An e-card for the second full-length album from Vicious Art (Swedish death/thrash metal band featuring former Dark Funeral members Matias Mäkelä and Robert Lundin, along with Jörgen Sandström (The Project Hate, ex-Entombed, Grave) on bass) has been made available at this location.

Due in Scandinavia on November 5 (early 2008 elsewhere), "Pick Up This Sick Child" was recorded at Offbeat studios in Jakobsberg, Sweden and was mastered in Denmark by Jacob Hansen. The album artwork was created by Kristian Karlberg.

Here's the tracklisting again:

01. Tombstone Grind
02. The Paulina Paw Paintings
03. Our Family Flesh
04. Murderer
05. We're Both Into Killing Me
06. Chewing Gunpowder
07. Evicting Dead Tenants
08. Dancing Münchausen
09. And Bent Down For Years
10. Chain Hooks Falling
11. The Topmost Violent God

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Source:	mightymusic.dk
Band profile:	Vicious Art

Threshold will release their first ever "Best Of" collection in November, featuring over 140 minutes of music from all their studio albums plus some previously unreleased radio edits. The album will be released by Threshold's previous label Inside Out Music. The tracklisting for the compilation, entitled "The Ravages Of Time (The Best of Threshold)", was selected by the band in conjunction with the label. "The decision to include the unreleased single edits was because we know there are a lot of fans who are frustrated when there are edits made but not available on CD", commented Richard West. "Of course there wasn't room for everything but between us we thought it was a good overall list."

The artwork (click here) was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who was responsible for many of Threshold's previous album covers including the iconic Hypothetical and Subsurface. The new cover was originally created for the band's previous album when it had the working title of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams". The 24 page booklet will include a new biography written by Trevor Raggatt.

The Ravages Of Time track listing:

CD One: The Latter Years
01. Slipstream (radio edit)
02. Light And Space (edit)
03. Mission Profile
04. Falling Away
05. The Ravages Of Time
06. Phenomenon
07. Pressure (radio edit)
08. Fragmentation
09. Oceanbound
10. The Art Of Reason
11. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams (radio edit)
Total running time: 71:29

CD Two: The Former Years
01. The Latent Gene
02. A Tension Of Souls
03. Eat The Unicorn
04. Consume To Live
05. Innocent
06. Exposed (radio edit)
07. Sanity's End
08. The Whispering
09. Voyager II
Total running time: 70:06

The Ravages Of Time will be released in the US on 20 November and Europe on 19 November (Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 16 November).

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Source:	thresh.net
Band profile:	Threshold

The following message was posted on Helloween's official website:

"Gambling With The Devil" out on October 29th, 2007
Limited first edition featuring bonus CD and scratch ticket
Single download from September 28th, 2007

Helloween were busy working on their latest album until the end of August, now the band are ready to release details about "Gambling With The Devil": The regular album consists of eleven songs (plus an intro, spoken by Saxon's Biff Byford) with a total playing time of 57:40 minutes. For their many faithful fans, there will also be a limited first edition (40,000 units in a Digipak with an embossed and stamped slipcase to be released in Europe, and 10,000 units in a jewel case in the US) with a bonus CD featuring two extra tracks, the video supporting the first single 'As Long As I Fall', and a 'making-of' of the video, including interview sequences. As a special highlight, the first edition includes a scratch ticket with an exciting puzzle, as described in detail on the Helloween homepage. The solution to the puzzle allows you to register at www.helloween.org and take part in a draw with a sensational first prize: The lucky winner will receive a trip for two to a Helloween show in America - including flight, accommodation at the band hotel, backstage tickets, and of course a personal meeting with the band! There are also signed Gibson/Epiphone guitars and great fan packs to be won.

This unusual competition is the band's way to thank their fans for the success of their Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy album and their sensational 2005/2006 world tour.

Helloween are currently on a promotional tour to launch their new album and will soon start preparations for their extensive world tour, which will take them through the whole of Europe, Southeast Asia and the US from November 2007.

A few days ago, the impressive video clip to support Helloween's 'As Long As I Fall' single was shot at Munich's AVA studios (who were also in charge of the 'Light The Universe' video).

Downloads of the audio version of 'As Long As I Fall' (including cover) will be available worldwide for download from September 28th, 2007.

