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Swedish metallers In Flames have announced a North American headline tour for 2008. Support on the tour comes from All That Remains, Gojira and 36 Crazyfists.

Full North American tour dates:
November 6 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
November 7 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
November 8 - Detroit, MI - Emerald Theater
November 10 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
November 12 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth
November 14 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
November 15 - Edmonton, AB - Events Center
November 17 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore
November 18 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
November 19 - Portland, OR - Roseland
November 21 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield
November 22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Nokia Club
November 23 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
November 24 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
November 25 - Albuquerque, NM - Midnight Rodeo
November 26 - Denver, CO - Fillmore
November 28 - Dallas, TX - Palladium
November 29 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
November 30 - Houston, TX - House Of Blues
December 02 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
December 03 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
December 04 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
December 05 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
December 06 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
December 07 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
December 09 - St. Louis, MO - Pageant
December 10 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave

In Flames' European tour has also had a date added to it. Due to public demand a second show in Stockholm has been included. The show will take place on 29th October at Annexet in Stockhom, Sweden.

Source: inflames.com
Band profile: In Flames
Event: In Flames: N. American Tour
Posted: 28.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (9)


According to their record company AFM Records' official website:

"The guys from Shakra will enter the Swiss Powerride Studios in the beginning of September to start with the recordings of their new album. The working title of the new album will be "Everest". All bass tracks will be recorded by the new Shakra bass player Dominik Pfister".

Source: afm-records.de
Band profile: Shakra
Posted: 28.08.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (4)


Enthroned, the Belgian Black Metal band have announced tour dates in Brazil and Russia. They will be the headliners and support will come from Sadus and Dutch band Severe Torture.

Here are all the dates:
19/09 - Sمo Paulo/SP (Brasil) @ Hangar 110
20/09 - Belo Horizonte/MG (Brasil) @ Bar Brasil
21/09 - Curitiba/PR (Brasil) @ Opera 1
22/09 - Porto Alegre/RS (Brasil) @ Bar Opiniمo
22/11 - Moscow (Russia) @ Plan B

Enthroned are also currently working on the successor to their last offering "Tetra Karcist". Frontman Nornagest comments: "The composition is in the early stages of the writing process but already shows that the next full-length will destroy. We are not ready to enter the recording studio yet, but what we got until now promises that the next album will be crushing and will definitely continue where Tetra Karcist stopped".

Source: enthroned.be
Band profile: Enthroned
Posted: 28.08.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (1)


Bob Katsionis (guitars, keyboards) recently recorded an instructional lesson that can now be viewed on FireTV, the band's official YouTube page here. Stay tuned for new episodes featuring vocal lessons from Apollo, drum lessons from Mark and additional Gus G. clips, which should be posted over the next couple of weeks.

Katsionis further comments: "In this series of lessons, I will show and explain some of my keyboard solos and parts out of 'The Premonition' album as well as present some of my simultaneous keyboard and guitar performances as these have been seen during FIREWIND gigs. This first video lesson contains stuff from the songs 'Into The Fire,' 'Angels Forgive Me' and some lead keyboard licks."

Source: blog.myspace.com
Band profile: Firewind
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Bad English | Comments (4)


Pain Of Salvation Updated their site with some great news:

They will part of a series of Charitiy Gigs: "As usual, Pain of Salvation will always do what they can to support causes they agree with, and this year they will play in Finnaker, Sweden on the 6th of September at the charity festival Rock for Moc (for Mozambique), and later on in Eskilstuna, Sweden, at the last day of the European Mobility Week, September 22 (car free day). On the 10th of October they will again play in Eskilstuna, at the Balsta Musikslott (Buster stage), headlining the "Rock for the Children of the World" night".

Daniel said the following about the dvd: "The DVD is starting to come together, and will consist of two separate discs - one will be the live show from our last tour, and the other one will be a documentary following the band on the 2005 tour, which marked the end of that line-up. The fact that the band has seen such major changes the last two years made it very difficult emotionally to invest time and energy in this product, and it wasn't until the documentary draft was proposed by Per Hillblom that I started to see what this DVD was trying to communicate. We still have a few commentary tracks to record but we are starting to see the end of it."

And also little heads-up from the world number eight: "We are starting to get a grasp of the tons of material that I have been working on in my head. My vision is that the next album will be recorded in our rehearsing room, and we have started to prepare ourselves and the rehearsing room for this. The material that I am focusing on for the album at the moment, is some sort of cross breed between the heavy early 70s in the vein of Sabbath/Zeppelin and the dark weirdness of Faith no More/Soundgarden together with a touch of fragile suggestiveness displayed by The Doors/Jeff Buckley. Add some energetic Foo Fighters and you will start to get the picture..."

