Sothis Parts With Frontman Franco Topitti

The Italian thrash band Sothis has announced their split with the front-man Franco Topitti.

"After 10 years of concerts, records and incredible satisfaction, the band feel the obligation to guarantee, without to interfere, the suffered choice to leave due to characterial differences," states the band. "We infinitely thank Frank for all the sweat, the blood and the tears that gave us, memories that we will never forget!"

Sothis is now officially seeking a replacement vocalist. Geographic location is less important than attitude. Interested parties should contact the band at info@sothis.it or myspace.com/sothis1.

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Belial Finishes New Album, Entitled "Diabology"

Long-time running old school Colombian death metallers BELIAL have recently finished the recording sessions of their debut full length album since their inception in the late 80's. The album will be titled "Diabology" and will be released, in co-operation with Goregiastic Records during Autumn 2008. Some of the track titles will include "Rise of The Zombies," "Fallen Gods," "Perverse Innocence," and "Visions Of Cruelty" among others.

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Nachtmystium Drops Off Opeth Tour

Nachtmystium has cancelled the remainder of their tour dates with Opeth and High On Fire. Here's a statement from the band:

"Due to some issues beyond our control, we've been forced to pull off of the Opeth/High On Fire tour. We're aggressively working to try to get things together for the 2nd leg of our fall tour starting in Los Angeles on October 8th with Wolves in the Throne Room.

"We apologize to anyone who was hoping to see us on the Opeth leg of the tour. Thanks to all of those who came out in support at the shows that we did manage to play, it was great seeing you maniacs out!"

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Living Sacrifice Posts New Song Online

Living Sacrifice has posted another new song, entitled "The Battle," online on their MySpace page. "The Battle" is the second song from the "Death Machine" digital only release. In addition to streaming on MySpace with the previously released new song, "Death Machine," the songs are also available on Itunes.

As previously reported, these songs will not be included on the band's upcoming full length release, which is slated for 2009. The band does, however, plan to release these songs on 7 inch vinyl in addition to the digital release.

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Hex Records not releasing Soul Control 7"

Hex Records has officially acknowledged that they will not be releasing a 7" from Soul Control, as had been previously announced. Here's a statement from Hex:

"When those dudes initially approached me about doing a 7" I was totally down for it. They wanted to do one song and that was the only thing that threw me off. I said I'd do it if they recorded at least two songs. They said they would figure it out and get back to me. I just don't feel right selling people a one-song 7".

"Well, somewhere there was a miscommunication because next thing I know I was listed as one of the labels releasing one of these 7"s. So I immediately hit them up again and let them know that I was only interested if it was more than one song. Well, that didn't fit with their plan of doing 4 one-song records, so we called it off.

"There's no hard feelings, and I still think that band totally rules. And the new songs they recorded are dope. AND, there's the chance of doing something more formal down the line in the future (so keep an ear to the ground)."

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Girl Scout Hand Grenade Plans East-Coast Tour

The Flint, Michigan based industrial metal band Girl Scout Hand Grenade will be embarking upon an east coast/mid-west tour starting September 30, 2008, which will reach from Illinois to Virginia to Maine. They will be joined by Michigan natives Hi8us from October 4th to October 11th.

Here are the latest tour dates:

9.30.08 Swing State - Lake Villa, Illinois
10.01.08 FUBAR – St. Louis, Missouri
10.02.08 TBA
10.03.08 Huntington Music Connection – Huntington, Indiana
10.04.08 Buddas Place – Newport News, Virgina
10.05.08 City Tap - Smyrna, Delaware
10.07.08 TBA
10.08.08 The Brickhouse – Dover, New Hampshire
10.09.08 PBCH - Milford, Connecticut
10.10.08 TBA - Maine
10.11.08 B & G Lounge – South Windsor Connecticut
10.12.08 TBA – New York

10.24.08 PJ’s Pool Hall / The Hot Spot Genva OH
10.25.08 The Machine Shop – Flint MI

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Amphitryon Posts DVD Teaser Online

Amphitryon Posts DVD Teaser OnlineMPHITRYON DVD teaser

French metal band AMPHITRYON has posted a trailer for their upcoming DVD for their critically acclaimed "Sumphokeras" album. The DVD will be released in DVD December 15, 2008. You can watch the trailer below: More...

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Burning Point To Release Album With Guest Artists

Finnish metallers Burning Point have finished recording their fourth album, "Empyre", for a late 2008 release via Metal Heaven. A total of 17 songs were recorded for the effort — 11 brand new originals, new versions of "Black Star" and "Lake of Fire" from the band's debut, "Salvation by Fire," and four cover songs featuring "great guests":

- Vocalist Jonathan K (ex-Q5, Nightshade) can be heard on the Q5 cover "Let Go" from the album "When the Mirror Cracks".

- Guitarist Majk Moti (ex-Running Wid) guests on the Running Wild cover "Gods of Iron" from the "Branded & Exiled" album.

- Vocalist David "Rock" Feinstein (The Rods, Feinstein) makes an appearance on The Rods cover "Nuclear Skies" from the "Let them Eat Metal" album.

- Finnish singer Taage Laiho (Kilpi, ex-Altaria) and Riku Kukkonen (ex-Kirka) can be heard on "I'll Be Yours", a cover of a song by the very famous Finnish artist Kirka (from his album "R.O.C.K.").

The "Empyre" artwork will be handled by Felipe Machado Franco who has previously worked with such artists as Iced Earth, Axel Rudi Pell and Blaze Bayley.

