The following message was posted by band:

"Eisbrecher have reached the finale hot phase of their topically record production. One and a half years after the successful publication from "Antikörper" with the stage hit "Vergissmeinnicht" their next strike will be called "Sünde":

The third Eisbrecher-Album will be released on 26th of August (in America - Germany 22nd of August). Until then the single "Kann Denn Liebe Sünde Sein" (11th July, 2008 only Germany) will give an exititing foretaste to the upcoming album!

Alexx and Pix promise a sombre-coloured dance of dark-rocking ice-pearls to their fans: Album III will be the darkest and hardest album so far. Faithful to the motto: Filigree-but-through-breaking! Hard but however warmly!

For the Warm-Up there will be a few festival-shows this summer like Amphi- (Köln) and M'era Luna Festival (Hildesheim) or Rock-Harz. The routing for the Sünder-Tour in September 2008 in Germany, Austria and Swiss are concluded!

Alexx: We finally wanted to dedicate an album to the engine an machination of all human existence. Our fetish is called "Sin": Our texts deal exclusively with sinful activities, our music is sinful good, we are sinful beautyful and sexy, the album will be sinful expensive and definitively worth a sin."

Source:	eis-brecher.com
Band profile:	Eisbrecher

Posted on Oomph's official website:

"With "Monster", Oomph! release the tenth studio album in the band's history. And to commemorate this special occasion, Oomph! and MySpace are looking for the band's new cover designer.
This is a massive opportunity for you to be a part of the new Oomph! album "Monster". So the sky's the limit for your imagination and creativity, and naturally the winning cover design will be selected personally by Oomph! when the time is right. But you'll have to hurry a little because the deadline for your cover designs is June 27th. And the best thing about the whole contest is that the album will be on your favorite record store shelves with your cover when it's released in the late summer. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

So set your imaginations free and when you're finished, upload your covers here. Don't forget to pick up a couple of inspirations at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park where Oomph! will be playing live next weekend in living color. Don't miss it!"

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Source:	oomph.de
Band profile:	Oomph!

Meshuggah's Tomas Haake has been named the No. 1 drummer in the "Metal" category in the July 2008 Modern Drummer magazine's 2008 Readers' Poll.
The Readers' Poll results appear in the July 2008 issue of the magazine.

2008 results in the "Metal" category:

01. Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
02. Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)
03. Chris Adler (Lamb Of God)
04. Derek Roddy (ex-Hate Eternal)
05. Joey Jordison (Slipknot)

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Meshuggah

According to their official website, Motörhead have titled their new album "Motörize". Recording has just been completed in Los Angeles at 606 Studios, which is owned by Dave Grohl (Probot, Foo Fighters, Nirvana). Motörhead are now heading to Europe to perform at several summer festivals.

An August release date is expected.

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Source:	imotorhead.com
Band profile:	Motörhead

The following update has been posted on http://www.myspace.com/metalchurch:

"We have been getting so many emails about tour dates we wanted to give you an update on the plans for this years US dates. Metal Church will only be doing a handful of show later this summer at larger venues to accomodate more of the fans. These shows are currently being booked by Chuck Bernal at Artists Worldwide and will be recorded for our live album. It has been a long time since we have released a live album and this is the perfect opportunity.

We do have a couple special dates that have been confirmed. The first date is August 2, 2008 Mapplewood MN with Judas Priest. The second date is August 16th in San Juan Puerto Rico at Roberto Clemente Coliseum with Queensrÿche.

We are really looking forward to these shows and we will keep you all posted on the other dates as soon as we know more."

Metal Church's upcoming album "This Present Wasteland" is scheduled for an autumn release through SPV.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Metal Church

Omnium Gatherum have issued the following update:

"Shit happens again and we found ourselves again losing the bass player somewhere out in space. Eerik really surprised us all and decided to left the band this soon. No drama, no fights, no-thing, as we ain´t got a clue really whatta hell happened here! So - all the decent basstard candidates feel free to contact us on this case (ogatherum gmail com)!

However, this won´t affect in any way to our autumn touring and all the booked gigs and the european tour will be made & played..."

Source:	omniumgatherum.org
Band profile:	Omnium Gatherum

Finnish metallers Omnium Gatherum have issued the following update:

"The new 4th Omnium Gatherum album, titled "The Redshift", is now ready 'n' willing and mixed 'n' mastered. ...And it´s rocking like never before! We´re very satisfied and proud of this work and this is a big leap to the next level!

