French metallers Hacride have posted online a new song, "My Enemy", on their MySpace page.

"My Enemy" comes off the band's new album, entitled "Lazarus", due later this month via Listenable Records. The CD was recorded at Loko Studio in Normandie, France with producers Franck Hueso and Marc Casanova.

"Lazarus" cover artwork] tracklisting:

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

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hacride

Some changes happened on Hellfest 2009 line-up... Here is the official announcement of the festival.

"We are sorry to tell you that some changes have occurred in the line up of the festival. EDGUY, was forced to cancel because of some logistic problems, NACHTMYSTIUM's singer just broke his leg and will be out for 4 months and SLAPSHOT has postponed its tour.

Unfortunately, ASPHYX won't be able to play either due to a misunderstanding.

Do not fret! As replacements, we didn't choose 2nd tier bands? SAINT VITUS will be back to France for the first time since 1991, making Friday our "DOOMsday"! The mystic KARMA TO BURN joins the line up on the 19th of June, such a great band was a must have. Finally, BLACK STONE CHERRY and SAMAEL will also play at Hellfest 2009.

Please also note two important name changes. BLOODCLOT will tour under the name of the legendary CRO-MAGS and GORGOROTH have become GOD SEED! Both bands will play at the festival but under these new names.

Sorry again for those last minute changes, we hope that we won't need to announce any more cancelations in the future.

Hellfest Team"

Source:	hellfest.fr
Event:	Hellfest Open Air 2009

French metallers Glorior Belli have posted online a new song, "There Is But One Light", on their MySpace page.

Another new song, entitled "In Every Grief-Stricken Blues", is also available for exclusive streaming at MetalKult.com.

The two songs come off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Meet Us Of The Southern Sign", which will be released on June 2, 2009 via Candlelight Records.

"Meet Us Of The Southern Sign" cover artwork] tracklisting:

01. Once In A Blood Red Moon
02. The Forbidden Words
03. Swamp That Shame
04. There Is But One Light
05. My True Essence
06. In Every Grief-Stricken Blues
07. Nox Illuminatio Mea
08. The Blazing Darkness (Of Luciferian Skies)
09. Fivefold Thought
10. Fires Of The Sitra Ahra
11. Meet Us At The Southern Sign

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Glorior Belli

German metallers Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have just announced the departure of their latest guitarist Lady Cat-Man (who was playing on the band's latest album, entitled "Licht").

According to the band: "She will be replaced by Ady picture] who will hit the stage with the band soon: for example on this year's Paganfest where Die Apokalyptischen Reiter will light autumnal fires as co-headliners! A new album is planned for 2010."

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

"Revelation 666", the new song from Swedish metallers Necrophobic, is available for streaming at this location.

"Revelation 666" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Death To All" cover artwork], which is scheduled for release in May via Regain Records. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "For Those Who Stayed Satanic", "Triumph Of The Horned", "Wings Of Death" and "The Tower".

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Source:	regainrecords.com
Band profile:	Necrophobic

Sonic Syndicate have posted the following update:

"Sonic Syndicate regrets to announce that Roland Johansson has decided to leave Sonic Syndicate due to personal reasons beyond our control. All of us in Sonic Syndicate wish Roland the best of luck in the future and we plan to continue our friendship/brotherhood outside the band. Thank you for all the hard work, and the good/bad times we had together.

Today we have started the search for a new singer. All of us in Sonic Syndicate are so full of energy and we can't wait to get a new member/family member into the band and continue our long life dreams. The last two years have been more then amazing for us, we've seen half the world, meet so many great fans and made even more along the way. You guys are what keeps us alive and makes life exciting.

Yesterday, the five of us sat down and agreed that our search should not be limited to our inner circle. This is a very big opportunity for us and we want everyone out there to have a chance to spread the word and be a part of the search. Maybe it will be you, a friend or a friend of a friend who will be the next singer of Sonic Syndicate. If you feel you would like to be a part of the search, click here."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Sonic Syndicate

Official press release

Originally the brainchild of Arjen Lucassen's (Ayreon, Star One...), Stream Of Passion is now ready to release their second studio album. "The Flame Within" leaves its predecessor in the dust thanks to maturer songwriting that presents a further developed band able to give Gothic Metal a newfound profundity. Carried by Marcela Bovios' fantastic vocal lines, Stream of Passion delivers the entire spectrum of human emotions-at times dreamy and melancholic, at others uninhibited and forward pressing. In this way, heavy riffs merge with romantic undertones in majestic unity. Jens Bogren's (Fascination Street Studios) mastering work allows the tracks' subtle nuances to come into play. "The Flame Within" is more than a loosely arranged sequence of songs, but rather a holistic Gothic Metal masterpiece complete with mystic elements and sonorous symphonic romanticism.

