Obituary have cancelled their upcoming tour with Dying Fetus, Origin, and Thy Will Be Done.

Here's a statement from the band: "We regret to inform you for reasons beyond our control we must cancel this May tour. We wanna thank everyone for their hard work and dedication for this tour and we WILL reschedule this for September 2008... look for updates."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Obituary
Event:	Obituary + Dying Fetus [POSTPONED]

The following has been annonced on the new Power Quest (PQ) website:

"As some of you may know, PQ bassist Steve Scott currently on extended vacation in New Zealand, we have decided to appoint a temporary bassist for live shows as Steve will be unable to commute for one/off shows and short tours. We are pleased to welcome Jon Hoare (Mercury Rain) into the PQ family and look forward to sharing a stage with him very soon."

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Source:	power-quest.co.uk
Band profile:	Power Quest

Southern Lord Records announced the following update on Lurker Of Chalice on their website:

The debut album from Lurker of Chalice was originally released as a numbered, limited edition cd by Southern Lord. It immediately sold out and has now become a very sought after release. This re-issue features new packaging (a digi-pack) and a bonus track that was previously only available on the limited vinyl version. For those who are discovering this darkness for the first time, here are some words we wrote in regards to the original limited edition cd release:

'With Lurker of Chalice Wrest takes a nearly gothic approach to some of his vokills. Incorporating melodies and harmonies that although just as bleak as previous works, create a unique grim atmosphere that explores the subtle dynamics of darkness unlike anything hes' done in the past. The songs are all composed and solely performed by Wrest. Some of the songs are as reminiscent of: Fields Of The Nephilim (Elizium era) and Bauhaus as they are of black metal artists like: Blut Aus Nord, Emperor, or Burzum. Indeed it still reeks of Black Metal but this material drags you through new lows that are rarely reached by nowadays orthodox black metal acts.'

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Source:	southernlord.com
Band profile:	Lurker Of Chalice

Shining posted the following news item on their MySpace:

"Shining are once again entering The Slaughterhouse on the 28th of April to start recording their 6th studio album. Rickard Bengtsson will once again produce now when his and Kvarforth's differences have been laid aside for professional reasons.

In other news, no bass-player have yet been found to fill the spot after Phil A. Cirone."

However, a short amount of time later they placed another news item saying:

"King Taking Over Phil's Bass Duties.
As we have not yet found any suitable replacement for Phil A. Cirone and the date of recording draws near we have decided to let T.C. King (Gorgoroth) take care of the bass duties on the coming album."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Shining

Long Distance Calling have been confirmed for the prestigious Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands.

"It is a great honour for us to play this visionary festival with such great bands, see you there and catch us on stage April 19th."

For details on the Roadburn Festival '08 (Celtic Frost, Isis, Cult Of Luna, Trouble, etc.), please check: http://www.roadburn.com / http://www.myspace.com/roadburnfestival

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Source:	myspace.com
Event:	Roadburn Festival

You can stream In Flames' upcoming new album "A Sense Of Purpose", in its entirety at the band's official MySpace. The ninth In Flames studio album is scheduled to be released in North America on April 1st via Koch Records. The album will hit the streets in Europe on April 4 through Nuclear Blast.

This very exclusive MySpace.com pre-listening will go on until April 2nd. All info here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	In Flames

On the Children Of Bodom website it can be read that some Japanese tour dates have been confirmed.

For all the COB fans in the US, Newbury Comics are giving you a FREE limited edition Blooddrunk Pint Glass when you pre-order the record at Newburycomics.com. It is limited to only 1000, so be sure to head over to the site before they run out. Also for all the US fans, starting March 25th, you can head over to iTunes and download the "Blooddrunk" single to rock with before Gigantour starts on April 12th!

