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April 26th, 2009	Regain Records signs NYHC veterans MERAUDER Regain Records is very proud to announce the signing of NYHC veterans MERAUDER! Jorge Rosado (vocals) has issued the following statement: "MERAUDER, the metalcore kings and creators, are teaming up with Regain Records to bring you the long awaited album titled God Is I. This is one of the most important and brutal records we've ever worked on and it's all worth it!!! Come out and support us on tour with THE HAUNTED.." The most focused recording since the band's classic album Master Killer, God Is I finds MERAUDER in perfect shape. Melding the bands roots with modern bite, the intent becomes immediately clear within seconds of the albums sucker punch opening riff; “Until” hones in on its listener and the chase begins. Runaway freight train grooves, mid-pace stomps, seething gang vocals and death metal drenched riffs all find themselves vying for supremacy amidst their patented NYHC delivery. God Is I is set for release on Regain Records June 19th, 2009. http://www.myspace.com/merauder http://www.regainrecords.com http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords SUSPERIA: Singer's Operation A Success Despite Further Complications Oslo, Norway -- Despite further complications SUSPERIA singer Athera (Pal Mathiesen) successfully underwent open heart surgery on Monday March 16th 2009 at Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. Originally scheduled to have a triple bypass operation, surgeons discovered further problems which resulted in the vocalist also having a main artery - which previously ran to his lungs -connected directly to his heart. Athera will remain in hospital to recuperate and has been advised by doctors that full recovery will take between three and five months. Still in some agony from his ordeal and in reflective mood, Athera said: "Wow - Well what happened there?! It looks like this time my name wasn't on the guest list at the pearly gates or the other place down below. I got through the surgery and I'm now back in the regional hospital after five days at the specialist heart clinic. Here in my hospital bed I'm contemplating the enormity of what happened - the what ifs and the what might have been. I'm in agony but the strong medication helps. It was a heavy operation having my body parts re-arranged - If a musician ever needed a "TUNE UP," I hope this was it. There are some tough times ahead but I will get there in the end." Commenting further on the messages of support and with an eye on the future he added: "I'm truly amazed at people's humanity at times like this, with all the goodwill messages I've been getting from friends and strangers. Once again the metal community comes through with flying colors, putting their prejudices aside to come together as one. Respect to those who took the time to send messages of support. It's heart-warming to get messages from metalheads who don't have the time of day for my band yet still find the time to send a message.You all helped me get through this, and strengthened my metal heart! .I will be out of the game for a while till my chest bones completely heal and I can sing fully again. I wish my boys a good trip round the UK in May on the tour, and am confident they will bring along a singer that will make the show worth while for you. I wish I could be there, " As previously reported, SUSPERIA have confirmed the postponement of Norwegian dates, which were set for April 09. Their UK tour in May with Breed 77 will go ahead at the insistence of Athera himself, having urged the band not to let their UK fans down and to look at finding a replacement vocalist. The release of SUSPERIA's next studio album is set for early summer as planned, through Candlelight Records. Full details will be announced shortly. http://www.susperia.net http://www.myspace.com/susperiafans http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com ELUVEITIE NEW VIDEO 'OMNOS' POSTED ONLINE! "Omnos," the new video from Swiss folk metal pioneers ELUVEITIE, can now be viewed on MySpace and YouTube. The song comes off the band's upcoming acoustic/folk album, Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion, which is scheduled for release on April 11th (Europe) and May 19th (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will contain 15 folk songs, most of them written in ancient gaulish language. Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: "The tracks on Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion take you on a journey through ancient gaulish mythology, a journey deep into the celtic soul. You'll pass diverse instrumental tracks, setting mythological topics into music, as well as songs, which are exclusively sung in ancient Gaulish language. Most lyrics are 1,600-2,100 years old. We're proud and happy we have some illustrious and excellent guest musicians on this album: Fredy Schnyder from NUCLEUS TORN playing the hammered dulcimer on two tracks, Oli S. Tyr from the German medieval folkers FAUN contributing the magical sounds of the long-necked lute on the title track. Furthermore, Alan Nemtheanga from the Irish pagan metallers PRIMORDIAL presenting his vocal art in two tracks, Mina The Fiddler from the experimental folk band BRANA KETERNA enchanting two tracks with the sounds of the five-stringed viola and at last Sarah Wauquiez, our former bandmember, playing Zugerorgeli (helvetic accordion) on one track." TRACK LIST: 01. Sacrapos - At First Glance (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga (PRIMORDIAL) on voice) 02. Brictom 03. A Girls Oath 04. The Arcane Dominion (feat. Oli S. Tyr (FAUN) on long-necked lute) 05. Within The Grove feat. Fredy Schnyder (NUCLEUS TORN) on hammered dulcimer feat. Mina The Fiddler (ex-BRANA) on 5-stringed viola 06. The Cauldron Of Renascence 07. Nata (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga (PRIMORDIAL) on additional vocals) 08. Omnos 09. Carnutian Forest 10. Dessumiis Luge 11. Gobanno feat. Sarah Wauquiez (SCHELLMERY, ex-ELUVEITIE) feat. Fredy Schnyder (NUCLEUS TORN) on hammered dulcimer feat. Mina The Fiddler (ex-BRANA) on 5-stringed viola 12. Voveso In Mori 13. Memento 14. Ne Regv Na 15. Sacrapos - The Disparaging Last Gaze Eluveitie - Omnos - Video Debut on MySpace.com! Eluveitie Facebook Page CANDLEMASS - DEATH MAGIC DOOM - ALBUM STREAM ONLY ON MYSPACE! Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS have made their new album available for streaming exclusively on their Myspace page . Death Magic Doom will be available on their MySpace until April 1st and will be for sale in Europe on April 3rd and North America on May 5th. Death Magic Doom is the follow-up to last year's massive Lucifer Rising EP and 2nd full-length album King of the Grey Islands. Death Magic Doom was recorded once more at the famous Swedish Polar Studios. TRACK LIST: 01. If I Ever Die 02. Hammer Of Doom 03. The Bleeding Baroness 04. Demon Of The Deep 05. House Of 1000 Voices 06. Dead Angel 07. Clouds Of Dementia 08. My Funeral Dreams 09. Lucifer Rising (U.S. Bonus Track) Commented bassist/main songwriter Leif Edling: "The songs [on the new album] are about immortality, depressions, demons, vampires, funerals and the almighty devil that we all know very well, hehe. I love the way we perform here. Rob's [Lowe] singing and Lasse's [Lars Johansson, guitar] soloing are nothing but amazing!! The production is also outstanding! The name Death Magic Doom captures it perfectly! Great name! Love it! It is very suitable for an album of this magnitude AND it also describes what CANDLEMASS is about; Heavy, hard, epic, colossal metal!!! I would say that Death Magic Doom is the best album we have done since Nightfall [1987]!! In all, [the LP contains] nearly 50 minutes of bone-crushing and mind-blowing doom metal!!" Candlemass MySpace Page Candlemass Facebook Page ENSLAVED + OPETH NORTH AMERICAN TOUR APPROACHES Recent Norwegian Grammy winners ENSLAVED will be direct support for Opeth on their upcoming North American tour. The 23-show stint will launch on May 1st on Sayreville, New Jersey and end on May 27th in Washington D.C. Ivar Bjørnson, ENSLAVED’s songwriter and guitarist comments: "I am stoked that we are going out with Opeth. We have been admirers of Opeth's work for years, specially the direction of their newer works. This is great news for us to take back to our loyal fans and friends in North America at this point; the reception for our newest album Vertebrae has been fantastic and unforgettable. We can't wait to present the songs live; we promise you won't be let down! Finally, we wish to express our sincere gratitude to Opeth for giving us this opportunity." Headlining shows in late May/early June will soon be announced. Confirmed dates are as follows: 05/01/09 Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ 05/02/09 House of Blues - Boston, MA 05/03/09 Le Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA 05/04/09 Sound Academy - Toronto, ON - CANADA 05/05/09 Mr. Small’s Place - Millvale, PA 05/06/09 House of Blues - Chicago, IL 05/08/09 Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE 05/09/09 Fox Theatre - Boulder, CO 05/11/09 The Knitting Factory - Boise, ID 05/12/09 Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR 05/13/09 Senator Theatre - Chico, CA 05/14/09 Regency Center [at The Grand] - San Francisco, CA 05/15/09 The Glasshouse - Pomona, CA 05/16/09 The Avalon - Hollywood, CA 05/17/09 Rialtor Theatre - Tucson, AZ 05/19/09 Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX 05/20/09 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK 05/21/09 New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN 05/22/09 Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN 05/23/09 Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH 05/24/09 Clutch Cargo's - Pontiac, MI 05/26/09 Grand Ballroom [at The Manhattan] - New York, NY 05/27/09 9:30 Club -Washington, DC View the video for "The Watcher" – directed by Norwegian Grammy Award winner Patric Ullaeus (Dimmu Borgir, Keep Of Kalessin, In Flames) - here. Watch the behind-the-scenes video here. Enslaved MySpace Page Enslaved Facebook Page FRONTIERS RECORDS OPENS