The soon to be released next full length Tarot album is called 'Crows Fly Black'. Excluding the group backing vocals the whole album has now been recorded and the album will be mixed and mastered at Finnvox studios in the beginning of next month.

The official album release date in Finland has been set to October 27th.

Crows Fly Black tracklist:

01. Crows fly black
02. Traitor
03. Ashes to the stars
04. Messenger of gods
05. Before the skies come down
06. Tides
07. Bleeding dust
08. You
09. Howl!
10. Grey

Source:	wingsofdarkness.net
Band profile:	Tarot

Death Angel bassist Dennis Pepa has been working on a remix of the song 'Famine' from the band's comeback album, "The Art Of Dying". It is now available for download at Yousendit.com but will only be available for a limited time. Go to this location to check it out. It is a free downlaod but registration may be required.

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Source:	deathangel.com
Band profile:	Death Angel

Loits opens for Moonspell

MOONSPELL from Portugal, one of the world's best known and most loved gothic/doom metal legends, performs in the Club Illusioon in Tartu as part of the series of gigs under the aegis of the festival Green Christmas 2006. Also on the bill, in addition to Moonspell and after quite a long while, are the Estonian metal elite group LOITS. Other support performers include Before The Dawn and Embraze from Finland.

Gates is back

With regards to the Moonspell news, Loits are more than happy to announce that for quite some time Loits has been rehearsing with two guitarists. Their old comerade Gates is back in Loits. The first concert with the renewed line-up takes place on September 25, 2006, in Tartu, Estonia.

Source: Loits newsletter

Source:	loits.org
Band profile:	Loits

Australian radio station Triple J, on their 'Full Metal Racket' metal program, have conducted an audio interview with Kreator frontman Mille Petrozza and Blind Guardian vocallist Hansi Kürsch. The interview was conducted by Full Metal Racket host Andrew Haug.

You can download the Kreator interview in mp3 format from here. The Blind Guardian one can be heard here.

Also, you can stream the entire latest Full Metal Racket program here.

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Source:	abc.net.au
Band profile:	Kreator

Megadeth will play a special headline show in Charleston, South Carolina on Oct 4th with guests, Into Eternity and Sanctity. Check the Killing Road for details!

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Source:	megadeth.com
Band profile:	Megadeth

Spain-based power metallers Dark Moor have posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"I am writing this to give you some good news. I'm going to New Sin Studios in Italy next Sunday, 10th of September. I'm starting recording the vocals for this new record. My mate Enrik is already there and it looks like the choir and orchestral arrangements sound awesome...THIS LOOKS GOOD!! Im really looking forward to start because I am very illusionated with this new album and his concept, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. Soon we'll let you know more about the cd, title, etc. Hugs for everyone, I'll keep you updated!!"

Source:	dark-moor.com
Band profile:	Dark Moor

Swedish black metal outfit, Dark Funeral will play two shows in Greece in November. The dates are as follows:

Nov. 11 - Thessaloniki - Mylos Club
Nov. 12 - Athens - Underworld Club

Click here to see the complete Latin American tour 2006.

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Source:	darkfuneral.se
Band profile:	Dark Funeral

Veteran Heavy Metallers Motörhead have a new video posted online. The song of the video is 'Be My Baby', which is taken from Motörhead's latest album 'Kiss Of Death'. The video is available on Motörhead's record company SPV's website.

You can stream the video from here.

Or, you can download the video from here.

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Source:	spv.de
Band profile:	Motörhead

Dutch band Textures have posted a video of 'The Making Of Drawing Circles', their latest album, online at their MySpace profile. Click here to watch it.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Textures

More details about Cruachan's upcoming album have been announced. The album which is entitled 'The Morrigan's Call' now has a set release date of the 17th November. The follow up to their 2004 album 'Pagan' will be their first with their new record company AFM Records.

Source:	afm-records.de
Band profile:	Cruachan

Industrial Metal band Fear Factoy have announced the cancellation of their showing in New Zealand. The band was previously going to appear there on the 13th September as part of their Australia/New Zealand tour. The New Zealand portion is now cancelled however, and Fear Factory will only be appearing in Australia.

Here is Fear Factory's official statement about why they've cancelled: "Due to band's busy schedule, the New Zealand date is cancelled as the band, being on tour were unable to appear for visa processing".

From http://www.myspace.com/raymondherrera:
Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera has scheduled three signing sessions in Australia this month. He will be appearing at the capital cities Brisbane, Sydney and Perth for the three two hour sessions.

