Cannibal Corpse have just announced the dates for their "European Plague Tour" to take place in autumn. Direct support comes from American Death Metallers Dying Fetus. On the mainland the package will be completed by Evocation and Obscura, while Trigger The Bloodshed and Annotations Of An Autopsy will support the bands in the UK.

The tour dates are as follows:

02/10/09 - DE - Oberhausen - Death Feast Ultimate
03/10/09 - DE - Lichtenfels - Way Of Darkness Festival
04/10/09 - CH - Pratteln - Z7
05/10/09 - DE - Saarbrücken - Garage
06/10/09 - BE - Vosselaar - Biebob
07/10/09 - FR - Paris - La Locomotive
09/10/09 - ES - Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2
10/10/09 - ES - Madrid - Heineken
11/10/09 - ES - Bilbao - Rock Star
12/10/09 - FR - Lyon - Transbordeur
13/10/09 - IT - Milan - Alcatraz
14/10/09 - IT - Rome - Alpheus
16/10/09 - GR - Athens - Gagarin 205
17/10/09 - GR - Thessaloniki - Principal Club Theatre
18/10/09 - RS - Belgrade - SKC
19/10/09 - SK - Bratislava - DK Dubravka
20/10/09 - PL - Cracow - Studio
21/10/09 - DE - Berlin - Columbia Club
23/10/09 - DE - München - Backstage
24/10/09 - AT - Linz - Posthof
25/10/09 - DE - Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik
26/10/09 - NL - Dordrecht - Bibelot
27/10/09 - NL - Zwolle - Hedon
28/10/09 - UK - Colchester - Arts Centre
29/10/09 - UK - London - Koko
30/10/09 - UK - Sheffield - Corporation
31/10/09 - UK - Glasgow - ABC
01/11/09 - UK - Leamington Spa - Assembly

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Cannibal Corpse
Event:	Cannibal Corpse: European Plague Tour

Edenbridge have announced the addition of guitarist Dominik Sebastian and bassist Simon Holzknecht to the group's ranks:

"We would like to welcome 2 new band members!

Dominik Sebastian, also known from the band Thirdmoon, has already played guitar on the whole "MyEarthDream" Tour and has proved to be a great guy and musician and got on well with us. Dominik of course can also be heard on Edenbridge´s new live album "LiveEarthDream".
Simon Holzknecht, to many also known from his other band Serenity, is our new bass player! Simon is our youngest band member with only 22 years and is absolutely smashing on his instrument !

A cordial welcome, guys!"

Next Monday, on May 4 the new Edenbridge live album "LiveEarthDream" will be released.

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Source:	edenbridge.org
Band profile:	Edenbridge

Alice Cooper has issued the following statement regarding the Australian tour dates:

"All those from the land down under, prepare for more thrills and chills from the King of Theater Rock, and pay homage to the Master Himself... the Alice Cooper "Theater Of Death" tour is coming to Australia and we're giving you first crack at some of the best seats to the shows!!

The confirmed dates are as follows:

08.18.09 - WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW
08.19.09 - Convention & Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, NSW
08.21.09 - Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW
08.22.09 - Convention Centre, Brisbane, QLD
08.24.09 - Entertaiment Centre, Sydney, NSW
08.26.09 - Royal Theatre, Canberra, ACT
08.28.09 - Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
08.29.09 - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
09.01.09 - Challenge Stadium, Perth, WA

Many more shows to be announced for July through December 2009.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Alice Cooper
Event:	Alice Cooper: Australian + New Zealand Tour

Amon Amarth have announced new tour dates for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Support acts will be announced shortly. The tour dates are as follows:

Oct. 22 - Cardiff, UK - Souls
Oct. 23 - Belfast, UK - Spring & Airbrake
Oct. 24 - Dublin, Ireland - Academy
Oct. 26 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
Oct. 27 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
Oct. 28 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
Oct. 29 - Newcastle, UK - Northumbria University
Oct. 30 - Glasgow, UK - Garage
Oct. 31 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
Nov. 01 - London, UK - Koko

Source:	amonamarth.com
Band profile:	Amon Amarth
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Kreator announced a short Thrash Domination 09 tour of Japan will start in September. Other bands booked to perform with Kreator are Testament, Exodus and Heathen.

