JUDAS PRIEST, HEAVEN & HELL, MOTORHEAD, AND TESTAMENT UNITE FOR 'METAL MASTERS TOUR'

After weeks of speculation, Live Nation has put together a killer package that is bound to go down as the heavy metal event of 2008 - Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead and Testament will be touring together for the first time. Dubbed 'The Metal Masters Tour,' the fifteen-date U.S. trek kicks off August 6th at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning this weekend at www.livenation.com. Judas Priest will be supporting their epic concept album, 'Nostradamus,' arriving June 17th via Epic Records, which tells the tale of the renowned 16th century prophet.

HOLY MOSES CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2008 !!!

Latest Holy Moses News

We are happy to be confirmed for the biggest Metal Party in the Universe Wacken Open Air 2008.
Check this link http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2008/main-news/news/ansicht/article/neue-bands-bestaetigt-holy-moses-mortal-sin/

We will present at Wacken Open Air 2008 two new songs live from our upcoming new studio album, which will be released in September/October 2008.

Neuste Holy Moses News

Wir freuen uns euch mitteilen zu können, dass wir für die grösste Metal Party des Universums, dem Wacken Open Air 2008 gerade bestätigt worden sind.
Klickt auf diesen Link http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2008/main-news/news/ansicht/article/neue-bands-bestaetigt-holy-moses-mortal-sin/

Wir werden auf dem Wacken Open Air 2008 mindestens zwei neue Song live spielen von unserem neuen Studio Album, welches September/Oktober 2008 auf euch niederprasseln wird.

DETONATION ANNOUNCES NEW GUITARIST

After playing together in the same line-up for over 10 years, Dutch melodic thrashers DETONATION are now making their first ever line-up change. The band has welcomed Danny Tunker (also Fuelblooded, The Saturnine) to the ranks to handle the guitar. This automatically means that co-founder Koen Romeijn (Guitar/Vocals) will lay down his guitar within Detonation, and that he will be focusing on the vocals only from this point on. The upcoming shows in March and April, Koen will still be doing double duties, but from May on all shows will be done as a 5-piece!

PERISH SANITY RELEASED THEIR NEW DEMO

German brutal band PERISH SANITY has released their demo.
Check more info on:
http://www.perish-sanity.com/

RAVAGE FINISHES RECORDING OF NEW ALBUM

Metallers RAVAGE have finished the amstering of their new album "Damn Nation" . The band has posted a cover of IRON MAIDEN´s "Be Quick Or Be Dead" which they recorded during the"Damn Nation" sessions. They will not include this song on the CD.
More info on: www.myspace.com/swwr

ETHS RELEASES THEIR NEW ALBUM "TERATOLOGIE"

After their highly successful debut entitled "Soma" and raving press in their home country France, the Benelux and Switzerland for their new album "Tératologie", April 21st will be the date ETHS expand worldwide! Season of Mist is the label releasing the new album.
More info on www.eths.net

CELESTIA MAKING FIRST SHOW IN 5 YEARS

CELESTIA will play their first concert in over five years, alongside Imago Mortis (ita), Mefitic (ita), Noksorg (fra) in Lyon, France.
Celestia released their sophomore album, "Frigidiis Apotheosia" on January 30th via Paragon Recs in America, and Apparitia Recordings in Europe.

BLOODY HAS MADE A NEW SONG AVAILABLE

Brazilian Thrash Metal band Bloody, formed by Paulo Tuckumantel (vocals), Fábio Bloody (guitars), André Tabaja (bass) and Luis Coser (drums), have become the song "Kill the Order" available at their MySpace (www.myspace.com/bloodythrashmetal ), such song will take part in their second CD "Engines Of Sins", which will be out next April.
Besides, the band is scheduling the dates for the new tour, "Engines Of Sins Tour 2008", and the first concert will be on April 13th, at Hammer Rock Bar, in Campinas town (SP). The gig will also present the bands Korzus, Claustrofobia and Ariel N' Caliban.

