"This Is Heavy Metal", the new video from Finnish metallers Lordi, can be viewed at this location.

"This Is Heavy Metal" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Babez For Breakfast, which will be released on September 14 in the U.S., on September 15 in Europe and on October 27 in Japan.


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Band profile:	Lordi

The Finnish rock monsters in Lordi will be releasing their new album Babez For Breakfast on September 14 in the U.S., September 15 in Europe and on October 27 in Japan. The Babez For Breakfast album was was recorded in early 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee with highly regarded producer Michael Wagener (Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Janet Jackson).

In other news, the band recently announced their new masks. Visit the band's Facebook page to check it all out.

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One and a half years have passed since Lord Belial were put on ice... But Lord Belial has now been resurrected with the original line-up.

New material is being written in this very moment, some new songs will be recorded as soon as possible for streaming/downloading at the band's official MySpace.

"A big Thanks goes out to all friends and fans who have been supportive in our time away from the band." said the band.

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Band profile:	Lord Belial

German thrash legends Sodom will be releasing their Lords Of Depravity II DVD on June 25th in Germany, June 28th throughout Europe and on July 13th in the North America via SPV/Steamhammer. Sodom will be holding a release party for their Lords Of Depravity II DVD on June 26th in Berlin, Germany at Blackland.

The double digipak DVD with O-Card features two DVD's. DVD 1 contains the complete history 1995-2009 of approximately 230 minutes. DVD 2 features the band's 25th anniversary at Wacken 2007 (old band members), with a few video clips and deleted scenes (approximately 180 minutes).

Lords Of Depravity II cover art] tracklist:

DVD1: The complete history 1995-2009

- Intro
- Onkel Tom
- Tom Is Looking For New Members
- Reunion Sodom
- Til Death Us Unite (Recordings)
- Endzeit Festival
- Til Death Us Unite (Promo And Release)
- Summer Metal Meeting
- Lauchhammer
- With Full Force 97
- Wacken 97
- Lieder Wie Orkane
- Südamerika 97
- Usa 97
- Ein Tröpchen Voller Glück
- Code Red
- Ein Strauss Bunter Melodien
- Desperados (How This Developed)
- Dynamo 99
- With Full Force 99
- Fuck The Millennium Tour
- Desperados (Release)
- With Full Force 2000
- M16 (Recordings)
- Bangkok 2001
- Wacken 2001
- M16 (Release)
- Hell Comes To Your Town Tour
- Japan
- One Night In In Bangkok
- Summer Open Airs 2002
- Moskau 2003
- One Night In In Bangkok (Release)
- With Full Force 2003
- Bang Your Head 2003
- Summer Open Airs 2002
- Sofia
- Greece
- Summerbreeze 2004
- Lords Of Depravity/ Sodom Rehearsals
- Ankara
- South America 2005
- Metalcruise
- Usa 2006
- Sodom (Recordings / Release)
- Rockhard 2006
- Japan 2006
- European Tour With Finntroll And Legion Of The Damned
- Eastern European Tour
- Final Sign Of Evil
- Klassentreffen (All Ex-members Under One Roof)
- Death Of Chris Witchhunter
- Australia, Indonesia, Thailand
- Wacken 2007
- Outro

DVD2: Live at Wacken Open Air 2007

01. Intro
02. Blood On Your Lips
03. Wanted Dead
04. City Of God
05. Axis Of Evil
06. Blasphemer
07. Proselytism Real
08. Christ Passion
09. Magic Dragon
10. Tarred And Feathered
11. One Step Over The Line
12. Get What You Deserve
13. Abuse
14. Frozen Screams
15. The Vice Of Killing
16. Napalm In The Morning
17. Sodomy And Lust
18. Ausgebombt
19. The Saw Is The Law
20. Outbreak Of Evil
21. Bombenhagel
22. Outro

+ Videoclips:
Fuck The Police
City Of God

+ Deleted Scenes


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Southern Lord Recordings is eager to announce the official signing of Washington's Black Breath. Their riotous "Razor To Oblivion" MLP is set for re-release on Southern Lord this November 10th, and their debut full-length will see the light of day in early 2010.

