As it turns out, also US stoner/drone metallers Om will be touring Australia. The band announced the following dates for July:

Jul 11 - Geelong - National Hotel
Jul 15 - Adelaide - Fowler's Live
Jul 16 - Melbourne - The Hi Fi Bar
Jul 17 - Sydney - Factory Theatre
Jul 18 - Brisbane - The Hi Fi Bar

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Om
Event:	Om: Australian Tour

Soilwork will be ripping up Aussie shores for only the third time in October this year. Touring on the back of the release of their eighth studio album, The Panic Broadcast, the band will be bringing their killer live shows, which The Metal Observer have dubbed "Metal with the fun factor in the driving seat".

Tickets on sale Friday 16th July.

Oct 21 - Brisbane - The Hi Fi
Oct 22 - Sydney - Manning Bar
Oct 23 - Melbourne - The Hi Fi
Oct 27 - Adelaide - Fowlers Live (All Ages)
Oct 28 - Perth - Rosemount

For now, Soilwork are ready to tour North America with Death Angel and Augury. More details and tour dates can be found here.


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Source:	redanttouring.com
Band profile:	Soilwork
Event:	Soilwork

"Wait For Me", the new video from Romanian metallers Magica, can be viewed at this location.

"Wait For Me" comes off the band's latest album, Dark Diary, which was released on May 2010 via AFM Records.


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Band profile:	Magica

"My Own Life", the new video from Swedish metallers Sonic Syndicate, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company.

"My Own Life" comes off the band's forthcoming album, We Rule The Night, which will be released in Europe on August 27 via Nuclear Blast Records.


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Source:	vids.myspace.com
Band profile:	Sonic Syndicate

"Desolation: White Wolf", the new video from Finnish metallers Kivimetsän Druidi, can be viewed at this location. The clip was directed by Timo Puustinen of CopperSky.

"Desolation: White Wolf" comes off the band's latest album, Betrayal, Justice, Revenge, which was released on April 2010 via Century Media Records.


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Band profile:	Kivimetsän Druidi

"After Everything That's Happened, What Did You Expect", a brand new song from Montreal metallers Ion Dissonance, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

"After Everything That's Happened, What Did You Expect" comes off the band's forthcoming album, Cursed, which is scheduled for release in North America on August 24 via Century Media Records.

Cursed cover art] tracklist:

01. Cursed
02. You People Are Messed Up
03. The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same
04. This is The Last Time I Repeat Myself
05. No Care Ever
06. After Everything That's Happened, What Did You Expect
07. We Like to Call This One... Fuck Off
08. Can Someone Please Explain This to Me?
09. Disaster in Sight
10. This is Considered Mere Formality
11. This Feels Like The End...
12. They'll Never Know
13. Pallor
14. After Everything That's Happened, What Did You Expect
15. You People Are Messed Up

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Dark Tranquillity has posted a couple live videos for their tracks "Focus Shift" and "Final Resistance" online. The clips were filmed recently at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago IL. The audio for these live videos was professionally tracked and mixed.

You can check them out over at the UVTV website.

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Source:	undergroundvideotelevision.com
Band profile:	Dark Tranquillity

Moth Eater, the Beers Village, New York-based sludge metal band featuring guitarist John Conley of Scar Culture, Dave Ardolina and Steve "Buckshot" Seabury of Dirty Rig, and vocalist John Alaia, have just signed a deal with start up metal label Giddy Up! Records.

Giddy Up! Records will release the bands debut mini record titled The Thunder God of Monster Island on July 27th. The bands music was produced, recorded and mixed at Gain Studios in New York City.

Moth Eater have posted a new track from their upcoming release titled "Aftermath" on their MySpace page. The track features world renowned Hurdy Gurdy player and composer Geoff Kooris who adds to the bands already intense sound. "When I listen to our music, I get the sudden urge to smash someone's face in with a shovel. Then I become grief stricken and sob uncontrollably for a few hours, drink a beer, then I repeat the process." states John Alaia about the bands music and upcoming release.

