The album will be call "Darkness In Stereo", here is the comments of the band:

"New album of the band, the 4th full-lenght, will be titled simply "DARKNESS IN STEREO". Even if it could sound expected, you'll understand why the band decided to call the new album this way when you'll finally have the chance to listen to the new material... No other title could describe in a better way the feeling of this new opus. If you thought "Love's Burial Ground" was the absolute climax of Negativity and despair, you'll be astonished listening to "Darkness In Stereo". You can start trash all the supposedly "Depressive Black Metal" releases you bought in the past 5 years now..."

http://www.forgottentomb.com/

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Forgotten Tomb

In a chat last Tuesday Skyclad's singer Kevin "Armchair Enthusiast" Ridley revealed the following news:

- Skyclad are currently booking gigs for a tour in Europe in March/April
- To promote the tour and the last two albums Demolition Records will release a 6-Track-EP soon (with 2 tracks from "A Semblance Of Normality", 2 from "No Daylights Nor Heeltaps" and 2 unreleased songs)
- Kevin is working on a solo album that includes guest appearances of all Skyclad members

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Source:	p095.ezboard.com
Band profile:	Skyclad

As it was reported in the John Petrucci website, the album is ready and the release date will be post there, the album is expect to be release soon, here is the tracklist:

01. Jaws of Life
02. Glasgow Kiss
03. Tunnel Vision
04. Wishful Thinking
05. Damage Control
06. Curve
07. Lost Without You
08. Animate-Inanimate

and Here you can see the cover art.

http://www.johnpetrucci.com

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Band profile:

Dream Theater

According to the Troll(where lex play) website he have formed a new band:

Lex has teamed up with Shagrath, and a few more musicians to form "CHROME DIVISION". A new rock/metal project. Similar in style to bands like Monster Magnet, Spiritual Beggars etc. They will release a MCD this spring along with a video.

Lex - Drums
Shagrath - Guitar (from "Dimmu Borgir")
Luna - Bassguitar (from "Ashes to Ashes")
Jarle - Vocals (from "Span")

http://www.trollmusic.tk/

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Chrome Division

Italian Black-Thrash Metal kings will deliver a Best of Album titled '20 Years Of Noise (1985 - 2005) celebrating 20 years of carrer! The CD, released also in a digipack limited version, will feature as bonus material a BLACK SABBATH cover and the legendary demo 'The Shining Pentagram', a real cult-tape in the 80's underground, a must for maniac tape traders around the world! All the songs will be re-mastered, including the songs featured into 'The Shining Pentagram'. '20 Years Of Noise' will be released in late March 2005. The band is also working on new material for the next studio album! The cult is still alive and will be bloody as hell!

http://www.scarletrecords.it/

"First of all from the bottum of our hearts we wish you lots of love, health and joy in 2005! Furthermore we want to thank you so much for your faith, your support and your believe in us, which made it possible, that Lacrimosa is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year!! Sincere gratitude!!

As mentioned earlier, we are at the studio right now, recording our anniversary-album... and already now we can promise, that it's gonna be an exceptional album! Addinional we will play a large-scaled tour and some more surprises are to come this year...!

Into this senses we look upon the future with great expectations!
Tilo Wolff
Anne Nurmi"

www.lacrimosa.com

Band profile:

Lacrimosa

Henkka revealed that the next Children Of Bodom studio album will be recorded in Helsinki with Mikko Karmila but not in the Finnvox studios. It's not known yet if the recordings which where scheduled for March will be delayed due to Alexi's broken arm.

The release date of the album will be:

CHILDREN OF BODOM 29.08.2005 CD SPI230CD tba in Finland through Spinefarm Records

and 03.09.2005 in the rest of the world through Universal.

But of course these dates can get postponed if the recordings will be delayed...

source : http://www.scythes-of-bodom.com

Band profile:

Children Of Bodom

Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, the well-known Industrial/Dark-Ambient/Electronic artist from Sweden (just to name a few of his many projects: MZ412, TOROIDH, NORDVARGR) finally joined FORGOTTEN TOMB on a stable basis!! Nordvargr already gave his obscure contribution to the band on the "Love's Burial Ground" album, writing 3 tracks ("Malus Vivendi" Pt. I, II, III). Now he's confirmed as a stable member and he will write new material together with the other members of the band, so expect the 4th FT full-lenght album to be a total ecstasy of Darkness In Stereo!! Imagine the sick suicidal feeling of FT interacting with desolated, harsh and obscure Industrial/Ambient sonic-scapes and you'll have a clue of how the new album will sound !

www.adipocere.fr

Band profile:

Forgotten Tomb

After auditioning several guitarists, FALCONER have now found a new lead player to complete their line-up. His name is Jimmy Hedlund, and he totally outshone the rest of the applicants.

He nailed every note in each of the three songs that were tested, and possesses some amazing solo skills as well!

FALCONER will start recording their new album in late December for an early May release. The title of the fourth album will be "GRIME VS. GRANDEUR".

More detailed news can be found on the official homepage: www.falconermusic.com

Band profile:

Falconer

Here's a little present from Gaia to all of you out there that might be intrested. This is a preview of the new album, but remember that the sound files are at low quality and that the songs havent been to a mastering studio yet. So the sound on the cd will be alot better than the sound you can here on the samples.

go to http://www.gaia-epicus.com/news.html and click on the RED link that says: Happy Xmas

Band profile:

Gaia Epicus

The Grammy nominated heavy rockers from North Carolina will release an aggressive new studio album through Sanctuary's Mayan Records label in early 2005, to be followed by a worldwide tour. Working title for the new piece is "En los Brazos del Dios" (In the Arms of God).

http://www.noiserecords.com

Here's some MP3 links from upcoming releases. Most are available for the first time. They can be downloaded separately or just click on the last file to download all in one zipped file. Feel free to spread the word!

... Antimatter ? Legions (rough edit)
... Darkthrone ? God Of Doubt
... Epoch Of Unlight ? Aberrant Shadows
... Frantic Bleep ? But A Memory
... Novembers Doom ? Swallowed By The Moon
... Oathean ? Beyond The Memories I Lost
... Subterranean Masquerade ? No Place Like Home (exclusive for 2004)
... Ulver ? Xmas (rough edit sampler)

to listen go to: http://label.theendrecords.com/

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We are excited to announce our first signing from South Korea. This is possibly the most talented extreme metal band from Asia. A unique blend of death/black metal with folklore elements!
Media Quote: "It turns out that there's much more coming out of South Korea than (find encyclopedia and place country's main export *here*), since Oathean has turned out some above average melodic death/black metal." - ChroniclesOfChaos.com
Oathean "Fading Aways Into The Grave of Nothingness" is due out Feb 22nd and includes 2 bonus tracks!

http://label.theendrecords.com/

According to the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes-of-Bodom.com, CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist Alexi Laiho broke his arm and will most likely be forced to sit out the upcoming "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (DAMAGEPLAN, PANTERA) tribute concert that is scheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland on January 15, 2005. Laiho's replacement for the concert will be announced at a later date.

Source:	Blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom

Magellan has finished the recording of the new Magellan Album entitled "SYMPHONY FOR A MISANTHROPE". Inside Out has not yet announced the release date.

Album title: "SYMPHONY FOR A MISANTHROPE"
SONGS:

1. Symphonette
2. Why Water Weeds?
3. Wisdom
4. Cranium Reef Suite
part one: "Youthful Enthusiasm"
part two: "Psych 101"
part three: "Primal Defense"
5. Pianissimo Intermission
6. Doctor Concoctor
7. Every Bullet Needs Blood

Check the website (http://www.magellanweb.com) in the next days for further details.