Dokken Announces US Tour Dates

LA's Dokken has announced the following US tour dates:

08/14 - Oswego, NY - Scriba Town Inn
08/15 - Chicopee, MA - Maximum Capacity
08/17 - Ocean City, NJ - Ocean City Music Pier
08/22 - Algona, IA - Rock Gone Wild
09/04 - Murfreesboro, TN - 527th Main St
09/05 - Julian, NC - Piedmont Dragway
09/06 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center Omaha
10/09 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort (with GREAT WHITE)
10/10 - Cincinatti, OH - Riverstar Complex
10/17 - Makuhari Messe, Japan - Loud Park Festival
10/24 - Camp Verde, AZ - Stargazer Pavillion

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Dark Arena Parts Ways With Guitarist

Cleveland's Dark Arena has issued the following statement about parting ways with their guitarist:

"Due to family and work obligations Dale Robertson is no longer a member of the band. His work with the band will be missed, but the new material features his brilliance. So fans rejoice in hearing his playing on the next 2 Dark Arena releases!!"

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Adversary Recruits New Bass Player

Virginia metallers Adversary have issued the following update about recruiting a new bassist:

"Adversary is very proud to announce the addition of our new bass player, Noamel Gonzalez! Noamel is a veteran of the East Coast metal scene and has played in bands such as Blackbody Locus (with Brad and Kenny) and It Cuts The Bodies. Now he is bringing his considerable talents and charisma to the Adversary family! 'I didn't think twice about joining Adversary when they asked me,' says Noamel. 'I'm very excited to be playing music with my good friends again, and can't wait to see what the future will hold for us. Adversary is back in business and ready to do the damn thing!' Noamel is an amazing musician and an equally amazing showman and we are VERY excited to welcome him into the fold. Stay tuned, exciting stuff is coming soon!!"

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In Mourning Posts Rehearsal Video Online

Sweden's In Mourning has posted a rehearsal video online for the song "Debris," which will be featured on their upcoming album. The video clip can be viewed below. In Mourning is currently set to record their second full-length album later this month. More...

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Sunday Old School: Dark Angel's "Merciless Death"

Dark Angel is a thrash band that formed in 1981 and played on and off up until 2005. They were pretty big in the Bay City thrash movement, so you might call them some of our "thrash granddads." If you care you can read their whole story here. It's really awesome that we're still able to experience some of the music that influenced the bands we love today. This video is a live clip from their 1989 show in Hammersmith, London. This of course was back when you could wear tight jeans and have feathered hair and not get your ass beat by the other metal heads. More...

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Profanus Nathrakh Streaming New Album Samples

German metallers Profanus Nathrakh are currently streaming samples online from their latest album "Godless Alliance" at their MySpace page. The track listing for "Godless Alliance" is as follows:

1. A Rise To Eternity
2. Bastard Christ
3. Empire Of Lies
4. Godless Alliance
5. In The Shadows
6. Killing Fields
7. Paradise In Flames
8. Priest Of Darkness
9. Son Of Grace
10. The End - A New Dawn

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Stormlord Announces Italian Tour Dates

Italian metallers Stormlord have updated their upcoming tour schedule with the following string of tour dates:

8/23 Napalm Metal Fest ITA - Paola, Cosenza
9/5 Capo Sportivo ITA - Bassano Romano, Viterbo
9/25 Parco Cascina ITA - Fabbrico, Reggio Emilia
10/3 Days Shocking Ground Fest ITA, Terni

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Faust Reveals New Album Release Date

Italian death metallers Faust have issued the following update about the release of their upcoming album "From Glory To Infinity:"

"Dear girls, guys, bands and strange creatures of myspace,

"I'd like to inform you that the FAUST's new album 'From Glory To Infinity' will be released by STYGIAN CRYPT productions-RUS (exclusively in EU) and PARAGON RECORDS-USA (exclusively in USA) on September 9th 2009.

"You can listen to some songs of it on the FAUST's MySpace page. Thanks a lot!"

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Ancient Announces Spain And Portugal Tour Dates

Norwegian black metallers Ancient have announced the following upcoming tour dates in Spain and Portugal:

10/2 Sala Q - Sevilla Spain, Sevilla
10/3 Side B - Benavente ( Lisboa ) Portugal, Lisboa
10/4 TBA - Porto Portugal, Porto
10/5 T.N.T. - Santiago de Compostela Spain, Coruña
10/6 Sala Mardi Gras - A Coruña Spain, Coruña

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Lacuna Coil To Appear On "The Daily Habit"

Friday, August 14th, Italian metal band LACUNA COIL will appear on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit."

