As posted on the Opeth website: "after a stellar 2008 that found the band´s most recent release, "Watershed", atop many critical "best of" lists, the Swedish metal outfit will return to the US for a third tour run. The tour - their third in support of "Watershed", which earned the band the best reviews of its career - will kick off on May 1 and will be sponsored by Decibel Magazine. Enslaved have been confirmed as direct support."

01 May - Sayerville, Starland Ballroom - NJ
02 May - Boston, House of Blues - MA
03 May - Montreal, Medley - QUE
04 May - Toronto, Sound Academy - ON
05 May - Pittsburgh, Mr. Smalls - PA
06 May - Chicago, House of Blues - IL
08 May - Omaha, Sokol Auditorium - NE
09 May - Boulder, Fox Theater - CO
11 May - Boise, Knitting Factory - ID
12 May - Portland, Roseland Theater - OR
13 May - Chico, Senator Theater - CA
14 May - San Francisco, Grand Ballroom - CA
15 May - Pomona, The Glasshouse - CA
16 May - Los Angeles, Avalon - CA
17 May - Tucson, Rialto Theater - AZ
19 May - San Antonio, Scout Bar - TX
20 May - Oklahoma City, Diamond Ballroom - OK
21 May - Memphis, New Daisy Theater - TN
22 May - Knoxville, Bijou Theater - TN
23 May - Columbus. Newport Music Hall - OH
24 May - Detroit, Emerald Theater - MI
26 May - New York, Grand Ballroom/Hammerstein - NY
27 May - Washington, 9:30 Club - DC

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Source:	opeth.com
Band profile:	Opeth
Event:	Opeth + Enslaved

Cannibal Corpse will be hitting the road for 4 weeks in support of their upcoming release "Evisceration Plague", which is set to decimate the metal world on Tuesday February 3rd. Support for the North American tour, presented by Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, will come from The Faceless, Neuraxis, and Obscura and kicks off on April 2nd in Asheville, NC at the Orange Peel.

Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse comments; "We are very excited to be touring the US and Canada with Neuraxis, The Faceless, and Obscura. This is a killer lineup as each band is extreme and heavy but has their own unique style. We're playing a number of cities we rarely get to on this tour, so be sure to check the tour dates closely... you don't want to miss this one!"

The tour dates are as follows:

April - 02 Asheville, TN - Orange Peel
April - 03 Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre
April - 04 Tulsa, OK - The Marquee
April - 06 Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon
April - 07 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
April - 08 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
April - 10 Vancouver, BC - Croatian Cultural Center
April - 11 Kelowna, BC - Habitat
April - 12 Edmonton, AB - The Starlite
April - 13 Calgary, AB - McEwan Ballroom
April - 14 Regina, SK - Riddell
April - 15 Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick
April - 17 Minneapolis, MN - Station 4
April - 18 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
April - 19 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
April - 21 Montreal, QC - The Medley
April - 22 Ottawa, ON - Babylon
April - 23 Quebec City, QC - Le Capitole
April - 24 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
April - 25 Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
April - 26 Jacksonville, NC - Hooligan's Music Hall
April - 27 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live

Cannibal Corpse were also confirmed as part of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival USA Tour earlier today.

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Cannibal Corpse
Event:	Cannibal Corpse: N. American Tour

Official Century Media press release:

Sweden's masters of kick-ass heavy metal Wolf are about to return in full metallic glory with their brand-new album "Ravenous". As the first promo clip for this stunning new effort Wolf now proudly present you their brand-new video for the song "Voodoo", the band states: "Both the song and the video has that dark imagery that Wolf fans know and love. Having these brilliant voodoo-kids in the video along with the spiders and other creatures of the night, we think we really hit the spot with this one. Working with Owe Lingwall again was also a delight. We really love how it turned out and we can't wait to bring this song to our live-set."

You can check out the video at this location.

"Ravenous" will be released on February 23, 2009 (Europe) and March 24, 2009 (US) - rest assured, real metal is back with a vengeance!

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Wolf

In Flames will be heading out on a Eastern European tour in March of this year. Commented the band: "We have not played live in most of the countries in Eastern Europe and we are all really looking forward to it. Hope to see a lot of new faces and cool places on this tour."

The dates are as follows:

Mar. 25 - Zagreb, Croatia - Tvornica Club
Mar. 26 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
Mar. 27 - Maribor, Slovenia - STUK Sporthall
Mar. 28 - Belgrade, Serbia - SKC
Mar. 29 - Sofia, Bulgaria -
Mar. 30 - Bucharest, Romania - Arenele Romane
Apr. 01 - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Czarnok
Apr. 02 - Trencin, Slovakia - Piano
Apr. 04 - Prague, Czech Republic - Folimanka
Apr. 06 - Warsaw, Poland - Pogresja

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Source:	inflames.com
Band profile:	In Flames
Event:	In Flames

UK metallers Motörhead have announced that they will embark on a tour through the UK in November.

