Behemoth have issued the following text on their official Myspace page:

"The band has just been officially confirmed for the USA Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour which is scheduled to kick off July 10 in Sacramento, California. The headlining bands of this tour are Slayer and Marilyn Manson. The other confirmed bands are Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Job For A Cowboy.

Behemoth will also play with Slayer on their 3-week pre-Mayhem Festival tour. That tour will include a dates in "B-markets" - smaller cities which the Mayhem Festival will not reach. We will update you with the dates and more information real soon.

Nergal's comments about Behemoth being part of this prestigious tour: "I cannot find words to express the enthusiasm that literally blows us up! It's a great ennoblement to be accompanied by Slayer and Marilyn Manson. This is the best reward that we could ever get after a dozen of years of hard work and wandering in various venues all over the world. I can promise that Behemoth will be at its best. We will play a cross-sectional set with some new material included!"

The dates are as follows:

Jul. 10 - Sacramento, CA
Jul. 11 - San Francisco, CA
Jul. 12 - San Bernardino, CA
Jul. 14 - Seattle, WA
Jul. 17 - Phoenix, AZ
Jul. 18 - Albuquerque, NM
Jul. 19 - Denver, CO
Jul. 21 - Kansas City
Jul. 22 - St. Louis, MO
Jul. 24 - Atlanta, GA
Jul. 25 - Indianapolis, IN
Jul. 26 - Chicago, IL
Jul. 28 - Toronto, ON
Jul. 29 - Scranton, PA
Jul. 31 - Cleveland, OH
Aug. 01 - Pittsburgh, PA
Aug. 02 - Detroit, MI
Aug. 04 - Boston, MA
Aug. 06 - Virginia Beach, VA
Aug. 07 - Camden, NJ
Aug. 08 - Hartford, CT
Aug. 09 - Washington, DC
Aug. 11 - Tampa, FL
Aug. 12 - West Palm Beach, FL
Aug. 14 - Dallas, TX
Aug. 15 - Houston, TX
Aug. 16 - San Antonio, TX

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Behemoth
Event:	Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2009

UK metallers Motörhead have announced that they will embark on a tour through the UK in November.

Tour dates are as follows:

November 11 - Plymouth @ Pavillion
November 12 - Bristol @ Colston Hall
November 13 - Newport @ Centre
November 15 - Swindon @ Oasis
November 16 - Nottingham @ Royal Concert Hall
November 17 - Newcastle, @ City Hall
November 19 - Glasgow @ Academy
November 20 - Leeds @ Academy
November 21 - Manchester @ Apollo
November 23 - Cambridge @ Corn Exchange
November 24 - Southend @ Cliffs Pavilion
November 25 - Portsmouth @ Guildhall
November 27 - Bournemouth @ Solent Hall
November 28 - London @ HMV Apollo Hammersmith
November 29 - Wolverhampton @ Civic Hall

Tickets are priced at £25 regional/£30 London and can be booked through www.livenation.co.uk.

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Source:	imotorhead.com
Band profile:	Motörhead
Event:	Motörhead: UK Tour

Danish metallers Anubis Gate have posted online two new songs, "Yiri" and "Find A Way Or Make One", on their MySpace page.

The two new songs come off the Anubis Gate new album, entitled "The Detached" cover artwork], which will be released on February 27 via Locomotive Records.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Anubis Gate

"Throes Of Perdition", the new video from US metallers Trivium, has been made available online.

"Throes Of Perdition" comes off the band's latest album, "Shogun", which was released in North America on September 30, 2008 via Roadrunner Records.


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Source:	vids.myspace.com
Band profile:	Trivium

Chicago metal act Kastasyde has announced plans for a 3-week U.S. tour which will begin in late February. The following dates have been released so far:

Feb. 20 - Tornado's - Cedar Rapids, IA
Feb. 22 - The Cork Club - Fort Collins, CO
Feb. 23 - Cervantes - Denver, CO
Feb. 25 - Knickerbockers - Lincoln, NE
Feb. 26 - Kathy's Pub - Rochester, MN
Feb. 27 - The Back Bar - Janesville, WI
Feb. 28 - Indian Berry's - Bay City, MI
Mar. 01 - The Ritz - Warren, MI
Mar. 02 - Birdy's - Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 05 - The Lost Horizon - Syracuse, NY
Mar. 06 - Broadway Joe's - Buffalo, NY
Mar. 07 - The Haunt - Ithaca, NY
Mar. 13 - Memories - Chicago, IL

Commented drummer Garry Naples, "We are very excited about getting out on the road next month! We will be hitting some familiar places in the Midwest as well as conquering new ground on the East Coast. Right now we're focusing on writing for the new album, as well as rehearsing the older material for the tour. We're hoping to play a couple new tracks on the tour, so that everyone can get a taste of what the new record will sound like. The shows are going to be killer, so we hope to see everyone out to jam and hang out!"

