Bless The Fallen Signs To Crash Music

Poughkeepsie, NY metal/death metal outfit Bless The Fallen has signed a deal with Crash Music. The group will record a new full-length in December which will hit stores in early-2007. In the interim, you can check out some of their material here.

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Hear Full CDs of Suffocation, AIC On AOL Music

AOL Music has a few listening parties for new releases this week including:

• Suffocation, 'Suffocation'


• Alice in Chains, 'The Essential..'


• Best of Jane's Addiction

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Vision Divine Cancel South American Tour

Italian melodic power metallers VISION DIVINE, the brainchild of ex-LABYRINTH mastermind Olaf Thörsen, have posted the following message on their official web site:

"We are sorry and shocked for what just happened. Without any [notice], and even worse, after many promises from third parties who were managing the tour, we discovered just now, once arrived in the USA, that the Latin tour won't take place because of too many problems with flight tickets and many other things that are even impossible to be explained. We are simply shocked and surprised by seeing how things have been managed. We feel ripped off as surely should feel those who already bought tickets to our shows. We are also gonna sue somebody for what happened, but this won't change the mess. More...

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Lord Belial Part Ways With Guitarist

Sweden's LORD BELIAL has parted ways with guitarist Hjalmar Nielsen. "No search for another guitarist will take place, from now on LORD BELIAL will continue with only three members," reads a posting on the group's web site. "A statement from Hjalmar will soon be published as well."

In other news, LORD BELIAL will play at the Linköping Metal Massacre II, set to take place October 28 at Skylten in Linköping, Sweden.

LORD BELIAL recently entered Los Angered studio (owned by KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque) outside Gothenburg to begin recording its seventh full-length album, entitled "Revelation". A late 2006 release via Regain Records is expected.

LORD BELIAL's sixth full-length album, "Nocturnal Beast", was released last November via Regain . The follow-up to 2004's "The Seal of Belial" was recorded at Los Angered.

"The Seal of Belial" received its long-overdue U.S. release on September 20, 2005 via Candlelight Records USA.

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It Dies Today's 'Depravity' Live Video from NY Gig

There is another new live performance of IT DIES TODAY this time for their track "Depravity" available online at the Underground Video Television website. The band is gearing up for their tour with SILVERSTEIN and AIDEN this fall in support of their new release "Sirens" due October 17th on Trustkill.

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Dark Funeral Post 'Atrum Regina' Live Video Online

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have posted their live video for the song "Atrum Regina" at this location (MPG file, 86 MB). The clip was filmed in Paris, France on March 17, 2006 at La Locomotive by Bernard of Escape Productions (France). The video was edited by Magnus Gillberg of Gillberg Films (Sweden).

DARK FUNERAL will team up with ENSLAVED (Norway) and ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (USA) for the "Candlelight II: Phoenix Rising" North American tour beginning in early January.

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Regurgitate Announce New Bassist

Swedish grindcore mainstays REGURGITATE have announced the addition of bassist Johan Jansson (INTERMANT, UNCURBED, DEMONICAL, ex-CENTINEX) to the group's ranks. Jansson will make his live debut with the group on on Saturday, September 30 at Pub Bastun in Marihamn, Åland with MASSGRAV.

REGURGITATE has set an October 17 North American release date (October 23 internationally) for its new album, "Sickening Bliss".

"Sickening Bliss", the band's fourth release for Relapse, is a return to form for these goregrind adherents, right down to the explicit lyrics, shocking art (click here to view) and gut-rumbling beats they are notorious for, all of which can be previewed via this "Sickening Bliss" e-card.

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Naildown Begin Recording New Album

Finnish melodic death/power metal band NAILDOWN has entered Sound Supreme studio to begin recording its second album, tentatively due on March 14, 2007 via Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to last year's "World Domination" will be mixed by Jacob Hansen at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark.

Formed in November 2003 under the name ACID UNIVERSE, NAILDOWN's sound has been described as a mixture of "CHILDREN OF BODOM, IN FLAMES and SOILWORK, with power metal riffs, while effortlessly alternating between several vocal styles (from the gruffest Alexi Laiho bark to AMORPHIS-style croon)."

