A brand new Isis track, Dulcinea, has been made available for streaming at MySpace. The song comes off the group's upcoming album, "In the Absence of Truth", due on October 31 through Ipecac Records.

"In the Absence of Truth" (view cover here) track listing:

01. Wrists of Kings
02. Not In Rivers, But In Drops
03. Dulcinea
04. Over Root And Thorn
05. 1000 Shards
06. All Out of Time, All into Space
07. Holy Tears
08. Firdous E Bareen
09. Garden of Light

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Isis

During their headlining appearance on August 15 at Seoul Olympic Main Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, American Thrashers Metallica have played a second new song, tentatively dubbed as "The Other New Song". Click here.

Otherwise, a high quality video of Metallica performing the first new song as part of their recently completed "Escape From The Studio '06" European tour has been posted online at YouTube.com.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Metallica

The north american tour dates of Deicide, have been recently updated and confirmed. Support at the shows will come from Desolation. So far the following dates have been released:

Oct. 2006
14 - Huntington, WV @ Monkey Bar
15 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
19 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
20 - Brooklyn, NY @ North Six (Deathtoberfest 2006)
22 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
24 - Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti
25 - Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques
26 - Toronto, ON @ Big Bop
29 - Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium

Nov.
01 - Topeka, KS @ The Static Barr
03 - Aurora, CO @ Hubba's Pub
07 - Sacramento, CA @ The Kennel Club
08 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
10 - West Hollywood, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
11 - Scottsdale, AZ @ The Venue of Scottsdale
12 - El Paso, TX @ Chics

In other hand, Deicide's brand new brutal offering "The Stench of Redemption", is due in stores today (Tuesday, August 22) via Earache Records.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Deicide

Iron Maiden has posted some "Behind the scenes" material of their new album on their site. Here is the link.

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Source:	ironmaiden.com
Band profile:	Iron Maiden

Helloween have spent a long day at the castle Veldenstein in the southern part of Germany recently. The castle was the fascinating location for the shoot of the video for the upcoming single "Light The Universe" - the first ever duet in the band's history - with renowned director Alex Diezinger (Negative, L'Ame Immortelle, Exilia) of AVA Studios. Joining the band on the castle like in the recording studio was Blackmore's Night beautiful singer Candice Night.

The "Light The Universe"-single will be released in the beginning of November. The release should coincide with a big TV and radio campaign. The single itself should contain the video as a bonus, a live rendition of the classic "If I Could Fly" and one more interesting bonus track.

Source:	helloween.org
Band profile:	Helloween

Metal Hammer magazine recently hooked up with Ministry's Al Jourgensen and Mike Scaccia for a few glasses of vino before their London performance to talk about Ministry's "friends": writers, junkies, philosophers, occultists, psychedelic drug experimentalists and a whole host of other loonies. But not George W. Bush. Definitely not. Watch the interview here

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Source:	ministrymusic.org
Band profile:	Ministry

A live video with Black Label Society is online at http://www.zakkwylde.com/doomtroopin/ this location. The video was shot in Paris 2005, and is on their new DVD, "The European invasion - Doom troopin". The DVD will be realesed 22/8.

The DVD contains:
Paris Chapter:

01. Stoned and Drunk
02. Destruction Overdrive
03. Been A Long Time
04. Funeral Bell
05. Suffering Overdue
06. In This River
07. Suicide Messiah
08. Demise Of Sanity
09. Spread Your Wings
10. Solo Acoustic Jam
11. Spoke In The Wheel
12. Fire It Up
13. Stillborn
14. Genocide Junkies

London Chapter:

01. Been a Long Time
02. Suicide Messiah
03. Stillborn
04. Genocide Junkies

Disc 2: Special Features

Additional Release Material:

* Documentary - Backstage Pass
* Making Of - The making of the "Suicide Messiah" promo video
* Music Videos - Promo videos

Their new CD will be realesed 12/9 and the name of the album is "Shot to hell".

Source:	metalcentral.net
Band profile:	Black Label Society

Deicide will perform on a north American headlining tour in October. Support at the dates will come from Desolation. So far the following dates have been released:

Oct. 15 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Oct. 20 - Brooklyn, NY @ North Six
Nov. 03 - Aurora, CO @ Hubba's Pub
Nov. 08 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Deicide

More tour dates have been announced for Cannibal Corpse's headlining North American tour with Dying Fetus, Necrophagist and Unmerciful:

Nov. 10 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Nov. 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
Nov. 12 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
Nov. 13 - Ashbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
Nov. 14 - Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
Nov. 15 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Nov. 16 - Buffalo, NY @ The Buffalo Icon
Nov. 17 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Nov. 18 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
Nov. 19 - St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
Nov. 20 - Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
Nov. 21 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Nov. 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Nov. 24 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Nov. 25 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
Nov. 26 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
Nov. 27 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
Nov. 28 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxay Theatre
Nov. 29 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre w/ Job For A Cowboy
Dec. 01 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
Dec. 02 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
Dec. 03 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Ballroom
Dec. 04 - Memphis. TN @ The Complex
Dec. 05 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Dec. 06 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
Dec. 07 - Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room

Source:	cannibalcorpse.net
Band profile:	Cannibal Corpse

The English Doom/Death Metallers have just announced the release of a new My Dying Bride album, and details such as track lists, etc, but now the artwork for the new album 'A Line Of Deathless Kings' has been posted online. You can view the artwork here.

Also, My Dying Bride have announced that they will be releasing the track 'Deeper Down' as a single. It will contain the song, a special edited version, another new track 'The Child of Eternity' and a live version of 'A Kiss To Remember'. The cover artwork for the single, can be viewed here.

The release dates for the single and album have also been announced. The single will be released on September the 18th, 2006 and the album on October the 9th, 2006.

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Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

Six Feet Under, Gorefest, Cataract and Krisiun will team up for the X-Mas Festivals European tour, set to begin in early December. Confirmed dates so far are as follows:

Dec. 2006
08 - D - Berlin @ Fritz
09 - D - Engeldorf (Leipzig) @ Hellraiser
10 - A - Wien @ Planet Music
11 - D - Munchen @ Backstage
12 - CH - Pratteln @ Z7
13 - D - Ludwigsburg @ Rockfabrik
14 - D - Frankfurt @ Batchkapp
15 - FR - Strasbourg @ La Laiterie
16 - BL - Antwerpen @ Hof Ter Loo
17 - NL - Tilburg @ 013
18 - D - Essen @ Zeche Carl
19 - FR - Paris @ La Locomotive

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Six Feet Under

A video of the song 'Death Walking Terror' from the album 'Kill' has been posted online at Yahoo! Music.

Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster previously told MTV.com about the song choice for the new album.

"Every one of our songs has some kind of violent or dark imagery in it, but we have to look for songs that are a little less graphic. We only have a couple of songs on each record where the lyrics aren't more or less R-rated for violence. We have to carefully choose what songs we do videos for, because otherwise it won't make it passed the censors. The song 'Murder Worship', I think all of us would have liked to have done a video for that. But there's no way, with the decapitated heads and all."

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Cannibal Corpse

Industrial metal legend, Mortiis, has announced a supporting slot for fall US tour dates with fellow envelope pushing industrially inclined act, the Genitorturers. This marks Mortiis' return to the US and is sure to be an all-out visual and aural assault. The classic Mortiis albums, 'Fodt Til A Herske', 'Crypt of a Wizard', and 'The Stargate' have recently been reissued.

The tour, called the Tortured Souls Tour 2006, info is as follow:

Aug. 2006
31 - Clicks - Baton Rouge, LA

Sep. 2006
01 - Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
02 - Engine Room - Houston, TX
03 - Redrum - Austin, TX
04 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX
06 - Fat Cats - Modesto, CA
07 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
08 - The Whiskey - Hollywood, CA
09 - TBA - Las Vegas, NV
10 - TBA - Salt Lake City, UT
12 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CA
13 - Club 108 - Omaha, NE
14 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
15 - I-Rock - Detroit, MI
16 - Mr. Smalls Funhouse - Pittsburgh, PA
17 - Agora Theater - Cleveland, OH
18 - Icon - Buffalo, NY
19 - Webster Theater - Hartford, CT
20 - CBGBs - New York, NY
21 - Club Mate (formerly Thunderdome) - Baltimore, MD
22 - Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC
23 - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

Source:	earache.com
Band profile:	Mortiis

Amon Amarth, Wintersun and Týr will be teaming up this November/December for a tour of Europe.

Here is a list of dates for the tour:

Nov. 2006
02 - D Frankfurt, Batschkapp
03 - D - Osnabrück, B 51
04 - D - Lichtenfells, Festhalle
05 - IT - Milano, Alcatraz
06 - CH - Pratteln, Z7
08 - HR - Zagreb, Boogaloo
09 - SI - Ljubljana, VPK
10 - AT - Linz, Posthof
11 - AT - Wien, Planet Music
12 - HU - Budapest, Wigwam
14 - PL - Wroclaw, WZ
15 - D - Berlin, Columbia Club
16 - D - Halle, Easy Schorre
17 - D - Erfurt, Club Centrum
18 - D - Kaufbeuren, All Kart Halle
19 - D - Stuttgart, LKA
20 - FR - Paris, Elysee Montmarte
22 - UK - Bradford, Rio
23 - UK - London, Underworld
24 - BE - Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp
25 - NL - Weert, Bosuil
26 - D - Bochum, Zeche
28 - D - Köln, Live Music Hall
29 - D - Hamburg, Markthalle
30 - SE - Göteborg, Sticky Fingers

Dec. 2006
01 - NO - Oslo, Garage
02 - SE - Stockholm, Klubben

Source:	tyr.net
Band profile:	Amon Amarth
Event:	Amon Amarth, Wintersun & Týr: European Tour

Connect-Europe.com have posted audio samples of all 10 tracks from Iron Maiden's forthcoming album, "A Matter Of Life And Death", online!! Go to this location to check them out.

"A Matter Of Life And Death" will be released on 28 August 2006

EDIT : apparently it only works properly with Internet Explorer :

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Source:	connect-europe.com
Band profile:	Iron Maiden