"Gambling With The Devil" tracklisting:

CD 1:

01. Crack The Riddle (Intro)
02. Kill It
03. The Saints
04. As Long As I Fall
05. Paint A New World
06. Final Fortune
07. The Bells Of The 7 Hells
08. Fallen To Pieces
09. I.M.E.
10. Can Do It

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Source:	helloween.org
Band profile:	Helloween

The following message was posted on Flowing Tears' official website:

"It's time to reveal some more details about the upcoming live album. "Invanity - Live in Berlin" will be released on October 29 and will contain the following tracks:

01. Swallow
02. Undying
03. Portsall (Departure Song)
04. Lovesong For A Dead Child
05. The Marching Sane
06. Merlin
07. Pitch Black Water
08. Dead Skin Mask (Slayer cover)
09. The Weeping Song (Nick Cave cover with Johan Edlund on guest vocals)

Cover artwork here.

The album will be released as a splendid digipack version with a huge photobooklet and liner notes. Apart from that we're looking forward to our return on stages at Metal Female Voices Fest in October ? see you all there!"

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Source:	flowingtears.de
Band profile:	Flowing Tears

UK's gothic metal forefathers Paradise Lost present you their stunning new video clip for "Praise Lamented Shade" taken from the band's latest, much lauded masterpiece "In Requiem", which was released via Century Media Records in May 2007.

The clip was filmed during their show in the beautiful Koko, London in April which will be released on DVD later on. However, it already gives you a glimpse of the things to come.

The video was directed by Dash Productions (who worked with people such as Steven Seagal, Gary Numan, Level 42, Paul Rodgers, Rick Astley, Heaven 17, The Damned, Marc Almond, Dexy's Midnight Runners and many more) and you can watch it at Youtube.com by clicking here!

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Source:	paradiselost.co.uk
Band profile:	Paradise Lost

As indicate on their webshop, The Gathering will issue the "A Noise Severe" 2-DVD and 2-CD sets on October 31. Both releases contain recordings of the group's March 24, 2007 performance at the 4,000-capacity theatre Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile. The track listing is as follows:

"A Noise Severe" 2-DVD set (cover artwork here):

DVD 1 (live concert recorded in DTS 5.1, at the Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile on March 24, 2007):

01. Shortest Day
02. In Between
03. Liberty Bell
04. Probably Built In The Fifties
05. Even The Spirits Are Afraid
06. Saturnine
07. Monsters
08. Alone
09. A Noise Severe
10. Leaves
11. Eléanor
12. In Motion #I
13. Waking Hour
14. On Most Surfaces
15. Strange Machines
16. Adrenaline
17. Third Chance
18. Black Light District
19. Travel

DVD 2 (bonus material):

* Home-made a film about the studio album "Home"
* The three winning videos of the "Alone" contest
* "Forgotten" video
* "Box" and "Waking Hour" projection clip
* Edison "Thank You" videoclip
* The making of "A Noise Severe"

"A Noise Severe" 2-CD set (cover artwork here):

CD 1:

01. Shortest Day
02. In Between
03. Liberty Bell
04. Probably Built In The Fifties
05. Even The Spirits Are Afraid
06. Saturnine
07. Monsters
08. Alone
09. A Noise Severe
10. Leaves
11. Eléanor
12. In Motion #I

CD 2:

01. Waking Hour
02. On Most Surfaces
03. Strange Machines
04. Adrenaline
05. Third Chance
06. Black Light District
07. Travel

You can order the "A Noise Severe" 2-DVD and 2-CD sets, by clicking here (all info here).

You can also watch a preview clip of "Shortest Day" taken from the "A Noise Severe" 2-DVD set at this location or on YouTube here.

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Source:	shop.gathering.nl
Band profile:	The Gathering

Impaled Nazarene have posted four audio samples from their upcoming album, "Manifest", on their MySpace page here.
You can find samples of the songs entitled 'Mushroom Truth', 'You Don't Rock Hard', 'Pandemia' and 'Blueprint For Your Culture's Apocalypse'.

Due in October via Osmose Productions, "Manifest" was mixed at Sonic Pump studio by Tapio Pennanen and was mastered at Finnvox studio by Mika Jussila.

