The new upcoming Delain album "April Rain", is now available for streaming in its entirety at this location.

The album will hit the stores March 30th, and in Australia and Japan in early April via Roadrunner Records.

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.de
Band profile:	Delain

The new Morifade album is entitled "Empire Of Souls" and will be a 10 track album. The band adds: "The album is now complete with cover and layout and will be presented to various labels, our hope is that the album will be released during 2009. We'll be back with cover design and also some audio clips from the album!"

The album was recorded at White Light Studio in Linköping, Sweden.

Source:	morifade.com
Band profile:	Morifade

Dutch metallers Delain have posted their brand new video for the song "April Rain", online. The song is the title track off the band's new album, scheduled to be released in the BeNeLux on March 20.

The band comments, "We recorded the video in Serbia and used a green screen. It turned out to be a pretty awesome video and we hope you like it."

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Source:	site.delain.nl
Band profile:	Delain

Paradise Lost have confirmed that Adrian Erlandsson (Cradle Of Filth, The Haunted, At The Gates, Nifelheim, Code) will be their new full-time drummer.

Guitarist Greg Mackintosh comments: "Adrian has been a friend and acquaintance for some time. After calling me to see if the drumming position was still vacant, we quickly arranged for an audition right before entering the studio to record our new album. We knew immediately that he was the man for the job. Playing the songs with him felt very natural. He is the same age as us and from a similar musical background. Unfortunately it was too short notice to play on the new album but everything we do from now on will have Adrian involved. We look forward to rehearsing with him when we leave the studio and to doing our first show with him in Norway on April 10th (Inferno Festival)."

Adrian Erlandsson adds: "Paradise Lost has been one of my favourite bands since I first heard them in 1990. When my fellow Brujeria member Jeff Walker told me that PL were looking for a drummer I got in contact with Greg straight away. After a few chats and emails I was on my way to the audition. I had learnt 10 songs out of their last setlist, but after playing only 4 songs vocalist Nick Holmes said "The job is yours if you want it". Great success!! I look forward to growing even older with the lads and rocking hard with them live!"

Paradise Lost are currently recording the highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's "In Requiem" in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren (Katatonia, Amon Amarth).

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Source:	paradiselost.co.uk
Band profile:	Paradise Lost

Bay Area thrash legends Testament are taking the stage once again for their first US headlining tour in support of the award-winning "The Formation of Damnation". The band's first new studio album in nine years won "Album of the Year" at the 2008 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards (and "The best Thrash Metal album of 2008" at the Metal Storm Awards).

The tour will feature the classic lineup of vocalist Chuck Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian, and drummer Paul Bostaph. Testament will be bringing along metalcore "heroes" Unearth and neo-thrashers Lazarus A.D.

Singer Chuck Billy commented on the upcoming US headlining tour: "It was really exciting last summer touring with Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, and Motörhead, playing in front of all the old-school as well as new-school metalheads. Now we look forward to CRUSHING on our first headline tour on the Damnation Vacation US run. Heavy metal forever!"

The dates are as follows:

May 02 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
May 03 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
May 04 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
May 06 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Ballroom
May 07 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Centre
May 09 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick Centre
May 10 - Maplewood, MN - The Rock
May 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Theater
May 13 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
May 15 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
May 16 - Detroit, MI - Harpos
May 17 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
May 18 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
May 20 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
May 21 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
May 22 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
May 23 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
May 24 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
May 26 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
May 27 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
May 28 - Norfolk, VA - Norva
May 29 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theater
May 30 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
May 31 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
Jun. 02 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
Jun. 03 - San Antonio - Scout Bar
Jun. 04 - Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
Jun. 06 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont
Jun. 07 - Denver, CO - Cervantes
Jun. 09 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Jun. 10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
Jun. 11 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
Jun. 12 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

All info about the tour at this location.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Testament
Event:	Testament

Slipknot are lining up for the the following N. American dates:

April 28 - Pavillion de La Jeunesse, Quebec City (Canada) (with Trivium, 3 Inches Of Blood)
April 29 - Bell Centre, Montreal (Canada) (with Trivium, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 01 - Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto (Canada) (with Trivium, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 02 - John Labatt Centre, London (Canada) (with Trivium, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 03 - Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI (with Devildriver, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 05 - Prairie Capital Convention Center, Springfield, IL (with Devildriver, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 06 - Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO (with Devildriver, 3 Inches Of Blood)
May 08 - Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, OK (with Korn, The Used, All That Remains, Dirtfeed)
May 09 - North Shore River Walk Park East, North Little Rock, AR (with Stained, Chevelle, Drowning Pool, All That Remains, Dirtfeed)
May 10 - Hartman Arena, Park City, KS
May 12 - Canaries Stadium, Sioux Falls, SD (with Korn, The Used, Clutch, All That Remains, Dirtfeed)
May 13 - Alltell Center, Mankato, MN
May 14 - US Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
May 16 - Rock On The Range, Columbus, OH

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Source:	slipknot1.com
Band profile:	Slipknot

Here it is, the official cover and tracklisting of "The Classical Conspiracy" live album. It contains a full live show recorded in Miskolc, Hungary, with a 40-piece orchestra and a 30-piece choir. More than 2 hours of Epica songs and adaptations of classical masterpieces and movie scores! The album is set for a release via Nuclear Blast on May 8th.

