MMX, the forthcoming album from German metallers War From A Harlots Mouth, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location.

MMX is scheduled for release through Lifeforce Records on the following dates:

Oct. 29: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Nov. 3: Sweden, Finland, Hungary
Nov. 1: Rest Of Europe
Nov. 9: North America

MMX cover art] tracklist:

01. Insomnia
02. To Age And Obsolete
03. The Increased Sensation Of Dullness
04. Sleep Is The Brother Of Death
05. The Polyglutamine Pact
06. Cancer Man
07. C.G.B. Spender
08. Sugarcoat
09. Spineless
10. Recluse MMX
11. Inferno III/VI

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Source:	wfahm.com
Band profile:	War From A Harlots Mouth

7 Sinners, the forthcoming album from German metallers Helloween, is available for streaming in its entirety at the band's MySpace page.

7 Sinners is scheduled for release in Europe on October 29 via Sony Music (the album will be released in North America on November 9 via The End Records).

7 Sinners cover art] tracklist:

01. Where The Sinners Go
02. Are You Metal?
03. Who Is Mr. Madman?
04. Raise The Noise
05. World Of Fantasy
06. Long Live The King
07. The Smile Of The Sun
08. You Stupid Mankind
09. If A Mountain Could Talk
10. The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner
11. My Sacrifice
12. Not Yet Today
13. Far In The Future
14. I'm Free
15. Faster We Fall

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Helloween

A video trailer for the King's X new CD / DVD, entiltled Live Love In London, has been made available at this location.

Live Love In London is the first-ever official King's X live DVD and it was recorded in January 2009 at the Electric Ballroom in London. On October 25th, the two-CD version of Live Love In London will be available in-stores everywhere, while the Deluxe Edition featuring both CDs as well as the DVD will be available exclusively through CMDistro.com. The DVD-only edition will be released to stores everywhere on November 23rd. A pre-order is available through CMDistro and fans that order the Deluxe Edition will receive a free autographed poster while supplies last.

Pre-order is available at this location.

Live Love In London cover art] tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Groove Machine
02. Alright
03. Pleiades
04. Move
05. What Is This?
06. Lost In Germany
07. Black Flag
08. Pray
09. Dogman
10. Go Tell Somebody
11. Julie

CD 2:
01. Looking For Love
02. Summerland
03. Over My Head
04. It's Love
05. We Were Born To Be Loved
06. Goldilox
07. Visions
08. Moanjam

DVD:
01. Groove Machine
02. Alright
03. Pleiades
04. Move
05. What Is This?
06. Lost In Germany
07. Black Flag
08. Pray
09. Dogman
10. Go Tell Somebody
11. Julie
12. Looking For Love
13. Summerland
14. Over My Head
15. It's Love
16. We Were Born To Be Loved
17. Goldilox
18. Visions
19. Moanjam
20. Behind The Scenes
21. Fall On Me
22. Everybody Knows A Little Bit Of Something


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	King's X

"At Midnight They'll Get Wise", the new video from Swedish metallers Grand Magus, can be viewed at this location.

"At Midnight They'll Get Wise" comes off the band's latest album, Hammer Of The North, which was released on June 2010 via Roadrunner Records.


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Source:	youtube.com
Band profile:	Grand Magus

US metallers Hallows Eve have issued the short following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hello people,

Hallows Eve would like to welcome Scooch as our new drummer. Scooch brings many years of experience to the band and will prove to be a core member. Cheers to you, Scooch!

Thanks for the on going support everyone. We'll be out soon."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Hallows Eve

Plague Warhead is the name of the new Swedish "old-school thrash metal" band featuring former members of Edge Of Sanity, Pan.thy.monium, Ophthalamia, Sarkified, Scypozoa and Ashes, will release a four-song mini-CD via Godeater Records. The four tracks ? "Blood Messiah", "Forces Of Evil", "Stench Of Decay" and "Dominate" ? are available for streaming on the group's MySpace.