Source: painofsalvation.com
Band profile: Pain Of Salvation
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Ulv | Comments (8)


Keyboardist Jens Johansson has updated the band's website with the following news:

"We have some good news. Earlier this summer, Timo K, Jens and Lauri got together with a guitar player in a forest cottage in west Finland and wrote and arranged some songs. It went extremely well, and we are very happy with the material, the direction, and the general vibe in the band.

We now have over 15 songs written and demoed already, but probably not all of these will make it to the actual album.

We are happy to confirm that our new guitar player is Matias Kupiainen [photo]. He was the only guy we even considered seriously. This interesting fellow was born May 11, 1983 and is a native of Helsinki, Finland. You can find some information and pictures on his myspace page. Here is a video.

Next week, Jörg and Jens will come to Finland as we have booked three weeks of rehearsals and recordings in another cottage. We will then work more intensely on the songs in a real band rehearsal type of situation."

Source: stratovarius.com
Band profile: Stratovarius
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Unknown user | Comments (26)


Swedish vikings Thyrfing have annouced more details about their upcoming new album. The album will be called "Hels Vite". A teaser trailer can be seen here. The band has also released the cover artwork for the album. Click here to see it.

Following is the tracklist of new album:

01. En Sista Litania
02. Från Stormens Öga
03. Isolation
04. Hels Vite
05. Griftefrid
06. Becoming The Eye
07. Tre Vintrar - Två Solar

Hels Vite will be released via Regain Records in October 2008.

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Thyrfing
Posted: 27.08.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (16)


Psycroptic's record label Nuclear Blast have announced the following about the band's new album:

"The new album and Nuclear Blast debut, (Ob)Servant, by Tasmanian Tech Death Metallers Psycroptic will include a free bonus DVD featuring a studio diary as well as full live shows of their 2006 gig in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Wellington, New Zealand, 2008. The free bonus DVD will run about 85 minutes in total. (Ob)Servant will be released on September 26th as CD/DVD and will be on sale for the price of a regular CD".

Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Psycroptic
Posted: 27.08.2008 by ArtiA | Comments (4)


Abysmal Dawn have posted the following update on their official site:

"After almost five years together Abysmal Dawn have parted ways with guitarist Jamie Boulanger. Currently Jamie has other priorities that he needs to take care of in his life, including his new baby girl. We wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavors.

We are proud to announce Ian Jekelis of Aartisan as our new second guitarist. Ian filled in for our past two tours and we're proud to have him as a permanent member. Check out Ian playing "Servants To Their Knees" with us on the Contamination tour here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCn4-0G7MY4".

Source: abysmaldawn.com
Band profile: Abysmal Dawn
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (1)


German Power Metallers Edguy have scheduled the following European tour dates:

10.01.09 - Carling Academy Islington, London, United Kingdom
12.01.09 - Elysee Montmatre, Paris, France
13.01.09 - Theatre Barbey, Bordeaux, France
15.01.09 - La Copera, Granada, Spain
16.01.09 - La Rivera, Madrid, Spain
17.01.09 - Rock Star Live, Bilbao, Spain
18.01.09 - Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
20.01.09 - Transbordeur, Lyon, France
21.01.09 - Rolling Stone, Milano, Italy
23.01.09 - Filharmonie, Filderstadt, Germany
24.01.09 - All Kart Halle, Kaufbeuren, Germany
25.01.09 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
27.01.09 - Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
28.01.09 - Live Music Hall, Köln, Germany
30.01.09 - Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany
31.01.09 - Halle Gartlage, Osnarbrück, Germany
01.02.09 - Docks, Hamburg, Germany
02.02.09 - Lisberghallen, Götheborg, Sweden
04.02.09 - Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
05.02.09 - KB, Malmö, Sweden
07.02.09 - Wartenberg, Fulda, Germany

This European tour will be in support of Edguy's upcoming album "Tinnitus Sanctus" which will be released around 16th November this year.

