The new Nostradameus album "Illusion´s Parade" will be released on November, 13th, 2009. With their five studio albums, the band acuired a true fan base with their own kind of Power Metal which contains American as well as European influences.

The album was once again produced by Anders "Theo" Theander in the famous Roasting House Studios in Sweden. The result is a fresh mixture of speed, heavyness and thrilling intensity.

"Illusion's Parade" cover art] tracklist:

01. Art Of Deception Listen]
02. Mariner
03. Walk Of Pain
04. Nothing
05. Virgin Mary
06. Eclipse Of The Sun Cult
07. Illusion's Parade
08. Armageddon Forever
09. Time For Madness
10. The Voyager

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Source:	afm-records.de
Band profile:	Nostradameus

Lion's Share members Lars Chriss and Sampo Axelsson have, in cooperation with Sidelake Media and Christian Rehn (Angtoria), written the official intro song for Swedish elite ice hockey team Timrå IK (Red Eagles). The clip is shown up on the Jumbotron when the players enter the ice.

"The main riff was based on the song "Shadows" from Lion's Share's "Two" (1997) album, with an AC/DC and Rammstein twist since this style works so well in hockey arenas."


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Band profile:	Lion's Share

"The Sea Of See Through Skins" is the title of the brand new album by Greek metallers Tardive Dyskinesia that has been released the 12th October via Coroner Records. Aggressive, math, psychotic and obsessive are the keywords that identify this new work, amazingly mixed and mastered by Jochem Jacob at Split Second Sound Studio in Holland (Textures, In-Quest, Chiraw). You can listen to a full preview of the new album here.

"The Sea Of See Through Skins" cover art] tracklist:

01. Triggering The Fear Reactor
02. Complicity
03. Downfall
04. Dog
05. The Sea Of See Through Skins
06. Brains Trust
07. Ask E Sea
09. Reverse Arms
09. Tinge Of Irony


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Reactivated Swedish Atmospheric Black Metallers Algaion have set their third upcoming effort as "Exthros" (meaning "Enemy" in Greek). "Exthros" was recorded at Helltower Studio by Algaion live/studio drummer Robert Eng (also of Corporation 187 fame) and the mastering duties were handled by Simon Söderberg at Mayfire Studio.

"Exthros" cover art] tracklist:

01. Alpha
02. That Time Is Nigh
03. Theos Tou Aimatos Listen]
04. We Are The Enemy
05. The Last Of Cursed Days
06. Nature Our Slave
07. Ruach Adversi
08. This Is Our Temple
09. Sign Of Evil Existence / The Era Of Satan Rising
10. House Of War
11. Omega

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pulverised.net

Champions of the old school Swedish death metal style (Stockholm, not Gothenburg), Ventura, California's Fatalist pay tribute to the likes of Nihilist, Grave, Entombed, and Dismember on debut full-length The Depths Of Inhumanity. The follow up to 2007's impressive (and now sold out) Loss demo will be released on November 23, 2009 on Ibex Moon Records. While the influences are obvious, the band injects its own personality into these 11 songs, while staying true to the bruising 'n buzzing sounds of early 90s Stockholm.

Guitarist/vocalist Neil Burkdoll (Dirty Dead, Stump) Burkdoll had this to say about the recording: "Well, three years in the making; it has been a long ass time. Our album The Depths of Inhumanity is finally going to see the light of day on Nov 23, 2009. It is 11 songs of old school death metal that we hope you guys enjoy. We really tried to make each song stand alone from the others and have their own identity. We are happy as hell that the album is coming out on Ibex Moon as well. We really felt that we would fit nicely on the Ibex Moon roster and it was a great day when John agreed to talk to us about an album deal. Things went really smooth with the label and we hope to work with them again in the future."