"Manifest" tracklisting (in no particular order):

01. Intro: Greater Wrath
02. The Antichrist Files
03. Pandemia
04. Mushroom Truth
05. Die Insane
06. Blueprint For Your Culture's Apocalypse
07. Funeral For Despicable Pigs
08. Goat Justice
09. Dead Return
10. Suicide Song
11. Pathogen
12. The Calling
13. Planet Nazarene
14. You Don't Rock Hard
15. When Violence Commands The Day
16. Original Pig Rig

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Impaled Nazarene

A new track, entitled "Fleshcult", is available for download on the band's MySpace page at this location.
The song comes off the new album, "Structures of Death", due on September 21 (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and September 24 in the rest of Europe) via Metal Blade Records.

"Structures of Death" tracklisting again:

01. Skulls Of The Rotten (Intro)
02. Structures Of Death
03. Into The Fire Of Hell
04. Written In Blood
05. A Spirit Dressed In Black
06. Fleshcult
07. Into The Crypts Of Scattered Souls
08. Anthem Of Death
09. Nothing But Flesh Remains
10. Rest In Pain (R.I.P)
11. About Mortality
12. War Of The Dead

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Fleshcrawl

The following update was posted on Thunderstone official website:

"We are sad to announce that Pasi Rantanen and Kari Tornack are no longer part of Thunderstone. Due to personal reasons and a visible lack of motivation on their part we saw it best to part with the guys, although the decision was not easy and the timing perhaps the worst possible. Everything was done in good spirits and we thank the guys for an unbelievably great and fun seven years and wish them all the best in their private endeavors.

However, the first priority for us was not to let our fans down even in a situation like this. Therefore, we will go on with the upcoming
co-headlining tour with Nocturnal Rites as planned. And we are most proud to announce two incredible musicians who agreed to fill in for the tour on such a short notice. On keyboards we will have none other than legendary JENS JOHANSSON, the crazy Swede and a long-time friend from Stratovarius. The vocal duties will be handled by the incredible-sounding TOMMI 'TUPLE' SALMELA who in recent years has shared the vocals with Marco Hietala in the classic Finnish metal outfit Tarot. As you can probably imagine, we are more than thrilled to have these guys on board. Book your tickets NOW!!!"

Source:	thunderstone.org
Band profile:	Thunderstone

Guitarist/vocalist James Malone of Virginia's Arsis has issued the following update:

"Despite the numerous headaches caused by our van's breakdown this summer, we spent time working on perfecting pre-production for our debut release for Nuclear Blast Records, tentatively titled 'We Are The Nightmare'. We will begin recording the album on September 3, 2007 at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with Zeuss (who has worked with Shadows Fall and Hatebreed) handling the production. I feel that this will be the most exciting ARSIS album to date. We are now a full band and every member has contributed to the writing process for this album. While it is more varied than anything we have ever written, I feel the result is a much more focused product."

Arsis drummer Darren Cesca added:

"This is an album any fan of Arsis or heavy music in general should get excited about. We've really captured the band's sound and improved it in all aspects. It's dark, melodic, and very technical at times, but we wrote songs you can pump your fists to. I've definitely pushed my drumming very far for this record and I know the rest of the band will be pushing themselves as well. One thing's for sure: this is going to be one fun album to listen to. As soon as we finish recording, we plan on shooting a video for 'We Are the Nightmare' in October, then we'll be hitting the road with Enslaved in November and Exodus in January. The album should be stores sometime in early 2008 and I am sure more touring will ensue after that. 2008 should be a busy year for us and we're looking forward to it!"

All of the Arsis recordings (which include two demos, one EP, and two full-length albums) have won the band many rabid fans among the metal underground, the metal press, and metal musicians themselves. Their 2004 debut, "A Celebration of Guilt", was praised to hell and back by Revolver magazine as "the best in the genre since At The Gates' legendary swan song ."

