Kronos Finish Recording Third Album

French brutal death metallers KRONOS have finished recordings on their third album due to come out in early 2007 through XTREEM MUSIC under the title of "The Helenic Terror".

The track list is confirmed as follows:

01. The Road of Salvation
02. Bringers of Disorder
03. ...Until the End of Time
04. Suffocate the Ignorant
05. A Huge Cataclysm
06. Tricephalic Hellkeeper
07. Petrifying Beauty, part.1 Divine Vengeance
08. Petrifying Beauty, part.2 The Murderous Reflection
09. Ouranian Cyclops
10. Maze of Oblivion

You can actually listen to one song on their MySpace site.

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Shadows Fall Title New Album

Massachusetts metalheads Shadows Fall have chosen Threads of Life as the title for their forthcoming major-label debut, which should be out in March. The band has been working on the follow-up to 2006's Fallout From the War for more than a month now with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Stone Sour) at Foo Fighter Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Northridge, California.

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Machine Head Talks About "The Blackening"

MTV.com talked to Machine Head about thier upcoming album, "The Blackening," revealing some new details and insights on it:

When Machine Head needed some extra throats to help supply backup vocals for the track "Clenching the Fists of Dissent," instead of calling up some of his heavy-metal comrades, frontman Robert Flynn bought some booze instead.

"We had a bunch of our fans come down a few weeks ago, and we just had a big party and invited them down to the studio to sing on the record," he explained of the track, which will appear on the band's forthcoming "unconventional" album The Blackening. "It was a really cool night. We just busted out a ton of vodka and a ton of beer and got everybody all hammered. The fans are the reason we're still here. They went out there and made a huge statement when our last record [2003's Through the Ashes of Empires] came out, and proved to the world that we're here for good."

Machine Head have spent the last month in the studio tracking The Blackening, which Flynn said should be out in late March. He called the album, which the band began writing material for more than a year ago, its "most ambitious" one to date.

"We really didn't want to play it safe on this record," he explained. "We kind of came back from the dead with Through the Ashes, and the safest thing we could've done would've been to just stay in [that] vein and try to keep that formula because it worked last time. Not that there was a formula really. We just started writing and the music that we were writing just started going in this far more complex, intricate and layered direction. It's not like we sat there and intentionally did it. It just kind of [happened]. Pretty soon we ended up having 10-minute-long songs. But the thing that's really cool about it is, we're not just jamming on three riffs for 10 minutes. This is molten riffage — just 20, 30 crushing riffs per song."

Flynn said Machine Head were on a Rush kick (particularly 1977's A Farewell to Kings) during the writing of The Blackening, and even took a few cues from the Canadian prog-rock icons.

"The one thing that they did is that they'd have these long songs that constantly had a continuing theme throughout them," he said. "The songs always reverted back to this one melody or this one hook — and that kept it in the context of a song so that ultimately, it wasn't just riff soup for 10 minutes. It kind of had some things that took you on a journey and then brought you back to something familiar. And that's something that we really started to try and bring into the mix. We'd have these long songs, but then we'd go back to these choruses or these hooks, but in a different context. The more we did it, the more we got excited about it. For whatever reason, it's worked."

Machine Head plan to begin mixing the album next week with Colin Richardson (Fear Factory, Sepultura) and will shoot a video for the album's first single next month. As for touring, Flynn said there's a big announcement on the way. He claims they'll be touring from February through April "on a huge tour we're super-excited about." Flynn said Machine Head will spend most of 2007 on the road.

Read the full article at MTV.com.

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Agents Of Man Seeks New Vocalist

New Jersey based band Agents Of Man (Century Media Records) is currently seeking a full-time singer. Here are the official requirements:

"Required is someone who wants/can tour all the time, is inspired and motivated, can sing there ass off with soul and stank, active and confident front man. NO Dope fiends or Crack heads!!! Young at heart, hungry to explore new opportunities and eager to take things to the next level."

Interested candidates should send an email to Agentsofman@gmail.com.

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Initial Slayer And Unearth US Tour Dates Revealed

Unearth has been tapped to support Slayer on the group's upcoming North American tour, which will kick off in January. The following tour dates have been confirmed thus far, with many more to follow:

1/25 Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
1/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern LG
2/22 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues
2/23 Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House Of Blues

Presale tickets will soon be available here.

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A Day To Remember, A Heartwell Ending Tour Dates

A Day To Remember and A Heartwell Ending will tour together in late-November and December. Here are the tour dates:

11/25 Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Complex (Rhythmden Fest)
11/26 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
11/27 Virginia Beach, VA @ Gil's
11/28 Wilmington, NC @ Lucky's
11/29 Glenville, GA @ Studio B
11/30 Cartersville, GA @ House of Rock
12/1 Montgomery, AL @ Legacy
12/2 Baton Rouge, LA @ The Dark Room

dates w/ On The Last Day
12/3 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
12/4 San Antonio, TX @ Sanctuary
12/5 El Paso, TX @ Chic's Bar
12/6 Phoenix, AZ @ That One Place
12/7 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
12/8 Lancaster, CA @ Cedar Centre
12/9 Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA
12/10 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
12/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
12/13 Provo, UT @ TBA

12/14 Aurora, CO @ Hubba's Pub
12/15 Wichita, KS @ TBA
12/16 Claremore, OK @ The Tree
12/17 Memphis, TN @ The Rally Point
12/18 Pensacola, FL @ The Factory

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God Forbid Working On "Chains Of Humanity" Video

God Forbid has teamed up with video production company MyGoodEye to work on a special video for the song “Chains of Humanity” in celebration of their upcoming headlining tour with the same name. The video will be comprised of footage and photos spanning their entire career, and will help launch GFTV, which is an upcoming project God Forbid is working on currently. The band, along with acclaimed director David Brodsky (God Forbid, Gwar, The Red Chord) are asking fans, friends, family and anyone else that has photo or video files having to do with God Forbid to share them for the project. It will be put together as a tribute and thank you to their fans that have supported them through the years. This is not limited to just photos or videos of God Forbid performing; any files involving them (parties, pictures with fans, etc.) are encouraged. Anyone interested in helping out can upload their files at www.mgenyc.com/godforbidupload.html.

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Infection Code Choose Producer For "Intimacy"

Billy Anderson, best known as producer of Neurosis’s”Through silver in Blood”, Brutal Truth’s”Sounds of an animal kingdom”, Sick Of It All’s “Scratch the Surface”, Mr Bungle’s”California”and many others, will be producing the industrial noise makers Infection Code’s third album,called INTIMACY. It will be recorded in Italy and mixed in USA between January and February 2007.

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Suspyre Ready "A Great Divide"

Suspyre were recently signed to the metal label Nightmare Records. They posted the following about their sophmore effort:

The tentative release date for our next album, "A Great Divide" is November 21st, 2006. It will be released on Nightmare Records. The only thing we're waiting for is the artwork, which is currently being painted by Rainer Kalwitz.

You can pre-order your copy here.

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3 Inches Of Blood Enters Studio

3 Inches Of Blood recently entered the studio to begin recording their next album for Roadrunner Records. The group is currently at Armoury Studios (AC/DC) in Vancouver, BC tracking the effort. Joey Jordison of Slipknot is producing the album while Dan Turner is engineering.

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