Shatter Messiah - featuring former Nevermore / Annihilator guitarist Curran Murphy - have uploaded four songs from their debut album, "Never To Play The Servant", for streaming at their official MySpace page. The songs on offer are 'Never To Play The Servant', 'Frailty Of The Righteous', 'New Kleen Killing Machine' and 'Hatred Divine'. Go to this location to check them out.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Shatter Messiah

Live video footage of Progressive Metal formation Deadsoul Tribe performing their song "Flight On An Angel's Wing" in Aschaffenburg, Germany at the Colos-Saal on November 1st is now available online. Click here to view.

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Source:	deadsoultribe.com
Band profile:	Deadsoul Tribe
Event:	Deadsoul Tribe

The new video for Suffocation's track "Abomination Reborn" has been posted online here.
The video comes off the band's latest, self-titled album, released on 25 September. The video, the first from the record, was shot in Brooklyn, NY with director Frankie Nasso (Mudvayne, Hatebreed, Misery Index) and producers Dale Resteghini and Melissa Manousos of Raging Nations Films.

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Source:	suffocation.us
Band profile:	Suffocation

Amon Amarth, In Extremo and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Here goes the statement of the Summer Breeze Team:

Amon Amarth:Here you go now. Your number one! Voted by you, the fans. Hitting position 1 on the band wishlist for next year. We are happy to confirm Amon Amarth to be the first headliner for Summer Breeze 2007. Our show - around Vikings have just delivered their strongest album so far, "With Oden On Our Side". Playing Dinkelsbuehl they will be guided by the jomsvikings (http://www.jomswikinger.de), well known from the "Wrath Of The Norsemen" DVD. All coming up with no mercy and real fight action added by an extensive pyro show which can be seen at Summer Breeze only! And for friends of battle axes and met we will be doing a real Viking camp on the festival ground. With oden on our side!

In Extremo:We are happy to announce the next top 5 band which you have voted for - In Extremo. Germany's best known and most successful medieval rock band has almost become a fixture of Summer Breeze. Their live sets always guarantee excitement, bombastic live shows and rhythms being perfect to dance to, all caught between medieval tradition and modern heaviness. At Summer Breeze 2007 once more they will prove why they ended up on a top position on your ranking.

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Source:	summer-breeze.de
Event:	Summer Breeze Open Air

Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani are the first confirmed band for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place Saturday, July 6th and 7th at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England.

Also for Bloodstock Indoor Festival - Sinner, Power Quest and Blitzkreig have been confirmed.
Matt Sinner is no stranger to the Bloodstock stage having performed three times before with Primal Fear. Also Power Quest will be returning to the Bloodstock stage having graced the stage back in 2003.

These will also be the first Bloodstock festivals with the festival being partnered with Germany's Wacken Open Air festival.

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Source:	bloodstock.uk.com
Event:	Bloodstock Open Air 2007

German folk-metallers In Extremo are releasing a best-of album celebrating their 10 Year Anniversary called "Kein Blick Zurück" on December 8th via Universal Music GmbH.
According to the band they have "re-recorded some of their old and new hits with updated production - including songs from their Weckt Die Toten (1998) record. A limited bonus CD will also be included with cover versions of In Extremo songs from other artists. Amongst others, this includes Silbermond with "Die Gier", Götz Alsmann with "Singapur", Killing Joke and Grave Digger and the legendary German group Ougenweide.

"Kein Blick Zurück" tracklisting goes as follows:
01. Wind
02. Ai Vis Lo Lop
03. Vollmond
04. Herr Mannelig
05. Kein Sturm Hält Uns Auf
06. Pavane
07. Rotes Haar
08. Omnia Sol Temperat
09. Küss Mich
10. Spielmannsfluch
11. Alte Liebe
12. Hiemali Tempore
13. Rasend Herz
14. Liam
15. Erdbeermund

# Ave Maria
# Singapur
# Rattenfänger
# Merseburger Zaubersprüche
# Nur Ihr Allein
# Die Gier
# Rasend Herz
# Spielmann

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Source:	inextremo.de
Band profile:	In Extremo

Following the successful festival performances and headliner tour 2006, Korpiklaani return to the task of producing new material. The latest Finnish Folk Metal hymns are currently being recorded at Fantom Studios under the guidance of producer Samu Oittinen. According to Napalm Records, the follow-up album to "Tales Along This Road" is scheduled for an April 2007 release and carries the title "Tervaskanto".