PARAGON RECORDS IS RELEASING NEW CRUCIFIER RECORDING

Paragon Recs will be releasing the latest release of rekindled Death Metal legends Crucifier. The release will be a 7" entitled "Trampled Under Cloven Hooves", and will feature two new tracks in addition to a Viking cover, as well as a re-recorded version of an older Crucifier track.
More info on www.paragonrecords.net

DECIEVER SIGNS WITH PULVERISED RECORDS

Reunited Swedish thrashers DECEIVER, the classic thrash metal band, have signed with Pulverised Records for the release of their new album, entitled "Thrashing Heavy Metal", THis album will be the follow up to their 2006 opus "Holov Posen Tro May Trot"
More info on www.myspace.com/deceiverswe

PEOPLE DIE RELEASED VIDEO FOR "5 BUCKS ON CARNAGE"

Australia´s death metal band PEOPLE DIE has just released a video for the song "5 bucks on carnage" taken from the "5 bucks on carnage" EP that was released in 2007.
More info on www.myspace.com/peopledie666

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsZIJ0smi_g

LIFE ILLUSION FINISHED RECORDING NEW ALBUM

Swedish black metallers LIFE ILLUSION have finished recording their debut album. The album will be called "Into the Darkness of My Soul". The band is looking for a label for the release of the album.

More info on http://www.myspace.com/lifeillusionsweden

KAMELOT CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Metal band Kamelot has been confirmed for the 2008 Wacken Open Air Festival. They will present their new album "Ghost Opera" on stage.
More info on www.wacken.com

DECAYING PURITY RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM

Turkey´s brutal death metal band DECAYING PURITY will release their new album this month. The name of the album is "Phases of Dimensional Torture"
More info in: http://www.decayingpurity.com/

MASSACRE CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL !!

Classic death metal band MASSACRE has been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the Wacken Open Air Festival
More info on: www.wacken.com

SUPREME PAIN FINISHES RECORDING ALBUM

Netherland´s SUPREME PAIN have finished recording their album entitled "Cadaver Pleasures". The tracks in the album will be:
1 - Blood Of The Chosen
2 - Drowned In Hate
3 - Souleater
4 - Cadaver Pleasures
5 - Room Of Stench
6 - Flesh Collector
7 - Lifeless Skin And Bones
8 - Visions Of Tyranny
The album will be released though Comatose Music
More info on: www.myspace.com/supremepainofficial

HEAVEN AND HELL & JUDAS PRIEST TOUR?

HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO) — and JUDAS PRIEST are rumored to be joining forces for a summer tour

TESTAMENT WILL PERFORM IN NEW YORK CITY IN APRIL

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT will perform at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City on Sunday, April 6.

ORIGINAL VOCALIST REJOINS DEVIOUS

Dutch death/thrash band DEVIOUS has rejoined forces with original vocalist ARNOLD. Frontman COEN had expressed the desire to step down some time ago already, but has helped out in order to fulfill the band's commitments towards bookers and venues while the search for a suitable replacement began.

DEVIOUS' band leader GUIDO comments: "A few rounds of auditioning took place indeed, but we soon concluded that the best man to represent our brutal package is our former vocalist ARNOLD, with whom we recorded "ACTS OF RAGE", our 2003 debut album".

GERARD of DEITY DOWN RECORDS adds: "Props to COEN for the marvelous job that he did on "DOMAIN", DEVIOUS' current album. His decision deserves to be respected, but I also think that the band's future is equally bright with ARNOLD back on board".

The new line-up will debut on stage at Atak in Enschede, Holland on Februari 8th, with supports Hatred (Blasphemous Deliverance CD presentation) and Toxocara.

