Melvins will release "Nude With Boots," the follow-up album to 2006's "(A) Senile Animal," on July 8th via Ipecac Recordings.

The eleven track album was recorded in January 2008 in Los Angeles and features the same line-up as the previous outing (Buzz, Dale as well as Jared and Coady from Big Business).

Also coming in July is The Fantomas/Melvins Big Band "Live from London 2006" DVD featuring audio commentary from Buzz, Danny DeVito and Ipecac co-owner Greg Werckman.

In related news, Melvins tour dates to be announced soon.

Source:	lambgoat.com
Band profile:	Melvins

In the latest issue of Finland's Soundi magazine, Stratovarius mainman Timo Tolkki reveals that he has formed a new band called Revolution Renaissance, which is believed to have been the working title of the now apparently aborted new Stratovarius album. The group's debut CD ? which will feature guest appearances by Michael Kiske (vocals; Helloween), Pasi Rantanen (vocals; Thunderstone), Mirka Rantanen (drums; Thunderstone), Pasi Heikkilä (bass; 45 Degree Woman) and Tobias Sammet (vocals; Edguy) ? is tentatively due this summer via Frontiers Records.

Michael Kiske indeed confirmed his participation on this CD saying that the songs and the lyrics are quite good. Michi recorded his lead-vocals for five complete songs, including the title-track "Revolution Renaissance".

Says Tolkki: "The contains more or less "Visions"-style Stratovarius' acclaimed 1997 release] power metal. It will come out pretty soon, maybe already in June. Michael Kiske, Pasi Rantanen, Mirka Rantanen, Pasi Heikkilä and Tobias Sammet have recorded their parts. But if there are any live performances, the lineup won't be the same. I have been thinking of asking Jens Stratovarius keyboardist] and Lauri Stratovarius bassist] to join me for this."

Regarding the band's name, Timo said, "On the album, there's one song with this title, and Frontiers suggested it to be the band's name too. I thought it was good idea."

When asked if he will perform any Stratovarius songs with Revolution Renaissance, Tolkki replied, "Well, what do you think? Of course. I can play my songs with whomever I want."

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Source:	michaelkiske.net
Band profile:	Revolution Renaissance

You can stream In Flames' upcoming new album "A Sense Of Purpose", in its entirety at the band's official MySpace. The ninth In Flames studio album is scheduled to be released in North America on April 1st via Koch Records. The album will hit the streets in Europe on April 4 through Nuclear Blast.

This very exclusive MySpace.com pre-listening will go on until April 2nd. All info here.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	In Flames

Neurosis' two most prominent members will release solo albums in May via the band's own label, Neurot Recordings.

Singer Scott Kelly's second solo recording for Neurot is titled "The Wake" and will be available on May 5th. According to the official press release, "The desperation in his voice cries out in whispered pronouncements, conjuring an array of emotions from the deepest corners of listeners souls."

Meanwhile, guitar player Steve Von Till's new solo outing, "A Grave Is A Grim Horse," will hit streets on May 19th. This will be Von Till's third solo release.

Source:	lambgoat.com
Band profile:	Neurosis

This just in: My Dying Bride have entered the studio to start recording for their next album. Pre-production has started last week and they gone into full studio at mode at Futureworks in Manchester, with Mags once again at the wheel.

According to guitarist Andrew Craighan, there are no song or album titles yet, but the feel of the album is, in his words "heading for empty and bleak with flashes of rage".

More as we get it.

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Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

100% Pure Aussie Heavy Metallers Lord have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"Just letting you know that we've added 27 new songs. Yep - you read right, TWENTY SEVEN new songs, all at much higher quality than the MySpace player, streaming from Lord's own webserver. If you've only heard a few songs (or even none!) or Lord, this is a great place to start as it has most of our current album Ascendence, the first 'solo' Lord album "A Personal Journey", and even a few tracks from our ultra rare live album "Live At The Metro". Look on the left side of the MySpace page in the "Sounds Like" section for the streaming audio player and start at the top for hours of Lord music!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Lord

Norway's Borknagar have checked in with the following message:

"We are happy to announce that Jens Ryland and Erik Tiwaz (aka Tyr) are back as permanent members of Borknagar, respectively on guitar and bass.

Jens Ryland was a long run member of the band and contributed on "The Archaic Course", "Quintessense" and "Empiricism" before he quit the band in 2003, due to other priorities in life. Erik Tiwaz joined the band in 2000 and participated on Empiricism as a regular member. In 2004 he quit the band due to personal reasons but contributed as a session musician on "Origin" in 2006.

