Swedish youngsters Sonic Syndicate have their new video clip ready. "Powershift," which comes off their latest successful record "Love And Other Disasters" will have its premiere today, February 18th exclusively on the band´s MySpace Video Channel.

"Powershift" is one of two videos (along with "Contradiction") that Sonic Syndicate recently shot with director Marius Böttcher of Quent Film. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location.

The band is currently touring Europe alongside label mates Deathstars.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Sonic Syndicate

Axxis are currently recording the material for their new studio album. This time, the band members will come up with a special surprise to celebrate their 20th band anniversary. Stay tuned for upcoming news regarding this matter.

At this moment, Axxis singer Bernhard is recording his vocal tracks before drummer Alex Landenburg will start with the drum recordings.

The upcoming Axxis album will be produced by Harry and Berny. The band is once again working with engineer Dennis Ward (never change a winning team!). Also a female vocalist will take part at the new production, but this time, she will only act in the background.

Source:	afm-records.de
Band profile:	Axxis

After the Danes and the Swedes, also the Finns were handing out their Metal Awards this weekend. Heavy metal quartet Stam1na was the big winner at this year's Finnish Metal Awards, which was held Friday night (February 13) during the Finnish Metal Expo at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland. Members of the general public were invited to cast their votes to select the winners, which were as follows (final percentage of votes is listed next to each nominee):

Album:

01. Stam1na: "Raja" - 16.28%
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02. Diablo: "Icaros"- 5.85%
03. Norther: "N" - 4.12%
04. Children Of Bodom: "Blooddrunk" - 3.87%
05. Omnium Gatherum: "The Redshift" - 3.81%

Band:

01. Stam1na - 13.11%
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02. Diablo - 4.52%
03. Norther - 3.99%
04. Children Of Bodom - 3.96%
05. Hateform - 3.80%

Newcomer:

01. Hateform - 10.86%
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02. Dead Shape Figure - 9.78%
03. Medeia - 8.22%
04. Tracedawn - 7.38%
05. Heavy Metal Perse - 5.88%

Album art:

01. Stam1na: "Raja" - 9.64%
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02. Diablo: "Icaros" - 6.10%
03. Children Of Bodom: "Blooddrunk" - 4.61%
04. Hateform: "Dominance" - 3.26%
05. Kiuas: "The New Dark Age" - 3.13%

Player:

01. Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)- 10.04%
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02. Pekka Olkkonen (Stam1na) - 5.48%
03. Mikko Salovaara (Kiuas) - 4.18%
04. Tuomas Saukkonen (Before The Dawn, Dawn Of Solace, The Final Harvest) - 3.2%
05. Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum) - 2.74%

Vocalist:

01. Antti Hyyrynen (Stam1na) - 12.13%
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02. Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) - 4.43%
03. Rainer Nygård (Diablo) - 4.32%
04. Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum, Norther) - 4.22%
05. Ari Koivunen (Amoral) - 3.87%

Demo Band:

01. Fm2000 - 9.57%
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02. Decended - 5.89%
03. Pressure Points - 4.74%
04. Kilt. - 4.16%
05. Medicated - 3.11%

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Source:

metalrage.com

"Slaves Of The World", the new Old Man's Child song and title track of the new album has been put online at the band's MySpace.

"Slaves Of The World" will be released in May through Century Media Records. As previously reported, the eight Old Man's Child album was recorded last fall at Studio Fredman (Gothenburg, Sweden) with Fredrik Nordström, who had previously worked with the band on their "In Defiance Of Existence" (2003) and "Vermin" (2005) albums. The nine-song album will feature Peter Wildoer (Darkane, ex-Arch Enemy, Pestilence, etc.) on drums.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Old Man's Child

Napalm Death will make their much-anticipated return to North America on April 10th headlining the Decibel Magazine and Lambgoat.com sponsored trek with Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Abigail Williams, and Trap Them in the support slots.

