On official Nigtingale website Dan Swanö reports about the recording of the new album "Invisible":

"The new Nightingale is almost ready folkz!!!
I have yet to sing a few lines here and there but all in all the album is mixed and ready to master, and what an album it is!!
The sound is surprisingly good, the hard work of myself and Pelle Saether really paid off. 5 days, 17 hours a day...puuh.
I am currently doing Bloodbath interviews and it's really cool, everyone loves NMF...
Just wanted to let you know this...

Love you all...
Dan"

Also a teaser from the album is available for download.
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-94580/invisibleteaser.mp3

http://nightingale.ultimatemetal.com/

The Norwegian band Cadaver called it a day after 15 years. They already stopped playing back in '93, after they released thei first death metal record Hallucinating Anxiety (was an underground classic, selling 10.000 copies) and ...In Pains (sold 25.000 copies). The breakup was in because '93 was the year that Norwegian black metal overshadowed everything else in the Norwegian underground. The band could not agree on where to go next. In '99 they returned under the name Cadaver Inc. (they promoted the album with the cybershop CadaverInc.com where customers could buy alibis for murder) and released the record Discipline early 2001. They then resumed playing under their original name, Cadaver, and released their last album Necrosis in 2004.

"We would like to thank our fans for all these years and all the people who supported us. Thank you all!!!! Anders Odden, Carl-Michael Eide, Lasse Johansen and Ole Jørgen Moe."

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Cadaver

The sons of the land of the 1000 lakes are finally returning to the U.S. this fall as direct support with none other than Type O Negative for the first time in almost 5 years! This trek will find them hitting all major cities from the East Coast to the Mid West; no word on whether the band would be doing any West Coast shows at this point. In related news, the band will release their new album Far From The Sun domestically on September 7th.

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Amorphis

German Thrash metallers DEW-SCENTED are currently writing songs for their new album - according to the band, the new material is highly varied and very aggressive and should please everyone who already loved last years "Impact". In December 2004, DEW-SCENTED will enter the Stage One Studios with producer Andy Classen to start the recording process.

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Dew-Scented

Having just completed the 2004 Ozzfest tour DIMMU BORGIR are headed back to Norway to work on writing new material and take the first breather since Death Cult Armageddon's September 2003 release. Look forward to a DVD and video reflecting the tour to come out in 2005.

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Dimmu Borgir

After different reports like the steel horse accident of Oscar Dronjak and the new solo albums of Joacim Cans and Magnus Rosen, the focus is set finally on HAMMERFALL again. This time, the Swedish crusaders have chosen a quiet place in the middle of Denmark to record their follow-up to the successful Crimson Thunder, with star producer Charlie Bauernfeind. Oscar Dronjak has already released some songs titles off the new CD: "The Templar Flame", "Born To Rule" and "Fury Of The Wild".

"We will certainly outdo all our previous albums and get one step closer to the immortality of Heavy Metal"; the guitarist announces and will surely keep his word.

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HammerFall

MALEVOLENT CREATION are back to reaffirm their cult status with Warkult, released on July 27th. Like all other MALEVOLENT CREATION releases, Warkult tempts the fate of war and brutality. To additionally raise the stakes, long-time drummer Dave Culross (Suffocation, Incantation) is back in MALEVOLENT CREATION's line up, showcasing a blistering performance.

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Malevolent Creation

MISERY INDEX is currently on tour with Cephalic Carnage and after that tour they'll be playing a few selected shows with Napalm Death in the North East before Napalm joins the Cannibal Corpse tour that also features KATAKLYSM. After the tour the band will go into writing mode and get stuff ready for their upcoming full length coming out early 2005.

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Misery Index

The new MNEMIC album The Audio Injected Soul will contain 3-dimensional sounds using binaural techniques. Binaural recording technology differs from mono, stereo and surround sound and is mostly used in game development. In order to experience the 3D sound you must wear a headset. For a demonstration listen to a sample of the 3D sound here:
http://www.am3d.com/sounds/mp3_256kb/AM3d_introduction_high.mp3

MNEMIC have already shot a video for The Audio Injected Soul, directed by Patric Ulleaus (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Lacuna Coil) who also did the group's last two videos.

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Mnemic

Agnostic Front joins the Nuclear Blast family! NY Hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have signed a recording deal with Nuclear Blast worldwide with the release for the very anticipated, Another Voice! With Matt Henderson (Madball/AF) on guitars! and Production by Zeuss and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), AGNOSTIC FRONT is offering their meanest, nastiest and brutal NYHC Anthems. The enhanced CD will including a ripping band performance and a guest appearance by Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) captured by acclaimed director Dale "Rage" Resteghini (Fear Factory, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Shadows Fall, Candiria). Other special guest vocal appearances on Another Voice will include Scott Vogel (Terror) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis).

