Heavy metallers Rata Blanca won't be touring Mexico, as planned earlier. In a statement, the band announced:

"We would like to inform our fans that the tour we had scheduled between the 30th of July and the 15th of August has been postponed. We will announce the re-scheduled dates as soon as they are confirmed."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Rata Blanca

Jag Panzer's guitarist Christian Lasegue has checked in with the following update:

"Sorry it's been so long since we've posted any info! But here's the deal: We have been writing and demoing songs for the new album, Scourge Of The Light. We have one more to go and then we'll begin the actual recording process. The songs are sounding great!

The whole process has been slower than we'd like, but everything is on track and SPV/Sony plans to release it February 2011. We just viewed the artwork for the album cover and it looks amazing! We'll try to do a better job of keeping you all informed: maybe some video footage of us in working in the studio, as well as general updates on our progress."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Jag Panzer

Mayhem will be returning to the far east in mid-September. This mini-tour, aptly dubbed Mayhem Japan tour 2010, will span only 3 days as listed below:

16th September - Tokyo, Club Quattro
17th September - Nagoya, Club Quattro
18th September - Osaka, Club Quattro

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Mayhem: Japan Tour 2010

New York based death metal legends Suffocation will tour North America this Fall with prog-deathsters The Faceless, deathcore merchants Through The Eyes Of The Dead, tech-death masters Decrepit Birth, and Italy's brutal/symphonic/avante garde horde Fleshgod Apocalypse. The tour is dubbed The Decibel Defiance Tour 2010 and is being sponsored by (duh) Decibel Magazine and the Extreme Management Group.

Comments the band: "Suffocation is excited that Nuclear Blast, Decibel Magazine and Extreme Management Group have teamed up to deliver you the most heinous tour of the Fall. This is one of the most brutal line-ups for us ever including The Faceless, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Decrepit Birth, and Fleshgod Apocalypse. We welcome you to come experience the devastating speed, mind-bending technicality, and relentless brutality of The Decibel Defiance Tour!"

Tour dates to be announced shortly!

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Band profile:	Suffocation

Less than a month before the release of Rubicon, Tristania have booked the following concerts in support of their sixth studio effort. The tour will feature special guest appearances from Asrai and UnSun. Here are the dates:

30.09.2010 (N) Kristiansand - Kick
01.10.2010 (N) Oslo - Betong
06.10.2010 (N) Stord - Arena
07.10.2010 (N) Bergen - Garage

Rubicon Tour (with Asrai and UnSun):

08.10.2010 (UK) London - Underworld
09.10.2010 (NL) Hengelo - Metropool
10.10.2010 (NL) Amsterdam - Melkweg
11.10.2010 (F) Paris - Glazart
12.10.2010 (D) Stuttgart - Die Röhre
13.10.2010 (D) Frankfurt - Batschkapp
14.10.2010 (D) Hamburg - Markthalle
15.10.2010 (D) Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei
16.10.2010 (PL) Krakow - Loch Ness
17.10.2010 (SK) Bratislava - Randal
19.10.2010 (CZ) Prague - Exit Chmelnice
20.10.2010 (D) Berlin - K17
21.10.2010 (D) Munich - Backstage
22.10.2010 (CH) Pratteln - Z7

23.10.2010 (B) Wieze - Metal Female Voices Fest

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Band profile:	Tristania
Event:	Tristania: Rubicon Tour

After their two year break, the guys of Impaled Nazarene have announced the details regarding a new upcoming album. The following message has been issued:

"We have finished all recordings of our 11th studio album Road To The Octagon. It took us precisely 6 days at Hellhole studio with our very own soundman Max "Miami/safari" Kostermaa.

Circa 33min!! No slow songs, no flirting with power/doom whatever. This is Impaled Nazarene at its most violent in years. And yes, lots of people have been calling for more punk and here it is delivered!! D-Beat yes! Guitar and bass (YES) solos!

Max starts mixing the album and the rest of us will take well deserved break. We will master the album with Mika Jussila at Finnvox studio on the 27th of August. Press/album photos have been already shot by Jarkko Viitasaari. We will do a video also, most probably from Enlightenment Process track. And we did record two extra tracks. This is tied to new album/20th anniversary thing, you guys will get something in October. More of that later!"

