Textures will release a best of album titled Extracts 2004-2009 exclusively in India, where up until now none of the band's albums have been available. Extracts 2004-2009 will be released on the 4th January through EMI Music. The album will consist of a compilation of songs from the Textures first three albums.

Extracts 2004-2009 tracklisting:

01. Storm Warning
02. Awake
03. Regenesis
04. Swandive
05. Messengers
06. Ostensibly Impregnable
07. Stream Of Consciousness
08. Laments Of An Icarus
09. Transgression
10. Millstone
11. To Erase A Lifetime

Textures performed for the first time in India on the 5th of December. The band co-headlined Deccan Rock Festival in Bangalore. Fan-filmed footage can be found here. Limited amounts will be exclusively available from the band's webstore in the new year.

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Source:	texturesband.com
Band profile:	Textures

Adagio are very pleased to announce they will support Kamelot on the upcoming European tour from March 25th to April 9th.

Frontman Stéphan Forté: "We've had the chance to do a couple of shows as special guests for Kamelot on their previous album tour, and it has been a truly awesome experience. Kamelot guitarist Thomas Youngblood and the whole band are some of the nicest persons we've had the chance to work with, and their show and music are absolutely incredible, we are very much looking forward to sharing the stage with them once again!"

Mar 25, 2010 Charleroi - BE - Le Coliseum
Mar 26, 2010 Tilburg - NL - O13
Mar 27, 2010 Amsterdam - NL - Paradiso
Mar 28, 2010 London - UK - Koko
Mar 31, 2010 Paris - FR - Elysée Montmartr
Apr 01, 2010 Pratteln - CH - Z7 Konzertfabrik
Apr 02, 2010 Montpellier - FR - Rockstore
Apr 03, 2010 Barcelona - ES - Salamandra 1
Apr 04, 2010 Madrid - ES - La Riviera
Apr 07, 2010 Dortmund - DE - FZW
Apr 08, 2010 Köln - DE - Live Music Hall
Apr 09, 2010 Hamburg - DE - Markthalle

Also Leaves' Eyes will support Kamelot. The band states: "We are pleased to announce German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes as special guests to the Kamelot European Tour 2010. Hot off their latest release Njord Leaves' Eyes will finalize this amazing package.

Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes): "I am really looking forward to tour with Kamelot again! The last tours with Kamelot were very successful for both bands and the friendship between the bands is great! Being on the road with other Norwegians is of course always an honour and pleasure for me! Roy is both an excellent singer and a fine person".

Thomas Youngblood (Kamelot): "I just heard Leaves' Eyes will be the Special Guest on the upcoming European tour, great news! Some of you may know we have teamed up in the past for some seriously epic nights, we are all getting ready for our best and biggest tour ever!".

Alexander Krull (Leaves' Eyes): "It's great that we go on tour with our friends Kamelot again! This upcoming European tour will be truly a highlight for every fan of dark, symphonic Metal music! We can't wait until March when we'll start to conquer the stages across Europe again with this strong tour package! We will perform new material of the album Njord as well as songs from the previous records!".

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Adagio
Event:	Kamelot

Daylight Dies have issued the following short update:

"All may have been quiet for a while on these pages, but it has not been quiet on the writing front. We are currently focused on writing new material for the next release and will be able to comment on it once we're further along. Also, keep your eyes on upcoming issues of Terrorizer Magazine, as Daylight Dies will be one of a few bands featured in an upcoming doom special."

Source:	daylightdies.com
Band profile:	Daylight Dies

Bay Area thrashers Heathen have announced the new album, The Evolution of Chaos will be released in Japan on December 23 through King Records, and via Mascot Records on January 25, 2010 in Europe and on March 31 in the USA.

The Evolution of Chaos [cover art] tracklist:

01. Dying Season
02. Control by Chaos
03. No Stone Unturned
04. Arrows of Agony
05. Fade Away
06. A Hero's Welcome
07. Undone
08. Bloodkult
09. Red Tears of Disgrace
10. Silent Nothingness

Demo versions of "Dying Season" and "Arrows of Agony" can be streamed on MySpace.

Heathen are also booking a tour in Europe for March 2010. The tentative dates are as follows:

12/3 - UK - Prestatyn, Hammerfest
13/3 - UK - London, Underworld
14/3 - NL - Rotterdam, Baroeg
15/3 - D - Siegen, Blue Box
16/3 - F - TBA
17/3 - D - Ingolstadt, Paradox
18/3 - CH - Aarau, Kiff
19/3 - IT - TBA
20/3 - IT - Gorizia, Pieffe Factory
21/3 - SLO - Maribor
22/3 - RO - Baia Mare, Tinertului Hall
23/3 - A - Vienna, Viper Room
24/3 - D - TBA
25/3 - D - TBA
26/3 - D - Essen, Turock
27/3 - NL - TBA
28/3 - NL - Tilburg, 013

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Heathen
Event:	Heathen [POSTPONED]

Swedish metallers Dark Tranquillity have issued the following update on their official website:

"Right now, a mere 15 hours before planning to leave for the airport, we got informed by the promotor Unirock that the entire Turkish tour has been cancelled.

