US Brutal Death Metal legends Suffocation have lined up for the following spring tour dates in Europe:

03/29 Paris, France @ Scene Bastille
03/30 Rijssen, Netherlands @ Lucky (Metal Meltdown Festival)
03/31 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Store Vega
04/01 Glauchau, Germany @ Alte Spinnerei (No Mercy Fest)
04/02 Prague, Czech Republic @ Abaton (No Mercy Fest)
04/03 Szczetin, Poland @ Slowanin
04/04 Aalborg, Denmark @ StudenteHuset
04/05 Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller (Inferno Fest)
04/06 Stockholm, Sweden @ Klubben
04/07 Gotenburg, Sweden @ Musikens Hus
05/10 Beograd, Serbia @ SKC
05/11 Bucuresti, Romania @ Suburbia
05/12 Thesaloniki, Greece @ Milos Xilorgido
05/13 Athens, Greece @ Ann Club
05/14 Skopje, Macedonia @ Youth Cultural Centre
05/15 Zagreb, Croatia @ Mocvara
05/16 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Gala Hala
05/18 Palermo, Italy @ Officine Bier Garten
05/19 Gualtiery, Italy @ Tempo Rock
05/20 Torino, Italy @ Spazio211
05/21 Lyon, France @ TBA
05/22 Barcellona, Spain @ Apolo 2
05/23 Murcia, Spain @ Super 8
05/24 Madrid, Spain @ Copernico
05/25 Las Palmas, Grand Canaria @ Sala Paraninfo
05/26 Durango, Spain @ Plateruana

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Source:	suffocation.us
Band profile:	Suffocation
Event:	Suffocation: European Tour

According to the official Children Of Bodom fan site Scythes Of Bodom, guitarist Alexi Laiho revealed that Sinergy's long awaited fourth album "Sins Of The Past" is still not complete. Some solos and vocals have yet to be recorded - work that could be finished in only a couple days - but it seems there is a risk that the previously recorded material has been lost. The material was reportedly nowhere to be found last week. No further details have been released, but the search continues, and Alexi seemed hopeful that it hasn't vanished permanently.

"Sins Of The Past" was originally due to be released in 2005. Recordings began in June 2004 at Finnvox Studios.

Sinergy features vocalist Kimberly Goss, COB's Alexi Laiho and guitarist Roope Latvala and Stratovarius/Kotipelto bassist Lauri Porra.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Sinergy

The following announcement has been issued on the official website of Armageddon Music:

"Mystic Circle signed a deal with Armageddon Music shortly before beginning their current European tour which is now running. At the end of the tour they will be going straight into rehearsals for the new album and then on the 01.10.2007 they will be going into the Stage One Studio where the album will be produced by Andy Classen. The new album from Mystic Circle will then be released in January through Armageddon Music."

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Source:	armageddonmusic.de
Band profile:	Mystic Circle

Vital Remains have uploaded a new song, entitled 'Hammer Down The Nails' to their MySpace page.
The track comes off the upcoming new album "Icons Of Evil", due on April 24 via Century Media Records.

You can find more info about "Icons Of Evil" here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Vital Remains

Belgian Grinder Leng Tch'e have debuted the first video from their brand new album "Marasmus", for the track "1-800-APATHY" exclusively at http://www.singingfool.com. The video was shot in Paris, France with film-crew oneOone (Aborted).

"1-800-APATHY" can also be heard via the band's official MySpace Page and the "Marasmus" Media Player.

Additionally, Leng Tch'e have announced a number of tour dates in support of "Marasmus", including festival appearances and a run alongside Immolation and Krisiun. A listing of confirmed Leng Tch'e tour dates can be found online here with more to be announced shortly.

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Source:	smnnews.com
Band profile:	Leng Tch'e

Several audio samples from W.A.S.P.'s upcoming CD, "Dominator", have been posted online at this location.