U.S. OFFICE AND SECURES NEW DISTRIBUTION DEAL TRENTON, N.J. – Frontiers Records, Europe’s premier label for melodic, progressive, and hard rock, has secured an exclusive North American distribution deal with Super D Independent Distribution (SDID). The first four releases - JSS, Jami Jamison, Wetton Downes Icon, and White Lion – will arrive on April 7, followed by several additional titles each month. “Frontiers has built a reputation as the top label for melodic and progressive rock,” said Bryan Mechutan, US Label Manager. “We are excited to finally have a domestic office and solid North American distribution. In addition to making titles more readily available to fans, we are looking forward opportunity to grow and expand Frontiers.” Frontiers has hired Skateboard Marketing to handle radio promotion and Mazur Public Relations for publicity. Frontiers Records is synonymous with quality melodic music in the rock, progressive, and metal genres. With over 400 records under its belt and chart success in all the core markets of Europe and Asia, Frontiers has become the European home of rock music greats such as Journey, Styx, Toto, Night Ranger, Winger, Dokken, White Lion, and many more. With the strategic move to open a US office and ink a direct distribution deal with Super D, Frontiers is now looking to increase the success story that started 12 years ago in a small room in Naples, Italy, under the initiative of the label’s President Serafino Perugino. www.frontiers.it www.mazurpr.com www.myspace.com/mazurpr CHOSEN Announce Canadian Tour Dates It's the luck of the Irish as metal transplants CHOSEN announce their 2009 Canadian Tour dates that will see them trek from their adopted home of Vancouver, BC (Canada) and cross the country to return to their native Ireland to start on production of their upcoming debut album. Chosen moved to Vancouver in search of vocalist John Matter to add to their fusing element of extreme metal and crushing heaviness. With all band mates in line, Chosen are hitting the road to celebrate the country that has embraced them since 2007. Canadian tour dates: April 25 - Vancouver, BC - Tom Lee Music Hall (All Ages) 28 - Kamloops, BC - The Dirty Jersey (with Psyoptic, Damned Grave) 30 - Calgary, AB - Verns (with Mother Died Today, I Die Screaming) May 1 - Sylvan Lake, AB - Chef Francisco Pub (with First Church Of Mud) 2 - Edmonton, AB - The Mead Hall 4 - Red Deer, AB - Cheers North (with First Church Of Mud) 5 - Saskatoon, SK - Walker's Nightclub (with Brutal Machine, Abscission) 6 - Regina, SK - The Club 9 - Winnipeg, MA - The Royal Albert Hall (with Putrescence, Mechanical Separation, I Die Screaming, Big Trouble In Little China) 11 - Thunder Bay, ON - The Black Pirate's Pub 15 - Trois-Rivières, QC - House 1489 (with Soil Of Ignorance) 16 - Montreal, QC - Bar St. Laurent 2 18 - Hull, QC - Ou Quoi Lounge (with Signs Of Chaos) 21 - Toronto, ON - The Smiling Buddah Bar (with A Faster Now, 16 Gauge) 22 - Toronto, ON - Duffy's Pub 23 - Hamilton, ON - Door's Pub Check out the band at their website and/or MySpace page. MAROON post new song “Stay Brutal” at re-designed MySpace page! Driven by its steadfast dedication to honest, vigorous and timeless metal sounds, German modern metal act MAROON is about to return with its heaviest, most diverse and visionary opus to date - “Order”! Now, it is time to finally present you a first sonic appetizer for the new album, so check out the song “Stay Brutal” at MAROON’s re-designed MySpace site: www.myspace.com/maroonhate A video for the track has been finished recently, too and will be premiered in the coming weeks! “Order” will be released on April 20th, 2009 in Europe and to properly celebrate this event, MAROON have announced several exclusive record release shows including one in the band’s hometown Nordhausen where you will be able to buy an exclusive “Order” package only available at this date! Here are the exact dates: “Order” release shows! Presented by Metal Hammer (D), Fuze (D), Slam (A), rockinvasion (D), Metal.de (D), Peta2.de (D), Allschools.de (D), In-Your-Face.de (D) April 17, 2009 - Hamburg (D) @ Headcräsh April 18, 2009 - Nordhausen (D) @ venue tba / Very special release show! April 24, 2009 - Essen (D) @ Turock April 25,2009 - Stuttgart (D) @ Landespavillon May 9, 2009 – Berlin (D) @ Live at Dot “Order” was recorded with producer Markus Stock / Klangschmiede Studio E (Eisregen, The Vision Bleak, Secrets Of The Moon), mixed at Studio Fredman in Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (Arch Enemy, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity) and mastered at West West Side Studios (Mastodon, Unearth, Earth Crisis) in the US. Needless to say, that this resulted in the best sound MAROON ever had! While the band spent most of 2008 working on the new album and thus decided to take a time-out from the stage, in 2009 MAROON will make sure to defend their reputation as a kick-ass live band! Also visit: www.maroonhate.com www.myspace.com/centurymediaeurope www.youtube.com/centurymediaeurope LACUNA COIL & ARCHITECTS Confirmed to play this year's Download