NAILDOWN is:

Daniel Freyberg - Vocals, Guitar
Asko Sartanen - Guitar
Jarmo Puikkonen - Keys
Matti Hämäläinen - Bass
Janne Jukarainen - Drums

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Susperia Begin Recording New Album

SUSPERIA, the Norwegian band featuring former members of DIMMU BORGIR and SATYRICON, entered StrandStudio in Oslo, Norway at the beginning of August to start work on their fourth studio album, the follow up to 2004's acclaimed release "Unlimited". The band is once again working with Marius Strand, who previously assisted SUSPERIA on 2005's Norwegian Top 20 hit, the "Devil May Care" EP. Recording is expected to be completed by the end of September. SUSPERIA then head out on a short tour in October before returning to Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden in November to complete the final mix with Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, SOILWORK). A release is planned for early 2007 through the Tabu label in Europe and Candlelight Records in the USA. No name for the album has been announced yet, but songtitles revealed so far are "More" (which SUSPERIA performed at this year's Inferno Festival in Norway), "Cut From Stone", "Distant Memory" and "The Clone". The band has added a further date to those previously announced. They will perform at the Motstoy Festival in Notodden, Norway on Friday, October 6. More...

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Early Live Footage of Disturbed Available

An early DISTURBED live video clip, recorded at CBGB in New York City, has been posted online at YouTube.com.

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman recently underwent successful surgery to fix a deviated septum which was making breathing difficult and affecting his vocal abilities on stage. The Chicago-based band is currently on tour in Europe and is planning its third Music As A Weapon tour (also featuring STONE SOUR) for sometime this fall. More...

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Shadows Fall Begin Recording New Album

Atlantic recording group SHADOWS FALL is currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated major label debut with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, RUSH). The still untitled project is the Grammy-nominated band's follow-up to 2004's critically acclaimed "The War Within", and its companion release, 2006's "Fallout From The War", both released on Century Media Records.

After headlining this summer's Sthress Tour with such supporting acts as SUFFOCATION and POISON THE WELL, SHADOWS FALL headed straight back to their rehearsal space to begin pre-production. Today, September 18, the band enters Studio 606 in Northridge, CA to begin recording. Says singer Brian Fair, "I cannot wait to finally get this started! We have been working on these songs for the past few months in the practice space and are ready to lay them down in the studio. Pre-production with Nick has been amazing. He is definitely on the same page as us, musically and personally. He is a lifelong fan of metal but also has a great understanding of rock and roll, which complements our style and sound perfectly." Raskulinecz adds, "I've wanted to work with this band for years and had to bug the hell out of them until they said yes. We're going to tighten the songs so that every riff, every lyric, every drum hit counts on this record, and really focus on the songwriting to make it a force to be dealt with."

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I Post Two Songs Online

I, the new band featuring Abbath (IMMORTAL), Ice Dale (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE), TC King (SAHG, ex-GORGOROTH) and Armagedda (ex-IMMORTAL), has uploaded two tracks from its upcoming debut album, "Between Two Worlds", on its MySpace page. Check out the songs "The Storm I Ride" and "Cursed We Are" at this location.

"Between Two Worlds" is scheduled for release in North America on November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records (November 3 in Germany). Recorded in Bergen, Norway's Lydriket Studio with Geir Luedy, and mixed by Peter Tägtgren (IMMORTAL, DIMMU BORGIR, MARDUK), "Between Two Worlds" "will kick your teeth in and break your back!" according to the band. "Heavy, groovy, melodic, atmospheric, heck — call it even catchy — THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE!"

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Therion Post New Videos For Download

THERION's official website has been updated with the following:

"We are giving it another shot! A series of videos is now available for downloads. The quality is not the best in the world, but at least it is something. If this doesn't kill the server we will hopefully be able to put up more videos with better quality. So go on over to the Download section and grab them."

As previously reported, the recordings of the band's new album have been completed and the mixing is now in progress. The band "estimate to have the album done by the end of the month." It is set to be released on January 16th.

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