Back in September, German heavy metallers U.D.O. parted ways with longtime guitarist Stefan Kaufmann. Now, another longtime guitarist Igor Gianola left the band due to conflicts between U.D.O appointments and his private life and business. Moreover, the new U.D.O. album (title still to be announced) will be released on May 24th, 2013 via AFM Records.

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German heavy metal veterans U.D.O. have confirmed that they will be touring across North America this coming April. This marks their return to the United States and Canada after a very long drought. Support acts for this tour have not yet been announced.

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U.D.O. have announced that longtime guitarist Stefan Kaufmann is leaving the band and they are looking for a replacement. The German heavy metallers are also preparing their next studio album.

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German heavy metal band U.D.O. is set to release their upcoming rare tracks album, Celebrator - Rare Tracks, on May 4th via AFM Records to celebrate the 25th band anniversary. The album presented by Metal Hammer is a collection of unreleased and rare tracks which will be released as a 2-CD digipak with 25 tracks. Check out snippets of the album at this location.

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U.D.O.'s November 16th concert at Hristo Botev Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria, was professionally filmed for the band's next official live DVD, due to be released in 2012.

In their official website, the group commented: "The audience was absolutely fantastic and forced us to play for nearly 2 hours and 30 minutes. More than 2,000 fans welcomed back us after 7 years and pushed everybody over his personal limit. Sofia was absolutely great and we will never forget this show."

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Germany's heavy metal veterans U.D.O. are taking their Rev-Raptor Tour throughout Europe later this autumn. The band's latest effort Rev-Raptor was released in May through AFM Records.

Sister Sin, Kobra And The Lotus and Sister are the confirmed support acts on the tour.

Check out the list below to see which bands will share the stage with U.D.O. in your town during the tour.

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"Leatherhead", the new video from German heavy metal band U.D.O., can now be watched below.

The clip was shot last month in Nürnberg, Germany.

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"Leatherhead" comes off the band's upcoming new album Rev-Raptor, which will be released on May 20th through AFM Records.

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A one-minute snippet of "Leatherhead", the brand-new single from German heavy metal band U.D.O., has been made available for streaming over at this location.

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"Leatherhead" comes off the band's upcoming new album Rev-Raptor, which will be released on May 20th through AFM Records. More album details can be found at this location.

Leatherhead (single) tracklist:

01. Leatherhead
02. Rock n Roll Soldiers
03. Free Or Rebellion
04. Run!
05. Leatherhead [bonus video]
06. Jingle Balls [bonus video]

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U.D.O. has recorded a Christmas song for the biggest European music- and merchandise mailorder company EMP in Osnabrück's "DocMaKlang" studio. The song "Jingle Balls" was written by staff members of EMP and it is a new interpretation of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and the Accept hymn "Balls To The Wall".

"Jingle Balls" will be released in the middle of December under the band name Evil Disposition.

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A cooperation with EMP is planned for the release of U.D.O.'s forthcoming album Rev-Raptor which includes a countdown on EMP's website the whole week before the release date (tentatively due in May 2011) including a message from Udo and snippets of the new songs every day.

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German metallers U.D.O. have issued the following update on their official website:

"The release of the new album Rev-Raptor which was initially planned for January 14th, 2011 was unfortunately postponed to March 18th, 2011!

The reason therefor is the sadly reappearance of Stefan's strong back suffering which forced him to quit playing drums in Accept back in the days. This setback hit Stefan in the middle of the recording session for the new album and forced everybody to make a longer pause now.

Stefan is under medical treatment at a specialist and we all hope that he will recover soon.

The show on November 06th, 2010 in Augsburg where U.D.O. will be headliner in front of 9.000 expected fans at the "Masters of Rock Antenne" festival in the "Schwabenhalle" is not compromised."

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German metallers U.D.O. have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Rev Raptor is the title of the new U.D.O. longplayer which will appear again on AFM Records. Eleven out of 17 new songs will be on the album. Planned release date is January 14th, 2011."

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German metallers U.D.O. have made the title track of their forthcoming album, "Dominator", available for free download at this location (ZIP file).

The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, "Dominator", which will be released on August 21 via AFM Records.

"Dominator" [cover art] tracklist:

01. The Bogeyman
02. Dominator
03. Black And White
04. Infected
05. Heavy Metal Heaven
06. Doom Ride
07. Stillness Of Time
08. Devil's Rendezvous
09. Bleeding Heart [Japanese bonus]
10. Pleasure In The Darkroom [digipack bonus]
11. Speed Demon
12. Whispers In The Dark

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U.D.O. have announced the release of their new EP "Infected". The EP will be released as a limited edition of 2222 pieces worldwide. Release date is set for 26 June.

"Infected" [cover art] tracklist:

01. Infected (album track)
02. Systematic Madness (non-album track)
03. Bodyworld (non-album track)
04. Platchet Soldat (remix)
05. Poezd Po Rossii (live in Moscow 2008)

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German metallers U.D.O. will release new DVD. The three-hour Tuttlingen concert, which was filmed for a DVD and live CD, is going to be released in October in three different formats: as a double live CD, a DVD with bonus material, and as a DVD without bonus material.

The planned track listing is as follows:

Disc 1:
01. Mastercutor
02. 24/7
03. They Want War
04. The Bullet And The Bomb
05. Midnight Mover
06. Vendetta
07. Mission No. X
08. Midnight Highway
09. The Wrong Side Of Midnight
10. Breaker
11. Guitar Solo
12. Princess Of The Dawn
13. One Lone Voice
14. Winterdreams

Disc 2:
01. Living For Tonite
02. Thunderball
03. Drum Solo
04. Man And Machine
05. Animal House
06. Metal Heart
07. Holy
08. Balls To The Wall
09. Fast As A Shark
10. Burning
11. Outro
12. I'm A Rebel

Bonus material:
* Road movie Russia tour (15 minutes)
* Road movie South America tour (15 minutes)
* Concert Belarus (30 minutes)

The DVDs will feature 5.1 Surround Sound.

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"Metallized - 20 Years Of Metal" is the title of U.D.O.'s upcoming "Best Of" album which will be released in December. The booklet is crammed full of photos from the last 20 years and the story around the band written by Andreas Schoewe. The first 12 tracks are a selection out of the "Top 20" from the "Best Of" voting of the official website. The tracks 13 to 16 include 2 unreleased tracks, an acoustic version of 'Balls To The Wall' and last but not least a live version of 'The Bullet And The Bomb'.

Here is the complete tracklist in detail [cover]:

01. Holy
02. Heart Of Gold
03. Animal House
04. Cut Me Out
05. They Want War
06. Cry Soldier Cry
07. In The Darkness
08. Mand And Machine
09. 24/7
10. Trainride To Russia
11. Independence Day
12. Thunderball
13. Shadow Maker [unreleased song]
14. Terror In Paradise [unreleased song]
15. Balls To The Wall [acoustic version version]
16. Bullet And The Bomb [Live at St. Petersburg]

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