Barney Greenway (vocals) comments: "The lineup for our North American headlining tour in April is stellar and personally I'm especially pumped to see Trap Them on the bill, as they have restored my faith in extreme music generally. Us? We'll be pushing the 'go' button again and hopefully blazing away like it's 1986 all over again - fast, faster, faster still."

Here are the dates:

4/10 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
4/11 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
4/12 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
4/13 Cincinnati, OH @ The Madhatter
4/14 Rochester, NY @ TBA
4/15 Sudbury, ON @ Serbian Center
4/17 Worcester, MA @ New England Metal Fest
4/18 Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
4/19 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
4/20 Virginia Beach, VA @ TBA
4/21 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/22 Nashville, TN @ TBA
4/23 Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
4/24 Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
4/26 Austin, TX @ Emo's
4/27 Houston, TX @ Meridian
4/28 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
4/29 Dallas, TX @ Ridglea Theater
4/30 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
5/01 Tucson, AZ @ TBA
5/02 San Diego, CA @ Soma
5/03 Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
5/04 San Francisco, CA @ The Grand Ballroom
5/05 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
5/06 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
5/08 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
5/09 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
5/10 Des Moines, IA @ TBA
5/11 Milwaukee, WI @ TBA
5/12 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
5/13 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
5/14 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
5/15 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
5/16 Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
5/17 Montreal, QC @ Foufounes
5/18 Quebec City, QC @ Imperial

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Source:	lambgoat.com
Band profile:	Napalm Death
Event:	Napalm Death: N. American Tour

Alkonost, the Russian female-fronted folk metal band, will be doing a short tour in Poland and Czech Republic in April. Support comes from Saltus, ?rec, Radogost, Inferno and Amon.

Yarilo Alkonost tour dates include:

12.04.09 - Warszawa, Metal Cave - with ?rec, Saltus
13.04.09 - Toruń, Trabant - with ?rec, Saltus
14.04.09 - Ostrava - Tancirna - with Inferno, Radogost
16.04.09 - Brno - Melodka - with ?rec, Amon

The Anti Eastern tour flyer can be found here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Alkonost

The Annihilation Tour 2009, featuring black metal bands Infernal War, Anima Damnata, Furia , Enclave and Silva Nigra, will make stops in Czech Republic and Poland. Confirmed dates are as follows:

12.03.2009 - CZE, Ostrava - Tančírna
13.03.2009 - POL, Zabrze - Wiatrak
14.03.2009 - POL, Toruń - Traban
15.03.2009 - POL, Gdańsk - Negatyw
16.03.2009 - POL, Olsztyn - Andergrant
17.03.2009 - POL, Kraków - Loch Ness

Tour poster can be found here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Event:	Annihilation Tour 2009

Pelican have issued the following update on their MySpace:

"The news is true, over the weekend we met up with Greg Anderson of Southern Lord Records over a round of espressos and signed a recording contract to do our next few records with his label. We couldn't be more excited- the label is home to some good friends and amazing bands: Boris, Earth, Sunn O))), Wolves In The Throne Room, Burning Witch... I could seriously go on all day. Please don't get the wrong impression, Hydrahead are still our friends and family. But after 6 years, 3 full-lengths, 3 eps, 2 dvds, and a large handful of limited releases we felt like we needed a change of scenery, a chance to try some different waters. In others words, we are the same old Pelican just doing records on a new label.

While we were in Seattle we headed into Red Room Studios with our buddy Chris Common (These Arms Are Snakes) to record 3 new songs to be released as an EP on Southern Lord sometime around May or June. The record will feature two new songs "Embedding The Moss" and "Ephemeral" which we debuted on our last tour, as well as our first ever cover song. In the interest of sparking wild speculation we will divulge neither the cover we tackled nor the guest guitarist whose contributions to the track were indispensable. More info coming soon... Also, many thanks to our buddy Ben Verellen for lending us the amplifiers for the session... everyone should check out his company Verellen Amplifiers - simply the heaviest tones we have ever heard come out of a speaker. We're almost finished with the writing for our new record and will be heading into the studio to record our new full length sometime in early summer. Again, Chris will be manning the boards as the results of this last recording session were fantabulous (I can't believe spellcheck doesn't have a problem with that word).

