Veteran Heavy/Power Metallers Grave Digger have just entered Principal Studios in Münster, Germany to record their new album. The album will be called 'Liberty Or Death' and will be released on 12th January, 2007. The band has been rehearsing and has recorded some drum parts. Also some rhythm guitar pieces have been recorded.

The single from the album will be called 'Yesterday' and will be available on September 29, 2006. The single will contain four tracks and also a bonus DVD of the band performing at the Rock Machina Festival 2001.

Here is the track list for the single:

01. Yesterday
02. The Reaper Dance
03. No Quarter
04. Yesterday (Orchesterversion)

Some photos of the band getting ready for recording can be seen on their official website. There will also be a studio diary on the site as well.

Source:	grave-digger.de
Band profile:	Grave Digger

The Art of Shredding - A Tribute to Dime is a tribute to Pantera's late great guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell, featuring Australian artists paying their respects the only way it should be done: LOUD! The Art of Shredding will contain 14 songs, 13 classic Pantera tunes and an original Dime tribute song by Sydney thrash band MurderWorld.

The complete line-up will be:

Daysend - I'm Broken
Switchblade - Domination
LORD - Shattered
Imminent Psychosis - The Art of Shredding
Malignant Monster - Fucking Hostile
Enforce - By Demons Be Driven
Plague - Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)
McDougall Brothers - War Nerve
Aeturnus Dominion - Mouth For War
Black Steel - Heavy Metal Rules
The Deadthings - Proud to be Loud
Synthetic Breed - Becoming
Transcending Mortality - Hollow
MurderWorld - Soul Inside Me

DarkStar Records projected release date for the album was August 20, 2006 to celebrate what would have been Dime's 40th birthday but delays with it have resaulted it the date pushed back and is undeclared. A percentage of the profits from the sale of this CD will be donated to the Dimebag Memorial Trust to help the families of those who are still suffering after the events of December 8, 2004.

Finished tracks can be found at their myspace site: http://myspace.com/theartofshreddingtributealbum

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Pantera

Children Of Bodom were set to make an appearance at the Polish Metal festival "Hunterfest" in Szczytno, but due to organization problems and problems with the promoter, the Extreme Power Metallers have been forced to make a cancellation. The band is regretful that the cancellation happened as they haven't played in Poland for years and are sorry that it was such short notice.

Here is a small comment by the band: "There are many things that went wrong, we are sorry that people who bought tickets to see us are the ones who suffer the most!"

In other Children Of Bodom news, some photos taken when the band was playing at this years Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online. Check the 'gallery' section of Children Of Bodom's official website to view them.

Source:	cobhc.com
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom

In November/December this year thrashers Exodus will be undertaking a tour of Europe. Several dates have so far been announced and confirmed and more will be announced soon.

Here are the dates so far:

Nov. 01 - Music Box - Manchester, UK
Nov. 02 - J7 - Nottingham, UK
Nov. 03 - Rio - Bradford, UK
Nov. 04 - TBA
Nov. 05 - Trillians - Newcastle, UK
Nov. 06 - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
Nov. 07 - Underworld - London, UK
Nov. 08 - TBA
Nov. 09 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, Holland
Nov. 10 - Patronaat - Haarlem, Holland
Nov. 11 - Muziek-o-droom - Hasselt, Belgium
Nov. 12 - TBA
Nov. 13 - Rosenhof - Osnabruck, Germany
Nov. 14 - Matrix - Bochum, Germany
Nov. 15 - Stattbahnhof - Schweinfurt, Germany
Nov. 16 - Kato - Berlin, Germany
Nov. 17 - Garage - Saarbrucken, Germany
Nov. 18 - TBA
Nov. 19 - John Dee - Oslo, Norway
Nov. 20 - TBA
Nov. 21 - TBA
Nov. 22 - Teatria - Oulu, Finland
Nov. 23 - Tavastia - Helsinki, Finland
Nov. 24 - TBA
Nov. 25 - TBA
Nov. 26 - TBA
Nov. 27 - TBA
Nov. 28 - Wigwam - Budapest, Hungary
Nov. 29 - TBA
Nov. 30 - Sottosopra - Padova, Italy
Dec. 01 - Sonar Club - Siena, Italy
Dec. 02 - Mamamia - Senigalia (Ancona), Italy
Dec. 03 - Duel Beat - Naples, Italy
Dec. 04 - TBA
Dec. 05 - Remise - Wil, Switzerland
Dec. 06 - TBA
Dec. 07 - TBA
Dec. 08 - Santana - Bilbao, Spain
Dec. 09 - Ritmo & Compas - Madrid, Spain
Dec. 10 - Apolo 2 - Barcelona, Spain

Source:	exodusattack.com
Band profile:	Exodus

Green Christmas reports that Soilwork have cancelled their Baltic tour dates in September. According to the statement, the tour is rather postponed than cancelled. However, it is presently unknown when the postponed concerts will take place.