Source:	korpiklaani.com
Band profile:	Korpiklaani

Finally, the time has come... The Gates to Graspop Metal Meeting 2007 are open!
This 12th edition of the largest Metal Festival in Belgium will take place on Friday 22, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 of June 2007 at the festival meadow at Dessel. The name of the first confirmed band has already been revelaed: Therion!
Therion will be playing on the first day of the festival.

GMM website: http://www.graspop.be

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megatherion.com

AFM Records have issued the following press release with regards to the forthcoming Destruction Best Of compilation, "Thrash Anthems", scheduled for a January 22nd release in Europe, and a January 23rd release in North America via Candlelight Records.

"Thrash Anthems will include 13 Destruction classics from the Years 1984 to 1990, but who will think of just another Best Of album now is completely wrong. All the classics are new recorded and re-arranged. The band worked with nearly the same team which did the production of the outstanding Inventor Of Evil album. The tracks were mixed by one of the best metal producers in Europe: Jacob Hansen, the Danish producer/INVOCATOR singer and guitarist.

The result: 13 Destruction old school classics with an outstanding sound. A very interesting feauture for all Destruction fans should be the songs that were never released before with singer Schmier on vocals. In additions to this, the album will contain two brand new Destruction tracks, so it will contain over 70 minutes of thrash power. Once again we will get value for money from Destruction. But, this is what we get all the time from Schmier and his bandmates."

Thrash Anthems will include the following tracklisting: 'Deposition (Your Heads Will Roll)' (new track), 'Invincible Force', 'Release From Agony', 'Mad Butcher', 'Sign Of Fear', 'Death Trap', 'Life Without Sense', 'Total Desaster', 'Bestial Invasion', 'Reject Emotions', 'Tormentor', 'Unconscious Ruins', 'Curse The Gods', 'Cracked Brain', 'Profanity' (new track), 'Eternal Ban' (bonus track).

Source:	afm-records.de
Band profile:	Destruction

Greek female black metal trio Astarte has posted the cover artwork for its upcoming fifth album, "Demonized", at this location (cover artwork by Timo Wuerz). The CD, which is tentatively due next month via Avantgarde Records, was mixed at Tico Tico studios in Finland. It features guest appearances on vocals by Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow, Mayhem's Attila Csihar, God Dethroned's Henri Sattler and Lloth's Nicolas Sic Maiis. The track listing is as follows:

01. Mutter Astarte
02. God Among Men (feat. Nicolas Sic Maiis)
03. Demonized
04. Heart Of Flames
05. Lost
06. Black Star
07. Lycon (feat. Attila Csihar)
08. God I Hate Them All
09. Queen Of The Damned (feat. Henri Sattler)
10. Everlasting
11. Princess Of The Dawn (Accept cover)
12. Black At Heart (feat. Angela Gossow)
13. Everlasting (outro)

Watch the "Mutter Astarte" video at this location.
Download the "Mutter Astarte" MP3 here.

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Source:	astarteband.com
Band profile:	Astarte

Finnish black metal act Catamenia have announced eight German and one French tour dates in mid-February. Adorned Brood will take care of warming up the audience as support act.

Confirmed dates are as follows:
17/02/2007 Hamburg, Germany - Ballroom
18/02/2007 Oberhausen, Germany - Helvete
19/02/2007 Paris, France - Mains D'oeuvres
20/02/2007 Bonn, Germany - Klangstation
21/02/2007 Freiburg, Germany - Crash
22/02/2007 Aalen, Germany - Rock It
23/02/2007 Zwickau, Germany - Battle-Zone
24/02/2007 Berlin, Germany - Knaack

Catamenia's "Bringing The Cold To Poland" live DVD, will be released this month in Europe and worldwide in early 2007. All info about this DVD on http://www.catamenia.net.