Plague Warhead, which is currently seeking a label home for its forthcoming debut album release, consists of the following musicians:

Andreas Sjöberg (Ashes, The Deadbeats) - Guitar
Tomas Lindgren (Scypozoa, No Fucking Way, No Fucking God, Witch Black) - Lead Guitar
Martin Gustavsson (Allegiance, Darkified, Grimorium, Amenophis) - Vocals
Benny "Bempa" Larsson (Edge Of Sanity, Godsend, Ophthalamia, Total Terror, Pan.thy.monium) - Drums
Mattias Eronn (Witch Black, Sorgfaagel) - Bass

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Edge Of Serenity

Six Feet Under are embarking on a Christmas Metal Tour in December. Confirmed opening acts include Disbelief, Lies and Hastur. The dates are as follows:

02.12 - Adelsheim (GER) - Live Factory
03.12 - Berlin (GER) - K 17
04.12 - Glauchau (GER) - Alte Spinnerei
05.12 - Cham (GER) - L.A.
06.12 - Ljubljana (SLO) - Gala Hala Metelkova
07.12 - Wien (A) - Szene
08.12 - TBA
09.12 - Graz (A) - Explosiv
10.12 - Aigen (A) - Kikas
11.12 - Bischofswerda (GER) - East Club
12.12 - Kassel (GER) - Kulturfabrik Salzmann

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Source:	sfu420.com
Band profile:	Six Feet Under
Event:	Six Feet Under: Christmas Metal Tour [CANCELLED]

UK gothic doom outfit My Silent Wake has posted two new songs online. "Death Becomes Us" and "Et Lux Perpetua" can now be streamed over at MySpace. Both songs come from the band's new record, entitled IV Et Lux Perpetua, available in stores at the end of the month through Dark Balance Records.

IV Et Lux Perpetua cover art] tracklist:

01. Et Lux Perpetua
02. Death Becomes Us
03. Bleak Endless Winter
04. Father
05. Graven Years
06. My Silent Wake
07. Between Wake And Sleep
08. Journey's End

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	My Silent Wake

After delivering a masterly lesson in heavy metal with 2009's Ravenous, Sweden's synonym for "heavy f**king metal", Wolf, are now diligently working on the much anticipated follow-up.

Comments the band: "We'd like to announce that Wolf will be entering Studio Underground in Västerås/Sweden in November to record our follow up to the success of our Grammi nominated 2009 album, Ravenous. We will be working alongside producer Pelle Saether. We have been hard at work writing new songs and some songtitles are: "Fullmoon Possession", "Skullcrusher", "False Preacher", and "Adrenaline Overdrive".

We feel fired up and ready to deliver a kickass heavy metal album to you all in spring 2011. Tourplans for next year are also taking form and we know that we're gonna hit more places than ever before. Festival season is also gonna be a blast as usual!

A fun note for our fans are also that Wolf is featured in the new book "Mera Hårdrock" with the album Ravenous as well as an interview regarding horror and music with guitarist Johannes Axeman. This book is written by tv/radio personalities Matthias Lindblad & Melker Becker and it's their second book featuring heavy metal.

We'd also like to tell you about our performance at the Dean guitars UK meeting where we had the great honour to perfom with Saxon guitarist Doug Scarret as guest. We played 2 Saxon songs and they can be viewed as fan filmed material, at the following links: "Princess Of The Night" Link] and "747 (Strangers In The Night)" Link]."

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Source:	wolf.nu
Band profile:	Wolf

Soon Firewind will return with a highly anticipated new album entitled Days of Defiance, which is due October 25th, 2010 via Century Media Records in Europe. Fans have already the chance to get a special advance taste of Days Of Defiance for free!

Century Media has launched a download page that will allow you to get the furious album's opening track "The Ark Of Lies" completely free after you tweet or Facebook about the song. Go HERE for more details.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Firewind

The European PaganFest Tour 2011, taking place in March 2011, will be headlined by Korpiklaani. Support on the tour will come from Unleashed, Moonsorrow, Varg, Arafel and Kivimetsän Druidi. And also Eluveitie and Heidevolk will be appearing on select dates only. Paganfest 2011 will go through the following cities:

March 04 - Wien, Austria - Arena
March 05 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
March 06 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club
March 07 - Bad Arolsen, Germany - Outback
March 08 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
March 09 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
March 10 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
March 11 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)
March 12 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)
March 13 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)
March 14 - Paris, France - Trabendo
March 15 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Docks
March 16 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
March 17 - Innsbruck, Austria - Hafen
March 18 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
March 19 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
March 20 - Prague, Czech Republic - Abaton
March 21 - Katowice, Poland - Studio
March 22 - Budapest, Hungary - WigWam
March 23 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna Mediapark
March 24 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
March 25 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)
March 26 - Antwerpen, Bellgium - Hof Ter Loo (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)
March 27 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg (extended show - with special guests Eluveitie and Heidevolk)

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Source:	myspace.com
Event:	Paganfest 2011

You can now listen to two new Theatres Des Vampires songs, called "Camilla" and "Medousa", at MySpace. The tracks come off the band's upcoming effort titled Moonlight Waltz, to be released on 14 January 2011.