All those who have already bought the tickets to see Soilwork, can go see Mnemic on 19th September instead, with the same tickets. Others can return their tickets to Piletilevi.

Source:	greenchristmas.ee
Band profile:	Soilwork

The first official DVD from Italian Goth Metal cult band, Theatres Des Vampires!!

Following the band on their 2006 European tour, this DVD contains nine live tracks taken from concerts in Zagreb, London, Prague and Berlin. It also features two video clips, as well as rare, never released material and exclusive interviews with Sonya Scarlet, telling the history of the band. A long awaited audio visual release of this amazing outfit!

A must have for any Goth Metal / TdV fan!

RELEASE DATE: 4th September 2006

Source:	theatres-des-vampires.com
Band profile:	Theatres Des Vampires

Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted has staded in their official MySpace site that their new album "The Dead Eye" will be released internationally on October 30th. The album will be released one day later in North America through Century Media Records.

The Haunted MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thehaunted

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	The Haunted

Finnish folk metallers Korpiklaani have announced the following European dates in October/November:

Oct. 13 - Weimar, GER - Weimarhalle (Hell Onion Festival)
Oct. 14 - Vosselaar, BEL - Biebob
Oct. 15 - Essen, GER - Zeche Carl
Oct. 16 - Stuttgart, GER - venue tba
Oct. 17 - Pratteln, SWI - Z7
Oct. 18 - München, GER - Backstage
Oct. 19 - Wien, AUT - Planet Music
Oct. 20 - Pecs, HUN - Rocktriathlon Festival
Oct. 21 - Maribor, SLO - Club MC-Pekarna
Oct. 22 - Budapest, HUN - Kuliplex
Oct. 23 - Zlin, CZR - Masters Of Rock Pub
Oct. 24 - Nürnberg, GER - Hirsch
Oct. 25 - Eindhoven, NETH - Effenaar
Oct. 26 - Rotterdam, NETH - Baroeg
Oct. 27 - Groningen, NETH - Vera
Oct. 28 - Lübeck, GER - Treibsand
Nov. 04 - Perth, UK - Raganarok Festival

Korpiklaani's third album, "Tales Along This Road", was released in April via Napalm Records.

Source: http://www.blabbermouth.net/

Source:	metal-temple.com
Band profile:	Korpiklaani

Satyricon posted the following message on official page:

"We spent the weekend shooting a new video for The Pentagram Burns with director Håvard Arnstad in Oslo, Norway. The video will be ready for viewing the first week of September here on this website, before it hits TV stations around the globe. Visually the video is strongly linked with the look and the style from the album cover, hence we find ourselves covered with minor burns all over bodies and it feels nothing but good. Stills from the video shoot will be posted here in a few days and in the meantime we would like to thank the director, the crew and the cast for the effort and the hard work you put down!"

Source:	satyricon.no
Band profile:	Satyricon

STRATOVARIUS' Timo Tolkki has posted the following in his blog:

"I have started writing songs. It took a while to gather all the equipment, but now I am done and I can let the creativity flow. May the Muse of Music be with me. First I am gonna write the songs for the next Stratovarius album. This I expect to be completed before our tour starts at the end of September.

After that I am gonna fly to Germany to record drums for the demos. I have a pretty good idea how the album will turn out. I have also some projects happening, which I will do, as I have time."

Source:	stratovarius.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius

The Great Cold Doom Band's Turkish Fan Site www.katatonia-tr.com is now online.
Check out for the updates and news.
Content is being updated daily. Run through shoutbox to share your comments, or forum to talk all about the band.....

Source:	katatonia-tr.com
Band profile:	Katatonia

Taken from the official website:

"We are sad to inform you that the planned European Tour this September has been cancelled. The headliner, Tristania, couldn't make it and the promotor, Metallysee, couldn't find a replacement in time so the whole thing got cancelled. The show at Raismes-fest on September 9th is not a part of the tour and may still find place. This we will know in a week or so.

Since we are not going on tour, we will do our best to make sure that the Acoustic Verses DVD will be ready for release early December this year."

Source:	greencarnation.no
Band profile:	Green Carnation

Dismember, Grave, Entombed and Unleashed will team up for the long awaited 'Masters Of Death' tour this November. Here are the first dates:

Nov. 03 - Leeuwarden (NL) - Romein
Nov. 04 - London (UK) - Carling Accademy
Nov. 08 - Essen (DE) - Turock
Nov. 09 - Saarbrücken (DE) - Garage
Nov. 10 - Erstfeld (CH) - Transilvania
Nov. 13 - Althofen (AT) - Kulturhaus
Nov. 14 - Vienna (AT) - Planet Music
Nov. 15 - Munich (AT) - Metropolis
Nov. 16 - Chemnitz (DE) - AJZ Taalschock
Nov. 17 - Adelsheim (DE) - Live Factory
Nov. 18 - Hannover (DE) - Faust
Nov. 19 - Eindhoven (NL) - Dynamo

More dates to be confirmed later.

Source:	dismember.se
Band profile:	Unleashed

Treasure Land, one of Swedens leading progressive metal acts who released two highly acclaimed CDs in 1997, and 1998 has returned with a vengeance.
After some years of writing new songs, producing other bands, writing guitar books,and doing clinics... Guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist reformed Treasure Land with a new lineup.

The two new members of the band are Rick Altzi on vocals, and Mathias Scheffler on keyboards. Rick, whose voice resambles singers like Ronnie James Dio and Jeff Scott Soto, has a vocal presence and vocal capabilities far beyond anything you've ever heard previously from the band. Keyboard player Mathias Scheffler studied music at the renowned K.I.T. (Keyboard Institute Of Technology) in Hollywood in the early 90's. His musical knowledge is absolutely amazing. Not only can he play as fast as the best out there, but his melodic sense and timing are also top notch.

Guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist states "The current lineup that we have is the strongest lineup we've had throughout Treasure Land's existence".

Treasure Land is currently in the studio recording a 3 song Demo which they will use for showcasing their new material to record labels all over the world.

The new material is described as straightforward/in your face metal interlaced with strong neoclassical elements. The newer music is also a bit darker and more eerie than the previous Treasure Land material and consists of lyrics that deal with situations which we face every day around the world.

The band is really excited about their new material and is very much looking forward to playing live again.

Official Site: http://www.treasureland.nu
Official Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/treasureland

Source:

treasureland.nu

Celebrating their 20th Anniversary, Alice In Chains are set to release The Essential Alice In Chains CD collection on Sept 5th. I am proud to offer limited copies of the CDs for review and giveaways plus assets (album cover, press release and video player). Please let me know if you are interested in attending the press day.

Ten years after their last concert, Alice In Chains has decided to reclaim their heritage and embark on a surprise U.S. club tour as a warm up for their 5-month tour of the UK and Europe. They returned for several U.S. festival dates and will pick up again in the fall (dates to be announced soon). The band looks forward to its 20th anniversary next year with the release of The Essential Alice In Chains, which will arrive in stores Sept 5th on Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertain-ment.

The first comprehensive two-CD collection ever issued on Alice In Chains is a chronological ascent from 1990 (four cuts from their debut album, Facelift, including "We Die Young," title track of the three-song Columbia debut EP released earlier that year) up through 1999, ("Get Born Again" and "Died," the two newly recorded tracks on their three-CD box set retrospective, Music Bank). The Essential Alice In Chains gathers its 28 selections from all four original albums they recorded, Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992), the self-titled Alice In Chains (1995), and the live 'acoustic' MTV Unplugged (1996), as well as from their two EPs, SAP (1992) and Jar Of
Flies (1994). Also included are remixes of their two songs from the Last Action Hero original motion picture soundtrack album (1993, the only band with two cuts on the album).

Audio Streams:

Man in The Box

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(Windows Media Low)
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(Windows Media High)
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Over Now (Unplugged)

(Real)
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(Windows Media Low)
http://www.sonybmgmedia.com/streams/wm.asx?id=2428681

(Windows Media High)
http://www.sonybmgmedia.com/streams/wm.asx?id=2428655

Video Player:

http://sonybmg.com/musicbox/video/aliceinchains

Official Site:

http://www.aliceinchains.com

Source:	specialopsmedia.com
Band profile:	Alice In Chains