Black Label Society has performed their last show on "The Pedal To The Metal Tour" due to the health of forty-two year-old frontman Zakk Wylde. Wylde has been diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs, and has been admitted into the hospital in Eugene, OR yesterday afternoon. Yesterday's Black Label Society appearance in Eugene has been canceled, along with the remaining Black Label Society appearances on the tour.

"The Pedal To The Metal Tour" will continue without Black Label Society, and the rest of the bands will all be participating throughout the remaining dates on the tour. Please visit http://www.pedaltothemetaltour.com for tour dates.

Black Label Society apologizes to ticket holders on the remaining "Pedal To The Metal" dates for the inconvenience, as well as to all BLSNATION Meet & Greet purchasers who gathered for the event this afternoon and in the remaining cities. BLSNATION refunds will be processed promptly.

Further updates on Zakk's medical condition will become available as they are known.

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Band profile:	Black Label Society

The Running Wild cover song "Tsar", performed by the Wild Knight (X Wild/Running Wild side project) band has been posted online at this location. The song has been mixed by Stefan Kaufmann of U.D.O..

The song will be released on the forthcoming "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" compilation (Remedy Records), and is actually the first official recording of Wild Knight - the brand new band, featuring the original X-Wild singer Frank Knight, and the legendary Running Wild guitarist Majk Moti. Band line up is completed by: Rob Ronson (guitar), Simon Strangeway (bass) and Robin Hazelhurst (drums).

More info about the Running Wild tribute here. More info about the Wild Knight project here.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	X Wild

As posted by Whitesnake, a couple of days ago on 12 August:

"Unfortunately, last night at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, Whitesnake had to cut their performance short due to Mr Coverdale experiencing considerable pain in his vocal chords. He was immediately taken to a specialist for examination. The specialist discovered that David was suffering from severe vocal fold edema and a left vocal fold vascular lesion. He was instructed to cancel all performances for the next two weeks & then undergo a further examination. The doctors told us we were fortunate this was caught at a stage where no apparent permanent damage has been caused. We therefore regretfully have to announce that Whitesnake will not be appearing on the remainder of the US tour with Judas Priest, Whitesnake sincerely regrets any disappointment this may cause."

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Source:	whitesnake.com
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US metallers W.A.S.P. have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"We are proud to announce that the next W.A.S.P. album will be heading your way very shortly!

"Babylon" is themed around biblical visions of "The Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse," a metal masterpiece that will make fans both old and new crave for more!

"Babylon" cover art] tracklist:

01. Crazy
02. Live To Die Another Day
03. Babylon's Burning
04. Burn
05. Into The Fire
06. Thunder Red
07. Seas Of Fire
08. Godless Run
09. Promised Land

Worldwide release date: October 12th.

W.A.S.P. will be touring extensively throughout Europe this autumn/winter to bring the sonic massacre to the masses and them cry for mercy! Stay tuned for more information.

The W.A.S.P. MySpace Team."

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Crystal Viper have announced that Matt "Gajdek" Gajdzik has left the band, as he decided to concentrate on his own band. The band wishes him all the best, and thanks him for the time he spent with them.

In the next weeks Crystal Viper will also release brand new and exclusive 7" vinyl single on High Roller Records, titled "The Wolf And The Witch". Front cover artwork for the single, has been painted by the legendary Chris Moyen, known from cooperation with bands such as Slayer, Beherit, Blasphemy or Trivium.

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Band profile:	Crystal Viper

UK metallers Pantheist have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Greetings from the English summer of doom. Since the constant weather fluctuations, incessant rain followed by brief spells of sun and then dark clouds etc don't give us much opportunity to enjoy the summer (in a most un-doomly way), we decided to sit behind our laptop instead and give you a small update about what has been going on in our camp lately.

I have been informed today by Rami that the "O Solitude" reissue has been finally sent for printing, and it will be available in a few weeks time. This critically acclaimed (so I've been told, I'm not making this up) debut album will feature stunning new artwork with cold natural landscapes (literally, as the photographs have been taken at the Black Park near Slough under freezing weather conditions) from our in-house artist, Cheryl Pinnock. We will notify you when this long out-of-print album is again available for ordering.