EXODUS CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

Bay Area Thrashing legend EXODUS has been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the Wacken Open Air Festival
More info on: www.wacken.com

SABINA CLASSEN´S TOUR DIARY HAS BEEN POSTED

HOLY MOSES thrash queen growler SABINA CLASSEN has posted this tour diary. The band is on an European Tour with Obituary and Sweden´s AVATAR:


"Tour diary from the first shows !!
Hello metalheads !!!
Here are some of the experiences that we had in the first dates of the Obituary / HOLY MOSES / Avatar tour:

02nd, January 2008 the tour starts….We are starting in Hamburg, all our neighbours are around the huge bus, and are saying goodbye, really nice. We are driving to Hannover to pick up our stuff and backline for the tour and the bus starts to drive to Zwolle / the Netherlands for the first show on tour…

03rd, January 2008 – Zwolle, The NetherlandsThe tour starts with a sold out show in Zwolle and we are meeting the guys of Obituary for the first time. It's such a real nice tourpackage and the show at the Hedon was a real great show. We are meeting a lot of friends from Holland and the make us feeling really great.

04th, January 2008 – Tillburg, The Netherlands - 013 - Tilburg, HollandLast night we had an unbelievable show in Zwolle! Thanks to the friends at Hedon and to all of you that came out and supported us. The show was sold out show, and the club set a new beer sales record! Thats a great way to start the tour . And Tonight's show is at 013 and this is a real great huge venue! The special thing – Holger & Janine from the fanclub in Germany drove the whole night and where waiting already at the venue for us and also Alexandra & John from the Benelux Fanclub joined us real early. It was a wonderful show, but at the soundcheck I got some of the lightstuff on my head and my head was beaming like a flame during headbanging the whole show.

05th, January 2008 – Osnabrück, GermanyYesterday in Tillburg is was so great to see all our friends and fans and it was such a real great show. I always feel so much home when I am back in Holland. After surviving the crash on my head, we are today in Osnabrück, Germany. Holger & Janine followed our nightliner. The first german show tonight, and my head was still burning on stage. During the show I thought, I maybe can't do it anymore, but all your great reactions and a huge moshpit helped me to get all adrenaline into my vains to do the show. Afterwords I needed a lot of ice on my head.

06th, January 2008, Hamburg, GermanyOsnabrück,thank you all for the great night and t a killer show! You helped me all so much. Holger & Janine had to leave back home and tonight we are back in Hamburg at the Markthalle. A lot of friends are showing up and we could do a great show. Afterwords we went to the Headbanger's Ballroom and we did a huge party. Really sadly – but I got a bad cold and on the next day, 07th, January I had to be in my bed, with fever. So it was great to have a day off. Thanks so much for all your support in hamburg, and the very great reactions on our show. We really loved to be back in hamburg.

08th, January 2008, Warschau, Poland & 09th, January 2008, Krakau, PolandWe have been now in Poland. Poland are real awesome and our Polish fans are totally crazy. Since I am still very ill I loved it so much. My nose is running on stage, but we could do such a nice show. Also the metal glory guys from germany meet us at the show. I could not be online the last days, but back online, I could see all the nice photo shoots you did from our shows in Poland. Thanks to you all, for supporting us with such killer moshpit in Poland.

10th, January 2008, Orpheum Graz, AustriaTonight we are at the Orpheum in Graz, Austria. The club is very nice and looks like a old theatre. The girl in the backstage, doing the catering, starts to drink her first beer realy early in the morning, because this bottle of bear are not fitting anymore in our fridge…hahahahaha….greatings to father & son – coming to our show, this is a great education – also the aftershow party was great, like my guys told to me….I could not join, because I am still a bit ill and I have to take care for my voice. But so I was sitting with Donald in the bus and we had a nice aftershow red wine.

11th, January 2008, Planet Music, Vienna, Austria. We have a second Austrian show tonight at Planet Music in Vienna. I remember a great show back in 2004 at the Planet Music and so it was great to meet all the crew and security in Vienna back. I also went in the afternoon to the museum of Sigmund Freud, so I did something special also on that day. The show was again really crazy and we loved it so much. It was real awesome and we really appreciate all of you coming out and supporting us! We had such a lof of fun to be back in Austria.

12th, Januar 2008, Boogaloo, Zagreb, CroatiaTonights show is at The Boogaloo in Zagreb, Croatia! This is our second time in this country. First time we meet you all on the 2002 tour and we are really looking forward again to tonights show. After the show we have a long drive tonight to Italy, but then we do have a day off that I am looking forward too! Also our second time in Croatia was so great. I hope we can come back very soon. We had a great time with some really awesome fans that made it an incredible show for us. Thanks so much to all of you. It was amazing to meet so many fans also from Austria, Serbia and Bosnia in Zagreb. Thanks also for all the beers you gave to me.

