"Warriors Of Time", the new video from US metallers Black Tide, has been made available online.

"Warriors Of Time" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Light From Above", which was released last year via Interscope Records.


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Black Tide

Wacken Open Air, believed to be the biggest Heavy Metal open air festival in the world, is only one more month away. The festival has been sold out for many months now... but so what?

For everyone who had already given up hope for this year's Wacken Festival, here comes your salvation: Wacken Online Live Stream is back! 40 hours of live streaming and broadcasts are waiting for you from all of the stages: True Stage, Black Stage, Party Stage, and W.E.T. Stage! The whole thing is provided in amazing quality, so that even online you can get your mosh pit money's worth.
If you don't want to miss out, you need to get your online tickets quickly - moshers who get their orders in early will pay even less: anyone who orders their ticket by July 15 will pay just ?10.90 for all 3 days (after July 15th it will cost ?15.90).

The live stream line up will be announced very soon.

Get your tickets through Eventim at this location.

Please note: in order to enjoy the live stream at http://rockalarm.com/wacken2009, you will have to activate your personal ticketcode that is printed on the ticket you need to purchase. Activation will be possible from July 30th on http://rockalarm.com/wacken2009. You will be provided with full and detailed information shortly.

System requirements: Broadband connection with 1024kbit/s downstream OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.x Webbrowser: Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 or higher, Safari (Mac) 3 or higher Flash-browser plugin 9.0.124.0 or higher

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Source:	rockalarm.com
Event:	Wacken Open Air 2009

"Keelhauled", the new video from Alestorm, has been released. The track for the video comes off the groups recently released album "Black Sails at Midnight".


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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Alestorm

Canadian legends Voivod have just put their new album "Infini" (released June 12th) online as a stream. You can listen to the complete album - which is late guitarist's Denis "Piggy" D'Amours legacy - right here.

"Infini" cover art] tracklist:

01. God Phones
02. From The Cave
03. Earthache
04. Global Warning
05. A Room With A View
06. Destroy After Reading
07. Treasure Chase
08. Krap Radio
09. In Orbit
10. Deathproof
11. Pyramidome
12. Morpheus
13. Volcano

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Voivod

E1 Music announces the addition of Canada's Kittie to its heavy metal roster. Under this worldwide deal, Kittie will release three albums for the label.
Kittie (Morgan Lander - vocals and guitar, Mercedes Lander - drums, Tara McLeod - guitar, and Ivy Vujic - bass guitar) have released four studio albums during its career which have sold collectively over 1,250,000 copies. The band's new album, "In The Black", is slated for release on September 15, 2009. Some new songs on the album are "Cut Throat, "Sorrow I Know" and "My Plague."

Kittie vocalist Morgan Lander says: "We are totally thrilled and honored to be working with Scott Givens and to now be part of the E1 family. We have been hard at work for the past few months perfecting our latest musical offering and are pleased with the final result of "In The Black". It is everything that Kittie is supposed to be: heavy, fast, brash and nasty, yet at times introspective, feminine and emotional. One thing it is not, however, is compromising of the sound and style that we have come to be known for. This shit is HEAVY! Our new label pairing with E1 will actualize the vision that we have held constant over the years for the band."

E1 Music VP of Metal Scott Givens adds, "As a band, Kittie truly is a one of a kind powerhouse. I know I speak for everyone at E1 Music when I say how excited we are to be working with them and launching "In The Black" to the masses."

Currently the band is working on Fall tour plans and will be shooting two videos during the month of July.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Kittie

Guitarist Giulio Moschini of Italian brutal death metal band Hour Of Penance has posted the following update:

"After an almost three-years long hiatus, Hour Of Penance welcomes back the former guitarist and founder Enrico, who apparently got tired of the cold and dark Norwegian life... The band is now back as a quintet and will perform for the first time with the renowned line-up at the Armageddon In The Park Festival on August 1st. Join us there!"

Line up now is :

Giulio Moschini - guitars
Enrico Schettino - guitars
Mauro Mercurio - Drums
Silvano Leone - Bass
Francesco Paoli - Vocals

Soon more info about the new album to come.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hour Of Penance

According to several webstores, the tracklist of Leaves' Eyes upcoming new album "Njord" will look as follows:

01. Njord
02. My Destiny
03. Emerald Island
04. Take The Devil In Me
05. Scarborough Fair
06. Through Our Veins
07. Irish Rain
08. Northbound
09. Ragnarok
10. Morgenland
11. The Holy Bond
12. Forya's Theme
13. Landscape Of The Dead
14. Les Champs De Lavande

The Leaves' Eyes album "Njord" will be released August 28th 2009, the EP "My Destiny" will be already out July 24th 2009. A picture of the cover art can be found here.

