In a chat last Tuesday Skyclad's singer Kevin "Armchair Enthusiast" Ridley revealed the following news:

- Skyclad are currently booking gigs for a tour in Europe in March/April
- To promote the tour and the last two albums Demolition Records will release a 6-Track-EP soon (with 2 tracks from "A Semblance Of Normality", 2 from "No Daylights Nor Heeltaps" and 2 unreleased songs)
- Kevin is working on a solo album that includes guest appearances of all Skyclad members

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Source:	p095.ezboard.com
Band profile:	Skyclad

U.D.O. confirmed to play at BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 10th anniversary festival

The official band-lineup of the German BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-festival 2005 is
all set up: U.D.O., the band of ACCEPT-singer Udo Dirkschneider, is the 22nd
and final band confirmed to play at the event that will take place at the
Messegelände of Balingen on the 24th and 25th of June.

BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2005 will be the 10th BANG YOUR HEAD!!! in a row and is
therefore themed "The Best of Ten Years". To celebrate this anniversary, the
festival's organizers invited the most popular acts of all former events.
Alongside 22 bands that have rocked the festival's stage before, another
well-known very special guest will be invited as surprise act.

The list of artists set to perform at the BANG YOUR HEAD!!!-festival 2005 at
Balingen, Germany, 24th/25th of June:

TWISTED SISTER
MOTÖRHEAD
DIO
SAXON
DORO
SEBASTIAN BACH
U.D.O.
GAMMA RAY
NEVERMORE
KROKUS
AXEL RUDI PELL
DESTRUCTION
VIRGIN STEELE
AMON AMARTH
TANKARD
CANDLEMASS
JAG PANZER
EXCITER
MORGANA LEFAY
NASTY SAVAGE
VICIOUS RUMORS
DEMON

+ 1 very special guest

All further details about the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! may be found at the
BYH!!!-homepage at http://www.bang-your-head.de.

Tickets are availaible at ticket-hotline (+49-74 57-9 13 93) and via
homepage http://www.bang-your-head.de/. Prices are 59, - Euro (plus
shipping) at presales. Tickets are limited to a number of 20000. By this it
the organisators want to ensure that the special and relaxed atmosphere of
the event won't suffer.

The new album consist of 9 grinding songs.
The portion of music served by Bony and his band is very mature and breaks the rules the band established and followed themselves before. It is much different from Devilyn's previous recordings, and turns out to be a revelation.

BONY: After few years, reborn we return with the album that starts new chapter in band's history. After all that time i can say i managed to recreate devilyn with with people who perfectly understand my conception, i managed to bring all my visions to life. I think it's exactly what i wanted devilyn's music to be like, and i find this material to be the best of all our albums.
Words like dynamics, brutality, intensity, technique are not enough to describe "11". For me - it is like turning to different space of death metal. First of all, everything is now clear and much more understandable. We made a lot of changes in sound. Drums are very strong and clear, and Domin plays very fast. Guitars are really heavy and clear as well, due to Erian's feel and Cyprian's professionalism. The technique skills of Michal are very high and all the lyrics Tolovy wrote are easy to hear. We are fully satisfied with all we did during such a short recording session. We are proud this album is our own masterpiece.

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conquerec.com]

The band decide to part ways with the bassit and the drummer here are the details:

"for various reasons we have decided to part ways with kevin falk and jason roe... there's no bad blood between anyone, and we wish them all the best in the their future endeavors. -we have acquired percussionist extraordinaire blake richardson (glass casket)... and the bass situation should be figured out in the next few weeks."

Also the band is writting material for a new album.

http://betweentheburiedandme.com/newsite/

The gothic band from the Netherlands have decide to broke up, this was what they said on their website:

"The rumors about the break up of To Elysium are true. After two studio albums we decided to continue our musical roads separated."

http://www.toelysium.com

As it was reported in the John Petrucci website, the album is ready and the release date will be post there, the album is expect to be release soon, here is the tracklist:

01. Jaws of Life
02. Glasgow Kiss
03. Tunnel Vision
04. Wishful Thinking
05. Damage Control
06. Curve
07. Lost Without You
08. Animate-Inanimate

and Here you can see the cover art.

http://www.johnpetrucci.com

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Band profile:

Dream Theater

Finally the band have announce that the new bass player will by Pedro Díaz who have played with Ars Amandi between others, he's also a bass teacher. Also the band announce their new tour:

GIRÁSTASIS TOUR 2005

January:

21.-Madrid (Sala Macumba) + Cuatro Gatos
29.-Valdemorillo (Recinto Ferial) + Ars Amandi

February:

05.-Murcia (Sala Gamma)
12.-Valencia (Sala Repúblicca)+ sweet little sister
18.- Avilés (Sala Cuatro)
26.- Granada (Sala la Copera)

March:

12.- Gerona (Sala la Mirona)
19.- Palma de Mallorca (Sala Assaig)

http://www.magodeoz.com/

Band profile:

Mägo De Oz

The complete track listing for the new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, "Mafia", has been revealed.