Yes it's true. After the release of 4 full length albums, despite the starting process of recording their 5th full length album, it will never be finished and Diabolical Masquerade is now over.

No more horror, no more fear.

For more information please visit http://diabolicalmasquerade.com/

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Diabolical Masquerade

A live recording of the KING DIAMOND track "Mansion In Darkness" has been posted online in MP3 format at this location:
http://www.metalblade.com/bands/king_diamond/kingd-mansionindarkness.mp3

"Mansion In Darkness" comes off the band's upcoming double live CD, "Deadly Lullabyes Live" (view cover http://www.covenworldwide.org/KingLive.gif), due on September 21 through Metal Blade Records. The album was recorded during the band's last U.S. tour and was mixed at guitarist Andy LaRocque's Los Angered studio outside Gothenburg, Sweden.

Regarding the upcoming live CD, vocalist King Diamond recently stated: "The new double live album simply KICKS ASSSSSSS!!!! Top-notch performance by everyone involved, including our amazing audiences. I don't think I have ever heard the old classic DIAMOND songs performed this well and this close to the originals. I speak for everyone when I say, that we have never had as much fun on stage as we had on this last tour, and it shows when you listen to the album. This is the ultimate KING DIAMOND line-up at work ON STAGE. For my own part, my voice is stronger than ever, and singing old songs like 'Welcome Home' gives me more pleasure today than ever before. It's all there for our fans to hear, a KING DIAMOND show from beginning to end, RAW * IN YOUR FACE * LOUD * MOODY * BRUTAL * HORROR * and AWESOME AUDIENCE SING-ALONGS * it's KING DIAMOND LIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!"

"Deadly Lullabyes Live" track listing:

01. Funeral
02. A Mansion In Darkness
03. The Family Ghost
04. Black Horsemen
05. Spare This Life
06. Mansion In Sorrow
07. Spirits
08. Sorry Dear
09. Eye Of The Witch
10. Sleepless Nights
11. The Puppet Master
12. Blood To Walk
13. So Sad
14. Living Dead "Outro"
15. Welcome Home
16. The Invisible Guests
17. Burn
18. "Introductions"
19. Halloween
20. No Presents For Christmas

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King Diamond

Time to say hello once again. Our webmaster has vanished from earth it seems, so I have to cope with updating the site on myself.
The most striking news since we started ENID in 1997: Alboîn has left the band last week. After 7 years and 6 releases he decided to part ways with me and with ENID to concentrate on his band EISMALSOTT (www.eismalsott.de); he told me he was slightly disappointed the way underground music and also ENID had developed through the past few years. With the same breath he told me he would leave, Alboîn also asked me to continue with ENID as he doesn't like to be "responsible for the decline of another great band", as he put it. Isn't it ironic?

What to say... there are no concrete plans for the future of ENID at the moment. I won't have the opportunity of recording an album like "Gradwanderer" once again it seems, due to a lack of appropriate sales rates to pay the studio and keep a label alive for example. Thanks to all the true "fans" out there who downloaded the album instead of buying it. Hopefully you're proud of taking part in the ruin of the underground music scene.

There are some ideas for new ENID songs, and so far it seems they gonna sound a lot like the stuff on the first three releases we did. Somehow it feels a lot like "back to the roots". Nevertheless, I've to wait and see if I'll do it all on my own, with Southie on bass or with session musicians. So far I'd prefer the first option.

Maybe I'd have to find a new label to release the next album on as well. Code666 (despise all the great work they did during the last 3 years) won't be able to keep the standard concerning artwork, budget etc. for the next releases. Sad but true: the most idealistic and honest people earn neither respect or money for their input. I don't do it with a smile but I have to say: if somebody is interested to sign ENID, send a mail to mrt.wiesensound@t-online.de please.

Of course I'll keep you up to date (more or less) with what's happening, but for the time being there's not much more than

A WHISPERING OF GOOD-BYE.

Martin

http://www.enid-webrealm.de/

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Enid

The irish doom-death band have sign with Grau Records for a four albums deal, They will star the recording of first album with their new label in october at Studio E in Germany.
Also the band have canceled a performance: "Our proposed appearance at Dutch Doom Day 3 has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances but we will be on the road again early next year."

www.mourningbeloveth.com

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Mourning Beloveth

The line up of the band wasn't sinister enough so a murder of crows decided that help was needed to plague the world and a banshee was hired...

Susanne Fumei - vocals
Arttu Malkii - drums
Melker Ryymin - bass
Morgan Svedlund - guitar
Fredrik Wallin - vocals
Joakim Wassberg - guitar

www.equotg.com

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The Equinox Ov The Gods