Rhino Records press release

After rocking clubs from Los Angeles to New York City for more than a decade, Twisted Sister made its bones in 1984 with the quintet's second Atlantic Records release, a Top 20 album that stormed the charts with a string of hit singles and genre-bending videos. Rhino proudly wears a Twisted Sister pin on its uniform, celebrating the album's multi-platinum success with a 25th Anniversary Edition that includes a bonus disc of unreleased outtakes and early demos from the original sessions, as well as a new track recorded especially for this collection by the 1984 lineup: Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and A.J. Pero. "Stay Hungry" 25th Anniversary Edition will be available June 30 from Rhino Records.

The first disc contains remastered versions of the nine tracks from the May 1984 original. The album was a smash thanks to a pair of fist-pumping anthems of youthful rebellion "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" that went Top 40. The band balanced those catchy songs with the harder edge of metal classics like "Burn In Hell" and "Horror-Teria," a macabre song that would later serve as the inspiration for Strangeland, a 1998 horror film written by Snider, who also starred as the sadistic Captain Howdy.

The bonus disc uncovers 15 unreleased recordings that range from alternate versions of album tracks--including "We're Not Gonna Take It"--to several non-album tracks such as "Death From Above," "Prime Motivator," and "Pay The Price," a song from the band's earlier club days. Along with the vintage tracks, the collection includes "30," Twisted's first new song in 11 years recorded by the band for the 25th Anniversary Edition.

"30" was originally written by Dee Snider with Marc Beeman and Sharon Lawson for the reality series Gone Country. Dee says, "While '30' was my attempt at a country song for the show, the realization was that rock 'n' roll is a direct outgrowth of country music. Since '30' was written about my Twisted Sister experience, it seemed only natural for us to record it and rock it out."

More than a decade after Twisted Sister's last show, the band reformed in 2001 for a benefit and continued playing together, including an astonishing run of over 50 headline festival dates performing in front of two million people in over 23 countries. In 2006, the band returned to the charts with Twisted Christmas, a holiday album that buzzsaws through yuletide classics such as, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and "Silver Bells." That same year, the Long Island Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Twisted Sister. The band is currently at work on a new album and a Broadway musical based on Twisted Christmas. Twisted Sister will headline the annual Rocklahoma music festival July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Rock of Ages, Broadway's latest musical hit with five Tony® nominations, features Twisted Sister prominently in its story line and with the band's aforementioned iconic anthems, "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It."

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Source:	rhino.com
Band profile:	Twisted Sister

Greek metal band Dark Vision want to inform you all that their new mini-CD under the title "Bestial Remedy" is finally released! The band recorded four new songs and re-recorded 1 bonus song in a new version.

According to a press release, this is the band's re-birth after 12 years in the scene. Many demo releases and an full length album, live shows with bands such us Mayhem, Kaamos, Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Satyricon and numerus line-up changes...

"Musically, aesthetically, the band has a new face and we're ready to show it to anyone interested.", commented the band.

"Bestial Remedy" tracklist:

01. Mute Monologue
02. Yearning Grotesque
03. Warpulse
04. Signs From Fallen Stars
05. Bestial Remedy

All four new songs are streaming on the band's MySpace page.

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Several songs from Flatline's debut album "Pave The Way" help to set the stage for the new "No Fear (Lifestyle)" video, featuring clips from the extreme worlds of Surfing, Moto X, and Mixed Martial Arts.

Drummer Tim Hassemer of Flatline had this to say about being featured in the "No Fear" video: "We think its awesome that "No Fear" picked our songs to be in the video, it really makes of feel like we have come a long way since the start of the band."

Here is a glimpse of the video:

You can also see Flatline on tour with Threat Signal and The Agonist starting on June 3rd in Connecticut.
More info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/FlatlineMetal.

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standanddeliverrecords.com

US melodic metal band Theocracy will visit Europe for a tour this fall. You can see the first announced dates below (which means more dates will announced later!). The band just returned from their first show ever in Europe at the Elements of Rock festival in Switzerland.

Confirmed dates:
October 24th: Metal Fest - Festhalle Friedewald, Germany
October 30th: Rock Without Limits - Gomaringen, Germany
October 31th: Nordic Fest - Oslo, Norway

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Source:	ulterium-records.com
Band profile:	Theocracy

Xtreem Music is proud to announce that has reached an agreement with Avulsed for the release of the band's long awaited 5th full-length album "Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-mutilation)", described by the own band as their heaviest, most intense and complete album ever! Featuring all the band's trademarks of brutal, catchy, intense and heavy Death Metal that have always been peforming during 18 years already!

