"Bring Me The Night", the new video from US metallers Overkill, can be viewed at this location.

The clip was shot on January 9 in Brooklyn, New York with director Kevin Custer (Hatebreed, Testament, Suffocation).

"Bring Me The Night" comes off the band's latest album, Ironbound, which was released on January 29 this year via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Band profile:	Overkill

Italian metallers Sadist will release their new album, Season In Silence, on March 19 via Liveglobal/Self.

The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Tommy Talamanca for Nadir Music. According to a press release, the new CD promises to be the band's "most technical and extreme" effort to date.

Also, a promo clip of the album can be viewed at this location.

Season In Silence cover art] tracklist:

01. Aput
02. Broken And Reborn
03. Season In Silence
04. The Attic And The World Of Emotions
05. Evil Birds
06. Ogron
07. Night Owl
08. Snowman
09. Bloody Cold Winter
10. The Abyss
11. Frozen Hands
12. Hiberna


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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Sadist

Dutch metallers Elexorien have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hearken, proud Legions of the Blade, and hear our words, for we have been quiet for too long, now.

Allow us to share something with you.

Something out of the ordinary, really. A thing which fills us with great pride and honour, and which has changed our perspective for the better, from a reminiscent gaze at what we have achieved so far, to boldly looking ahead at a bright and splendorous future for Elexorien.

My friends, we have found our new singer!

Lotte - vocals

(pic by onderkrocht fotografie)

Nineteen years of age, she goes by the name of Lotte, and she will manifest baffling new definitions of sounding the siren call. Numerous events are being planned as we speak, so have no fear of missing out on an opportunity to behold us in full glory once more in the near future.

Exact dates and locations of said conquerings will be announced soon. We expect our Legion to be at its full strength, and present at all skirmishes.

As always, we are looking forward to rush into the fray side by side with you.

Salutations, mighty hails,
Lainedil, Liza, Bert, Merlijn, Wolve, Lotte."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Elexorien

US metallers The Red Chord have issued the following update on their official website:

"We will perform with our original drummer Michael Justian at all upcoming shows. Justian has not publicly performed with us since the Maryland Deathfest of 2004 and replaces our recently departed drummer, Brad Fickeisen.

Justian left the band at the end of 2003, joined Unearth in 2004 and also spent time filling in for Trap Them, Earth Crisis, Shai Hulud and 108 in the interim.

We wish Brad the best of luck in his future endeavors.

Says Mike McKenzie: "It's been great to be jamming with Mike again. His approach to drumming is truly unique and amazing. Even though it has been about six years since he has played this stuff, his playing is stronger than ever. We have rehearsed almost every day for the last month and we cannot wait to do this live again."

The first show with our adjusted lineup will be this Wednesday, February 10 at the Hideaway in Johnson City, Tennessee before meeting up with My Children My Bride, Chelsea Grin and Those Who Lie Beneath on the Burgers And Bowling Tour."

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Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on Belus, the forthcoming album from Burzum, are available at this location.

Belus will be released worldwide on Byelobog Productions on the 8th March 2010.

Belus cover art] tracklist:

01. Lukans Renkespill
02. Belus' Død
03. Glemselens Elv
04. Kaimadalthas' Nedstigning
05. Besøk Til Kelio
06. Alvenes Dans
07. Alvegavene
08. Sverddans
09. Keliohesten
10. Morgenrøde
11. Belus' Tilbakekomst

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Source:	amazon.co.uk
Band profile:	Burzum

"Conveyance Of Flux", a new song from US metallers Canvas Solaris, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

"Conveyance Of Flux" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Irradiance, which is scheduled for release in early May via Sensory Records.

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Danish metallers Wuthering Heights will release their forthcoming album, Salt, on the following dates:

April 12 - Europe (via Scarlet)
March 26 - Asia (Marquee/Avalon)
End of April - North America (Sensory)

Salt cover art] tracklist:

01. Away!
02. The Mad Sailor
03. The Desperate Poet
04. Tears
05. Weather The Storm
06. The Field
07. The Last Tribe
08. Water Of Life
09. Lost At Sea
10. Sympathy Uriah Heep cover]

Also a free MP3 of the song "The Desperate Poet" is available at this location.