We'll be heading out for a brief three week stint of shows down to SXSW then up the west coast (in part to make up for our east coast centric Champions of Sound tour from this past Fall) in mid-March. Joining us will be Wolves In The Throne Room and Tombs. Please see tour dates section for more info. There's a whole lot of other stuff in the works, but maybe it's best to save that for another post some other day."

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Pelican

This year, Mayhem are about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band and you are all welcome to the party! Thunderdome Touring and Season of Mist are proud to announce that the Norwegians veterans will team up with some of the strongest extreme metal acts to tour North America on next May and June! Enter the Blackenedfest, featuring: Mayhem, Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation and Withered.

Here are the tour dates:

21 May 09 - New York, NY (US) The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
22 May 09 - Baltimore, MD (US) Sonar (Maryland Deathfest)
23 May 09 - Atlanta, GA (US) Masquerade
24 May 09 - Orlando, FL (US) Club Firestone
26 May 09 - Houston, TX (US) Numbers
27 May 09 - San Antonio, TX (US) White Rabbit
29 May 09 - Albuquerque, NM (US) Sunshine Theater
30 May 09 - Tempe, AZ (US) Clubhouse
31 May 09 - San Diego, CA (US) House Of Blues
02 Jun 09 - Hollywood, CA (US) House Of Blues
03 Jun 09 - San Francisco, CA (US) DNA
04 Jun 09 - Portland, OR (US) Hawthorne Theatre
05 Jun 09 - Seattle, WA (US) Studio Seven
06 Jun 09 - Boise, ID (US) Knitting Factory Concert House
07 Jun 09 - Denver, CO (US) Gothic Theater
09 Jun 09 - St Paul, MN (US) Station 4
11 Jun 09 - Chicago, IL (US) House Of Blues
12 Jun 09 - Cleveland, OH (US) Peabody's
13 Jun 09 - Detroit, MI (US) The Majestic Theater
14 Jun 09 - Toronto, ON (CA) The Opera House
15 Jun 09 - Montreal, QC (CA) Les Foufounes Electriques

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Blackenedfest Tour

Original news, posted on 22.12.2008

It's official: the new After All album is called "Cult Of Sin".

The Belgian Thrash metal band comments: "Right now, we're looking at an early March 2009 release. We'll announce the exact date in a couple of weeks.

Meanwhile, we can already reveal Gabriel Bueno's amazing artwork for the new album. Gabriel has been designing some very interesting stuff lately, for bands like Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God and Unearth. It's nice to be part of such an impressive portfolio.

Dan Swanö (known from his work for Edge Of Sanity, Hail Of Bullets, Novembers Doom, among others) finished mixing and mastering "Cult Of Sin" earlier this week at Unisound in Örebro, Sweden. Dan provided us with an ultra-heavy, yet crystal clear sound, exceeding any expectation we had - just the way this record was supposed to sound!

Some very special guests performed on the album. We'll be announcing them in the coming weeks, along with snippets of the new songs. All friends of the band that signed up for the newsletter will have the privilege of checking out some new songs first. Be sure you sign up for the newsletter!"

More about After All on http://www.myspace.com/afterallmetal.

UPDATE

The new After All album "Cult Of Sin" - out March 23 on Dockyard1/SPV - contains guest appearances by some of After All's tour buddies: Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), Juan Garcia and Bernie Versailles (Agent Steel), Joey Vera (Armored Saint), and James Rivera (Helstar). Needless to say we couldn't be more stoked about their contributions.

