Finland's Nightwish have announced the final tracklisting for their forthcoming much-anticipated live CD/DVD package "End of an Era", due out June, 2nd.

NIGHTWISH - End Of an Era - Live at Hartwall Arena 21.10.2005

1. Dark Chest Of Wonders
2. Planet Hell
3. Ever Dream
4. Kinslayer
5. Phantom Of The Opera
6. The Siren
7. Sleeping Sun
8. High Hopes
9. Bless The Child
10. Wishmaster
11. Slaying The Dreamer
12. Kuolema tekee taiteilijan
13. Nemo
14. Ghost Love Score
15. Stone People
16. Creek Mary´s Blood
17. Over The Hills and Far Away
18. Wish I Had an Angel

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Nightwish

Guitarist Gus G. decided to leave the band, the following statement from him is posted on Nightrage webiste:

"Hello friends!

Hope this message finds you all well. After long discussions with Marios we both decided that it"s best for me to stop playing with Nightrage.

The reason behind this decision is that I simply don"t have enough time these days to write, rehearse and tour with the band, whenever they decide to do so.

I"ve felt bad that I couldn"t tour 100% with Nightrage and only played selected shows. Nightrage IS an active band and needs its members to be there 100%.

The new line-up is killer and everyone gets along. I don"t wanna be the weak link. On the other hand, I need to give my own band (Firewind) full attention as well.

So from now on, we go separate ways. However, we decided to do one last show together @ Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway on April 13th. So, I"d be very happy

to see as many of you as possible that day, as I"ll descent into chaos one last time with my Nightrage brothers!

Marios, Henric, Fotis and Jimmie: I had a blast playing and making music with you, love ya!

Special thanx to all the crazy metalheads that supported and keep supporting NR!

Stay Metal,

Gus G."

The band is looking for replacements, people interested in the position should send an email to marili@nightrage.com .

Source:	nightrage.com
Band profile:	Nightrage

Christian Pohlmann will be in charge of playing the the bass for Angel Dust from now on, Pohlman is a friend of former Angel Dust singer Dirk Thurisch. The band is currently working on the pre-production of a new album.

Source:	angel-dust.de
Band profile:	Angel Dust

The band Satanic Slaughter decided to "start up again" and announced a new drummer, Fredrik Nilsson who plays in Misericordia. The band is currently looking for a singer, people interested on the position should send "bio, picture and soundsample" to the following address:

SATANIC SLAUGHTER
C/O Andersson
Lantmannagatan 131
58332 Linköping
Sweden

Source:

hem.passagen.se

An update from the band was posted on Dying Fetus' Website:

"Apologies for the lack of updates, we know everyone is concerned about the drummer spot, our new album, touring, etc. First off we want to say we are anxious to record and tour after nearly a year off. The demos are going well, and we are spending extra time finalizing the music and composing the lyrics. Our tentative date to enter the studio to record the new album is mid-summer. Secondly, we encourage anyone who is interested in auditioning for the drummer spot to get in touch with us as soon as possible - although we have been holding out to find a permanent member, the show must go on and we have a contingent plan to hire a session drummer if necessary. As far as touring, for now we can only say that we have accepted some very interesting options for later in the year. We will announce names and dates once the details are confirmed!"

Source:	dyingfetus.com
Band profile:	Dying Fetus

Marshall Law posted the following message on their website:

"Marshall Law regret to announce that guitarist Andy Southwell has left the band for personal reasons. Andy has been a fantastic servant to the band for many years & everyone associated with Marshall Law would like to thank Andy for his contribution & wish him well in his future endeavours. As a result, Marshall Law are now seeking a replacement so anybody interested who feels they what it takes should e-mail vacancies@marshalllaw.co.uk, typing the word Guitarist in the subject field, and attaching a cv/MP3s/photo if possible."

Source:

marshalllaw.co.uk

Emperor frontman Ihsahn has uploaded audio samples of four songs that will appear on his forthcoming solo album, "The Adversary". Check out the tracks "Called by the Fire", "Citizen", "Astera ton Proinon" and "Panem et Circenses" in the "Media" section of Ihsahn's official web site, www.ihsahn.com.

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Ihsahn

The last new releases of the label Sound Riot:

INFERNUM "The Curse" CD - SRP037 - out in March 17

One of Poland's most highly-respected Black Metal hordes returns! Since the guitarist/vocalist Anextiomarus' reported suicide in 2004, this 2nd full-length album which was completed before their death, has remained unreleased ? until now!

TRISTWOOD "The Delphic Doctrine" CD - SRP038 - out in April 21

Extreme new act coming from Austria combining the brutality and speed of the Black and Death Metal with the abysmal atmosphere of the Industrial. Apocalyptic Metal, a soundtrack for the end of the world!