This is incredibly frustrating for us. Turkey is the home of some of the most passionate and devoted Dark Tranquillity fans on the planet, and we very much looked forward to the adventure of playing not only Istanbul but other cities as well.

We've spent lots of time and energy preparing for these shows; rehearsing, hiring crew, fixing merchandise and working out an enormous amount of practical and logistical details, and to see it all getting cancelled in the very last minute is extremely disappointing.

We understand that the people that planned to go to the shows will be very upset and disappointed by this news, and we want it to be crystal clear that we - the band - had no part in the cancellation.

We hope to able to return to Turkey as soon as possible."

Source:	darktranquillity.com
Band profile:	Dark Tranquillity
Event:	Dark Tranquillity: Turkish Tour [CANCELLED]

Todesbonden is in the process of writing and revising material for their follow-up to Sleep Now, Quiet Forest. The new material will be even more symphonic & epic, with a noticeably stronger world music influence.

In the meantime, be sure to catch Todesbonden live at Jaxx on January 26, 2010 (with Epica and Threat Signal) for the live debut of several of their new songs.

Source:	todesbonden.us
Band profile:	Todesbonden

An album trailer to Orphaned Land's highly anticipated album The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR can now be viewed online. The album will be released on January 25th, 2010 in Europe, January 27th in Japan and February 9th in the USA. All info about the album can be found here.

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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Orphaned Land

Canadian extreme metal outfit Kataklysm will be direct support to German thrash legends Kreator on their headlining North American tour this upcoming March, dubbed the "Hordes of Chaos Part II" tour.

Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono commented: "Growing up on thrash and speed metal, Kreator was always on the top of my playlist. I would call them the European Slayer! Well all of us in Kataklysm are fans so I can't express how happy we are to have been offered this tour with this legendary band! It's safe to say that we will be bringing a strong and heavy hitting set list. Let there be blood!"

Kreator, Voivod, Nachtmystium, Evile, Lazarus A.D.:

3/03 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
3/04 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
3/05 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
3/06 New York, NY @ Nokia Theater
3/07 Montreal, QUE @ Club Soda
3/08 Quebec City, QUE @ Imperial de Quebec
3/09 Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
3/10 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
3/11 Detroit, MI @ Blondie's
3/12 Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
3/13 Milwaukee, WI @ Rave (no Voivod)
3/14 St. Paul, MN @ Block Station 4

3/16 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater (no Voivod, Nachtmystium)

Kreator, Kataklysm, Evile, Lightning Swords Of Death, Lazarus A.D.:

3/18 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
3/19 - Vancouver, BC @ Ricksaw Theater
3/20 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
3/21 - San Fransisco, CA @ Slim's
3/23 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
3/24 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
3/25 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
3/27 - Austin, TX @ Emo's
3/28 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
3/30 - Orlando, FL @ The Club at Firestone
3/31 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

Tickets are on sale exclusively through EnterTheVault until December 17, at which point they will be made available through all normal ticketing systems.

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Kreator
Event:	Hordes Of Chaos Tour Part II

Firebox Records are re-releasing Mar De Grises' first demo, released in the early 2000's, as a digipack.

First River Regards recalls the bands first ever recordings in a special edition for their fans with their only rehersal/demo plus an extract of their stellar participation at the famed Doom Shall Rise festival in Göppingen, Germany in 2005.

The band comments: "The honest intention of making the music that we love is what magically gathers us together. We invite you to be part of this intense feeling and scream forth from the end of the earth, forgetting for one moment how ephemeral this life can be as this is what feeds our emotions. This re-edition is a vestige of the material that came to life as a simple rehearsal and without major pretentions, took us across continents. It is specially dedicated to those who have supported us since the beginning and to those who have found a place within these sounds to share their feelings."

First River Regards [album art] tracklist:

01. Storm
02. Recklessness
03. Mar De Grises
04. For Just An Eternity

Bonus multimedia: Live at Doom Shall Rise Festival III
05. Storm
06. El Otro

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Mar De Grises

The long wait is coming to an end: Amorphis will release their first-ever live DVD in the spring of 2010, in time for the band's 20th anniversary. The full-length gig will be filmed this coming Friday, November 20, at Club Teatria in Oulu/Finland. In addition to this live show, the DVD will include plenty of bonus material.

