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

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

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

U.K. doom metallers My Dying Bride have set the tentative track listing for their new album. 'A Line of Deathless Kings' is the title of the forthcoming album. Recorded in Academy Studios and mixed at Chapel Studios, the album will feature nine tracks, with the following titles:

01. To Remain Tombless (6:06)
02. L'Amour Detruit (9:08)
03. I Cannot Be Loved (7:04)
04. And I Walk With Them (6:37)
05. Thy Raven Wings (5:22)
06. Love's Intolerable Pain (6:14)
07. One of Beauty's Daughters (5:40)
08. Deeper Down (6:28)
09. The Blood, The Wine, The Roses (8:21)

Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

The 11 tracks that make up Into Eternity's October 3rd release, "The Scattering Of Ashes", have been revealed:

1. Novus Inceptum (intro)
2. Severe Emotional Distress
3. Nothing
4. Timeless Winter
5. Out
6. A Past Beyond Memory
7. Surrounded By Night
8. Eternal
9. Pain Through Breathing
10. Suspension Of Disbelief
11. Paralyzed

"Not since Into Eternity's 2004 release, "Buried In Oblivion", has a collection of songs so undeniably bridged the gap between Dream Theater and Death. Individual performance herein never overwhelm the compositional whole, reaffirming Into Eternity's perfect blend of technicality, memorable songwriting, traditional heavy metal and sheer savagery. Mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy), the album is a sonic Molotov cocktail that's already been hailed as 'a landmark triumph' (BW&BK)."

Kicking off their 2006 North American assault on Megadeth's Gigantour 2006, information here, the hard working band is soon destined for your town. Keep checking http://www.intoeternity.net, the Century Media website, and the band's MySpace page for up-to-the-minute information, tour dates, MP3s and more.

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Source:	intoeternity.net
Band profile:	Into Eternity

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

Gamma Ray will be releasing their new DVD quite soon. They've also released some more details about it. It will have the humerous title of "Hell Yeah! The Awesome Foursome (and the Finnish keyboarder who didn't want to wear his Donald Duck costume) Live in Montreal." The DVD will feature footage from Gamma Ray's concert in Montreal, Canada. It will also contain some bonus features, a documentary, some video clips and more.

Here is a comment by Gamma Ray frontman Kai Hansen regarding the documentay part of the DVD: "The current lineup has been together for eight years, it was about time we filmed documentary of who the band is."

The DVD will be released in September, but an exact date hasn't been decided on yet. All the worldwide release dates will be announced soon.

Source:	gamma-ray.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray

S A M A E L finished the pre-production of their new album, tentatively due out before the end of the year. They spent a week checking new songs with Europe's most wanted producer: Waldemar Sorychta.

They are currently in the studio recording bass and guitars; sessions started in July and will go on throughout August.

Source:	samael.tv
Band profile:	Samael

Progressive metal act Symphony X has set "Paradise Lost" as the title of the follow-up to 2002's "The Odyssey", tentatively due before the end of the year. The band expects to return to the road shortly after the release of the new album.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Symphony X

Pyramaze will be recording a live DVD at this years prestigious ProgPower USA in Atlanta on the 15th 16th of September, this will include an equal mix of songs from both of their releases Legend Of The Bone Carver and Melancholy Beast.

Also, ProgPower USA's promoter Glenn Harveston, wanted to do something special this year and invited Pyramaze vocalist Lance King to join Jorn Lande among a few other select vocalists* some of bands appearing this year and some just there hanging out for a special song close at the end of the show on Saturday night.

*According to the official site ProgPowerUSA.com:
"Confirmed thus far to join Lande on stage are Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle, ex-Savatage), Lance King (Pyramaze), Michele Luppi (Vision Divine), Pasi Rantanen (Thunderstone), Mikkel Sandager (Mercenary), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), and Mattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen). Other participants will be announced at a later time."

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Pyramaze
Event:	ProgPower USA

Long-running Swedish death metallers Dismember have issued a statement dismissing reports that they are cancelling their previously announced August 29 appearance at Barby Club in Tel Aviv, Israel due to the curent unrest in the Middle East. The statement reads as follows:

"Hereby Dismember states that we are not cancelling the show at the Barbie club in Israel on the 29th of August!!! We have no idea who wants to destroy for us by posting untrue statements on behalf of the band. We are doing the show as planned to promote the band in a territory we have waited so long to play shows in. Be sure that we will not let the Israeli die-hard metal fans down!!!"

Dismember's latest album, "The God That Never Was", was released in February via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Where Ironcrosses Grow" was once again produced by drummer Fred Estby at Sami Studio in Stockholm. The group's current lineup is completed by Matti Kärki (vocals), David Blomqvist (guitar), Martin Persson (guitar) and newcomer Tobias Christiansson on bass.

taken from www.dismember.se

Source:	metal-realm.com
Band profile:	Dismember

Slayer will film a war-themed video for the song "Eyes Of The Insane" with director Tony Petrossian (Killswitch Engage, Slipknot, Stone Sour). No further details are available at this time.

Source:	slayer.net
Band profile:	Slayer

According to a posting on Edguy's official web site, the German melodic metallers were joined by Helloween bass player Markus Grosskopf for a "highly acclaimed" version of the song "Avantasia" during their appearance at the Metalway festival in Gernika, Spain on Sunday, July 30.

Source:	edguy.nu
Band profile:	Edguy