13th, January, 2008, Day Off, Novotel FlorenceWe jumped all out of the bus and checked in into the nice hotel in florence and I took a real long time into the bathup. What a feeling….I was sleeping the whole day and relaxed totally.

14th, January 2008, Viper Club, Florence, ItalyAfter the day off yesterday we are getting ready for our first of 2 club shows in Italy. We did festivals like Badia Rocks in Italy but in all our years, I was really waiting for the first shows in clubs. Tonight in Florence and tomorrow in Milan...I hope to see our Italian fans and thanks for all the nice emails before, that you are waiting for us such a long time. And what should I say, it was awesome with you all. Because of you we could do a really crazy killer show and thanks for all the great food and your red wine in Italy.

15th, January 2008, Alcatraz, Milano, ItalyAfter the really great show last night in Florence, Italy we made our way to Milano for our show tonight at Alcatraz. Thanks to all of you for coming out and supporting us tonight at the the great venue at Alcatraz. You helped us again to make such a great show in such an amazing venue. We will come back very soon to Italy, and we will not wait again another 27 years to join you

16th, January 2008, CCO, Lyon, FranceIt was such a great night in Milano yesterday. Alcatraz was a really nice venue and made for a great show! Thank you to all for your great support again. We did a long way now to drive to France and we are now in Lyon, France at CCO. It's only one year ago – november 2006, we played here the same venue. So it should be another great night! We hope to see you all again…. "

More info and many pics and videos on: http://www.holymoses.de/

DEAD HEAD SIGNS WITH DISPLEASED RECORDS

Dutch brutal Thrash Metal band DEAD HEAD signs with Displeased Records !Expect the new full length in the summer of 2008 !
Mor info on: www.displeasedrecords.com

WACKEN OPEN AIR: RECORD SALES - 40.000 TICKETS !!

The Wacken Open Air festival has sold up to now 40.000 tickets for the 2008 edition of the festival. As the organizers say: this year the demand for tickets has been overwhelming and this is a sales record.

The bands confirmed for the Wacken 2008 edition are up to now: As I lay Dying * At the Gates * Autumn * Avantasia * Axel Rudi Pell * Axxis * Before the Dawn * Carcass * Children of Bodom * Corvus Corax * Crematory * Destructor * Dream of an Ophium Eater * Enemy of the Sun * Ensiferum * Erocation * Excrementory Grindfuckers * Girogämesh * Gorerotted * Gorgoroth * Grave * Hatebreed * Headhunter * Iron Maiden * Kill Switch Engage * Kreator * Krypteria * Lord Belial * Lordi * Nifelheim * Nightwish * Obituary * Powerwolf * Primordial * Psychopunch * Sabaton * Saltation Mortis * Sonata Arctica * The Bones * Van Canto * Warbringer * Watain



More info on: http://www.wacken.com/

EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR

EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS has been confirmed for WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2008
More info on www.wacken.com

WIN A MEET AND GREET WITH SABINA CLASSEN !!

German Thrash icon HOLY MOSES kick ass for another successful year in Europe and start the recordings for the new album Bloodbound in autumn. The new masterpiece will hit the stores in beginning of 2008 and honoures all the true and loyal fans worldwide. Also they will be on European Tour in January 2008 with legendary OBITUARY.
To get closer with the US fans, too, singer Sabina Classen has a huge surprise for you: on November 16th and 17th,2007 she invites 50 fans each night to enjoy an amazing barbecue at Beverly Hills/LA!!
If you want to be selected being part of this awesome happening, check out the competition and answer the questions:1- Why you want to meet Sabina in Los Angeles and why you want take part on the barbecue party?. And some words about why you like to listen to Holy Moses.

