"Over the summer we entered Panser Studio in Oslo, Norway to record drums for the next and upcoming Winds album. We had written nine compositions and felt the time was ready to begin manifesting the basic tracks for this effort. These compositions are in no way finished at this point, but Jan Axel laid down some of his most challenging and creative drumwork to date, which will serve as the foundation of what the record will be built upon.
The entire studio process went really well, and we have to extend our gratitude to BT Pro Audio, SE Electronics, and not the least Audio Media Professional AS who were majorly involved in providing us with the mics and other gear we needed for these drum recordings. We will not speculate on when the next album will be ready, but we hope it will see a release towards the end of 2005, at which point you can expect to hear another fabulous yet also very different Winds album."

http://label.theendrecords.com/

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Winds

Long-running New York-based death metallers IMMOLATION have set "Harnessing Ruin" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late January 2005 via Listenable Records in Europe (Olympic Recordings in the U.S.). The album was recorded at Millbrook Sound Studios with Paul Orofino producing. A new video for the track "Dead to Me" is currently in the works and wil be shoot in the end of October in New York.
IMMOLATION will also announce a brand new website address shortly. 'Harnessing the Ruin' is coming out on LISTENABLE records (world except North America) in the end of January. The front cover artwork should be done again by Andreas Marschall.

"Harnessing Ruin" track listing:

01. Swarm of Terror
02. Our Savior Sleeps
03. Challenge the Storm
04. Harnessing Ruin
05. Dead to Me
06. Son of Iniquity
07. My Own Enemy
08. Crown the Liar
09. At Mourning's Twilight

On other news , IMMOLATION DVD 'bringing down the world' is finally released and available in PAL system region 0. The NTSC version will come out early 2005 and will be distributed in USA through THE END / IDN distribution.

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Immolation

The UK band have broke up with their vocalist Richie Wicks. The band haven't announce a new singer, but they would announce it soon, because their are currently working on a new album due to be out on 2005.

www.rafabasa.com

QUIET RIOT, the band who introduced the world to their chart-topping album "Metal Health", are back after an eighteen month absence. Driven by vocalist Kevin DuBrow and powered by drummer Frankie Banali, both QUIET RIOT founding members, the band is now fueled by longtime QUIET RIOT contributing bassist Chuck Wright and energized with BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist Alex Grossi.

QUIET RIOT have entered into an equitable and legal agreement with bassist Rudy Sarzo, now with DIO, making it possible for the continuation of the group. Former guitarist Carlos Cavazo has chosen not to participate. Everyone concerned wishes each other continued success.

QUIET RIOT will be releasing their first-ever official live CD, "Quiet Riot Live & Rare", in January 2005 via Cleopatra/Deadline Records. It will include tracks from their 1983 "Metal Health" tour and the 1984 "Condition Critical" tour as well as three rare 1981 "demo" tracks for their "Metal Health" release.

blabbermouth.net

O. K.
Here is the latest,
The band is in the middle of negotiations with, to my knowledge
Three different record labels, and its my understanding that they
are bidding on the unplugged CD Along with the Seven CD.
That is playing a big role in why the CD is not available on the site.
On the brite side, If they sell it to one of the labels, you may eventually hear Trouble on the radio.Plus, It will still be available in record stores. So
lets wish them well and hope for the best.

Thanks!
Chad

www.newtrouble.com

On October 2, Dying Fetus dismissed vocalist Vince Matthews from the band. This action was taken due to a number of musical, professional, and personal reasons that we feel do not need elaboration at this time. However, Vince remains a long-time friend of several Dying Fetus members and we wish him the best of luck in the future. This change will not affect any of our present tour plans. We intend to continue with our current four-piece lineup, and we will handle the vocals accordingly (something we have done many times, as our Canadian fans already know).

www.dyingfetus.com

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Dying Fetus

From Lacrimosa's homepage:

"After the speculations condense and the rumours are becoming preeding-places for cranky fantasy-stories, I want to end the presumptions and notify what I originally wanted to announce earliest in several weeks: Yes, Snakeskin is my solo-project!
More information about Snakeskin you can find on www.snakeskin.ch, but already now I want to mention and anticipate new possible rumours, that Snakeskin is another musical and emotional playground for me, but that it won't detach Lacrimosa! Lacrimosa is and always will be my band and nothing is going to change that!
Without having the need to sacrifice Lacrimosa for it, the gentle listener therefore receives another facet, and I wish lots of pleasure with it!

With love,
Tilo Wolff"

http://www.lacrimosa.de/e/index.htm

"After the tracks "Melissa" and "I am the dark" let tremble the dancefloors since June this year and press as well as audience has been brought to the riddle around its doer, the longplayer "Music for the lost" will come out on the 25th of October 2004!"
This album will be released through "Hall of Sermon".
Tracklist:
01 - I am the dark
02 - Fourious stars
03 - Melissa
04 - Waking a lie
05 - Longonelost
06 - Panicky joy
07 - Cinderella
08 - Symphony of pain
09 - Come as You are
10 - Recall

Bonus Tracks:
11 - Cinderella
12 - Melissa
13 - I am the dark

For more info and soundclips: http://www.snakeskin.ch/e/index.htm

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Lacrimosa

From the homepage of the band:
"Finish cello-rockers "Apocalyptica" have returned to the studio to record the first single of their forthcoming album (due early February 2005). The song, entitled "Bittersweet", is a dark ballad, that features fellow-countrymen Lauri Ylönen from "The Rasmus" and Ville Valo from "HIM" on vocals. The single, written by "Apocalyptica", Lauri and Ville together, will be released internationally on 29 November.
Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso will appear alongside Lauri and Ville in the video for "Bittersweet", shot in the band's hometown Helsinki and directed by renowned finish director Antti Jokinen.
Where in the beginning the classically-trained cellists established themselves with interpretations of Metallica, Slayer, and Sepultura classics, the band have developed their own writing skills for many years and matured while doing so. The new album will - just like its predecessors "Cult" and "Reflections" - again contain originally Apocalyptica-penned songs".

