Gorgasm have posted the following update on their upcoming new album:

"KuntKiller is almost fully written and we can honestly say that it will be our most intense release to the date. Of course it will have "GORGASM" feel to it but it will feature many new elements and sometimes will drift in the directions that we have never explored before. Sum of tha song titles will be:

-KuntKiller
-Sadistic Bliss
-Destined to Violate
-Submissive Repugnancy
-BloodLust
-Visceral Discharge
-Contemptuous Repugnancy
-Erotic Dislimbing

....await it fuckers!!!!!! your ears shall bleed!!!!!!!!"

Source:

bravewords.com

The following message has been posted at In Flames' website:

"You can now buy tickets for some of the North American shows with In Flames, Lacuna Coil and Soil online. Click here for more tour details and here to buy tickets.

Other news, Jesper has issues to deal with. Therefore Jesper will take a break, but rest assured will be back. All members of the band agreed to complete the forthcoming tours."

In Flames is currently touring as part of the Unholy Alliance Over Europe Tour with Slayer. Tourdates can be found here.

(Thanks AmRo for bringing this to the attention)

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Source:	inflames.com
Band profile:	In Flames

Swedish viking metallers Amon Amarth has rescheduled the Swedish dates that they were forced to cancel in late November/early December in order to join the Children Of Bodom North American trek.

UPDATED (thanks Damnated)
The new dates are as follows:

Jan. 31 - Göteborg, SWE @ Musikens Hus
Feb. 01 - Malmö, SWE @ KB
Feb. 02 - Huskvarna, SWE @ Folkets Park
Feb. 03 - Oslo, NOR @ John Dee (Inferno Festival kick-off party)
Feb. 04 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Amon Amarth
Event:	Amon Amarth: Scandinavian Tour

Belgian Brutal Death Metal outfit Aborted have posted the following update:

"Ok everyone, time for a big update on what has been going on with Aborted in the past months. To confirm rumours, drummer Gilles & bass player Olivia are no longer part of the band. Here is the official statement of the band:

Being in a band like Aborted at this point takes a lot of investment and commitment, right now we are not making money to support members of the band. Every tour is a financial hazard for the band which forces us to keep the small amounts of money we do make on shows to keep as backup if anything goes wrong on tour or any other situation, so that we don't have to pay the bills from our own pockets anymore. The result of this is quite simple: we can't afford to pay band members to play in this band. These conditions are simple facts & didn't work for Gilles & Olivia, which made it quite obvious they couldn't be in the band anymore.

We would like to welcome Peter Goemaere, who also plays in Emeth as a replacement for Olivia, Peter already performed with the band on a show in Tel Aviv (Israel) where he replaced Olivia who cancelled few days before leaving for Israel.

The band is currently recording the new album "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture" with producer Tue Madsen at the Antfarm in Denmark. Drums on the record have been taken care of by Dave Haley from the band Psycroptic and drums in the upcoming shows this & next year (until a fitting permanent replacement has been found) will be handled by Etienne Galo from the band Negativa. Etienne's first show with the band will be on oktober 31st in Opwijk, Belgium. The band is currently taking auditions for a new drummer, serious inquiries can be sent to aborted@telenet.be or avernusstudios@gmail.com

The new album is scheduled to be released worldwide mid February through Century Media Records & features several guest performances by Jeff Walker (Carcass), Jacob Bredahl (Hatesphere) & Henrik Jacobsen (Hatesphere), containing 11 new tracks:

01. The Chondrin Enigma
02. A Methodical Overture
03. Avenious
04. The Spaying Séance
05. And Carnage Basked In Its Ebullience
06. The Foul Nucleus Of Resurrection
07. Archetype
08. Ingenuity In Genocide
09. Odious Emanation
10. Prolific Murder Contrivance
11. Underneath Rorulent Soil

Besides the regular 11 new tracks, the band also recorded 2 covertracks for limited editions or Japanese release being "Slaughtered" from Pantera & "Surprise! You're Dead" from Faith No More."

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Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

The official fansite of Canadian Heavy Metal band Anvil, (Anvilfans.here.ws), have posted five YouTube videos including: 'Metal On Metal' (1983), 'Smokin' Green' (1998), '666' (2005), 'Winged Assassins' (2006) and 'Forged In Fire' (2006 - from the crowd by a fan). To view them head to this location.

Anvil recently completed their forthcoming album," This Is Thirteen", with producer Chris Tsangarides. Chris produced both "Metal On Metal" and "Forged In Fire". The album will contain 13 tracks. The lyrics are available here. As well, a documentary on Anvil is being filmed. It is being directed by Sacha Gervasi, who wrote the Steven Spielberg movie The Terminal. Sacha is an old friend of the band's that used to do some roadie work for them back in the 1980's. He has filmed some of their shows from their November 2005 and June 2006 European tours. He also filmed Lips 50th birthday show at Heads Or Tails in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada on February 25th, 2006. As well he filmed some of the recording of the new album. Sacha also interviewed many people from Anvil's past and present, including former band members. The plan is to release the new album and the documentary, sometime next year.

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Source:	anvilfans.here.ws
Band profile:	Anvil

Finnish metallers Swallow The Sun have confirmed that their third album will be called "Hope" and will be released February 7th via Spinefarm Records. The track list is as follows:

01. Hope
02. These Hours Of Despair
03. The Justice Ff Suffering
04. Don't Fall Asleep
05. Too Cold For Tears
06. The Empty Skies
07. No Light, No Hope
08. Doomed To Walk The Earth

The album will feature vocal appearance by Jonas Renkse of Katatonia on 'The Justice Of Suffering'.
A single called "Don't Fall Asleep" will be released prior to the album release, and it will include a cover of Timo Rautiainen And Trio Niskalaukaus song 'Alavilla Mailla', with Amorphis singer Tomi Joutsen on vocals. More information can be obtained from the address http://www.070207.com on November 1st.