Disc I :

01. Palladium
02. O Fortuna
03. Dies Irae
04. Ombra Mai Fu
05. 1st part, New World
06. Spiderman
07. Summer 3
08. Montagues & Capulets
09. Imperial March
10. Stabat Mater
11. Unholy Trinity
12. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
13. Pirates Of The Caribbean

Disc II :

01. Indigo / The Last Crusade
02. Sensorium
03. Quietus
04. Chasing The Dragon
05. Feint
06. Never Enough
07. Beyond Belief
08. Cry For The Moon
09. Safeguard To Paradise
10. Blank Infinity
11. Living A Lie
12. The Phantom Agony
13. Sancta Terra
14. Illusive Consensus
15. Consign To Oblivion

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Epica

Official press release

French metal revolutionists Hacride just released the front cover of their upcoming album "Lazarus", which can be viewed here. The album is set for an april release via Listenable Records and contains the following tracks:

01. To Walk Among Them
02. Act Of God
03. Lazarus
04. Phenomenon
05. A World Of Lies
06. Awakening
07. My Enemy

"Lazarus" contains the bands most mature, diverse and experimental material to date and will for sure turn many heads in the months to come. Fans of Amoeba will rejoice for this new record and will discover many new angles to Hacride's already broad formula.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hacride

Hungarian metallers Casketgarden have posted the following statement:

"We regret to say for the fans that after 7 years of playing together out bassist Gábor Őri left the band. That is also our first line-up change since 2001. He quit in friendly way by mutual consent. We would like to thank him also in this way for his great efforts, energy, time and money he put in this band. He was a real character in Casketgarden, I think.

On our next gig in Győr, Hungary on March 13 (with Escadron, Galadriel, Endless River) it seems we will play without bass, but we've already found a guy for the bass postition, he is learning the songs at the moment. He will play first on our gig in Leoben, Austra, on March 27."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Casketgarden

The track listing for "The Devil You Know", the forthcoming album from Heaven And Hell will be as follows:

01. Atom & Evil
02. Fear
03. Bible Black
04. Double the Pain
05. Rock & Roll Angel
06. The Turn of the Screw
07. Eating the Cannibals
08. Follow the Tears
09. Neverwhere
10. Breaking into Heaven

A picture of how the cover art will look like, can be found here. "The Devil You Know" is scheduled for release on April 28 via Rhino.

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Source:	black-sabbath.com
Band profile:	Heaven And Hell

Mastodon have posted their new video, for the song called "Divinations" online. The video can be viewed here. The clip was filmed by director Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober), who previously worked with the band on the "Sleeping Giant" video.

The song "Divinations" comes off groups's upcoming new studio album, entilted "Crack The Skye", which is scheduled for a March 24 release.

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Source:	mastodonrocks.com
Band profile:	Mastodon

Austrian metallers Hellsaw have posted online a new song, "Ache", on their MySpace page. Also edits from the song "Der Harzwald" are also available on the same page.

The two songs come off the band's third album, entitled "Cold", which will be released on March/April via Napalm Records. The release dates for individual countries are as follows:

March 25: Finland, Spain
March 27: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden
March 30: Rest of Europe
April 7: USA, Canada

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

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hellsaw

U.S. death metallers Obituary have completed work on their new album for a tentative May/June release via Candlelight Records. The artwork of the new album can be viewed at this location Vocalist John Tardy states:

"Sorry I have not updated the website in a while. We have been so busy finishing up this new Obituary album and getting ready to leave for Europe in a few days that I just have not had time to do it. The good news is, last night, we finished up the mixing and we are done. It came out really sick and I cannot wait for you guys to hear it... it is heavy! Like I said, we now focus on heading to Europe for our Full of Hate tour that runs pretty much the month of March! It should be a good time and I hope you all can come out and see us."

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Source:	obituary.cc
Band profile:	Obituary

Edguy will be headlining a North America tour in September this year. Direct support will come from Wisconsin's Luna Mortis, while Minnesota's Epicurean will be openers.

Sep. 05 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON
Sep. 06 - Club Soda - Montreal, QC
Sep. 09 - The Blender Theater (at Gramercy) - New York, NY
Sep. 11 - Jaxx - West Springfield, VA
Sep. 12 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
Sep. 13 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
Sep. 15 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Sep. 16 - Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, MB
Sep. 17 - The Riddell Center (at Univ. of Regina) - Regina, SK
Sep. 19 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
Sep. 20 - Warehouse - Calgary, AB
Sep. 21 - Plaza Club - Vancouver, BC
Sep. 23 - Sugar Nightclub - Victoria, BC
Sep. 24 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Sep. 25 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
Sep. 27 - Slims - San Francisco, CA
Sep. 28 - Jumping Turtle - San Marcos, CA
Sep. 29 - The Key Club - Hollywood, CA

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Source:	enterthevault.com
Band profile:	Edguy
Event:	Edguy: N. American Tour

Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction have revealed the details of their joint tour.

Trent Reznor and company will hit the road with the original Jane's Addiction lineup from May until July. This may be your last chance to see NIN for a while, since the band will go on hiatus following the tour. Nine Inch Nails will take a break from the trek to play the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13 in Manchester, Tenn.

You can see Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction here:

May 24 - George, WA - Gorge Amphitheater (Sasquatch! Festival)
May 25 - Ridgefield, WA - Amphitheater at Clark County
May 28 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 29 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
May 31 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
June 02 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
June 03 - Spring, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 05 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater
June 07 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater
June 08 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater
June 10 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 11 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
June 15 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 17 - East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theater
June 18 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 20 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theater
June 21 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
June 23 - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
June 24 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
June 26 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon At Jones Beach
June 27 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
July 01 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater
July 03 - Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
July 04 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Source:	chartattack.com
Band profile:	Nine Inch Nails
Event:	Nine Inch Nails + Jane's Addiction