Black Breath emerged from dank basements and dive bars in the belly of Bellingham, Washington in 2005. Bored by the region's apathy towards trenchant and punishing music, they combined elements of punk and metal with doses of the garage rock of their hometown. Their sound is acutely classic without being painfully retro; a ripping blend of Bathory, Celtic Frost, Poison Idea and Discharge.

Following a series of demos and a chain of below the radar tours across the continent, the band relocated to Seattle. Without even unpacking the van, Back Breath churned out the "Razor to Oblivion" MLP on their own Hot Mass imprint; a four song affair chock full of anger and distortion. 2009 saw the band touring heavily in support of this release, heading a charge across North America with Victims, Rise And Fall, and Trap Them.

With the Northwest winter casting a dreary shadow over Seattle, Black Breath is proud to announce their partnership with Southern Lord Records. The band's upcoming debut LP was recorded in June 2009 with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Trap Them, Cursed) at GodCity Studios. A much darker beast than previous efforts, the record features equal regiments of Swedish death metal, American heavy metal and sheer blasphemy. Their roadshow will hit the pavement in 2010. The band have a show coming in November with D.R.I., with more to be announced soon.

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"New Horizons", the new video from Australian metallers Lord, has been made available online.

"New Horizons" comes off the band's latest album, "Set In Stone", which was released on August this year via Modern Invasion Music.


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Band profile:	Lord

Italian metallers Highlord will release their forthcoming album, entitled "The Death Of The Artists", in October via Scarlet Records.

Also a new song, "The Scream", is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

"The Death Of The Artists" cover art] tracklist:

01. Simple Man
02. Every Thrash Of Me
03. Canticle Of The Flesh
04. It Takes Some Passion
05. The Death Of The Artists
06. Dance In A Flame
07. The Scream MP3]
08. Slave To Darkness
09. A Queen In My Pocket
10. Rebel Yell
11. Zankokuna Tenshi No Teeze

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Australian metallers Lord have parted ways with long-time drummer Tim Yatras and have announced that Damian "Damo" Costas will take over the drum stool for the second leg of their current tour promoting their upcoming release "Set In Stone".

"Lord" Tim Grose comments: "One of the things that we all agreed on when Lord was formed was that everyone does it for all the right reasons. If your heart is no longer in it, don't wait until it impacts on our friendships or the stability of the band, speak up and if it's time to move on, then so be it; no hard feelings at all.

"T.Y. injured his back recently after some excessive partying after a gig earlier this year which caused him to miss a few shows. This break gave him time to think about his life and he came to the conclusion that he wasn't feeling the hunger for Lord any more and wanted to try other things. We remain great friends and are all very sad to see him go, and wish him all the best with his other projects and whatever band he will no doubt be playing for next. In my opinion he is one of the best metal drummers in Australia, so it won't be long until he's out and about again tearing up the stage.

"We'd like to introduce everyone to our new drummer Damian "Damo" Costas. Damo has been a long-time fan of Lord and DUNGEON prior to that and his previous bands had supported Lord several times. We would often remark on what an amazing talent this guy had and that if he kept at it, he would be something special. When T.Y. was forced out of playing live for us, Damo stepped in with just one rehearsal and played our set flawlessly, having already known the entire Lord and Dungeon back catalogue back-to-front. After T.Y. announced he wanted to leave, Damo was the logical choice as his replacement.

"T.Y. will continue to play with Lord until the final gig on the first leg of our "Set In Stone" tour on June 12 in Sydney, and from that point onwards Damo will be the new face behind the kit. We'd love everyone to come along to wish T.Y. a fond farewell and a warm welcome to Damo."

Source:	ultimatemetal.com
Band profile:	Lord

In September begins the shooting of the movie based on the book "Lords of Chaos", written by Didrik Søderlind and Michael Moynihan.

"It is a facinating subject, a great visual world, and a funny portrait of Norway", says the producer Stuart Pollok of Saltire Entertainment who is in Cannes to sell the project. "This is a story about teens and youthful energy", says Pollok, who also says that the movie will be in the genre of psychedelic horror.

"Lords of Chaos" is going to be directed by Sion Sono from Japan. Sion has won three movie awards, at the Filmfestival in Berlin, for "Ai no mukidashi" and "Kimyô na sâkasu". The movie will be his first movie in English.

The main role in the movie, Varg Vikernes, will be played by Jackson Rathbone, who acts the vampire Jasper Hale in "Twilight". Rathbone, however, is busy shooting of the third "Twilight"-movie, which may delay the recording of Lords Of Chaos. Pollok confirms that he will cast Norwegian actors as well.