Burkdoll, along with veteran guitarist/vocalist Wes Caley (ex-Exhumed, ex-Uphill Battle), bassist Art Hayes, and drummer Tyler Castro bring the rumble with great songwriting, fierce attitude, and menacing feeling; just the way it was meant to be played. Hear for yourself why James Hoare of Terrorizer praised Fatalist for playing "Swedish death metal like the masters" and shredding "the old way."

A picture of how the cover art will look like can be found here.

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Taiwanese extreme metallers Chthonic have been honored with the "Best International Artist" award for their participation in the Free Tibet concert in Taipei on July 11 of this year. The award was given out at this year's Tibetan Music Awards, which took place on October 10 in McLeod Ganj, India.

Says vocalist Freddy Lim: "This is an honor for all the performers, staff, volunteers, and audiences involved with the Free Tibet concert earlier this year in Taiwan. Let's keep fighting for justice and freedom, and I believe that all Tibetans will be winners and earn their rights eventually!"

Chthonic is currently on tour with Satyricon in support of its latest album, "Mirror of Retribution", which was issued in the U.S. on September 15 via Spinefarm Records.

Formed in 1995, Chthonic (a name deriving from a Greek word signifying spirits of the underworld) has delivered an 11-track body of work that touches on both the spirit and mortal worlds, with loss of national identity and the sometimes turbulent history of their homeland recurring themes.

With Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano at the production and mixing helm, "Mirror Of Retribution" sees the award-winning musicians further developing a style that started with the 1999 album "Where The Ancestors' Souls Gathered", blending full-on metal of the darker persuasion with traditional Taiwanese instruments such as two-string violin, the hena.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Chthonic

Donald Decker, singer/songwriter for the infamous Minnesota-based brutal death/porngrind band Anal Blast, passed away Sunday morning (October 11th). According to his friends, the passing was "peaceful." He was 41 years old.

The cause of death has not been made public, but Decker reportedly received a liver transplant last year.

Next to writing violently obscene lyrics for Anal Blast - which he said was "the most stupid band in the world" - Don Decker was also a metal concert promoter and the owner of a death metal record store. He was the first one to get Cradle Of Filth to the USA.

Anal Blast was founded in 1994 and recorded two studio albums; "Vaginal Vempire" (1998) and "Battered Bleeding Bitch" (2004) with a live DVD issued last year, entitled "Spraying Blood Live."


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Korpiklaani are proud to announce the Karkelo World Tour continues: "Behold, Americans and Canadians. In January we will set sail to the States and Canada again, together with our mateys from Swashbuckle, our Viking friends from Týr and the guys from White Wizzard."

Dates are as follows:

Jan 08 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Jan 09 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
Jan 10 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Jan 11 - Detroit, MI @ Blondie's
Jan 12 - Chicago, IL @ Jaguar Club
Jan 13 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Jan 14 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
Jan 15 - Allentown, PA @ The Sterling Hotel
Jan 16 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Jan 17 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
Jan 18 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Jan 19 - Tampa, FL @ Czar
Jan 21 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
Jan 22 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
Jan 23 - Tulsa, OK @ The Flytrap Music Hall
Jan 24 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Jan 25 - Tempe, AZ @ TBA
Jan 26 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Jan 27 - Ramona, CA @ Ramona Main Stage
Jan 28 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
Jan 29 - Portland, OR @ Satyricon
Jan 30 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Jan 31 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Korpiklaani
Event:	Korpiklaani: Karkelo N. American Tour

Below you can watch a video for The Gates Of Slumber's "Ice Worm". The clip was created by Doggysmile Pictures (known from "Heavy Metal Zombies" and "Metal Man"), and directed, shot and edited by Martin Piwek. The video features images from this year's Keep It True festival.


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Band profile:	The Gates Of Slumber

Exodus will release "Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)", the band's latest live DVD/CD, on January 15 2010 through Nuclear Blast. The live DVD/CD will feature the band's live show from the Wacken Open Air 2008 festival.

