Iran's Postmortem is releasing his first full-length. The new album is called "Out Of The Sight In Empyreal". The album was recorded at his home studio.

The tracklisting is as follows:

01. The Locution From Ascendency Of Vale
02. Emit Inner Ideal
03. Wrongdoer Is Not My Chosen
04. When The Clouds Will Pass Into Oblivion
05. Back Pressure In Deepness Identity

Some tracks will be available for free download pretty soon, so keep checking the site http://www.postmortem-band.tk.

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postmortem-band.tk

Loits is glad to announce a home video contest.

You can choose any of Loits' singles to make your home video and the band makes no restrictions to your imagination or your artistic visions. Just feel free to use any you like. Anyone can participate at the contest and the band is glad to give you some advice if needed. The winner will be chosen by the band itself. The winning video will be present on Loits' DVD which is going to be released on September 5th 2008.

Loits will award the winner with ten brand-new DVDs and Lasering music store certificate for 2 500 EEK (160 EUR).

See Delfi for detailed information. The contest ends on May 30th 2008. The winner(s) will be announced at the latest on June 2nd 2008.

So get ready and start filming!
http://video.delfi.ee/contests

Source: Nailboard newsletter

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Band profile:

Loits

The following dates have been officially announced for "The Metal Masters Tour," which will feature Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, Motörhead and Testament:

August 6 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion
August 9 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 10 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach
August 13 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
August 16 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion
August 18 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 22 - Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Amphitheatre
August 23 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 24 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 27 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion
August 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion
August 30 - San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion
August 31 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre

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Source:	billboard.com
Band profile:	Judas Priest
Event:	The Metal Masters Tour

Swedish metallers Siebenbürgen have finalized the track listing of their new album, entitled "Revelation VI".
The album will be release on May 30 via Massacre Records. It was recorded at Studio 301 in Stockholm and Sonic Train in Varberg. Also the CD will feature 12 tracks plus one bonus track for the limited edition digi-pack.

"Revelation VI" cover] tracklisting:

01. Awaken
02. Rebirth Of The Nameless
03. Infernaliia
04. Revelation VI
05. Grimheim
06. After The Wolf (Do Dead Men Follow)
07. S.I.N.
08. The Oaken Throne
09. The Soulless
10. Enter Omega
11. In Sanctum
12. Fire Leaps High
13. At The End Of Twilight

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Siebenbürgen

To get a taste of what awaits for you within "Nostradamus", go to http://www.epicrecords.com/judaspriest/ today to download exclusive free mp3 of the album's title track, as well as view the world premiere of the album cover art.

"Nostradamus" track listing:

01. Dawn of Creation *
02. Prophecy
03. Awakening *
04. Revelations
05. The Four Horsemen *
06. War
07. Sands of Time *
08. Pestilence And Plague
09. Death
10. Peace *
11. Conquest
12. Lost Love
13. Persecution
14. Solitude *
15. Exiled
16. Alone
17. Shadows In the Flame *
18. Visions
19. Hope *
20. New Beginnings
21. Calm Before the Storm *
22. Nostradamus
23. Future Of Mankind

* Intro pieces of music/interludes going into the main track

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Source:	epicrecords.com
Band profile:	Judas Priest

Sinister has posted the following update regarding the release of a new compilation album:

"Goregiastic Records is very proud to announce the upcoming release of Sinister's "The Blood Past" CD featuring a complete collection of all the early, long-time out-of-print band material released during the 1990-1992 period. This magnificent release will include their 2 EP's from 1990, the 1990 and 1991 demos, the split EP with Monastery from 1991 plus special bonus tracks! As that was not enough, the release will be packed with a comprehensive booklet including all the ep's and demo covers, tons of pics, liner notes, recordings info and more!

Expect a masterful cover artwork by none other than cult underground artist Chris Moyen (Incantation, Blasphemy, Vital Remains, Mortician, Sarcofago, etc) that is sure to capture the true essence of the early band stages and then translate into artwork!"

The compilation has a tentative release date of mid-2008.

