Brazilian death metallers Krisiun have posted a new video online, for the song "Combustion Inferno", which can be viewed at this location. The new video was directed by João Mauricio Leonel.

The song comes from the band's latest album "Southern Storm", which was released on August 5 via Century Media Records.

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Source:	vids.myspace.com
Band profile:	Krisiun

Finnish monster rockers Lordi have announced a pre-listening session of their upcoming album "Deadache" on the band's MySpace page. You can listen to the next songs: "Dr. Sin Is In", "Evilyn", "Man Skin Boots" and "Bite It Like A Bulldog". The new album "Deadache" will be released on 29 October via Sony BMG Records.
According to a press release, "The Nino Laurenne-produced CD, much like its predecessors, is catchy, melodic hard rock, but this time around there is a rougher edge to the music."

US Tour Dates with Lizzy Borden and Stolen Babies:

November 7 - Houston, TX @House of Blues
November 8 - Dallas, TX @House of Blues
November 9 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
November 12 - Las Vegas, NV @House of Blues
November 13 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
November 16 - Pomona, CA @Glasshouse Music Hall
November 17 - West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
November 20 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
November 22 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
November 23 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
November 24 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore (Irving Plaza)

European Headlining Dates:

January 24 - SWE - Lund - Mejeriet
January 25 - SWE - Stockholm - Arenan
January 26 - SWE - Gothenburg - Traedgarn
January 29 - GER - Hamburg - Docks
January 30 - GER - Herford - X
January 31 - GER - Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle
February 04 - GER - Tuttlingen - Stadthalle
February 05 - GER - Munich - Tonhalle
February 06 - GER - Stuttgart - Filharmonie
February 07 - GER - Saarbruecken - E-Werk
February 10 - GER - Bremen - Aladin
February 11 - NETH - Amsterdam - Melkweg

More dates will be announced soon.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Lordi

Newly Century Media signed Viking metalheads Kivimetsän Druidi have just posted their epic new video online for the track "Jäässä Varttunut," which can be viewed on the band's official Myspace page by clicking here. The track is taken from their upcoming debut full-length "Shadowheart" which will see a November 25th release date in the US. Also featured on the bands Myspace page is a great behind the scenes look at the making of "Jäässä Varttunut".

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Kivimetsän Druidi

Originals news, posted on 17.09.2008

Norwegian's blackest Mayhem have announced new South American tour dates in October.

Here are the dates for the South America Invasion:

Oct. 24 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Bar de Tom
Oct. 25 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Easy
Oct. 26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - El Teatro
Oct. 29 - Santiago, Chile - Club Cadillac
Oct. 30 - Lima, Peru -
Oct. 31 - Quito, Ecuador -

Mayhem is planning an US tour in early 2009. The tour will reportedly consist of 21 shows and will kick off in the early spring. The exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Also the band promised an Australian tour is in the works.

UPDATE

Mayhem have joined forces with guitarist Morfeus (Ancient, Dimension F3H, Limbonic Art) for their upcoming South America Fucking Armageddon tour.

Morfeus states: "I'm very happy to head over to South America with Mayhem. Their music is awesome, and I'm looking forward to kick some ass. Expect a set heavy as fuck!"

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Mayhem
Event:	Mayhem: South America Fucking Armageddon Tour

Official press release:

Paradise Lost from West Yorkshire, UK, formed in 1988 when vocalist Nick Holmes and guitarist Gregor Mackintosh came together with the idea of taking metal beyond the conventional styles of the time. They were influenced by acts such as Candlemass, Celtic Frost and Morbid Angel, and concocted a unique atmosphere of their own as a result. This was already apparent when their debut album "Lost Paradise" appeared on Peaceville Records in 1990, and blended death metal with doom and some melodic elements, but it wasn't until their follow-up album that the metal world witnessed the birth of a new style of music.

"Gothic" was THE album responsible for a whole sub genre of metal, Gothic Doom Metal, upon its release in 1991. Creating a more melancholy & atmospheric form of doom metal, with the introduction of the distinctive & unmistakable Paradise Lost lead guitar melodies, the band was quickly propelled to the forefront of pioneering extreme metal bands of the early nineties.

The "Gothic" album was recorded in late 1990/early 1991 at the renowned Academy Studios in Yorkshire; a studio responsible for classic recordings from bands such as My Dying Bride, Anathema, Cradle Of Filth and Bal-Sagoth among many others.

Along with the album, this special edition contains a very rare video performance from a 1991 Paradise Lost show (that evening supported by My Dying Bride & Pitch Shifter) and features classic tracks from their first 2 albums.

