From the 28th November until the 21st of December, Swedish Death Metal band Nightrage will be recording a new album. The band has confirmed the booking of Jacob Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark for the month. Some material has been written so far, and three song titles have been decided upon. The titles are 'Spiral', 'Reconcile' and 'Scathing'. The album is set for an early 2007 release.

Here is a comment by guitarist Marios Ilipoulos: "...we are pretty satisfied with the material and we are looking forward to go to the studio and make a killer album".

Source:	nightrage.com
Band profile:	Nightrage

When Saxon undertake their extensive tour of Europe next year, they will be joined with Power Metallers Masterplan and also Rose Tattoo. Masterplan and Rose Tattoo will be 'special guests' at every show, except 6th, 7th, 8th March (UK) and 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th March (Germany) where only Masterplan will be playing. Also some unamed guests will be playing at a few shows. The tour will start in February 2007 and will finish in mid-May.

For a full (long) list of Saxon Europe tour dates, visit Saxon's official website - www.saxon747.com

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Saxon
Event:	Saxon: European Tour

Australian Death/Grind/Industrial band The Berzerker are currently working on a new album. The album will be their fourth and will be released as usual by Earache Records. So far ten tracks have been written, and have been made into 'demo form'. Soon the band will be entering the studio to record the songs properly.

The Berzerker have said that they're trying their best to outdo all their previous works with this album. Frontman/vocallist Luke Kenny comments: "The new material is fucking insane. I sometimes wonder when we start writing if we really can out-do our other releases. I mean, we have already made some of the fastest, most brutal music on the planet, and when people hear the name The Berzerker, they fucking know it!".

Kenny also says that the vocal style used by him on the new album will be more like the old-school vocal style that he's used on the first The Berzerker releases.

The album is expected to be released at the end of 2006 or early 2007.

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	The Berzerker

German Power Metallers Mob Rules have announced a tour of Germany (and one Switzerland show). The tour will be in support of their upcoming album 'Ethnolution A.D.' and will even include a 'release party' show on the 20th October (the date in which the album is released in Germany).

Here are all the confirmed dates:

Oct. 20 - Wilhelmshaven, GER @ Pumpwerk (release party show)
Oct. 30 - Bonn, GER @ Klangstation
Nov. 01 - Stuttgart, GER @ LKA Longhorn
Nov. 02 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7
Nov. 03 - Aschaffenburg, GER @ Colos-Saal
Nov. 05 - Regensburg, GER @ Alte Mäalzerei
Nov. 11 - Nordenham, GER @ Jahnhalle
Nov. 25 - Spaden, GER @ Tribute To Rock Festival
Dec. 08 - Hamburg, GER @ Headbangers Ballroom
Dec. 09 - Essen, GER @ TBA

Source:	mobrules.de
Band profile:	Mob Rules

Folk Metallers Tyr will be releasing a new album next month. The album will be entitled 'Ragnarok' and will be released on 22nd September (10th October for the US). It was recorded at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark. The band has said the the album is a concept album.

Here is the track listing for the album:

01. The Beginning
02. The Hammer Of Thor
03. Envy
04. Brothers Bane
05. The Burning
06. The Ride To Hel
07. Torsteins Kvæði
08. Grímur Á Miðalnesi
09. Wings of Time
10. The Rage Of The Skullgaffer
11. The Hunt
12. Victory
13. Lord of Lies
14. Gjallarhorni
15. Ragnarok
16. The End
17. Valkyries Flight*
18. Valhalla*

*Bonus track available on digipak version

The album cover artwork can be seen here

A sample song from the album can be downloaded (from the Napalm Records site) here

Here is a small comment by Tyr: "We are very pleased with the result and we think that it is our best work to date. Can't wait to release it and to play it live on tour."

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Source:	tyr.net
Band profile:	Týr

German Thrashers Sodom have announced more dates for their European tour. They'd already announced some with Folk Metal band Finntroll, but now they will be performing some shows without Finntroll, before those dates.

