Nile will return to North America under the moniker Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II. Joining them on the road are Ex Deo, Psycroptic, Keep Of Kalessin and Pathology.

Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II dates:

Oct. 31 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
Nov. 01 - Headliner's Music Hall - Louisville, KY
Nov. 02 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD
Nov. 03 - Crazy Donkey - Farmingdale, NY
Nov. 04 - Rocko's - Manchester, NH
Nov. 05 - Club Hell - Providence, RI
Nov. 06 - Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
Nov. 07 - Blondie's - Detroit, MI
Nov. 08 - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
Nov. 09 - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Nov. 12 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
Nov. 13 - Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
Nov. 14 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Nov. 15 - Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA
Nov. 16 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 17 - U.B.'s Bar - Mesa, AZ
Nov. 18 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ
Nov. 20 - Emo's - Austin, TX
Nov. 21 - The Warsaw - Houston, TX
Nov. 23 - Club Firestone - Orlando, FL
Nov. 24 - Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Source:	nile-catacombs.net
Band profile:	Nile
Event:	Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II

Decrepit Birth have completed work on their new album Polarity to be released on July 27th in North America. Drums were recorded at Sharkbite Studios (Exodus) with producer Zack Ohren (All Shall Perish, Suffocation, Immolation) while all other tracking was handled by Matt Sotelo before being mixed by Ohren at Castle Ultimate Studios.

Guitarist Matt Sotelo commented on the new material as well as their being added to this years Summer Slaughter tour: "Polarity is a musical odyssey into the mind and soul, covering many different emotions. This album really fuses together where we are as musicians, by combining melody and brutality on a new level. We are also very proud to be part of the Summer Slaughter tour for the second time in a row! Get ready to be pummeled by some of the best bands in extreme music!"

Polarity tracklist:

01. (A Departure of the Sun) Ignite the Tesla Coil
02. Metatron
03. Resonance
04. Polarity
05. Solar Impulse
06. Mirroring Dimensions
07. A Brief Odyssey in Time
08. The Quickening of Time
09. Sea of Memories
10. Symbiosis
11. Darkness Embrace
12. See Through Dreams (Death cover)

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Source:	decrepitbirth.com
Band profile:	Decrepit Birth

Polish power metal outfit Hexfire are working on their debut album. Last week they were joined in the studio by renowned metal drummer Alex Holzwarth.

Alex Holzwarth, has been in the studio to record drums for some of the tracks on the new Hexfire album. The recording session took place at Nocker Productions in Munich with engineer Dr. Burns."

The band says: "We are so proud that Alex agreed to record for us. At this moment, we can say that Alex has recorded drums for one of the songs and... WOW! He's not just a drummer - he's a real metal machine! What he has done in the studio is incredible. The drums sound so powerful that its even hard to describe. So... Metalheads, be prepare for a real Metal Attack."

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Official press release

The Chant are back with their second studio album This is the World we Know. The album is readily available for purchase in stores following release on April 14th 2010. The opening single "New Reality" is now available on MySpace.

The Chant are taking the next step following the success of their debut Ghostlines, which was widely appreciated, across genres, winning plaudits for notably crossing the boundaries of the metal scene. For their new album This is the World we Know; The Chant have taken a step towards what you could say is a more serene and ambient rock style to what we heard before. The Chant are preparing to take their journey to the next level, reaching out to music lovers with an evermore diverse collection of songs enthusing subtle metal elements with atmospheric overtones, very much setting them apart from the metal bands of Finland as we know it.

Guitarist Jussi Hämäläinen and keyboard player Mari Jämbäck comment on the new album: "It's musically more challenging than our debut Ghostlines. In addition to having strong atmospheres and melodies, we aimed to make the songs rhythmically more interesting. Even though we planned the albums theme and tracks thoroughly before recording we tried to go towards a more organic expression that would be easier to perform live. We also avoided cramming the tracks and achieved a more spacious overall sound."

Much like Ghostlines, This Is The World We Know was produced by Ville Sorvali and Mixed by Mikko Herranen and is released by Full Metal Records.

This Is The World We Know cover art] tracklist:

01. New Reality
02. Reflected
03. November 1987
04. The Black Ascension
05. Will You Follow?
06. Safe World
07. Common Price
08. Armored Man
09. Relativity

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Shadowside has uploaded the video for the song "Hideaway" from the Dare to Dream album, second studio effort from the Brazilian Metal band. This album was produced and mixed by Dave Schiffman (System Of A Down, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold and others) and Howie Weinberg (Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera, Rush and others), and reached position number 4 in the Brazilian Metal charts.

The video, directed, produced and edited by Luiz Felipe Amorim, took place in an abandoned garage in their hometown Santos, Brazil. It features the band performing as well as lead singer Dani Nolden playing the main character. According to her, the song talks about "people who are misunderstood, mistreated and put down by society for their whole lives, for the sole reason of being different and unusual. In this case, we portrayed it on a more personal level and showed a teenage girl accused by her mother of painting masks to disrespect her, to be aggressive, while all she wants is to express herself and ends up hiding who she really is".


