With Dead Hands Rising, The Serpent Son Tour

With Dead Hands Rising and The Serpent Son will be touring together this Winter. Here are the tour dates:

12/28 Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
12/29 Mason City, IA @ American Legion Hall
12/30 Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple Rock w/ After the Burial, Everest
1/1 Duluth, MN @ TBA
1/2 Eua Claire, WI @ TBA
1/3 Sterling, IL @ Latin American Social Center w/ Ignite the Will
1/4 Rockford, IL @ The Rock Box
1/5 Lake Station, IN @ Eagles Club w/ Iscariot
1/6 Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange
1/7 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
1/8 New York @ TBA
1/9 Wheeling, WV @ TBA
1/10 PittsBurgh, PA @ BCA (The School)
1/11 Indianapolis, IN @ Locals Only
1/12 Jerseyville, IL @ Elks Lodge
1/13 Spring Bay, IL @ Lacey's Garage

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Lamb of God Announce 2007 Headlining Tour

Returning to the U.S. after a sold-out tour of Europe, Australia and Japan, Lamb of God is excited to announce a headlining American tour in 2007 with Bay Area Metal Titans Machine Head, modern day metal traditionalists Trivium and France's heaviest metal export Gojira. Having spent the summer of 2006 on the Unholy Alliance Tour with metal pioneer's Slayer and joining Megadeth for the Gigantour tour in September, LOG will kick-off this tour in Dallas on February 16 as they bring their pummeling live show across the U.S. and Canada.

Band drummer Chris Adler states, "When you are a kid, you dream of playing your music in an arena. Once you've done it, you realize how much you miss the power and energy of a kick ass club show. We've been fortunate to be playing some big places as of late, but when we started talking about a spring 2007 Sacrament tour, we agreed (and had heard it repeatedly over the past 2 years from the fans!!!) that it would be incredibly intense for everyone to bring the machine that is LAMB OF GOD back into the clubs.. There is no comparing the connection and shared energy of a club show. The blood, sweat, and beer flying - that's a proper metal show! This is intense music for intense people - we're sick of the seats, the ushers and the lame security guards telling people to calm down!"

"We probably should have left it at that, but in true LAMB OF GOD form we pushed it further. With a little help from our friends, we put an arena show bill together and told our booking agent to put it into the clubs and theaters - and oh yeah, not just any clubs - lets make sure to hit a lot of cities that normally get overlooked. Let's bring the best show we can to the people that have been left waiting for far too long. This is going to be completely out of hand and we can't fucking wait! You have been warned!!!"

The following tour dates have been confirmed: More...

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3 Inches of Blood Recording New Album

3 Inches of Blood, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada based metal sextet is back in the studio recording their second Roadrunner album set for a Spring 2007 release. The still untitled album is the follow-up to 3 Inches of Blood’s RR debut, Advance and Vanquish. Famed, Grammy-winning drummer Joey Jordison of Slipknot is producing the new album. "Working with Joey has been awesome so far,” says singer/screamer Jamie Hopper. “He's made a seamless transition onto the 3 Inches of Blood drinking team and is pushing us harder than ever before. We're coming up with some killer stuff, which we can't wait for everyone to hear." Says Jordison, “I've been into 3IOB since Battle Cry Under a Winters Sun. I've wanted to work with them since. Unfortunately, timing didn't work out, but in the spring of 2006, timing was right. The new lineup is lethal, stellar musicians. We honed in on every beat riff and vocal to make this a legendary recording. The musical equivalent to a beheading.”

Darker, tighter and more dangerous than their debut, the new album features songs such as “Night Marauders,” “Goatrider’s Horde,” “Assassins of the Light” and “Black Spire.” With those song titles, the album is sure to be full of vivid imagery, masterful guitar acrobatics and the soaring vocals of Cam Pipes and Jamie Hooper that 3 Inches of Blood is known for. In January, the band will take to the road with Cradle of Filth and unleash the new material to their eagerly awaiting fans.

