BATTLERAGE - "Steel Supremacy" (Highland Records - OMGHL002-2) is finally out and available in stores!

9 tunes of pure & raw heavy metal, including a killer cover from Manilla Road's classic "Necropolis"
Fans of Manowar,Running Wild, Omen, Cirith Ungol, Primal Fear will enjoy this album
JUST TRUE HEAVY METAL!!!

To download samples of the album, please visit Battlerage's official site : www.battlerage.tk

This album can be ordered at www.battlerage.tk , www.gemm.com , www.ebay.com or directly to omg@vtr.net

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UARAL - Sounds Of Pain (Lost Horizon Records - OMGLH001-2)

The wait is finally ending....."Sound Of Pain", the debut album from the agonic-doom-metal project Uaral will be released on october, 31th in digipack version.
That's right, one of the most expected and sought after albums in the doom scene will finally be available, for the joy of everyone who have already converted this album in a cult piece and a pure obsession!!!

Expect more news concerning this release very soon.

Uaral's official site : www.uaral.cl

This album can be pre-ordered at www.gemm.com or directly to omg@vtr.net

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Former SKID ROW-vocalist confirmed to play at BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 10th anniversary festival

The band-lineup of next year's installment of BANG YOUR HEAD!!! is gaining shape: former SKID ROW-vocalist Sebastian Bach was confirmed to play at the event set to take place in Germany at the Messegelände of Balingen on the 24th and 25th of June. Bach played this year's BANG YOUR HEAD as well: He was hired as substitute for WHITE LION as the reunion of the latter failed last minute. Bach turned out to the huge surprise act of the festival ans delivered an frenetically acclaimed live set with an high-energy performance of many SKID ROW-classics.

BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2005 will be the 10th BANG YOUR HEAD!!! in a row and is therefore themed "The Best of ten Years". The celebrate this anniversary, the festival's organizers invited the most popular acts of all former events, among them prominent names like TWISTED SISTER and MOTÖRHEAD. Alongside 22 acts that have rocked the festival's stage before, another well-known very special guest will be invited.

The list of artists set to perform at the BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-festival 2005 at Balingen, Germany, 24th/25th of June:

TWISTED SISTER
MOTÖRHEAD
DIO
SAXON
DORO
SEBASTIAN BACH
GAMMA RAY
NEVERMORE
KROKUS

AXEL RUDI PELL
DESTRUCTION
AMON AMARTH
TANKARD
JAG PANZER
NASTY SAVAGE
VICIOUS RUMORS
DEMON

+ 5 more huce acts
+ 1 very special guest

All further details about the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! may be found at the BYH!!!-homepage at http://www.bang-your-head.de.

Tickets are availaible at ticket-hotline (+49-74 57-9 13 93) and via homepage http://www.bang-your-head.de/ . Prices are 59, - Euro (plus shipping) at presales. Tickets are limited to a number of 20000. By this it the organisators want to ensure that the special and relaxed atmosphere of the event won't suffer.

The recording and mixing of the new Moonsorrow album, VERISÄKEET, has now been completed. Read the studio diary for the actual info on the album.
The album will include the following tracks:
1. Karhunkynsi
2. Haaska
3. Pimeä
4. Jotunheim
5. Kaiku

For more info, visit the official page:
http://www.moonsorrow.com/

Band profile:

Moonsorrow

We have it !!! The new tittle of the new album, which will be released in October, will be "Organic". You could find here the names of all the new songs... Enjoy

01. Chest Pain Waltz
02. Speak When Spoken To
03. Look Bored
04. Becky
05. Independent Way of Life
06. The Guilt Trip
07. Rights To You
08. Sob Story
09. Heal Me
10. Infidelity Ghost
11. Mussolini Mind
12. Breathe

An interview of Mattias will come on Metalstorm.ee very soon, we could have some answers...

Band profile:

Freak Kitchen

According to RollingStone.com, Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo is in the studio with DJ Spooky recording under the name Drums Of Death. Meat Beat Manifesto's Jack Dangers is producing the project, due early next year, and guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour) will guest. No further information is currently available.

Band profile:

Slayer

On September 15th, the band finished recording its 4th full length album, scheduled to be released through "Season of Mist" in February 2005. The band is very excited about the new material and song titles, album title and album cover details, will be released in a couple of weeks.

http://www.green-carnation.tk/

Band profile:

Green Carnation

"The Madders have now completed mixing of the upcoming album, 10 songs done in Fredman studios in Göteborg, 2 songs in Space Valley studios. Right now we're mastering at Strype Audio in Oslo. It's been a long process, but the result will definitely be worth it!
The release date has not yet been set, but we promise to tell you all as soon as we know.