Road To The Octagon tracklist (in no order):

Tentacles Of The Octagon
Reflect On This
Convulsing Uncontrollably
Under Attack
Cult Of The Goat
Execute Tapeworm Extermination
Enlightenment Process
Rhetoric Infernal
The Day Of Reckoning
The Plan
Silent And Violent Type
Corpses
Gag Reflex

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Band profile:	Impaled Nazarene

Gamma Ray will do five shows at the start of 2011 in North America. These will be the only dates the band will play in North America all year. As a special bonus, the band will offer VIP meet & greet tickets which give the fans entrance to the venue 1 hour before doors with a special meet & greet with Gamma Ray.

The confirmed live shows are as follows:

28th January 2011 - Grammercy Theater - New York, NY
29th January 2011 - Cafe Campus - Montreal, QUE
30th January 2011 - Imperial - Quebec City, QUE
1st February 2011 - Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
3rd February 2011 - Reggie's - Chicago, IL

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Gamma Ray
Event:	Gamma Ray: North American Mini-Tour

The guys from German power metallers Symphorce have issued the following short update:

"The album recordings have been finished, the whole thing is mixed and mastered; and what can we say? It sounds FUCKING AWESOME! There's no doubt that the small break we had turned out to be good for us, and we'll be back with the best Symphorce record for sure. It's what we believe at least ;-)

We will come up with some more news very soon (exact release date, album title, artwork, and so on). We're absolutely excited, and so will you be when the albums out, we're pretty damn sure about that! So far so good."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Symphorce

US death metal act Incantation has been forced to cancel their appearances at this year's Stonehenge and Mass Deathstruction festivals. Incantation frontman John McEntee has issued the following statement, explaining the cancellations:

"It is with great regret we announce that we had to cancel our headlining festival appearance at the Stonehenge Fest in Holland and the Mass Deathstruction Fest in Belgium this weekend. Between us and our booking agent we did all we could to try to make the fest appearance happen, but only after many attempts we had to come to the conclusion that there was just no way to make it happen.

We want apologize both fest organizers for giving us this opportunity. we also want to thank all our supporters that were looking forward to our performances. we know that both promoters are very stand up people, and I'm sure both fest will be a great success."

Incantation is still scheduled to appear at the Hostile City Death Fest in Philadelphia, PA on August 27th as well as the Noctis IV Metal Fest in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on September 24th.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Incantation

Technical Death metallers Decrepit Birth have, in conjunction with NoiseCreep.com, uploaded their newest music video for the track "The Resonance" online. The clip can be viewed at this location. The video was directed by former VJ/producer for MTV Norway's Headbangers Ball Ann Christin "Anki" Rihm.

The song comes from the band's latest album Polarity, out now on Nuclear Blast Records. More album details can be retrieved here.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Decrepit Birth

Montreal based tech-death metal band, Beneath The Massacre, have launched the track, "Black Tide," from the upcoming Marée Noire. This five song EP will be released in North America on September 14th. It will be available as a limited edition red 7" record and on CD. You can check out the track and pre-order details at this location.

Marée Noire EP [cover art tracklist:

01. The Casket You Sleep In
02. Black Tide
03. Drill Baby Drill
04. Designed To Strangle
05. Anomic

The band will also do a Canadian tour beginning in late August and wrapping up in early October, sponsored by JagerMusic Canada. They will be playing with Neuraxis, Ion Dissonance and others along the trek. The dates are as follows:

08/26 - Rimouski, QC - Petit Pavillon Agricole (with Ion Dissonance)
08/27 - Moncton, NB - Manhattan (with Ion Dissonance)
08/28 - Halifax, NS - Gus' Pub (with Ion Dissonance)
08/29 - St John, NB - Nickolaj's (with Ion Dissonance)
08/30 - Fredericton, NB - Kinsmen Center (with Ion Dissonance)
09/03 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
09/04 - Sudbury, ON - The Serbian Hall (with Neuraxis)
09/05 - Rouyn-Noranda, QC - Petit Theatre du Vieux-Noranda (FME Festival)
09/10 - Brantford, ON Rehab - Sick Fest metal festival (with Aeternam)
09/11 - Toronto, ON - The Rockpile (with Aeternam)
09/12 - Kingston, ON - The Mansion (Wine Cellar Room) (with Aeternam)
09/16 - Trois Rivieres, QC - Rock Cafe le Stage
09/17 - Quebec, QC - L'Agitee
09/18 - Sherbrooke, QC - bar le Magog
09/23 - St. Catharines, ON - Mikado (with Kraken)
09/24 - Windsor, ON - Chubby Pickle (with Kraken)
09/25 - London, ON - Moon Over Marin (with Kraken)
09/26 - Oshawa, ON - EP Taylors (with Kraken)
09/30 - Chicoutimi, QC - Le Bunker (with Divinity)
10/01 - St-Hyacinthe, QC - Bar le Trash - Trash Metalfest
10/02 - Victoriaville/Warwick, QC - Salle du Canton (with Divinity)

