Power Metal band Celesty have a new album on the way. The album is called 'Mortal Mind Creation' and it's the follow up to their 2004 album 'Legacy Of Hate'. It's the third full length album that Celesty has made. It will be released on the 23rd October this year. The artwork for the album has been posted online, check it out here. Marko Jakobi was the cover artist.

Here is the tracklist for 'Mortal Mind Creation':

01. Lord of mortals
02. Unreality
03. Demon inside
04. War creations
05. Empty room
06. Among the dreams
07. Back in time
08. Arrival
09. Last sacrifice
10. Final pray (Japan Bonus)

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Source:	celesty.net
Band profile:	Celesty

As ôsted on Green Carnation's official website:

Our appearance at RaismesFest has been cancelled. This was supposed to be the first gig on our European Tour, and the deal was therefore made with that in mind considering flight-tickets and so on. Once again we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused some of our fans.

Source:	green-carnation.tk
Event:	Raismesfest

Thrashers Megadeth have announced that anyone who attends Megadeth at a Gigantour show will have the oportunity to pre-order their new album 'United Abominations'. The deal will apply to any show from the 6th September. As well as getting the album, pre-ordering the cd this way will earn you a free United Abominations lithograph.

To view the lithograph, click here.

United Abominations will be released in early 2007.

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Source:	megadeth.com
Band profile:	Megadeth

Australian Metal website pyromusic.net has posted over 40 minutes of video footage and over 150 photos of Kreator playing at their Sydney gig, on their recent Australian tour. The show was at the Gaelic Club on the 25th August. The show was also a sell out.

Click here to view the photos/videos.

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Source:	pyromusic.net
Band profile:	Kreator

Folk Metallers Turisas will be supporting Lordi in the UK on Lordi's 'Bringing Back The Balls To The UK' tour. The tour will occur in October this year. Turisas has just recently gotten a new booking agent: E.G.O. and they've just gotten them the Lordi gig.

Here is a posting on Turisas's official website:

"We are proud to announce our new worldwide booking agent E.G.O. and honoured to be part of their impressive roster. To celebrate the new partnership, Turisas sails out for five shows in the UK together with Eurovision 2006 winners Lordi. You will not want to miss this package!".

Here is the complete list of dates:

October 26th Nottingham - Rock City (UK)
October 27th Birmingham - Academy (UK)
October 29th Manchester - Academy (UK)
October 30th Glasgow - The Carling Academy (UK)
October 31st London - The Forum (UK)

Source:	turisas.com
Band profile:	Turisas

U.K. progressive epic thrash metallers Biomechanical have set "Cannibalised" as the title of their upcoming album, tentatively due April 2007 via Earache Records. The follow-up to 2005's "The Empires of the Worlds" will be recorded at vocalist John K.'s studio beginning in November. The mixing sessions will take place in January.

Commented John K.:

"We've started writing non-stop for the new album and so far the songs sound ripping!! We're very exited about the new stuff. It will be as heavy as, if not heavier than, "The Empires of the Worlds", but with more melodic writing within the tracks, something that has been a Biomechanical trademark. The orchestral writing will be intense and the solos will be ripping as ever, so we can't wait to record this mutha!!"

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Biomechanical

Portugal's Moonspell, has announced several tour dates in Finland and the Baltic States in September, tour dates are as follows:

Sep. 25 - Tartu, EST - Club Illusion
Sep. 26 - Riga, LAT - Melna Piektdiena club
Sep. 27 - Helsinki, FIN - Nosturi
Sep. 28 - Jyväskylä, FIN - Lutakko
Sep. 29 - Oulu, FIN - Club Teatria
Sep. 30 - Nivala, FIN - Tuiskula

Source:	moonspell.com
Band profile:	Moonspell

LaMusic is currently is currently streaming the entire new Black Label Society Album, 'Shot To Hell', here.

"Shot to Hell", is scheduled for release on September 12 through Roadrunner Records. The cover artwork can be viewed here.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Black Label Society

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will relaunch his late-night BBC 6 Music Saturday rock show on September 9 with maximum rock on the display and American metal titans Slayer as his first guests.