The dates are as follows:

September 17 - Osaka, Japan at Big Cat (with Testament)
September 18 - Nagoya, Japan at Club Quattro (with Exodus)
September 19 - Kawasaki, Japan at Club Citta (with Testament, Exodus, Heathen)
September 20 - Kawasaki, Japan at Club Citta (with Testament, Exodus, Heathen)

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Source:	kreator-terrorzone.de
Band profile:	Kreator
Event:	Thrash Domination 09 Tour

The new album "In The Light Of Darkness", of Swedish melodic death metal band Unanimated, is entirely available for streaming at the band's MySpace. The album is scheduled for release in April or May this year via Regain Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Unanimated

US death metallers Suffocation will release their new album, "Blood Oath", on July 3, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Sufocation entered the studio on January 31 with Joe Cincotta (who worked on the band's last two releases) to begin recording "Blood Oath". The album was mixed by Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth) and the cover artwork was once again done by Jon Zig (Deeds Of Flesh, Disgorge, Gorgasm).

''Blood Oath" cover art] tracklisting:

01. Blood Oath
02. Dismal Dream
03. Pray For Forgiveness
04. Images Of Purgatory
05. Cataclysmic Purification
06. Mental Hemorrhage
07. Come Hell Or High Priest
08. Undeserving
09. Provoking The Disturbed
10. Marital Decimation

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Suffocation

Audio samples of all the tracks on Amberian Dawn's second album "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" are available for streaming at this location . The album will be released in Japan on May 13 and in the U.K. on April 22. The album will hit the streets in the rest of Europe sometime in June.

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Source:	amberiandawn.com
Band profile:	Amberian Dawn

German black metallers Endstille are currently streaming the new song "...Of Disorder" online on the Regain Records MySpace page. The track comes from their upcoming album "Verfuehrer" which will be out sometime in April or May 2009.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Endstille

"Dare to Dream", the new upcoming album from Brazilian power metallers Shadowside, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace. The album streaming will be available for one month - until May 16. "Dare To Dream" is scheduled for release in the first week of May through LCM/Radar Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Shadowside

"Passiondale", the new album from the Dutch metallers God Dethroned, is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace. The album is scheduled for release on April 24 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and April 27 in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	God Dethroned

Original news, posted on 02.04.2009

Norwegian metallers Trail Of Tears have posted online a new song, "The Feverish Alliance", on their MySpace page.

The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Bloodstained Endurance", which will be released on May/June in Europe via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded and mixed over a six-week period at Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes. Mastering duties were handled by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Finland.

The release dates for individual countries are as follows:

May 27 - Finland, Spain
May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
Jun. 01 - Rest of Europe
Jun. 02 - USA, Canada

More details about the album were previously reported at this location.

UPDATE (thanks to 37592)

Trail Of Tears have posted another song on their MySpace. The song's called "Once Kissed By The Serpent (Twice Bitten By Truth)".

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Trail Of Tears

Vocalist Jape Perätalo of Finnish metallers To/Die/For has issued the following lengthy announcement about the band calling it a day:

"My nerves, stress level and Life came to the point that I really need to get some rest, and say goodbye for these Stressful and still nice days with To/Die/For. Since 2005 we have been through so many shitty things. We have been unlucky to meet so many shitty promoters etc. FUCK YOU ALL (this is for all of those so called promoters who ruined some of our tours, and are also one of TDF's killers.) Also I have to thank some promoters, like AYU from Mexico. And of course we met other great and friendly promoters too around the world! But... a few asshole really can kill you!?

Italy visit a couple of years ago, and US tour 2007 really sucked a huge part of my/our energy and motivation. It was a miracle that I continued after US tour until these days! Now, one booking agency tried to handle our first South-American tour and also things with this did not work. Local promoters here and there did not pay their part for the main promoters in time etc. They just could not handle things which had to be clear. I am so sad and pissed off this tour did not happen... AGAIN! We are so sorry for our fans there.