Jens Ryland comments on his reunion with the band: "I'm happy to say I'm again joining the proud ranks of Borknagar, but it also feels strange as I have never really cut the string entirely. It's funny how the world turns, and age has not worn out this crew at all, on the contrary the band seems relaxed, content and more than ready for new adventures. I have had a few years with a quite different focus than music, and while it's been both natural and rewarding I could never leave the world of music entirely. There are some experiences you simply cannot get any other way than playing in a band, and what band suits me better than Borknagar? The band has a new drive now and what better timing for Tyr and myself to sign in. We're gonna conquer the world, but we will do it Borknagar- style!"

Erik Tiwaz follows up with his comment: "After many years of lurking in the shadows of the colossi that is Borknagar, I have reached the decision that it is high time that I step forward into the stagelight, to continue where I left off after our 2001 release of "Empiricism". My participation on "Origin" (2006) renewed my desire to engage actively to further the development of Borknagar. It also made me realize that this is my home base, and where I feel most comfortable contributing musically. It's an arena where we all pull in the same direction, with mutual respect and drive. Having Jens aboard the vessel once more is probably the most natural thing that could happen, and personally I am very happy to be able to work with him again. I feel that this, the "Empiricism" lineup, is Borknagar's strongest ever, and this is the consensus of the band aswell. I'd have to say though, that the time that I've been away from the band has felt more like a break than anything else, it's like I never really left. Come to think of it, I never really did, did I...?"

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Source:	borknagar.com
Band profile:	Borknagar

San Francisco Bay Area Thrashers Death Angel are pleased to announce their first full US tour since their initial split 18 years ago! The band will embark on a co-headlining tour this May/June with God Forbid that will include Soilent Green and Light This City. Dubbed the "In Thrash We Trust" tour, this will mark the bands first tour in support of their critically acclaimed "Killing Season" record.

A visibly excited founding guitarist, Rob Cavestany, eagerly offered a few words about the event: "Death Angel is teaming up with God Forbid to hit the road and we couldn't be more stoked! "In Thrash We Trust" will be the first full blown tour of the states that Death Angel has done since the 'ACT III tour' in 1990 and we are gonna bring it! Also on the bill are Soilent Green and Light This City so you better prepare to get thrashed all night long! Can't wait to see you all very soon! "Killing Season" has begun!!!"

Confirmed Dates:

5/01-Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop (with Testament)
5/02-Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's (with Testament)
5/03-Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
5/04-Long Island, NY @ Crazy Donkey
5/07-Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
5/08-Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
5/09-Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11
5/10-Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin Out
5/13-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
5/14-Seminole, FL @ Boomerz
5/16-Houston, TX @ TBA
5/17-Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
5/18-San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom
5/19-El Paso, TX @ Chic's
5/21-Farmington, NM @ Gator's
5/23-Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian's
5/24-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
5/25-San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
5/26-Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
5/27-Modesto, CA @ Fat Cats
5/28-Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
5/30-Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
5/31-Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
6/02-Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
6/05-Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
6/06-Mokena (Chicago), IL @ The Pearl Room
6/07-Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
6/08-Toronto, ON @ Opera House
6/11-New York, NY @ BB Kings

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Source:	blogs.guitarworld.com
Band profile:	Death Angel
Event:	In Thrash We Trust Tour

Keep Of Kalessin have announced on their MySpace that their entire show at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH on April 5th will stream online via YeboTV. The live concert will be streamed on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at: 5:00pm (Pacific) -- 6:00pm (Mountain) -- 7:00pm (Central) -- 8:00pm (Eastern) -- (European Time would be morning of Sunday, April 6)

Also available will be a stream of the Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth's performance from the same show. The concert stream is FREE for fans around the world to view right from the comfort of their home computers. Visit this link to register in advance for this exclusive event.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Keep Of Kalessin

Prophecy Productions press release:

"The taste in your mouth for the last time. Then silence, the hours that go by slowly, the winding nights. Eyes lost in the Milky Way chasing memories. In the tail of a cold comet, with arms stretched out; the heavens suggest words unsaid, phrases unheard. Should we never meet again, this is the music we will listen to until we bleed. With our walkmen, across people who will never know. Hoping not to belong to anything but to distance, to solitary paths, to the city that sleeps, to ghosts of the past.

Klimt 1918's third album is set to be released in June and will be entitled "Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again (Soundtrack For The Cassette Generation)" cover]. It will be available as limited Digipak CD and Jewelcase CD - and there will be also a format for the cassette generation."

The album tracklist:
01. The Breathtaking Days (Via Lactea)
02. Skygazer
03. Ghost Of A Tape Listener
04. The Graduate
05. Just An Interlude In Your Life
06. Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again
07. Suspense Music
08. Disco Awayness
09. Atget
10. All Summer Long
11. True Love Is The Oldest Fear

Release dates:
Germany: 20.06.2008
World: 23.06.2008
USA: 24.06.2008

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Source:	prophecyproductions.de
Band profile:	Klimt 1918

Brazilian thrashers Chaosfear have entered the studio to record their new album, entitled "Images Of Disorder". The follow-up to "One Step Behind Anger" "will include 10 new songs and will be recorded with our original lineup," according to drummer Danilo De Freitas.