We are also excited to announce our first gig in Poland at the third edition of the Brania Fest on the 31st October. This gig has been set up by our friends the Polish ancient doomsters from Gallileous. It will be combined with a second gig in the Czech Republic (Karvina) set up by another legendary band, Dissolving Of Prodigy (whoever hasn't checked our their first two albums doesn't know enough about doom death). In return, we are planning a gig in London at some point early next year featuring special guests Gallileous and possibly also Dissolving Of Prodigy. More news about that soon. Also finally, for our friends up north, we will play at The Witchwood in Ashton-Under-Lyne again on the 6th of February next year. We promise a very special gig with tons of atmosphere."

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Band profile:	Pantheïst

Heaven Grey have begun recording demo versions of a new material. Check one of tracks from this recording session, called "Zudusī Dzīvība" (Lost Life) at this location.

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Band profile:	Heaven Grey

Original news, posted on 19.06.2009

The 69 Eyes have posted a new track, "Dead Girls Are Easy", on their MySpace page . The song comes off the band's new album, "Back In Blood", which is scheduled for release in Europe (excluding Finland) on August 28 via Nuclear Blast Records (September 15 in the U.S. through The End Records). The CD, which was tracked with the Grammy-winning producer Matt Hyde, features a guest appearance by Monster Magnet's Ed Mundell. The recording process took place both in Helsinki and Los Angeles.

"Dead Girls Are Easy" is described in a press release as "a nasty power anthem for sleazy pin-ups complete with a sing-a-long chorus aimed at those online chicks with the looks that kill!"

Here's the "Back In Blood" tracklisting again:

01. Back In Blood
02. We Own The Night
03. Dead N' Gone
04. The Good, The Bad & The Undead
05. Kiss Me Undead
06. Lips Of Blood
07. Dead Girls Are Easy
08. Night Watch
09. Some Kind Of Magick
10. Hunger
11. Suspiria Snow White
12. Eternal

UPDATED, on 09.07.2009 (thanks to 1304)

A promotional video for The 69 Eyes' new album, "Back In Blood" can be viewed here.

UPDATE

"Dead Girls Are Easy", the new video from Finnish metallers The 69 Eyes, has been made available online.

"Dead Girls Are Easy" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Back In Blood", which will be released on August 28 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Source:	metalfromfinland.com
Band profile:	The 69 Eyes

The new live album by UK thrash band Onslaught entitled "Live Damnation" will be released worldwide through Candlelight Records on Monday 20 July.

The album was recorded at last years "Damnation Festival" in Leeds, England by Ed Shackleton for Noise Recordings and mixed by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England and contains 8 blistering tracks of 666% pure thrash metal. The sleeve artwork was designed and undertaken by the bands very own Jeff Williams.

Tracklisting as follows:

01. Killing Peace
02. Let There Be Death
03. Destroyer Of Worlds
04. Metal Forces
05. Planting Seeds Of Hate
06. Demoniac
07. Burn
08. Power From Hell

There is a live version of "Metal Forces" taken from the album, currently streaming on the Onslaught MySpace page.

"Live Damnation" will be released in a double sided CD/DVD format and contain various film footage from Damnation Festival inc Live tracks/fan cams/interviews.

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Band profile:	Onslaught

Celtic Legacy is sorry to announce that the band is to be put on hold indefinitely with immediate effect.

A statement from the band reads as follows: "We had already begun the process of following up "Guardian Of Eternity", but financial woes have put paid to the prospect of a new album. The band is in heavy debt following the recording of the previous CD. It was hoped that sales of the last release would finance new recordings but subsequent heavy downloading massively outstripped actual album sales, effectively putting paid to any chance we had of financing new projects.

Putting it simply - we're broke. We put everything we had into the last album, but the music scene has changed to the point where we simply can't afford any further band activity, especially with the recession adding to the money squeeze. We've made back only a fraction of the money it cost us to record the last album and we can't afford to do another one. It's as simple as that.

We would like to thank everyone who supported the band since it started way back in 1997. We've had our share of ups and downs since we began, but leaving 3 albums behind - all recorded and released using our own resources is an achievement we're all very proud of.

The band's websites will remain live and the albums will still be available to buy from those locations.