Recordings for "Nullo" were finished in early May and the album is already in the pressing plant for an imminent release date in June 1st, including the mega-fucking gore artwork of Mike Hrubovcak (Grave, Monstrosity, Mortician, Cattle Decapitation...) and featuring the following songs:

01. Breaking Hymens
02. Killing After Death
03. Maggotfilled
04. Voracious Backpacker
05. Nullo (The Pleasure of Self-mutilation)
06. Nazino (Cannibal Hell)
07. Fair Flesh Obsession
08. Penectomia
10. Chestblood
11. She's Hot Tonight (in my Oven)

Avulsed's new album will meet all expectations for all their loyal fans worldwide thanx to the brilliant production and excellent new songs which will become instant favourites for them all. The band has already uploaded three brand new tracks to their official MySpace.

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Source:	xtreemmusic.com
Band profile:	Avulsed

Official press release

Finally! A long-awaited third album from one of the leaders of Polish thrash scene! Fantastic vocals of Sylwia is something so unique, that you can't just pass by. This album is a must for fans of Holy Moses and aggressivenes of Arch Enemy. Music of THE NO-MADS is nuclear power that burns everything on its way to the ground! The sound of "The Age Of Demise" kills with Tom Zalewski's excellent production (Horrorscope, Totem, Rootwater, Coma). Almost 40 minutes of pure fury and energy that will rip your head off and remind you the best achievements of Destruction, Sodom and Kreator. Little bit of technology will satisfy fans of Mekong Delta and Sadus.

"The Age Of Demise" will also contain a bonus DVD with full show recorded during the festival "Thrash Attack", music videos, an interview and "making of ...".

The album will be released on 06.06.2009.

"The Age Of Demise" cover art] tracklisting:

01. Reverend Terrorist
02. Unter der Bar
03. The Age of Demise
04. Children of the Reich
05. Point Blank Fire
06. Nanoman
07. Last Lift Down
08. A Moment of Sobriety
09. Vamos!

All info about the band on http://www.myspace.com/alkoholization.

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Superior Enlightenment, an extreme metal outfit featuring members of Magister Dixit, Utlagr & Fragments Of Sentience, is streaming its entire first album "The Great Obscurantism" on MySpace for a limited period of time.

According to a posting: "somewhere between Keep Of Kalessin and Zyklon, Superior Enlightenment is pushing the limits of brutality into the black metal genre." "The Great Obscurantism" features guests from Utlagr, Monarque & more.

"The Great Obscurantism" cover at] tracklist:

01. Novus Incompositus Seclorum
02. Digital Holocaust
03. Ineffable Winds of Neptune
04. Cesspool
05. Divided They Fall
06. Golden Ratio
07. Not to Be
08. The Burden
09. To Fucking Execrate

Superior Enlightenment line up:

Ekinox: Songwriting, strings, samplings, effects
Neant: Lyrics and vocals
Auster: Drums, back vocals and sampling

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Tribunal Records press release

With a name inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's novella "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," one might believe Denver's Vale Of Pnath to be a new progressive art-rock group emerging from the underground, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Progressive they may be, but Vale Of Pnath are nothing short of metallic extremity on all levels.

Superb production by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage) only helps to showcase this band's dynamics and skillful artistry. Though "Vale Of Pnath" is only an EP it packs a full length punch and will surely have every listener reaching for their stereo's repeat button time and time again.

Vale Of Pnath influences range from classic black/death metal bands like Emperor, Death, Theory In Practice to even the current front runners in the technical metal scene like Necrophagist, Neuraxis, Canvas Solaris and Between The Buried And Me. "Vale Of Pnath" is a short, well calculated explosion of energetic melodic death metal that will quench any metalhead's ravenous appetite. "Vale Of Pnath" is available right now in the Tribunal Records e-store and it will find it's way onto store shelves June 23rd.

"Vale Of Pnath" cover art] and tracklist:

01. A Witness To...
02. ...A Disoriented Blur mp3]
03. Carcosa
04. Den Of Inequity

More about the band on http://www.myspace.com/valeofpnath.

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Tribunal Records press release

Nashville's Inferi make their Tribunal Records debut after first impressing the label with their independently released album, "Divinity In War". Their newest creation, "The End Of An Era", is even more remarkable in its use of enough melody to make it memorable, but still maintain high torque and brutal intensity. Even though tempos are excessively fast at times Inferi refuse to allow speed and technicality to overcome extreme precision. Not since the likes of Metallica's "The Call Of Ktulu" has a band attempted an 8+ minute instrumental track but more importantly deliver an anthem worthy of the metal ages.

