Gorefest Announce European Tour Dates

Dutch death metal veterans Gorefest have added several tour dates to their Glorious Dead: European Exorcism Tour 2006 with Master, Lunafield and Resurrecturis. Confirmed shows are as follows:

Feb. 16 Eindhoven, NL - Effenaar
Feb. 17 Osnabrück, DE - Eventcenter B 51
Feb. 25 Helsinki, FI - Nosturi
Feb. 26 Tallinn, EE - Nõmme Cult
Feb. 27 Riga, LV - Salamandra
Feb. 28 Vilnius, LT - Mulen Ruzhas
Mar. 02 Praha, CZ - Black Pes Club
Mar. 03 Althofen, AT - Kulturhaus
Mar. 04 Wien, AT - Planet Music
Mar. 05 Innsbruck, AT - INNSBRUCK - Hafen
Mar. 09 Istres, FR - l'Usin
Mar. 12 Irun, ES - Tunk
Mar. 13 Paris, FR - La Loco Club
Mar. 14 Pratteln, CH - Z7
Mar. 17 München, DE - Backstage
Mar. 18 Lisberg, DE - Sportlerheim
Mar. 22 Essen, DE - Turock
Mar. 23 Halle, DE - Rockstation
Mar. 24 Glauchau, DE - Alte Spinnerei
Mar. 25 Berlin, DE - K 17
Mar. 26 Groningen, NL - Oosterpoort

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Lethal Aggression Working On New EP

Long-running New Jersey thrashers LETHAL AGGRESSION are currently working on an EP, tentatively due later in the year.

According to the band's official bio, "LETHAL AGGRESSION has been thrashing for 20 years now with various lineup changes. They have played with some of the undergrounds finest bands such as: AGNOSTIC FRONT, CRUMBSUCKERS, NUCLEAR ASSAULT, VERBAL ABUSE, HIRAX, ANTHRAX, OVERKILL and more. Currently they are trying to gain an all-new fanbase with the younger generation while retaining their core fans."

For more information - including audio samples - visit their MySpace page.

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Attacker Re-Sign With Sentinel Steel Records

After much deliberation, reunited New Jersey metallers ATTACKER have re-signed with Sentinel Steel Records. The band's new album "The Unknown" will see its official worldwide release on Tuesday, April 11 on CD and classic vinyl.

ATTACKER and Sentinel Steel have announced that copies of their newest album will be on sale at the very site where the band solidified their comeback, at the Keep It True Festival in Germany on Saturday, April 8 - three days before the album's worldwide release on April 11.

ATTACKER will be on tour in Europe starting on Saturday September 16 with a headlining appearance at the Swordbrothers Festival in Andernach, Germany. Stops will also include Italy, Greece and Belgium. The European trek will be sponsored by Eat Metal Records.

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Green Carnation Announce N. American Tour

Norwegian prog masters Green Carnation are headed back to North America for a full tour starting February 24 th, 2006.

The band, who was last in North America as headliner of the Day Of The Equinox festival held in October, will be touring in support of their upcoming album ‘Acoustic Verses' out on January 24th , 2006 (via The End Records in North America).

Confirmed tour dates (with Beyond the Embrace):

Feb. 24 Buffalo, NY - Broadway Joes
Feb. 25 Albany, NY - Valentines
Feb. 26 Chicaopee, MA - Cabot St.
Feb. 27 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
Feb. 28 Akron, OH - Voodoo Nightclub
Mar. 01 Clinton Township, MI - TNT's
Mar. 02 Cudahy, WI - Vnuks
Mar. 03 Kansas City, MO - El Torreon
Mar. 04 Des Moines, IA - Hairy Mary's
Mar. 06 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas
Mar. 07 Boise, ID - The Core
Mar. 08 Spokane, WA - The Boulevard
Mar. 09 Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
Mar. 10 Portland, OR - Rock And Roll Pizza
Mar. 12 Sacramento, CA - The Roadhouse
Mar. 13 Los Angeles, CA - Zen Sushi
Mar. 15 El Paso, TX - House Of Rock And Roll
Mar. 16 San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
Mar. 23 Fayetteville, NC - Jesters
Mar. 24 Augusta, GA - Sector 7G
Mar. 25 Myrtle Beach, SC - The Social
Mar. 26 Virginia Beach, VA - Peppermint Beach Club
Mar. 28 Baltimore, MD - The Sidebar
Apr. 01 Toronto, ON - The Marquee

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Trivium Posts Dimebag Tribute Video Online

Trivium have posted a live video of "Domination" as a tribute to Dimebag Darrell on their official website. Watch it at www.trivium.org.

Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu and drummer Travis Smith got the chance to jam with ex-Pantera members on New Years. Corey comments: "We went to see Vinnie Pauls cover band Gasoline on New Years night and I got to play Cowboys From Hell with Vinnie and Rex that was a unreal time! I was hammered too which made it even more of a badass time. "

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Enslaved Announce New Album Title

Norwegian extreme metallers ENSLAVED have set "Ruun" as the title of their new album, tentatively due on May 8 via Tabu. The recordings for the follow-up to the band's Norwegian Grammy- and Alarm award-winning album "Isa" (2004) began a week ago at Amper Studio in Oslo, Norway and the band "already feel confident that this will be a monumental album!" according to a posting on the group's web site. "The drums are finished, and the guitars are being recorded at this very moment."

Commented guitarist and composer Ivar Bjornson: "The songs are stronger than ever. We've found the ultimate studios and the guys in the band are in very high spirits. Now it's just a matter of working as hard as body and mind permits."

"Ruun" will be mixed at Propeller Studios in Oslo by Mike Hartung and mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Path of Vanir" and "Essence", both of which the band are planning on shooting videos for.

ENSLAVED will take some time off in early February to head up to the city of the northern lights, Troms?, to headline By:Larm, Norway's answer to SXSW (South by Southwest). They will be playing two gigs, and audience and press can catch them on February 9 and February 10. They will also play a gig in their hometown of Bergen on March 24 at Club Bizarre.

ENSLAVED will be teming up with KHOLD and VREID for a European tour in the fall. More information will be made available soon.

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Vreid Announce New Album Title, Track Listing

VREID, the new Norwegian band formed by former WINDIR members Hváll (bass), Steingrim (drums) and Sture (vocals, guitar), have posted the following message on their official web site:

"We have been working in our dungeon (studio 1184) with our second album since September. The recordings were finished by late November, and we have now been mixing the album for a couple of weeks. The mixing of the album was done at Subsonic Society studio together with Lars Klokkerhaug. Working with Lars was a pleasure as always. We feel that we have really found the formula and the right sound for this album; raw, powerful and grooving as hell. The last step of the process is the mastering of the album. On the 20th of January we will go to Tailor Maid studio in Stockholm and put the last make up on this beast. Release is set [for] March 27, 2006 through Tabu Records and worldwide distribution by Candlelight Records."

Entitled "Pitch Black Brigade", the album will contain the following eight songs:

01. Då Draumen Rakna
02. Pitch Black
03. Left To Hate
04. The Red Smell
05. Hengebjørki
06. Our Battle
07. Hang 'Em All
08. Eit Kapitell For Seg Sjølv

Commented Hváll: "I am very satisfied with the album. I sincerely think this is the best album I have ever been working on. It is a continuance of 'Kraft', but yet rawer, far more rocking and more epic than ever before. Lyrically, the album is inspired by a lot of the brutal and grim historical events from the last centuary. Science-fiction seems bleak compared to the ugly history of our ancestors.

"We will also be making a video for the song 'Pitch Black'. The recording for this video will take place in January, and the video should be available at the same time as the release of the album.

"We hope to play as much live as possible after the release of 'Pitch Black Brigade', and we have already started the process of booking concerts. If you want to watch VREID live this year, make sure that you tell your local concert/festival management so. Spread the word and we'll be coming to a scene near you soon. All booking related questions can be send to vreid@vreid.no."

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God Dethroned Announce European Tour Dates

God Dethroned have confirmed dates for their upcoming European tour with Natron in February. Here are the tour dates:

Feb. 16 Eindhoven, Holland - Effenaar
Feb. 17 Mons, Belgium - Auditorium de la Mediatheque
Feb. 18 Edegem, Belgium - Nootuitgang
Feb. 19 Paris, France - Glaz Art
Feb. 20 Nantes, France - La Floride
Feb. 22 Irun, Spain - Tunk
Feb. 23 Grenoble, France - Salle Eve
Feb. 24 Brescia, Italy - La Sfinge
Feb. 25 Martigny, Switzerland - Les Caves Du Manoir
Feb. 26 Chur, Switzerland - Safari Beatclub
Feb. 27 Halle Salle, Germany - Rockstation
Feb. 28 Vienna, Austria - Arena

Other upcoming God Dethroned tour dates:

Jan. 28 Hoogeveen, Holland - Het Podium
Jul. 15 Spital am Semmering, Austria - Kaltenbach Open Air

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More Children Of Bodom Tour Dates Revealed

Children Of Bodom will embark on a three and a half week North American tour on 18th March 2006 with Bullet for My Valentine, Chimaira on select dates and another special guest TBA.

