Here's a small update on the forth comming live shows of Black Metallers from Belgium Enthroned:

- 03 Mai: Italy - Montegranaro (AP) - La Tana Delle Tigri
- 04 Mai: Italy - Palermo (Sicilia) - TBC
- 05 Mai: Italy - Este (PD) - Sottosopra Rockzone
- 06 Mai: Italy - Codevilla (PV) - Thunder Road
- 21 July: Belgium - Méan - Méan Metal Fest 2007
- 01 September: Germany - Erfurt - Nocturnal Empire Fest

On another matter:

"Tetra Karcist", Enthroned's seventh seal, will be recorded in June at the Dungeon Studio in Belgium by Harris Johns (Sodom, Celtic Frost, Immolation...) and will feature guest appearences of Alsvid (ex-Enthroned) on drums and Nerath Daemon (ex-Enthroned/Emptiness) on samples/Fx.

Source:	profile.myspace.com
Band profile:	Enthroned
Event:	Enthroned: Italian Tour

The Club Klunen organization has announced the first bands on the line up of the annual Meetjesland Metalfest, set to take place on Friday September 7 and Saturday September 8 at CC De Herbakker, Eeklo, Belgium.

Bands confirmed so far are:

07-09 - Destruction, Agent Steel, Vicious Rumors, After All and Evil Pony's
08-09 - Days Of Betrayal and Spoil Engine

More info soon!

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Source:	clubklunen.be
Event:	Meetjesland Metalfest IV

After Forever's new video for the song 'Energize Me', can be watched online at this location.

Guitarist Sander Gommans commented: "The recording team was very professional and had a lot of great ideas. The atmosphere looked great in the shots I viewed, and I think the energy of the clip will fit the song exactly the way it should. You've probably seen some of our previous clips but I think you'll be surprised by this one!"

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Source:	afterforever.com
Band profile:	After Forever

A new Sonic Syndicate track, entitled 'Psychic Suicide', has been posted online at the band's MySpace page.
The track comes off the Swedish Melodic Death Metal band's second album, "Only Inhuman", due on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry guitarist).

"Only Inhuman" cover art can be found here. The track listing is as follows:
01. Aftermath
02. Blue Eyed Fiend
03. Psychic Suicide
04. Double Agent
05. Enclave
06. Denied
07. Callous
08. Only Inhuman
09. All About Us
10. Unkown Entity
11. Flashback

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Sonic Syndicate

Danish old-school Death Metal band Downlord - featuring former members of Bolt Thrower/Benediction, Iniquity, Daemon and Sacrificial - have announced Morten Siersbaek (Spectral Mortuary, Exmortem) as their new drummer.
Morten Siersbaek will play on the follow-up to the group's recent full-length debut, "Random Dictionary Of The Damned", tentatively due early summer. Siersbaek will also join the band on their U.S. tour in July 2007.

Commented Downlord vocalist Dave Ingram: "Morten is an exceptional drummer! Awesome! We're real pleased to have him onboard with us!"

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roadrunnerrecords.com

Emil Norberg, guitarist of Persuader (Sweden Power-Heavy Metal band), posted a message on the official site of the band concerning a tour in the United States.

As of now the following dates and cities are preliminary booked. As he indicates it : "We'll come back later with info about venues, so check in regulary for info"

The dates list :

Sept:
14 - Boston, MA
15 - Phily, PA
16 - Springfield, VA
17 - Atlanta, GA
18 - New Orleans
19 - Houston, TX
20 - El Paso, TX
21 - Oklahoma City, OK
22 - Missouri
23 - Des Monies, IA
24 - St.Paul, MN @ Station-4
25 - Milwaukee, WI
26 - Chicago, IL
27 - Cleveland, OH
28 - Buffalo, NY
29 - CT

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Source:	persuader.nu
Band profile:	Persuader
Event:	Persuader: USA Tour

Katatonia's live performance from Germany's Summerbreeze open air festival 2006 will be released as a double disc live album/dvd entitled "Live Consternation" on May 28th.
The super jewel case packaging will feature both the audio on CD and the show on DVD (incl both 2.0 and 5.1 versions). The artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith and will close the visual concept for "The Great Cold Distance" phase.

Tracklist:
01. Leaders
02. Wealth
03. Soil's Song
04. Had To (Leave)
05. Cold Ways
06. Right Into The Bliss
07. Ghost Of The Sun
08. Criminals
09. Deliberation
10. July
11. Evidence

Source:	katatonia.com
Band profile:	Katatonia

Carnal Forge's video for the song 'Burning Eden' has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track comes off the Swedish thrashers' upcoming sixth album, "Testify For My Victims", due in May via Candlelight Records.
The follow-up to 2004's "Aren't You Dead Yet?" was recorded, mixed and mastered over a four-and-a-half-month period and was produced by Carnal Forge.