The tour will be part of AFM Entertainment's "The Indie Invasion Tour" and will also feature The 2nd System from Saginaw, Michigan.

Kastasyde recently released three new songs which can be heard here. The tracks "True Agony," "Beyond Repair," and "Trainwreck" were recorded this past summer at Studio One in Racine, WI with engineer Chris Djuric. Following the tour, the band plans to return to the studio to record their second full-length album. Kastasyde's debut full-length "Hundred Hollow Words" was released in 2005 through Open Grave Records.

All info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/kastasyde2.

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Source:	myspace.com
Event:	The Indie Invasion Tour

French metal/indus/electro metallers Techny-Call X are set to release their debut album "Evolution" through Danse Macabre Records.

According to a press release, Techny-Call X worked for two years on "Evolution" to create there sensational definition of dark electro and industrial metal. With martial rhythms, elctronc sequences and samples the apocalyptic frenchmen created a ritualistic and frightening world. The dense keyboard atmospheres and the sonoric bassvoice of the singer fulfill the visual concept. This is a call for all those who like bands as Gothminister, Ministry and Nine Inch Nails. Let's get biomechanical redesignt by these french warriors. On the album the "Evolution" of mankind into a new species half man, half machine is described. Finally everybody can realize, this happened already in our world.

Here's the "Evolution" cover artwork] tracklisting:

01. Revolution
02. Disconnected
03. Slavery
04. Delivrance
05. Erasing
06. Start The Process
07. Binary State
08. Mechanization
09. Critical Data
10. Control
11. Evolution
12. Unload

"Evolution" will be released in February. Samples are available on the Techny-Call X MySpace.

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technycallx.com

Theocracy is proud to welcome Val Allen Wood as their new lead guitarist. Commented the band: "Val is an amazing talent, and will be taking over the guitar duties along with Jon, allowing Matt to step fully into the vocalist/frontman role. The band is very excited about this development, and the new lineup will be hitting stages in the U.S. and Europe soon!"

Theocracy's latest album "Mirror Of Souls" was released on 26 November 2008.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Theocracy

Medicated, the Finnish metal band featuring ex-Imperanon guitarist/vocalist Aleksi Sihvonen, have posted their newest music video online for the song "Scream For God". The clip was was filmed in December. "Scream For God" is the opening track of the band's latest EP "Magnum For Amen", released in September last year. The whole four song EP is available for streaming online at http://www.myspace.com/medicatedd.

Formed in 2005, Medicated describes its music as "thrash/death metal with big choruses, screaming and clean vocals, hard rhythms and fast lead guitars".


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blogs.myspace.com

Maldivian metal band Nothnegal have uploaded two brand-new songs coming from their upcoming debut EP "Antidote Of Realism". Check out "Antidote of Realism" (featuring a keyboard solo from Marco Sneck (Kalmah)) and a sample from "Temptress Of Shadows" (featuring a guitar solo from Chippe of Maldivian Thrashers Serenity Dies) at this location.

The four-song EP will be released worldwide somewhere around March in all major digital stores. "Antidote Of Realism" was recorded at Shell Studio and engineered by Hilarl, Mixed by A.Kippo and mastered at Finnvox studios (Finland) by Minerva Pappi.

Recently, Nothnegal announced the addition of two new band members, no one less than drummer Kevin Talley (Dååth, ex-Chimaira, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Misery Index, ex-Dying Fetus) and also Marco Sneck will join the band as a full-time member. According to the band both the original drummer and keyboardist left Nothnegal to continue their studies.

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

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myspace.com

Attention U.S. 3 Inches Of Blood fans. The day you've been waiting for is finally coming. The first album, "Battlecry Under a Wintersun", will be released in the U.S. and re-released in Canada on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. It will be released by Sonic Unyon and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the U.S.

As a special treat for all who have waited to get it, there will be four bonus tracks included on the album that were previously unavailable outside of the UK.