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Source:	catamenia.net
Band profile:	Catamenia
Event:	Catamenia + Adorned Brood: Heldentour 2007

London based metal upstarts Ophelia have announced the addition of new vocalist Austin Dickinson, who happens to be the son of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson.

Says the band, "We have a new vocalist and guitarist we're gonna try out and see how things go. We're all really hopeful as to everything so hopefully new stuff will be happening soon!"

Keep up to date on the band via their MySpace page at this location.

Austin's MySpace page is online here.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Bruce Dickinson

Andy C. has left Dark Moor due to incompatibility with his other musical projects. Dark Moor thank him for all the work and support dedicated to the band, and wish him good luck in his future musical career.

Roberto Cappa is announced the new drummer of Dark Moor. Roberto is from Madrid and he is an experimented live and studio performer.
He used to play in the spanish metal band Anima Sola.

Dark Moor have also recently signed a deal with Italy's Scarlet Records.
The group's new album, "Tarot", is said to be "an intriguing" conceptual effort about the major arcanes of the tarot, covering in depth the meaning of each arcane and the esoteric halo that surrounds it. Production duties were once again handled by renowed producer Luigi Stefanini (Rhapsody, Labirynth, Vision Divine). The impressive artwork was created by Derek Gores (Edguy, Kamelot).

The album will be out in late February/early March 2007
the complete tracklist is now available:

01 - The Magician
02 - The Chariot
03 - The Star
04 - Wheel Of Fortune
05 - The Emperor
06 - Devil In The Tower
07 - Death
08 - Lovers
09 - The Hanged Man
10 - The Moon

Source:	dark-moor.com
Band profile:	Dark Moor

Midnattsol have uploaded video footage their performance of a new song entitled 'Open Your Eyes' at this year's Metal Female Voices Festival, which took place in Wieze, Belgium on October 21st. It is the complete song, filmed by an in-house camera at the back of the room. Go to this location to check it out.

Midnattsol guitarist Christian Hector has launched an official MySpace page. Go to this location to check it out. In addition, a French Midnattsol fan forum has been launched at this location. It is also available in English.

Midnattsol are currently working on the follow-up to their 2005 debut, "Where Twilight Dwells". An early 2007 release is expected.

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Source:	midnattsol.com
Band profile:	Midnattsol

The band posted this on their MySpace profile:

"Sublife Productions has announced the exclusive and limited pre-release of Green Carnation's "A Night Under the Dam" concert on DVD. The DVD is scheduled to be released in February 2007, but a limited first pressing will be made available to the Norwegian audience through a December 11 release in all shops and to fans in the USA through The End Records mailorder. 100 fans from the rest of the world can order the DVD directly from Sublife Productions.

Teaser videos and photo galleries/slideshows have been posted online. Check the Green Carnation profile for links and further information.

About the DVD: This special concert event took place on August 3, 2006, almost 700 meters above the ocean, several kilometers into the Norwegian mountains, under a 30-meter-tall dam built in 1939. Together with guest artists and a string quartet, Green Carnation performed its entire "Acoustic Verses" album and other material in front of more than 500 enthusiastic audience members, some of them travelling all the way from the USA, Italy, Ireland, Germany and Holland. This DVD (PAL format only!) contains the entire live show, including two bonus songs ("Six Ribbons" and "Transparent Me"), extensive photo gallery (170+ images), a behind-the-scenes video and full 5.1 Surround Sound to ensure the best possible viewing and listening experience. This is the closest you can get to the "real thing," a unique concert event from by a unique band. This is a PAL-only DVD release. Region free (plays in all regions)."

the information on how to pre-order the DVD is on their myspace page

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Green Carnation