Black Ships Touring The US and Canada

Black Ships is on an extensive tour in support of their new album "Omens," which was just released on September 23. Here are the latest/remaining tour dates:

Sept 29 - Hammond, in @ BAC house
Sept 30 - Cincinnati, oh @ murmur w/ order 66
Oct 1 - Huntington, wv @ danny's house
Oct 2 - Morgantown, wv @ 604 arlington w/ ancient shores, mega touch
Oct 3 - Pittsburgh, pa
Oct 4 - New york, ny @ abc no rio (matinee) w/ olde ghost, drain you
Oct 4 - Brooklyn, ny
Oct 5 - New Brunswick, nj @ the breadbox
Oct 6 - Philadelphia, pa
Oct 7 - Baltimore, md @ charm city art space
Oct 8 - Richmond, va @ nara sushi w/ kingshead, balaclava
Oct 9 - Virginia Beach, va @ gil's w/ kingshead, moutheater
Oct 10 - Charlotte, nc
Oct 11 - Myrtle beach, sc
Oct 12 - Gainesville, fl
Oct 13 - Sarasota, fl
Oct 14 - Fort Myers, fl
Oct 15 - Miami, fl
Oct 16 - Melbourne, fl
Oct 17 - Tallahassee, fl
Oct 18 - Birmginham, al @ cave 9
Oct 19 - Nasville, tn @ the muse
Oct 20 - Tupelo, ms @ lifeblood skateshop w/ conspirator
Oct 21 - Oklahoma city, ok
Oct 22 - Dallas, tx
Oct 23 - Austin, tx
Oct 24 - Anthony, nm @ the mainstreet project w/ shangalang, god equals genocide
Oct 25 - albuquerque, nm
Oct 26 - Phoenix, az
Oct 27 - Tucson, az @ the living room w/ holy dose
Oct 28 - San Diego, ca
Oct 29 - Riverside, ca
Oct 30 - Santa Barbara, ca
Oct 31 - Redwood city, ca
Nov 1 - Portland, or
Nov 2 - Tacoma, wa
Nov 3 - Seattle, wa
Nov 4 - somewhere in Washington or off day More...

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36 Crazyfists Posts Concert Online

Alaskan metal heavyweights 36 CRAZYFISTS have posted an entire show from their current tour online. The set was filmed at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse NY and can be viewed at The UVTV website.

The concert is also available on iTunes.

36 CRAZYFISTS will film its January 9, 2009 concert in Anchorage, Alaska for a forthcoming DVD. According to Lindow, "the show will be monstrous as the ones in the past have proved to be what dreams are made of. But as the years have gone on, you can imagine the amount of ridiculous footage we have from backstage antics to being a 18-year-old skinny, punk-ass kid getting my long hair chopped off by [Steve] Holt [guitar] in a drunken stupor; it's things like this that will be hilarious to sift through and add to our special features section of the DVD."

36 CRAZYFISTS sold 4,150 copies of "The Tide and its Takers" in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 155 on The Billboard 200 chart.

"The Tide and Its Takers" was released on May 27 via Ferret Music. The CD artwork was designed by Sons of Nero, who has previously worked with such bands as IN FLAMES, EVERY TIME I DIE, FULL BLOWN CHAOS and THE HUMAN ABSTRACT.

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Into Eternity Checks In From The Road

Into Eternity's Troy checked in from the road with the following update:

"It's been a pretty crazy week for all of us in the Into Eternity camp. The insanity began when we found out that Tim would not be coming with us on the Iced Earth tour. Our initial reaction was to cancel, for how could we go on without our founding member? After much discussion, we decided that a replacement shredder would be flown in from New York with only five days of practice, that I would try and figure out how to sing and help out on vocals as best as can be, and that Stu would take over the rest of the vocal responsibilities. Easy, right?