GIGANTOUR 2008

(with Megadeth, In Flames, Job For A Cowboy and High On Fire)

Tickets to most of the shows are available at Ticketmaster

Apr. 12 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium (USA)
Apr. 13 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion (USA)
Apr. 15 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie (USA)
Apr. 16 - Corpus Christi, TX - The Pavilion @ Concrete Street (USA)
Apr. 17 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre (USA)
Apr. 19 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Gardens (USA)
Apr. 20 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle (USA)
Apr. 22 - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)
Apr. 23 - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)

Apr. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory (USA)
with In Flames & A Life Once Lost

Apr. 25 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium Downstairs (USA)
Apr. 26 - Baltimore, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (USA)
Apr. 28 - Quebec, QC - Pavilion De La Jeunesse (CAN)
Apr. 29 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre (CAN)
Apr. 30 - Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall (CAN)
May 01 - London, ON - John Labatt Centre (USA)
May 03 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre (USA)
May 04 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater (USA)

May 05 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls (USA)
COB headlining + local supports TBA

May 06 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (USA)
May 07 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom (USA)
May 09 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth (USA)
May 10 - Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Convention Centre (CAN)
May 11 - Saskatoon, SK - Saskatoon Prairieland Exhibition (CAN)
May 12 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre (CAN)
May 14 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Corral (CAN)
May 16 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum (CAN)
May 17 - Salem, OR - Salem Armory Auditorium (USA)
May 19 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Events Center (USA)
May 20 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena (USA)
May 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Long Beach Arena (USA)
May 22 - Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre (USA)

SUMMER 2008

06.06. - Sauna Open Air, Tampere (FIN)

11.06 - Vicar Street, Dublin (IRE)
12.06 - Carling Academy, Glasgow (UK)

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Source:	cobhc.com
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom

Extreme metallers Hollenthon have posted online a new video clip Link] for the song 'Son Of Perdition'.

This song comes off the band's new full-length album, entitled "Opus Magnum", which will be release on May 30th in Europe via Napalm Records (June 10th in USA). Also the CD will feature eight songs and a cover version, plus this video.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hollenthon

This just in: My Dying Bride have entered the studio to start recording for their next album. Pre-production has started last week and they gone into full studio at mode at Futureworks in Manchester, with Mags once again at the wheel.

According to guitarist Andrew Craighan, there are no song or album titles yet, but the feel of the album is, in his words "heading for empty and bleak with flashes of rage".

More as we get it.

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Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

Ex-Hate Eternal drummer Derek Roddy has left Today Is The Day due to an alleged financial dispute with band-founder Steve Austin. Replacing Derek Roddy for the group's current Total Resistance Tour is Mike Rosswog from Circle Of Dead Children.

Their current Total Resistance tour began on March 14. Here are the details from March 26 onwards:

Supporting Today Is The Day for the entire tour are SuperNova Records labelmates Complete Failure, featuring drummer Mike Rosswog (ex-Today Is The Day, Circle Of Dead Children). Also joining them in the US tour is a rotating lineup of bands, including: At All Cost, Fuck The Facts, Lair Of The Minotaur, Mouth Of The Architect, Psyopus, Rwake, S.W.W.A.A.T.S., Thine Eyes Bleed.

Supporting the band for the European Tour are Complete Failure, Jucifer and Four Question Marks.

Supernova Records will also be releasing remastered, repackaged reissues of two classic Today Is The Day titles, as well as Complete Failure's debut album, to coincide with the tour. The following are the US headlining dates only. The European Tour dates are provided further below.

US TOUR

3/26 Toronto, ON @ The Reverb

Dates with Mouth Of The Architect, Psyopus and Complete Failure
3/27 Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar

Dates with Mouth Of The Architect, Lair Of The Minotaur and Complete Failure
3/28 Warren, MI @ The Ritz
3/29 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room
3/30 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Pirate's Cove
3/31 Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn
4/1 Chicago, IL @ The Note
4/3 Columbia, MO @ Mojo's
4/4 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
4/5 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
4/6 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews

Dates with At All Cost, Complete Failure
4/7 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
4/8 Ogden, UT @ Kamikaze's
4/9 Billings, MT @ Lost World
4/10 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/11 Vancouver, BC @ The Balmoral
4/12 Portland, OR @ Ash Street Saloon
4/14 Reno, NV @ Club Underground
4/15 Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp
4/16 San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
4/17 San Francisco, CA @ Annie's Social Club
4/19 San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle
4/20 Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory (Murderfest)
4/21 Tempe, AZ @ The Stray Cat
4/24 Austin, TX @ Red 7
4/25 Dallas, TX @ Red Blood Club
4/26 Houston, TX @ Walter's On Washington w/ Kill The Client
4/27 Corpus Christi, TX @ The Compound w/ Kill The Client

Dates with Complete Failure
4/28 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon

Dates with Rwake, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. and Complete Failure
4/29 Orlando, FL @ The Haven
4/30 Tampa, FL @ The Brass Mug

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Source:

supernovarecords.net

100% Pure Aussie Heavy Metallers Lord have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"Just letting you know that we've added 27 new songs. Yep - you read right, TWENTY SEVEN new songs, all at much higher quality than the MySpace player, streaming from Lord's own webserver. If you've only heard a few songs (or even none!) or Lord, this is a great place to start as it has most of our current album Ascendence, the first 'solo' Lord album "A Personal Journey", and even a few tracks from our ultra rare live album "Live At The Metro". Look on the left side of the MySpace page in the "Sounds Like" section for the streaming audio player and start at the top for hours of Lord music!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Lord

Norway's Borknagar have checked in with the following message:

"We are happy to announce that Jens Ryland and Erik Tiwaz (aka Tyr) are back as permanent members of Borknagar, respectively on guitar and bass.

Jens Ryland was a long run member of the band and contributed on "The Archaic Course", "Quintessense" and "Empiricism" before he quit the band in 2003, due to other priorities in life. Erik Tiwaz joined the band in 2000 and participated on Empiricism as a regular member. In 2004 he quit the band due to personal reasons but contributed as a session musician on "Origin" in 2006.

Jens Ryland comments on his reunion with the band: "I'm happy to say I'm again joining the proud ranks of Borknagar, but it also feels strange as I have never really cut the string entirely. It's funny how the world turns, and age has not worn out this crew at all, on the contrary the band seems relaxed, content and more than ready for new adventures. I have had a few years with a quite different focus than music, and while it's been both natural and rewarding I could never leave the world of music entirely. There are some experiences you simply cannot get any other way than playing in a band, and what band suits me better than Borknagar? The band has a new drive now and what better timing for Tyr and myself to sign in. We're gonna conquer the world, but we will do it Borknagar- style!"

Erik Tiwaz follows up with his comment: "After many years of lurking in the shadows of the colossi that is Borknagar, I have reached the decision that it is high time that I step forward into the stagelight, to continue where I left off after our 2001 release of "Empiricism". My participation on "Origin" (2006) renewed my desire to engage actively to further the development of Borknagar. It also made me realize that this is my home base, and where I feel most comfortable contributing musically. It's an arena where we all pull in the same direction, with mutual respect and drive. Having Jens aboard the vessel once more is probably the most natural thing that could happen, and personally I am very happy to be able to work with him again. I feel that this, the "Empiricism" lineup, is Borknagar's strongest ever, and this is the consensus of the band aswell. I'd have to say though, that the time that I've been away from the band has felt more like a break than anything else, it's like I never really left. Come to think of it, I never really did, did I...?"

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Source:	borknagar.com
Band profile:	Borknagar

The following was posted on Absu's Myspace page:

"Texas-based mythological occult metal outfit Absu has announced the addition of guitarist/keyboardist Zawicizuz (ex-Rape, Pillage & Burn/Infernal Oak) to the group's ranks. He replaces Vastator who recently quit the band due to musical and personal differences. Drummer/vocalist Proscriptor says of the replacement, "We are very proud to welcome Zawicizuz as the newest musician of Absu! He is one of the best-kept secrets in the extreme Texas music environment and we are delighted to convey our next chapter of mythological occult metal with him."

Absu will enter Nomad Recording Studio in April 2008 to begin recording the self-titled CD for a tentative autumn release on Candlelight Records. The album will be engineered/produced by none other than Sterling Winfield (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Solitude Aeternus, Usurper, Blood Of The Sun, Etc.) and mastered by Proscriptor at his studio Tarot Productions.

"Absu" projected track listing: (in no particular order)

13 Globes
In The Name of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee
Between the Absu of Eridu & Erech
Night Fire Canonization
Those of the Void Will Re-Enter
Nunbarshegunu
Girra's Temple
Magick Square Cipher
Ye Uttuku Spells
Amy
?Of the Dead Who Never Rest In Their Tombs Are the Attendance Of Familiar Spirits?
(Including:)
a.) Diversified Signs Inscribed
b.) Voor
c.) Sceptre Command
d.) Twix Yesterday, the Day & the Morrow
e.) Our Earth of Black

Proscriptor adds: "Lyrically, I am concentrating more on Sumerian-based occult themes of magick and mythology versus the Celtic aspect of my previous writings, which was heavily expressed on the last few Absu studio albums. Musically speaking, the material will be quite similar to "Tara", but with more of a '70s progressive/ psychedelic texture within it. You will not be disappointed ? trust me. I will be utilizing the first logo created by Equitant and Belgian artist Kris Verwimp will handle the cover illustration once again. In other news, I am also pleased to announce the following guest musicians that will appear on the album: Ashmedi (Melechesh), Jex Thoth (Jex Thoth/ex-Totem), Mindwalker (The Firstborn), Nornagest (Enthroned), Sataniac (Desaster), Vorskaath (Zemial)."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Absu

San Francisco Bay Area Thrashers Death Angel are pleased to announce their first full US tour since their initial split 18 years ago! The band will embark on a co-headlining tour this May/June with God Forbid that will include Soilent Green and Light This City. Dubbed the "In Thrash We Trust" tour, this will mark the bands first tour in support of their critically acclaimed "Killing Season" record.

A visibly excited founding guitarist, Rob Cavestany, eagerly offered a few words about the event: "Death Angel is teaming up with God Forbid to hit the road and we couldn't be more stoked! "In Thrash We Trust" will be the first full blown tour of the states that Death Angel has done since the 'ACT III tour' in 1990 and we are gonna bring it! Also on the bill are Soilent Green and Light This City so you better prepare to get thrashed all night long! Can't wait to see you all very soon! "Killing Season" has begun!!!"

Confirmed Dates:

5/01-Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop (with Testament)
5/02-Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's (with Testament)
5/03-Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
5/04-Long Island, NY @ Crazy Donkey
5/07-Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
5/08-Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
5/09-Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
5/10-Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin Out
5/13-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
5/14-Seminole, FL @ Boomerz
5/16-Houston, TX @ TBA
5/17-Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
5/18-San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom
5/19-El Paso, TX @ Chic's
5/21-Farmington, NM @ Gator's
5/23-Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian's
5/24-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
5/25-San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
5/26-Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
5/27-Modesto, CA @ Fat Cats
5/28-Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
5/30-Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
5/31-Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/02-Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
6/05-Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
6/06-Mokena (Chicago), IL @ The Pearl Room
6/07-Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
6/08-Toronto, ON @ Opera House
6/11-New York, NY @ BB Kings

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Source:	blogs.guitarworld.com
Band profile:	Death Angel
Event:	In Thrash We Trust Tour

Keep Of Kalessin have announced on their MySpace that their entire show at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH on April 5th will stream online via YeboTV. The live concert will be streamed on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at: 5:00pm (Pacific) -- 6:00pm (Mountain) -- 7:00pm (Central) -- 8:00pm (Eastern) -- (European Time would be morning of Sunday, April 6)

Also available will be a stream of the Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth's performance from the same show. The concert stream is FREE for fans around the world to view right from the comfort of their home computers. Visit this link to register in advance for this exclusive event.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Keep Of Kalessin