Universal Music has announced new release dates of "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria" DVD which will also be released in Blu-ray containing footage of the June 22, 2010 Sonisphere cinecast from the Sofia, Bulgaria leg of the rock festival featuring the "The Big Four." The DVD hits the streets on October 29 in Northern Europe, November 1 in most of the rest of the world, November 2 in North America and the full shows from all four bands will be included in the two-disc set along with behind-the-scenes and interview footage.

According to a posting on Metallica's official web site, "you can now pre-order the deluxe set in the Metallica Store. Along with the deluxe box set, you will also receive a limited-edition, exclusive RED 'The Big 4' guitar pick with one of four different print colors (white, black, silver or gold). This red guitar pick is not available in stores!"

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Source:	store.universal-music.co.uk
Band profile:	Metallica

In case you did not know, black metallers Secrets Of The Moon have been working on a new album. The band has now unveiled more information concerning the album. The album is titled The Seven Songs Ov The Seven Bells and will feature the following tracks:

01. Seven Bells
02. Blood Into Wine
03. Goathead
04. Stillborn Icon
05. Worship
06. The Three Beggars (Satans Church)
07. Nyx

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Secrets Of The Moon

Tristania are delighted to announce that violin virtuoso Pete Johansen will be joining the band on the first half of the upcoming European leg of the Rubicon Tour. After playing on the Rubicon Release Party in Stavanger, Johansen will rejoin the band in London on October 8th for the concert at Camden Underworld, and stay on board until after the Krakow concert on October 15th.

"This wasn't really planned at all. Pete was supposed to join us for the release party in Stavanger and that was all, but on our first rehearsal together just a few weeks ago everything just clicked. We did actually joke with Pete about him joining us for the tour, and little did we know that only two days after, Pete would offer his incredible talent to us for so many more gigs than planned. We're all really buzzing about this, and we think our fans will see this as a nice bonus", the band talked to Tristania.com

Pete Johansen rejoined forces with Tristania for the Rubicon studio sessions earlier this year and recorded guest violin parts for several of the songs on the album. This was the first collaboration since World of Glass (2001).

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Tristania

It´s getting dark at Wacken. There are only few bands existing which are entwined around by such lots of rumours like this band. After their last bloody show at Wacken 2004, Norwegian black metal icon Mayhem returns to Wacken. The band is fronted again by former vocalist Attila Csihar who replaced Maniac in the end of 2004.

This will be their only festival show in 2011.

Source:	newserver.wacken.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Wacken Open Air 2011

Dawn Of Destiny has yet again announced another new drummer within a space of only four months. Its not clear what happened between the band and Boris Frenkel who joined Dawn Of Destiny back in May but concrete is that the drummer has parted ways with the band. The band states:

"After our friendly separation from Boris we can proudly announce our new drummer Matt Bauer! The former Scanner and Everflow drummer is going to push the band further. Together we will begin a new chapter of Dawn Of Destiny!!"

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Dawn Of Destiny

Nervecell, the UAE death metal veterans have announced the India tour dates in the first appearance of a middle-eastern band in India, Headlining three shows at the following dates;

Sep 25 - BANGALORE @ Kyra Theatre
Sep 26 - HYDERABAD @ Excess (Novotel)
Oct 3 - MUMBAI @ Blue Frog

Nervecell is also scheduled to play shows towards the end of the year. In their final support run of the Preaching Venom album cycle, stay tuned for more dates.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Nervecell

New video of an unreleased song called "New Threat" is posted by the warriors of Claymore.

You can watch it here

The video was shot at "Trash Attack Festival" where the band played alongside Omega (GR), and the old school veterans Savage Grace and Exumer.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Claymore

Canadian death metal icons Kataklysm has revealed details regarding the its upcoming headlining tour of Europe. The tour, named "The Neckbreaker's Ball," will run between January 14, 2011 and February 6th. Support on the tour will come from Legion Of The Damned, Equilibrium, Månegarm and Milking The Goatmachine.

Tour dates as follows:

14.01.2011 DE - Geiselwind, Music Hall
15.01.2011 DE - Leipzig, Hellraiser
16.01.2011 DE - Berlin, K17
17.01.2011 DK - Aarhus, Voxhall
18.01.2011 DE - Hamburg, Markthalle
19.01.2011 DE - Hannover, Musikzentrum
20.01.2011 DE - Lingen, Alter Schlachthof
21.01.2011 DE - Bochum, Matrix
22.01.2011 DE - Stuttgart, LKA Longhorn
23.01.2011 NL - Haarlem, Patronaat
24.01.2011 FR - Rennes, Antipode
25.01.2011 FR - Lyon, Ninkasi Kao
26.01.2011 CH - Pratteln, Z7
27.01.2011 AT - Innsbruck, Hafen
28.01.2011 AT - Wien, Gasometer
29.01.2011 AT - Linz, Posthof
30.01.2011 SK - Bratislava, Majestic Music Club
31.01.2011 AT - Graz, Ppc
01.02.2011 DE - Frankfurt, Batschkapp
02.02.2011 DE - Bad Arolsen, Outback
03.02.2011 DE - Saarbrücken, Garage
04.02.2011 DE - Munich, Backstage
05.02.2011 BE - Antwerpen, Hof Ter Loo
06.02.2011 NL - Tilburg, 013

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Kataklysm
Event:	The Neckbreaker's Ball

The Showdown, a new album of Allen/Land featuring Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Jon Lande (Masterplan) is set to be released in Europe on 5th November. The songs were written by Magnus Karlsson and the album was mixed by Achim Kohler.

