that doesn't cut through, or a frequency in the bass that makes the rathole sound like a steamboat, yeah basically hundreds of things that fight for their position and balance in the sound picture. One song even reached a staggering 136 (!) active tracks. That's quite a contrast to the days were we were given 16 tracks for the whole package. Everything has to be optimized and you end up going back and forth improving and updating versions of the mix to replace the previous efforts and you can do this for eternity, unless you have a deadline. We just managed to complete the mix at the very last day and let me tell you, the album sounds fan-fukkin-tastic! It's heavy, punchy and crunchy. It sounds very 3D in headphones. We put this album back to back with a couple of other band's albums and it is either right up there sideways with them, or it simply sits with it's azz on their faces. Crushed!

The last two days was spent on the final stage - mastering with Jens Bogren twiddling on his knobs down Fascination Street in Örebro, while we were stand-by in the rathole for urgent repairs an reference listening.

Uploading and downloading the files of the whole production via ftp enabled us to communicate and do the same things we normally would, but now in two different towns. Can't say no to ez living for the hard working modern man. After about 4 attempts, we got there. The album has now been approved by everyone. It got the green light and now in peaceville's hands. Our work is done, yet it has only just begun. On Saturday the band will hook up and we'll have a private pre-listening session with some of our friends and colleagues and celebrate we're done! Then on Monday we'll have an official pre-listening session all day as Peaceville will fly in journo's from the daily papers, music magazines and radio stations from around Europe. A few photo sessions will round up that night. Then next week it's time for the mini-site to go online. Are you ready?

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German metallers Burden Of Grief have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hi friends and followers (of the flames)

We've just uploaded the first chapter of our little studio video-dairy. Check it out!

The pre-production of our new album "Follow The Flames" is almost done. We're just working on some last details. Our drummer Robb will enter the studio on September, 14th for his drum-recordings.

We'll keep you updated with the things to come...

See ya,

Burden Of Grief."


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Detonation will begin recording their 4th studio album this weekend. Vocalist Koen Romeijn states:

"This weekend, Michiel (a.k.a. "Plicht") will kick off the pre-production of our 4th studio album. He's got the weekend scheduled to record all the drum tracks for 9 new, brutal songs. In the producers' chair we have our good friend Harry van Breda (I-Chaos).

After this, Michiel will start touring across the world with God Dethroned until mid November. So in the meantime, we will work on the recordings, and get this thing rolling again. Can't wait to get into that whole recording process again, it's been almost 3 years since we recorded "Emission Phase", so it's about time goddamnit!

So what can I tell you about the new stuff? Well, first of all it's fucking brutal! You could say that we changed our sound into something new. It still has Detonation written all over it, but this stuff is way more intense, faster, more metal and just better sounding than before. Michiel's drums are sick, Mike's riffs even sicker, and my vocals the sickest I have ever produced haha!

Some of the songtitles are "Feeding On The Madness", "Ruptured", "Insults To My Heritage" and "The Thirst To Slaughter". Stay tuned for more news!"

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Italian metallers Hour Of Penance have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hour Of Penance will enter "16th Cellar" studio in Rome on August 27th with Stefano Morabito as sound engineer to start tracking the instruments of their fourth yet untitled new album, follower of the highly acclaimed 2008's "The Vile Conception" released by the renowned Unique Leader Records.

Commented frontman and guitar player Giulio Moschini: "After less then a year of songwriting we're finally ready to hit the studio and record the new album. We're very satisfied with the results of the songwriting sessions, everything went smooth and all the songs came out in a spontaneous way. We have enough material to record almost two albums but as we did with the previous album "The Vile Conception", only the best 10 songs will appear on the new opus. This time we will work with Stefano Morabito to get a more "live" approach and a more natural sound to the new album which will embrace a lot of new and different features from the past releases. I'm sure our loyal fans will not be disappointed when they hear the final result!"

More details about mixing, artwork, title and tracklist of the new Hour Of Penance album will follow soon. Meanwhile check out the bands MySpace page."

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Finnish power metallers Excalion have posted the short following update:

"Excalion will enter the studio and start recording the follow up to "Waterlines" in the end of august. Studio Watercastle will be the place where the magic happens once again. Every member of the band is thrilled to get the recordings going. Stay tuned for more info on the songs, schedule and release details."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Excalion

Finnish metallers Finntroll have issued the following update:

"Sonic Pump Studios is under attack!

Monday, July 27th, 2009 will be remembered as the "Day Of Wrath", when the sky rained fire and molten plague. And also because Finntroll will enter Sonic Pump Studios to start the recordings of our... hmm, fifth...? I guess so, yet-untitled album.

We will try to keep you guys informed about the nasty stuff we do there via diary or even a video diary (gasp!) to see how badly it goes.

And for the record, all confirmed gigs will be played, so no need to worry about that."

In other news, as previously reported here, Finntroll filmed and recorded a recent show at the world-famous Melkweg in Amsterdam, for an as-yet-untitled DVD, which will be released in September via Spinefarm Records.

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Source:	finntroll.net
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Finnish metallers Poisonblack have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Poisonblack will enter studios with Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Amorphis, Ensiferum) in August 2009. The still unnamed album will be released in the beginning of the year 2010. Have a nice summer boys and girls."

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Kruger have issued the following update:

"Beloved and gigantic fanbase: some news about what we have been doing the past weeks. Since you might think the answer is "nothing" - it aint'! We've finally completed the new songs for our upcoming album, which is scheduled for... March 2010! Slow dudes, uh? The new baby, still on the incomparable Listenable Records (the only label whose fierce professionalism and reckless humor fits Kruger) will be a hell of beast, made of eight tracks that, we might say, are even a bit more frontal than they used to be. We'll spend this summer to prepare the recording, starting end of September! Keep in touch!"

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Kruger

Greek melodic black metal band Rotting Christ has revealed that they will be entering the studio soon to record their next album. A statement from the band reads as follows:

"New songs composing process has almost been completed and the band is ready to enter the studio for the recording sessions of its upcoming album that will follow up the very successful latest band's album Theogonia.

Sakis will take care of the production again and as being the main composer too he declares that he had his most tripy and exhausted simultaneously experience on his career squeezing his mind drowing down ideas that will follow up the band's latest album Theogonia and the end of the process find him as well as the whole band totally convicted that they finally managed it.

We haven't more to say than proving it with the upcoming recordings and ofcourse with its release that roughly estimated to be released in January 2010."

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Source:	rotting-christ.com
Band profile:	Rotting Christ