"When we started the 14-hour death drive to the first show in Minneapolis, I can't convey how strange the feeling was of leaving the city without Tim - not to mention that this fill-in shredder had only five days to practice the tunes, and that none of us had ever met him. No worries, right? We arrived in Minneapolis a day early and picked up our new shredder from the airport. It turned out his name was Sean Maier. Sean and Justin worked that night and the next day, and crammed as much into his overloaded head as possible. The first show was definitely not perfect, but as a band we could not believe how well Sean played. There definitely was a collective sense of relief within the band after we realized the first show had passed and no trainwrecks occurred.

"The improvement has been steady with every show. It's awesome to watch such an accomplished musician take on such a huge task and do so well. Beyond his playing abilities, Sean has also become a good friend and fit in to this rolling circus easily. We've unofficially coined this tour the 'Hell or High Water Tour,' for the way we look at it, our backs are against the wall and we have nothing to lose and everything to prove. We've now had seven shows together, and it really is going better than expected. We all owe our thanks to Sean for his relentless hard work and focus. The biggest realization, though, is how accepting our fans have been. The unconditional support we've received through such trying times has been amazing. We cannot thank our fans enough for sticking with us and supporting the band unconditionally. Thanks again, and we'll see you all on the road!"

And now, here's an introduction from Sean Maier: More...

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The Haunted Announces Taiwan Show

The Haunted is confirmed to play at the VU Live House in Taipei, Taiwan on the 15th of November.

The following is a list of The Haunted's upcoming tour dates:

Oct. 01 Malmö, Sweden - KB
Oct. 02 Göteborg, Sweden - Brewhouse
Oct. 03 Oslo, Norway - Garage
Oct. 04 Örebro, Sweden - Klubb Aska
Oct. 06 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen
Oct. 08 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
Oct. 09 Tampere, Finland - Klubi
Oct. 10 Jyväskylä, Finland - Lutakko
Oct. 17 Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Cafe
Nov. 01 Boden, Sweden - Nordic Rage Festival
Nov. 08 Brisbane, Australia - The Arena
Nov. 09 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar
Nov. 11 Melbourne, Australia - The HiFi
Nov. 13 Perth, Australia - The Capitol
Nov. 15 Taipei, Taiwan - VU Live House
Nov. 17 Tokyo, Japan - O-East (Shibuya)
Nov. 20 Monterrey, Mexico - Cafe Iguana
Nov. 21 Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
Nov. 28 Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
Nov. 29 Buenos Aires, Argentina - The End
Nov. 30 Sao Paolo, Brazil - Hangar 110
Dec. 04 Derry, Ireland - Nerve Center
Dec. 05 Belfast, Ireland - Mandella Hall
Dec. 06 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassadore
Dec. 07 Cork, Ireland - Savoy Theatre

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Within Temptation Announces Music Video Contest

To celebrate their "Black Symphony" DVD release, Within Temptation has created a contest. A new website www.blacksymphony.nl is now online, where fans can download video footage of their Black Symphony concert. These are various camera shots of the track "Hand Of Sorrow," bonus fragments of the entire concert, exclusive backstage and tour material and other spectacular visuals that were shown during the concert. You can also find out about the background of "Hand Of Sorrow," how they were inspired to write this song and what the lyrics are.

With these fragments, the band offers fans the chance to direct their own personal "Hand of Sorrow" music video. Create your own video and enter the "Hand of Sorrow" music video contest.

The winning video will be chosen as our new official "Hand Of Sorrow" music video! The winner will be invited (from anywhere in the world) with a friend to visit Within Temptation's exclusive show in Haarlem, NL on November 27th. He/she will have lunch with guitarist Robert Westerholt and singer Sharon Den Adel in a first class restaurant, have VIP tickets during the show, have a get-together with the whole band after the show and will receive a complete WT merchandise package. The winner will also spend two nights at a 4-star hotel in Haarlem and, of course, will be transported from and to the airport as well as the venue.

The second prize is a Panasonic Blu-ray player and a signed "Black Symphony" Blu-ray disc. The band will also be giving away 10 packages containing a T-shirt (mens/girls design) & a signed "Black Symphony" Special Edition DVD box.

Information on how you can create your own video and how to join the competition can all be found on www.blacksymphony.nl.