The Thunder God of Monster Island cover art] tracklist:

01. Aftermath
02. Our Time
03. When Bruises Leave Scars
04. Rocking Is My Business

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British extreme metal act Imperial Vengeance have entered the studio to begin recording of their second album, due for release later this year via Transcend Records. The album promises to be a nightmarish tapestry of opiate Victoriana and Kafkaesque atmospheres. Ms. Lori Lewis, the acclaimed soprano with Therion, Aesma Daeva joined the band the studio this weekend for the recording of "The Black Heart of Empire"; bringing her voice to a double slice of IV intrigue - "The Devil in The Detail" and "Veiled Threats Over Cocktails".

The band had the following to say: "Having someone that comes primarily from a classical background, but additionally works in the Metal industry, rather than it being the other way around, was the priority. Both of the new tracks are specifically rooted in specific styles of singing and given Lori's extensive history with such entities as Minnesota Orchestra, The St Paul Chamber Orchestra, and VocalEssence, she understands the nuances and intricacies involved. It was amazing, she nailed the parts first time in virtually every take."

Preceding this album release, Imperial Vengeance are set to unleash a special edition DVD of director's cut videos and extensive exclusive extras on 12th July. This special edition disc features promo videos for the album track, "6th Airborne Division", shot at the 400 Company studios in London and their Madness cover, "Night Boat To Cairo" plus tons of special features including audio commentaries by C. Edward Alexander (aka Charles Hedger (Cradle Of Filth)) and David Bryan, unseen production photo galleries, behind the scenes footage - "A Gentlemans's Miscellany" and "The Cairo Cutaway" and exclusive footage from "The Harry Patch Recordings".

All info about the band and tour dates (with Sabbat in August) at MySpace.

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The guys and gal of Landmine Marathon have unleashed the brand new video for "Shadows Fed To Tyrants," from their latest album, Sovereign Descent which came out back in march. The video is available for viewing at this location. The video was shot in Phoenix with director David Brodsky (The Black Dahlia Murder, Gwar, Goatwhore)

The band also recently collaborated with filmmaker Brian Taylor, co-writer/director of Crank, Crank: High Voltage, and Gamer, amongst others, on a version of their song "Skin From Skull" with Taylor providing lead guitar solos. The song is being offered as a free exclusive download at Taylor's website

Taylor commented on the collaboration; "I saw Landmine at a show in LA last year and they turned my guts to jelly. Grace Perry is a beast from hell. When I found out they were Crank fans I knew we had to get something going? my approach to "Skin From Skull" was simple: just fucking shred. Grace's vocals peel the skin off your face - the solo should do the same. Straight up the ass."

Landmine Marathon guitarist Ryan Butler added; "It was so awesome to have Brian Taylor do a solo over Skin From Skull. The Crank movies are insane and I am looking forward to seeing Jonah Hex, as I'm a total comic dork. He definitely brought the shred on this solo! It was really cool to hear something that I probably never would've come up with over it."

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Source:	prostheticrecords.com
Band profile:	Landmine Marathon

Legendary German heavy metallers Accept have finally released all the details for the forthcoming Blood Of The Nations.

The album is set to be released via Nuclear Blast Records on August 20 in Europe, and September 14 in North America. Blood Of The Nations ? which also marks the recording debut of the band's latest addition, vocalist Mark Tornillo ? was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and Sabbat guitarist Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Exodus, Arch Enemy, Masterplan).

Regarding Tornillo's addition to Accept, Hoffmann previously said: "It all happened in minutes. Peter and I were working on some tunes in a studio in New Jersey. Somebody suggested we give this guy Mark a call to see if he would join us on vocals. So when he arrived we started jamming on some old Accept tunes ? just for fun. As soon as Mark started singing we looked at each other and realized the impossible just happened: we found a new voice for Accept! The timing could not have been better! Now or never... We are re-energized and excited..."