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Shadowside

You can now download a new Cynic song, entitled "King Of Those Who Know" by clicking here (.mp3).

Cynic's EP Re-Traced, made of four re-interpretations of songs from 2008's Traced in Air and a previously unreleased track, will be available on next May 17th. More details about the record here

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Cynic

Musica Diablo will be releasing their self-titled debut album on May 28th, via SAOL/H'Art/Zebralution.

Founded in 2008 by André NM (Nitrominds) the band includes Derrick Green of Sepultura as singer. Furthermore, guitarist André Curci, drummer Edu Nicollini and bassist Ricardo Brigas top the band off. The self-titled debut album is said to "give you fine and precise high-speed thrash à la Slayer, Municipal Waste or older Sepultura". Two tracks are already uploaded on http://www.myspace.com/musicadiablo.

Musica Diablo cover art] tracklist:

01. Sweet Revenge
02. Sacrifice
03. Live To Buy
04. Underlord
05. Work Out
06. Lifeless
07. In The Name Of Greed
08. Betrayed
09. The Flame Of Anger
10. Twisted Hate
11. The Rack

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myspace.com

Quality footage of one of Type O Negative's last live performances is available at HardTimes.ca. The show took place on October 24 last year at the Northern Lights in Clifton Park, NY on the band's final N. American trek. Also available at the same location is an interview with the late Peter Steele, who passed away earlier this week.

Type O Negative manager Mike Renault has confirmed "heart failure" is suspected in the frontman's death.

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Source:	hardtimes.ca
Band profile:	Type O Negative

The Swedish progressive metal band Darkwater will start recording their second album next week. Joining them on the album is Simon Andersson (ex-Pain Of Salvation) on bass. The yet untitled album will be mixed this summer by Fredrik Nordström (At The Gates, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir) at Studio Fredman, and is planned for a fall 2010 release through Ulterium Records.

Henrik Båth of Darkwater comments: "We're thrilled and eager to head into the studio and record our second album. Our debut album was received so much better than we could have hoped for, but still we feel that we can top it. We've got some great material ready to be recorded, and with the addition of Simon Andersson on bass as well as Fredrik Nordström for the mixing of the album everything feels right. We're definitely ready to take everything to the next level with this release."

The debut album from Darkwater Calling The Earth To Witness was released 2007 and received excellent feedback from around the world, and among other things resulted in a show at the Bay Area Rock Festival in San Francisco, CA together with Liquid Tension Experiment in 2008.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Darkwater

The new album Phlegethon, of Italian progressive metallers Kingcrow, will be available worldwide on May 17th 2010 through Scarlet Records.

A new song "Evasion" from that album is available for download at this location (.mp3). More samples are available here.

The album Phlegethon is described as "a new overall and exciting concept, representing the very best of their progressive rock/metal approach. According to the band: "This new discs finds us exploring paths of progressive rock and metal we've never ventured before - it is an exciting time for us and we feel more confident about Kingcrow's future then ever".

"Describing the band today is quite a difficult task, but one could state that the influence of such artists as Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Opeth, Orphaned Land or even Dream Theater in their more subtle moments are all present in the music of Kingcrow. With each release Kingcrow has taken a step further away from their original roots as a classic hard rock / metal band and is today one of the most exciting bands that Italy has to offer."

Phlegethon cover art] tracklist:

01. The Slide
02. Timeshift Box
03. Islands
04. The Great Silence
05. Lullaby For An Innocent
06. Evasion mp3]
07. Numb (Incipit, Climax & Coda)
08. Washing Out Memories
09. A New Life
10. Lovocaine
11. Fading Out Pt. III
12. Phlegethon

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Katatonia will return to North America in September/October. Support on the tour will come from Swallow The Sun and Orphaned Land.

Tickets go on sale today exclusively through EnterTheVault.com until May 1 at which point they will be made available through all regular ticketing systems.

Sep. 08 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Sep. 09 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
Sep. 10 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
Sep. 11 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
Sep. 12 - Montreal, QC - Petit Campus
Sep. 13 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Sep. 14 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
Sep. 15 - Detroit, MI - Blondies
Sep. 16 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
Sep. 17 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
Sep. 18 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
Sep. 21 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Sep. 22 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
Sep. 23 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
Sep. 24 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
Sep. 25 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theater
Sep. 26 - West Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go Go
Sep. 27 - Mesa, AZ - U.B.'s
Sep. 28 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
Sep. 30 - Dallas, TX - Trees
Oct. 01 - Austin, TX - Emo's
Oct. 02 - Houston, TX - Warsaw
Oct. 04 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
Oct. 05 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasants
Oct. 06 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
Oct. 07 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

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Source:	katatonia.com
Band profile:	Katatonia
Event:	Katatonia + Swallow The Sun + Orphaned Land

Tampa, Florida thrashers Generichrist have announced the addition of bassist Daniel Santana and drummer Jay Tomaszewski to the line-up. The band have currently been working on the follow up to Vomit Culture, that was released on Death Star records earlier in the year. Frontman/founder Tony Anderson has confirmed that Strangulation Of Twisted Mind will be the title of the next record that will see a July release date and no label has been confirmed yet . The artwork will be handled by Florida artist Mark Cooper who has worked with the band on several of their past releases.