Source: edguy.net
Band profile: Edguy
Event: Edguy: European Tour
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (9)


Nine Inch Nails has announced a large batch of new tour dates for the fall. Here are the new US tour dates:

10.23.08 - San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
10.25.08 - New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival, City Park
10.28.08 - Orlando, FL UCF Arena
10.29.08 - Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
10.31.08 - Nashville, TN Sommet Center
11.01.08 - Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
11.03.08 - Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
11.05.08 - Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena
11.08.08 - Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
11.09.08 - Worchester, MA DCU Center (rescheduled from previous date)
11.11.08 - Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
11.12.08 - Montreal, QC Bell Centre
11.14.08 - Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
11.15.08 - Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
11.17.08 - Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
11.18.08 - Fort Wayne, IN Memorial Coliseum
11.20.08 - Cedar Rapids, IA US Cellular Center
11.21.08 - Columbia, MO Mizzou Arena
11.22.08 - Tulsa, OK BOK Center
11.25.08 - Minneapolis, MN Target Center (rescheduled from previous date)
11.26.08 - Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center
11.28.08 - Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena
11.29.08 - Billings, MT MetraPark Arena
12.01.08 - Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
12.04.08 - Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
12.05.08 - Victoria, BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre
12.07.08 - Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
12.08.08 - Nampa, ID Idaho Center
12.09.08 - Missoula, MT Adams Center
12.12.08 - Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
12.13.08 - Las Vegas, NV Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino

The announcement also comes with a cryptic message of: "Those of you outside North America, have faith... you never know what could happen!"

Source: nin.com
Band profile: Nine Inch Nails
Event: Nine Inch Nails: Lights In The Sky Over North America 2008
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Amon Amarth have posted the following on their official website regarding work on a new video clip:

"We recently returned from Poland after shooting the first video for the upcoming album "Twilight of the Thunder God". The video will be for the title track.

We joined efforts with the Polish team, Group 13 and director Dariusz Szermanowicz for "Twilight of the Thunder God" and filmed it on the old Viking site, Jomsborg, home of the Jomsvikings in Wolin, Poland.

Our brothers from Jomsvikings traveled from far and wide, places like Poland, Germany, Belgium, England, Australia and USA to be part of this great video.

It seemed that the Thunder God was on our side when shooting the video because a hurricane/storm passed through the area during the day, creating the chaotic and violent atmosphere we were hoping for. It was the toughest conditions we ever recorded a video in, blood and sweat, quite literally both, were part of the making. But we don't mind getting our hands dirty and metal was never supposed to be "nice". In fact we couldn't have wished for a more fitting video shoot for this song, being the Ragnarök and all!

We want to thank Igor for making this possible, Blodhvitnir Meldric and Sana, the Group 13 crew for their professional work and of course the Jomsvikings for being made of steel!

The album and video "Twilight of the Thunder God" will make its debut in September."

A series of photos from the video shoot can be seen here.

Source: amonamarth.com
Band profile: Amon Amarth
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Bad English | Comments (10)


German metallers Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have posted the following message:

"Hello friends,

Our new album "Licht" (Eng. "Light") is on myspace. All songs, all madness, the whole album. Check it out. NOW

"Licht" will be in shops next friday 29.08.2008
Limited edition comes with bonus DVD, featuring the first Reiter flashgame "Monsterball", new videos and video making of."

Streaming of the new album will be available until the 29th of August. So to hear the album, have a gander over to their myspace site here:

http://www.myspace.com/reitermania

Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Posted: 27.08.2008 by Baz Anderson | Comments (3)


Metallica just released the second single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic today. Entitled "My Apocalypse", the track is now available on www.metallica.com and for download on iTunes. Metallica fans should also check out iTunes where you can also purchase the riveting track "The Day That Never Comes" which premiered last week.

Official streaming: http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601136

iTunes link here

Additionally, the band have recently unveiled a new widget that the band will frequently updated with news, a trailer for their MissionMetallica.com fan site, and other Death Magnetic related material. The widget can be embedded onto most social networking sites and blog applications.

Widget link here

Death Magnetic will be available everywhere on September 12th.

Note of Metal Storm: According to some rumours, the band should release a new "digital" single every new Monday until the release date of the album.

Read more ››

Source: totalassault.com
Band profile: Metallica
Posted: 26.08.2008 by Jeff | Comments (39)


Artillery are set to re-release their classic 80's album "Terror Squad" with remastered tracks and bonus songs. It will be in a new digipak edition limited to 2000 copies. The release date is scheduled for 29th September.

Here is the complete tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Challenge
02. In The Trash
03. Terror Squad
04. Let There Be Sin
05. Hunger and Greed
06. Therapy
07. At War With Science
08. Decapitations of Deviants

Disc II (Bonus Tracks)
01. The Challenge [demo version]
02. In The Trash [demo version]
03. Therapy [demo version]
04. Let There Be Sin [demo version]
05. All For You (With Per Onink)
06. We Are The Dead
07. Too Late To Regret

Read more ››

Source: metalmind.com.pl
Band profile: Artillery
Posted: 26.08.2008 by Unknown user | Comments (9)