This release also coincides with the 20 year celebration of the band, in which Paradise Lost teamed up for a handful of very special shows in September with the other leaders of the early nineties doom metal revolution, namely My Dying Bride and Anathema.

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

Original news, posted on 26.05.2008

Italian Goth-Metallers Lacuna Coil have started work on a DVD project which is tentatively scheduled to be released later this year.

The DVD will be a retrospective of all things from the band's "Karmacode" album cycle. It will include promotional videos, spectacularly remixed pro-shot festival appearances, behind-the-scenes travel documentaries and home videos - and a few other fan-friendly surprises!

This will be the first "official" Lacuna Coil DVD release.

Fans take note: For more details on the fan-friendly surprises be sure to visit http://www.lacunacoil.it regularly for information!

UPDATE

Lacuna Coil have released a sample trailer of their first ever DVD release "Visual Karma (Body, Mind And Soul)" cover], which revolves around the recording and touring of Lacuna Coil's "Karmacode" album. You can check out "Our Truth" (Live At Wacken 2007) here, a countdown widget can be found here.

The tracklist of the DVD is as follows:

Wacken 2007
01. Intro
02. To The Edge
03. Fragments Of Faith
04. Swamped
05. In Visible Light
06. Fragile
07. Closer
08. Senzafine
09. What I See
10. Enjoy The Silence
11. Heavens A Lie
12. Our Truth

Loudpark 2007
13. Intro/To The Edge
14. Swamped
15. Closer
16. Within Me
17. Daylight Dancer
18. Our Truth

Promotional Videos
19. Our Truth
20. Enjoy The Silence
21. Closer
22. Within Me

Extras
- The Band: Simple As Water
- Inside Milan
- The Leaning Journey Of Pizza
- 7-Seven... Strings Life
- The Real Thing
- Enter The Drummer
- Behind The Scenes: Australian Tour 2007
- First Time In Japan
- Making Of The Our Truth Video
- Making Of The Closer Video
- Fan Submissions (Lacuna Coil's Introductory Clip)
- Empty Spiral Interview
- To The Edge Remix Contest (Photogallery)
- Inside The Spiral (Link)
- Links

Release dates:

31 Oct: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy
03 Nov: UK, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest Of Europe.
04 Nov: Spain, Portugal
05 Nov: Sweden, Finland, Hungary
25 Nov: North America

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Lacuna Coil

Australian doom metallers The Eternal have posted their new video for the song "Lost Our Way" online. The song comes from the band's upcoming album, entilted "Kartika", which will be released in Finland on November 12th via Firebox Records. The CD will be issued in Australia on November 8 through SLP/Amphead Music.

You can watch the video on the band's official site here.

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Source:	the-eternal.com
Band profile:	The Eternal

Century Media press release:

Divine Heresy are hard at work on their much anticipated sophomore release, their first with Travis Neal on vocals. The group plan on hitting the studio early next year once again with acclaimed producer Logan Mader (Gojira, Cavalera Conspiracy). To tide fans over, Divine Heresy have completed work on a new video for "Bleed The Fifth," which perfectly captures the band's frenetic live energy. It made its exclusive, online debut through the Headbangers Ball Blog yesterday (16th October) and premieres on MTV2 this Saturday night. Click on this link.

Dino Cazares (guitars) further comments: "The original concept for the "Bleed The Fifth" video was just to have a stripped down, in your face performance clip that was as unrelenting as the song itself. We shot it on a green screen and all of the effects were added in post production, which was very odd considering we are jamming out in front of a blank wall not having any idea how everything was going to look.

We are so confident with our choice of a new vocalist that we decided to re-record the track with his vocals and cut together a new performance clip with him. In the end, everything worked out perfectly and we think we delivered a pretty intense clip that is very indicative of the tenacity of a Divine Heresy live performance. Enjoy"

Divine Heresy kicks off a string of headlining dates in Texas on Nov. 7th and be sure to visit http://www.myspace.com/divineheresyband to view their remaining touring itinerary.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Divine Heresy

Los Angeles, CA's Abysmal Dawn have announced that they will join forces with Sothis for a western US tour in December, dubbed the "Endless Wintour". This Metal Maniacs sponsored tour will kick-off on December 5th in Bakersfield, CA and will round out in Hollywood, CA on December 14th. A listing of tour dates and cities can be found below with more details to be announced shortly.