Here's the complete "Cult Of Sin" track list:

01. Another False Prophecy
02. My Own Sacrifice
03. Scars Of My Actions
04. Betrayed By The Gods - feat. Juan Garcia, Joey Vera & Bernie Versailles
05. Devastation Done
06. End Of Your World
07. Land Of Sin - feat. Andy LaRocque
08. Doomsday Elegy (2012)
09. Embracing Eternity - feat. James Rivera
10. Hollow State
11. Release

Bonus track: Scars, Booze And A Bad Case Of Cabin Fever (video)

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Source:	home.scarlet.be
Band profile:	After All

Metallica have won a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category with the song "My Apocalypse" at the 51st annual Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles last night. This is Metallica's eight Grammy thus far, including five for "Best Metal Performance."

All the nominees for Best Metal Performance (for solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only):

DragonForce - Heroes Of Our Time (from the album "Ultra Beatdown")
Judas Priest - Nostradamus (from the album "Nostradamus")
Metallica - My Apocalypse (from the album "Death Magnetic")
Ministry - Under My Thumb (from the album "Cover Up")
Slipknot - Psychosocial (from the album "All Hope Is Gone")

"Death Magnetic" won also a Grammy for Best Recording Package, while Rick Rubin went home with a Grammy for Producer Of The Year.

Metallica were also nominated with the track "Suicide & Redemption" for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, but lost that one to "Peaches En Regalia" from Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock. "Death Magnetic" was also nominated for Best Rock Album but lost to Coldplay's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends".

The Mars Volta won in the Hard Rock Performance category, leaving behind Disturbed, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe and Rob Zombie.
Robert Plant (ex-Led Zeppelin) and Alison Krauss won all five of the categories they were nominated in with the album "Raising Sand".

A list of all nominees and winners can be found here.

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Source:	grammy.com
Band profile:	Metallica

Dark Sentiments and Playground Music Scandinavia are set to release Widescreen Mode's highly anticipated sophomore album, "The Hanging Man," on April 8. "The Hanging Man" is the follow up to 2007's "Until the End," which contained the singles, "Everlasting Bomb" and "Dead Inside," both which received massive radio airplay in Scandinavia and topped the singles charts for several weeks. "Everlasting Bomb" was #1 on the Finnish iTunes charts for 16 consecutive weeks in 2007, and "Dead Inside" reached #1 on the Finnish Top 40 in 2008.

"The Hanging Man" showcases a more aggressive and versatile side of Widescreen Mode, while staying true to the band's signature sound and hooks. The album's concept came together on the road as the band played the summer metal festivals. Musically, "The Hanging Man" is return to their metal roots.

Drummer Janne Aaltonen says, "While we were touring we started to scavenge the dusty corners of our record collections and listened to all the gems from bands like Testament, Sepultura and Slayer. We wanted to let go of our old routines, move into some darker grounds and do something really surprising. The old elements are still there, but in the arrangements we really let the demons loose."

"Serotonin," the first single from "The Hanging Man," is now streaming on Widescreen Mode's MySpace page. "Serotonin" provides fans with a first look at Widescreen Mode's new material. The digital single will be available on February 20, and income from the single sales will be donated to charities supporting youth mental health care.

"The song started with the lyrical concept," adds Aaltonen. "Many people deal with serious depression that goes unnoticed by those around them. We are all slaves of this transmitter ruling our brains. 'Serotonin' might not portray the whole package, but it definitely creates a certain bridge between the previous album and the new one."

A video for "Serotonin" was shot in Finland and directed by Markus Aaltonen. The video will be serviced everywhere shortly. The video looks to build on the audience for "Dead Inside," which received airplay in the United States on Fuse and MTV2 last year.

"The Hanging Man" was produced by Jani Loikas and Aksu Hanttu (Entwine, Poisonblack) at Petrax and Sonic Pump Studio. The album was mixed by Aksu Hanttu and mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers.

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Source:

widescreenmode.com

Candlelight Records announces its third label packaged tour for North America. Set to kick off on June 6, CIII will feature the talents of US black metal legends Absu, with support coming from France's Glorior Belli, Austin-based Averse Sefira and Los Angeles-based Sothis. The tour will visit 22 cities throughout the US and Canada beginning in San Marco, California and wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on June 29. Tickets for all shows go on sale exclusively at Enterthevault.com for now. Tickets will go on sale through all local and online ticket agencies starting March 5.