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Source:	sinister-hailthebeast.com
Band profile:	Sinister

Swedish metal band Skyfire have posted following at their official myspace page:

"Swedish progressive death metallers Skyfire have set "Esoteric" as the title of their fourth album, due this fall via Pivotal Rockordings. The cover art, which can only be described as "epic," was created by Pär Olofsson, who has previously worked with Brain Drill, Psycroptic, Spawn Of Posession, and Persuader.

The recording process for Esoteric is nearing completion at Powernest Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. Studio blogs can be viewed at Revolution-Music.dk.

The follow-up to 2004's "Spectral", Esoteric is scheduled to be mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry) at Black Lounge Studios..."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Skyfire

Pontus Norgren from The Poodles will be replacing Stefan Elmgren, who left Hammerfall in early April to focus on his new career as a pilot. "Pontus is a fantastic guitar player with musical roots in Accept and neo-classical metal," commented Hammerfall drummer Anders Johansson. "I have known him for many years. I know how he works as a musician and as a person."

"I like Hammerfall. I think they have amazing stage shows and I like their songs, so when I heard they were looking for a guitar player I thought I'd give it a try." says Pontus. "Playing in The Poodles has been a wonderful experience in many ways, but I have always liked a little heavier music and have felt at times that this wasn't the right kind of forum for the music I'd most like to play. It's simply time to move on."

"Replacing Stefan is not easy; he has a very characteristic way of playing and is a great guitarist." Explains singer Joacim Cans, "But Pontus will add a different style than Stefan since they are two quite different persons. I'm looking forward to see how we will mesh as a band during the coming months!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	HammerFall

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill has posted some updates on the band's website:

Forgive me father it's been months since my last confession...

I have been lazy, accept my apologies. It's about time I posted a new message on the site and let you all know whats happening on Planet Satan.

The gigs have now started coming a few every couple of weeks. The Ragnarok Festival in Lichtenfels was a triumph for us, our first show in Germany for the new album and nearly 5000 people there to give praise to the Old Gods. We also shot a dvd, it remains to be seen whether we can use it but this is something we are going to be looking at over the coming months. Tomahawk festival the following day in Osnabruck was not quite the success of the previous day and we arrived very late due to a day when everything that could go wrong did !. The show was excellent and we played possibly the best we have done since the album came out but it seems like quite a few of you thought we had cancelled and headed home after Turisas. Next time

We returned to Greece last weekend and it was indeed glorious. I am going to write a full tour report about the weekends mayhem very soon but suffice is to say we had twice as many people almost then we did when we played for Gathering. Our friends in Mael Mórdha went down a storm and both Agnes Vein in Thessaloniki and Dead Congregation in Athens were both excellent.

The less said perhaps about our show in Katowice, Poland the better. While not being "bad" although thats a relative term we returned home chastened and with hopefully a little the wiser. Playing before noon simply sucks and especially when you are before Immolation!.

We have a break now but Sweden Rock looms large. It's going to be very interesting !. I'll tell you how David Coverdale and I get on swopping vocal tips.

Our Wacken stage time was announced to admittedly some disappointment. 11 am on one of the bigger stages on Friday. We had hoped for a later slot but that's the way the dice rolls in Wacken and it's not like it was back in 98 when we first played where the first bands played to literally less then 1000 people. it should be packed, but there is something disconcerting about putting on the greasepaint at 10 am. With a bit of luck I can sit drinking with Watain stinking out the backstage from noon on !. Stinking up the day.

The picture disc of TTND is going to be out through Metal Blade next month so keep an eye out for it on their e-store and in shops. It looks amazing and will look very nice on my wall beside Twilight of the Gods thank you very much !.

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Source:	primordialweb.com
Band profile:	Primordial

Available now through Nuclear Blast mailorder is Slayer's "Live Undead"/"Haunting The Chapel" (from 1985 and 1984, respectively) as a high quality, numbered new edition, perfectly matching the cover artwork in blue splatter vinyl. The vinyl reissue is limited to 500 pieces.

The tracklist is as follows:

Side A - Live Undead:

01. Black Magic
02. Die By The Sword
03. Captor Of Sin
04. The Antichrist
05. Evil Has No Boundaries
06. Show No Mercy
07. Aggressive Perfector

Side B - Haunting The Chapel EP:

01. Chemical Warfare
02. Captor Of Sin
03. Haunting The Chapel
04. Aggressive Perfector

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Slayer

Metallica has established a mini-site to promote the group's forthcoming studio effort. "Mission Metallica" will go live in May for the sole purpose of giving the fans a chance to "experience the new album before it's done."

Check it out at missionmetallica.com.

The band has been hard at 'work' recording the as-yet-untitled, long-awaited new album in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin. Motor-mouth Napster-hater Lars Ulrich recently announced that the group's follow-up to 2003's "St Anger" will be released this September.

While speaking with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson on Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, Ulrich said, "We're just finishing up a record, we've got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that's the idea right now." He embellishes further, saying, "I like what I've heard so far. I'm not one of the great sellers of 'the new record's the best thing we've ever done and it shits all over the last record and it's way heavier'. I'm not a great believer in all that horseshit." To finish up, he adds a classic Lars statement that could easily have been taken from the St. Anger period; "I like it and I'm one of Metallica's harshest critics. So far it feels pretty good but there's still plenty of time to fuck it up, so let's see what happens."

Lars told Revolver magazine that the group's new material "is certainly a lot more dynamic and a lot more varied than the last couple of go-rounds," adding, "There's a lot of light and shade in these songs. There's heavy, fast, nutty stuff, and then there's some slowdowns and musical interludes." Ulrich also said that the album has more in common with some of the group's '80s releases than more recent offerings like "St. Anger" and "Load".
Ulrich wouldn't agree that the yet-to-be-titled disc is a total return to their thrashed up 'widdley-widdley leads' past, saying, "I hate to be that specific, because six months from now people are gonna go, 'What the fuck? Lars lied to us!' But it feels that way to me. It's been no secret that Rick suggested to us that we use a couple of those records as reference points ? that we spend some time kind of accessing that headspace. So when we would come to forks in the road, sometimes the exercise became, 'What would we have done at this point in 1985?"

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Source:	metallicabb.com
Band profile:	Metallica

You can check out two new tracks from Italian grinders Cripple Bastards online over at their official MySpace page. The tracks come off their forthcoming new album "Variante Alla Morte".

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Cripple Bastards

Due to the recent amendments of the entertainment visa requirements set by the Australian Immigration Department, Mayhem will not be able to get their visas approved in time for their scheduled Australian and NZ tour dates. As a result, tour promoter Just Say Rock in conjunction with Mayhem, have decided to postpone the tour to later this year.

All parties are now working on new dates for the Mayhem tour. The new dates will be released ASAP.

Any patron wishing to obtain a refund for their current ticket can do so by returning it to the point of sale to get the face value refunded. However, tickets will still be good for the rescheduled show.

Source:	metalobsession.net
Band profile:	Mayhem

After Washington's Metal Church split with their guitarist, Jay Reynolds, two months ago, they have recently announced the following:

"After much consideration and many qualified applicants we have come to a decision on a new guitar player. We have chosen Rick Van Zandt. Rick is a very gifted player who spent many years in the Seattle metal scene in bands like The End, Rottweiller and the Ronny Munroe Band. Some of Rick's influences are Steve Vai, Richie Blackmore and Eddie Van Halen.

Rick brings a whole new level of playing to Metal Church and we are all glad to have him and we are sure you, the fans will be as well. Get ready for some shredding! The new album really kicks some metal ass, every band says that but we mean it!!"

Metal Church are in the final stage of honing and fine-tuning their new album, "This Present Wasteland," which is scheduled for a fall release through SPV.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Metal Church

According to Japanese newspapers report, Loudness drummer Munetaka Higuchi was diagnosed with liver cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) earlier this month. He is still in hospital, where he has been undergoing radiotherapy for HCC. Loudness are going to play the scheduled 3 gigs with a replacement drummer, whose name hasn't been revealed yet. After those gigs the band are going to be put on hold indefinitely until Munetaka gets full strength back.

An official statement from the band's management can be found in the official Loudness website, though it is written in Japanese.

Source:	takasaki.net
Band profile:	Loudness