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Arch Enemy's December Tyranny Tour Lineup Revealed

Arch Enemy has announced the line-up for the upcoming European tour in December. Embarking on The December Tyranny Tour 2008 with the Swedish metallers are Leaves' Eyes, Mercenary and Sister Sin.

The December Tyranny Tour dates are as follows:

Dec. 12 Uden, NL - De Pul
Dec. 15 Pratteln, CH - Z7
Dec. 17 Ludwigsburg, D - Rockfabrik
Dec. 18 Aschaffenburg, D - Colos-Saal
Dec. 19 Bad Arolsen, D - Outback

Arch Enemy will also be playing at Doro’s “25 Years in Rock” Anniversary Festival on Dec. 13th at Düsseldorf ISS-DOME. Tickets are available at www.metaltix.com. For more information, visit www.doro.de.

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New Amon Amarth Album Lands on UK Charts

Amon Amarth's seventh full-length album, "Twilight of the Thunder God," has landed on the UK charts in the following positions"

#8 - Top 40 Rock & Metal Chart
#11 - Top 50 Independent Album Chart
#126 - Top 200 Artist Album Chart

The album has also landed at #11 on the Swedish charts. Their previous album, "With Oden on Our Side," had debuted on the chart at #21.

"Twilight of the Thunder God" will be available in North America tomorrow, September 30.

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3 Inches of Blood Announce More Tour Dates

Vancouver's 3 Inches of Blood has announced some new western Canada/US tour dates and the band wants to see all of you guys on the road. Members of the official fan club, The Goatriders Horde, will be able to purchase presale tickets (that are currently on sale through the fan club) and to attend Soundcheck and/or a Meet & Greet with the band.

For more information, visit www.goatridershorde.com.

Here are the latest 3 Inches of Blood tour dates: More...

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Turisas Embarks on Tour, New Video Online

Finnish folk metal masters Turisas has just kicked off in the UK. It will take your beloved, brave warriors first through UK/Ireland in September/October, then the US & Canada in November/December until the final leg of the tour hits mainland Europe in early 2009. The band will be direct support for Dragonforce.

Vocalist Warlord Nygard states: “Fresh from the first show in Oxford, we're sitting here in backstage drinking the first beers! The gig was awesome, and we're really glad to be on tour once again.

"The summer was very busy - after having got used to spending our summers at festivals around Europe for years, we faced an exciting change as this summer with most of the festival shows taking place in our home country Finland. The whole summer was caught on film and the result is our new DVD: the festival performances, the behind the scenes material, and also some interviews and other summer activities around Finland.

"We also made a re-recording of the track 'Battle Metal' and did a video clip to it based on material our fans had sent us. If you want, you can keep on sending us links to what ever material you come up with and we’ll put them up on our site. Or if you want to send us something by snail mail, you can find the postal address on our site.

"The tour with Dragonforce is very extensive, and will keep us busy for the coming months and take us from Britain to North-America and all across Europe. We'll try to post some blog material for you to see on our video blog at www.royalartistclub.com/turisas, so check it out and come down to the shows!."

The new video for “Battle Metal 2008” has been launched now. It is high time to finally have an official video-clip for this battle hymn which is also a tribute to the band’s dedicated fans (without whom there is obviously no such thing as a crowd favourite). So, watch this now on Youtube.

The audio version of “Battle Metal 2008” will only be available on the limited edition of Turisas first-ever DVD release, “A Finnish Summer With Turisas.” which will be released on the following dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy: Friday, October 31, 2008.
UK / France / Greece / Denmark / Norway / rest of Europe: Monday, November 3, 2008.
Spain / Portugal: Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Sweden / Finland / Hungary: Wednesday, November 5, 2008.
North America: Tuesday, November 25, 2008.

Here is a list of the upcoming Turisas tour dates: More...

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Soulfly Announces More Tour Dates

Tribal metallers Soulfly has added four more shows to their North American tour. The new shows will be held in Hammond, Louisiana, Atlanta, Georgia, Des Moines, Iowa
and Hollywood,California.

