Children Of Bodom were set to make an appearance at the Polish Metal festival "Hunterfest" in Szczytno, but due to organization problems and problems with the promoter, the Extreme Power Metallers have been forced to make a cancellation. The band is regretful that the cancellation happened as they haven't played in Poland for years and are sorry that it was such short notice.

Here is a small comment by the band: "There are many things that went wrong, we are sorry that people who bought tickets to see us are the ones who suffer the most!"

In other Children Of Bodom news, some photos taken when the band was playing at this years Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online. Check the 'gallery' section of Children Of Bodom's official website to view them.

Source:	cobhc.com
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom

Dismember, Grave, Entombed and Unleashed will team up for the long awaited 'Masters Of Death' tour this November. Here are the first dates:

Nov. 03 - Leeuwarden (NL) - Romein
Nov. 04 - London (UK) - Carling Accademy
Nov. 08 - Essen (DE) - Turock
Nov. 09 - Saarbrücken (DE) - Garage
Nov. 10 - Erstfeld (CH) - Transilvania
Nov. 13 - Althofen (AT) - Kulturhaus
Nov. 14 - Vienna (AT) - Planet Music
Nov. 15 - Munich (AT) - Metropolis
Nov. 16 - Chemnitz (DE) - AJZ Taalschock
Nov. 17 - Adelsheim (DE) - Live Factory
Nov. 18 - Hannover (DE) - Faust
Nov. 19 - Eindhoven (NL) - Dynamo

More dates to be confirmed later.

Source:	dismember.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Treasure Land, one of Swedens leading progressive metal acts who released two highly acclaimed CDs in 1997, and 1998 has returned with a vengeance.
After some years of writing new songs, producing other bands, writing guitar books,and doing clinics... Guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist reformed Treasure Land with a new lineup.

The two new members of the band are Rick Altzi on vocals, and Mathias Scheffler on keyboards. Rick, whose voice resambles singers like Ronnie James Dio and Jeff Scott Soto, has a vocal presence and vocal capabilities far beyond anything you've ever heard previously from the band. Keyboard player Mathias Scheffler studied music at the renowned K.I.T. (Keyboard Institute Of Technology) in Hollywood in the early 90's. His musical knowledge is absolutely amazing. Not only can he play as fast as the best out there, but his melodic sense and timing are also top notch.

Guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist states "The current lineup that we have is the strongest lineup we've had throughout Treasure Land's existence".

Treasure Land is currently in the studio recording a 3 song Demo which they will use for showcasing their new material to record labels all over the world.

The new material is described as straightforward/in your face metal interlaced with strong neoclassical elements. The newer music is also a bit darker and more eerie than the previous Treasure Land material and consists of lyrics that deal with situations which we face every day around the world.

The band is really excited about their new material and is very much looking forward to playing live again.

Official Site: http://www.treasureland.nu
Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/treasureland

Source:

treasureland.nu

You can now listen to samples from two new songs of the upcoming Draconian's bonus album "The Burning Halo." The samples can be found on the band's official website.

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Source:	draconian.se
Band profile:	Draconian

The artwork for the forthcoming Megadeth Album United Abominations has been revealed in the Gigantour 2006 e-card. See the small preview at http://www.rattleheadhq.com/wordpress/?p=423.

The e-card appears to use one of the Vic Rattlehead redesigns from the DeviantART contest. This entry appeared in the top 11 but did not win the contest. The Vic that appears to feature on the cover of United Abominations can be found here.

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Source:	rattleheadhq.com
Band profile:	Megadeth

It was only a matter of time until Nuclear Blast released another Deluxe Edition of another Children Of Bodom album after the two very successful Deluxe Editions of Something Wild and Hatebreeder. Aside from the nine known songs there will be the W.A.S.P. cover "Hellion" and the Iron Maiden cover "Aces High", (which was never released on a Children Of Bodom CD before) as bonus on the disc. The 'Everytime I Die' video will be featured as well. There likely won't be any more Deluxe Editions since only the first three Children Of Bodom albums were licensed by Nuclear Blast.

Tracklist:
1. Follow The Reaper
2. Bodom After Midnight
3. Children Of Decadence
4. Everytime I Die
5. Mask Of Sanity
6. Taste Of My Scythe
7. Hate Me!
8. Northern Comfort
9. Kissing The Shadows
10. Hellion (Bonus track)
11. Aces High (Bonus track)
12. Everytime I Die (Video)

Source:	endlesswar.net
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom

Doom/Death Metallers Novembers Doom will be heading to Europe this November. They will be visiting six countries, and will have label mates Agalloch from the USA and Thurisaz who are from Belgium (The End Records) as support. As well as them, Saturnus who are from Denmark will also be joining the tour.