"The Redshift" tracklisting:

01. Nail
02. A Shadowkey
03. Chameleon Skin
04. No Breaking Point
05. The Return
06. Shapes And Shades
07. The Redshifter
08. Greeneyes
09. The Second Flame
10. Song For December
11. Distant Light Highway

More info about the album & release date soon - Stay tuned!"

Here´s what the mixing/mastering wizard Dan The Man Swanö himself (Unisound Studio) said about this new album: "I hate bands like Omnium Gatherum, they are so good it pisses me off!!! Their fine blend of melody and aggression is so good I actually thought about stealing the record and release it as my own. You won´t find a better album in years."

Source:	omniumgatherum.org
Band profile:	Omnium Gatherum

The End Records have set a release date of August 5th, 2008 for Novembers Doom's first live-DVD "The Novella Vosselaar: Live in Belgium". A picture of the cover art can be found here.

The show was recorded on November 10th, 2007 in Vosselaar, Belgium at the Biebob in front of a live capacity audience. The set list covered material from most of the bands current and back catalog, ranging from the fast and heavy, to the slow ballad, the set was chosen to cover all aspects of their musical directions.

Says singer Paul Kuhr about the DVD: '"The Novella Vosselaar: Live in Belgium" is a perfect way for fans all over the world to experience Novembers Doom live, who may not have had the opportunity to attend a performance, or for those who wish to enjoy the live atmosphere in the comfort of home.'

The tracklisting is:

01. Rain
02. The Novella Reservoir
03. Dark World Burden
04. With Rue And Fire
05. Autumn Reflection
06. For Every Leaf That Falls
07. The Day I Return
08. Not The Strong
09. The Voice Of Failure
10. Silent Tomorrow
11. Within My Flesh
12. Drown The Inland Mere
13. The Pale Haunt Departure

Promotional Videos:
01. Rain
02. Autumn Reflection
03. The Pale Haunt Departure

Fan Made Videos:
04. Twilight Innocence
05. Dark World Burden
06. Broken
07. The Lifeless Silhouette

In other news, The End Records have reissued two of Novembers Doom's earlier albums both with new artwork, remastered and with bonus tracks. The albums are: the 1995 debut "Amid Its Hallowed Mirth" and 1999's "Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers." All information can be found at this location.

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Band profile:

Novembers Doom

The band has issued an update regarding their upcoming live appearances.

"A lot has happened since the band's last live appearance. The band had taken time off to begin writing what would become the album Katorz. In April 2005 while the new album was in progress, guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour became ill before recording began and sadly died of colon cancer. It took awhile to recover from the sudden passing of Denis before Michel 'Away' Langevin, Denis 'Snake' Belanger and Jason 'Jasonic' Newsted could begin to assemble the songs from the demos and create Katorz.

Discussions of a tribute show and possible guitar players for it followed, yet it just did not seem right to perform without Denis, but time does help heal wounds and this summer Voivod feel it is time to perform the music Denis helped create once more.

On June 22, Voivod will perform in Montreal as part of the Heavy MTL festival and July 26th, 2008 in Calgary for the Monsters of Rock festival with original bass player Jean-Yves Theriault ('Blacky') for the first time in 17 years.

Dan Mongrain from the Quebec band Martyr, a good friend of the band, will play guitar. Songs from the early catalogue will be the focus for these short festival sets. Jason Newsted is still very much part of the Voivod family and is working with the band on the new record (also constructed from the 2004 demos) along with Jean-Yves Theriault and Eric Forrest.

However, Newsted is unable to perform live at this point.

Denis and Michel are determined to play more shows in the future to celebrate Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour's legacy. Stay tuned"

Source:	voivod.net
Band profile:	Voivod

Regain Records have posted the following Lord Belial news:

"Swedish melodic Black Metal horde Lord Belial will return with a new album in september 2008. The new masterpiece will be called "The Black Curse" cover art] and offers you ten tracks of pure melodic swedish Black Metal! In case you are in search for something stronger and darker than this album is definitely for you!

Due the huge request Regain Records will re-release the old Lord Belial demos on one CD called "Ancient Demons" - out in june 2008!!! "Ancient Demons" cover art] 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."

See the band live:

08-03-28 DUAT D:Y:O, Barcelona - Spain
08-07-18 Hell's Pleasure O.A, Pößneck - Germany
08-07-31 Wacken O.A, Wacken - Germany

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Source:	regainrecords.com
Band profile:	Lord Belial

Tom Gabriel Fischer has launched his new band named Triptykon, and set up a myspace page at this location.

One new song entitled "Crucifixus" is available to be heard on the myspace page.