Maybe you are the lucky one?! This competition is only spread by Myspace but be sure to hurry up to win a night you won´t forget so fast!!
Answer mail to the following address, please: fede@holymosesblood bound.com
The winners will get a mail with more information.
Deadline: October 30th 2007!!
The winners will get an email until 06th, november.
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CHRIST INCEST, CREMATION and ASATHOR CONFIRMED FOR KALTENBACH OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

CHRIST INCEST, CREMATION and ASATHOR are among the confirmed bands for the Kaltenbach Open Air festival, set to take place July 18-19, 2008 in Spital Am Semmering, Austria

HELLEBAARD RELEASES NEW ALBUM !!!!

"Duisternis", the third album of the Dutch pagan black metal band Hellebaard, will be released by Christhunt Productions in the last week of October. The album contains the following songs: Runenmacht , De Laatste Strijd, Duisternis, Offerfeest, Vorst der Nacht, Bloedraad, Dominus Vobiscum and Galg en Rad, with a total playing time of almost 50 minutes.
MP3 samples of all songs can be downloaded from http://www.myspace.com/hellebaard or from the release section at http://www.hellebaard.tk

TRIALS, the band that features Saha Horn, former NOVEMBERS DOOM drummer, has released the tune "Praise" in their MySpace site. The tune will be in their debut album that will be released in early 2008.
More info on: www.myspace.com/trials

CARCASS CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2008 !!!

Carcass are confirmed for the W:O:A 2008
Here are the band´s own words: "Well, they said it would never happen. In fact I said it would never happen. Then I noticed no one pays attention to what I say anyway and I sounded like an idiot... Summer 2008 will be the twentieth anniversary since the release of CARCASS' first studio album. It will be fourteen years since we last played live. We've decided to exhume the old corpse next Summer at Wacken. The timing is purely coincidental - it's been a long journey to get to this point where myself, Bill Steer and Mike Amott have enough common desire again to make it possible. We're finally conceding to the demand that seems to be at an all time high and doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Any past reasons we may have had for not wanting to do it, or thinking it was impossible, have simply dissipated in the face of overwhelming interest in us performing THOSE riffs for a generation of believers who never had the opportunity back in the day. We could say we're doing it for 'the kids' - but fuck that ! We're doing it 'cos it will be fun again to play the classic CARCASS tunes !! Of course it would seem inappropriate for us to contemplate to do this without Ken Owen, but I assure you he'll be there, and we'll push some sticks in his hands and make him play, plus we'll have a killer drummer to sit in and play HIS parts. Myself Jeff Walker on bass and vocals, "the semi-legendary" Bill Steer and Mike Amott on lead guitar and Daniel Erlandsson, filling in for Ken on drums, look forwards to mutilating your hearing. And if we don't do it ? Who else will overshadow the Led Zeppelin reunion ? Ha ! Prepare to rot and roll."

More info at: www.wacken.com

HOLY MOSES LAUNCHES TEMPLE OF THE ABSURD OFFICIAL SITE

An official Temple of the Absurd MySpace site has been created. Temple of the Absurd featured HOLY MOSES vocalist SABINA CLASSEN. The band released 2 albums before Sabina decided to come back with HOLY MOSES in 2000. Click on the link below to check the site (there are 4 tunes and a couple of videos)
www.myspace.com/templeoftheabsurd666

More info on Holy Moses on: www.myspace.com/holymosesgermany and www.myspace.com/sabinaclassen