"The Flame Within" cover artwork] tracklisting:

01. The Art Of Loss
02. In The End
03. Now Or Never
04. When You Hurt Me The Most
05. Run Away
06. Games We Play
07. This Endless Night
08. My Leader
09. Burn My Pain
10. Let Me In
11. Street Spirit
12. A Part Of You
13. All I Know

Release date: May 29, 2009

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Stream Of Passion

Pandemia have issued the following update:

"We are honored to announce that band Pandemia signs contract to their fourth full-length album with german label War Anthem Records. CD should be released in November 2009 and Pandemia will record it in Stage One Studio. This CD will produce Andy Classen which is known as a guitarist of Holy Moses and as a producer of Belphegor, Krisiun, Legion Of The Damned, Tankard, Holy Moses, Rotting Christ, Graveworm and more. New CD will be recorded in July 2009. The CD will be out with world wide distribution! So watch out!"

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pandemia

German death metallers Hackneyed have entered Weltraumstudios in Munich with producer Corni Bartels to begin recording their new album, entitled "Burn After Reaping".

Vocalist Philipp Mazal comments: "We're really putting the pedal to the (Death)metal with our ideas and Corni Bartels, our producer from the Weltraumstudios, creates some amazing sound which is going to blow your brains out! We'll keep you up to date and will provide you some cool studio stuff soon. Stay tuned!"

"Burn After Reaping" is set to be released in Summer 2009 via Nuclear Blast.

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Hackneyed

Rudra have posted two new songs, from their upcoming album "Brahmavidya: Transcendental I", online. You can listen to the songs "Ravens of Paradise" and "Reversing the Currents" at the band's MySpace page. Rudra's forthcoming album is the second installment of the "Brahmavidya" trilogy, which is set to be released on the 15th of April via Trinity Records, Hongkong.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Rudra

US trashers Bonded By Blood have announced an European Massacre Tour 2009 together with Fueled By Fire and Suicidal Angels. Some of the unknown venues will be announced soon.

07 May 2009 - Leeds, UK @ Rios
08 May 2009 - Glasgow, UK @ Barfly
09 May 2009 - UK - TBA
10 May 2009 - London, UK @ Purple Turtle
11 May 2009 - UK - TBA
12 May 2009 - Nottingham @ Seven
13 May 2009 - Gent, Belgium @ The Frontline
14 May 2009 - The Netherlands - TBA
15 May 2009 - Arnhem, Netherlands @ Willemeen
16 May 2009 - Niederküchten, Germany @ Pitch Black
17 May 2009 - Darmstadt, Germany @ Steinbruch Theater
18 May 2009 - Germany - TBA
19 May 2009 - Berlin, Germany @ Club Darkside
20 May 2009 - Zielona Gora, Poland @ Kotlownia club
21 May 2009 - Germany - TBA
22 May 2009 - Czech republic - TBA
23 May 2009 - Plzen, CZ @ Serikovka
24 May 2009 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Randal club
25 May 2009 - Banska Bystrica, Slovakia @ Irish Pub
26 May 2009 - Pécs, Hungary @ Toxic Music Club
27 May 2009 - Budapest, Hungary @ Trafo Bar
28 May 2009 - Zupanja, Croatia @ MKC
29 May 2009 - Rijeka, Croatia @ Klub Palach
30 May 2009 - Wien, Austria @ Escape Metalcorner
31 May 2009 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Channel Zero
01 June 2009 - Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy @ Rock Club
02 June 2009 - Bologna, Italy @ BRC Fest
03 June 2009 - Italy - TBA
04 June 2009 - Italy - TBA
05 June 2009 - Marseille, France @ TBA
06 June 2009 - Barcelona, Spain @ TBA
07 June 2009 - Madrid, Spain @ TBA
08 June 2009 - Lisboa, Portugal @ TBA
09 June 2009 - Porto, Portugal @ TBA
10 June 2009 - Vigo, Spain @ TBA
11 June 2009 - A Coruña, Spain @ Casa das Atochas
12 June 2009 - Palencia, Spain @ At.Mosh.Phera.
13 June 2009 - Rennes, France @ TBA
14 June 2009 - Paris, France @ TBA
15 June 2009 - Switzerland - TBA
16 June 2009 - Switzerland - TBA
17 June 2009 - Austria - TBA
18 June 2009 - Esslinger, Germany @ Komma
19 June 2009 - Kleinwenkheim, Germany @ Queens of Metal Open Air
20 June 2009 - Halle Saale, Germany @ Marktwirtschaft

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Source:	earache.com
Band profile:	Bonded By Blood

Posted on the Bloodstock website:

"The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that both Blind Guardian and Cradle Of Filth have been added to the bill for Bloodstock Open Air 2009. The pair will co-headline one day of the festival and the event will mark the ONLY UK shows of 2009 for both bands!

Following Blind Guardian's unfortunate cancellation in 2007, the Bloodstock Open Air team have responded to constant demand from the festival's core fans and brought the band back to Bloodstock at the earliest possible opportunity.

Neither Cradle Of Filth nor Blind Guardian will need any introduction to metal fans. Both are leaders in their genres, and both have built long and successful careers through hard work, dedication, a refusal to compromise and, of course, some very fine metal music along the way.