"Mafia", due on March 8 via Artemis Records, was engineered by "1919 Eternal"/"The Blessed Hellride" knob-twister Eddie Mapp, and features Craig Nunenmacher on drums and James Lomenzo handling the bass duties, according to SDMFworldwide.com. The album's first single, "Suicide Messiah", is scheduled to go for radio adds on January 24.

"Mafia" track listing:

01. Fire It Up
02. What's In You
03. Suicide Messiah
04. Forever Down
05. In This River
06. You Must Be Blind
07. Death March
08. Dr. Octavia
09. Say What You Will
10. Too Tough To Die
11. Electric Hellfire
12. Spread Your Wings
13. Been A Long Time
14. Dirt On The Grave

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Black Label Society

According to the Troll(where lex play) website he have formed a new band:

Lex has teamed up with Shagrath, and a few more musicians to form "CHROME DIVISION". A new rock/metal project. Similar in style to bands like Monster Magnet, Spiritual Beggars etc. They will release a MCD this spring along with a video.

Lex - Drums
Shagrath - Guitar (from "Dimmu Borgir")
Luna - Bassguitar (from "Ashes to Ashes")
Jarle - Vocals (from "Span")

http://www.trollmusic.tk/

Band profile:

Chrome Division

This is the statement on doom-metal.com that talk about the new band:

Keen of the Crow is the name of a new band featuring Rhett Davis and Justin Christain of Morgion fame and Ex Nepenthean founder Ron Slater. Songs have been crafted and recording and touring are planned for the relatively near future.

Musically speaking the sonic output from Keen of the Crow will not be similar to that of Morgion or Nepenthean as they are striving to cultivate their own sound and identity.

As of this writing, key players and additions to the band are still being made and they hope to have a solid line up locked in within the next few weeks.

An official Keen of the Crow website is in development and more news regarding Keen of the Crow will be available at the website shortly.

http://www.doom-metal.com/

Band profile:

Morgion

The band have announced in their offficial website that the band broke up, not reason have been posted, but will later.

There will be a final performance of the band, it will be:

2-18-05 at The Pilot Light in Knoxville, TN.

The EP "Love Through Blood" will be aviable on the show.

http://www.placeofskulls.com/

Band profile:

Place Of Skulls

Nick have announce the new album on the Terror 2000 website, here is what he said:

"We are gonna release a third full album in 2004, the recording session ais gonna be sometime in April/May probably, if everything goes alright. Also a new Japan tour is going to be prepared along with the release hopefully! Be sure to check out my band EL MAGO, new website is under construction. New fat songs have been recorded! www.elmago.nu

Take Care!! Rock On! /Nick Sword"

http://www.terror2k.cjb.net/

InsideOut Music will release EVERGREY's new live CD, A Night To Remember, on March 15th.

The band's forthcoming double DVD, which features their 19 song live performance in their hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, was filmed with 15 hi-def cameras by video producer Patrick Ullaeus (Lacuna Coil, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, etc.) and will include all six of the group's videos to date. Also, a whole DVD of backstage material, in-depth interviews with each of the members, gear-talk, live material from the beginning of their career, festivals, old demo songs and tons of pictures!

Look for the DVD to hit stores in April.

http://www.evergrey.net

Band profile:

Evergrey

The well-known drummer Moritz Neuner was announced as the new member of Atrocity and Leaves Eyes, He already started to work with Leaves Eyes who just started the recording of their new album, and will be working with Atrocity that has something new coming too.

http://www.atrocity.de
http://www.leaveseyes.de/

Band profile:

Atrocity

The swedish guitarrist Marcus Jidell from The Ring, in officially the new guitarist of Royal Hunt. He will joining Royal Hunt in the studio to record their new album.

More info on:

http://www.royalhunt.com/

Band profile:

Royal Hunt