Since the release of Advance & Vanquish, 3 Inches of Blood have been plundering cities all around the world on tours with Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, Chimaira, Exodus and others. The band most recently headlined a North American tour with Early Man and Bad Wizard in support. On October 21st, the members of 3 Inches of Blood lived out their dreams by opening up for legendary metal band Iron Maiden at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA.

The upcoming CD will be feature two new members – drummer, Alexie Rodriquez and bassist, Nick Cates.

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Poison The Well Finish Tracking New Album

Continuing to keep the public updated on their every musical move, Poison The Well have posted an update regarding the tracking of their new album Versions:

We finished all the tracking for our new record this past Friday. Everything is coming out great and we couldn't be more happy with the way the songs have taken shape. It took us around ten days to lay all the basic tracks down and another two weeks to do vocals and over dubs. All together we have around 24 songs to choose from. There is around fifteen that we're going be considering for the record. The record it self will contain ten to twelve tracks. The remaining songs will be used for B-sides. Tomorrow starts day one of mixing which will take a few weeks to finish up and after the new year it will be mastered.

The band announced last month that they'd signed to Ferret Records after leaving Atlantic Records in June, three years after releasing You Come Before You through the label.

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Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Sign To BMA

Murfreesboro, TN outfit Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza has signed with Black Market Activities, though the deal has yet to be officially announced. The group self-released an album in 2004 prior to joining Corrosive Recordings' roster in 2005. Look for their Black Market Activities' debut to surface in 2007.

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Calico System Set To Record New Album

Calico System will enter Planet Red in Richmond, VA on January 19th to begin recording a new album. Producing the effort will be Andreas Magnusson and Randy Vanderbilt. Titled "Outside Are The Vultures," the effort is scheduled to hit streets in early-2007 via Eulogy Recordings.

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DevilDriver Almost Done Recording Third Album

California’s DevilDriver are hard at work recording their third album for Roadrunner Records at the Sonic Ranch studio outside El Paso, Texas. Producing and mixing the album is Jason Suecof, known for his great work with Trivium, Chimaira, God Forbid, and Bury Your Dead. Engineer Mark Lewis is helping the band in the studio as well. Their recording is almost done, and their last day in the studio is December 17th.

Known for their uniquely sinister sound and dark subject matter, the band is keeping true to form with working song titles including “Damning the Heavens,” “Cattle Call,” “The Last Kind Words” and “Monsters of the Deep.” The album itself is still untitled.

Says frontman Dez Fafara, “In a time when most bands are trying to be Metallica, Pantera, or Iron Maiden, we have made sure our sound is exclusively DevilDriver. The songs are faster and more riffy than on The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand, and there are also more solos. But with all the same groove that makes DevilDriver different.” Obviously satisfied with the progress thus far he adds, “Working with Jason and Mark has been great. They know how to capture the vibe of this band.”

In 2003 DevilDriver released their self-titled debut album and participated in the 2004 Ozzfest tour. The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand was released in 2005 and was reissued in October as a special-edition version with 6 bonus tracks and a DVD.

DevilDriver’s third release with Roadrunner Records is tentatively due out June 2007.

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The Minor Times Offer Studio Updates

Pennsylvania’s THE MINOR TIMES is currently in the studio with engineer Vince Ratti at Skylight Studio recording the follow-up to 2005’s ‘Making Enemies,’ which is scheduled for a spring 2007 release through Prosthetic Records. The forthcoming effort has already been dubbed ‘Summer of Wolves’ and THE MINOR TIMES has already revealed a handful of song titles, including “This Is The Blues,” “Blackhole Living,” “Van Zant,” “Bringing In The Suit” and “+ + +.”

Drummer Brian Medlin offers an update for the first week’s activity: "Hello everyone!! Things are going great in the studio. We have lots of time, and we are using it to our advantage. We’re keeping it a very relaxed environment which helps spawn more creativity. We’re definitely experimenting with every sound and idea that comes to mind. Here’s how the past week went:

Day 1- We cleaned and reorganized the studio, making it easier to work in and feel a little less cramped. We discussed the overall game plan: our ideas for drum sounds, guitars, vocals, etc. Then Lou and Matt sang “Happy Birthday” to a girl at a diner because she thought they were cute. More...