DEICIDE´S STEVE ASHEIM GETS DEAL WITH DDRUM

DEICIDE - STEVE ASHEIM COMMENTS ON ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH DDRUMFor many years, ddrum has been one of the premier makers of drums and drum accessories, bringing 100% quality and player satisfaction into each acoustic and electric product they make. Some of the biggest drummers in the music industry, such as Vinnie Paul and Pete Sandoval proudly use ddrum products. Now get ready to add one more big and decidedly evil name onto that list! DEICIDE drummer, Steve Asheim has signed an endorsement deal with ddrum."I am very excited to be endorsed by ddrum and I am very thankful for the generosity of the whole crew at ddrum;" says Asheim, who's roots with the company go way back. "Having been friends with Elliot (Rubinson, ddrum CEO) for a long time and knowing the top notch quality of their drums, ddrum seemed like the perfect fit for me."A brand new ddrum kit was used to record the drum tracks for DEICIDE's forthcoming release, Till Death Do Us Part. Both visually and during playback after playback of drum tracks, Asheim was quite impressed by the results he had gotten out of the new ddrum kit."As soon as I laid my eyes on the kit that they’d sent me, the first thing out of my mouth was “wow.” The look and the tone of these drums are second to none."Look at pictures of Steve in the studio laying down drums for Till Death Do Us Part at Morrisound Studios in Florida:www.earacherecords.com/myspace/Deicide1.jpgwww.earacherecords.com/myspace/Deicide2.jpgwww.earacherecords.com/myspace/Deicide3.jpgSteve Asheim is featured alongside some of today's greatest metal drummers in a new ad for ddrum. Look for it in the pages of DRUM! and other drumming magazines.For more info on Steve Asheim and ddrum products, go to http://www.ddrum.com.

CALES RELEASES FOURTH ALBUM

CALES fourth album, entitled "Savage Blood" has been released by Metal Breath Production.Official street date: 27th of September 2007
As the band says, this time themusic is much more in the vein of their second album "Pass in Time". It shows their pagan roots and is more instrumental.
More info on: http://www.metalbreath.cz/

KINETIC FINISHED RECORDING NEW RELEASE

KINETIC´s new released, entitled "Corrosion" is finally complete! The release is scheduled for late October, 2007. Now, at the band`s profile at MySpace (www.myspace.com/kineticgr) you can find a special 5-song mix, with a duration of 6 minutes that gives a clear view of how the new KINETIC sounds like.

SEVERE TORTURE HAS POSTED 2 LIVE VIDEOS ONLINE

Dutch brutalists SEVERE TORTURE have uploaded two live videos of new songs from the upcoming 'Sworn Vengeance' album.Filmed live at De Kade in Zaandam, Holland, on 16th September, the clips feature the band raging through new tunes 'Dismal Perception' and 'Buried Hatchet' in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Both songs are taken from the new album due on November 12.The clips can be viewed here:Buried Hatchet www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOiqWAkJhxM&NR=1Dismal Perception www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGrrNFZP84M

CHILDREN OF BODOM CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN 2008

Finland´s CHILDREN OF BODOM is one of the first bands confirmed for Wacken Open Air Festival 2008. IRON MAIDEN has also been confirmed
More info on: www.wacken.com

TOBIAS SAMMET WILL BE IN WACKEN OPEN AIR 2007

Tobias Sammet returns with his mammoth project AVANTASIA!!!!!

Presenting the third part of an ongoing epic concept journey through a progtastic variation of styles, elements and emotions, the first gigantic appetizer is about to be unleashed: in October, the first single / EP will hit the shelves and all details and infos will be revealed at an exclusive press conference at Wacken Open Air. But we can assure you this single / EP will feature enough material other bands would fill a full-length album with - for mastermind and EDGUY-fronter Tobias Sammet it is a sign of things to come....

Also be aware of the fact that Mister Sammet has once more summoned a whole bunch of famous guest stars...that we won`t reveal to you yet!

The first chance for the press to gain more info about the ominous guest stars and other hidden treasures will be at this year`s Wacken Open Air. Tobias Sammet will be present at the festival Saturday, August 4th:
- an exclusive signing session will be held from 14.30 - 15.15 at the official Wacken signing booth
- a press conference with Tobias Sammet will take place in the press tent (VIP area) at 17.30

PUNISH RELEASES SECOND ALBUM

The Swiss death metal unit PUNISH is releasing its second full-length album DAWN OF THE MARTYR on Quam Libet Records.The album was produced by Alex Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES’ EYES) and features the lightning speed drum skills of Reto Crola (REQUIEM).
More info on: www.quamlibetrecords.ch