Absu's self-titled new album hits stores nationwide February 24. Currently featured on the cover of Metal Maniacs the album is the first to offer new material from the highly regarded metal band in nearly eight years. The Texas-based band, self-described as "mythological occult metal," are a fan favorite the world over. Terrorizer Magazine calls the new album "a sound incarnate of a band making the underground amazing again - an undeniable masterpiece." This will be the band's first large-scale tour since their tour alongside Enslaved in 1997.

France's Glorior Belli make their first trip to North America as they participate on CIII. Their sophomore record, "Manifesting The Raging Beast", was released in 2007 via Southern Lord Records. The band now, signed to Candlelight, will begin recording of their label debut, titled "Meet Us At The Southern Sign", this month with hopes to see it released during the tour. Popular site Metal Kult said in review, "Manifesting is as darkly beautiful as it is gloom inducing."

Averse Sefira join CIII continuing to support their latest album, "Advent Parallax". Time Out New York notes, "black-metal lifers Averse Sefira have become a road-hardened unit, and it shows in the blistering grooves of "Advent Parallax". The fourth album of the band's 12-year career has no gothic frills or weedy "kvlt" production, just eight battle-ready blasts jammed with parched-throat howls, scything guitar riffs, blistering drums and hooks that stick." Their participation on the tour is their third national tour in two years having previously toured with labelmates 1349 in 2007 and with friends Immolation in early 2008.

Sothis released their Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) debut, "De Oppresso Liber", on September 2. The record has enjoyed growing and consistent sales since release. This will be the band's first national tour. Canada's popular Brave Words Bloody Knuckles magazine says, "behold the next big black metal band." The band is currently completing work on their first video from "De Oppresso Liber" for the album's title track.

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Source:	gloriorbelli.luxferous.com
Band profile:	Absu
Event:	CIII Tour

According to Brasil Music Press, and translated by Bravewords, the Wacken Rocks Brazil event has been postponed. Wacken Rocks Brazil was scheduled to take place May 9th - 10th at Arena Anhembi in São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Organizers have issued the following:

"The companies ICS/Wacken, Atos Entertainment and Roadie Crew magazine, responsible by the realization of the festival Wacken Rocks Brazil 2009, decided for the postponement of the first edition of the festival in Brazil, that was scheduled for May 9th and 10th, 2009, in the Arena Anhembi in São Paulo (SP).

The venue, Arena Anhembi, remains being the local where will take place this first edition of the WRB, and the new date shall be defined according to the availability of the venue, and according to the period that can facilitate the presence of the public, even for the inhabitants of distant localities from the city of São Paulo.

The definition by the postponement does not commit the project Wacken Rocks Brazil, therefore keep in valid the contract of long term for the annual achievement of the festival in Brazilian territory. The change of date has the objective of preserve the interests of the sponsors companies, as well as the artists interests and, mainly, to preserve the interests of the people who will attend the festival. This way the Brazilians will have the opportunity to take part of the Wacken Rocks in Brazil yearly continued, with the quality that is the standard of the main rock festival of the planet. The Wacken arrives to the country as an event that has tradition of excellence. In 2009 completes its twentieth edition in Germany, uninterrupted and annual, and always absolutely successful."

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Source:	bravewords.com
Event:	Wacken Rocks Brazil [POSTPONED]

USA Tennessee's speed metal group Horns Of Moses have just signed a deal with Deka Records, an independant record label based in London, England. They will be entering Sonic Designs Studio in Bristol, Virgina in early March to begin working on "The Last Plague", their first full length for Deka. The band will once again be recording with Gene Hughes. The album will be available in stores and online everywhere this summer.

All info on http://www.myspace.com/hornsofmoses.

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Source:

hornsofmoses.com