Finnish Melodic Death Metallers Naildown have posted the following statement on their website:

"As some of you have might witnessed on our last two gigs, we pulled those shows without Jarmo so it's time to tell the truth for everybody about the situation; Naildown has parted ways with keyboard player Jarmo Puikkonen. No big drama here, just a "little" different views of what being in a band actually requires.

Us, the remaining Naildowners feel sorry that things were gettting into this point but there was no other way, this decision was best for everybody. However, this have NO effect on our live performances. We will continue without a keyboard player as long as we find the right person for the job. And if we don't find anyone by the next album's session, that's not a problem either since we are fully capable to handle keyboard tracks in studio by our own. So, we are gonna consider carefully before making anyone an official member of the band. Later.."

Source:	naildownrock.com
Band profile:	Naildown

Open Grave Records has announced their first ever free download weekend From November 23rd - November 25th, 10 different albums on the Open Grave Records roster will be up for free download.

Albums currently selected for FREE download include:
Necrodemon - Ice Fields of Hyperion
Exterminance - Vomiting the Trinity
Primitive Graven Image - Traversing the Awesome Night
Sapremia - Hollow
Frost Like Ashes - Tophet
A.W.A.S. - Hope
Demon Dog Sperm - Hopeless
Grind Minded - 9mm Facial (officially a Filthy Records release)
No Souls Lost - Eulogy of Genocide (officially self released)

Open Grave Records' president, James Mattern is quoted saying, "We are excited about trying something that is still unheard of in the recording business, however it's time for a label to step forward and give music fans what they have been asking for."

All of the free digital downloads will come with a coupon for purchasing the actual compact disc version of the album, as well donate links will be set up for each release where you can donate if you chose to.

Go to this location for more details.

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opengraverecords.com

Dutch Gothic Metallers Asrai are about to release their third full-length album, entitled "Pearls In Dirt" through Seasons Of Mist. The album will hit the streets on November 12 in Europe and November 20 in the USA. The deluxe packaging will include a velvet o-ring and silver hot foil print.

"Pears In Dirt" cover] tracklisting goes as follows:

01. Delilah's Lie
02. Your Hands So Cold
03. Stay With Me
04. Go
05. Lost
06. Something I Said
07. Awaken
08. Sour Ground download]
09. Roses
10. Chain Me

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Asrai

Posted by Amon Amarth on their official site:

"We have exciting news for our fans Down Under. There has been rumours in the past few days about a possible Amon Amarth tour in Australia. Well, the rumours are true. We are thrilled about this tour in Australia. This will be the first time that the band sets foot on the continent. The tour will be in early January. Tour dates and locations can be found in the tour dates section. We are looking forward to performing for and meeting our Australian fans for the first time. See you at the shows!"

Australia and New Zealand tour dates 2008 are as follows:

01.04 - Adelaide - Fowler's Live (All Ages)
01.05 - Perth - Amplifier Bar
01.06 - Sydney - The Enmore Theatre (All Ages)
01.08 - Melbourne - Billboard The Venue
01.09 - Melbourne - Wednesday (Under 18s)
01.11 - Auckland - The King's Arms
01.12 - Brisbane - The Arena

Source:	amonamarth.com
Band profile:	Amon Amarth
Event:	Amon Amarth - The Wrath Of The Norsemen Tour

The 4th and final song of our promo is now available for download, so let The Red Wolves Of Stalin infiltrate your hard drive!

Also, for those who have been collecting all 4 tracks we put up the complete artwork in the pics section. If you're the creative kind you should be able to construct your very own HoB promo CD with custom cover.

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Hail Of Bullets

The following message was posted on Soil's official forum:

"Well we hope all are having a wicked summer, we are knee deep in writing new music for the next album so no shows for awhile sorry!! But we wanted to give all the junkies some stuff to tide you all over soo here is the new re launched my space Soil site. We added a rare b side from the "True Self" session. The track 'Burn My Words' is a demo version that Mr A J Cavalier did the mix. So download it free. Also Tue aug 14th an old cd of ours by the name of Throttle Junkies is coming back out with a few rare tracks from that era so check your fave stores for that!!!"

You can download 'Burn My Words' at this location.

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Source:	soil.informe.com
Band profile:	SOiL

In 1985, San Francisco's Possessed released their now-legendary death metal debut "Seven Churches".

