Swedish Black Metallers Marduk have announced live dates in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine on their official website.

These dates will take place before the upcoming European Tour (The Excess of Evil Tour, starting in May) with Enslaved, Keep Of Kalessin, Melechesh, Goatwhore and Pantheon I. Details for that tour can be found here.

Here's the list of the new upcoming shows:

04.04 BELARUS Minsk, Arena
05.04 UKRAINE Kiev, Dk Svjatoshin
08.04 RUSSIA St Petersburgh, Orlandia
10.04 RUSSIA Krasdonar, Orbita
11.04 RUSSIA, Rostov-On-Don, Podzemka
13.04 RUSSIA, Rjazan, Planetary
14.04 RUSSIA, Moscow, Tochka

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Source:	marduk.nu
Band profile:	Marduk
Event:	Marduk

Emission Phase release party
Saturday April 21st we'll celebrate the release of 'Emission Phase' with a CD release party. The location will be dB's studio in Utrecht. From 20.30 everyone is welcome, and at 21:00 we'll play the entire album. We will not be playing live, but you will be able to hear the new CD, ask us all you want to know about the new album and party along! Later on there will be a metal karaoke as well, and you can sing along with many metal classic supported by a live band.

If you want to come, we'd appreciate if you can send us a message here on MySpace or by email, so we can estimate how much people will be there.

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Detonation

Death/Progressive Metallers Textures have update their official site with "The Fall Of Ideals European Tour 2007"

They are happy to announce that they will be touring Europe alongside the almighty All That Remains and Misery Signals during the months of March/April. The tour will run through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, the UK and the Benelux. Some territories where they have never played before and are really looking forward to play!

The list of upcoming shows :

23.03.07 Leeuwarden (NL), Romein
24.03.07 Leiden (NL), LVC
25.03.07 Roosendaal (NL), Erato Moshmetal Meeting
29.03.07 Berlin (DE), Magnet
30.03.07 Leipzig (DE), Conne Island
31.03.07 Bochum (DE), Matrix
01.04.07 Kalsruhe (DE), Stadtmitte
02.04.07 Muenchen (DE), Feierwerk
03.04.07 Wien (AU), Arena
04.04.07 Padova (IT), Sottosopra Club
05.04.07 Aarau (CH), Kiff
06.04.07 Trier (DE), Exhaus
07.04.07 Paris (F), Batofar
08.04.07 Kinsgston (UK), The Peel
09.04.07 London (UK), Carlington Academy
10.04.07 Southampton (UK), Nexus
11.04.07 Oxford (UK), Zodiac
12.04.07 Newport (UK), TJ's
13.04.07 Stoke on Trent (UK), The Sugarmill
15.04.07 Manchester (UK), Music Box
16.04.07 Edinburgh (UK), Exchange
17.04.07 Aberdeen (UK), Moshulu
18.04.07 Middlesbourg (UK), The Empire
19.04.07 Brighton (UK), Concorde 2
20.04.07 Hasselt (BE), Muziek-O-Droom
27.04.07 Barcelona (ES), Apolo (2) Textures
28.04.07 Madrid (ES), Capaernico
29.04.07 Barroselas (POR) SWR Barroselas Metalfest
30.04.07 Bilbao (POR), Edaska
01.05.07 Nantes (F), L'Industrya
18.05.07 Utrecht (NL), Tivoli de Helling
19.05.07 Sittard (NL), Fenix
31.05.07 Alborg (DK), 100 FYD
01.06.07 Copenhagen (DK), Lades
25.08.07 Varsselder (NL)

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Source:	texturesband.com
Band profile:	Textures
Event:	Textures: The Fall Of Ideals European Tour

Here's a small update on the forth comming live shows of Black Metallers from Belgium Enthroned:

- 03 Mai: Italy - Montegranaro (AP) - La Tana Delle Tigri
- 04 Mai: Italy - Palermo (Sicilia) - TBC
- 05 Mai: Italy - Este (PD) - Sottosopra Rockzone
- 06 Mai: Italy - Codevilla (PV) - Thunder Road
- 21 July: Belgium - Méan - Méan Metal Fest 2007
- 01 September: Germany - Erfurt - Nocturnal Empire Fest

On another matter:

"Tetra Karcist", Enthroned's seventh seal, will be recorded in June at the Dungeon Studio in Belgium by Harris Johns (Sodom, Celtic Frost, Immolation...) and will feature guest appearences of Alsvid (ex-Enthroned) on drums and Nerath Daemon (ex-Enthroned/Emptiness) on samples/Fx.