Inferi are pioneers in this new age of metal, not reveling in what is popular and trendy, but more importantly reviving classic inspiration of the genre. "The End Of An Era" was mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Animosity, As Blood Runs Black and The Taste Of Blood) but even with such a talented engineer behind the desk Inferi decidedly strayed away from the all too common and now, sadly enough, overly produced modern metal sound for something more vintage, raw and in the end, truly metal. "The End Of An Era" is a daring and colossal step in the right direction to bring metal back to its long lost and too hastily forgotten roots. "The End Of An Era" is available right now in the Tribunal Records e-store and it will find it's way onto store shelves June 23rd.

"The End Of An Era" cover art] and tracklist:

01. The Ruin Of Mankind
02. Gatherings In The Chambers Of Madness
03. Endless Siege
04. A New Breed Of Savior
05. Sentenced To Eternal Life
06. The War Machine Embodiment mp3]
07. The Warrior's Infinite Opus
08. Quest For The Trinity
09. Forged In The Phlegethon
10. Cursed Unholy

More about the band on http://www.myspace.com/inferimetal.

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tribunalrecords.net

Official press release

Meet Machines Of Grace. They are the latest among the gifted hard rock/heavy metal bands born from Boston's thriving music scene. As with their Beantown bred forefathers, (Aerosmith, Extreme, Godsmack, Dropkick Murphys) Zak Stevens (lead vocals), Jeff Plate (drums), Matt Leff (guitar) and Chris Rapoza (bass) have concocted their own proprietary formula for whiplash on a disc.

Top shelf status comes from the experience of successfully headlining major tours and support from a monumental fan base. Drummer Jeff (Trans Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, Metal Church) Plate and lead singer Zak (Circle II Circle, Savatage) Stevens have the resume to help catapult Machines Of Grace into the monsters of rock realm. The divine mix of such magnanimous talent can convert even the most stubborn music critic. Why? The method to their madness is embedded in the music... "It's just a pure, solid melodic rock sound," offers Stevens. "It has infectious grooves and its own brand of outright power. To me, it's got great songwriting with a hard rock edge and strong commercial appeal."

The rise of the "Machine" had to start somewhere?

Leff and Stevens have a lengthy history, spanning back to their days as protégés at GIT/VIT respectively. Their first band, Wickedwitch, also introduced the talents of drummer Jeff Plate, who clinched the line-up and formed the backbone of today's brainchild: Machines Of Grace.

During a considerable hiatus after the demise of the Wickedwitch project, Zak Stevens had gone on to front Savatage (and more recently, Circle II Circle), and later recruited Jeff Plate, who performs regularly with the Trans Siberian Orchestra and Metal Church. Meanwhile, Matt Leff had formed Trigger Effect, and with bassist Chris Rapoza, had toured as an opening act for Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche and Rob Halford.

Time had clearly hit the afterburners. Call it chemistry, fate or pure coincidence. A Wickedwitch fan suggested that the founding members revise, rethink, record and release the original material, and voila - Machines Of Grace was conceived.

This band accords a shot of rock and roll that infuses several music genres with an innovative twist of smoldering vocals and bludgeoning guitar riffs. Blend that with an explosive rhythm section and you've got an exceptionally powerful elixir. "I'd say we're a mix of melodic metal, hard rock, modern rock and acoustic rock," explains guitarist Matt Leff. "The current rock climate is calling for modern production, strong vocal melodies and memorable songs from guys that can really play. I think we fit that description." Bassist Chris Rapoza agrees: "The CD has an amazing vibe that just flows really well and makes you want to listen to it all the way through. To me, song writing and recording with that same quality always makes for the best type of album."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Savatage

Pulverised Records press release

It is our greatest pleasure to welcome one of the pioneering and oldest bands in Death Metal history onto our roster: the legendary Master!

States A&R Manager Calvin: "Master was and is still truly an influential band and I would daringly assumed that a lot of the early Extreme Metal bands were somehow influenced by Master, but was probably never open and admitted widely. Paul Speckmann was really enthusiatic to join the Pulverised family and furthermore, very easy to work with. There were so many things that we have discussed and were definitely on the same page, so an album deal was struck in no time. We hope that with our support on the upcoming new album, it will be Master's most devastating and crushing album yet!"