Here is a complete list of their upcoming shows:

Aug. 26 - Castel Volturno (CE), ITA @ S-Hammer Metal Fest 2006
Sep. 02 - Dublin, IRE @ Mysterious Wounds Festival
Nov. 04 - Perth, SCO @ Ragnarock Festival
Nov. 24 - TUR @ TBA

With Finntroll:
Dec. 26 - Amsterdam, NETH @ Melkweg
Dec. 27 - Osnabrück, GER @ Georgsmarienhütte - Eventcenter B 51
Dec. 28 - Bochum, GER @ Zeche
Dec. 29 - Antwerp, BEL @ Hof Ter Loo
Dec. 30 - Karlsruhe, GER @ Substage
Dec. 31 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7

Source:	sodomized.info
Band profile:	Sodom

Between the 9th and the 19th August, Death Metallers Vader have been filming a new video for their new song 'Helleluyah (God Is Dead)'. The song comes from the bands soon to be released album 'Impressions In Blood'. The video was shot at AW Film Studio and was produced and directed by Andrzej Wyrozebski. Stawomir Panasewicz was the cameraman and Janusz Król was responsible for the special effects. The video was filmed in Wroctaw and Lozina (a town near Wroctaw).

The band has said that the location was a good one, and that it's "...dark, dangerous and very mysterious aura fitted perfectly into the band's formula and the feeling of their new album".

Some pictures from the making of the video can be found in the gallery section of Vader's official website.

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Source:	vader.pl
Band profile:	Vader

Australian Black Metal band Destroyer 666 have announced that they will be touring the USA this September/October. The tour will be called their 'American Assault' tour. The band will be playing with Demonicon, Anal Blast, Scorched Earth, Sol Negro, Morbosidad, Coffin Texts and Sadistic Intent (not all at once) over the seven dates.

Here are the dates for the tour:

Sep. 29th - NYC (NY) Metal Kingdom with T.Holocaust
Sep. 30th - Houston (TX)
Oct. 1st - St. Paul (MN) Station-4 with Demonicon and Anal Blast
Oct. 2nd - Chicago (IL)
Oct. 3rd - Seattle (WA) The FunHouse with Scorched Earth and Sol Negro
Oct. 4th - San Francisco (CA) The Elbow Room with Morbosidad
Oct. 5th - Los Angeles (CA) Safari Sams with Coffin Texts and Sadistic Intent

Source:	destroyer666.net
Band profile:	Deströyer 666

The English Doom/Death Metallers have just announced the release of a new My Dying Bride album, and details such as track lists, etc, but now the artwork for the new album 'A Line Of Deathless Kings' has been posted online. You can view the artwork here.

Also, My Dying Bride have announced that they will be releasing the track 'Deeper Down' as a single. It will contain the song, a special edited version, another new track 'The Child of Eternity' and a live version of 'A Kiss To Remember'. The cover artwork for the single, can be viewed here.

The release dates for the single and album have also been announced. The single will be released on September the 18th, 2006 and the album on October the 9th, 2006.

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Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

Amon Amarth, Wintersun and Týr will be teaming up this November/December for a tour of Europe.

Here is a list of dates for the tour:

Nov. 2006
02 - D Frankfurt, Batschkapp
03 - D - Osnabrück, B 51
04 - D - Lichtenfells, Festhalle
05 - IT - Milano, Alcatraz
06 - CH - Pratteln, Z7
08 - HR - Zagreb, Boogaloo
09 - SI - Ljubljana, VPK
10 - AT - Linz, Posthof
11 - AT - Wien, Planet Music
12 - HU - Budapest, Wigwam
14 - PL - Wroclaw, WZ
15 - D - Berlin, Columbia Club
16 - D - Halle, Easy Schorre
17 - D - Erfurt, Club Centrum
18 - D - Kaufbeuren, All Kart Halle
19 - D - Stuttgart, LKA
20 - FR - Paris, Elysee Montmarte
22 - UK - Bradford, Rio
23 - UK - London, Underworld
24 - BE - Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp
25 - NL - Weert, Bosuil
26 - D - Bochum, Zeche
28 - D - Köln, Live Music Hall
29 - D - Hamburg, Markthalle
30 - SE - Göteborg, Sticky Fingers

Dec. 2006
01 - NO - Oslo, Garage
02 - SE - Stockholm, Klubben

Source:	tyr.net
Band profile:	Amon Amarth
Event:	Amon Amarth, Wintersun & Týr: European Tour

Power Metallers Mob Rules have completed the work on their newest album. The album will be entitled Ethnolution A.D. and will be produced by Markus Teske. It will be released on the 20th October for people in Germany, and the 23rd October for everyone else.

