Shining posted the following news item on their MySpace:

"Shining are once again entering The Slaughterhouse on the 28th of April to start recording their 6th studio album. Rickard Bengtsson will once again produce now when his and Kvarforth's differences have been laid aside for professional reasons.

In other news, no bass-player have yet been found to fill the spot after Phil A. Cirone."

However, a short amount of time later they placed another news item saying:

"King Taking Over Phil's Bass Duties.
As we have not yet found any suitable replacement for Phil A. Cirone and the date of recording draws near we have decided to let T.C. King (Gorgoroth) take care of the bass duties on the coming album."

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Shining

...And your time is up! We hope you aren't still pondering over your votes, as it is now officially too late! The voting has closed!

Click on the big banner on the homepage to view the results, or go through this link. A more detailed description of the winners and losers of 2007 will follow in the next coming days.

- Metal Storm Staff

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A few days ago, Exodus have issued the following announcement on their website:

"Exodus will not perform the announced Mexico shows on October 25th - 27th on their upcoming South American tour. The band was booked under false pretense by a promoter who failed to fulfill even basic requirements, logistically and financially.

It later surfaced that the promoter in question was involved in other show related controversies earlier this year when a world-known thrash metal band from Europe had to cancel a planned Mexico appearance last minute and advance tickets sold in Mexico were not refunded to the fans.

Exodus is sorry to let down their Mexican fans but after failing to meet several deadlines for deposits, airfares and supplying production information, the promoter made it impossible to realize those shows. As of today, six days to originally planned departure from the U.S., the band did not receive any information regarding equipment, lodging and internal transport; neither airfares nor guarantees were paid."

Source:	exodusattack.com
Band profile:	Exodus

According to a posting on the band's website, Black Metallers Satyricon have announced a new show in Fredrikstad on September 29th. More shows scheduled for this coming fall will be announced in the next few weeks. The shows this weekend at Brutal Assault and Sziget Festival will wrap up the festival season for Satyricon.

Satyricon also states: "Thank you for the support so far! Next week we will return to our mountain resort to continue song writing and record demos for the new album. All is going really well with that indeed! We have also extended our partnership with Roadrunner and next year will be a very exciting one for Satyricon and our friends out there. See you soon."

Source:	satyricon.no
Band profile:	Satyricon

Grave has announced a special show at Party San Open Air!
At the upcoming Party San festival they have promised to play only songs off the first three albums to give the fans a good dose of the Grave from the early 90's. The set will include most of the classics of course but also some songs which they haven't played live for over 10 years.

Source:	grave.se
Band profile:	Grave

Månegarm have announced the release of their first official music video. The song is Sigrblot from Vredens Tid. You can watch it at this YouTube location.

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Source:	manegarm.com
Band profile:	Månegarm

According to a July posting on the website of French Brutal Death Metallers Benighted, the band has begun the recording of the new album at the Kohlekeller Studio in Germany. There will be two parts of this recording with the drums in July and the rest in August in the same studio. Prepare yourself for war!
This album will be out in October on Osmose productions and there will be a French tour with Kronos and Recueil Morbide at the end of october (11 gigs to be announced).

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Source:	staybrutal.com
Band profile:	Benighted