Here is the expected "Empyre" track listing (not final): More...

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Adastra To Release Their Second Full-Length Album

Finnish metallers Adastra are putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album, "Death Or Domination," for a December 2008 release via Violent Journey Records. The CD is scheduled to be mastered on October 9 at Chartmakers in Helsinki, Finland by Svante Forsbäck. Adastra has also released the new album's track list which is as follows:

1. Locked On To You
2. One Chance
3. Death Or Domination
4. Man Mk. II
5. Helsinki 1939
6. Who Threw The First Stone
7. Devil Knows You're Dead
8. Lost
9. Wasted Life
10. The Longing

Adastra has been confirmed for the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 15-16 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Also scheduled to appear are Overkill, Blitzkrieg, Satyricon, Mayhem, Sotajumala and Mortal Sin, among others.

According to the band's official bio, Adastra is "a modern heavy metal band that derives its influences from a wide range of class acts. Old-school-style clean-vocals of Ville Siikamäki, combined with the rapid leads and heavy riffs of Olli Anttila and Jari Hartman and the steady pulse of Santeri Vauramo's bass, controlled by the precise drumming of Jussi Ruokolainen, create the music of Adastra."

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Deftones Uploads New Studio Video

Deftones has uploaded a new video documenting the recording of their forthcoming effort, "Eros." You can check it out below.

"Eros" was produced by Terry Date (well known for working with Pantera and Soundgarden among others) and is scheduled for an early 2009 release date. More...

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Korn Posts New Studio Footage Online

Korn has posted a behind the scenes look at the band recording the song "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" online. You can check it out below.

The song comes from the forthcoming album, "Nightmare Revisited" which is another collection of songs from the movie "A Nightmare Before Christmas" performed by popular artists.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Devotchka- Overture
2. Danny Elfman- Opening
3. Marilyn Manson- This Is Halloween
4. All American Rejects- Jack's Lament
5. Amina- Dr. Finkelstein/In The Forest
6. Flyleaf- What's This?
7. Polyphonic Spree- Town Meeting Song
8. The Vitamin String Quartet- Jack and Sally Montage
9. Sparklehorse- Jack's Obsession
10. Korn- Kidnap The Sandy Claws
11. Rise Against- Making Christmas
12. Yoshida Brothers- Nabbed
13. Tiger Army- Oogie Boogie's Song
14. Amy Lee- Sally's Song
15. RJD2- Christmas Eve Montage
16. Plain White T's- Poor Jack
17. Datarock- To The Rescue
18. Finale/Reprise- Shiny Toy Guns
19. Danny Elfman- Closing
20. The Album Leaf- End Title
21. Rodrigo Y Gabriela- Oogie Boogie's Song More...

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Heed Disbands

Swedish metallers, Heed, have decide to put the band to rest. The band issues the following explanation:

"As you've probably noticed the last couple of years Heed has been very inactive. So we have decided to put Heed on ice!"

"All band members in Heed continues on their own with other projects but this myspace will still be up in case anything changes in the future."

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Orange Goblin Announces Christmas Show

Orange Goblin has announced a special show in time for Christmas which will be held at Camden's Underworld venue on December 20th. Special guests for the show will be announced shortly and tickets cost £10 in advance or £12 on the door. Stay tuned for more details.

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Video Of New Deftones Song Available

Fan filmed video footage of a new Deftones song, tentatively titled "Melanie" as been posted online at YouTube. You can check it out below.

The band are currently finishing mixing their new album, "Eros" which is set to be released in early 2009. More...

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AC/DC Adds More Tour Dates, Posts New Song Online

Due to popular demand, AC/DC has added second dates in Chicago and Los Angeles. You can check out the updated tour schedule at the bottom of the page.

AC/DC has also posted another new song online entitled, "War Machine" which can be heard at the bands Myspace page

The bands tour schedule is as follows:

October
28 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena
30 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena

November
1 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
3 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
5 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
7 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre
9 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
12 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
13 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
15 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
17 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
19 - East Rutherford, NJ - IZOD Center
21 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
23 - Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Energy Center
25 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
28 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
29 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
30 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome

December
2 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
6 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
8 - Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
10 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
12 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
14 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
16 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
18 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena

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Machine Head To Headline Wacken Open Air 2009

Machine Head has been confirmed as the first band for Germany's Wacken Open Air festival next August. A posting on the bands website reads as follows:

"Machine Head can officially confirm that they will be headlining the 20th annual Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany on August 1st, 2009!"

More bands are expected to be announced soon.

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Ill Nino And Otep To Tour Together

Ill Nino has lined up a co-headlining tour with Otep which begins next month. Also joining them on the bill will be Walls Of Jericho.

The tour dates are as follows:

October 27 - New Port Richie, FL @ Bourbon St.
October 28 - Atlanta, Georgia @ Masquerade
October 30 - Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
October 31 - Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligans
November 1 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters
November 2 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
November 4 - New York, NY @ Blender Theater
November 8 - Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
November 9 - Mt. Clemmens, MI @ Hayloft Liquor Stand
November 11 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabodys
November 12 - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room
November 14 - Ft. Wayne, IN @ Pierre’s
November 15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
November 16 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
November 18 - Beaumont, TX @ Scout Bar
November 20 - San Antonio, TX @ Scout Bar
November 21 - Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
November 22 - Dallas, TX @ Ridglea Theater
November 23 - Lubbock, TX @ Tequila Jungle
November 25 - Farmington, NM @ Gators
November 30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Key Club

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