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Band profile:	Beneath The Massacre

Swedish black metallers Marduk have posted the following on their myspace blog:

"Because of misinformation from one of the airlines involved in Marduk's travel to Central America the band got uphold and couldn't get on the connection flight. It was totally the fault of the airline. Marduk had just completed one of the planned three flights to Costa Rica when the problem occurred. There was no time to book new flights to make it in time to do the 3 shows. The band and booking agency are currently checking options to rebook the shows as soon as possible. Marduk feels very unfortunate for the situation as the band is eager and burning with devotion to march across Central America. More news to be posted as soon as possible".

The remaining 3 shows scheduled to be played were as follows:
July 30 - San Salvador, El Salvador
July 31 - San Pedro Sula, Honduras
August 01 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Marduk

It is with much regret that Ill Niño must cancel the first week of shows for their upcoming European tour.

The band explains: "Our singer Cristian Machado was hospitalized last week, and after many tests, found out he has six herniated discs, and a pressured nerve against his spine. Cris is going through major treatment and rehabilitation, to be able to get back to normal. We all wish Cristian a speedy recovery, as he can't wait to get back and play for you all, as we all do!

After Cristian undergoes the necessary therapy for his back, we will now start our European Festival dates on Friday, August 6th, at the Wacken Open Air Festival, and finish on August 22nd. We apologize for any incovenience, but it was unexpected and beyond our control."

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Ill Niño

Tunisian progressive metallers Myrath are in the pre-production stages of yet another new as-yet-untitled album. The band's latest output Desert Call was released just at the beginning of this year. The band wrote:

"We are pleased to announce that our producer Kevin Codfert is in Tunis since Tuesday July 27th 2010 to work on the pre-production of Myrath's new album. The actual recording of this new album is anticipated to next November and the release date to first quarter 2011. Please stay tuned for further updates."

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Band profile:	Myrath

Riverside vocalist/bassist Mariusz Duda is just about to finish recording the material for his second album Lunatic Soul II. Everthing, for the first time is being done in the Serakos studio in Warsaw and is supervised by Robert Srzednicki and Magda Srzednicka. At the moment the work is focused on the vocal parts; and the mixing and mastering of the material is due in August.

Lunatic Soul's White Album is a continuation of the debut. It is the second part of the diptych about the journey through the land of the dead. "White" ? because this album's cover is... the negative image of the first one.

"There is a little fear that the listeners, seeing a white cover with the characteristic sign and logo 'lunatic soul' but without any '2' or 'II,' will think that it is a kind of re-release of the first album," says the author of Lunatic Soul. "That's why I'd like to highlight that it's going to be entirely new material, and the cover looks as it looks because since the beginning it was supposed to be a black and white diptych. Lunatic Soul is simply a double album divided into two single ones by the period of two years' anticipation. And now there comes the time for its second and last part."

Mariusz Duda added: "It's still a story about the journey through the afterworld, and more specifically about a journey through a certain place that exists somewhere in-between. White doesn't refer here to a literal return to life. The protagonist will still remain on the other side. White doesn't mean that instead of dark sounds we'll hear happy songs and nightingales singing, either. It will still be very characteristic, trans-like, and (as I like to call it) oriental-alternative musical journey. In many places maybe even a little more oriental and maybe more unsetting. For instance, in one of the songs the protagonist will find himself surrounded by four white naked walls, dressed in... a straitjacket. Of course I wanted to create a lot of "light" sounds, a certain kind of lightness, on this album. And I admit that in many moments?with the help of Robert and Magda?I've accomplished exactly what I was dreaming of. It will surely still be a blend of everything I like, from Dead Can Dance, Peter Gabriel from IV or Passion , through films and books about ghosts, up to my favourite Silent Hill, yet I can already hear that the second album, despite the continuation, will sound differently. I hope, though, that the sounds on it will not leave the majority of the lunatic souls indifferent.".

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Band profile:	Riverside