Norway's Aeternus posted the following brief update on their MySpace blog:

"Aeternus is working soon on their 6th song for their new album. During easter, two songs were more or less completed and the composing continues. Hopefully there will be a chance for the band to go to the studio after the summer."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Aeternus

Original news, posted on 18.03.2010

Annihilator are due to release a new, self-titled studio album in Europe on May 17 via Earache Records, in Japan via Marquee and in Australia by Riot Entertainment. USA and Canadian dates coming soon.

Annihilator cover art] tracklist:

01. The Trend
02. Coward
03. Ambush
04. Betrayed
05. 25 Seconds
06. Nowhere To Go
07. The Other Side
08. Death In Your Eyes
09. Payback
10. Romeo Delight

UPDATE

"Coward", a new song from Canadian metallers Annihilator, is available for streaming at the Earache Records' MySpace page.

"Coward" comes off Annihilator's upcoming self-titled album, which is due to be released in Europe on May 17 via Earache Records.

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Source:	annihilatormetal.com
Band profile:	Annihilator

Israeli metallers Amaseffer have issued the following update on their official website:

"Hello holy friends,

Few months has passed since our last update for we took some time off in order to focus on the new album. We now want to update you with the latest developments at Amaseffer's camp.

First, we will now reveal the title for the second installment of our Exodus trilogy! Title for the new album is: When The Lions Leave Their Den.

We think that this title is best describing the events of our new album which will mainly deal with the actual Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The trigger to use this title was actually that it's a part of the lyrics for the opening track, "Pillar Of Fire", written by our dear friend Yotam Avni. Yotam is writing all the lyrics for the new album and so far we think he's "cooking" a divine creation!

As stated before, Mats Leven, our lead singer, has already recorded vocal lines for a few songs and we expect him to finish the album by the end of May.

Now to the real fire: Basically all orchestrations are composed, arranged and recorded, now we just have to add them to the rest of the mix (once we'll finish it) and find the right balance for them so it will blend smoothly in the song structures.

We set a recording date for the 60 piece choir and the drums. Both will be recorded at Gal-Kol studios in Israel and we expect the recording sessions to stretch on a 4 days period in beginning of June. Guitars are mostly written and will be recorded at Amaseffer's studio in Jerusalem right after we finish recording the choir and drums. It will take a few days of guitar recordings and right after that, we will start mixing the album, also at Amaseffer's studio, then we will send it to Germany for final mastering process. If everything works out as we plan, we expect to have a finished album by July or early August at the latest.

The concept for the album art work is also in final stages of development and we are very very happy with it.

It is confirmed that Maya Avraham will sing on our new album as well. In our debut album, Slaves For Life, Maya sang on one track ("Zipporah") and we were truly amazed by her vocal abilities, so for the new album we have decided to give her bigger and more significant vocal parts. We will record Maya at Amaseffer's studio at the beginning of June. Two more very special guests will be revealed right before the album release date, so stay tuned!

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Source:	amaseffer.com
Band profile:	Amaseffer

Danish doom metallers Saturnus have issued the following update:

"Dear all, we think that now is the time to let you in on what is currently going on in camp Saturnus...

As you might know we went through a substantial "re-grouping" last year. Thomas and Brian are of course still in the band handling vocals and bass while lead guitarist Rune Stiassny, who already participated in two European tours, also is a full-blooded member of Saturnus. We are looking forward to present our drummer and a rhythm guitarist as well when the time comes.

While we are humble towards the achievements of the past we are at the same time confident that we are able to carry on the flame and create a new Saturnus album. When exactly a new album will see the light of day we can't say for sure. But what we can say is that we are currently in the process of writing new songs and that we will do some pre-recording for our album this spring.

The new material - in our opinion - is promising indeed. But if you would like a peek listen as to how it actually sounds like we have uploaded a YouTube clip at our MySpace from our performance of the new song "Wind Torn" in Madrid last fall. We hope you like it... (our former drummer Jesper and Martin from Nightlight/Iron Fire helped us out on this tour - thank you!)."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Saturnus

Edenbridge's long-awaited new album Solitaire will be released on the following dates:

June 30: Spain
July 02: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden
July 05: Rest of Europe
July13: USA/Canada

The cover artwork of the band's 7th studio album was designed by Anthony Clarkson.

Solitaire cover artwork] tracklist:

01. Entree Unique
02. Solitaire
03. Higher
04. Skyline's End
05. Bon Voyage Vagabond
06. Come Undone
07. Out Of This World
08. Further Afield
09. A Virtual Dream?
10. Brothers On Diamir
11. Exit Unique

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Source:	edenbridge.org
Band profile:	Edenbridge

Bay Area Trash metallers Forbidden are in the Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studio at this moment to record their first new output in about 13 years. Guitarist Craig Locicero has given a small insight into the working titels of the songs for the new still untiteld record. Two of them can be heard as demo versions on the bands MySpace page.