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Mayhem Finish Recording "Ordo Ad Chao"

MAYHEM finished recording their new album "Ordo Ad Chao" last week. Here are Blasphemer's first words on this awaited release "The sound is raw and powerful, and listening to it, it reminds me of the "Wolf's Lair Abyss" era, only more varied and more philosophical. The album also contains the most aggressive songs in the MAYHEM history as well as the most wicked and darkest."

"Ordo Ad Chao" is tentatively scheduled for April 2007 and will come in a "very exclusive packaging."

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Red Harvest Set Release Date and Release Party

Red Harvest's "A Greater Darkness" will be released February 19th, 2007. For this occasion Red Harvest will give a release party at Club Maiden in Oslo (NO) on February 23rd. To make this party stand out, the band will play the entire "A Greater Darkness" album live that evening. And after a short break there'll be time for some 'oldies but goldies'.

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Deathkiller Taps Blood For Blood Bass Player

Stamford, CT based, three piece Deathkiller have announced a temporary shift in their line up.

Starting this January our lovely and talented bass player Christina will be taking some extended personal time off from DEATHKILLER's live schedule. Filling in until she's ready to rock another day is our good friend Ian McFarland of Boston's finest, Blood for Blood.

The I Scream Records signed band recently recorded a full length that's set for a an early '07 release.

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Salem Signs To Season of Mist

Israeli band SALEM has signed to Season of Mist. The band's new material, described by the band as "heavier, modern, dark and highly unique", is expected to surface on the "Necessary Evil" album in the first half of 2007.

You can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page.

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Karnivool Set Release Dates, Announce Single

ustralia's Karnivool have set an April 10th release through Bieler Bros. Records for their debut album "Themata". Following the albums release in Australia it was heralded by Kerrang as "A ten-track journey of soaring melody" and garnered a "KKKK" rating. The title track "Themata" will serve as the first single from the album and can be heard on the band's MySpace page.

Karnivool are currently touring through their native Australia as they get ready to unleash their debut album "Themata" in the US. Until then, fans in the states can get their Karnivool fix by watching the bands collection of live videos on YouTube.

Here are the currently scheduled Karnivool tour dates: More...

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Asrai Sign To Season of Mist

Season of Mist has announced the fresh signing of Dutch Gothic Metal act ASRAI. Their third full-length album is scheduled for late spring 2007 and will be followed by a European tour. ASRAI comment After "Touch in the Dark", new songs were to be released and a new path to be explored to let loose our next album. Travelling through different seasons, the best was the misty one. Season of Mist appeared and the road became clear to us all. We are looking forward to combine both our visions. We can't wait to say; Season of Mist 'till death do us part'.

You can check out some of their material on the ASRAI's fan page on MySpace.

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The Berzerker Post Advance MP3 Online

Extreme Aussie Grind mutants The Berzerker have released an advance Mp3 from their forthcoming Earache album "Animosity", due out Feb 2007. The track entitled "Heavily Medicated" is available from the free online Earache Records Flash Player widget which comes preloaded with 21 tracks including advance material from Nox and With Passion also (Fans can grab the widget by copy/pasting code available from the front page of www.earache.com) The track is also available on the Earache Records MySpace and The Berzerker myspace page.

Animosity is the 4th album from The Berzerker and hits stores in Feb 2007.

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Moody, Zane and Kelly Clarkson TP Amy Lee's Home

'American Idol' season one champ Kelly Clarkson, former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, and former pornographer turned Society 1 singer Matt Zane were videotaped TPing the home of Evanescence singer Amy Lee after NRG Studios received a special plaque for work with did with Evanescence on their debut 'Fallen'. The commemoration didn't feature Moody, even though he wrote the record. After Moody stomped on the plaque, they decided to deliver it to Lee's home with the toilet paper. Moody is currently working with Clarkson on her follow-up to 'Breakaway'. You can watch the clip at YouTube or below: More...