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Arsis

The following message was posted on Venom's official website:

"Venom have decided to re-record some of the tracks on the new album and change the release date until early 2008, Antton explains: during the Scandinavian Tour we played through some of the new tracks in the sound-checks, there's something about the energy you deliver when playing on a stage that differs greatly from recording in a studio. All fired up we tore the tracks to shreds.
We tried to organize a mobile studio to get to the next shows, but it was way too late notice, so on our return to the UK Cronos hired some small venues for us to record some new backing tracks to work on. At the end of the day it's all about recording a great album, and this new album is sounding absolutely awesome. The band are also preparing some samples to stream from the website, as well as some choice recordings from the tour."

Source:	venomslegions.com
Band profile:	Venom

A 6-minute preview of the upcoming Sieges Even's album "Paramount" can be heard at their official MySpace page at this location.

"Paramount" will be released on October 10 via Inside Out Music (late September in Europe).

"Paramount" tracklisting again:

01. When Alpha And Omega Collide
02. Bridge To The Divine
03. Paramount
04. Mounting Castles In The Blood Red Sky
05. Where Our Shadows Sleep
06. Leftovers
07. Iconic
08. Tidal
09. A Wallflower On The Day Of Saint Juliana
10. A Dream In Monochrome
11. Duende

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Source:	siegeseven.com
Band profile:	Sieges Even

The following update has been posted on Helloween's official MySpace page:

"Ok everyone, here it is, the album gambling with the devil. Here is the cover anyway as David just posted it not too long ago on the official website. Obviously August 24th comes in Germany before it comes to America so I am posting this about 12:30 my time here in Cleveland. Oh and all of you who feared that this would be the crappy imposter cover posted all over the internet can put your fears to rest. Thic cover is a hell of a lot better!

Here it is guys and gals! Let me know what you all think!
Leave your comments on the blog! The cover looks fucking awesome! I will have a tracklisting for all of you as soon as I have the information. The tentative release date is October 31st 2007."

You can see the cover by clicking here.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Helloween

The following update was posted on Metal Mind's official website:

"Vader will release their third DVD in October. The DVD entitled "...And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw" will feature the footage from the band's fantastic concert at Stodola Club in February 2007, which was the final stop of the tour promoting their latest album "Impressions in Blood". The show was filmed with 7 cameras so you can expect a truly amazing recording with great lights and dynamic shots - over 80 min. of brutal, fast, uncompromising death metal!! As a special surprise for the fans, the concert featured also a guest appearance of Orion: a member of two other great Polish metal acts: Vesania & Behemoth.

The DVD is scheduled for release on 15th October in Europe and on 5th November in USA (via MVD) and will also include: fully animated menu, band bio, discography, interview with Peter, brand new video clip "Sword of the Witcher" (taken from the forthcoming RPG game "The Witcher"), desktop images, photo gallery, weblinks, and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.
"And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw" DVD will be also available in a special DVD+CD limited swing case edition! It's a must have for fans of good quality metal music!

Vader was the first death metal band from behind the Iron Curtain to succeed on the world's most important music markets. Their "Morbid Reich" demo from 1990 is considered the best selling demo tape in the history of death metal. In their career, Vader did a great number of tours, made lots of festival appearances and played gigs with top metal bands such as Bolt Thrower, Deicide, Metallica, Krisiun, Malevolent Creation, Slayer, Samael, Anathema, Testament, Marduk, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under, Vital Remains, and Kreator, to mention only a few? Year 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of Vader's existence."

"And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw" tracklisting: (cover artwork)

01. Intro
02. ShadowFear
03. Sothis
04. Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)
05. Warlords
06. Silent Empire
07. Blood Of Kingu
08. Intro: Out
09. Out Of The Deep
10. Carnal
11. Dark Age
12. Black To The Blind
13. Intro: Para Bellum
14. This Is The War
15. Lead Us
16. What Colour Is Your Blood
17. Epitaph
18. Cold Demons
19. Predator
20. Wings
21. Wyrocznia (feat. Orion)

Bonus video:
Interview with Peter
Video clip "Sword of the Witcher"
Other features tbc

Also includes:
Photo gallery
Desktop images
Biography

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Source:	metalmind.com.pl
Band profile:	Vader

Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on Iced Earth's new album, "Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part I", have been posted at this location (by clicking on each songs on the tracklisting).

"Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part I" will be released on September 7 (Germany), September 10 (Rest of Europe) and September 11 (North America).

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Source:	icedearth.com
Band profile:	Iced Earth