AKERCOCKE ON TOUR WITH THE BEZERKER

Fresh off the back of their slaughtering new release 'Antichrist', UK death-metal gentlemen Akercocke have announced a headline Australian tour with support from Australia's own musical mastermind The Berzerker. The tour will take place in October and looks set to be an unmissable collaboration of death-metal annihilation and experimental extreme metal for fans Down-Under. The full list of dates is as follows:
19th October The Arena Brisbane
20th October The Factory Sydney
21st October Crowbar CS.UNI Wagga
24th October Fowlers Live Adelaide
26th October Heat Nightclub Perth
27th October Hi-FI Bar Melbourne
28th October Hi-FI Bar Melbourne
Akercocke 'Antichrist' is out now, click here to order the album www.earacheshop.com/store/akercocke.htmlTo find out more about the album head over to www.myspace.com/akercockeantichrist

NIGHTWISH TO REVEAL IDENTITY OF NEW SINGER TOMORROW

Finland´s NIGHTWISH will reveal the identity of their new singer tomorrow. The original plan was to reveal it on May 30 but leakage to the internet of their new single "Eva" lead to thi decision
More info on www.nightwish.com

SUIDAKRA IN WACKEN OPEN AIR !!!

SUIDAKRA has been confirmed for this year´s Wacken Open Air Festival
More info on: www.wacken.com

HOLY MOSES HAS AN E-CARD ONLINE

German thrash metal beasts HOLY MOSES have made an E-Card available online. The E-card contains, bio, pictures, links, tourdates and the "End of Time" video.
You can find the E-card on this link: http://www.holymoses.de/e-card/

PETER LINDGREN OUT OF OPETH

Guitarist Peter Lindgren has left OPETH after 16 years with the band. Fredrik Åkesson (ex-ARCH ENEMY, KRUX, TALISMAN) has been confirmed as the new guitarist in OPETH.

TYPE O NEGATIVE CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

TYPE O NEGATIVE has been confirmed for the Wacken Open Air Festival.
You can find more info on www.wacken.com

FASTWAY, HATESPHERE, DRONE AND MANY MORE ADDED TO WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

HATESPHERE
THE ANSWER
MAMBO KURT
W:O:A FIREFIGHTERS
FASTWAY
DRONE
SECRETS OF THE MOON
GUTBUCKET
MENNEN
PHARAO
FAIR TO MIDLAND
ahve been added to the Wacken Open Air Festival 2007
Check more info on: www.wacken.com

HOSTILE INC FINISHES RECORDING DEBUT ALBUM

The melodic death metal band HOSTILE INC. finished the recordings of their debut, entitled "Qiyamat". The recordings were made in Leprechaun Studio, where they record bass and drums, and in Pro Audio Studio, where the band recorded vocals, guitars and keyboards.
More info on www.hostileinc.net

DESESNSITISED LOOKING FOR BASSSIST AND DRUMMER

Dutch death/grind metallers DESENSITISED are urgently looking for a new bassist and drummer in order to record their " Murder Syndicate" CD in the course of this year. Contact us if you're interested: info@desensitised.nl .
In other news, guitarist Susan Gerl has joined CLITEATER in order to play the summer festivals.
More info on: www.desensitised.nl

SOLEMNITY HAS FOUND NEW GUITARIST

GSOLEMNITY has announced the addition of guitarists Robin Fischer (ex-HAGGARD, RED TO GREY) and Frank Pané (ex-VALLEY'S EVE, RED TO GREY, BURN) to the group's ranks. The band has written more than two dozen songs for its new album, which it plans on recording this summer.

DIMENSION ZERO CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL !

Dimension Zero, the side band from In Flames´s Jesper Strömblad, has been confirmed to play in the 2007 Wacken Open Air Festival
More info on: www.wacken.com

U.D.O. RELEASES NEW SINGLE

U.D.O., the band of german metal master Udo Dirksceider has released a new single called „The Wrong Side Of Midnight“. The single is available since April 27th and on May 18th will be released the new album called „Mastercutor“.
More info on www.afm-records.de

BLITZKRIEG CONFIRMED FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL

British metallers BLITZKRIEG have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the WAcken Open Air Festival.
More info on www.wacken.com