Canadian metallers Blinded By Faith have announced the addition of bassist Jean-François Gagné to the band's ranks. He will make his live debut with the group on Friday, May 16 at Rock Café Le Stage in Trois-Rivières, Québec.
Jean-François Gagné replaces Vincent Roy who has left the band for personal meanings.

The band adds:
"Thousand thanks and big cheers to Vince who was a former member of Blinded By Faith. We'll never forget all those great memories."

Source:	blindedbyfaith.com
Band profile:	Blinded By Faith

Swedish metallers Siebenbürgen have uploaded audio samples of three songs from their new album, entitled "Revelation VI".
You can check out the tracks 'Grimheim', 'The Soulless' and 'In Sanctum' on the band's MySpace page at this location.

"Revelation VI" is scheduled for release on May 30 via Massacre Records. The album was recorded at Studio 301 in Stockholm and Sonic Train in Varberg.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Siebenbürgen

"The Play - II", the new video from the Swedish metallers Darkwater, can be viewed at this location (or on YouTube here).
The track comes off the band's debut album, entitled "Calling The Earth To Witness", which was issued in Sweden on May 2007 via Ulterium Records. The album was mixed by Pelle Saether (Act, Skyfire) at Studio Underground and was mastered by Göran Finnberg (In Flames, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity) at the Mastering Room.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Darkwater

Regain Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish Unanimated (featuring former members of Entombed and Dismember).
The band is actually mastering their first two albums "In The Forest Of The Dreaming Dead" & "Ancient God Of Evil" which will be re-released with bonus-tracks in June through Regain Records.
The band will enter the studio during the summer to record a brand new full-length album.

The line-up consists of:
Micke Jansson - Vocals
Johan Bolin - Guitars
Richard Cabeza - bass
Peter Stjärnvind - Drums

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Source:	regainrecords.com
Band profile:	Unanimated

The following update was issued on Satyricon's official website:

"Our new EP which comes as a 7 inch gatefold vinyl single including a 5 track CD is now on its way. This will be the only physical version of the EP and the packaging is truly one of a kind!

"My Skin Is Cold" cover] tracklisting:

01. My Skin Is Cold (Sample here)
02. Live Through Me Volcano"]
03. Existential Fear-Quetions Volcano"]
04. Repined Bastard Nation
05. Mother North

The EP will be relased via Roadrunner Records in the world except Norway where Satyricon's new partner for Norway, Indie Recordings will release it. The release date is June 2 for all countries and it will also be released digitally via iTunes and other outlets who sells music digitally."

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Source:	satyricon.no
Band profile:	Satyricon

The following update was issued on the One Man Army And The Undead Quartet's website:

"Hi there metal heads!
"Grim Tales" is starting to shape up. Rehearsals are going great and time is ticking towards a nice studio session. We are fully prepared to make the best possible Army album yet and at the end of this year we will prove that to you all.
We can't wait to unleash this monster upon you all. So check it out when it's done will ya!

"Grim Tales" cover] tracklisting (in no particular order):

01. Misfit With A Machinegun
02. Cursed By The Knife
03. Saint Lucifer
04. Bastards Of Monstrosity
05. Dominator Of The Flesh
06. A Date With Suicide
07. Make Them Die Slowly
08. Bonebreaker Propaganda
09. The Frisco Reaper
10. Death Makes It All Go Away

Estimated release date is October/November 2008 via Nuclear Blast.
Stay tuned for more info concerning this."

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Source:	onemanarmy.tv
Band profile:	One Man Army And The Undead Quartet

Audio samples from "Elected" EP ? a collaboration between Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) and Tobias Sammet (Avantasia) ? are available at this location.
More information about this EP was previously reported here.
"Elected" EP will be release by InsideOut Music/SPV (April 25 for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, April 28 for the rest of Europe).

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Source:	arjenlucassen.com
Band profile:	Ayreon

Swedish metallers Siebenbürgen have finalized the track listing of their new album, entitled "Revelation VI".
The album will be release on May 30 via Massacre Records. It was recorded at Studio 301 in Stockholm and Sonic Train in Varberg. Also the CD will feature 12 tracks plus one bonus track for the limited edition digi-pack.

"Revelation VI" cover] tracklisting:

01. Awaken
02. Rebirth Of The Nameless
03. Infernaliia
04. Revelation VI
05. Grimheim
06. After The Wolf (Do Dead Men Follow)
07. S.I.N.
08. The Oaken Throne
09. The Soulless
10. Enter Omega
11. In Sanctum
12. Fire Leaps High
13. At The End Of Twilight

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Siebenbürgen

British metallers Venom have posted streaming audio samples of eight songs from their forthcoming album, entitled "Hell". You can check out the following tracks at this location:

- Hell
- Straight To Hell
- Stab U In The Back
- The Power & The Glory
- USA for Satan
- Evil Perfection
- Hand Of God
- Dirge

The album is believed to be released in May of 2008.