Moonlight Waltz features guest appearances by Snowy Shaw (Therion), Cadaveria (Cadaveria) and Eva Breznikar (Laibach). All other album details can be checked again here.

"Camilla" is also streaming at the band's official Facebook page. In related news, the band is currently shooting a music video for the song as well.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Theatres Des Vampires

Kalmah is heading back to Canada next March. Support on the "Return To Vinland" trek comes from WarCall. Check dates and venues below. More details at this location.

10.3.2011 - Montreal @ Studio Juste pour rire
11.3.2011 - Rouyn @ Petit Théatre du vieux-Noranda
12.3.2011 - Sudbury @ Serbian centre
13.3.2011 - Toronto @ The Mod Club
14.3.2011 - Hamilton @ Club Absinthe
15.3.2011 - Ottawa @ The Rainbow
17.3.2011 - Sherbrooke @ le Bar Magog
18.3.2011 - Drummonville @ Salle Gaston Mandeville
19.3.2011 - Saint-Hyacinthe @ Bar le Trash

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Source:	kalmah.com
Band profile:	Kalmah
Event:	Kalmah

Stratovarius are putting the finishing touches on their thirteenth full-length studio album Elysium in 5-by-5 studios, Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland. The album will be released on January 12th, 2011 by JVC in Asia and worldwide on January 14th, 2011 by Edel/EarMusic.

Elysium cover art] tracklist:

01. Heavenly Divine
02. Infernal Maze
03. Elysium, Part I, II And III
04. Civilization
05. Darkest Hours
06. Under Flaming Skies
07. No Return
08. New Horizon
09. Move The Mountain
10 Castaway (Japan Bonus Track)

A single with two new songs of Elysium will be released on 26 November this year, coinciding with the start date of the 7 Sinners World Tour on which Stratovarius will join Helloween as very special guests - kicking off the same day in the Szene, Vienna (all tour dates here). The single also contains a demo track, and two unreleased live tracks recorded earlier this year on Stratovarius' wildly successful 2009/2010 Polaris world tour.

The cover artwork of both releases was done by Gyula Havancsák.

Darkest Hours - Single cover art] tracklist:

01. Darkest Hours (From the upcoming album Elysium)
02. Infernal Maze (From the upcoming album Elysium)
03. Darkest Hours (Demo version)
04. Against The Wind (Live recording, Sofia, Bulgaria)
05. Black Diamond (Live recording, Göteborg, Sweden)

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Source:	forum.stratovarius.com
Band profile:	Stratovarius

Swedish metallers Nocturnal Rites have issued the following update on their official website:

"Hi everyone! We thought it was time for a fresh start. As you can see we are working on a brand new website which will be online very soon, we hope! And it will contain lots of new stuff and information for you.

We are currently writing songs for the new album and rehearsing for the gig at the Sabaton Cruise in Stockholm, 2nd of December 2010. The song-writing is going well we have lots of new material for our 9th studio album. We have some really dark and aggressive stuff written as well as some more melodic, so this new album will definitely cater to all aspects of the Nocturnal Rites legacy!

We also played some live shows with our new guitarist Chris Rörland. This guy really did a great job, entering the stage for the first time as a new member of the band and he kicked ass from the beginning to the end! Not showing any fear at all, he just went for it, crazy but still being 100% professional. Even after a few shows it feels like he's been in the band for ages. So we are extremely happy.

And we would also like to thank everyone who came to see us on our gigs since we started playing again. A big thanks to you all!

More news to follow! Keep your eyes and ears open for upcoming songs, live shows, recording session & release. Play Loud!"

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Source:	nocturnalrites.com
Band profile:	Nocturnal Rites