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Source:	swallowthesun.net
Band profile:	Swallow The Sun

Swedish black metallers Naglfar have posted the following message at their official website:

So we've finally finished writing and arranging all the songs, and the drums for the album has been recorded at the Toontrack studio here in Umea. Now the time has come to start recording the guitars, which shouldn't turn out to be any problem. The title of the album has been set to be "Harvest", and will tentatively include the following attacks of audial terror:

01. Into the Black
02. Prayer of Cain
03. The Way of the Rope
04. Harvest
05. Feeding Moloch
06. The Mirrors of My Soul
07. Wargod
08. Plutonium Reveries
09. Odium Generis Humani

That's all for now. Be sure to check back for further announcements that will be made in the following days.

Source:	naglfar.net
Band profile:	Naglfar

The Metal Female Voices Festival IV takes place in Wieze, Belgium today. Theatre Of Tragedy were due to perform but have been forced to pull out. They have issued the following statement:

"Unfortunately we have to announce that Theatre Of Tragedy have to cancel their show at the Metal female Voices Fest in Belgium this weekend due to sickness of two band members (one of those is the singer). The band has already announced to be willing to do the show at next year's event. Apologies for this inconvenience."

Source:	theatreoftragedy.com
Band profile:	Theatre Of Tragedy
Event:	Metal Female Voices Fest IV

The song 'Dis-Organ-Ized' from underground death metal legends Impetigo's classic 1990 album "Ultimo Mondo Cannibale" has been put online on this location.
The album will be re-issued on Halloween through Razorback Records. For more information on the release, click here.

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Source:

razorbackrecords.com

Reunited Austrian black metallers Abigor have posted the following update at their MySpace page:

"Finally we decided to upload an exclusive studio outtake from the upcoming album "Fractal Possession". Note: it's a studio outtake of 2 songs, not mixed, nor mastered, but you'll haven an approximate view, what could await you..."

Check out the preview at this location.

Since March, the new Abigor line-up goes as follows:

Peter Kubik - guitars, bass
Thomas Tannenberger - drums
A.Sethnacht - vocals
Lucia-M. Fàroutan-Kubik - live synth

Abigor website: http://www.infernalhorde.com

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Abigor

Texas Black Metal act Averse Sefira have officially inked a deal with Candlelight Records.
The band was formed in 1996 and has released three albums so far. They already toured in support of bands such as Cradle Of Filth, Dark Funeral and Candlemass.
Averse Sefira is currently working on their Candlelight debut and they'll be headlining the Halloween Metal Ball on October 28th in Austin, Texas at the Redrum Club.

You can check out a video for 'Plagabraha' here, or listen to a few songs at the band's MySpace page here.

Averse Sefira website: http://www.aversesefira.com

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Source:	candlelightrecords.co.uk
Band profile:	Averse Sefira

Power Metallers Dragonland have updated their MySpace page to include their new song, 'Contact'. Check it out at this location.

'Contact' is featured on Dragonland's upcoming Century Media release "Astronomy", the follow up to 2004's "Starfall" album, due out on November 13th.

More info about the album can be found here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Dragonland

This is an official statement from Beseech (as can be read on the official website):

All of us in the band have come to the sad conclusion to put Beseech to rest for good. The decision has not been easy because this has been a really big part of our personal lives for many years. We have met so many great people through the music and really loved what we have done. We are proud of the work that we have achieved.

However we cannot hide from the fact that we have grown apart from each other as persons and we have different views of how we want Beseech to work as a band. This has taken away all the inspiration to continue and we see this as the only solution in the end. This way we can all part as friends and wish each other good luck with new endeavors that will follow.

We would like to thank all of our fans, fan clubs and other people that has helped and supported Beseech in their own way. Without you, we would never have lasted this long.

We feel that our fans and everybody else that has supported us deserve to get a last chance to see Beseech live and meet up with us in person. Therefore we´re planning to make one or a few farewell gigs in a near future for you all!

So stay tuned for further information!

Best regards from
Lotta, Erik, Robert, Manne, Jonas, Mikael and Daniel
of Beseech

If you have any questions you can mail to questions@beseech.net or discuss it on our forum http://www.beseech.net/forum

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Source:	beseech.net
Band profile:	Beseech

Official press release:

Earache Records is happy to announce the signing of fast-rising young UK thrashers Evile, fresh from their triumphant performance at last weekend's Damnation Festival, where they slayed the crowd on the Jagermeister stage, as openers for The Haunted, Skindred & Biomechanical.

Evile formed 2 years ago in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK by brothers Matt Drake (vocals/guitar) and Ol Drake (lead guitar), along with Ben Carter (drums) and Mike Alexander (bass) and have since rapidly picked up a rabid following, eager to enjoy a night of heads-down, no-nonsense Thrash.

Though unsigned, Evile were hand-picked to play 2 prestigious UK festivals in the summer of 2006 - Bloodstock Open Air and most recently, Damnation Festival - both to great acclaim from fans. Now the band will spend the rest of the year gigging far and wide, and expect to record and release their debut album on Earache early in 2007.

Meanwhile, check out Evile's demo and pics at their myspace page here.

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Source:	earache.com
Band profile:	Evile

Melodic death metal act Nightrage have finally found a new permanent drummer. Alex Svenningson will fill the spot, which has been vacant since July. Olof Mörck of Dragonland will also pull double duty as both bands' guitarist on their upcoming tour with Vader

Here's a video of Svenningson practicing for the tour.

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Source:	nightrage.com
Band profile:	Nightrage