Dragonforce Part With Bassist

London-based "extreme power metal" band DRAGONFORCE have posted the following message on their official web site:

"Bass player Adrian Lambert has announced that he is to leave DRAGONFORCE with immediate effect. [Being] the father of a young son, the increasingly busy tour schedule of the band has precluded him from spending time with his child. The group would like to extend their best wishes for the future to Adrian and is currently seeking a new bassist. Former HEAVENLY/current MALADAPTIVE guitarist Frederic Leclercq will fill in on a temporary basis for their upcoming shows in the U.S. and Canada during November."

As previously reported, DRAGONFORCE have completed work on their eagerly anticipated third album, entitled "Inhuman Rampage". The follow-up to 2004's "Sonic Firestorm" contains eight brand new songs and will be released on January 9, 2006. The album recording sessions were made at Thin Ice Studios in Virginia Water (Surrey) and guitarist Herman Li's own studio in West London between April and September, while production duties were shared between Li, fellow axeman Sam Totman and keyboard player Vadim Pruzhanov.

"Inhuman Rampage" track listing:

01. Through the Fire and Flames
02. Revolution Deathsquad
03. Storming the Burning Fields
04. Operation Ground and Pound
05. Body Breakdown
06. Cry for Eternity
07. The Flame of Youth
08. Trail of Broken Hearts

The album will be released on CD and picture vinyl, with the CD featuring an enhanced section and other surprise goodies.

DRAGONFORCE will make their long-awaited U.S. live debut by playing a headlining show at the CBGB in New York on November 22. This will be DRAGONFORCE's only U.S. headlining concert this year.

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I Killed The Prom Queen Seek Label

Australia's I Killed The Prom Queen have finished recording their full-length in Sweden w/ producer Frederik Nordstrom (In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquility). The band is currently looking for a new label to call home. After a highly successful European tour, IKTPQ are now back on the road in the states. Look for more dates to be posted soon, but here's the latest. After Nov 14, they will join up with Cannae and Hell Within.

10/29 Fredericksburg, VA @ KC's w/ Time of Cholera, All Hope Lost, EFT, more
10/31 Clearwater, FL @ 688 Skatepark w/ Winter Solstice, Bloodlined Caligraphy
11/1 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth w/ The Showdown, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster
11/2 Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial w/ Anam Cara, War of Ages
11/3 Raleigh, NC @ The Berkeley Cafe w/ 100 Demons, Cast Aside, Anam Cara, War of Ages
11/4 Virginia Beach, VA @ Peppermint Beach Club w/ Winter Solstice, Bloodlined Calligraphy
11/5 Sterling, VA @ Sterling Community Center 20 Bands, Hurricane Benefit
11/6 Chicopee, MA @ Cabot St Pub w/ Drowningman, Fight Paris, The Blackout Pact
11/7 TBA
11/8 Virginia Beach, VA @ Sweet Caroline's
11/9 TBA
11/10 Wolcott, CT @ Wolcott VFW
11/11 Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South w/ Abeyance
11/12 Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South w/ Calico System, Chiodos, Lovehatehero
11/13 Albany, NY @ New Age Cabaret

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Burst Complete New Video

Burst have completed shooting a video for "Where the Wave Broke," the lead-off track from the bands new record Origo.

Drummer Patrik Hultin comments, "The video shoot for 'Where The Wave Broke' was all in all a great experience. To have someone outside the band visualize our music was a new experience for us. To let go of a song and let someone else interpret it gives everything an entirely new feel, and judging from the sneek-peeks we´ve gotten, the end result will be stark, intense, and suggestive. Peter and Kim (Reinholdsson and Petersen, the video directors/producers of Harvest Light) and their dedicated crew really went out of their way with this."

Exclusive still shots of the video shoot can be viewed here. The video, the first from Origo and the band 's second overall, will make its international debut in November.

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Watch As I Lay Dying's 'Through Struggle' Video

As I Lay Dying are out with the video to their new single 'Through Struggle', from the album 'Shadows Are Security'. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.

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Gorgoroth Embark On Euro Tour, Plan Live Recording

Yesterday Gorgoroth embarked upon their upcoming European tour with 1349. A total of 30 concerts are arranged and first on the list is Paris on November 2nd.

Although delaying the work with the next studio album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", Gorgoroth intend to do several live recordings at different locations during this tour, which eventually will culminate in a live album entitled "True Norwegian Black Metal". Scheduled for a late autumn release in 2007, it will mark and celebrate Gorgoroth's 15-year anniversary.

Confirmed dates are as follows (as of 10/30/2005): More...

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Meshuggah Moves Texas Gig

Meshuggah has changed their November 4th gig at the Warehouse Live in Houston, TX to the The Backroom in Austin, TX.

Upcoming Meshuggah dates:

Oct. 30 Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
Oct. 31 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theater
Nov. 01 Santa Ana, CA - Soma
Nov. 02 Tempe, AX - Marquee Theatre
Nov. 04 Austin, TX - The Backroom
Nov. 05 Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Live
Nov. 06 Sauget, IL - Pop's
Nov. 07 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Nov. 08 Norfolk, VA - The Norva
Nov. 09 Poughkeepsie, NY - Chance Theatre

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Watch Live Slipknot Video At Yahoo! Music

Check out the video premiere of Slipknot's "The Nameless" live at Yahoo! Music.

Slipknot's first live album 9.0:Live hits stores on Tuesday.

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Cryptopsy To Tour Europe

The Canadian ProgDeathMetal beasts Cryptopsy featuring cult vocalist Lord Worm finally return to Europe and are about to make the walls of every venue they enter burst. Their unique brand of fast, uncompromising and technically brilliant Death Metal as presented on the band’s latest masterpiece “Once Was Not” (released on October, 17th 2005) should leave no extreme metal fan dissatisfied.

Also the supporting bands consisting of label mates Grave and Aborted, plus Dew Scented, Vesania and Hurtlocker promise sheer death metal insanity.

Here the exact dates: More...

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Children Of Bodom Hope To Play Ozzfest

MTV.com reports:

Finnish black-metal outfit Children of Bodom will launch a North American headlining trek on November 9 in Quebec, one that'll grind to a halt in New York on December 14. Bodom have recruited Trivium, fresh from this summer's Ozzfest, and Amon Amarth to open the tour's 27 dates. According to frontman and guitarist Alexi Laiho, Bodom had no involvement in setting things up. In fact he can't even recall what either band sounds like.

"To be honest I've heard [Trivium and Amon Amarth's] albums one time all the way through, and I was pretty drunk at the time," he confided, saying Bodom's management handled the tour's orchestration. "So I don't remember the music. I do remember it sounding cool. I'll wait to see what I think of them when I first see them live. Apparently Trivium's a lot bigger than we are in the States. So it feels a little weird that we're the headliners." More...

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Kamelot To Hold Meet & Greet In Florida

Kamelot have announced that they will be holding a meet and greet after their show in at the Boiler Room Night Club in Seminole, Florida on Veteran's Day November 11th. More info coming soon.

Upcoming Kamelot tour dates:

Nov. 11 Seminole, FL - Boomerz's Boiler Room
Nov. 17 West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Nov. 19 Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace
Nov. 20 Quebec City, QC - International Metal Fest
Nov. 21 New York, NY - B.B. King's
Dec. 03 São Paulo, BRA - Via Funchal
Dec. 04 Rio de Janeirom Brazil - Circo Voador

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