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Source:	venomslegions.com
Band profile:	Venom

Thrash metallers Testament are currently streaming their entire new album, "The Formation Of Damnation", on their MySpace page.

The album will be released on April, 25th in Germany (on April, 29th in North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork was created by Eliran Kantor. The band recorded "The Formation Of Damnation" in part with producer Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Exodus, Arch Enemy, Nevermore) at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Testament

Italian band Stormlord has posted a new song, entitled 'Mare Nostrum', on its MySpace page Link].
This track comes off the band's fourth full-length album, entitled "Mare Nostrum", which will be release on May 23th via Locomotive Records.
The album was recorded at Giuseppe Orlando's Outer Sound Studios (Necrodeath, Novembre, Klimt 1918) and was mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila (HIM, Children Of Bodom, Nightwish, Sentenced).

Also the band adds:
"We'll upload 3 more songs in the last 3 weeks before the release, so stay tuned!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Stormlord

Florida death metallers Obituary have issued the following update:

"We leave today for South America for a couple of weeks. This is always a great time with insane fans!!! This trip will take us to places we have been and places we have not been too yet, so we are really getting excited! We have 4 shows in Brazil and 1 in Chile, Venezuela, Columbia and Ecuador! (all dates: Link]).
We have so much going on when we get back it is just crazy. We started to write new music for an EP that we plan on releasing in a few months and we need to get that recorded, so Redneck Studios will be getting fired back up for that! We have to get our new setlist ready for a really busy European Summer Festival Tour (full list here) and we finally have a show set up in Tampa!!!! We will be playing at The Crowbar in Tampa, FL (Ybor City) on Friday - May, 23 2008."

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Source:	obituary.cc
Band profile:	Obituary

A trailer for "Kolossus" is available for download at this location (or available here).

"Kolossus" is the new Keep Of Kalessin album and will be released on June 6th 2008 in Europe (June 10th in US).

Also the band is currently on tour in North America along with labelmates Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth as part of The Invaluable Darkness Tour Part 2 - Legions Of The Chosen Few!

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Keep Of Kalessin

Italian "Extreme Epic metal" act Stormlord has issued the following update:

"Hi legions of the Storm, finally it's time for the big announcement: the 23 of May 2008 Locomotive Records will release our long awaited fourth album, titled "Mare Nostrum".
It was recorded at Giuseppe Orlando's Outer Sound Studios (Necrodeath, Novembre, Klimt 1918 and many more) and mastered at Finnvox Studios by the well known engineer Mika Jussila (HIM, Children Of Bodom, Nightwish, Sentenced etc.).
The entire artwork Link] was made by Gyula Havancsak (Annihilator, Destruction, Benedictum, Elvenking, Grave Digger and more)."

"Mare Nostrum" final tracklisting:

01. Mare Nostrum
02. Neon Karma
03. Legacy Of The Snake
04. Emet
05. The Castaway
06. Scorn
07. And The Wind Shall Scream My Name
08. Dimension: Hate
09. Stormlord

Also, according to the band: "the journalists that had the chance to listen to it during the studio reports describe "Mare Nostrum" as a mix of our first two albums, "Supreme Art Of War" and "At The Gates Of Utopia", played and arranged with a superior maturity and technical skill."
"We just can say that we love our new songs, they sound epic like in the old times without forgetting the style of "The Gorgon Cult".
There are a lot of new solutions that we never used before like sitar, folk parts, gloomy clean vocals, "Mediterrean" ethnic instruments and an amazing drum work. Our singer Cristiano has sealed his best performance so far, going from high pitch screaming to earthquaking growls, while the keyboard work, now up to our guitar/keyboard player Gianpaolo, is the most Epic thing we've ever done in ten years. Expect a bombastic yet furious avalanche of Extreme Epic Metal, we know that some people has been waiting for this since a long time, we will not disappoint them."

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Stormlord

German metallers Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have posted the first Link] in a series of video blog entries covering the recording sessions for the band's as-yet-untitled seventh studio album, due late summer via Nuclear Blast Records. The upcoming CD will be the group's first to feature new guitar player Lady Cat-Man, who replaced Pitrone in February 2008 (More information was previously reported here). Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is also keeping a written studio diary at this location.

Also the band previously stated about the upcoming CD and new lineup:
"Don't expect anything less than an absolute killer record! The sound is damn heavy, melodic and chock-full of surprises. Lady Cat-Man may look like an angel, but she's playing like the devil! Treat our metal sister real nice, she is part of the family now."

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Source:	reitermania.de
Band profile:	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter