Original news, posted on 14.07.2009

Swedish metallers Hypocrisy have set "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity" cover art] as the title of their forthcoming album, due on October 23 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records.

Peter Tägtgren commented: "Hey, it's about time for an update now. We have a title for the new album now: "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity"! I'm at the end of the recording and mixing, a few songs left to sing on. The rest are done mixing-wise... It's just been too busy with touring and recording bands, and I didn't wanna burn myself out totally. We're happy of the result so far, it got everything a Hypocrisy album should have in our own point of view. We will release it on October 23 and start touring in the US on November 5, supporting Ensiferum, then in January 2010 we'll do a headline tour in Europe, after that we'll try to hit rest of the world. Stay tuned for more updates in a few weeks!"

UPDATE

Swedish metallers Hypocrisy have just revealed the final tracklist of their new album, "A Taste Of Extreme Divinity", which will be released on October 23 in Europe (November 3 in the US) via Nuclear Blast.

"A Taste Of Extreme Divinity" tracklist:

01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Week
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinitiy
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down
12. The Sinner

Also available will be a digipak version including the bonus track "The Sinner", a limited 180g vinyl plus bonus 7inch in gatefold and a strictly limited mailorder edition. More details will follow soon.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Hypocrisy

German metallers Secrets Of The Moon have posted online a new song, "Queen Among Rats", on their MySpace page.

"Queen Among Rats" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Privilegivm", which is scheduled for release on September 11 in Germany and Austria (September 14 in the rest of World) via Prophecy Productions.

"Privilegivm" cover art] tracklist:

01. Privilegium
02. Sulphur
03. Black Halo
04. I Maldoror
05. Harvest
1 - Part I: I Forgive Myself
2 - Part II: The Tree Of Life
3 - Part III: Exsultet
06. For They Know Not
07. Queen Among Rats
08. Descent
09. Shepherd

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Secrets Of The Moon

Official press release

The mighty Pelican are in the studio putting the finishing touches on their fourth studio album, entitled "What We All Come To Need". What guitarist Laurent Lebec has dubbed "the most perfect synthesis of everything we've done to date, sonically", this new album is a giant step forward within the complex, intricate, beautiful and crushing sound Pelican is famous for. The album features more guests than have ever appeared on a Pelican album before: Greg Anderson of Sunn O))), Aaron Turner of Isis, Ben Verellen of Harkonen and Helms Alee and Allen Epley from The Life & Times And Shiner. Content-wise, Lebec says "There is a current of inspiration that feels particular to each album's music and titles. Though we lack a singer, the song names are often conceptual. This new album speaks to a rapidly decaying world, the fulfillment we find in each other, as well as the resolve to move beyond disillusionment". If the recent "Ephemeral" EP is any indication of what's to come, we can expect nothing less than the apex of Pelican's creative output.

"What We All Come To Need" cover art] tracklist:

01. Glimmer
02. The Creeper
03. Ephemeral
04. Specks Of Light
05. Strung Up From The Sky
06. An Inch Above Sand
07. What We All Come To Need
08. Final Breath

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pelican

"Fire Eaters", the new video from Portuguese metallers Vertigo Steps, has been made available online.

"Fire Eaters" comes off the band's self-titled debut album, "Vertigo Steps", which was released last year via Itunes.


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"Have A Drink On Me", the new video from Swedish metallers Pain, has been made available online. The clip was directed by Denis Goria.

"Have A Drink On Me" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Cynic Paradise", which was released on October 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Source:	vids.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pain

Original news, posted on 11.07.2009

An e-card for "Worlds I Create", the forthcoming album from Norwegian metallers Pantheon I, can be found at this location.

The e-card contains audio samples of three new songs entitled "Myself Above All", "Serpent Christ" and "Burn The Cross".

"Worlds I Create" is scheduled for release on July 27 via Candlelight Records.

"Worlds I Create" cover art] tracklist:

01. Myself Above All
02. Defile The Trinity
03. Serpent Christ
04. Ascending
05. Burn The Cross
06. Bannlyst Album
07. The Last Stand
08. Written In Sand

UPDATE

"Serpent Christ", the new video from Norwegian metallers Pantheon I, has been made available online. The video was directed by Espen Krukhaug.

"Serpent Christ" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Worlds I Create", which was released on July 27, 2009 via Candlelight Records.


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Source:	candlelightrecords.co.uk
Band profile:	Pantheon I

"Niob", the new video from German metallers Nachtgeschrei, has been made available online.

"Niob" comes off the band's latest album, entitled "Am Rande Der Welt", which was released on March 2009 via Massacre Records.


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Nachtgeschrei

Dutch metallers Devious have posted online a new song, "False Identity", on their MySpace page.

"False Identity" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Vision", which will be released on August 31 via Deity Down Records.

