Norway's In Vain have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"The song writing process are done and we're 90% done with the lyrics. Once again we will enter DUB Studio in our hometown Kristiansand and have booked it for two months starting 1 July. All recordings will be done in DUB studio and for the mixing we have different options that will be consulted as the process goes on..

Now, we just hope to get together and practice a little the time that's left before the recording starts.. We aim at a playing time of 55 min, but most likely it will be over 60 min this time as well.. More info on song titles, music, etc to come.. "

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	In Vain

Italian metallers Ephel Duath have issued the following update:

"Hey guys,

we thought you'd like to know the following:

Ephel Duath will enter Outer Sound Studios in Rome on July 14 to complete their new effort, "Through My Dog's Eyes". The drums have already been recorded by Marco Minnemann at Home-Base Seacoast Studio in Imperial Beach, California. While the producer is Giuseppe Orlando (Novembre, Klimt 1918), the mastering will be done in Finnish Finnvox Studios (HIM, Nightwish). Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Isis, Sunn O)))) will take care of the artwork. "Through My Dog's Eyes" will be released in the fall on Earache Records."

"Through My Dog's Eyes" tracklisting:

01. Gift
02. Promenade
03. Breed
04. Silent Door
05. Bella Morte
06. Nina
07. Guardian
08. Spider Shaped Leaves
09. Bark Loud

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ephel Duath

Danish metallers Anubis Gate have issued the following update:

"This summer will indeed be far from inactive in the Anubis Gate camp! We will start recording the drums at Hansen Studios early July, and after the drums have been tracked, guitars, keyboards and bass will be recorded at Kim Olesen's studio.

Jacob Hansen's vocals will be done at Hansen Studios, and Henrik Fevre's vocals + backing will be done at his own studio. The mix will be done mid August at Hansen Studios.

Locomotive will release the album February 2009.

All the songs have been written and lyrics are being completed as we write this.

We feel very strong about the new songs, that very much are following the lines of Andromeda Unchained, although with a twist. There's a feeling that some of the newer songs will be heavier, leaning a bit towards the hard riffage from "A Perfect Forever", as well as there are some new elements and surpising twists to the Anubis Gate sound. Every one of us is anxious to get started!

Stay tuned for a detailed studio report starting the 30th of June!"

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Anubis Gate

German metallers Kreator have issued the following update:

"Kreator will enter the Titonus studios in Berlin on July 20th to record the highly anticipated follow up to their 2005 release "Enemy Of God".

For the yet untitled album the band will be working with German top producer Moses Schneider.

"The pre-production in our rehearsal studios went really smooth" says bandleader Mille Petrozza. "Moses´s way of working with bands takes place more on an emotional then on a technical level, wich means the album will sound very raw and direct. We´re trying to capture Kreator´s live energy and will be using nice vintage analogue equipment for the recordings this time. Expect a massacre!"

The release date for the album, which will be mixed by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, etc) in London, will be January 2009, followed by an extensive world tour. Stay tuned for more details, a complete re launch of the Terrorzone and studio reports soon!"

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Source:	kreator-terrorzone.de
Band profile:	Kreator

Sweden's One Man Army And The Undead Quartet have posted the following update:

"We're entering the studio once again and as always we give you the chance to follow the progress very closely. This time the studio diary has moved to Revolution-Music.dk. Join us there and have some fun. The madness starts on Monday the 2nd of June."

One Man Army And The Undead Quartet's other upcoming album "Grim Tales" will be released somewhere in October/November 2008 via Nuclear Blast. The band is also supporting Unleashed and Krisiun on Unleashed's European Tour in November.

More about the band on http://www.myspace.com/onemanarmyandtheundeadquartet.

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Source:	onemanarmy.tv
Band profile:	One Man Army And The Undead Quartet

Moonspell's Fernando Ribeiro (vocals) and Ricardo Amorim (guitar) will perform a short acoustic set on Portugal's national radio station, Antena3, on Monday, May 19th. The broadcast is due to begin around 7:00am local time (UTC/GMT +1 hour).

To listen to the program, go to http://www.antena3.pt and then look for "Manhãs da 3."

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

American Death metallers Six Feet Under have entered Morrisound Studios in Florida, Tampa to begin recording their new CD. An update by the band reads as follows:

"We have entered Morrisound Studios here in Tampa to begin recording our new CD!! It feels like coming back home!! Chris Carroll is at the healm, laying down the new tracks, also our old friend Bill Metoyer is helping out with recording the drums, its awesome to have bill with us on this one-as you may know he recorded our CD warpath. It's great to be back in the studio and we feel really psyched to lay these new songs down, they are some of the best stuff we have come up with, and can't wait for all of our fans to hear the new stuff!!"

Source:	sfu420.com
Band profile:	Six Feet Under

Baltimore's grinders Misery Index will enter the studio on May 6th to record their second album which is christened "Traitors." It is expected for a September release through Relapse Records.

The band have also posted a song from the new album, called "Ruling Class Cancelled" at their official Myspace.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Misery Index

Norwegian black/death metallers Allfader posted the following item on their official website:

"Since the release of 'At Least We Will Die Together' in 2006 we had a period where our guitarist Per was very indifferent and not motivated to continue with the band. We didn't fire him because I go back with him quite a few years and was hoping his feelings would change. They did not, at least not fast enough. So eventually I took over his guitar duties. That's why things have been a bit slow over here. There’s no bad blood, no scandals. We’ve all moved on.

At first I was apprehensive about playing guitar while singing, but it has worked out incredibly well. Also, I feel I'm more in touch with the material when we write, and the writing process itself has been smoother than ever. We also did more shows in 2007 than the years 2001-2006 combined.