More information about Salt can be found at this location.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Wuthering Heights

Swiss metallers Requiem have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"After 13 years vocalist Michi Kuster has decided to leave the band due to family reasons. It's not possible for him anymore to take part of the busy band schedule.

Michi will play his two last shows with Requiem on 06.02.2010 at Kiff, Aarau (CH) and on 11.02.2010 at Dynamo, Zurich (CH) supporting Hypocrisy.

The whole band wishes him and his family all the best for the future. Requiem made the decision to continue as a three-piece band from now on."

New line-up (from left to right): Phil Klauser (guitars), Ralf Winzer Garcia (vocals/bass) and Reto Crola (drums)


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Reunited US rockers Warrior Soul will embark on a European tour this spring.

Announced dates are as follows:

Mar. 25 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
Mar. 26 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
Mar. 27 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
Mar. 28 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
Mar. 29 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
Mar. 30 - Stuttgart, Germany - Röhre
Mar. 31 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
Apr. 02 - London, UK - Islington Academy
Apr. 04 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
Apr. 05 - Sheffield, UK - Academy 2
Apr. 07 - Weert, The Netherlands - Bosuil
Apr. 08 - Hengelo, The Netherlands - Metropool

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Event:	Warrior Soul

"Forever Dead", a new song from US metallers Sevendust, is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

"Forever Dead" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Cold Day Memory, which is scheduled for release in the spring.

Cold Day Memory tracklist:

01. Splinter
02. Forever Dead
03. Unraveling
04. Last Breath
05. Karma
06. Ride Insane
07. Confessions (Without Faith)
08. Nowhere
09. Here And Now
10. The End Is Coming
11. Better Place
12. Strong Arm Broken

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Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice, the forthcoming album from Finnish hard-rockers HIM, is available for streaming online in its entirety at the band's MySpace page.

Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice will be released on February 9 via Sire Records.

Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice cover art] tracklist:

01. In Venere Veritas
02. Scared To Death
03. Heartkiller
04. Dying Song
05. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)
06. Love, The Hardest Way
07. Katherine Wheel
08. In The Arms Of Rain
09. Ode To Solitude
10. Shatter Me With Hope
11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love In Limbo)
12. Like St. Valentine
13. The Foreboding Sense Of Impending Happiness

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	HIM

Arizona-based metallers Flotsam & Jetsam will embark on a European headlining tour in April.

Announced dates are as follows:

April 01 - Amesfoort, Holland - De Kelder
April 02 - Eindhoven, Holland - Dynamo
April 03 - Leeuwarden, Holland - Romein
April 04 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
April 05 - Colmar, France - Le Grillen
April 06 - Bologna, Italy - Sottotetto Club
April 07 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1
April 08 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Live
April 10 - Tongeren, Belgium - De Velnix
April 11 - Istanbul, Turkey - Live Club
April 12 - Athens, Greece - Sin City

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Source:	flotsam-and-jetsam.com
Band profile:	Flotsam And Jetsam
Event:	Flotsam & Jetsam: European Tour

Swedish metallers Pain have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"We've created a place for all Pain headz to meet up and discuss everything from Pain songs and shows to Peters beard and how much money Johan spends monthly on hygiene hair products. Hopefully we'll be able to answer some of your questions, ask you questions, and maybe we'll get to know each other a little bit better. You'll find it at this location.

Pain will only visit one summer festival 2010. But it will feel and sound like fifteen, he he. We will put all the energy, all the songs, all the headbanging, all the lights, all the power, all the volume, and all the booze we usually spend on a whole summer into one show. Which one it is will be official later this month (February)

The next Pain release will be a live recording made in Paris during the Nightwish tour 2009. It's from the same shows that were filmed for the "Monkey Business" video. If you haven't seen it, watch it here!

The first Pain album ever to be released in the US will be Cynic Paradise with a bonus CD including the Paris live recordings. The exact release date will be official later this month. Uncle Sam is about to get Painalized!