The flick starts production in Norway this September following three years of delays prompted by a lack of funding. Chances are the film will not be getting two thumbs up from Vikernes who, in 2004, took to the Burzum Web site to chide the book's authors.

Calling the book "a pool of mud," Vikernes claimed, "the vast majority of all the statements made in this book are either misinterpretations; taken out of context; misunderstandings; malicious lies made by enemies; a result of ignorance; extreme exaggerations; and/or third-hand information at best. This includes the statements attributed to me.

"This book serves only one single purpose and that is to create a myth around my name and to mystify me," he said. "If that was their objective, they have indeed succeeded with their work. The authors have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies. What could have been a righteous revolt has been made into some pathetic, embarrassing, brain-dead, impotent and traditional poser-culture best exemplified by bands like Dimmu Borgir ? and indeed Venom!"

Source:	dagbladet.no
Band profile:	Burzum

Taken straight from the band's website, Lord Belial issued the following statement:

"January 2009; Lord Belial has quit all their activities. All future gigs are cancelled. We would like to thank all fans, bands we have played with, labels, organizers and everyone involved in the band for the past 17 years!

The main reason for this is the hearing problem (tinnitus) that has grown into a quite big problem for Micke Backelin the last years... The other members in the band were not forced to put an end to the band but instead they mutually agreed that finding another drummer was not a solution for the future. Anyhow, if Micke's hearing will be at least a little bit recovered after a break from music and especially live appearances for some time, we really hope that we can continue where we ended.

We will not comment or discuss this in emails etc."

Source:	lordbelial.com
Band profile:	Lord Belial

Australian metallers Lord have issued the following update: recording has begun on the follow up to 2007's "Ascendence" album, entitled "Set In Stone".

Commented Lord mainman Lord Tim: "Work has finally started on the next Lord album! This album has a lot to live up to as "Ascendence" was very well received and we're all still fiercely proud of it, but I think what we've written will easily stand up to the quality of anything we've done before. Of course every artist says their new album will be their best work yet, but in this case rather than saying that, I would describe this as not necessarily better than our last album, but more so this is more true to what Lord is about; the definitive Lord album as it were. If I were to draw comparisons between Lord and Dungeon , "Ascendence" would be the equivalent of the "Resurrection" album, and "'Set In Stone" would be the equivalent of "A Rise To Power" - the album where most people would agree Dungeon really hit its stride.

"Set In Stone" is a true band collaboration with every song on the album being co-written, and the diversity of the material on here is greater than ever before - and if you know Lord's reputation, you'll realise that's a fairly big statement to make! We're obviously really excited about the material, but we're equally excited about the special guests we have on board. We can't say who they are yet, but I think it'll come as a shock to a lot of people when they find out! We're also in talks now for a worldwide release in early 2009, and we have some big news regarding touring too. So lots of huge things on the horizon! Keep an eye on the Lord site because we'll be keeping everyone updated as we progress through the recording and we'll be revealing more information about everything I've talked about here when we're given the go-ahead. Exciting times!"

The track listing for "Set In Stone" is as follows:

01. Spectres Of The Ascendant
02. Redemption
03. Set In Stone
04. 100 Reasons
05. Someone Else's Dream
06. Eternal Storm
07. Forever
08. Beyond The Light
09. The End Of Days
10. Be My Guest
11. New Horizons

There will also be additional bonus material for each territory release.

A promotional video for this news can be viewed here.

Lord was born from the ashes for Dungeon, one of Australia's longest running and well known metal bands until their dissolution in 2005. The band has gone on to tour with Queensrÿche, Nightwish, Saxon, Nevermore, Gamma Ray and more, and have released two albums, "A Personal Journey", "Ascendence" and an EP, "Hear No Evil" which contained a cover of the Kylie Minogue song "On A Night Like This" which has gained national mainstream Australian radio airplay. For more information, visit http://www.lord.net.au or http://www.myspace.com/lordaus.

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100% Pure Aussie Heavy Metallers Lord have announced the following news:

"Hear No Evil" EP is out now. This EP is limited to 500 hand-numbered copies and contains the new, unreleased track "Hear No Evil", the song "Set In Stone" from the forthcoming album of the same name, two songs recorded live on tour in 2008 and yes, song 3 is a bizarre cover of the Kylie Minogue song "On A Night Like This", and yes, the band is still laughing at that now.