The updated tour schedule is now as follows:

November 3 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
November 4 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
November 5 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
November 6 - Hammond, LA @ Mezzanine
November 7 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
November 9 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
November 11 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jester’s
November 12 - Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan’s
November 13 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
November 14 - New York, NY @ Blender Theatre
November 15 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
November 16 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
November 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theatre
November 18 - Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
November 19 - Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
November 20 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
November 21 - Mokena, IL @ The Pearl Room
November 22 - Columbia Heights, MN @ The Rock
November 23 - Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
November 24 - Des Moines, IA @ People's Court
November 25 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
November 26 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
November 28 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
November 29 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

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Wolf Posts New Studio Report Online

Swedish heavy metallers Wolf has posted the following recording update online:

"Richard Raptor is done drumming. Well, not for good, just for the album offcourse. He packed up his gear late last night and is now heading off to Thailand for a welldeserved break (on the expense of our record company of course). Not only did he bash out 12 songs, he actually did 13. Not bad for a 25 year old drummer with 3 arms.

"Our producer wizard is staying the night to work his magic with the tracks Raptor laid down so that'll be a hard nights work for him. Well, thats why we pay him the big bucs. Let's just hope that the ghost in the cellar don't get him! More...

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Dillinger Escape Plan Writing New Material

Dillinger Escape Plan has posted the following message online:

"Ben Weinman has been holed up like a mad scientist blasting out the furious DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN insanity that will eventually find it’s way onto our next release. When Ben says that the stuff he’s been writing has actually been giving HIM a headache, you know it’s gonna be pretty intense.

"We have no touring plans for the immediate future, but you can be sure that we’ll take a break from writing at around the halfway point and head out for some quick runs, so that we don’t lose our minds(probably too late)."

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All Shall Perish Charts With "Awaken The Dreamers"

"Awaken The Dreamers," the third full-length album from Oakland, California-based extreme metallers ALL SHALL PERISH, sold just under 5,000 copies (excluding digital sales) in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 126. The follow-up to "The Price of Existence" was recorded once again at Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland with producer Zack Ohren.

The "Awaken The Dreamers" track listing is as follows:

1. When Life Meant More...
2. Black Gold Reign
3. Never...Again
4. The Ones We Left Behind
5. Awaken The Dreamers
6. Memories Of A Glass Sanctuary
7. Stabbing To Purge Dissimulation
8. Gagged, Bound, Shelved And Forgotten
9. Until The End
10. From So Far Away
11. Misery's Introduction
12. Songs For The Damned

Drummer Matt Kuykendall previously stated about the new album: "We have never been a band to write the same record twice and we have never enjoyed records that are one single and 11 worse versions of the same song. This record is the most diverse thing we have done to date. Every song is different and brings something new to the overall experience of the CD. When you look back to all the classic records of our time, they are full of all kinds of different songs. 'Vulgar Display of Power' just wouldn't be the same without 'This Love' and 'Hollow'. Our record is a breath of fresh air in a scene that is turning stale."

As previously reported, ALL SHALL PERISH will be touring with JOB FOR A COWBOY, HATE ETERNAL, ANIMOSITY and ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY this November/December. Confirmed tour dates so far are as follows: More...

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Skeletonwitch Announce Headlining Tour Dates

Before joining the BLACKEST OF THE BLACK tour with DANZIG and DIMMU BORGIR on October 9 in Miami Beach, Florida, SKELETONWITCH will be playing some headlining dates. Bands providing support on select dates include TRAP THEM (Deathwish) and THE GATES OF SLUMBER (Profound Lore). The tour dates are listed below.

In addition, on October 30, SKELETONWITCH is teaming up with Dallas/Ft. Worth based Music Feeds People to raise monetary and food donations for the North Texas Food Bank. Fans in the area can hang with the band after their BLACKEST OF THE BLACK performance in exchange for donations. More details can be found here.