"The Daily Habit" is FUEL TV’s first original daily series, telecast weeknights at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm PT) while re-airing later in the evening at 12:00 am ET (9:00 pm PT), and the following weekday at 2:30pm ET (11:30am PT) and 5:30pm ET (2:30 pm PT).

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"Brutal Legend" Track Listing Revealed

GameDaily.com is reporting that the track listing for the upcoming heavy metal themed video game "Brutal Legend," which features the voice of Jack Black, has been revealed. The projected track listing can be viewed below. "Brutal Legend" is set to be released on October 13th in North America and October 16th in Europe. More...

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Trail Of Tears Cancels Rock City Appearance

Trail of Tears has issued the following announcement about canceling their appearance at the Rock City Open Air festival:

"Dear all,

"we regret to inform you that the Trail of Tears performance at this years edition of Rock City Open Air in Fetesti, Romania has been canceled by the promoter.

"The promoters of the event, Metal Masters, have proven unable to uphold their basic responsibilities, such as the booking of flights as well as deposit payments, thus adding Trail of Tears to the apparent ever growing list of canceled bands.

"Please DO NOT BUY TICKETS TO THIS FESTIVAL in order to see the band as we are no longer participating in the event! Our great booking agency The Flaming Arts have tried everything in their power in order to prevent the situation, however unfortunately a solution turned out to be impossible. The band would like to apologize to every fan who intended to take part in the festival, this is completely out of our hands and the last thing we wanted to see.

"The band and our booking agency are working to schedule alternative shows in Romania for later this year so please check back for updates as soon as they become available. Stay patient and thanks for your understanding and support!"

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Darkwell Members Form New Band TrustNo1

Austrian gothic metallers Darwell have formed a new death metal band under the title TrustNo1. An audio sample from their demo can be found here. TrustNo1 also issued the following statement about their music:

"TrustNo1 is straight, brutal, heading to the point and trying to transport a message. TrustNo1 was formed by the core members of Darkwell, because there are a couple of ideas and concepts behind, which cannot be transported by the musical means of Darkwell. Within TrustNo1 you find Raffael, Roland and Mathias of Darkwell, additionally TrustNo1 consists of Manuel, Raffaels brother and long term friend Stefan on second guitar. The musical core is old school Death Metal, spiced up by a couple of crossover elements and other influences of extreme metal styles.

"Further on we think that metal music does not have to be political, but it can be, and somehow it is all the time. Everything is political, as long it deals with social behaviour of human beings and that does music often. You can hide your ideas behind lyrical phrases or articulate them directly. TrustNo1 is an antiauthoritarian collective and we criticize all kinds of oppression."

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Equilibrium Announces Upcoming Festivals

Folk metal band Equilibrium has announced the following upcoming festival appearances:

8/13 Summer Breeze Dinkelsbühl
8/14 Next Generation Open Air Niederöblarn
8/16 Bloodstock Open Air Derbyshire / Catton Hall
9/26 Bleeding Edge Festival Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle
10/3 Devils Revenge Festival / Alfred Fischer Halle Hamm
10/23 Sundown Festival Gaildorf
10/24 Helion Festival München / Backstage
12/19 Eindhoven Metal Meeting / Effenaar Eindhoven

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Crematory Updates Tour Schedule

German gothic metallers Crematory have updated their tour schedule with the following upcoming dates:

8/21 Rock Mania Festival D-Dettelbach
9/4 Helvete D-Oberhausen
9/6 Nocturnal Culture Festival D-Leipzig
9/26 Espace Culture F-Eloyes
10/16 Serikovka Club CZ-Pilzen
10/17 Fleda Club CZ-Brno
10/31 Aaltjesrock Festival NL-Harderwijk

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Crucified Barbara Posts New Tour Blog

Crucified Barabara have posted an extensive tour blog online with images from their recent performance at the Masters of Rock Festival. The full blog can be found here. An excerpt from the report follows:

We left Rockweekend and the hotel in Bollnäs 3 in the morning, after having 3 hours of sleep (at least some of us...) and as Rick Roadrage drove us safely to Arlanda Airport we were all sleeping like stones in the bus. I can't really understand how we all could be so shitfaced in just a few hours the evening before, but we did, and it was extremely strange to be up this early, trying to check in for another adventure, when our bodies wanted nothing but laying down in a warm bed, having someone to feed them with pizza and ...lots of water....

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Ghost Brigade Announces Surprise Show Tonight

Ghost Brigade has issued the following update about a surprise show tonight and their new album landing on the Finnish charts:

"Surprise GB show @ Exit, Prague tonight Aug 9 with Suffocation and Atrox. Come on down! 'Isolation Songs', has entered the national chart in the band's home country at position No. 22. The is scheduled for release on August 25 in the U.S. via Season Of Mist Records."