Intro
Swine
Immortal Wounds
Omega Wave
Hopenosis
Adapt Or Die
Forsaken At The Gates
Inhuman Race
Behind The Mask
Dragging My Casket
Overthrow

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Forbidden

The guys from God Forbid are in the writing process for a new album. In a quite lengthy update by guitarist Doc Coyle, the following was announced:

"Now we immerse ourselves back in the writing process for the next God Forbid album for an unknown record label as our contact with Century Media has ended. It's always difficult to tell how a new album will sound this early in the process, but I can say that our new guitar player Matt Wicklund is contributing tons of material. His stuff is very hook oriented with a Scandinavian twinge. The stuff I've been writing has been varied from evil Morbid Angels, black metal shit to mid tempo/power groove Machine Head type stuff, and signature GF material that is a logical progression from our previous albums. The process has changed with all of the touring and space between members, there's been more writing and demoing on our own. I'm finally utilizing technology. It's cool. I like it a little more than recording my out of time riffs into a tape recorder with my old Peavey practice amp. Now it's Garageband, Line 6 tone port and EZ Drummer. I may yet still become a professional."

Read the rest of the update here.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	God Forbid

Amorphis have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting of their forthcoming DVD package called Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes, which will be released on June 25 (Europe) and June 23 (Finland) - and not on June 4th, as announced earlier.

The tracklisting for the limited 2DVD + 2CD version is as follows:

DVD 1: Live at The Oulu Club:
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity
10. Elegy Medley (Against Widows / Cares / On Rich And Poor)
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. Sky Is Mine
13. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
14. Sign From The Northside
15. House Of Sleep
16. My Kantele

DVD 2: Live at Summer Breeze Open Air 2009
01. Leaves Scar
02. Towards And Against
03. From The Heaven Of My Heart
04. Against Widows
05. The Castaway
06. Sampo
07. Silver Bride
08. Alone
09. The Smoke
10. My Kantele
11. House Of Sleep
12. Magic And Mayhem

Bonus Material:

- Tales From The 20 Years (documentary)
- Photo gallery
- Video clips:
01. Black Winter Day
02. My Kantele
03. Against Widows
04. Divinity
05. Alone
06. Evil Inside
07. House Of Sleep
08. The Smoke
09. Silent Waters
10. Silver Bride
11. From The Heaven Of My Heart
12. My Kantele (Jyrki TV show, 1996)
13. Amorphis interview (JYRKI TV show, 1996)

CD 1:
01. Silver Bride
02. Sampo
03. Towards And Against
04. The Castaway
05. Smithereens / The Smoke
06. Majestic Beast
07. Alone
08. Silent Waters
09. Divinity

CD 2:
01. Elegy Medley (Against Widows / Cares / On Rich And Poor)
02. From The Heaven Of My Heart
03. Sky Is Mine
04. Magic And Mayhem / Black Winter Day
05. Sign From The Northside
06. House Of Sleep
07. My Kantele

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Amorphis

Dark Tranquillity have announced a Latin American tour, scheduled for June this year. The band comments: "We're very excited to finally return and perform for some of the most devoted DT fans on earth and are looking forward to visiting no less than three new countries for the first time: Peru, Uruguay and Brazil."

The full tour schedule is as follows:

June 03 - Mexico city, Mexico - Circo Volador
June 04 - Puebla, Mexico - Salon JP de Puebla
June 05 - Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metropol*
June 06 - Caracas, Venezuela - CECIM**
June 08 - Lima, Peru - Voce
June 09 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
June 10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
June 11 - Monte Video, Uruguay - Complejo Troya
June 12 - São Paolo, Brazil - TBA
June 13 - Curitiba, Brazil - TBA

* With Hirax
** With Cynic

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Source:	darktranquillity.com
Band profile:	Dark Tranquillity
Event:	Dark Tranquillity

Canadian metallers Blinded By Faith have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Blinded by Faith is proud to announce that Michaël Beaudoin is now the new bassist. You will have the opportunity to see Michaël in action at our show on Saturday, April 17 in Drummondville."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Blinded By Faith

Greek metallers Septicflesh have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"The band is frantically working on the details of the songs that will appear in the successor album of Communion. The recording process is scheduled to start on the middle of this Summer at their own newly build Devasoundz studios in Athens. Again the Orchestra will be recorded in Prague.

This time, the band's effort to expand its dark and dreamy sound-scapes will be aided by famous producer Peter Tagtgren (Amon Amarth, Marduk, Therion, Children Of Bodom, Celtic Frost, Immortal, etc)."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Septicflesh

MetalSucks.net is teaming up with Metal Blade Records and The Ocean to exclusively stream Heliocentric in its entirety on Thursday, April 8th through Friday, April 9th (lasting through 11:59pm EDT). Head over here to stream the album.