SKELETONWITCH continues to support the band’s Prosthetic Records debut, "Beyond The Permafrost," which saw an October 2007 release and features artwork from Baroness’ John Baizley and production courtesy of Corey Smoot (Municipal Waste, GWAR). The record is the follow-up to the band’s self-released EP, "Worship The Witch." Recently returning from a European tour alongside Hate Eternal, Cephalic Carnage, and Deaborn in May and June, having already toured Stateside this year with the likes of Hate Eternal, Soilent Green, Arsis, A Life Once Lost, Job For A Cowboy, The Red Chord, and more, in addition to a busy 2007 on the.

Here are the latest SKELETONWITCH tour dates: More...

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Steve Smyth To Join The Institute Visiting Faculty

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance has announced that metal guitarist Steve Smyth is joining the visiting faculty. Steve will be bringing with him his incredible skills, his valuable time and his wealth of knowledge and expertise – all now exclusively available to Institute students.

Steve has played on the biggest festival stages in the world with some of the biggest festival names in metal, from Nevermore to Testament, Dragonlord and Vicious Rumors.

About The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance:
The Institute is widely recognised as Europe's finest school of modern music. Established almost a quarter of a century ago, the Institute has been developing and delivering cutting-edge courses to students of contemporary music for longer than any other UK-based school. Originally known as the Guitar Institute and Basstech, the school has built its reputation on providing world class teaching using the very best teachers and state-of-the-art facilities. It now offers a range of professional courses including a 3-year Degree (BMus), a fully-funded one year Diploma, a specialist one year Higher Diploma, plus a wide portfolio of part-time courses designed to meet a variety of training needs for guitarists, bass players, drummers and vocalists. Past or present Institute students can be found everywhere, touring with the likes of Katie Melua and Moby, playing with bands like Radiohead and Babyshambles and artists like K. T. Tunstall and Beverley Knight, and also working as teachers all over the world.

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Grey Skies Fallen To Enter the Studio

New York's Grey Skies Fallen have issued the following update regarding the progress of their upcoming album:

"It seems GSF is on the 4-year plan - we record an album once every 4 years. This is not by design...it just works out that way, unfortunately."

"Well, the good news is that it's about that time again."

"In a few weeks, we will be going into the studio to record two new songs. The goal is to follow that up with a full-length, but we wanted to get some new stuff up on Myspace for you to hear in the meantime." More...

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Psyopus Announces New Vocalist, Brian Woodruff

NY grinders, Psyopus, have revealed Brian Woodruff as their newest vocalist.

"Psyopus is long overdue and happy to announce new vocalist Brian Woodruff into the band. If you've seen Psyopus at all since the beginning of our Grinding Into Cataclysm tour that began in August, you may have noticed the new face on the stage. Well, Here is the explanation. After Harrison Christie's announced replacement, Matt Duckbirth, flaked out shortly after our press release of his joining the band, we replaced him with Brian. Brian was known as the vocalist from the Binghamton/Rochester, NY band As This Body, I Exist. We worked with him intensely, brought him into the studio and recorded the new album. This album was recorded with Brian. VERY shortly there after we jumped in the van and headed out for tour with War From a Harlots Mouth, Fuck the Facts and Left to Vanish. Again, after the premature press release that Matt was joining our band, we wanted to make sure that Brian was indeed the kat for the band before we made it "official". We are now here to say that he is indeed the kat for the job. Be prepared for a notch up in the vocal brutality of Psyopus."

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Agathodaimon Welcomes New Vocalist

German blackened death metallers, Agathodaimon have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"After lots of rehearsals and a long search, we finally can confirm and hereby present our new vocalist Chris "Ashtrael" Bonner [photo]."

"Amongst the candidates during the past weeks, he was the one that really convinced us with his motivation, attitude and of course his awesome voice!" More...

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Russian Circles To Tour with Clutch, TAAS

Chicago's Russian Circles had a busy 2008, which included the release of their critically acclaimed new album, "Station" (Suicide Squeeze), touring non-stop with the likes of Daughters and Coheed and Cambria, and currently embarking on a massive European tour with friends and label-mates These Arms Are Snakes.

Rounding out the year, Russian Circles has announced plans to spend their holiday and New Year's festivities on the road with alternative rock legends, CLUTCH on their brief tour around the East Coast and Mid-West.