Released via Demolition Records, "Dominator" cover] will feature the following tracklisting:

01. Mercy
02. Long, Long Way To Go
03. Take Me Up
04. The Burning Man
05. Heaven's Hung In Black
06. Heaven's Blessed
07. Teacher
08. Heaven's Hung In Black (Reprise)
09. Deal With The Devil

Release dates:

UK - April 16
Scandinavia - April 20
The rest of mainland Europe - April 27

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Source:	waspnation.com
Band profile:	W.A.S.P.

"Solar Soul", the eight full length album by Swiss metal experimentalists Samael and the first one through with Nuclear Blast Records, will be released on June 1, two weeks prior to the first announcement on the band's website.

The album contains the following tracklisting:

01. Solar Soul
02. Promised Land
03. Slavocracy Listen]
04. Western Ground
05. On The Rise
06. Alliance
07. Suspended Time
08. Valkyries' New Ride
09. Ave!
10. Quasar Waves
11. Architect
12. Olympus

Commented vocalist Vorph: "We're thrilled to enter this new collaboration with an album we believe to be our greatest achievement to date. We know Nuclear Blast is providing a solid ground that will enable us to build something worth your attention. For us, it feels like the time is now!"

For more news about "Aeonics - An Anthology", Samael's best of compilation through Century Media Records, go to this location.

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Source:	samael.info
Band profile:	Samael

Paradise Lost have posted two songs from their upcoming single, "The Enemy" (due on April 13, cover art here), at the band's MySpace Page.
You can listen to a medley consisting of the single's title track, 'The Enemy', as well as 'Beneath Black Skies'.

Apart from these two tracks, Paradise Lost's new single also contains the exclusive non-album track 'Godless' plus a trailer for the band's upcoming documentary "Over The Madness", which was directed by Diran Noubar and is about to be premiered at the film festival in Cannes in May 2007.

The new single "The Enemy" will only be released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.

The masterly new Paradise Lost opus "In Requiem" will be released on May 21st, 2007 in Europe.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Paradise Lost

The following statement has been issued on Arch Enemy's website:

Arch Enemy are pleased to be able to announce that original guitarist Christopher Amott is rejoining the band with immediate effect. The band, having finished an intense 18 month touring cycle all over the world promoting the "Doomsday Machine' album and "Live Apocalypse" DVD, are currently busy working on songs for their new studio album.

Christopher surprised many by departing Arch Enemy at the end of the "Doomsday Machine' recording sessions in 2005, having been in the band for 10 years (starting with Arch Enemy at age 18). Christopher followed his urge to see the outside world and find what else is out there apart from music. Having done that, the time is right for him to return to the fold with a newly injected bite and focus and to resume his career.

Commenting on the re-grouping announcement he states:

"This is very exciting for me, returning to Arch Enemy as a fulltime member! Right now we are working on our forthcoming album and I'm very pleased about the way it's turning out. The new songs are fast and furious with lots of melody! To all the people who sent me kind messages while I was out of the band, thank you for your support, it helped me a lot. After this (much needed) two year break, I'm looking forward to getting back on the road. I hope to see you all later this year!"

Arch Enemy mastermind Michael Amott compliments his younger brother Christopher perfectly in style and chemistry and together they have become one of the most infamous and ripping guitar teams in extreme metal. Michael comments:

"So, we are back with my brother Christopher on guitar - it's a huge rush to have him back playing in his signature style! He's jumped in at the end of the songwriting process for the new album and added some of his unique spice! I feel Christopher's playing has matured and is more precise and even faster than before! Guitar fans are going to freak on the stuff we are getting up to on the new album!"

The last two years have been the busiest and most successful touring campaign of Arch Enemy´s entire career, so the many fans both old and especially new can now look forward to witnessing Christopher´s return to the stages of the world. In regards to Fredrik Åkesson, the Swedish guitar-wizard who has been touring with Arch Enemy for 18 months and who can be seen on the band´s latest video clip for the song "My Apocalypse", Michael states:

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Source:	archenemy.net
Band profile:	Arch Enemy

The following "Ghost Opera Press Release" has been posted on Kamelot's official website:

After their biggest and most successful releases "The Black Halo" and the critically acclaimed "One Cold Winter's Night" metal pioneers Kamelot return with another studio masterpiece; "Ghost Opera" which will hit stores on these dates:

Germany: June 1
Europe: June 4
USA: June 5

"Ghost Opera" will be Kamelot 's third release via SPV/Steamhammer Records.