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Source:	swedenrock-online.se
Band profile:	Leaves' Eyes

The following news has been posted on the official site of Arjen Anthony Lucassen:

"We're happy to finally announce the European release dates and details of the forthcoming album from Arjen's new project, Guilt Machine! The album, titled "On This Perfect Day," will be released by Mascot records on the following dates:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland: 28 August
Europe: 31 August
USA: Date still pending

The art for the cover (pictured above) and booklet was created by Christophe Dessaigne, a talented new artist whom we discovered (quite by chance) while browsing Flickr. Coincidentally, it turned out that Chris is an Ayreon fan, and was thrilled beyond belief when we asked him to do the artwork. The Guilt Machine logo and packaging layout were created by Thomas Ewerhard.

On This Perfect Day will be released in 3 different editions:

Limited Edition 32-page Digibook (CD + DVD)
Special Edition Digipack 24-page booklet (CD + DVD)
Regular Edition jewel case, 24-page booklet (CD only)

Track List:

CD (all editions):
1] Twisted Coil (11:43)
2] Leland Street (8:03)
3] Green and Cream (10:32)
4] Season of Denial (10:22)
5] Over (6:11)
6] Perfection? (10:46)

DVD (Limited and Special editions only):

Audio Bonus Tracks:
1] The Stranger Song (L. Cohen) - vocals Jasper (4:53)
2] Michelangelo (J. Campbell) - vocals Arjen (3:23)
3] Fan Messages (8:14)
4] Perfection? - guide vocals Arjen (9:37)
5] Twisted Coil - radio edit (4:17)
6] Pull me out of the Dark - radio edit (Green and Cream) (3:36)
7] Over - radio edit (3:56)

Video:
1] Trailer "On this Perfect Day" (4:33)
2] Making of the Trailer (3:44)
3] Interview with Guilt Machine (40:03)

Guilt Machine:
Arjen Lucassen: instruments, backing vocals
Jasper Steverlinck (Arid): vocals
Chris Maitland (ex Porcupine Tree): drums
Lori Linstruth (ex Stream Of Passion): lead guitar

Next week's newsletter will contain pre-order information and.... links to the first audio samples, so stay tuned!"

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Source:	ayreon.com
Band profile:	Guilt Machine

The following update was issued on Nuclear Blast's website:

"Ashmedi and Moloch are locked up in Sulphonic recording studio in Rotterdam working on demos for the follow up to "Emissaries", the 5th Melechesh album and first for Nuclear Blast Records.

The band are aiming to keep the album Multi dimensional when it comes to the atmosphere of the songs, one of the new elements will be a couple of songs written and recorded entirely with 12 strings electric guitars.

Ashmedi will then head to Istanbul where he will meet prominent musicians there so as to explore the eastern musical traditions of the city."

Commented Ashmedi: "Istanbul is a place where Eastern and Western Music have been perfectly interwoven for decades, and it is a great place to absorb musically and spiritually as Istanbul also has a very fascinating occult side to it as well!"

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Melechesh

Portuguese atmospheric metal/rock outfit Factory Of Dreams are currently completing the recordings for the new album "A Strange Utopia", after the successful debut "Poles". For this new album, the band have released a new single called "The Weight of the World".

Now, First Edition Pictures, ProgRock Records and Factory of Dreams are proud to present "The Weight of the World" - videoclip. The video is produced by Hugo Flores, directed by Emil Jonsvik and promoted by Factory of Dreams and ProgRockRecords.

Also, visit this link to download the DVD quality version of the clip or to follow every development of the new album, with videos from some recording sessions too.

Factory of Dreams is described as an incursion into a world of Progressive, Gothic and Electronic music.

Factory of Dreams is:

Hugo Flores - Music, sounds, production
Jessica Lehto - All vocals and vocal arrangements

All info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/projectcreation.

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Source:

myspace.com

New York death metal veterans Immolation have signed a worldwide, multi-album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, who will release the band's upcoming eighth studio album in early 2010.