In other Generichrist news, Asian label AreaDeath productions has just released a special limited edition Generichrist CD titled Mindumpster that is limited to 666 handnumbered copies with special artwork and layout. AreaDeath has put out work's from bands like Necrophagia, Nunslaughter, Ritual Sacrifice and Deceased.

For more information visit MySpace.

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NoiseArt Records - a subdivision of Rock The Nation - are proud and extremely enthusiastic to welcome Thaurorod on the roster.

Commented managing director Stefan Hattinger: "A group of great persons, who understands to write outstanding songs and know how to play their instruments. Great melodic vocals from Markku Kuikka and an incredible guitar work performed by guitar hero Emil Phojalainen are the ingredients which stick out. Everybody who loves Dream Theater, Blind Guardian or Wintersun should check out this great band."

With Thaurorod NoiseArt Records signs, after Swedish heavy metal sensation Steelwing and German viking metalheads Varg their third artist.

Thaurorod's so far unnamed debut album will be released later this year. Meanwhile check out the band's MySpace page where you can listen to a pre-mastered version of the song "Warrior's Heart".

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It is Sunday morning, there's a huge amount of dead serious news to be reported, so there's certainly no room for fooling around. Just like in the previous editions, this feature only takes care of severely important matters, being the high value metal videos - aka the ones that are not recorded in an abandoned factory/the frontman's backyard/high school parking lots. So sit up straight. Remove that chewing gum. No smiling allowed.

Greatest metal video of all time... for this week... is Red Fang - Prehistoric Dog.

Here's the breathtakingly simple formula for making the greatest metal video ever recorded: you need beer, medieval weaponry, vomit, blood, more beer, armored dudes destroying each other, RPG nerds, you really don't have enough beer yet, the clip should be full of awesome (despite the RPG nerds), there should be some metal in it too, beer cans, make that lots and lots of beer cans, a Chihuahua, and some dudes jamming in a kitchen... or something.

Red Fang's self-titled debut was released in March 2009 through Sargent House.

PS: my apologies to the guy hero who suggested this totally awesome video for not acknowledging his contribution - my mailbox was destroyed by a tsunami/my dog ate your letter/I (accidentally) deleted your PM to make more room for Viagra spam. Sorry brah

Thryce with your suggestions for next week's edition.]

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Original news, posted on 26.02.2010

Swedish black metal squad Watain just completed their fourth full-length album, after two intense months at Necromorbus Studio.

Vocalist and mastermind E. comments: "I am now holding in my hand the final master tape of what might be the most dynamic and charged Watain release ever recorded. May the gods unto which it is written be pleased! We are very much looking forward to share this rich feast with our followers, whom we know have been hungering for a very long time. All I can say is that it will be worth the wait. We raise our cups unto all of you whose patience and support have been constant during the three fiery years since the release of Sworn to the Dark, and look forward to set the night aflame with you again soon!"

The unveiling of Watain's fourth monument will take place on June 7th, under ceremonial circumstances yet to be revealed.

Watain will also release a new single entitled Reaping Death. It will be released as a picture 7" EP on Walpurgisnacht. This single will feature the track "Reaping Death", along with a special B side.

UPDATED on 25.03.2010

The title of the fourth Watain album, to be released on June 7th, has been announced. Its name shall be Lawless Darkness.

"The title symbolises the unbound chaotic potential of that which is void of light", frontman E. comments. "The light that defines, the light that shapes and restricts. The light by which the forces of law and order uphold their reign. In the absence of that light lies the wellspring of Watain: in Lawless Darkness.

With this album and in all of our efforts with Watain we aim to capture the hungry madness and glimmering purity of darkness beyond illusion, the void that holds all yet where naught is manifest, the primordial tomb into which all the vanity of man and his creation shall collapse: indeed, The Lawless Darkness. Lawless Darkness shall be seen as a monument erected in honour of that collapse and a dedication to all those brave souls, who have willingly dared to venture the winding paths towards it."

UPDATE

Watain have announced the final details for the upcoming Lawless Darkness, due on June 7th. The digipak version will include the Death SS cover "Chains of Death" as a bonus track. The song can also be heard on the Reaping Death picture 7" single, due April 30th.

Lawless Darkness cover art] tracklist:

01. Death's Cold Dark
02. Malfeitor
03. Reaping Death

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Watain