Disc 1 (concert DVD) and Disc 2 (concert CD) contain Exodus caught live at Wacken in Germany on their 2008 world tour in front of over 80 thousand screaming moshing maniacs. Witness this punishing collection on DVD then listen to the same brutal collection on the CD included.
Disc 3 is a documentary DVD, exploring the history of Exodus and getting a behind the scenes look into life on the road in the documentary "Assorted Atrocities". Covering the last 5 years, this feature length movie brings you closer to the inner circle of the band. Hear stories from the road including the craziest Paul Baloff moments. Go inside the recording process of "Shovel Headed Kill Machine". Tour the world as Exodus lands in South America, Japan, Austrailia and Europe. Watch as the band supplies voices to the cartoon "Metalocalypse". The making of music videos for "Riot Act"and "Now Thy Death Day Come", plus plenty of killer clips showing insane moments of the greatest fans in the world. Plus, over an hour of Deleted Scenes, Rare Live Performances, Music Videos, Vintage Interview from 1985, Trailers and the most comprehensive photo gallery with over 350 photos.

Disc I cover art] tracklist:
01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Children Of A Worthless God
06. Piranha
07. Deathamphetamine
08. Blacklist
09. War Is My Shepherd
10. Strike Of The Beast
11. Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Disc II cover art] tracklist:
01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Children Of A Worthless God
06. Piranha
07. Deathamphetamine
08. Blacklist
09. War Is My Shepherd
10. Strike Of The Beast
11. Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Disc III :
+ Documentary
+ Deleted Scenes
+ Rare Live Performances
+ Music Videos
+ Vintage Interview From 1985
+ Trailers
+ Photo Gallery

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Exodus

Formed in February of 2009 by former Ditchwater and Ashes From Within members Mark Anderson (guitar) Jaycen Angone (drums) Eamon Skube (vocals) and Mark Cichra (guitar).

In May the band entered Belle City Sound Studio in Racine, WI with Producer Chris Djuricic (Novembers Doom, Dirge Within) to begin recording their debut full length album (bass tracks recorded by the legendary Chicago session player "Sweetiebuns") . The self-titled album is in the final mxing stages and is scheduled for release this December. The
album cover for was revealed in September. Design by Fernando Ruiz with Visual Decay.

In August of this year two songs "This Burden (Tortured)" and "Worms Of The Earth" were made avaiable as a FREE download via the band's offical website.

In October two more new songs titled "Denial Machine" and "Whom The Gods Would Destroy" were put up for preview and can be streamed on the bands MySpace page.

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"Never Say My Name," the new video from Polish extreme metallers Vader, can now be viewed on YouTube.

Inspired by Patrick Graham's bestselling book "L'Evangile Selon Satan" (translation: "The Gospel According to Satan"), the clip tells an alternate story of the death of a messiah who curses humanity before his death on the cross and chooses life in Hell instead of Heaven. Perhaps because of its "controversial" title and content, this book is not available in the U.S. in English, but a French version can be ordered from Canada.

Commented Vader guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek: "We started the video shoot on August 15, at about noon. That day we were in the Last Supper and the slaughter of the Messiah's followers scenes, while during the night we were to take some bluebox and Janus shots. The same day in Wroclaw, the masses came to see a light-and-water show taking place just 200 meters from the place of our shooting the 'Bible scenes.' Lots of people were wondering, 'What's being shot here? A new TV series? The Bible stories? Or maybe a Discovery program?' Despite 12 hours of hard work and constant stage make-up changes, we managed to finish before 1 a.m. We went through it without a bloodshed ? well, despite the Last Supper scene... but the blood was a fake.

The next day we took the martyr shots and the Romans' armament ones, which were crucial for Necropolis. Sunday: the unbearable heat and another couple of hours in the nearby gravel pit. It wasn't so easy that day. The owner of the place, who at first was eager to rent it to the Inbornmedia crew, had enough when it came to the crucifixion, burning, and the transformation of the Messiah into Janus. My roars and the burning crucifix brought about an immediate response of the security guards. They called the police and we were supposed to leave the gravel pit at once. Fortunately, we managed to 'steal' one more hour before the cops arrived. There only remained ashes. And we, together with the Romans, came back to the hotel at about. 2 a.m. And there were still the final scenes left."


