Destruction, Rotting Christ, Firewind, Wastefall and Silent Rage have been confirmed for the Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Greece.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Destruction, Ektomorf, Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Rotting Christ, Silent Rage, The Haunted, To/Die/For, Wastefall.

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Source:	metalbolt.com
Band profile:	Destruction
Event:	Metal Healing Festival

Metal Church's video for the song "Mirror of Lies" has been posted online at this location (you must have Flash enabled to view the video). The clip was shot by Roax Films on the band's "Light in the Dark" summer European tour at the Wacken Open Air festival and in Hamburg at the Markthalle.

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Source:	metalchurch.com
Band profile:	Metal Church

The previously announced Entombed/Dismember/Grave "The Absence North American" tour, which was scheduled to take place December 1-16, is now officially cancelled.

Entombed posted the following on the bands official myspace page:

'Due to circumstances beyond our control Entombed sadly has had to postpone their upcoming USA West Coast trek.

We were very much looking forward to this tour, but conflicts with the promotor, breach of trust and straight up lies have unfortunately forced us to cancel at the eleventh hour. Never in 15 years of touring the States has this happened, which really is saying something. We are appalled, and you should not be surprised if you see/hear more lies spread about how it is Entombed's fault that we could not do the tour because we changed our minds or some shit like that. Simply not true. We've never seen blame passed around like this ever before and deeply regret having lent our name to this madness.

We abominally want to apologise to good folks like Dinis of The Mighty Nimbus, who have taken time off work and rented a car to come see the show, but look forward to hitting American shores in 2007, hot on the heels of our upcoming studio album release, "Serpent Saints".'

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Entombed
Event:	Dismember & Grave: West Coast Tour [CANCELLED]

Månegarm will do three gigs in Belgium and Holland in december. Here´s the dates:

Dec. 15 - Biebob - Vosselaar, BEL
supports : Vinternatt (B), Slechtvalk (NL), Eluveitie (CH)

Dec. 16 - Kade - Zaandam, NETH
supports : Slechtvalk (NL) , Myrkvar (NL)

Dec. 17 - Vera - Groningen, NETH
Supports : Slechtvalk + other dutch band

Manegarm's new album, 'Vargstenen', is expected to be released somewhere around March/April 2007.

Source:	manegarm.com
Band profile:	Månegarm
Event:	Månegarm: Lowlands Dates

Sonata Arctica's "best of" collection, entitled "The Collection 1999-2006", will be streamed online in its entirety this Friday, November 10 at http://www.heavylaw.com. In addition to material from the band's studio albums, the CD includes new versions of the songs "My Land" and "Replica", both of which originally appeared on the group's 1999 debut, "Ecliptica".

"The Collection 1999-2006" track listing:

01. The Ruins of My Life
02. 8th Commandment
03. Don't Say A Word
04. Victoria's Secret
05. Tallulah
06. Wolf & Raven
07. Black Sheep
08. Broken
09. Kingdom for a Heart
10. FullMoon
11. My Land (2006 re-make)
12. The Cage
13. Last Drop Falls
14. UnOpened
15. San Sebastian (Revisited)
16. Ain't Your Fairytale
17. Replica (2006 re-make)
18. Wolf & Raven (promotional video)
19. The Cage (live at Tavastia)
20. Kingdom for a Heart (live at Tavastia)

"The Collection 1999-2006" is scheduled for release on November 15 via Spinefarm.

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Source:	heavylaw.com
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica

Female-fronted Dutch art-rok act The Gathering has posted the following on their official website:
Both Ankara and Izmir's gigs are cancelled. Istanbul is still on the timetable, so the Gathering will go to Turkey, only for one gig though...
The decision was made by the Turkish booker, it was not in control of the band!

The Gathering would like to apologise for the fans that had planned to visit Ankara or Izmir concerts.

The band also confirmed two Greek live dates in February. The details are as follows:
Feb. 03 - Mylos - Thessaloniki, GRE
Feb. 04 - Gagarin 205 - Athens, GRE

Source:	gathering.nl
Band profile:	The Gathering
Event:	The Gathering: Greek Dates

Type O Negative has issued the following update:

"Great news - the new Type O Negative opus, entitled Dead Again, has now entered the mixing process! The new disc will include an appearance by Lycia vocalist Tara VanFlower. Tentative release date remains sometime in early 2007, hopefully additional live dates may be announced around then as well. Stay tuned for word on the website street team; for now you can check out the freshly minted banners, icons, and other assorted media posted on the recently resurrected media page."