"Ghost Opera" was recorded and mixed at Gate Studios and Pathway Studios in Wolfsburg , Germany with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro. Artwork was handled by Mattias Norén with contributions by Alexandra V. Bach, Liliana Sanchez and Derek Gores. A limited-edition digipack version of the CD will include the bonus cut "The Pendulous Fall" along with a bonus DVD containing the video for the album's title track, "Ghost Opera", shot by director Ivan Colic of Serbia's ICode Team as well as the making of the "Ghost Opera" video. The Limited Edition will contain a special extended booklet as well.

SPV records will release a strictly limited single CD of "Ghost Opera" to be handed out to fans attending the European Tour in March, April and May 2007.

"Ghost Opera" limited-edition digipack cover] tracklisting:

01. Solitaire
02. Rule The World
03. Ghost Opera
04. The Human Stain
05. Blücher
06. Love You To Death
07. Up Through The Ashes
08. Mourning Star
09. Silence Of The Darkness
10. Anthem
11. EdenEcho
12. The Pendulous Fall

Kamelot's guitarist Thomas Youngblood states: "We are very excited about the new tour and album release this year. Ghost Opera is full of new and varied elements for us and the fans. This will be our most ambitious stage show ever as well".

In good Kamelot tradition "Ghost Opera" includes an array of guests, exotic instuments and dives into new musical territory.

"This is certainly another leap forward for Kamelot, with what I think is our best, most exciting and important production to date" - says Kamelot vocalist Khan.

Kamelot's current lineup is as follows:
Khan - Vocals
Thomas Youngblood - Guitars
Glenn Barry - Bass
Oliver Palotai - Keys
Casey Grillo - Drums

Kamelot's World Tour 2007-2008 kicks off this Spring March 28 th in Europe. Special Guests in Europe and North America "Leaves' Eyes". See Tour Info section for tour dates.

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Source:	kamelot.com
Band profile:	Kamelot
Event:	Kamelot: European Tour

Ole Walaunet, guitarist of Norway's Black/Death Metal band Grimfist, has stated the following announcement on the band's official website:

"Grimfist welcomes Morten Muller on vocals and Birger Larsen on bass!! The guys are also members in Dead Trooper. We've been rehearsing in Oslo and are fired up and ready to fucking slay with this line-up!!! We're confident that these bastards are the right guys for the job, and will bring the band further to the next level"

First confirmed livedate featuring the new Grimfist line-up will be: 25.05 - Club Maiden (Oslo)

Source:	grimfist.com
Band profile:	Grimfist
Event:	Grimfist

Taken from The Underground Video Television Newsletter:

Black Metal band Goatwhore's track 'Bloodletting Upon The Cloven Hoof From A Haunting Curse' is the latest live video release on the Underground Video Television (UVTV) website, here.
The footage was taken during the band's tour swing with Celtic Frost at Magic City Music Hall late last year in Binghamton NY.

Goatwhore will embark on another North American tour with 1349 and Nachtmystium which kicks off March 23 in Tampa FL.
In May, Goatwhore will head to Europe on "The Excess Of Evil" tour with Marduk, Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Melechesh and Pantheon I.
(Dates for that tour can be found here).

The new album by Goatwhore entitled "A Haunting Curse" is currently available via Metal Blade.

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Source:	uvtv.info
Band profile:	Goatwhore
Event:	1349: North American Tour

Norwegian ex-Tristania singer Vibeke Stene has shot down reports that she has joined Nightwish as the replacement for Tarja Turunen.

Yesterday, Blabbermouth.net(!) published the rumors that Stene accepted the job as new vocalist for the Finnish symphonic metal band, after the misinterpretation and misunderstanding of an article in Finland's biggest tabloid, Ilta-Sanomat (you can find that article here).