"Testify For My Victims" tracklisting:

01. Testify For My Victims
02. Burning Eden
03. Numb (The Dead)
04. Godsend Gods End
05. End Game
06. Questions Pertaining The Ownership Of My Mind
07. Freedom By Mutilation
08. Subhuman
09. No Longer Bleeding
10. Biological Waste Matter
11. Lost Legion
12. Ante Mori

"Testify For My Victims" was mixed at Black Lounge Studios. Two videos have already been filmed for the album tracks "Numb" and "Burning Eden", both directed by Owe Lingvall (Village Road Film).

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Carnal Forge

The following report is courtesy of Esctoday.com:

"As expected, Lordi ruled in the annual Emma Awards Gala in Helsinki last night (March 10). They also announced the concert date in Helsinki on 11th May, the day between the Eurovision Song Contest semi final and the final thus confirming that they will be performing also in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final.

Helsinki Kulttuuritalo played host to the annual Emma Awards, the Finnish equivalent to the Grammys, last night and Lordi opened the show with 'They Only Come Out At Night'. They stayed in front line the rest of the evening collecting a total of five awards before the night was over. Lordi was the "Group Of The Year" and 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' was awarded the "Song Of The Year". The album "The Arockalypse" was the "Best Selling Album Of The Year" with 92,724 copies sold in Finland so far.

They also won Export-Emma for their efforts in Europe. "The Arockalypse" was the first ever Finnish act to top the Swedish album charts, and it has also sold over 100,000 copies in Germany alone, and around 500,000 worldwide. Last but not least they won e-Emma, awarded for an artist or group that has helped to sell and promote digital and mobile music.

Other Eurovision related winners was Vesa-Matti Loiri (Finland 1980 with Huilumies) who won the award for the "Best Male Artist" with his album Ivalo. Annika Eklund's Shanghain valot from Euroviisut 2006 was also nominated for the Best Song.

Lordi also announced they will be performing in Helsinki Ice Hall on May 11th, the day between the semi final and final and the day when city of Helsinki is planning a big party for everyone all over the town. "They only come out at night - one night only" concert features also Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. and Accept fame, who already was featured on "The Arockalypse". Other guests are Thunderstone, runner up in Euroviisut 2007, Bloodpit and Carmen Gray.

Before that Lordi, who have been mainly performing in Spain and Baltics lately, will tour in Japan and the US in April."

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

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Lordi

With the release of their new album "Dead Again" right around the corner (March 13 release in the USA, March 16 in Germany and March 19 in Europe), Type Of Negative has announced their European tour plans.
Confirmed dates are as follows:

June
1 - Spirit Of Rock Festival - Zurich, SWITZERLAND
2 - Rock Am Ring - Nurburgring, GERMANY
3 - Rock Im Park - Nurnberg, GERMANY
4 - Docks - Hamburg, GERMANY
5 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen, DENMARK
10 - Rock Café - Tallinn, ESTONIA
11 - Mad Mix Factory - Riga, LATVIA
13 - Lucerna Music Bar - Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
14 - Stodola Club - Warsaw, POLAND
15 - Columbiahalle - Berlin, GERMANY
16 - Woodstage Festival - Chemnitz, GERMANY
17 - Fields of Rock - Biddinghuizen, HOLLAND
19 - Academy 2 - Manchester, ENGLAND
20 - Academy - Birmingham, ENGLAND
21 - Astoria - London, ENGLAND
22 - Graspop (Marquee Stage) - Dessel, BELGIUM
23 - Hellfest - Clisson, FRANCE
25 - Apolo - Barcelona, SPAIN
26 - Caracol - Madrid, SPAIN
27 - Coliseum - Lisbon, PORTUGAL
30 - Gods of Metal II - Milan, ITALY

July
1 - Stara Klaonica - Zagreb, CROATIA
3 - SKC - Belgrade, SERBIA

Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Type O Negative
Event:	Type O Negative: European Tour

US Death Metal band Deeds Of Flesh have posted the following update on their website:

"Sorry for the long delay in updating this site. We are currently working on the new CD and that it will be over the top technical and will include a re-recorded version of 'Infecting Them With Falsehood' from Inbreeding the Anthropophagi. We will start recording in April for a summer release. Tour plans are in the works for summer/fall.

Sean Southern has been offered the full time duties as second guitar player in Deeds of Flesh. He will be featured on the next album."

A video for the song 'Crown Of Souls' can be found here (Quicktime 7 Player required) or via YouTube here.

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Source:	deedsofflesh.net
Band profile:	Deeds Of Flesh

The Spanish heavy/power metal band Valhalla have put their first two albums for free download on their website: www.valhalla-metal.com

These albums are sold out and no re-releases are planned.

Valhalla, featuring Soultiude's mastermind Jevo, have announced they'd be playing cover songs in 2007 to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. They launched a contest on their forum (in Spanish) so that everyone can make suggestions about which songs they should cover.

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Source:	valhalla-metal.com
Band profile:	Valhalla

Dutch Death Metallers/Hard Rockers Gorefest have posted the following message on their website:

"We're well into our first week of recording the follow-up to La Muerte. In this week all drum tracks have been recorded. Our drummer Ed was on a roll and layed down all those brutal and demanding parts with breath taking ease. We shot some handy cam footage of the drum takes which you can find here. Ed, like a fish in the water behind his new Sonor kit, bashing away on those beautiful Amedia cymbals.

Monday, Tue Madsen was over to make drum sounds and on Tuesday we made guitar and bass sound. Next Monday we will start with recording the rhythm guitars and bass guitar. If all goes well this will take about a week and a half. After that it's time for extra bits and pieces and the solo's. In April JC will go over to the Antfarm Studio in Denmark, where the mixing will take place, to record vocals.

Visit our forum for more personal reports on the progress we make."

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Source:	gorefest.nl
Band profile:	Gorefest

The new Rush album "Snakes & Arrows", will be released on May 1 via Anthem/Atlantic.
"Snakes & Arrows" cover art can be found here. The complete tracklisting is as follows:

01. Far Cry
02. Armor and Sword
03. Workin' Them Angels
04. The Larger Bowl
05. Spindrift
06. The Main Monkey Business
07. The Way The Wind Blows
08. Hope
09. Faithless
10. Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold On

Rush's brand new single "Far Cry" is available for streaming in its entirety at http://www.rush.com.

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Source:	2112.net
Band profile:	Rush

The american leg of the "Fuck The World" tour is now being finalized. In May and June the ominious darkness of Watain shall descend over USA, Mexico, Chile and Brazil. Transatlantic deathfiends rise!

Also, Watain's first ever strike in Portugal will be when headlining The SWR Barrosellas Metal fest in Porto, on the 29th of April, together with such noble acts as Destr?666 (OZ) and Inquisition (US).

"Fuck The World" tourdates:

May 09: USA St. Paul, MN, Station Four
May 10: USA Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle (with Angelcorpse)
May 11: USA Cleveland, OH, Peabody's (with Celtic Frost and Angelcorpse)
May 12: USA Philadelphia, PA,The Northstar (with Angelcorpse)
May 13: USA Cambridge, MA, Middle East (with Angelcorpse)
May 14: USA New York City, NY, BB Kings (with Angelcorpse)
May 16: USA West Springfield, VA, Jaxx (with Angelcorpse)
May 17: USA Winston-Salem, NC, Ziggy's (with Angelcorpse)
May 18: USA Atlanta, GA, Drunken Unicorn (with Angelcorpse)
May 19: USA Tampa, FL, Brass Mug (with Angelcorpse)
May 20: USA Ft. Lauderdale, Culture Room (with Angelcorpse)

May 24: Mexico T.B.A (with Infinitum Obscure)
May 25: Mexico T.B.A (with Infinitum Obscure)
May 26: Mexico T.B.A (with Infinitum Obscure)
May 27: Mexico T.B.A (with Infinitum Obscure)

May 31: Chile Antofagasta
Jun 01: Chile La Serena
Jun 02: Chile Santiago
Jun 03: Chile Valpo
Jun 04: Chile Concep

Jun 07: Brazil Porto Alegre/RS Bar Opinia (with Sadus & Obituary)
Jun 08: Brazil Sao Paulo/SP TBA (with Sadus & Obituary)
Jun 09: Brazil Belo Horizonte/MG Lapa Multishow (with Sadus & Obituary)
Jun 10: Brazil Campinas/SP Hammer Rock Bar

In the meantime, Watain will be taking off on a European Tour tonight, together with Kreator and Celtic Frost.

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Source:	templeofwatain.com
Band profile:	Watain
Event:	Kreator + Celtic Frost: European Tour