Abysmal Dawn are touring in support of their newly released Relapse debut "Programmed To Consume". The band has recently lensed the first video from the album, for title-track "Programmed To Consume". The video was shot in Los Angeles, CA with director Gary Smithson (Tomahawk, High On fire, Goatwhore) and is expected to make its world premiere imminently. Still photos taken during the video shoot can be viewed now in the 'photos' section of the band's MySpace

LA's Sothis are touring in support of their brand new album "De Oppresso Liber" (out now via Candlelight Records). For audio samples and more information on Sothis, please visit the band's official MySpace.

"Endless Wintour" dates

12/5 Bakersfield, CA - Jerry's Pizza
12/6 S. Lake Tahoe, NV - Whisky Dicks
12/7 Sacramento, CA - One The Y
12/8 Portland, OR - Satyricon
12/10 San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
12/11 San Marcos, CA - Jumping Turtle
12/12 Tempe, AZ - TBA
12/14 Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory

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Source:	abysmaldawn.com
Band profile:	Abysmal Dawn
Event:	Abysmal Dawn: Endless Wintour Tour

Norwegian black metallers Sworn has issued following statement:

"The songs for the next album is taking form and the plan is to enter the studio in the beginning of 2009, but we have already started on pre-productions of songs. The new material is harder, faster, darker, more grim and with the Sworn-touch that perpetuates the athmosphere from The Alleviation!"

The working title for the second album is "Bastards And Conquerors" and some songtitles for the album will include:

Ascendant
Carnal Monuments
Damnation Spawned
The Bastard, The Conqueror
Remnants of Past and Present
Summoning the Sinister
The Archaic Wraith
Descendant

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Sworn

Def Leppard are sorry to report that due to unforeseen circumstances, the two shows in India (scheduled to take place on October 17 and 19 in Bangalore and Mumbai, resp.) have been cancelled. The band added: "We apologize to our Indian fans and we hope to be able to make up for it in the future."

Source:	defleppard.com
Band profile:	Def Leppard
Event:	Def Leppard: Indian Tour [CANCELLED]

As posted on Chimaira's official website by bassist Jim LaMarca:

"Well here we go again with a new record. We're about to step in the studio again with Ben Schigel. Some of us have been working with Ben for over 13 years and I am really excited to be working on this record at home this time. We start pre-production this week and it will be fine tuning from here on out. I hope that everyone enjoy's the YouTube stuff and hopefully we will have some new footage up for you this week. The attached video Link] is a little homeage to The Great Hoya (Madball), I have to admit he is my favorite guy to tour with."

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Source:	chimaira.com
Band profile:	Chimaira

Novembers Doom have issued the following statement on their MySpace blog:

"Due to reasons both personal and musical, we regret to announce the departure of drummer Joe Nunez. Joe was an integral part of Novembers Doom for nearly ten years, and while his presence and camaraderie will be missed, unfortunately the time had come to part ways. We wish Joe all the best with whatever personal and musical endeavors he pursues in the future.

We are however pleased to announce that we have already secured a new drummer to fill the vacant drum throne. Returning to the band is Sasha Horn, who last recorded with Novembers Doom on the sophomore release, "Of Sculptured Ivy And Stone Flowers." Sasha's drumming style fits into the new material perfectly, and with this addition, comes a new dynamic and a step forward in musical progression.

The writing process for our seventh release is well under way, and we will enter the studio in early 2009, for a summer release. The musical direction is a return to the darker feeling of "The Pale Haunt Departure" while maintaining the aggression from "The Novella Reservoir" with many new surprises to keep things interesting. The cover art is complete, and we'll unveil it as well as the CD title soon enough."

Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Novembers Doom

Helloween have posted their new video, "Paint A New World", online. The video can be viewed on the band's official website). The song was featured on the band's twelfth studio album, "Gambling With The Devil", which was released in October last year through SPV Records.

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Source:	helloween.org
Band profile:	Helloween

Americans Suicidal Tendencies has issued the following update:

''Suicidal Tendencies would like to give a big thanks to Dave Hildago Jr. Dave's last show was the "We the People" festival last month. Dave's a good friend and always was there when the band needed him. Everyone wishes him and his family all the best, and much success in his future projects. We're also very excited to let those of you that don't know yet, know that Eric Moore will be taking over the ST drums full time. Those that saw IG on tour earlier this year got to get a taste of insane drum skillz! Eric has an unbelievable mixture of power and finesse and the band is extra excited about the upcoming tours. It's a great chance to show off Eric and preview some new tracks. Mike Clark will do a quick update/ interview for the website next week and fill you in on the band, the tour, recording, etc.
Lastly, thanx to all the Cycos for their support!''

Suicidal Tendencies
We are family.

Source:	suicidaltendencies.com
Band profile:	Suicidal Tendencies