At the moment Peter is holding Europe by the balls with Hypocrisy, and after that they're off to Russia and the United States. How ever, the work with the brand new Pain album has already started. Hopefully it will be ready to blow your speakers by the end of 2010 or early 2011. The release will of course be followed by a headline tour.

See you soon!

/Pain."

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Band profile:	Pain

Official press release

It's the news that metal fans across the UK have been waiting for, for some time now - metal titans Arch Enemy are going to headline the UK... and they're bringing Sabbat & Enslaved with them!

Singer Angela Gossow checked in from the road to say a few words to the UK fans: "We strongly felt its time to visit the shores of The United Kingdom Of Heavy Metal again! We miss you, ladies and gentlemen! We only did the Bloodstock Festival in 2009. It was a fantastic gig and reminded us of why we love the Amott brothers' homeland so much. Even better, we are bringing the UK cult thrashers Sabbat with us and the Norwegian Sons Of Darkness, Enslaved! We will cook up a devastating setlist for this run and won't leave any prisoners behind ;-) Get ready for The Metal Hammer Meltdown attack!"

Arch Enemy have teamed up with Metal Hammer Magazine UK and Kilimanjaro for the inaugural Metal Hammer Meltdown UK tour.

Metal Hammer Magazine UK's Editor Alexander Milas comments: "It's been far too long since these shores were blackened by the ball-hefting brutality of Arch Enemy, so imagine our surprise when we heard they were bringing none other than the classic thrash of the almighty Sabbat and the prog-heavy viking metal of Enslaved in tow. It's an honour to hang our banner on what promise to be a truly neck-snapping series of dates. Mosh ahoy!"

Announced dates are as follows:

April 27 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun hall
April 28 - Glasgow, UK - O2 Academy
April 29 - Manchester, UK - Academy
April 30 - London, UK - HMV Forum

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Arch Enemy
Event:	Arch Enemy: UK Tour

Official press release

Eparistera Daimones, the forthcoming debut album by Triptykon, the group founded by former Hellhammer/Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior, is not only musically a leviathan. Remarkably, the album will also feature the epic artwork by renowned Swiss artist H.R. Giger and New York-based surrealist Vincent Castiglia.

In an exceptionally rare gesture, HR Giger has granted Triptykon the use of his dramatic painting "Vlad Tepes" (work no. 412, 200 x 140 cm, acrylic on paper on wood, 1978). It is the artist's first authorized appearance on an album cover in 17 years, and the second time he collaborates with Warrior (following Celtic Frost's To Mega Therion album in 1985).

Vincent Castiglia contributes "Triptykon", a specially created portrait of the members of the group, painted in the artist's own blood (86 x 86 cm, blood/iron oxide on archival paper, 2009). As Castiglia aptly put it, the amalgamation of works by HR Giger, Vincent Castiglia, and Triptykon on Eparistera Daimones forms a creative triptych in itself.

HR Giger: "I am very proud to work with Triptykon. My art hasn't appeared on an album cover for quite some time, and I feel honored to have been approached by Tom about such a collaboration for Triptykon's very first release."

Vincent Castiglia: "It's been a tremendous honor to work with both Triptykon and HR Giger on the forthcoming release of, Eparistera Daimones. It was a project of enormous depth for me, conceptually as well as visually. I think the resonance between Triptykon's music, Giger's art, and my work is extremely powerful, and it coalesces in quite an amazing, and singular way."

Tom Gabriel Warrior: "We feel deeply privileged to be able to adorn our very first album with the work of two artists we respect enormously. To us, their astonishing contributions convey significant symbolism both with respect to our personal frame of mind as well as for this particular album and its history.

It is an immense pleasure to be able to work with HR Giger again. He was one of our most significant mentors during the days of Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost, and he is an extraordinary human being and an artist without equal.

Vincent Castiglia has become a close friend in recent years, and we both sensed that the time had come to create something truly unique together. I am infinitely grateful that he has lent us his incredible talent, not least because I know he incorporates as much passion, darkness, and pain into his work as I do, too."

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centurymedia.com