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Source:	typeonegative.net
Band profile:	Type O Negative

Seminal grindcore pioneers Napalm Death will embark on a European headlining tour in January. The dates are as follows (venue details to be confirmed):

Jan. 10 - Roskilde, Denmark
Jan. 11 - Hässleholm, Sweden
Jan. 12 - Oslo, Norway
Jan. 13 - Karlstad, Sweden
Jan. 14 - Stockholm, Sweden
Jan. 17 - Helsinki, Finland
Jan. 18 - Tampere, Finland
Jan. 19 - Oulu, Finland
Jan. 20 - Jyvaskyla, Finland
Jan. 21 - Tallinn, Estonia
Jan. 22 - Riga, Lativa
Jan. 23 - Vilnus, Lithuania
Jan. 25 - Bucharest, Romania - Preoteasa Club
Jan. 26 - Sofia, Bulgaria
Jan. 27 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Mylos Apothiki
Jan. 28 - Athens, Greece - An Club

Source:	napalmdeath.org
Band profile:	Napalm Death

Seattle metallers Metal Church have uploaded tue original 1983 demo recordings of the songs "Hitman" and "Deathwish" (both instrumental and with David Wayne's vocals), along with two other early works. Click here to read the history of these songs as well as download them.

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Source:	metalchurch.com
Band profile:	Metal Church

Swedish black metallers Marduk have now confirmed that their upcoming studio album will be the band's final effort to feature drummer Emil Dragutinovic. A source close to Emil stated that the drummer officially quit the group on November 1 but has agreed to perform on the new CD as a session musician (but only "if he gets paid upfront").

Marduk will enter Endarker studio in December 2006/January 2007 to begin recording the new CD for an April 2007 release. A "massive" tour will follow.

Source:	marduk.nu
Band profile:	Marduk

Sweden's Soilwork has replaced Six Feet Under (who cancelled) as the headliner of the X-mas Festivals tour, which is schedule to kick off early December. Also scheduled to appear are Gorefest, Belphegor, Trail Of Tears and Darzamat. The dates are as follows:

Dec. 08 - D - Berlin @ K17
Dec. 09 - D - Engeldorf (Leipzig) @ Hellraiser
Dec. 10 - A - Wien @ Planet Music
Dec. 11 - D - München @ Backstage
Dec. 12 - CH - Pratteln @ Z7
Dec. 13 - D - Ludwigsburg @ Rockfabrik
Dec. 14 - D - Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
Dec. 15 - FR - Strasbourg @ La Latterie
Dec. 16 - BE - Antwerpen @ Hof Ter Loo
Dec. 17 - NL - Tilburg @ 013
Dec. 18 - D - Essen @ Zeche Carl
Dec. 19 - FR - Paris @ La Locomotive

Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Soilwork
Event:	X-Mass Fest 2006

Norway's Trail Of Tears will release its fifth album, "Existentia", in the U.S. on January 30 via Napalm Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD was recorded at Soundsuite Studio in Marseille, France with producer Terje Refsnes and includes contributions from French female singer Emmanuelle Zoldan and Norwegian keyboard master Bernt Moen. Check out the cover artwork at this location (created by Jan Yrlund).

"Existentia" track listing:

01. Deceptive Mirrors
02. My Comfort
03. Venom Inside My Veins
04. Decadence Becomes Me
05. She Weaves Shadows
06. The Closing Walls
07. Empty Room
08. Poisonous Tongues
09. As It Penetrates
10. Shades Of Yesterday

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Source:	trailoftears.no
Band profile:	Trail Of Tears

Children Of Bodom, Rotten Sound and Crematory are among the newly confirmed bands for the the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

By Night
Cannibal Corpse
Children Of Bodom
Crematory
Dagoba
Ektomorf
Kampfar
Lousy
Manos
Neara
Peter Pan Speedrock
Rotten Sound
Venerea
Volbeat

All info on http://www.withfullforce.de.

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Source:	withfullforce.de
Band profile:	Children Of Bodom
Event:	With Full Force XIV

Irish doom titans Mourning Beloveth will headline "A Night of Merry Darkness" ? the Day Of Darkness Festival's Christmas Party at the Voodoo Lounge, Dublin on Saturday, December 9. They will be joined by Irish thrash metal sensation Mass Extinction and Dublin's classic rock supremos Glyder.

Source:	dayofdarkness.com
Band profile:	Mourning Beloveth
Event:	A Night Of Merry Darkness: Day Of Darkness' Christmas Party

Finnish viking metallers Moonsorrow have posted the cover artwork for their new album, "V: Hävitetty", at this location (artwork created by Travis Smith). The CD is scheduled for release on January 10, 2007 via Spikefarm Records.
Moonsorrow have also announced that a tour for the album will happen sometime next year. More information about the album is said to be released soon.

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Source:	moonsorrow.com
Band profile:	Moonsorrow