There was only 9 shows totally confirmed for almost five weeks? And many more not that "handled" things. They seemed to be working very hard for us, but still... Again I felt like "we have been through this shit before". Also all these line-up changes always stressed me a lot and made me sad, but still everyone who played with me in To/Die/For were great persons! Every line-up change killed a little part of me... well exept one!

With our latest line-up we tried to write new songs, and we had some "raw" songs, but there was One big problem! No one seemed to like the same kind of songs. Latest album came out in 2006 and after that we had only one new song? And we are not satisfied with it eather. Somethings must be wrong I think!?

Also I felt like "something is trying to drive TDF's music to wrong direction". I am gothic and that's it. I do not like Heavy metal riffs (actually I hate it!) and too many hooks here and there. I want it more simple! I want people to remember TDF as it was on "All Eternity", "Epilogue" and "IV" days.

I could write many lovely words about every TDF members I ever played with, but biggest Thanks I HAVE TO give for bassist Tonmi Lillman. He is my soulmate what comes to writing music.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	To/Die/For

Stream Of Passion have published the following news:

"After many years of great musical collaboration, Stream Of Passion and drummer Davy Mickers decided to part ways. Due to personal reasons, Davy took this step as he needs to devote more of his time to his family. Thus, he could not longer give Stream of Passion 100% of his energy. The band members wish him much happiness on this new journey in his life!

Stream of Passion is thrilled to present their fans with their new drummer: Martijn Peters. Martijn earned his extraordinary skills by playing and touring with bands like novAct, Backwater and Stentorian. He joined Stream of Passion just in time to play with them on the upcoming dates in support of their highly anticipated new album "The Flame Within".

Visit http://www.streamofpassion.com to listen to 2 full new tracks from Stream of Passion's upcoming album. "The Flame Within" will be soon released both as regular and limited digipack edition with bonus track through Napalm Records. Current release dates are as follows:

27 May: Finland, Spain
29 May: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
01 Jun: Rest of Europe
02 Jun: USA, Canada

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Stream Of Passion

The Ocean guitarist Robin Staps has issued the following statement regarding the departure of vocalist Mike Pilat:

"Being in a band is the constant struggle to reach the one, the final, the ultimate line-up. The right people, the right musicians. The line-up that clicks, where the music that is created on stage is somehow greater than the sum of each individual's output. Once a band has reached that line-up, it is flirting with divinity, it has the chance to be larger than life, to touch majesty.

Any lineup is usually a very fragile constellation, and essentially a ticking time-bomb. 5 passionate people's egos, their respective ideas, preferences, defects, habits, characters, the insecurities of their lives, all these are dangerous threats to the existence and future of a band. Struggle is an integral part of any band's existence. As my friend Mitch pointed out recently, Van Halen were only a decent band with David Lee Roth in the band, but everybody hated him. There are countless examples.

It felt like we were close to that ultimate line-up. Very close. The people I have been playing with over the past year and a half are not only amazing musicians, but also amazing people. The Ocean has consolidated into a band over the past 2 years. I am no longer alone.. and still, to some degree, The Ocean will always remain a collective, I guess.

Mike is no longer with us. He's got his reasons, and we understand and respect them. The Ocean has played the ridiculous amount of 141 shows in the past 12 months, and travelled an insane 75704 (!!!) of road kilometers between Kiew, Ukraine and Los Angeles, California.
The life we lead isn't made for everyone. Only some of my closest friends understand what life is like when you spend half of the year on the road. There is not much time for girlfriends, friends, family, career or any so-called private life. And yet the upsides make up for it: the chance to see places we would never get to see otherwise, the chance to constantly meet new people, all the countless moments of intensity, passion and craziness. Our tour diaries tell the story, there's a new one coming up here from the previous tour soon. It is the life we have chosen, for now, the life we embrace, the life we love, most of the time..."

Here is what Mike has to say: "So folks after almost 2 years and an obscene amount of drinking, debauchery and awesome shows I have parted ways with The Ocean.
There are many reasons and it was a hard decision to reach but what it boils down to is my poor financial situation and I need to continue working with my other band Collusion and with constant touring this is not possible for me any more.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	The Ocean