However, according to Stene, "That is not true. I would not want to sing for Nightwish," she told the Norwegian newspaper VG.

Stene believes that it might not be a coincidence that the rumors have surfaced around the time of the release of the new Tristania album.

According to Vibeke, Tristania's record label asked her a year ago if it was OK for them to put out the rumor that she was going to take over the singer slot in Nightwish. This was in order to generate interest in Tristania, which Stene quit three weeks ago "due to personal reasons."

However, "I said no," says Stene.

The only public information about the new vocalist that has come out of the Nightwish camp so far has been offered by the group's manager, Ewo Pohjola (a.k.a. Ewo Rytkönen) of King Foo Entertainment. "She is getting along very well with the guys," he said. "She is very talented, clever and sweet."

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roadrunnerrecords.com

Swedish metallers Entombed will release their new album, "Serpent Saints - The Ten Amendments", later in the year through Threeman Recordings via a special arrangement with Candlelight Records. The 10-song effort will mark the group's first release with drummer Olle Dahlstedt (Alpha Safari, ex-Misery Loves Co.), who replaced Peter Stjärnvind in 2006.

Commented the band: "We're mixing right now and the devil is smiling. Yesterday we got final mixes on the songs 'In The Blood' and 'The Dead, The Dying And The Dying To Be Dead' with top man Soren Elofsson at the console. He's helping us tweak the mix and will most likely master the beast at Cosmos Mastering, Stockholm, Sweden, later this month.

"So, where are we coming from on this album? Same place as always. Always the one constant . . . something from the cunt/cock and something for the clock, i.e. something for the gray between the ears and something for the primal forces below the waist and possibly something for the spot a little off centre in the chest.

"Musically "Serpents Saints" goes wider and deeper than the "When In Sodom" EP but it's a pretty good indicator. It's no concept album but an ambitious attempt at creating a solid album with some reoccurring themes. Almost like the sound track to the film with the same name. Get the picture? You don't need to.

"Without getting too philosophical and/or, God forbid, preachy, who the fuck needs that? "Serpent Saints" on one plane deals with serpents (snakes, devils) and saints and how to separate the two. Can you? Are they the same, like most things and people, both good and bad depending on . . the weather and quantity and most importantly ? on which side of the fence you are positioned. God and bad and/or positively evil. Most things/people are definitely both, and most in denial and/or ignorance ? bliss, they say. Get it? Or should we Ying-yang you some more? No. Fuck meaning and fuck truth and shake your butt, or don't

"It's definitely not no doomsday prophecy of how the world is coming to an end boring bullshit. Humans have been pretty much the same for as long as we know. Once born we eat, shit, piss, fuck, play video games and die and since basic instincts are hard to break, probably will be for as long as we're here. We all winners, how strange it may sound, that start from zero and go as far as we can in the 100 years, or less, we're dealt before moving on to become a plant/angel/cow/worm (depending on belief) and/or some new kid who rolls into town to reinvent the wheel, again. So what else is new? Not much. Not You. Not me. Everybody knows! So far, so good, so what?! (Great title. Taken?) ? What's what? We say, enjoy the chaos!"

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Entombed

Alex Skolnick Trio, the band led by Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick, has posted four songs from its newly released album, "Last Day In Paradise", on its MySpace Page. Check out the tracks 'Mercury Retrograde', 'Western Sabbath Stomp', 'Last Day In Paradise' and 'Tom Sawyer' (a live electronica-inspired version of the Rush classic) at this location.

"Last Day In Paradise" is available on Magnatude Records. The CD consists of seven original compositions along with three arrangements of hard rock "standards" (a concept upon which the trio has built a strong reputation as an instrumental group that appeals to straight ahead jazz fans and rock fans alike).

Three video clips of Alex Skolnick Trio's August 31, 2006 concert in Schenectady, New York have been posted online:

'Electric Eye' (Judas Priest cover): click here for the video
'Goodbye To Romance' (Ozzy Osbourne cover): click here for the video
'Detroit Rock City' (Part 2) (KISS cover): click here for the video

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Source:

metalhammer.co.uk