Track listing:

01. Ride, Darkhorse Ride
02. Destroy The Orcs
03. Headwaters Of The River of Blood
04. Heir To The Chaos Throne
05. Skeletal Onslaught
06. Journey To The Promise land
07. Lady Deathwish
08. Curse Of The Lighthouse Keeper
09. Blazing Fires Of Evermore
10. Hall Of Heroes
11. Balls Of Ice

Bonus tracks:

12. Sunrise Over The Fjords
13. Conquerors Of The Northern Sphere
14. Onward To Valhalla
15. Tonight We Rejoice

Source:	3inchesofblood.com
Band profile:	3 Inches Of Blood

German thrashers Abandoned have posted the following message on their official MySpace page:

"Due to a general lack of time because of his day-job and stuff, Sven Vormann leaves the band. We wish him all the best and regret this decision wholeheartedly. As his successor we'd like to introduce you to Jan S. Mischon, who replaced Sven temporarily earlier on our little tour with Tankard around x-mas time 2008 and helped us out when we were playing Wacken and Earthshaker Festivals in 2005.

So Jan will be the drummer on our next CD, which we will start recording in May 2009 or so to deliver the ultimate thrash grenade by the end of the year."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Abandoned

German power metallers Domain have issued the following update:

"The final tracklist and the artwork of the upcoming Domain concept album "The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow", (Release-Date: March 13th 09) has been revealed! The artwork was done by famous Brazilian metal artwork designer Gustavo Sazes, who bridged between the traditional Domain artwork concept and the requirements of the album story. The regular albums contains 10 tracks, one more bonus track will be added to the limited edition of the album."

Tracklist "The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow":

01. Picture The Beauty
02. Sweeping Scars
03. Angel Above
04. Circle Of Give And Take
05. He Is Back
06. Inner Rage
07. Digging Their Graves
08. Haunting Sorrows
09. The Last dance
10. 12 O'Clock

Bonustrack:

11. Two Brothers & The Sinners Chess

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Domain

A few weeks ago, Týr guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen answered some questions on the official Týr forum from the fans related to the band's current studio activities:

"It will be a very simple and straight forward pure Viking Pagan Folk Metal album... well, as simple as a three way combined term like that allows for. There will be no DVD with the release. We are using a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for the guitar, that's one evil piece of machinery. We haven't gotten round to the bass yet, but we'll use some David Eden amp or an Epifani amp. The drums are combined: tom 4 is Tama, the snare is Pearl and the rest is Yamaha with Evans oil drumheads.

The album will be called: "By The Light Of The Northern Star".

The subject of the album will be the Viking age resistance against the christianization of the Faeroes. With THICK parallels to the present... and it's sounding pretty darn good so far."

Source:	tyrforum.fraendar.com
Band profile:	Týr

Irish rockers The Answer premiered exclusively through Spin.com, an MP3 for the song "Demon Eyes", the opening cut from their forthcoming second full-length album, 'Everyday Demons'.

The track is available for downloading, posting, and sharing at the following location: http://spin.com/articles/exclusive-song-answer

THE ANSWER, four lads hailing from Downpatrick in Northern Ireland have been busy fulfilling their duties as the opening act for the North American leg of AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour. The band finishes the American Leg of Black Ice in Nashville, TN on January 31st and head to New York to play The Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, February 3rd. This will be THE ANSWER's only club gig in America prior to departing for the European leg of the AC/DC World Tour.

THE ANSWER recently released Never Too Late, a four-song EP giving fans a small taste of what's to come on their US debut 'Everyday Demons', due out March 31st on THE END RECORDS in USA and March 2 on ALBERT RECORDS in Europe. The new album was recorded in summer '08 in Los Angeles with John Travis producing.

THE ANSWER was recently named one of Billboard Magazine's 15 Artists to Watch in 2009. The band appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and in December was featured in Rolling Stone's "Hot Issue" where the magazine proclaimed them "Rock Gods in Training."

THE ANSWER is:

Cormac Neeson (vocals)
Paul Mahon (guitar)
Michael Waters (bass)
James Heatley (drums)

THE ANSWER on the web:

www.theanswer.ie
www.myspace.com/theanswerrock

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Source:	redmusic.com
Band profile:	The Answer

The second annual Swedish Metal Awards 2008 were held Friday Night 23 January in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here are the winners:

Hard-Rock Category: Bullet - Bite The Bullet
Death Metal Category: In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose
Glam/Sleazy Category: Gemini Five - Sex Drugs Anarchy
Heavy/Power Metal Category: Sabaton - The Art Of War
Punk/Hardcore Category: Kid Down - I Want My Girlfriend Rich
Metal Category (Thrash, Black, Doom etc.): The Haunted - Versus
Alternative Metal Category (Modern, Nu, Progressive etc.): Evergrey - Torn
Best Newcomers Category: Dead By April
Best Video/Director Category: In Flames/Patric Ullaeus - Alias
Best Live Act Category: Sonic Syndicate
Best International Album: Metallica - Death Magnetic

A list of all the nominees can be found at this location.

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swedishmetalawards.com