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Ghoul Patrol Posts Scotland Tour Documentary

Finnish metallers Ghoul Patrol have posted a five part video documentary of their recent trip to Scotland. The video clips can be viewed below. More...

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Illdisposed Post New Song Online

Denmark's Illdisposed has posted a new song, "For The record," on their MySpace page. The song comes off their upcoming album, "To Those Who Walk Behind Us," which will be released on August 29th through Massacre Records. The cover art for the new album can be seen here. More...

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Narnia Announces US and Japanese Record Deals

Sweden power metal band, Narnia, has issued the following update:

"We are glad to announce that we are signing with the Japanese label SoundHolic. "Course of a generation" will be released in Japan on oct 28th. So, highly respected Japanese fans, hang in there - there will be bonus material for You!"

"FINALLY we have signed a deal for a USA release as well. This is great news to us, and with our album available we hope to get a good connection to US fans in the future. The release is coming up SOON and there will be bonus material on this edition ad well. More details will follow soon...."

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Panopticon Working On New Material

Atmospheric black metal band Panopticon has issued the following update about upcoming releases:

"For some reason i am not able to respond to messages on myspace. The 'body' section won't let me type in it, so i am unable to respond to anyone. Sorry for the inconvenience. All box set orders have been shipped except for a few trades and some that are going to friends. If you don't receive your box please notify me and I will respond to you the best I can.

"Also, the 'online shop' or essentially 'me selling cds and shirts via this page' is being closed down for a while. I simply dont have time to meet the demands on me and write new music for panopticon and seidr, so i am closing down till further notice.Everyone who has ordered this week will receive their stuff, I am just not taking anymore orders. The rest of the copies of the lake of blood/panopticon split and my copies of collapse will be sold via the end records, pagan flames, ear x tacy and a few other distros. If your interested in distributing cds get in touch, but there is a minimum of 5 cds or more.

"As for shirts, there will be distros that carry them and they will be posted here. Sorry to make this stuff less available,but i just simply cant keep up while maintaining my other pursuits and personal life.

"There are two more splits coming out this year and after that there will not be anything else until the next full length due some time in 2010.

"Take care and wish me luck writing. i will post samples of new material as it is completed.

"as always,dont let the fire burn out."

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2 Sides 2 Die Reveals New Song Titles

2 Sides 2 Die is working on new material and has revealed a number of new song titles. The band will be debuting these songs at their acoustic show At Hot Topic in Fredrick, MD September 18th. Here are the song titles:

Autumns Ashes
Fatal Flaw
Solitude
No Suprise Sunrise
Russian Roulette
25
Holy Grail

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Dragonwind Posts New Music Online

Buffalo, NY metal band, Dragonwind, has posted two new songs, entitled "Consuming the Sun" and "In The Calm Horizon," on their MySpace page. The song comes off their upcoming album, "Return of the Dragon." The tracklisting for "Return of the Dragon" is as follows:

1. Beyond the Ashen Bridges
2. In the Calm Horizon '09
3. To the Leaders of Man
4. Consuming the Sun
5. Watching the Skies of Decimation (Instrumental)

"Return of the Dragon" was recorded between July 24-25 and August 7-8 at Watchman Studios in Lockport, NY.

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Chevelle Issues Update On New Single and Album

Chevelle, who's currently on the "Stimulate This!" tour with Shinedown, Staind, Halestorm and Lo-Pro through the end of August, is gearing up for the release of their new album.

The new Single “Jars” is out now and available for download on iTunes, and the music video is forthcoming.

You can also immediately download DRM-free MP3s of “Jars” and two other new tracks, “The Clincher” and “Circus,” with a $10 pre-order of the new album "Sci-Fi Crimes." You can find more details on this and how you to get the album a week before it’s released here.

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Watch Atargatis Live Video Footage Online

German metal band, Atargatis, has posted a fan filmed live video clip of their performance from the Metal Female Voices Fest VI. the video captured the "Intro" and the song "Ebon Queen." View the video at this location. More...

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Beatallica Announces German Tour Dates With JBO

Beatallica has announced a German tour, entitled "Masterful Mystery Tour 2009," with support from JBO. The dates are as follows:

10.12. Kassel - Musiktheater Nachthallen
11.12. Leipzig - Werk II Kulturfabrik
12.12. München - Backstage
13.12. Stuttgart - LKA
15.12. Köln - Live Music Hall
16.12. Hamburg - Grosse Freiheit
17.12. Hannover - Capitol
18.12. Berlin - Postbahnhof

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Cold Posts Studio Footage Online

The re-formed band Cold recently posted some studio footage of the making of their new record online. Check out the videos below. More...

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