Source:	profile.myspace.com
Band profile:	Enthroned
Event:	Enthroned: Italian Tour

The Club Klunen organization has announced the first bands on the line up of the annual Meetjesland Metalfest, set to take place on Friday September 7 and Saturday September 8 at CC De Herbakker, Eeklo, Belgium.

Bands confirmed so far are:

07-09 - Destruction, Agent Steel, Vicious Rumors, After All and Evil Pony's
08-09 - Days Of Betrayal and Spoil Engine

More info soon!

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Source:	clubklunen.be
Event:	Meetjesland Metalfest IV

After Forever's new video for the song 'Energize Me', can be watched online at this location.

Guitarist Sander Gommans commented: "The recording team was very professional and had a lot of great ideas. The atmosphere looked great in the shots I viewed, and I think the energy of the clip will fit the song exactly the way it should. You've probably seen some of our previous clips but I think you'll be surprised by this one!"

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Source:	afterforever.com
Band profile:	After Forever

A new Sonic Syndicate track, entitled 'Psychic Suicide', has been posted online at the band's MySpace page.
The track comes off the Swedish Melodic Death Metal band's second album, "Only Inhuman", due on May 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry guitarist).

"Only Inhuman" cover art can be found here. The track listing is as follows:
01. Aftermath
02. Blue Eyed Fiend
03. Psychic Suicide
04. Double Agent
05. Enclave
06. Denied
07. Callous
08. Only Inhuman
09. All About Us
10. Unkown Entity
11. Flashback

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Sonic Syndicate

Danish old-school Death Metal band Downlord - featuring former members of Bolt Thrower/Benediction, Iniquity, Daemon and Sacrificial - have announced Morten Siersbaek (Spectral Mortuary, Exmortem) as their new drummer.
Morten Siersbaek will play on the follow-up to the group's recent full-length debut, "Random Dictionary Of The Damned", tentatively due early summer. Siersbaek will also join the band on their U.S. tour in July 2007.

Commented Downlord vocalist Dave Ingram: "Morten is an exceptional drummer! Awesome! We're real pleased to have him onboard with us!"

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Emil Norberg, guitarist of Persuader (Sweden Power-Heavy Metal band), posted a message on the official site of the band concerning a tour in the United States.

As of now the following dates and cities are preliminary booked. As he indicates it : "We'll come back later with info about venues, so check in regulary for info"

The dates list :

Sept:
14 - Boston, MA
15 - Phily, PA
16 - Springfield, VA
17 - Atlanta, GA
18 - New Orleans
19 - Houston, TX
20 - El Paso, TX
21 - Oklahoma City, OK
22 - Missouri
23 - Des Monies, IA
24 - St.Paul, MN @ Station-4
25 - Milwaukee, WI
26 - Chicago, IL
27 - Cleveland, OH
28 - Buffalo, NY
29 - CT

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Source:	persuader.nu
Band profile:	Persuader
Event:	Persuader: USA Tour

Katatonia's live performance from Germany's Summerbreeze open air festival 2006 will be released as a double disc live album/dvd entitled "Live Consternation" on May 28th.
The super jewel case packaging will feature both the audio on CD and the show on DVD (incl both 2.0 and 5.1 versions). The artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith and will close the visual concept for "The Great Cold Distance" phase.

Tracklist:
01. Leaders
02. Wealth
03. Soil's Song
04. Had To (Leave)
05. Cold Ways
06. Right Into The Bliss
07. Ghost Of The Sun
08. Criminals
09. Deliberation
10. July
11. Evidence

Source:	katatonia.com
Band profile:	Katatonia

Carnal Forge's video for the song 'Burning Eden' has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track comes off the Swedish thrashers' upcoming sixth album, "Testify For My Victims", due in May via Candlelight Records.
The follow-up to 2004's "Aren't You Dead Yet?" was recorded, mixed and mastered over a four-and-a-half-month period and was produced by Carnal Forge.

"Testify For My Victims" tracklisting:

01. Testify For My Victims
02. Burning Eden
03. Numb (The Dead)
04. Godsend Gods End
05. End Game
06. Questions Pertaining The Ownership Of My Mind
07. Freedom By Mutilation
08. Subhuman
09. No Longer Bleeding
10. Biological Waste Matter
11. Lost Legion
12. Ante Mori

"Testify For My Victims" was mixed at Black Lounge Studios. Two videos have already been filmed for the album tracks "Numb" and "Burning Eden", both directed by Owe Lingvall (Village Road Film).