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The End and Cancer Bats Canadian Tour Dates

The End and Cancer Bats will tour Canada together in January. Here are the tour dates:

01/09 Hamilton, ON @ Underground
01/10 Barrie, ON @ The Foundation
01/11 St. Catharines, ON @ L3
01/12 Kitchener, ON @ The Gig
01/13 Quebec City, QC @ Echouerir
01/14 Rimouski, QC @ Petite Pavilion Agricole
01/15 Moncton, NB @ Paramount Lounge
01/16 Fredericton, NB @ Kinsmen Centre
01/17 Saint John, NB @ The Basement
01/18 Sydney, NS @ Sydney River Fire Hall
01/19 Charlottetown, PE @ The Arts Guild
01/20 Halifax, NS @ Pavillion
01/20 Halifax, NS @ Attic
01/21 Coldbrook, NS @ Lyons Club
01/23 Saint John, NB @ Elwoods
01/24 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi

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Stone Sour's "Come What(ever) May" Goes Gold

Stone Sour's second album, Come What(ever) May, has surpassed 500k units shipped as of yesterday, making it elligible to be certified GOLD by the RIAA!

The album, which debuted at #4 on the Top 200 with over 80,000 units sold in its first week, has been on the Hard Rock Album Chart's Top 10 since release 18 weeks ago, and features the hit singles "Through Glass," "Sillyworld" and "30/30-150."

The latter has also been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category, where they'll face stiff competition from Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon and Ministry.

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Pelican To Enter Studio Next Week

Pelican will enter the studio next week to record a new full-length. Tracking will take place at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, IL with engineer Andrew Schneider (Cave In) at the helm. The effort will consist of roughly ten tracks, including "City of Echoes," "Blissin Concrete," "Dead Between the Walls," and "Spaceship Broken - Parts Needed."

Regarding the new material, the band states: "On a whole the songs are more concise and more aggressivebthan our prior work. Relentless repetition has taken a backseat to intensity and a desire to pack as many riffs as possible into each tune."

The album is tentatively slated for a May 2007 release via Hydra Head Records.

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Gorefest Feels Dani Filth's Curse

Guitarist Frank Harthoorn of the reunited Dutch metallers GOREFEST has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"Yet another tour [involving GOREFEST] is being cancelled, this time by Metallysee [booking agency]: 'Metallysee are sorry to announce the cancellation of the 2006 edition of the X-Mas [Festivals] tour. After too many changes from the original line up to the one we finally had secured, followed by the breakup of TRAIL OF TEARS, it became too confusing for the promoters and fans to try and continue this tour. Metallysee and the remaining bands (GOREFEST, BELPHEGOR, PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT, MADDER MORTEM and DARZAMAT) were all aiming for a good festival tour but the odds just weren't in our favor. We thank everyone that put time and effort into this tour.'

"Ever since SIX FEET UNDER pulled out of this tour a couple of months ago, this has been a bit of an ongoing mess. We thought we'd stick with the plan, since this would be about the last chance to do some proper touring for 'La Muerte' before we hit the studio for the next one. When we heard headliner TRAIL OF TEARS split up last week, we already kind of felt this one slipping away, so we suggested to Metallysee we'd head out with a couple of the remaining bands. You know, join forces, cut prices, split the difference and what-not. Metallysee, however, wasn't having any of that, so come the end of 2006 we're looking at three cancelled tours, about 50 cancelled gigs, all within 11 months. That's something, isn't it? Almost looks like that curse Dani Filth put on us back in '94 is finally kicking in.

"Oh well, worse things happen at sea, I guess. Thankfully, Ed [Warby, drums] and Boudewijn [Vincent Bonebakker, guitar] have come up with some frightfully heavy shit for us to play with. They even wrote some songs as well, so for the next months, we'll be throwing riffs, fills, leads and, well, stuff at each other. And while we're having fun doing that, why don't you people head over to our forum and join in the frolics over there? You'll find lots of old ladies to give a right good scare, and who knows, you might even get lucky with some of 'em!"

GOREFEST's latest album, "La Muerte", was released in October 2005 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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