Here are the tour dates:

Mar. 18 New Haven, CT - Toads *
Mar. 19 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom *
Mar. 20 Norfolk, VA - Norva *
Mar. 21 Towson, MD - Recher Theater *
Mar. 22 Providence, RI - Lupos *
Mar. 24 Toronto, ONT - Koolhaus *
Mar. 25 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues +
Mar. 26 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall +
Mar. 27 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo +
Mar. 29 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues +
Mar. 30 St. Louis, MO - Pops +
Mar. 31 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre +
Apr. 01 Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom +
Apr. 03 Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues +
Apr. 04 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre +
Apr. 05 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre +
Apr. 07 Sacramento, CA - Colonial Theatre +
Apr. 08 San Francisco, CA - Slims +
Apr. 10 Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues +

* with Chimaira
+ with another band TBA

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Ensiferum To Release Live DVD

Ensiferum is planning on releasing a DVD of their 10th anniversary celebration concert in Nosturi, Helsinki on December 31, 2005. The DVD will be released sometime in June or July.

The recording of Ensiferum's third studio album begins this fall and the release will be at the end of this year at the earliest.

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Cradle Of Filth Drummer To Perform At NAMM

Cradle of Filth drummer Adrian Erlandsson will be performing at the 2006 Winter NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants), which runs between January 19 and January 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Adrian will be playing at the Pearl Drums booth on Friday, January 20 at 4:00 p.m.

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Fear Factory To Headline Benefit Concert

Los Angeles based metal icons, Fear Factory, will be giving back to their backyard as they headline the House of Blues and Centerline Presented benefit for the Los Angeles community based charity, “A Place Called Home”, at the Hollywood House of Blues on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Tickets went on sale, Saturday, January 7th, 2006.

Founded in 1993, “A Place Called Home” (www.apch.org) aims to revitalize the community of South Central Los Angeles and provide at-risk youth with a secure, positive family environment. Regaining hope and belief, earning trust and self-respect, the kids learn skills to lead a productive lifestyle free of the gangs, drugs and the poverty that surrounds them.

"As much as L.A. has been a breeding ground for successful bands, it's also been a breeding ground for gangs, drugs and poverty. I believe we can all make a difference, and I'm honored to have impressive bands stand beside us for such an important cause," says Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera, who was born and raised in Los Angeles.

Hosted by Jed The Fish from 106.7 KROQ, the “A Place Called Home Benefit” will feature additional hometown acts Strung Out and Fireball Ministry, as well as Bay Area rockers Re:Ignition. Says Jordan Burns of Strung Out; “When we were called up by Fear Factory and House of Blues to do this event, not only were we excited to share the stage with such a great band that we have been longtime fans of but we were also honored to be able to perform live
to benefit our community. We love Los Angeles and have a lot of pride in
our community - we hope it’s contagious.”

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Infernal Majesty Posts Audio Clip Online

Infernal Majesty have posted a sample mp3 of the title track from their latest album "Systematical Extermination." Check it out at this location.

Infernal Majesty are currently recording "Systematical Extermination" in Vancouver, BC. The album marks the debut of new vocalist Brian Langley. No release date has been set at this time.

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Dimmu Borgir's 'Sorgens Kammer - Del II' Video

DIMMU BORGIR's video for the track "Sorgens Kammer – Del II" has been posted online at NuclearBlast.de (Real Media). The clip was shot last fall in Sweden with director Patric Ullaeus of Sweden's Revolver Film Company.

"Sorgens Kammer – Del II" is one of the new tracks included on the updated, re-recorded version of DIMMU BORGIR's 1996 album, "Stormblåst", which was released in Europe in November via Nuclear Blast Records (to be issued in North America on February 7). The album was completely re-recorded with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and MAYHEM's Hellhammer on drums.

The new version of "Stormblåst" adds two brand-new audio tracks: the aforementioned "Sorgens Kammer – Del II" and "Abmaktslave", plus a live DVD of an entire set filmed at Ozzfest 2004.

DIMMU BORGIR have begun writing material for their next studio, tentatively due before the end of the year. The CD, which will feature a guest appearance by MAYHEM's Hellhammer on drums, will be "a full story/concept album," according to a posting on the group's web site.

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Botch Finalizing DVD Release

Botch will finally release their long-awaited DVD. The last time we heard anything official about the DVD was in late-2003. However, bassist Brian Cook recently posted the following update:

"So we did the [DVD's] audio commentary on December 18th. Now that we have all the audio and visual pieces completed, all we need to do is have our good friend Josh at suspendedinlight.com put all that shit together into one nice little comprehensive DVD format. Thanks everyone for being so patient. We're almost there."

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