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Sound Riot

New Orleans Goatwhore, have released the complete track listing from their Metal Blade debut A Haunting Curse. After finishing up in Mana Studios with Erik Rutan, Goatwhore will hit the road with High on Fire and Watch Them Die starting March 30th and running till May 6th. Goatwhore has also landed the coveted opening spots for Emperor's Los Angeles gigs in July.

A Haunting Curse
Wear These Scars of Testimony
Bloodletting Upon the Cloven Hoof
Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult
My Eyes are the Spears of Chaos
In the Narrow Confines of Defilement
Forever Consumed Oblivion
A Haunting Curse...
Silenced Marked by the Breaking of Bone
Diabolical Submergence of Rebirth
...Of Ashen Slumber
I Avenge Myself

In stores September 2006!

http://www.metalblade.com

thanks Thryce.

Band profile:

Goatwhore

Brutal Bands Records will be releasing the following albums:

Brutal Bands Releases - Coming Soon!
BB009 Incinerate - "Anatomize" CD (Available - July 31, 2006)
BB008 Element - "Aeons Past" CD (Available Spring 2006)
BB007 Emeth - "Reticulated" CD (Available - April 30, 2006)

We will be waiting for those albums, hopes are really high on "Emeth", so soon we'll see what this band has to offer this year.

Reviews will be available soon in Metal Storm

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Brutal Bands

A new EP entitled "Silver" is set to be released on 11 March 2006 via Hydra Head Records, "Silver" will contain the following songs:

Silver
Star
Wolves
Dead Eyes

And the runtime will be about 29 minutes, samples from the new can be found at http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/jesusilver.html

Jesu is touring around Europe in the current moments and will do it again with "Final" in May. Finally the band will be recording a second full length album.

Source:	avalancheinc.co.uk
Band profile:	Jesu

Keep Of Kalessin posted an mp3 of "The Black Uncharted" from their upcoming album "Armada", download it here.
Also the the tracklist of the album was revail:

1. Surface
2. Crown of the Kings
3. The Black Uncharted
4. Vengeance Rising
5. Many are We
6. Winged Watcher
7. Into the Fire
8. Deluge
9. The Wealth of Darkness
10. Armada

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Source:	keepofkalessin.no
Band profile:	Keep Of Kalessin

Empire, featuring Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath) on vocals and guitarist Rolf Munkes (also in Majesty), have set the release date for their upcoming album "Raven Ride" for 12 may 2006. A sample from this album can be found here.

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Source:

empire-rock.com

The following press release by The End Records was posted at Virgin Black's website:

"The music world is rife with bold claims that deliver little. Virgin Black is a band that has historically not only avoided that pitfall, but soared above it.
The scope of its latest offering is ambitious almost to the point of absurdity.
In a groundbreaking endeavour, Australia's premier experimentalists will release three albums simultaneously. Each is a separate entity, but each is also linked through recurring musical themes and artistic motifs. When fully unfurled in all its grandeur, listeners will experience a grandiloquent two and a half hour Requiem Mass with three stages of evolution.

Requiem - pianissimo is an entirely classical album with instrumentation performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and featuring spectacular choral arrangements along with tenor, mezzo-soprano and soprano solo voices. Requiem - pianissimo forsakes guitars and drums in favour of the melancholic tragedy and bombastic dynamics of classical composition.

Requiem - mezzo forte is where the band joins the orchestra and strikes a balance more reminiscent of previous Virgin Black outings, albeit, with greater epic breadth.

Requiem - fortissimo unleashes a sound infinitely heavier than anything in Virgin Black's history. While still retaining an air of classical sensibility, it concludes the series with an intense dose of death/doom.

With Virgin Black, ambition is a given. Requiem is beyond ambition."

Source:	virginblack.com
Band profile:	Virgin Black

Rhapsody guitarist Luca Turilli presented his new album entitled "The Infinite Wonders Of Creation" to be released April 21th - 24th, 2006. This, his third solo album represent the last part of his "epic" trilogy. In this new album Luca will be also playing the keyboards, the rest of the line up is the following: vocalist Olaf Hayer, bassist Sascha Paeth and drummer Robert Hunecke-Rizzo and guest vocalist Bridget Fogle.

Luca also presented his new project Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, in this band Luca Turilli will play only the keyboard (and not the guitar as he is used to). A debut album entitled "Lost Horizons" will be released later (apparently in this year).

You can check out both press releases (about his new album and about his new band) on his official website: http://www.das-buero-jaeger.de/lucaturilli/

Band profile:

Luca Turilli