The Ocean is releasing two albums in 2010 - the first being Heliocentric, which streets on April 13th, and the second being Anthropocentric, due out in autumn 2010. The concept at the base of both albums is a critique of Christianity from different philosophical and personal angles.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	The Ocean

Based On A True Story, the forthcoming album from US metallers Sick Of It All, is available for streaming online in its entirety at the band's MySpace page.

Based On A True Story is scheduled for release on April 19 in Europe (April 20 in North America) via Century Media Records.

Based On A True Story cover art] tracklist:

01. Death Or Jail
02. The Divide
03. Dominated
04. A Month Of Sundays
05. Braveheart
06. Bent Outta Shape
07. Lowest Common Denominator
08. Good Cop
09. Lifeline
10. Watch It Burn
11. Waiting For The Day
12. Long As She's Standing
13. Nobody Rules
14. Dirty Money


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Source:

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US progressive metallers Redemption are forced to cancel their European tour. Guitarist Nick van Dyk explains:

"I am sorry to say that we are faced with the reality of having to cancel Redemption's intended European shows the summer.

Part of our unique sound comes from our vocalist, Ray Alder of Fates Warning. As a long-time fan of Fates myself, I have always maintained that Redemption would not interfere with Ray's commitment to Fates, and we have worked very carefully and diligently since Ray joined Redemption in 2005 to ensure that both bands would be able to record and perform without conflict.

We intended to play several shows in several countries this summer in support of our new CD, Snowfall on Judgment Day. Our management and local promoters in Europe worked hard to line up some great shows that we were very much looking forward to playing. Originally, there was no conflict, even when Fates announced some special shows and festivals to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their fantastic Parallels CD.

However, some additional shows were then added on Fates' schedule. We intended to carry on and simply reschedule some of our dates, shortening the tour to ensure that there would not be a conflict. Again, our management and local promoters worked hard to ensure we'd be able to do this. It became economically more difficult, but Redemption was prepared to accept that since we really wanted to play for our fans in Europe. As of a week ago, we still intended to move forward.

However, after considering it, Ray determine that the schedule -- which would have involved him performing headline sets with us, then taking a very long flight, having only a brief time to recover before performing headline sets with Fates, then having to fly back to Europe and perform again -- is simply too much to take on. There's just no way to do it while performing at the level that I know Ray wants to.

So I'm left with the unfortunate reality that we're not going to be able to play Europe this summer. Please understand we've done everything we can to find a solution -- but none were available to us. We look forward to coming to Europe at another time, and thank you for your interest and support."

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Source:	redemptionweb.com
Band profile:	Redemption

Official press release

The Time Machine Tour is an evening with Rush, where they will perform their classics, give a taste of the future - and for the first time ever - feature the Moving Pictures album live in its entirety.

The band is currently working on their 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (co-producer from 2007's Snakes & Arrows) and in addition to their classics plan to showcase a few new tunes live this summer.

"We were off for a year and a half, and now it's just pouring. Everything is totally crazy and there's not a minute left in the day. We've got these half-dozen songs, and we'll probably go in the studio and work on a couple of them and see how it goes, perhaps release something - and I say perhaps - and then we plan on being on the road," says guitarist, Alex Lifeson.

This summer's Live Nation promoted tour will visit approximately 40 cities throughout North America beginning June 29th in Albuquerque, NM and finishing October 2nd in West Palm Beach, FL with stops along the way in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Holmdel, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, and more along the way.

Jun. 29 - The Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 01 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, MO
Jul. 02 - Miller Lite Oasis on the Summerfest Grounds - Milwaukee, WI
Jul. 05 - Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island - Chicago, IL
Jul. 19 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
Jul. 21 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
Jul. 23 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY
Jul. 24 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY
Aug. 05 - USANA Amphitheatre - West Valley City, UT
Aug. 07 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, WA
Aug. 09 - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View - Mountain View, CA
Aug. 11 - The Forum - Inglewood - Inglewood, CA
Aug. 13 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine, CA
Aug. 14 - MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas, NV
Aug. 16 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
Aug. 20 - INTRUST Bank Arena - Wichita, KS
Aug. 22 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis - Maryland Heights, MO
Aug. 25 - Qwest Center Omaha - Omaha, NE
Aug. 27 - Minnesota State Fair - St. Paul, MN
Aug. 29 - Nationwide Arena - Columbus, OH
Aug. 31 - Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand - Allentown, PA
Sep. 02 - New York State Fair Grandstand - Syracuse, NY
Sep. 03 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
Sep. 14 - TD Garden - Boston, MA
Sep. 16 - Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh, PA

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Source:	rush.com
Band profile:	Rush
Event:	Rush: Time Machine Tour