Blood Of The Nations cover art] tracklist:

01. Beat The Bastards
02. Teutonic Terror
03. The Abyss
04. Blood Of The Nations
05. Shades Of Death
06. Locked And Loaded
07. Kill The Pain
08. Rollin Thunder
09. Pandemic
10. New World Comin'
11. No Shelter
12. Bucketful Of Hate

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Accept

Brooklyn's Julie Christmas (Battle Of Mice, Made Out of Babies) has been mysteriously under the radar as of late. But far from disappearing, the emerging singer/songwriter has been busier than ever. Christmas is scheduled to release her first solo record, The Bad Wife, this fall. More details about the album are forthcoming, but "July 31st", a song from the pending release, is featured on the soundtrack for Paramount film, Wrong Turn at Tahoe, starring Harvey Keitel and Cuba Gooding Jr. A video to promote the album is in production.

"I use sounds to express feelings and ideas that I am too clumsy to get across with words alone," explains Christmas. "Working with amazing visual artists - people who speak in images - gets me one step closer to really communicating with anyone nuts enough to listen."

First noticed for her startling performances in NYC underground band Made Out of Babies, and her devastating vocals in Battle Of Mice, and super-group Spylacopa, Christmas has been busy expanding her repertoire. Currently, Christmas is collaborating with Nix Turner, renowned illustrator of worldwide counterculture icon, Emily the Strange, to create a book titled The Scribbles and Scrapes of Amy Anyone: (A Multiple Personality Autobiography). Christmas wrote the story and is working on music for the release of an accompanying CD, which features a tone signaling the reader to turn the page.

In addition, the singer recently worked on the soundtrack for a French indie film Le Debut, in which a young couple resorts to infanticide when faced with the challenges of poverty, depression and parenthood. Christmas's band, Made Out of Babies, is currently writing their fourth full-length album, scheduled to be released in the Spring of 2011. Live shows and exhibitions with visual artists are being arranged.

For more information visit MySpace.

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Source:	fresnomediausa.com
Band profile:	Battle Of Mice

According to a posting on the band's website, the recordings of the new Destruction album, which will be released via Nuclear Blast Records in January 2011, have started with a bang.

The 14th recording medium with frontman Schmier (18th album release in total) will be called Day Of Reckoning. First statements from the band are promising a more fast and turbulent album than the 2008 studio record D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N..

More details will follow in the next few days.

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Source:	destruction.de
Band profile:	Destruction

Last week already, Bay Area Thrashers Death Angel have announced the release of their 6th album entitled Relentless Retribution. The release dates are September 3rd in Europe and September 14th in North America. A picture of the cover art (by Brent Elliot White (Job For A Cowboy) can be found here.

Comments on the artwork by vocalist Mark Osegueda and artist Brent Elliot White can be read here.

As previously reported, the Relentless Retribution album was recorded at Audio Hammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with production genius Jason Suecof (Trivium, August Burns Red, The Black Dahlia Murder, etc.)

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Death Angel

Sepultura have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records.

Guitarist Andreas Kisser states: "We are happy to be at Nuclear Blast, especially in the year we are celebrating 25 years of history, and it is a great honor for us to join forces with the most metal label in the world. I am sure this will be a great journey for both of us and we are already working on new material while on the road. Let's go for another 25 years!"

Nuclear Blast A&R manager Jaap Wagemaker further comments: "Yes, you got that right! Another great thrash band has joined the Nuclear family! We have been following the band around Andreas and Derrick Green for quite some time now and every time when we saw them play live, we were equally impressed by the sheer energy that they create on stage! After inviting the band to come to Donzdorf (Germany; Nuclear Blast's worldwide headquarters) and having some talks with them, we soon found out that we are all on the same page regarding what would be best for the future of Sepultura!

After 25 years of forging high-class thrash metal, the band is more alive than ever and we at Nuclear Blast are very happy that together with Sepultura we will work on another successful chapter in that history! A new album will be out in 2011 and judging from what we heard from the band, the best is yet to come!"

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Sepultura