Here are the details for each location:

Brisbane 15th of September
Shop: Col Gillies (Drummers Warehouse)
Address: 14 Brookes Street Bowen Hills QLD 4006
Time for Instore at 1.30pm
Finish at 3- 3.30 pm

Sydney 16th of September
Shop: Drummers Dream
Address: 612 Canterburry Road Belmore NSW 2192
Ph 02 9787 4177
Time for Instore at 2.30pm
Finish at 4.00pm

Perth 19th of September
Shop: Mega Music
Address: 95 North Lake Road Myaree WA 6154
PH: 08 9330 2777
Time for Instore at 2.00pm
Finish at 3.30pm

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Source:	fearfactory.com
Band profile:	Fear Factory

Death Metallers Kataklysm have announced the dates for their upcoming 'The Road To Devastation' European tour. The tour will commence at the start of 2007, and will feature Kataklysm and previously announced supports Neaera, Fear My Thoughts and Quo Vadis. The Road To Devastation will be presented by metal magazine 'Metal Hammer'.

Here is the complete list of dates for the tour:

04.01.2007 - Arnhem, Holland @ Goudvishal
05.01.2007 - Vosselaar, Belgium @ Biebob
06.01.2007 - Hannover, Germany @ Muzik Zentrum
07.01.2007 - Flensburg, Germany @ Roxy
08.01.2007 - Essen, Germany @ Zeche Karl
09.01.2007 - Berlin, Germany @ K-17 Berlin
10.01.2007 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Stengade
11.01.2007 - Engelsdorf, Germany @ Hellraiser
12.01.2007 - Jena, Germany @ F Haus
13.01.2007 - Munich, Germany @ Backstage
14.01.2007 - Budapest, Hungary @ TBA
15.01.2007 - Prague, Czech Rep @ TBA
16.01.2007 - Zagreb, Croatia @ TBA
17.01.2007 - Ljubliana, Slovenia @ TBA
18.01.2007 - Adelsheim, Germany @ Live factory
19.01.2007 - Karlsruhe, Germany @ Substage
20.01.2007 - Erstfelt, Suisse @ Transilvania Live
21.01.2007 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Backstapp
22.01.2007 - Osnabruck @ Bastard Club
24.01.2007 - Milano, Italy @ TBA
26.01.2007 - Salzburg, Austria @ Rockhouse
27.01.2007 - Vienna, Austria @ Planet Music

In other Kataklysm news, the band has been announced as headliner for Denmark's Aalborg Metal Festival. Kataklysm will play in Aalborg, Denmark on the 7th October this year.

Source:	kataklysm.net
Band profile:	Kataklysm

Swedish death metal band Aeon has now signed with Metal Blade Records. Speaking of the multi-album deal, the band states:

"Metal Blade is the label that we always wanted to be a part of and we are really looking forward to work with them. We think that they can give us the support we need to evolve as a band and we could not be happier so far."

Formed in 1999, the group has previously released material with Unique Leader Records and Necropolis Records. You can check out some of their material here.

Aeon has also new bass player : "The permanent bass player spot has now been filled with Max Carlberg. He have proven that he is a great bass player, an easy learner and most important of all, he is a good and decent guy. For those who attended at the Storsjöyran festival have already seen Max in action with us then as a session bass player."

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Source:	aeon666.com
Band profile:	Aeon

Shadows Fall entered the studio in late-August to begin pre-production for their new album, and Atlantic Records debut. Here's an update from drummer Jason Bittner :

"Well everyone, as of 2 weeks ago we started pre-production for our new album with our producer Nick Raskulinecz. He flew out from LA on a Monday evening, and by Tuesday afternoon we were in our rehearsal room slowly dissecting all of the material that we currently have written for our Atlantic debut.

First off, I think everyone was impressed...Nick was pretty stoked with our material and ambitions, and the band was extremely excited and impressed by Nick's ideas, let alone his never-ending enthusiasm! We put a solid 6 hours in the 1st day just jamming and revamping. Later on that night brought a well-deserved evening at the bar discussing what we would do once we got in the studio.

Day 2 brought the seeds for 2 more new songs, as well as a day of actually demoing the tunes for the first time in their new forms. At this point everyone was shot, so we all decided to be smart, stay in and get some rest.

Day 3 brought another new song to the table...Matt, Jon, and Paul had a wedding to go to so we ended early, I went home to NY and Brian and Nick worked on vox for the rest of the day.

The last day, I was informed that it was going to be a vocal day only, so I stayed home to rest my arm which at this point was hamburger (Damn tendonitis!!)!! At the end of the day, Brian had a good 7 tunes demoed out vocally with some great new ideas, and Nick got on a flight back to LA.

All in all, we had a great 1st run. We can't stop talking about how much we think Nick is helping to add some more dimension to this band that we never thought existed, but don't start worrying yet, we're not cutting our hair and selling out, this record is still going to be heavy as hell!"

Source:	shadowsfall.com
Band profile:	Shadows Fall

Swedish metallers Sabaton will support Eurovision Song Contest winners Lordi on the following dates:

Sep. 16 - Stockholm - Globen Anexet, Sweden
Sep. 19 - Göteborg - Lissebergshallen, Sweden
Sep. 20 - Malmö - Baltiska Hallen, Sweden

Sabaton's third full-length album, "Attero Dominatus", was released in July via Black Lodge Records.

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Sabaton