You can also view the artwork done by Rodney Matthews at this location and watch the trailer to the album below.


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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Allen/Lande

"Ravenous Crows", the first ever professional music video done by Danish black metallers Illnath is now available for viewing below. The video was done by "Mad Mob Productions".


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Illnath

Metal God Records and Rob Halford are pleased to confirm Halford North American concert dates November and December with Ozzy Osbourne. Twelve cities are currently available for sale with additional dates to be announced.

Ozzy Osbourne & Rob Halford 2010 North America Fall Tour

Nov. 12 - Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
Nov. 16 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
Nov. 18 - Edmonton, MB - Rexall Place
Nov. 20 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
Nov. 23 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Nov. 25 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
Nov. 27 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
Dec. 01 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena
Dec. 03 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
Dec. 05 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
Dec. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center

Halford will also perform at Seattle's Showbox on November 10th and Denver's Ogden Theatre on December 15th. Tickets available September 17th and 18th for
Halford's Seattle and Denver Headline Performances at Ticketmaster.com.

Rob Halford will be touring in support of his new studio release Halford IV - Made Of Metal featuring fourteen (14) new Halford studio recordings debuting world-wide September 27 - Oct 8 (UK & EU), September 28th (North America) and October 13, 2010 (Japan).

Halford's first live performances in more than seven years have included appearances this year in San Francisco, Montreal's Heavy Metal Festival and Ozzfest 2010.

Halford have confirmed Headline performances October 15, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan and October 16, 2010 at Tokyo's Loud Park Festival 10.

Halford have also confirmed South America Headline performances October 20 Lima, Peru; October 22 Santiago, Chile; October 24 Sao Paulo, Brazil; October 26 and October 27, 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Halford's new NASCAR-themed, animated-music video 'Made Of Metal' created by London-based Animator Dean Wright debuts September 13, 2010 at: http://www.robhalford.com/madeofmetal.

The single 'Made Of Metal' digital download is available at iTunes and www.HalfordMusic.com.

Halford IV ­ Made Of Metal
Track Listing: 1) Undisputed 2) Fire and Ice 3) Made Of Metal 4) Speed Of Sound 5) Like There¹s No Tomorrow 6) Till The Day I Die 7) We Own The Night 8)
Heartless 9) Hell Razor 10) Thunder and Lightning 11) Twenty-Five Years 12) Matador 13) I Know We Stand A Chance 14) The Mower

RobHalford.com MetalGodShop.com MetalGodApparel.com MetalGodRecords.com HalfordMusic.com

Source:	robhalford.com
Band profile:	Ozzy Osbourne

As was reported in June, the guys of Dark Moor have been working on a new album. The band has now unveiled more details on their upcoming new effort. The new Dark Moor album will be titled Ancestral Romance will be released in November 2010.The Cover Artwork for the new album was created by artist Samuel Araya (Cradle Of Filth, Elvenking etc).

Ancestral Romance Tracklist:

01. Gadir
02. Love From The Stone
03. Alaric De Marnac
04. Mio Cid
05. Just Rock
06. Tilt At Windmills
07. Cancion Del Pirata
08. Ritual Fire Dance
09. Ah! Wretched Me
10. A Music In My Soul

More info about the album to follow...

Kallis Helmi]

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Dark Moor

The new Serj Tankian album Imperfect Harmonies is being streamed in its entirety on the band's MySpace page.

The album is scheduled for release on September 21 via Serjical Strike/Reprise. Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Disowned Inc.
02. Borders Are...
03. Deserving?
04. Beatus
05. Reconstructive Demonstrations
06. Electron
07. Gate 21
08. Yes, It's Genocide
09. Peace Be Revenged
10. Left Of Center
11. Wings Of Summer

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Serj Tankian

Short statement from news section of Norma Evangelium Diaboli website:
"Paracletus, the last record of the trilogy, will be released November 8th in Europe."

Furthermore there is an image displayed on the website which seems to be an album cover.

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Source:	noevdia.com
Band profile:	Deathspell Omega

Metalstorm Towers received the following sad news from one of our contacts at Relapse Records:

September 22, 2010

This e-mail is to inform you that the European Relapse Records office and warehouse was destroyed last night by a fierce fire.

The fire broke out around 5AM this Wednesday morning and reduced the warehouse and office to ashes, together with several other companies and houses. No one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire is yet unknown, and is under investigation by local authorities.

Label operations will continue, and further updates will follow.

____________________________________________

...for all my dead metal cd and vinyl homies.

Good to know label operations will continue, hopefully they won't be horribly set back by this accident.

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Source:

Relapse Records