"Vision" cover art] tracklist:

01. Heritage Of The Reckless
02. False Identity
03. Respiration Of Fear
04. Abide
05. Impulse Overload
06. Predefined
07. Validate
08. Disconnect

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Devious

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

"Last week we have finished the mixing and mastering of our new album "Design Your Universe" in the Gate-Studio. We are very pleased with the result!

The artwork has also been finished, so here it is the official cover for "Design Your Universe".

Nuclear Blast has set the release date on the 16th of October. More info about the release and the album will follow soon! So keep an eye on our website."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Epica

Regarding their forthcoming album, entitled "Ekpyrosis", Swedish metallers Setherial have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"We have now recorded six drum tracks and this time we decided to go for a fully acoustic drum sound using no triggers or other modules.

This week we will continue with the drums and also continue with the guitars and vocals. We are aiming for a much more organic production with this album since it fits the overall concept and the pre-productions we've done sound extremely promising.

The lyrical theme of "Ekpyrosis" is about a metaphoric connection to the unavoidable conflict of the universe, through the satanic angle and perspective. The Ekpyrotic Universe draws its name from the ancient Greek word ekpyrosis, meaning "conflagration" (disastrous fire or conflict). According to an ancient cosmological model with this name, the universe was created in a sudden burst of fire.

A tribute to the complete obliteration spiral of all particles that is ever created where the allseeing/alldestroying eye of Satans singularity is represented by the destructive forces and dark energy of this vast, unknown universe.

We are currently also working with different ideas for layout and we will present it to the public as soon as we has made a decision of which artwork to use.

Some of the song titles on the album:

Seven Are They
Thoughts Of Life They Wither
The Devouring Eye
Firestorms Over Haar-Megiddo
The Neural Cage Of Selfinfliction
Subsequent Emissions From A Frozen Galaxy

More news and short samples of the album will come soon."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Setherial

The following update was issued on Century Media Records website:

"After months of intense songwriting Dark Fortress entered V. Santura's Woodshed Studio a couple of days ago to start laying down the drum tracks for their 6th, still untitled studio album. The follow up to 2008's acclaimed album "Eidolon" is scheduled to be released in early 2010 via Century Media Records."

V. Santura further comments: "The recordings are going very smooth so far and the drums sound just fantastic. Seraph is doing a really great job. This time we are aiming for a more natural and dynamic sound in order to keep all musical details, a certain raw dirt and personality that most modern productions lack of. Our upcoming album is going to be very diverse and probably the heaviest material we ever wrote."

Source:	www2.centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Dark Fortress

Irish metallers Mael Mórdha have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"As many of you will know, we finished in the studio some weeks ago with some minor touches dragging things out ever so slightly. We are pleased to be able to let you know that mastering is currently in the final stages and Grau (our label) will soon be taking delivery of the finished album.

The album's title is no longer any great secret. It's called "Manannán", after the Irish God of the Sea. It's a concept album and we'll explain that a little bit in the coming weeks. There are eight tracks in total, the names of which are below. We can't be sure of a release date just yet, but we are extremely excited about this album and really want to get it out there as soon as possible.

We also want to get back playing live shows and there are some plans in the works in that regard at the moment. Does anyone fancy partying with us in Ireland in October?"

"Manannán" tracklist:

01. Through The Lungs Of The Dead
02. The Summoning
03. The Doom Of The Races Of Éire
04. Our Ancestors Dwell Here
05. Manannán
06. A Nation In Ruins
07. The Gaelic Twilight
08. Back To Éire

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Mael Mórdha

US metallers Détente have revealed the cover artwork for their forthcoming album, entitled "Decline". The artwork was painted by Michael Leone, with additional graphic work performed by Christopher Leone.

Bill Metoyer (Slayer, Corrosion Of Conformity, D.R.I., Sacred Reich) will engineer the album. "Decline" is tentatively scheduled for a December release.

Further updates to follow.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Détente

A brand new Axxis track "Utopia" is available for streaming on the AFM Records' MySpace page.

"Utopia" comes off the band's forthcoming album, entitled "Utopia", which will be released on August 28 via AFM Records.

"Utopia" cover art] tracklist:

01. Journey To Utopia
02. Utopia
03. Last Man On earth
04. Fass Mich An
05. Sarah Wanna Die
06. My Fathers' Eyes
07. The Monsters Crawl
08. Eyes Of A child
09. Heavy Rain
10. For You I Will Die
11. Underworld
12. Taste My Blood
13. 20 Years Anniversary Song

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Axxis

Estonian metallers Ecthalion have posted online an excerpt of a new song, "Dispassion Play", on their MySpace page.

The song comes off the band's as yet untitled forthcoming album, which will be released later in the year.

(thanks to 5933)

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