Here are the latest Russian Circles tour dates: More...

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Forwardhead Working On New Album

Maryland alternative metal band Forwardhead has been working on material for a new album and issued the following update:

"We have been working on pre-production for the new CD since July. We have written and arranged 11 songs and will begin recording them in early November. Unfortunately we will not be playing many shows during our recording. Be patient....it will be worth the wait. The new stuff is much more technical - along the lines of our first record "Elevate" but is still heavy like "Pieces".....actually heavier (Diezel Amps are amazing). We are truly excited about the new material and hope to have it out to you sometime next Summer. You'll be hearing from us soon."

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Oak and Bone, Night Owls Sign To Hex Records

Hex Records will release the debuts from two new Syracuse bands - Oak and Bone and Night Owls - soon after the new year.

Oak and Bone is a younger band whose members have played together in various incarnations over the years, settling on what they have now: dirty hardcore rock with riffs upon riffs, akin to Ebullition style hardcore mixed with some Lords and Queens Of the Stone Age (at least to this guy). They will be recording a 7" at some point before year's end. You can hear a few demo songs here.

Night Owls is also a new band, but between the four members they've put in time with dozens of well-known bands around town. With Night Owls they opt for something a bit off-course from what they're used to and go for punchy rock that brings to mind the songwriting of Hot Snakes, though a bit more on the hardcore side. They will be releasing a CDEP with a handful of new songs as well as their demo (the 7" version with three of the new songs will surface on Barbarossa Records). You can hear one of their demo songs here

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Plant Issues Official Statement: No Zeppelin Tour

Robert Plant has denied rumours that Led Zeppelin is set to tour next year, releasing a statement stating that the he will not be touring or recording with the band.

In the statement the singer said that following his current tour with Alison Krauss he will not be touring with any band or project for at least two years.

Last week (September 26) it was claimed that Plant had agreed to a Led Zeppelin tour.

However, the singer's statement read: "It's both frustrating and ridiculous for this story to continue to rear its head when all the musicians that surround the story are keen to get on with their individual projects and move forward.

"I wish Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham nothing but success with any future projects."

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Enslaved To Do Online Q&A

Ivar from Enslaved reports:

Enslaved will do an online Q&A session on Tuesday, September 30th 12:00 PM CET at VG.no, Norway’s leading daily paper.

Fans all over the world can send in their questions from now until Tuesday by visiting here

Please mark it’s in Norwegian, but here’s a quick ”how to do”

”Tittel” – the headline of your question
”Spørsmål” – fill in your question to Enslaved
”Navn ” – from who – your name....

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Exsecratus Vocalist And Guitarist Depart

Finnish metal band Exsecratus, which features in its ranks Jussi Raatikainen (guitar), the older brother of Chldren Of Bodom drummer Jaska, has confirmed the departures of singer Leeni-Maria Hovila and guitarist Tony Hentilä. The group says, "After a long and deep thought, we have decided not to comment these happenings from our point of view at all. Too many things have happened that led to these actions, so we feel best not to say anything so no one gets their feelings hurt. Both of them may tell their side of the stories on their MySpace pages if they want. H.Saari will handle Tony's duties at least for now. But now we are searching for a new vocalist. If you have both the voice and the will to fill the shoes that Leeni-Maria left behind, feel free to contact us at: Singerwanted@Exsecratus (dot) com and send us your demo, picture and some additional info about yourself."

Exsecratus released its debut album, "Tainted Dreams", in Japan on January 23, 2008 through Spiritual Beast (via a licensing deal with Violent Journey Records). The Japanese pressing of the album contains new artwork and two bonus tracks: "For You" and "Death Brings Me Joy".

"Tainted Dreams" was released in Finland on September 3, 2007 via Violent Journey Records. The CD features a guest appearance by Norther frontman Petri Lindroos in the track Under the Winter Moon. According to a press release, "These young masters of melodic metal combine influences from band like Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, Dimmu Borgir and lots and lots of other big names. The male-female vocal combos work together like a machine, as well as the melodies and heart pounding riffs compel the listeners to bang their heads."

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