Commented the band: "We are looking forward to working with Nuclear Blast, a classic label that has become one of the largest driving forces in metal today. We intend to have a new album out for early next year. Expect the new one to have some of the most dark and intense music we've ever put together!"

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Immolation

The scheduled October Australian/New Zealand tour of Florida death metallers Deicide has unfortunately been cancelled. Soundworks Touring & Deicide deeply apologise for any inconveniences and disappointments to fans. In a statement released by lead man Glen Benton: "We are currently working on the new album and will be recording during the time frame of said tour... on behalf of the band and myself we are sorry for any inconvenience and will reschedule the tour for another time frame as soon as we can."

Purchased tickets can be returned from point of purchase for a full refund.

The Australian/New Zealand tour, set to take place in April 2009, was announced at the end of December 2008. In March, the scheduled April Australian/New Zealand tour were first postponed and later rescheduled to October.

Source:	killyourstereo.com
Band profile:	Deicide
Event:	Deicide: Australian/New Zealand Tour [CANCELLED]

"Rise Of The Shadows", a brand new track from ChthoniC's latest full-length album "Mirror of Retribution" is now available for streaming on the Spinefarm UK MySpace, as well as ChthoniC's official MySpace page.

ChthoniC's profile in MyeBook has gotten over 25,000 views in a very short time, and there is a live video of the band performing "Rise of the Shadows" currently on YouTube.

"Mirror Of Retribution" is set for a September 1 release in the US via Spinefarm Records. The record was produced and engineered by Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano. ChthoniC have also released an image from their album cover art here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Chthonic

For the very first time, and exclusively to downloadfestival.co.uk, the Download Festival is giving fans the opportunity to relive performances from the event, 'On Demand' for the next three months. Featuring 15 artists, including all three headliners, a massive 38 full songs will be available.

As the most successful event in the history of the Download Festival both onsite and online, with over 2.3 million live streams served on the official website in three days, event organisers are thrilled to be offering more than ever before. Live Nation are, for the very first time, able to show performances from the event for a limited period starting at 9:00am on Friday 26 June.

Featuring the debut festival performance in more than 11 years for Faith No More, the return of Limp Bizkit, plus rousing performances from Def Leppard, Slipknot, Korn and Pendulum, all these and more can be relived via the award-winning official Download Festival website.

The Download Festival 2009, saw a capacity 80,000 audience watch the bands live onsite and 304,000 unique viewers tune in to the live webcast. Now Download festival will reach its widest audience yet as the brand new 'On Demand' service goes live next week.

"This has become a truly remarkable year for the Download Festival, we rolled out our most successful live stream of the event and we are now able to provide our first ever On Demand service. We worked closely with the bands and management to achieve this and look forward to developing this relationship further." - Mark Yovich, EVP & GM International Digital, Live Nation.

A full review of this year's Download Festival can be found at the following locations:

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/

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Source:	downloadfestival.co.uk
Event:	Download Festival 2009

Original news, posted on 15.05.2009

Season Of Mist press release

Ghost Brigade took the world by surprise when their debut album "Guided By Fire" was received with raving reviews in autumn of 2007. Stimulated by this success, the Finns will be back in the shops this year, with a new delivery of their original blend of Post-Rock, Metalcore, Progressive Rock, Death and Doom Metal.

Their sophomore album is entitled "Isolation Songs", and will be released on August 3rd in Europe (August 25th in the US) through Season Of Mist Records.

"We are collectively very proud of this record", guitarist Wille comments. "It was a lot of work to get this album done, it took almost two years to write these songs, but now that it's 100% ready I can only say that I feel privileged to be a member of Ghost Brigade. I have a strong feeling we have created something very special with 'Isolation Songs' and it is by far my personal favorite of all recordings I've ever been a part of. I hope people will enjoy these songs as much as we do once they get the chance to hear them. If only August was here already! Be safe!"

More news soon!

UPDATE

Ghost Brigade's sophomore album "Isolation Songs" is due to be released on next August 3rd - August 25th in the US. Here are the artwork and tracklisting of that second effort which is - according to a Season Of Mist press release - exactly that much heavier, gloomier, more extreme, varied and dynamic as it should be...

01. Suffocated
02. My Heart Is A Tomb
03. Into The Black Light
04. Lost In A Loop
05. 22:22 - Nihil
06. Architect Of New Beginnings
07. Birth
08. Concealed Revulsions
09. Secrets Of The Earth
10. A Storm Inside
11. Liar

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ghost Brigade