Here are the tour dates:

November 17th : Netherlands / Plato / Helmond (With Agalloch and Thurisaz)
November 18th : Belgium / Biebob / Vosselaar (With Saturnus, Agalloch & Thurisaz)
November 19th : Netherlands (TBC)
November 20th : Denmark / Copenhagen (With Saturnus, Agalloch & Thurisaz)
November 21st : Germany / K17 / Berlin (With Agalloch and Thurisaz)
November 22nd : Germany / Steinbruc Theater / Darmstadt (With Agalloch and Thurisaz)
November 23rd : Germany / AAlen (TBC)
November 24th : Germany / backstage / Munich (With Thurisaz and TBA)
November 25th : Italy / Prato (With Thurisaz and TBA)
November 26th : England : London (TBC) (With Thurisaz and TBA)
November 27th : England / Satans Hollow / Manchester (With Thurisaz and TBA)

Source:	novembersdoom.com
Band profile:	Novembers Doom

You can now listen to samples from all songs on the new album Blind Guardian album, A Twist In The Myth. The samples can be found on the Nuclear Blast website: http://www.nuclearblast-musicshop.de/album_info.php?album_id=136442

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Source:	blind-guardian.com
Band profile:	Blind Guardian

German Power Metallers Primal Fear have posted the artwork for their upcoming compilation album online. The compilation entitled 'Metal Is Forever - The Very Best Of Primal Fear' will be released on 29th September this year. The artist responsible for the artwork is Stephan Lohrmann. He has done the artwork for Primal Fear's first four albums. From their self titled album to Black Sun. Primal Fear have also said that the track list for the new compilation (including the bonus disc) will be announced soon.

Here is the artwork for Metal Is Forever: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b354/Necromancer_S/pf-bestof.jpg

Source:	primalfear.de
Band profile:	Primal Fear

Death Metallers Katatklysm have announced the bands that will be supporting them for their upcoming 'Road to Devastation' tour. The tour will take place in January next year, however no exact dates have been announced yet. The three bands that will be supporting Kataklysm are Fear My Thoughts (Germany, Extreme Power Metal), Neaera (Germany, Melodic Death Metal) and Quo Vadis (Canada, Melodic Death Metal). The Road To Devastation tour will be the start of Kataklysm's support shows for their recently released album "In The Arms Of Devastation."

Source:	kataklysm.net
Band profile:	Kataklysm

Finnish melodeath act Noumena has completed their third album, entitled "Anatomy Of Life". It was recorded and mixed in Studio Sundi Coop by Tuomo Valtonen and mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila. Tracks are as follows:

1. Misanthropolis
2. Burden of Solacement
3. Retrospection
4. The Burning
5. Monument of Pain
6. Triumph and Loss
7. Marionettes
8. Through the Element
9. Fire and Water

With the new album Noumena has evolved their approach to melodic death. "This time we worked more on terms of the songs. We didn't want to squeeze every song into the same format", analyzes guitarist Tuukka Tuomela. "However, heavy rhythms and catchy melodies are on their place", he continues. Along with growler Antti Haapanen the tracks include guest vocalists.

Anatomy of Life will be released in the end of October. Further information at Noumena homepage.

Source:

thenoumena.com

Italian Black/Doom metal band Forgotten Tomb will release their new album ''Negative Megalomania'' in Spetember 2006. This album shows a significative evolution of the band, which added many new elements to their classic style, creating a bleak, perverse and apocalyptic vision of life and future. Track List:

01. Negative Megalomania
02. Blood and Concrete
03. The Scapegoat
04. A Dish Best Served Cold
05. No Rehab (Final Exit)

Source:	avantgardemusic.com
Band profile:	Forgotten Tomb

The band has posted in their official website the dates for the upcoming gigs in August 2006:

11. Baroeg - Rotterdam - The Netherlands
12. Dokk'Em Open Air - The Netherlands
13. Triangel - Weert - The Netherlands
17-18. Summer Breeze - Ostalbkreis Germany
19. Metalzone-Diablo Festival - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium
20. Metalzone Diablo Festival - Plato- Helmond, The Netherlands

Source:	trailoftears.no
Band profile:	Trail Of Tears

Insomnium will tour in September with Enslaved, Zyklon and 1349 in the following cities:

05 - (IRL) Dublin, The Village
07 - (UK) Colchester, Arts Centre
08 - (UK) Sheffield, Corporation
09 - (UK) Glasgow, The Garage
10 - (UK) Manchester, Academy 2
11 - (UK) Birmingham, Carling Academy
12 - (UK) London, Mean Fiddler

They will open each gig, followed by Keep Of Kalessin.

Source:	insomnium.net
Band profile:	Insomnium

The band have posted the following links to their new video for "Mortal Share" of the upcoming album "Above the Weeping World" on the following websites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IpHczLeV8
http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecords
http://www.myspace.com/insomniumband
http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa

The album is their 3rd full length studio offering and is scheduled to hit stores in Europe on 18.9.2006. The US release date is a month later on 17.10.2006.

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Source:	insomnium.net
Band profile:	Insomnium