The band has announced the following on their website:

"The response to our bassist search has been overwhelming, and we want to send our sincere thanks to everyone that got in touch. Applications poured in from pretty much every continent, and some of the interested musicians are members in bands that we have been huge fans of for many years, which was extremely flattering.

However, we can now announce that the search is over, and that we've recruited Daniel Antonsson (Dimension Zero, ex-Soilwork) to handle the bass duties for the upcoming tour. We welcome Daniel to the fold and look forward to hitting the road with him."

Source:	darktranquillity.com
Band profile:	Dark Tranquillity

UK Progressive metallers Threshold are currently recording the follow-up to their award winning 2004 album "Subsurface". Recording is taking place at Thin Ice Studios and Bray Studios in the south of England, produced by Karl Groom and Richard West.

The new album has a working title of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams", and the song titles are: Slipstream, This is your life, Elusive, Disappear, Fighting for breath, Hollow, Safe to fly, One degree down, Landing lights.

Mac, in the middle of vocal sessions at Bray, said: 'If I thought it would be this good I'd have joined Threshold sooner! I've got a good feeling about this album. I think things are going to snowball for us next year, I thought so even before I heard the demos. I'm having a brilliant time!'

Threshold's last album "Subsurface" picked up 15 Album Of The Month awards across the globe. Earlier this year the band moved to Nuclear Blast Records to join a highly successful roster of bands including In Flames, Nightwish and Blind Guardian.

Recording and mixing of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams" is expected to be complete in November, with a release planned for early in 2007.

Source:	thresh.net
Band profile:	Threshold

Pyromusic.net has posted over ten minutes of Cannibal Corpse live video footage (including "Hammer Smashed Face" in its entirety) and numerous photos from the band's second Australian gig in Sydney (from Sunday, October 8th) at this location.

Remaining dates on Cannibal Corpse's Australian tour include:
October 09 - Adelaide, Australia at Fowlers Live
October 10 - Perth, Australia at Heat Nightclub
Afterwards Cannibal Corpse will embark on a USA tour together with Dying Fetus, Necrophagist and Unmerciful. And after that follows a large European Tour.
All Cannibal Corpse tour dates can be found at http://www.cannibalcorpse.net.

Source:	pyromusic.net
Band profile:	Cannibal Corpse