Tour dates are as follows:

November 11 - Plymouth @ Pavillion
November 12 - Bristol @ Colston Hall
November 13 - Newport @ Centre
November 15 - Swindon @ Oasis
November 16 - Nottingham @ Royal Concert Hall
November 17 - Newcastle, @ City Hall
November 19 - Glasgow @ Academy
November 20 - Leeds @ Academy
November 21 - Manchester @ Apollo
November 23 - Cambridge @ Corn Exchange
November 24 - Southend @ Cliffs Pavilion
November 25 - Portsmouth @ Guildhall
November 27 - Bournemouth @ Solent Hall
November 28 - London @ HMV Apollo Hammersmith
November 29 - Wolverhampton @ Civic Hall

Tickets are priced at £25 regional/£30 London and can be booked through www.livenation.co.uk.

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Source:	imotorhead.com
Band profile:	Motörhead
Event:	Motörhead: UK Tour

US metallers Kylesa have posted online a new song, "Said And Done", on their MySpace page.

"Said And Done" comes off the Kylesa's forthcoming album, entitled "Static Tensions" cover artwork], which will be released on March 17 via Prosthetic Records.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Kylesa

Theocracy is proud to welcome Val Allen Wood as their new lead guitarist. Commented the band: "Val is an amazing talent, and will be taking over the guitar duties along with Jon, allowing Matt to step fully into the vocalist/frontman role. The band is very excited about this development, and the new lineup will be hitting stages in the U.S. and Europe soon!"

Theocracy's latest album "Mirror Of Souls" was released on 26 November 2008.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Theocracy

German power metallers Domain have issued the following update:

"The final tracklist and the artwork of the upcoming Domain concept album "The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow", (Release-Date: March 13th 09) has been revealed! The artwork was done by famous Brazilian metal artwork designer Gustavo Sazes, who bridged between the traditional Domain artwork concept and the requirements of the album story. The regular albums contains 10 tracks, one more bonus track will be added to the limited edition of the album."

Tracklist "The Chronicles Of Love, Hate And Sorrow":

01. Picture The Beauty
02. Sweeping Scars
03. Angel Above
04. Circle Of Give And Take
05. He Is Back
06. Inner Rage
07. Digging Their Graves
08. Haunting Sorrows
09. The Last dance
10. 12 O'Clock

Bonustrack:

11. Two Brothers & The Sinners Chess

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Domain

"Cold" the third full-length album from Hellsaw, and the band's first on Napalm Records, is due to be released in Europe during March 2009, whilst the US and Canada releases will follow on in April.

"Cold" contains 13 tracks of the strongest and most intense songs from Hellsaw to date, and includes "Wounds", a track not written before the band started rehearsing for the new album, but was created out of the energy and intensity that developed as the band started to play the new material.

Also included will be a bonus DVD featuring Hellsaw appearances at the Ragnarok and Under The Black Sun Festivals, and at the Le Romandie venue in Lausanne, together with a photo gallery tracing the band's history from the very early days to the present time.

A picture of the cover art can be found here. Album tracklisting as follows:

01. A Suicide Journey
02. The Black Death
03. Der Harzwald
04. 1°F
05. Cold Aeon
06. Psycho Pastor
07. Sulphur Prayer
08. I Saw Hell
09. Eyes Of Ice
10. Moonrites Diabolicum
11. Ache
12. Subterranean Empire
13. Wounds

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

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hellsaw

Stratovarius keyboard player Jens Johansson has posted the following statement:

"A long, long time, fans all over the world have eagerly waited for Stratovarius to return to the stage. They will finally be back on the road this year, with new guitar player Matias Kupiainen. We are happy to announce that Stratovarius will rock England, Scotland and Ireland for a couple of exclusive European shows before digging into the festival season 2009. Yes, you got it right: fans there will be the very first to see them live in 2009 and witness Matias's introduction onto stage with the band. Come be a part of it!" Here are the dates:

Stratovarius North Atlantic Isles Tour 2009

May 15 - Wolverhampton, England, UK @ Wulfrun Hall
May 16 - Nottingham, England, UK @ Rock City
May 17 - Glasgow, Scotland, UK @ Cathouse
May 18 - London, England UK @ Islington O2 Academy
May 19 - Manchester, England UK @ Academy 2
May 20 - Dublin, Ireland @ Button Factory

"We are also happy to announce two more shows in May after Wacken Rocks: one in Warsaw, Poland on May 24 at the Progresja music club and one in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 30, 2009 at the Glavclub. As usual, confirmed Stratovarus live shows can be found here.