Having recently returned from a five-week European tour which included sold-out venues in London, Paris, Sofia and various German towns, Amorphis are currently on the road in Finland. The first two nights in Jyväskylä and Joensuu were sold out, and tickets for the remaining gigs are selling fast. Esa Holopainen comments: "After our successful European tour, it feels good to return to the Finnish stages. And it's great to notice that our 'home folks' have not forgotten us. See you at the shows!"

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Amorphis

Official press release

Deadlands re-release out on Peaceville Records!

This re-issue features 2 new recordings exclusive to this release in the shape of "The Exile", structured around extras from the writing process from the Deadlands era, and "Deadlands Revisited" a spine-tingling re-imagining of the original with violin courtesy of Sareeta from Ram-Zet. Also included are new liner notes written by Agnete.

We reccommend you check out this re-release for some seriously bleak, monstrous and heavy songs. After 9 years, it still feels as vital and
fresh as it did in 2002. With the newly recorded bonus-tracks, that we are extremely proud of, there should be plenty to dive into.

Tracklist:

01. Enter
02. Necropol Lit
03. Omnivore
04. Rust Cleansing
05. Faceless
06. Distance Will Save Us
07. Silverspine
08. Jigsaw (The Pattern & The Puzzle)
09. Deadlands
10. Resonatine

Bonus tracks:

11. The Exile
12. Deadlands Revisited

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Madder Mortem

A clip of Jonas Renske and Anders Nystrom discussing the band's influence from their doom-metal roots to their current 'suicide rock' sound can be viewed here.
Night is the New Day comes out in the US on November 10th.

Source:	revolvermag.com
Band profile:	Katatonia

Original news posted on 16.10.2009

The new Woods Of Ypres album Woods IV: The Green Album has been sent to mastering. The bands frontman David Gold reckons the upcoming album is only weeks away from being released. Preview pictures of the album art, which was designed by Travis Smith, can be viewed here and here.

Studio pictures and videos can be found on the band's official forum.

UPDATE (thanks to BudDa)

Woods Of Ypres have launched a new MySpace page to coincide with the impending release of their new record, Woods IV: The Green Album.

In addition, 10 songs from Woods IV: The Green Album have been posted on the band's official YouTube page.

Songtitles due to appear on Woods IV: The Green Album include:

Shards Of Love
Everything I Touch Turns To Gold...Then To Coal
By The Time You Read This I Will Already Be Dead
I Was Buried... In Mount Pleasant Cemetery
I Am Pining (For You)
Wet Leather
Suicide Cargoload (Drag That Weight)
Halves And Quarters
You Are Here With Me (In This Sequence Of Dreams
Retrosleep (In The Morning Calm)

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Woods Of Ypres

To-Mera have uploaded a teaser for their new EP "Earthbound" at their MySpace page. The EP is to be released on the 24th of October.

"Earthbound" [cover art] tracklist:

01. Mesmerized
02. Earthbound
03. Arcane Solace
04. Another World

Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	To-Mera

Polish metallers Decapitated have issued the following update from guitarist Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka:

"It's time to come back! After a two-year break, Decapitated is coming back with new members. The official new line-up for Decapitated will be announced at the end of December.

As you all know, the decision to continue the band was really, really hard for me, but everything I do now is to keep Decapitated alive. [Vocalist]Covan's situation has not improved much and he is still in bed and unable to function on his own. He still fights to recover as we speak and we are all still 100% behind him and hope for the best. It has been the hardest thing for me to move on without [brother and drummer] Vitek by my side, but he would have wanted me to continue with the band.

Finally, I have found some great musicians who can continue the work of Vitek and Covan. At the beginning of April, Decapitated will start to play our first reunion shows. We will visit the biggest cities in Australia and play some of the biggest summer festivals in Europe. Don't worry, we won't forget about the UK! After this, the band will concentrate on the making of a new album! I would like to thank all the people who have supported us all this time."

Maurizio Iacono of the artist management firm Hard Impact Music adds: "I feel very privileged to have been given the management duties of guiding this great band's future. Decapitated was a band on the verge of greatness until tragedy hit them and the band's world stopped suddenly. Today, we have a man on a quest to bring the glory back that was taken from them prematurely. Vogg, the band's last remaining founding member, has had the gut-wrenching task of forming a new lineup for Decapitated. You can bet that the mission has been accomplished and in honor of the fallen, their legacies will be given the justice they deserve. Our job at Hard Impact is to make sure that Decapitated are guided the right way back to the top."

Gerardo Martínez, Nuclear Blast USA's Label Manager comments: "I don't think there's anyone happier to know that the legacy of Decapitated will continue and the fact that Vogg has overcome the biggest obstacle of his life. We all at Nuclear Blast are extremely excited about the news and know that 2010 and beyond will bring a new chapter for Decapitated in the shape of live shows and the imminent new album. The masters of modern technical death metal are back!"

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Decapitated
Event:	Decapitated: Australian + New Zealand Tour