http://www.apocalyptica.com/

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Apocalyptica

"Reise Reise", the fourth studio album from German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN, has entered the national album charts in the following countries:

No. 1: Switzerland
No. 1: Finland
No. 1: Austria
No. 2: Holland
No. 3: France
No. 4: Norway
No. 6: Belgium
No. 17: New Zealand
No. 19: Australia
No. 37: U.K.
No. 54: Ireland

"Reise Reise" is scheduled for release in the U.S. on November 16. The album's first domestic single, the bilingual "Amerika", went into rotation on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" last weekend, while import single "Mein Teil" has already shown up on the "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" soundtrack as well as on Fuse's "Uranium".

Recorded primarily in Spain (El Cortijo Studio, Malaga), "Reise Reise" (translated as "Voyage, Voyage" or "Journey, Journey") was produced by Jacob Hellner, who has been integral to the band's studio work since day one.

RAMMSTEIN's upcoming tour begins November 1 in Mannheim, Germany and includes three nights at Berlin's Velodrom, as well as arena dates in Moscow, Prague, Barcelona and Helsinki. U.S. dates should follow in 2005.

News taken from: Blabbermouth
http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/

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Rammstein

"Last Sunday (3.10.2004) we recorded the vocals for the cover song. The song is 'Solitude' by Candlemass, and it features Albert of "Reverend Bizarre" on vocals. It was great working (and drinking) with him, and he did an excellent job with the vocals! The song will be released as a bonus track on the U.S. release of 'The Morning Never Came' and on a upcoming single from our second album".

Details on releasing and recording our next album and the single will be posted later on the band's website.

Also, on Octomber the 18th the band will perform a gig in "Tavastia", Helsinki along with Heaven Shall Burn, The Eternal, Machete.

visit: http://www.swallowthesun.net/

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Swallow The Sun

According to Amazon.com and a several other Internet sources, the hotly anticipated three-CD/one-DVD NIRVANA box set will be entitled "With The Lights Out" (a lyric from the legendary NIRVANA track "Smells Like Teen Spirit") and will hit stores on November 23 via Geffen (November 22 in Europe).
The four-disc compilation is made up of three audio CDs, with over 40 tracks on them, and one DVD with archive footage.
The audio tracks will be rare and previously unheard demos, alternative versions and radio session tracks.
The DVD footage includes a rare promo of "In Bloom" and is also expected to feature an early live show.

www.metal-realm.com

Nocturnal Rites drummer Owe Lingfall has had a serious accident a couple of days ago, which almost cost him greatly, namely an eye. Today he will have surgery.

According to the other members of the band Owe is a fighter, so they have full confindece that he will recover really fast.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Nocturnal Rites

The official homepage of WINTERSUN, the new band of Jari Mäenpää (ex-ENSIFERUM), just went online. Check out www.wintermadness.net for more information about this amazing Finnish act!

Oliver Fokin, formerly session guitarist of Jari Mäenpää's (ex-ENSIFERUM) band WINTERSUN, has decided to leave the band. Jari put the following statement on the band's official website www.wintermadness.net: "Unfortunately Oliver has decided that he can´t continue in Wintersun as a guitarist, because his time is filled with other activities/jobs. So Wintersun is looking for a guitarist and a synthplayer, but we are mainly looking for Finnish members."

http://www.nuclearblast.de/

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Wintersun

PARADISE LOST announced today (Oct. 6) that the title of their newest album will be "Paradise Lost" ? in celebration of their 10th studio album since their full-length debut, "Lost Paradise", was released in 1990. Artwork and tracklisting are still to be confirmed.

The follow-up to 2002's "Symbol of Life", "Paradise Lost" was recorded primarily at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, England under the guidance of producer Rhys Fulber (FEAR FACTORY, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY) and is the group's first to feature drummer Jeff Singer (ex-BLAZE).

Singer joined the group in May as the replacement for Lee Morris, who left the band in March due to "personal and musical differences."

The upcoming CD is being described by singer Nick Holmes as "definitely the heaviest album we have done in the last ten years."

Working songtitles set to appear on "Paradise Lost" include:

01. Through The Silence
02. Shine
03. Sun Fading
04. Sanctimonious You
05. Redshift
06. Forever After
07. Getting Over The Madness
08. Accept The Pain
09. Close Your Eyes
10. The Laws Of Cause

"Symbol Of Life", PARADISE LOST's ninth studio album, was produced by Fulber and was released in the U.S. through Koch Entertainment.

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Paradise Lost

Construcdead, the Swedish band featuring Terror 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, will enter Fear And Loathing Studio (co-owned by Clawfinger and Meshuggah) in late October to record an EP. "The CD will contain three brand new songs and the 'Wounded' video!" the band write on their web site. "No release date has been set yet for this release, but we´ll of course inform you of this as soon as we know more! We're also planning to record another full-length album in the beginning of next year!"

Construcdead, who recently announced the the addition of bassist Johan Magnusson (ex-Carnal Forge guitarist) to the group's ranks, released their sophomore album, "Violadead", earlier this year through Sound Pollution Records. The CD was recorded and mixed at Helsingborg's Queenstreet Recording with producer Richard Larsson and features a guest appearance by Soilwork vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid and ex-Soilwork drummer Henry Ranta in the track "Bitter End". A limited-edition digipack version of the album features as a special bonus a demo recording of the track "Inhuman Condition".

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Construcdead