All members of the band go their separate ways on excellent terms and we would not rule out a return somewhere down the line. But for the present, we need to take a long time away until things drastically improve."

Source:	celtic-legacy.com
Band profile:	Celtic Legacy

Polish female fronted True Heavy Metal act Crystal Viper have recorded a full-length track for the forthcoming "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" compilation (coming soon on Remedy Records). The song titled "Libertalia" was produced by Bart Gabriel (who also appeared with some backing vocals in the song). For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/reunation and http://www.running-wild.net.

Crystal Viper has lately also recorded another cover song: "Obsession (It Burns For You)" for the forthcoming "A Tribute To Virgin Steele" compilation. German fans will have occasion too see Crystal Viper live on stage at this year's edition of the mighty Magic Circle Festival, headliner by the legendary Kings Of Metal, Manowar (18.07.2009, Loreley).

The last Crystal Viper studio album titled "Metal Nation", was released earlier this year in Europe through Karthago Records, and in Japan by Spiritual Beast Records (limited vinyl version was published by the German High Roller Records). Special guest that took part in the recording were: Manni Schmidt of Grave Digger, Frank Knight of X-Wild/Wild Knight, and Lars Ramcke of Stormwarrior. The album was produced by Bart Gabriel, and mixed & mastered by the Grammy nominated Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Hammerfall).

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Atargaris have completed the search for a suitable guitar player.

A message from the band reads as follows: "We're glad to tell you that we have the job on the guitar staffed again. Our new man on board of the Atargaris crew is Artur Vladinovskij and comes from Latvia.

Artur is going to perform at the upcoming shows with us already. The Nocturnal Culture Festival (Deutzen /D) on the 5th of September will be his live-baptism of fire with us.

We are pleased that in Artur we have found a professional, committed and highly amiable musician who is surely a great enrichment for the band. Welcome aboard, Artur!

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all applicants who came from all regions and countries around the world! We are sure that each of you will continue to follow a successful path. Also, we want to again thank our former guitarist AZMO to have helped us out at the Wave Gotik Treffen (Leipzig / D), without whom we would have had to cancel the gig."

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Band profile:	Atargatis

Charon have issued the following update:

"We have together decided to take some time out from song writing and album production. As from today we are taking a two-month break from Charon to keep things meaningful and to search for relaxation and less stressed creative inspiration. We will continue writing songs in August when we will think through our working methods and scan for potential partners. A small break after 15 years of hard work gives all of us a great possibility to do other things and look at things from a distance.

After the release of "Songs for the Sinners", the last album for Spinefarm, we played intensively around Finland and Europe for two years. After extensive touring we have worked countless hours to make the next and the best Charon album ever. The last two years have gone by really fast and at the same time emerging writer's block has not made it easy for us. Lately we have felt that we have lost the ability to write great songs and playing has become forced. We want to be honest in all our work to ourselves and to our fans - and to make an album that we can stand behind. We will not settle for anything less. In addition, personal reasons and other music projects have had their influence on the pace of working.

During the break Charon will not play any shows in Finland or elsewhere. Playing the same setlist all over again has been a burden to us since we want to offer our fans the best experience on shows as well. We will return to the stage 8 August in Raahe, Finland and 4 September at the AngraRock festival in the Azores, Portugal."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Charon

Aisling's new video "Bora" has been made available online. The song is taken from the band's latest album "Stone Of Light", released at the end of last year through Rising Records.


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Band profile:	Aisling

Original news, posted on 31.05.2009

Europe have announced the following:

"Today (Friday 29th May) we're are proud to announce the imminent launch of the brand new single "Last Took At Eden" - the title track from the forthcoming album.

Released as a 3-track single and limited edition 5-track digipack, you will be able to order online via the band's official website. Nordic fans will also have the opportunity to pre-order the official "Almost Unplugged" DVD, recorded and re-edited live at Nalen in Stockholm.

Stay tuned for more news and updates on forthcoming releases."

UPDATE (thanks to 5933)

Europe have posted 30 second samples of two new songs coming from the band's latest single "Last Took At Eden". The songs are called "Last Took At Eden" and "U Devil U" and can be found here. Also, Europe's new video for the song "Last Took At Eden" can be watched below.


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Band profile:	Europe