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.

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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/