Here is the track listing for the album:

01. Ethnolution A.D.
a. Prologue
b. Unholy War
c. Ashes to Ashes
d. Fuel to the Fire
02. Veil of Death
03. The Last Farewell
04. Day and a Lifetime
05. River of Pain
06. Ain't the One
07. New Horizon
08. With Sparrows
09. Better Morning

The artwork for the album can be seen here

Here is a comment by the band: "It´s done, the latest album. 'Ethnolution A.D.' will surprise all of our fans. Get ready for the 20th October, drop anything from phone to work and join both: The party and the release of Ethnolution A.D."

A more detailed description of the new album can be viewed at Mob Rules' official website.

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Source:	mobrules.de
Band profile:	Mob Rules

A couple of new live shows have been announced by Heavy/Power Metal band Dream Evil. They will be playing a show at Scotland's Ragnarok Festival, and they'll also be playing a show in London.

Here are the dates:

Saturday 4th November 2006 - Ragnarok Festival, Scotland
Sunday 5th November 2006 - The Underworld, London, UK

In other Dream Evil news, the band has announced the release dates for it's upcoming album 'United'.

In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux it will be released on Friday, October 13, 2006. For UK, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway and the rest of Europe, it will be Monday, October 16, 2006. Except Finland, Sweden and Hungary who will get it on Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Italy as well, will get it on October 20, 2006 (this is to be confirmed though). Anyone from the USA can hear it from Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

Source:	dreamevil.se
Band profile:	Dream Evil

Power Metal band Dragonforce have posted the video for their new song 'Operation Ground and Pound' online. The song is taken from their latest album 'Inhuman Rampage' and the song is also their second single from the album. The video can be seen at Youtube right here.

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Source:	dragonforce.com
Band profile:	DragonForce

Next week (August 21st) Thrashers Machine Head will be entering Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California to record a new album. The album will be entitled 'The Blackening' and will be produced by Machine Head frontman/vocallist/guitarist Robert Flynn. Mark Keaton will be handling the engineering. Also Colin Richardson will be helping to produce with Flynn. Artist Paul Brown will be doing the artwork for the album cover.

Here are some track titles so far: 'Clenching The Fists Of Dissent', 'Aesthetics Of Hate', 'Halo', 'The Beautiful Mourning', 'Now I Lay Thee Down', 'Slanderous Love', 'Wolves' and 'A Farewell To Arms'.

The Blackening is set for an early 2007 release.

Here is a comment by Machine Head drummer Dave McClain: "Words can't really describe how excited we are to get into the studio and record this record. The shows that we just played on the Sounds of the Underground tour were as amazing as we'd hoped they'd be, the raw energy and excitement level of our fans right now is just incredible, we're fired up!"

And a comment by guitarist Phil Demmel: "We're still smoothing out some rough edges but what we have, we're extremely proud of!".

Source:	machinehead1.com
Band profile:	Machine Head

Veteran Heavy/Power Metallers Grave Digger have just entered Principal Studios in Münster, Germany to record their new album. The album will be called 'Liberty Or Death' and will be released on 12th January, 2007. The band has been rehearsing and has recorded some drum parts. Also some rhythm guitar pieces have been recorded.

The single from the album will be called 'Yesterday' and will be available on September 29, 2006. The single will contain four tracks and also a bonus DVD of the band performing at the Rock Machina Festival 2001.

Here is the track list for the single:

01. Yesterday
02. The Reaper Dance
03. No Quarter
04. Yesterday (Orchesterversion)

Some photos of the band getting ready for recording can be seen on their official website. There will also be a studio diary on the site as well.

Source:	grave-digger.de
Band profile:	Grave Digger