"Hear No Evil" EP cover art] tracklisting:

01. Hear No Evil
02. Set In Stone *
03. On A Night Like This
04. Through The Fire **
05. Going Down **

* Taken from the forthcoming album "Set In Stone"
** Recorded live on tour in 2008

The titeltrack "Hear No Evil" is now streaming in the band's MySpace.

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Finnish monster rockers Lordi have announced a pre-listening session of their upcoming album "Deadache" on the band's MySpace page. You can listen to the next songs: "Dr. Sin Is In", "Evilyn", "Man Skin Boots" and "Bite It Like A Bulldog". The new album "Deadache" will be released on 29 October via Sony BMG Records.
According to a press release, "The Nino Laurenne-produced CD, much like its predecessors, is catchy, melodic hard rock, but this time around there is a rougher edge to the music."

US Tour Dates with Lizzy Borden and Stolen Babies:

November 7 - Houston, TX @House of Blues
November 8 - Dallas, TX @House of Blues
November 9 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
November 12 - Las Vegas, NV @House of Blues
November 13 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
November 16 - Pomona, CA @Glasshouse Music Hall
November 17 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
November 20 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
November 22 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
November 23 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
November 24 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore (Irving Plaza)

European Headlining Dates:

January 24 - SWE - Lund - Mejeriet
January 25 - SWE - Stockholm - Arenan
January 26 - SWE - Gothenburg - Traedgarn
January 29 - GER - Hamburg - Docks
January 30 - GER - Herford - X
January 31 - GER - Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
February 04 - GER - Tuttlingen - Stadthalle
February 05 - GER - Munich - Tonhalle
February 06 - GER - Stuttgart - Filharmonie
February 07 - GER - Saarbruecken - E-Werk
February 10 - GER - Bremen - Aladin
February 11 - NETH - Amsterdam - Melkweg

More dates will be announced soon.

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Band profile:	Lordi

Regain Records has launched a new and dedicated Lord Belial MySpace page featuring a streaming version of one track - "Sworn" from the Swedish black metallers' eighth studio spinner "The Black Curse", which will see a September release. According to their MySpace hype, this will be the album that qualifies them for the Champion's League of Swedish Black Metal.

As has been in metal news, Regain will re-release the old Lord Belial demos this month on one CD called "Ancient Demons". According to a press release, "Ancient Demons" are awesome on their own as something to crank up and revel in the old-school vibe, as well as a document of a watershed era in the history of extreme music, one that has yet to be topped for sheer creativity and boundary destroying."

Upcoming Lord Belial tour dates

Festival Shows 2008
19/07 Hell's Pleasure O.A Pößneck
31/07 Wacken Open Air Wacken

Black Curse Over Europe 2008 Tour
18/09 Club 2 Doors Baia Mare
19/09 Irish Pub Cluj
20/09 Live Metal Club Bucharest
21/09 Hristo Botev Com.Center Sofia
23/09 TBA Thessaloniki
24/09 TBA Istanbul
25/09 Castro Club Skopje
26/09 TBA Belgrad
27/09 Gala Hala, Metelkova Ljubliana
28/09 TBA Milano
30/09 TBA
01/10 TBA
02/10 TBA
03/10 TBA
04/10 TBA
06/10 TBA
07/10 TBA Prague
08/10 TBA
09/10 TBA Vienna
10/10 Avalon Club Budapest
11/10 TBA Timisoara

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Band profile:	Lord Belial

US metaller Overlorde have posted the following update:

"Overlorde announces that the band has parted ways with vocalist Chris Colfax. Kong, Dave and M.E. wish Chris the best of luck!

Meanwhile, the band will now begin to look for a replacement. The band is well into preparing for its next release on Sonic Age Records, the followup to the highly acclaimed CD titled "Return Of The Snow Giant". So the vocalist should be ready to hit the ground running.

Any interested vocalists should feel free to contact the band at vocal_search overlorde com. Let Overlorde know how to hear some of you work online and give us some basic information about yourself.

In other News... the band's namesake song "Overlorde", has been added to the Myspace Music Player."

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Band profile:	Overlorde