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Source:	stratovarius.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius
Event:	Stratovarius: European Tour

US metallers Kult Ov Azazel have issued the following update:

"The release date for "Destroying The Sacred" has been delayed until June. We were informed from Arctic Music that the North American distributor has refused to distribute the album due to the cover art. This is the not the first time we have encountered problems likes this with our releases be it the graphic or lyrical content. We have already remedied the situation with a slip insert that will go over the cover art and the only real setback is that the original release date has been pushed back.

The good news however is we have streamed a new track on the Kult Ov Azazel MySpace page. The song is "Storm The Gates" and is track 4 on the forthcoming album. We have also confirmed participation on a Venom tribute split with Teratism. This split vinyl release will be titled "In League With Satan" and released through Negativity Records with a limited run of 666 copies. We are also working on putting together a CD/DVD release to be released later in the year through Arctic Music."

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Source:	kultovazazel.com
Band profile:	Kult Ov Azazel

German metallers Symphorce have posted the following update on their MySpace page:

"Hello phorceheads

Long time no news right? Well, this is about to change as we have some exciting news for you.

After we took our time to re"phorce" our batteries and think about our future we are ready more than ever to make our next album the possibly best Symphorce album ever. For a couple of months now, the songwriting core of Symphorce, Cede - Marcus - Andy , has come up with some great songs, melodies, hitwonders, chartbreakers, stripsongs, ...whatever you might wanna call it.

We just wanted to let you know, that we're still around (more actively in the background for some songwriting now), but we'll be back with a "Booom!" in mid-2009, with a new label partner, new material and some new surprises. Things you don't expect and still expect from Symphorce!

So get ready, fasten your seatbelt, get wicked and join us back here for some more news in the next couple of weeks!

Cheers and may the phorce be with you"

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Symphorce

Danish metallers Hatesphere have announced their European tour, called ''Alive And Dressed To The Nines Tour'', which will kick off in Berlin, Germany on April 2nd.

The band adds: ''It's time to get back on the road and we're dying here! We've been cooped up for what seems like an eternity, preparing everything for the release of our upcoming album, and so we're all counting the days now. We hope to see as many of our friends out there as possible, and hopefully make a whole lot of new ones.

Our booking agency, Go Down Believing, have been hard at work and we're bringing you a solid package with enough surprises to get your head spinning. This is only a taste of what is to come and anyone planning on attending is guaranteed a hell of a good time!

Stay peeled for more info about the new record, more tour dates and tons of other surprises. We're only just getting started here."

Here are the dates for ''Alive And Dressed To The Nines Tour'':

02-04-2009 K17, Berlin, Germany
03-04-2009 Martys Club, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
04-04-2009 DK Serikova, Plzen, Czech Republic
05-04-2009 Randal Club, Bratislava, Slovakia
06-04-2009 Orto Bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia
07-04-2009 Viper Room, Wien, Austria
08-04-2009 Bergwerk, Millstatt, Austria
09-04-2009 Salzhof, Freistadt, Austria
11-04-2009 Easter Metal Meeting, Essen, Germany (with Gojira)
12-04-2009 Juze, Oettingen, Germany
13-04-2009 Motorship Stubnitz, Rostock, Germany
14-04-2009 Logo, Hamburg, Germany
15-04-2009 Roxy, Flensburg, Germany
16-04-2009 Posten, Odense, Denmark
17-04-2009 Voxhall, Aarhus, Denmark
18-04-2009 The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark
24-04-2009 Dachstock Reitschule, Bern,Switzerland
25-04-2009 Salzhaus, Wintertur, Switzerland (with Gojira)
26-04-2009 Backstage, Munchen, Germany
27-04-2009 Nachtleben, Frankfurt, Germany
29-04-2009 Klangstation, Bonn, Germany
30-04-2009 Exhaus, Trier, Germany

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere
Event:	Hatesphere: Alive And Dressed To The Nines Tour

Napalm Death have made their new upcoming album "Time Waits For No Slave", available for streaming online on its entirety. You can listen to the whole album at the group's MySpace.

"Time Waits For No Slave" will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy: January 23
Spain, Portugal: January 27
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: January 28
UK: February 2
France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest of Europe: January 26
USA: February 10

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Napalm Death

"Painstained", the new Entwine album, is now available for streaming online for 3 days only. You can listen to the whole thing at this location. As announced by the band earlier, the album release was postponded two weeks, and it will be released on January 28 via Spinefarm Records instead.

"Painstained" cover art looks like this, and the tracklist is as follows:

01. Soul Sacrifice
02. Strife
03. Dying Moan
04. Beautifully Confined
05. Lost In My Denial
06. Greed of Mankind
07. Dead By Silence
08. Hollow
09. Caught By Desire
10. Say Goodbye

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Source:	metalmarketing.org
Band profile:	Entwine