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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Vader

Armored Saint are set to enter Tranzformer Studios in Burbank, CA to begin recording the band's 6th full-length studio album. Tranzformer Studios is owned by Dave Jerdan (Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction, etc) who produced Armored Saint's 1991 classic "Symbol of Salvation" and Bryan Carlstrom who handled engineering on the same album. The Saint will be working with Bryan Carlstrom who will once again handle engineering duties with the bands very own Joey Vera producing, and both Joey and Bryan mixing the record. A partial song list for the upcoming album, which is expected to hit streets in the spring 2010 is: "Black Feet", "Chilled", "Loose Cannon", "Blues", "La Raza", "Head On", "Get off the Fence", "Left Hook From Right Field".

Here's what Armored Saint vocalist John Bush had to say about how the new album came together: "About a year and a half or so ago Joey asked me if I'd be interested in writing some songs. I was in the right mind finally, so I said send me something. To be quite honest, I wasn't thinking in terms of Armored Saint but more like just writing rock music. I felt pretty free with that mentality and the ideas felt very organic. With every passing song things improved and next thing we knew we had about eight songs demoed. Although the idea of sparking something completely new was appealing it became clear that if it was Joey and I the reality was, let's not kid ourselves; this is Armored Saint. So here it comes. Embracing my inner R&B singer and coupling that with our influence of the great seventy's hard rock band's we grew up on."

Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera comments: "John and I began writing over 14 months ago and in the beginning we had only a general musical direction in which we were going. Once we decided to keep writing and with more of an intention of turning it into an Armored Saint project, we were faced with a few questions. One was, how does this new music we're writing fit into the current musical styles of today? And should we care? We quickly answered the latter. We realized we should do what we always did and that is to write good songs. And for ourselves first. We are not unaware of our parameters in which we have created over the past 25 years, but we are also not afraid to take chances and simply do what we do best. The idea of trying to continue where we left off over 10 years ago since our last release is not very appealing to me. I have to let go of what I did in 1991 and in 2000. Nothing at all against what we've recorded in the past but my head is in a different place now. Trust me; I still want to kill your senses with music, but just in a different way."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Armored Saint

Sick Of It All will enter the studio in early-November to begin recording their next full-length. The band has written sixteen songs thus far, though not all of the tracks will appear on the album. New song titles include "Dominated," "A Month of Sundays," "Hope and Fear," "Bent Out of Shape," and "Dirty Money." A spring-2010 release is expected via an unannounced label (the group is in the process of finalizing a deal).

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Phoenix, Arizona's Landmine Marathon have announced the title and other details of their forthcoming release on Prosthetic Records. The album is entitled, "Sovereign Descent ," and was recorded at guitarist Ryan Butler's Arcane Digital Recording Studios, where he's recorded past efforts from the band, as well as Misery Index, Phobia, The Funeral Pyre and many more. The album will be mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (Converge, Hatebreed, The Dillinger Escape Plan). The cover art is being handled by acclaimed artist Dan Seagrave who's done covers for acts such as Entombed, Dismember, Morbid Angel, Suffocation and many many more. "Sovereign Descent" will see a release in early 2010. The band documented the recording sessions via video blogs which can be seen at their site.

The band commented, "We are really excited to be able to announce some more details about our next album, including the title, "Sovereign Descent." We have put a lot of hard work into writing and recording this album. We all agree that it is some of Landmine's strongest material so far, both musically and lyrically. Ryan really went above and beyond with the recording and mixing process. Having the opportunity to work with two people who we feel are legends; Dan Seagrave and Alan Douches is a huge honor. We look forward to sharing some of the final results soon and even more so playing these songs live on the road! "

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Source:	prostheticrecords.com
Band profile:	Landmine Marathon