For more pictures of the recording sessions, go to http://www.chaosfear.com.

"Images Of Disorder" is scheduled for release in the fall/winter through Old School Metal Records.

Chaosfear was recently rejoined by original guitarist Edu Boccomino. Link]

After quitting Scars, Boccomino was interested in joining up with his brother Fernando once again. "Everything happened so naturally because we have been friends for such a long time," Chaosfear previously said in a statement. "We just had a quick talk and started playing again. The band is very excited to have the original lineup back together."

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Source:	osmrecords.net
Band profile:	Chaosfear

A new full song from the forthcoming Circle II Circle album "Delusions Of Grandeur" has been posted at the band's official website, in the "Sounds" section. The song is called "Fatal Warning" and is the opening track of Circle II Circle's fourth album. Click here to check it out.

"Delusions Of Grandeur" is set to be released on April 25 2008 via AFM Records.

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Source:	circle2circle.net
Band profile:	Circle II Circle

Todesbonden - the US classical, renaissance influenced gothic/doom-metal band created by Laurie Ann Haus (Autumn Tears, Ephemeral Sun, Nest, Rain Fell Within, Garden Of Shadows) - are finally releasing their long-awaited album "Sleep Now, Quiet Forest" through Prophecy Recordings on June 24.
"Sleep Now, Quiet Forest" was mixed, produced and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Daylight Dies, Pain Of Salvation) from Fascination Street Studios.

"Sleep Now, Quiet Forest" tracklisting:

01. Surrender To The Sea Listen]
02. Surya Namaskara
03. Trianon
04. Angus Og's Fiddle
05. Fading Empire
06. Ghost Of The Crescent Moon Listen]
07. Flow My Tears
08. Sailing Alone
09. Lullaby
10. Battle Of Kadesh Listen]
11. Sleep Now, Quiet Forest

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Todesbonden

A few days ago, Swedish Heavy Metallers Wolf have posted the following message on their MySpace:

"As many off you know, and many of you DON'T know, Wolf did a cover of Mercyful Fate's "A Dangerous Meeting" on the 2002 release "Black Wings". We thought we'd share that with those off you that missed out, so we "gave" the song to the Wolf UK MySpace site. We're fans of metal, good metal that is, and there's no doubt about the impact Mercyful Fate have had on Wolf so we did a cover of 'em to show our appreciation. Getting the (devilish) blessing from several Mercyful Fate members for that version made us believe in metal even more! So go to http://www.myspace.com/wolfwarriorsuk and enjoy goddamnit, enjoy!"

Wolf are currently writing the follow-up to 2006's "The Black Flame" which they will be recording this summer.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Wolf

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce all the details for the release of Michael Kiske's new album entitled "Past In Different Ways" on May 9th 2008.

This much talked about album includes the reworking in a new fully acoustic and stripped back mood of some of Helloween's classics that Kiske wrote and recorded in his early days with the legendary German Heavy Metal band. "When Serafino Perugino brought up the idea to do this record" says Michael, "my first reaction was: "No way! I don't want to be dealing with my past all the time anymore!". But after a few days my thinking changed and I thought: maybe it's not such a bad idea at all? Because on one hand it shows that I don't reject my past just because I'm a different person today and on the other hand it can maybe give people who were part of that past a different view at those songs. It's my music, I can still identify myself with its spirit, so why should I not do this?"

Working in a creatively free environment helped Michael to look at his past with different eyes and brought the idea of working again on the songs that Michael wrote for Helloween during his years with the band. The result is "Past In Different Ways", a record which includes brand new recordings of Kiske's songs taken off the two "Keeper" albums, "Chameleon" and "Pink Bubbles Go Ape", plus the brand new song "Different Ways".

The unconventional arrangements of many of the tracks will surprise and delight many of his fans and more surprising is to see how well these songs sound with a basic acoustic arrangement, without the "useless weight" and with new keys. "Songs like "In The Night" or "When The Sinner" which where never favourites of mine are much cooler and much more convincing now for my ears", says Michael.

The album was recorded and mixed in Hamburg under Michael Kiske's direction and features long time collaborators such as Sandro Giampietro on guitar, Fontaine Burnett on bass and Karsten Nagel on drums.

Kiske concludes: "It was not always easy for me emotionally to deal with this material. Music somehow seems to preserve emotional memories and I connect big human disappointments with the last years of that time. There's also something very unsatisfying about re-recording old songs; it's always MUCH better to write new stuff, but I wanted to make those songs mine again. And in spite of the fact that I strongly felt for the last couple of years that I rather have to build myself a new base of friends, it's always good

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Source:

frontiers.it