Ås
Next gig up is at Studentsamfunnet i Ås on Friday 5th November. Opening act will be Cynicon, a brilliant band from the Hamar area. Info on tickets will come later.

Inferno in London
The Inferno festival is coming to London, more specifically to Underworld on the 27th January.
Bands: Arcturus, Red Harvest, Madder Mortem and Grimfist.

We'd love to do some more gigs before Christmas, so promoters, please get in touch!"

http://www.maddermortem.com/

Band profile:

Madder Mortem

Congratulations are in order for Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and his wife Anna, who became the parents of a baby daughter, Melinda, this past Monday (Sept. 13). It is the couple's first child.

As previously reported, Åkerfeldt has started writing material for the group's next album, tentatively scheduled to be recorded sometime in the early spring of 2005. Opeth are officially free agents as a result of having been dropped by BMG/Zomba after their previous label, Music For Nations, was folded into parent company Zomba Records Group (the world's largest independent music group). The band are looking through new label offers at the moment

Band profile:

Opeth

Founded back in 1983, the German oldschool thrash metal band Necronomicon has released an album after 9 years that will take you right back to the 80s. The album called Construction of Evil is nothing real innovative, but who cares, it's thrash. The old-school thrash fanatics will be very well pleased with this release.

Tracklist:
1. Stormbringer
2. Fiction
3. Hard pain
4. From hell
5. Alight
6. Paralizer
7. Bone daddy
8. Hills of dead
9. Fireball
10. Terrorist attack
11. Insanity
12. Possessed again
13. Hard pain (livetrack)
14. Insanity (livetrack)
15. Terrorist attack (videotrack)

Line-up:
- Freddy-guitars,vocals
- Axel-drums
- Mac-bass, backing vocals
- Jogi-guitars, backing vocals

Links:
http://www.necronomicon-online.de
http://www.remedyrecords.de

Band profile:

Necronomicon

A 8 tracks album of previously unreleased Iommi material with singer Glen Hughes will be release through Sanctuary Records at 28 of september the title will be: "The 1996 DEP Sessions".

The track list is a follow:

Gone
From Another World
Don't You Tell Me
Don't Drag The River
Fine
Time Is The Healer
I'm Not The Same Man
It Falls Through Me

You can see the covert art at:

http://www.iommi.com/images/The%201996%20DEP%20Sessions%20Final%20Cover%20web.jpg

For more info go to:

www.iommi.com

Band profile:

Black Sabbath

The band has scheduled to start the recording of the remaining songs from the yet-untitled album on middle of September. The band is also studying record deals of some labels.

Band profile:

Andromeda

The new Novembers Doom album "The Pale Haunt Departure" will be mixed by Mr. Dan Swano, The recording of the album is planned to begin on 09/10/2004 and the mixing is expected to be done in late September or late November.

Here are some news from Herr Morbid :

"UPDATE OF SEPTEMBER, THE 7th: Just popped up around some website a rumour about
a delay in the release of "Love's Burial Ground" album, due to a misprinting in
the cover. That's NOT true, the album is already available since a few days and
you can order it from Adipocere Rec.! If you can't find it yet in your
metal-shop, it will be there before the end of September I guess, 'cause as I
already said it has been just released since a few days. Cheers-"

Band profile:

Forgotten Tomb

As you probably noticed, new album "Love's Burial Ground" suffered some delays with the final release-date, but it will be finally available next week!!

The band is currently assembling material for the mighty "Live Manipulation" DVD. The DVD will include a professionally shooted live-show + other 3/4 amateurish (yet good-sounding) gigs, as well as some other bonus material (backstage, interviews, pics gallery, rehearsals, studio-reports, etc.). Expect this monumental curse to be unleashed upon feeble mankind in the beginning of 2005!!

The band is working on the re-release of "Obscura Arcana Mortis" too. The remastering of the MCD as well as the recording of the "Obscura Arcana Mortis MMIV" track will be done around October. This new version will see the presence of a special-guest recording some extra-vocals...

We know it could sound really bizarre, but the band has been asked by a french underground label to take part in a Black Metal Motorhead-tribute LP!! The band is currently deciding what song will be covered. It seems that many other bands are already confirmed for this tribute, so expect a damn fucked up Black n' Roll release, as well as the most bizarre FT recording ever!!

http://www.forgottentomb.com

Band profile:

Forgotten Tomb

Savatage's frontman is going to release a from his projet Jon Oliva's Pain called "Tage Mahal" at Octuber 25 of 2004.

The album was suppost to be out under simply Jon Oliva name but "Due to possible trade-name conflicts and to avoid "consumer confusion" the name of Oliva's solo project has been changed to Jon Oliva's Pain".

Also there now 4 new clips from the album on the Multimedia section of Jon Oliva's web site: http://www.jonoliva.net

Band profile:

Jon Oliva's Pain