The logo of the new band can be viewed here.

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myspace.com

Dutch Doom Days VII officially announced the first couple of bands to play there during the October 25 & 26 weekend:

- Worship (DE funeral doom)
- Skepticism (FI funeral doom)
- Pantheist (UK funeral doom)
- Fall Of The Idols (FI epic traditional doom)
- Ophis (DE doom/death)

More bands to follow soon.

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Band profile:	Skepticism
Event:	Dutch Doom Days VII

The Berzerker have issued the following update:

"Exactly 10 years ago (1998), I (Luke Kenny) was given the opportunity to Re-mix 2 songs for the legendary Death Metal Band "Morbid Angel". For a lot of metal fans this was their first taste to my unique sound and it really helped me get started.

After such a positive response to my (Morbid Angel) re-mixes I was offered a 4 album deal with Earache Records which I spent the next 10 years completing, amongst 100's of live performances all over the world.

With the creation of our own record label "Berzerker Industries" (for the sole purpose of releasing our new material), this means we are now in the position to offer a similar opportunity to you. (because we own the copyright)

I will be supplying free of charge, the separated vocal, guitar and bass tracks to our brand new song "Caught In The Crossfire" taken from "The Reawakening", (Due Sept/Oct 2008)

HOW TO ENTER

The competition is currently now open and all entries MUST be summited in mp3 format to "lukeberzker@gmail.com" by June 1st 2008 AEST. The top 10 entries will be posted on http://www.myspace.com/theberzerker where the public will be able to vote on there favorite re-mixes.

There will be 2 winners (1. The band's personal favorite and 2. The re-mix with the most votes) the winners be announced June 15th 2008 AEST.

PRIZE
The winners will have their re-mix added to our upcoming album "The Reawakening" and released worldwide. "The Reawakening" will also feature official re-mixes from such artists as:

Delta 9 (USA)
Scott Brown (UK)
DJ Bazooka (Germany)
Namshubofenki (AUS)
Frazzbass (Italy)

We at Berzerker HQ are looking forward to see what you can come up with, good luck. I sincerely hope this will give someone a similar chance at being discovered as I got all those years ago."

The files can be found at this location.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	The Berzerker

Dutch death/thrash metal act Detonation have announced parting ways with drummer Thomas Kalksma. Kalksma was one of the original founders of the band and had been part of Detonation for over ten years. Commented by the band: "It was a very hard decision to make, but in the end both Thomas and the band agreed it would be better to part ways. We've had differences of opinion on the future of Detonation and these differences eventually where too strong to overcome. There are no hard feelings mutually and Detonation wish Thomas all the best for his future musical career."

Thomas' statement:

"I regret and feel very glad simultaneously to be leaving Detonation. After a lot of big ups an downs in this band, I feel that the abovementioned differences in opinion took away my passion for this band. Despite the fact that I've been jamming with Koen even before Detonation started, and the fact that i've put alot of effort in this band, I felt a huge need for change during the past months. Therefore i'll move forward and will focus on my other musical activities. I'm also open to interesting offers.

I want to thank all bookers, promoters, media and festivalorganisers and most importantly all FANS I have contact with. You are great and you haven't seen the last of me."

Detonation will continue writing for the forthcoming 4th studio album, however the band is now in search for a new drummer. If you have the skills, determination and personality we are looking for, please contact us through myspace or via info@detonation.nl !

Band profile:

Detonation

Chaosanct are the latest UK based metal act which features among it's members former Cradle Of Filth guitarist James McIlroy and former Biomechanical drummer Matt C.

The complete Chaosanct is:

James McIlroy - Guitar
Matt C - Drums
Dave R Kuchta - Vocals
Andrew Ongley - Guitar
Tilman Wolff-Moore - Bass

Chaosanct as an entity has been in existence since January '08. Having jammed together way back in the mists of time, a chance re-union at an infamous London Venue saw Andy & James decide to team up and put together something new & exciting. Devoid of all the headaches and difficulties of previous projects, this project has come to embody a sense of freedom and a desire to excel

The search was on to find the right members, people with passion, understanding & drive to succeed. First Dave brought his individual vocal style to the table, having known James for a number of years. On Daves recommendation, Tilman also joined to handle bass duties. Finally in early '08, on the recommendation of Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates, The Haunted, Cradle of Filth), Matt completed the rhythm section on drums.

Having completed a 4 track industry demo, work is continuing at a heady pace. Keep your eyes peeled in the coming months for exciting revelations and incendiary live shows.

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/chaosanct.

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myspace.com