Cradle Of Filth; influenced by the Scandinavian black metal scene of the early '90s, they soon developed their own unique take on its frenetic sound, delivering a gothic and decidedly English take on the genre which broke into the mainstream consciousness with the release of the landmark Dusk And Her Embrace album in 1996. Since then, the band has steadily expanded their base without diluting either their sound, their spectacular stage shows or the controversial themes which their music so vividly brings to life.

When it comes to power metal, few bands have proved as influential or inventive as Blind Guardian. Starting life in Germany in 1984, the band issued their debut album Battalions Of Fear in 1988, following it up with Follow The Blind in '89. It was with their third opus, however, 1990's Tales From The Twilight World that they began to move in a more epic direction which later culminated in the classics Nightfall In Middle Earth (1998) and A Night At The Opera (2002).

Blind Guardian mainman Hansi Kürsch sent the following message:
"It's almost seven years since we played Bloodstock for the first time. Still we have never forgotten our first appearance in front of a fantastic British audience. Easy to imagine how thrilled we are by the chance to play there for a second time. I expect nothing but some outraging bards singing our songs with us and a band in perfect shape - take that for granted."

Cradle sent the following message:
"Cradle Of Filth, metal forged from the hot friction of wanking nuns, are very much looking forward to headlining the Bloodstock heavy metal festival this summer, especially knowing and loving most of the other bands playing on the bill over the three day weekend. But obviously not in a gay way. Carcass, Kreator, Moonspell, Arch Enemy, The Haunted, Apocalyptica, Satyricon, Enslaved, Saxon, Gwar, Candlemass, Turisas... this line-up alone places this up-and-coming British festival right up there with its sometimes-a-pain-in-the-arse-hard-to-reach European rivals. So hail to England! Hail to Bloodstock! This is a proper metal festival for proper festive metallers. No shoddy haircut screamo pap allowed! F.O.A.D.!" (Insane screaming continues and then fades to black...)

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Source:	bloodstock.uk.com
Event:	Bloodstock Open Air 2009

Several audio samples from "16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", the forthcoming album from German metallers Primal Fear, are available for download at Frontiers.it. The album will be released in Europe on May 22 (June 9 in US) via Frontiers Records.

"16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)" cover artwork] tracklisting:

01. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
02. Riding The Eagle
03. Six Times Dead (16.6)
04. Black Rain
05. Under The Radar
06. 5.0 / Torn
07. Soar
08. Killbound
09. No Smoke Without Fire
10. Night After Night
11. Smith & Wesson
12. The Exorcist
13. Hands Of Time
14. Cry Havoc
15. Scream
16. Six Times Dead (16.6)
17. No Smoke Without Fire

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Source:	frontiers.it
Band profile:	Primal Fear

"To The Nines", the new video from Danish metallers Hatesphere, has been made available online. The clip was produced by Michel Winckler-Krog from www.intense-images.dk.

The song comes off the band's latest album, entitled "To The Nines", which was released on March 23, 2009 via Napalm Records. The album was recorded at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Moonspell, Dark Tranquillity, Gorefest).


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

"Volume 3: Caos, Carma, Conceito" is the title of the new U-Ganga album. This will be the third release of this Brazilian band leaded by the ex-Sarcófago drummer Manu Joker.

The tracklisting is as follows:

01. Zona Árida
02. P.A.X.
03. Encruzilhada
04. Meus Velhos Olhos De Enxergar O Mal (2 Lobos)
05. Iso 666
06. Velas
07. Asas Negras
08. Sua Lei, Minha Lei
09. Milenar
10. O Primeiro Inquilino
11. Fronteiras Da Tolerância
12. Core
13. Tri II

With this new album, U-Ganga keeps exploring it's musical identity that is based upon the mixture of elements from hard core, thrash metal, dub, reggae and rap.
The list of special guests of the album illustrates this diversity of influences in the music of U-Ganga. One of the distinguished guests will be the rapper X, ex-vocalist of Câmbio Negro - a famous Brazilian rap band. His participation will mark the references that U-Ganga searchs in rap and hip hop culture throughout.

Some might say that the mix of rap and rock is a controversial territory for the heavy sound - and vice versa - but the music of U-Ganga is able to overcome barriers and any prejudice. X himself endorses. "It was cool to record with U-Ganga", says the rapper. "I already did some recordings in this kind of music and even Câmbio Negro was a band and some of the musicians had influences of heavy rock. Cambio Negro was a rap band with rock influences and U-Ganga is a rock band with rap influences. I think that's the way it is."

X appears singing on the track "Sua Lei, Minha Lei". The musician, that has been playing as solo artist since Cambio Negro split in 2000, highlights the composition quality. "I liked the lyric and the arrangements are awesome. Hope that the dudes enjoys the sound."

"Volume 3: Caos, Carma, Conceito" was recorded in Brasilia - capital of Brazil - at Orbis Studios with the famous Brazilian producer Riti Santiago (winner of the Brazilian MTV's EMA). Santiago, that is also another ex-member of Câmbio Negro, will also take care of the mixing. The mastering will be made in Germany by a famous international producer - the band will reveal his name soon. "Volume 3: Caos, Carma, Conceito" will be the successor of the high acclaimed "Na Trilha do Homem de Bem" (2006) and will be released still in the first semester of 2009.

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