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Carnal Forge

The following report is courtesy of Esctoday.com:

"As expected, Lordi ruled in the annual Emma Awards Gala in Helsinki last night (March 10). They also announced the concert date in Helsinki on 11th May, the day between the Eurovision Song Contest semi final and the final thus confirming that they will be performing also in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 final.

Helsinki Kulttuuritalo played host to the annual Emma Awards, the Finnish equivalent to the Grammys, last night and Lordi opened the show with 'They Only Come Out At Night'. They stayed in front line the rest of the evening collecting a total of five awards before the night was over. Lordi was the "Group Of The Year" and 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' was awarded the "Song Of The Year". The album "The Arockalypse" was the "Best Selling Album Of The Year" with 92,724 copies sold in Finland so far.

They also won Export-Emma for their efforts in Europe. "The Arockalypse" was the first ever Finnish act to top the Swedish album charts, and it has also sold over 100,000 copies in Germany alone, and around 500,000 worldwide. Last but not least they won e-Emma, awarded for an artist or group that has helped to sell and promote digital and mobile music.

Other Eurovision related winners was Vesa-Matti Loiri (Finland 1980 with Huilumies) who won the award for the "Best Male Artist" with his album Ivalo. Annika Eklund's Shanghain valot from Euroviisut 2006 was also nominated for the Best Song.

Lordi also announced they will be performing in Helsinki Ice Hall on May 11th, the day between the semi final and final and the day when city of Helsinki is planning a big party for everyone all over the town. "They only come out at night - one night only" concert features also Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. and Accept fame, who already was featured on "The Arockalypse". Other guests are Thunderstone, runner up in Euroviisut 2007, Bloodpit and Carmen Gray.

Before that Lordi, who have been mainly performing in Spain and Baltics lately, will tour in Japan and the US in April."

A list of all the winners can be found at this location.

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Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Lordi

With the release of their new album "Dead Again" right around the corner (March 13 release in the USA, March 16 in Germany and March 19 in Europe), Type Of Negative has announced their European tour plans.
Confirmed dates are as follows:

June
1 - Spirit Of Rock Festival - Zurich, SWITZERLAND
2 - Rock Am Ring - Nurburgring, GERMANY
3 - Rock Im Park - Nurnberg, GERMANY
4 - Docks - Hamburg, GERMANY
5 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen, DENMARK
10 - Rock Café - Tallinn, ESTONIA
11 - Mad Mix Factory - Riga, LATVIA
13 - Lucerna Music Bar - Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
14 - Stodola Club - Warsaw, POLAND
15 - Columbiahalle - Berlin, GERMANY
16 - Woodstage Festival - Chemnitz, GERMANY
17 - Fields of Rock - Biddinghuizen, HOLLAND
19 - Academy 2 - Manchester, ENGLAND
20 - Academy - Birmingham, ENGLAND
21 - Astoria - London, ENGLAND
22 - Graspop (Marquee Stage) - Dessel, BELGIUM
23 - Hellfest - Clisson, FRANCE
25 - Apolo - Barcelona, SPAIN
26 - Caracol - Madrid, SPAIN
27 - Coliseum - Lisbon, PORTUGAL
30 - Gods of Metal II - Milan, ITALY

July
1 - Stara Klaonica - Zagreb, CROATIA
3 - SKC - Belgrade, SERBIA

Source:	bravewords.com
Band profile:	Type O Negative
Event:	Type O Negative: European Tour

US Death Metal band Deeds Of Flesh have posted the following update on their website:

"Sorry for the long delay in updating this site. We are currently working on the new CD and that it will be over the top technical and will include a re-recorded version of 'Infecting Them With Falsehood' from Inbreeding the Anthropophagi. We will start recording in April for a summer release. Tour plans are in the works for summer/fall.

Sean Southern has been offered the full time duties as second guitar player in Deeds of Flesh. He will be featured on the next album."

A video for the song 'Crown Of Souls' can be found here (Quicktime 7 Player required) or via YouTube here.

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Source:	deedsofflesh.net
Band profile:	Deeds Of Flesh

The Spanish heavy/power metal band Valhalla have put their first two albums for free download on their website: www.valhalla-metal.com

These albums are sold out and no re-releases are planned.

Valhalla, featuring Soultiude's mastermind Jevo, have announced they'd be playing cover songs in 2007 to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. They launched a contest on their forum (in Spanish) so that everyone can make suggestions about which songs they should cover.

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Source:	valhalla-metal.com
Band profile:	Valhalla