Comments frontman Paul Speckmann: "It's an honor and a pleasure to be signing with a real label like Pulverised Records. I really feel like this label will believe in Master like a label should. It's really been difficult to find a label that is willing to dedicate itself to a band like Master who incidentally has been surviving the underground since 1983. I certainly have confidence in Pulverised Records and hopefully we can bring the band along to the next level. Forget all the cheap imitators, there is only one Master consisting of Speckmann, Nejezchleba and Pradlovsky, so be forewarned. The soon to be recorded new CD will be as brutal as its predecessor. Look for speed, intensity and as always objective lyrical content. For myself, I certainly live through my music, it is certainly my muse."

Speckmann and co. are set to commence work on the new material for a full-length album in August and the new album should be completed at the end of 2009. More details and announcements will be made.

Source:	pulverised.net
Band profile:	Master

"Fade Out", the new video from Autumn Hour, the band featuring vocalist Alan Tecchio (Hades, Watchtower, Non-Fiction, Seven Witches), drummer Dave Lescinsky (Hades), bassist Clint Arent (Painmuseum, Seven Witches), and guitarist Justin Jurman, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Dethroned", due on May 5 via Rock Ridge Music.

Autumn Hour will appear at Sam Ash in Edison, New Jersey on Thursday, April 30 as part of the Gibson Tour Bus. They will perform and sign advance copies of the CD.

Tecchio previously stated about Autumn Hour: "We've written a concept CD about the near end of mankind and the role that accelerating technology plays in the wake of that. It's a story that was inspired by Ray Kurzwell's theory of the singularity. A cover of Eurythmics' "Here Comes The Rain Again" included as it fits the theme quite well."

"Dethroned" cover art] tracklist:

Part I: Singularity in the Making
01. Oblivion
02. End User
03. Techcceleration (The Machine Speaks)
04. Here Comes the Rain Again

Part II: Endgame.
05. Fade Out
06. Unbelievable (The Mind Speaks)
07. Dethroned
08. How Were We Supposed To Know?

Part III: The Machine Kind
09. Every Day (The Body Speaks)
10. Transcend
11. The Past (The Heart Speaks)

For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/autumnhour.

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Band profile:	Seven Witches

Nahemah have posted the video clip for their song, "The Perfect Depth Of The Mermaids," taken from Nahemah's upcoming album "A New Constellation" online. The video was directed by Manuel Garcia De Otazo.

Nahemah said the following about the new album "A New Constellation": "The new album is a step ahead in our music and lifes. We have grown up as musicians and as persons, we have elevated our personalities, spirits and minds to places beyond our body and planet, they have been elevated to different atmospheres, to a new constellation."

The album will be released at the end of May through Lifeforce Records.

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Band profile:	Nahemah

Pulverised Records press release

The latest Swedish all-star collaboration The Few Against Many, featuring ex-Scar Symmetry singer and lead guitarist Christian Älvestam, vocalist Pär Johansson of Satariel, The Duskfall and Demiurg fame, guitarist Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer), drummer Jani Stefanovic (Miseration, Solution .45, etc) and bassist Anders Edlund (Incapacity, Angel Blake, etc) have revealed the album cover artwork and tracklisting for the debut album "SOT":

01. Hädanfärd
02. Bränd Mark
03. Blod
04. Skapelsens Sorti
05. Sot
06. Abider
07. Heresi
08. One With The Shadow

With the brilliantly mystical artwork of Dan Seagrave (Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Dismember, Entombed, etc) and backed by the top-notch production of Tomas "Plec" Johansson at Panic-Room Studios in Sweden and joining in as contributors Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity and Jonas Renkse of Katatonia/Bloodbath fame penning down some lyrics, "SOT" is a crushing sick bastardization of Death Metal brutality combined with Progressive elements but only more twisted!

Comments Christian: "It's a great honour and privilege to once again work with my good friend Roy Yeo and his Pulverised Records. We have known each other for almost 12 years now, through our past work together with Unmoored and Quest Of Aidance, so it feels very much like coming home in a way. We are very happy and excited to see where this re-established cooperation can lead us as a team!"

Release date to be announced soon.

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Kamelot reportedly will enter the studio this June 2009 to record the follow-up to the blockbust CD "Ghost Opera" which spawned 4 high incredible videos, 100+ concerts in more than 22 countries and many sold out shows. Once again enlisting producers Sascha Paeth and Miro, the band plans to use studios in Germany, Norway and the USA for this next massive production. Kamelot's final concerts of 2009 will take place this Summer, including an appearance at the Sonisphere Festival with Metallica in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

To smack your chops even more Kamelot's video producers ICode have uploaded the HD versions of the videos "Ghost Opera", "The Human Stain" and "Rule The World". Click here for access.

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Source:	kamelot.com
Band profile:	Kamelot