The network rock show will offer three hours of the best contemporary hard rock, alternative and metal between 9:00 p.m. and midnight every Saturday, produced by the Manchester- and Cambridge-based independent production company Smooth Operations.

Joining Bruce on the second show (September 16) will be Florida ska-punk legends Less Then Jake, fresh from a critically acclaimed new album.

Bruce Dickinson's radio show can be heard live on BBC 6 Music on digital radio and also online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Bruce Dickinson

Thrashers Machine Head have posted the following message on their official site:

"Do you live in the Bay Area? Have a lot of free time on your hands? Feel comfortable using a video camera? Wanna film the studio sessions for Machine Head's new album, 'The Blackening'? If you or someone you know meets those requirements, send an e-mail to mike@machinehead1.com ASAP for more information.

Serious inquiries only, please. You've gotta be close, available immediately, and able to commit a very significant amount of the next month to the task."

Source:	machinehead1.com
Band profile:	Machine Head

There have been big changes to the South American dates this October. Confirmed dates are as follows:

06 Oct - Brasilia, Ginásio Da Aruc, Brasil
07 Oct - Sao Paulo, Led Sley, Brasil
10 Oct - Santiago, Teatro Caupolican, Chile
11 Oct - Buenos Aires, ND Ateneo, Argentina
12 Oct - Buenos Aires, ND Ateneo, Argentina
14 Oct - Mexico City, Circo Volador, Mexico

Source:	anathema.ws
Band profile:	Anathema

German melodic metallers Edguy will film a live DVD on November 3 at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil. The band has lined up the following South American dates:

Nov. 01 - Santiago, CHL @ Estadio Chile November
Nov. 03 - São Paulo, BRA @ Credicard Hall
Nov. 04 - Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ Claro Hall

Edguy is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "Rocket Ride", which entered the German national album chart at position No. 8 upon its release in late January. The CD also came in at No. 8 in Sweden, No. 25 in Finland, No. 32 in Hungary, No. 48 in Japan, No. 50 in Switzerland, No. 50 in Austria, No. 79 in Norway and No. 81 in Italy.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Edguy

The press reports: If you know nothing about Metallica, "Enter Sandman" does sound like it could be the title of a lullaby.
A company called Baby Rock Records has released lullaby versions of tracks by Metallica, Coldplay and Radiohead.
Baby Rock Records did the lullaby tributes because they love the music of all those artists. Executive producer said they tested the CDs on babies they knew and she can vouch that one crying baby fell asleep while listening to the Coldplay disc.
The Metallica, Coldplay and Radiohead versions came out on August 29.

Future editions will feature lullaby versions of Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Nirvana, Queens Of The Stone Age, No Doubt, The Pixies and Pink Floyd. Aiello said while a lot of the music works well in this format, some songs just don't work. She said even though "Rape Me" by Nirvana was a hit, it just wasn't the best choice for babies.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Metallica

Lamb Of God's "Sacrament" sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, "Ashes of the Wake", which registered a first-week tally of 35,000 back in September 2004. "Ashes of the Wake" has since gone on to sell 260,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending August 27, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 3,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

Lamb Of God - "Sacrament": 63,000 (#8)
Deicide - "The Stench of Redemption": 4,000
Walls Of Jericho - "With Devils Amongst Us All": 2,800
Misery Signals - "Mirrors": 2,500
Threat Signal - Under Reprisal": 700
Terrorizer - "Darker Days Ahead": 400
Mercenary - "The Hours That Remain": 300
Poisonblack - "Lust Stained Despair": 300
Urkraft - "Inhuman Abberation": less than 20

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Lamb Of God

Norway's Zyklon, Australian Metallers Psycroptic and Gorerotted as well as Fuck The Facts (Canada) and Saprogenic (USA) have been confirmed for the fifth Maryland Deathfest Festival. The festival is set to take place over the 26th and 27th of May, 2007. It will take place at Sonar, Baltimore, Maryland. A complete list of all the confirmed bands for the festival can be found at the Maryland Deathfest website (www.marylanddeathfest.com).

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Source:	marylanddeathfest.com
Band profile:	Zyklon