Not only did Seven Churches' blend of thrash riffs, grunting vocals and blistering leads send shockwaves of excitement throughout the underground tape-trading scene of the day, but the album's final track, "Death Metal"?and Possessed's 1984 demo of the same name?just may have given an official name to the genre that had already spawned such American bands as Death, Morbid Angel and Master.

Click the song names below to download each track:
'Death Metal'
'Evil Warriors'
'Burning In Hell'
'Fallen Angel'

Months before "Seven Churches" hit the stores, cassettes of "Death Metal" had been spreading throughout the extreme metal community. While the tape typically traded contained four tracks: 1) 'Death Metal', 2) 'Evil Warriors', 3) 'Burning in Hell' and 4) 'Fallen Angel', the original self-produced demo did not contain 'Fallen Angel'. 'Fallen Angel' was reportedly recorded during the "Death Metal" session, but did not make the official demo, because it was banged out quickly at the end of the recording session. But, through the tape-trading process, "Fallen Angel" became tacked on to the end of "Death Metal".

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Source:	blogs.guitarworld.com
Band profile:	Possessed

A brand new song from the reunited progressive metallers Cynic, entitled 'Evolutionary Sleeper', has been made available for download at this location. The track was recorded live during the band's June 29, 2007 appearance at the Hovefestivalen in Arendal, Norway. Professionally filmed video footage of Cynic's concert at Hovefestivalen has been posted on YouTube.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Cynic

There is now an exclusive Nile downloadable single available from Nuclear Blast. It's entitled "Papyrus Containing The Spell To Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In The Water" - and is an appetizer for the upcoming album "Ithyphallic" (in stores: July 20th, 2007).

The single contains the following tracks:

01. Papyrus Containing The Spell To Preserve Its Possessor Against Attacks From He Who Is In The Water (album version)
02. Laying Fire Upon Apep (Rehearsal) (exclusive download single track)
03. Videoclip - "Drum Session" (exclusive download single track)

The single is now available at the Nuclear Blast Musicshop - http://www.nuclearblast-musicshop.de/album_info.php?album_id=99830

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Source:	nile-catacombs.net
Band profile:	Nile

The new videoclip from the new album "Commandment" of US Death Metallers Six Feet Under, is made available for download. The song is called 'Ghost Of The Undead'. The video can be found here.

"Commandment" was released on 17 April 2007.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Six Feet Under

A new song from King Diamond entitled 'Never Ending Hill' is available for free download online here. The track comes off the group's upcoming new album "Give Me Your Soul? Please", which will be released on June 26th through Metal Blade Records.

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Source:	smnnews.com
Band profile:	King Diamond

The new Dream Theater track 'Constant Motion' has been made available for download for free at www.roadrunnerrecords.com/DreamTheater. The song comes from Dream Theater's upcoming album 'Systematic Chaos' which will be released on the 5th June this year.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.co.uk
Band profile:	Dream Theater

Brazilian Death Metal band Sodamned posted their demo "On The Gallows" for download. The album was released in 2003 and has the following track list:

01. Hanged
02. Sodamned
03. Dreams and Tears
04. Graveyard of Secrets

MP3 files of all the songs and also the artwork are available for download. The links of the files, hosted by Nitro Sound Solutions (http://www.nitross.com) are available in the band's MySpace page as the new song "Locked In The Garret", which will be part of their next release.

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blog.myspace.com

Transilvanian Melodic metalband Empty Dreams have released a new demo entitled "Solar Waltz". Cover art can be found here.

"Solar Waltz" tracklisting:

01. Bad Moon Rising
02. Solar Waltz
03. End Of My Dreams

All 3 songs of the new creation are available as free downloads on the bands official website http://www.emptydreams.ro. The offer ends on 30th April.

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emptydreams.ro

Diablo Swing Orchestra have made three songs from their highly acclaimed debut album "The Butcher's Ballroom", available for free download. Click the following links to check them out:

'Balrog Boogie'
'Heroines'
'Poetic Pitbull Revolutions'

"The Butcher's Ballroom", distributed by Guillotine Grooves, is also currently available via iTunes and at the following links.

For more information on Diablo Swing Orchestra go to their official MySpace page, here.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Diablo Swing Orchestra