So what are we up to at the moment? Well, we're currently recording our next album. The drums are done, and right now we're focusing on guitars. We're recording eight songs for the album with a total playing time around 50 minutes. The songs sound huge and they have a bit of a different vibe (to us, at least). We're focusing on groove, dynamics and solid arrangements. Heavier, less technical guitars but some awesome drumming. I'm psyched to hear the songs come alive and I can't wait for our fans to hear this!

If we meet the necessary deadlines the album will be released by Osmose sometime in the fall. More info will come soon.

That's it for now, gotta go back to recording guitars...

-John/Allfader"

Source:	allfader.cjb.net
Band profile:	Allfader

Finnish Melodic Black metallers Catamenia have issued the following update:

"We will enter the studio little bit later than as planned. New schedule is set on 7th of July because of the renewing and reconstructioning the Mastervox Studios. The release for the album is somewhere around October 2008. Thank you really much you all for your patience."

The band has previously announced their forthcoming album will be entitled "VIII".

Source:	catamenia.net
Band profile:	Catamenia

Swedish metallers Amon Amarth have issued the following update:

"On May 1st, (Labour Day here in Sweden) we enter Fascination Street Studio to start recording our seventh full-length album. We have 10 killer songs, some classic Amon Amarth tunes, some really epic moments and some of the most brutal stuff we've ever written! We are confident that this will be our best and most diverse album to date!
Jens Bogren will be producing the album, he produced "With Oden On Our Side". We're looking forward to yet another successful collaboration. We'll barricade ourselves for the next month and a half. The album will be recorded in the traditional way, starting with drums, followed by guitars, bass, and vocals.
There are plans for some cool guest appearance but nothing we can reveal just yet. We will try our best to keep you updated with vlogs, photos and a studio diary. Provided that we can tear ourselves away from the PS3, wii and of course... a healthy serving of Swedish vodka.

In other news, we've added two UK shows this summer. We're pleased to announce that we'll be appearing for the first time at this year's Download festival. We are scheduled to play second stage on Saturday, June 14th. Since we're already on Brittish soil, we figure that we might as well do some further pillaging. We will be making an appearance at Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Award show on June 16.
For a complete list of our confirmed live dates, check our upcoming shows section. "

Source:	amonamarth.com
Band profile:	Amon Amarth

Posted on the official website on April 16th by Anders "Blakkheim" Nystrom:

"Bloodbath just spent the last week at Park Studio in Stockholm where Axe put down an (un)healthy doze of all the basic ingredients and more to get this death metal monster meal cooking in hell's oven. We're talking classic oldschool skinpounding, furious blastbeats, double bassdrums, all kinds of tempos and a heavy load of killer fills, yeah you name it? This time it turned out to be 11 brand new songs on the menu for the band's still untitled third album. So what direction does the material take this time? Well It's definately taking off where we left with "Unblessing The Purity". The material represents nothing but hateful brutality, so there's surely a lot of speed countered with heavy groove. Riff wise, we're playing a lot with dissonant harmonies for that feverish possessed feeling, but we also brought back the whole melodic yet haunting "bee-swarming" theme concept from the past albums to represent the classic sound, so there's definately gonna be a good deal of variety on here which we hope to pack together in the most crushing production yet. The recording will now be moved to engineer David Castillo's newbuilt studio where we'll put down the guitars and bass over the next month while waiting for Mike to return from his touring in June to cut the vocals before we enter mix mode. The cover artwork will once again be handled by Dusty Peterson. The album has been set for an October 6th release, but the album title, song titles, audio teasers and the coverartwork will show up during the summer. Stay tuned. Bloodbath is here to slay, Bloodbath is here to stay!"

Source:	bloodbath.biz
Band profile:	Bloodbath

Montreal's technical death metal band Beneath The Massacre have scheduled studio time for the follow up record to 2007's "Mechanics Of Dysfunction." The band will enter the studio April 25 with Yannick St-Amant (Despised Icon, Neuraxis, Martyr), who also produced Beneath The Massacre's prior full-length and the "Evidence Of Inequity" EP. Afterwards, Jason Suecof (The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid, Chimaira) will mix the record, which is currently slated for a fall 2008 release through Prosthetic Records.

"So we just came back from our headline tour in the US. We had a blast." Beneath The Massacre vocalist Elliot Desgagnes says. "A lot of people showed up and all the bands on the package were super cool dudes. We're now working hard on the new material that will be recorded starting in April at Yannick's studio. We can't wait to enter the studio. We'll probably be posting video and blogs to let all you guys know what's going on in studio. Stay tuned."

More on BTM at http://www.myspace.com/btm.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Beneath The Massacre

Viking Metallers Thyrfing have posted the following news on their MySpace:

"This weekend we started the recordings of the sixth album! The album will be co-produced by Thyrfing and Jörgen Svensson of Tyroon Production (http://www.tyroon.com). The recordings and mixing will take place between April and June and the album is scheduled for release through Regain Records in October. Stay tuned for some visual and textual reports and other shite from the workshop!"

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Thyrfing

Iced Earth have posted audio clips from all four songs appearing on the band's forthcoming single, "I Walk Among You" at the band's official MySpace page. The single marks longtime frontman Matt Barlow's triumphant return to the band, and is sure to leave people yearning for more. "I Walk Among You" will precede the band's forthcoming full-length follow-up to "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part I" in the Fall of 2008.

The tracklisting and release dates for "I Walk Among You" are as follow:

01. I Walk Alone
02. Setian Massacre
03. The Clouding
04. A Charge to Keep (exclusive iTunes track)

Germany : June 13, 2008
Europe : June 16, 2008
USA/Canada : June 17, 2008

Iced Earth kick-off a heavy dose of touring in 2008 on May 2 when they headline Chicago Powerfest in Mokena, Illinois.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Iced Earth