Festival With this year’s Download Festival, held at the legendary Donington Park in Derbyshire UK between 12-14th June, already fast becoming THE festival to be at this year after announcing that Faith No More will be reforming to appear at the festival, Century Media are pleased to announce the addition of two of our bands to this years bill – LACUNA COIL & ARCHITECTS. A highly excited Cristina Scabbia comments on the band’s appearance at Download 2009: "Hello everyone! Once again, this year we'll be honoured to be part of the Download festival and we're absolutely, hysterically, madly excited about that! Not only because we will be finally able to let you guys listen to some of the new stuff from the upcoming album "Shallow Life" but also because there will be a lot of really great bands to check out and to hang out with! I personally can't wait to see Faith No More in action after so many years, it'll be a total blast! It's definitely an edition you can't miss, I always have a great time at Download, but I sense this year will be even more exciting. See you there, rockers! Can't wait!" With LACUNA COIL’s highly anticipated new album “Shallow Life” due for release on April 20th the band are currently gearing up for an extensive US Arena tour with Disturbed on the ‘Music As A Weapon IV’ tour from 20th March - 17th May before coming back to Europe for some summer festival appearances. Check out the bands revamped myspace http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil for all the tour dates and a new song preview from ‘Shallow Life’ Their digital only single “Spellbound” is out on the following dates: EUROPE: March 20th, 2009 UK/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: March 22nd, 2009 Dan Searle, ARCHITECTS’ drummer is equally excited about playing the festival "We are absolutely stoked to be playing Download this year. We played back in 2007 and we've released two albums and come so far as a band since then - it's going to be absolutely bananas! Plus limp bizkit are playing so how can it not be good!?" Architects’ new album “Hollow Crown” has been critically acclaimed by the worldwide press and has seen them play phenomenal headlining shows in the UK on their headlining tour in January. The next live show in the UK is Hammerfest at Pontins in Prestatyn on 24th April. Prior to that ARCHITECTS will tour the mainland with Comeback Kid, Misery Signals and Bane on their “Through The Noise” tour. For more information on the band, tracks and videos check out http://www.myspace.com/architectsuk LACUNA COIL and ARCHITECTS are joining some of metal’s heavyweights already confirmed for Download Festival – Faith No More, Slipknot, ZZ Top, Whitesnake, Dragonforce, Papa Roach, Down, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson & many more – exact days, stages and set times will be announced later For ticket information please check http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk or Download Festival RIP. Packages are available at the same point of sale as standard weekend tickets; please visit http://www.livenation.co.uk for more information. Visit LACUNA COIL online: http://www.lacunacoil.it http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil Visit ARCHITECTS online: http://www.myspace.com/architectsuk http://ilovearchitects.blogspot.com/ http://youtube.com/wearearchitects WARBRINGER post new song! Road dogs WARBRINGER are currently slaying audiences across America alongside Soilwork and Darkane. Before hitting the road, the band completed work on their sophomore album, titled “Waking Into Nightmares”, with producer Gary Holt (Exodus) and mixing duties being handled by Zack Ohren (Suffocation, All Shall Perish). WARBRINGER is now excited to give fans a taste of the new record and have posted the brand-new song “Severed Reality” on their official MySpace. A video for the track was filmed by the extraordinary Dave Brodsky (Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Silence) last month. WARBRINGER comments: “’Severed Reality’ is one of the first songs we wrote for “Waking Into Nightmares”. Some of the riffs even date back to before we did the first record. When we started writing for the new album this was one of the first songs to come together and has been a favorite of ours since. We have been playing this song live since the Overkill tour last September-October, and it’s always gotten a great live reaction. It’s a really heavy, fast number with some of my favorite lyrics we have. You figure it out.” “Waking Into Nightmares” will be released on May 19, 2009 (US) and May 25, 2009 (Europe) via Century Media Records. The time to thrash is now! For WARBRINGER’s complete itinerary, videos, songs and more visit: www.myspace.com/warbringer ARCH ENEMY tops “Best DVD 2008” category in Metal Hammer (Germany) readers’ poll; more Summer festival The readers of German Metal Hammer magazine have voted their favourites for 2008 and ARCH ENEMY’s DVD “Tyrants Of The Rising Sun – Live In Japan” won in the category “Best DVD 2008” leaving high profile releases by acts such as Iron Maiden, Dimmu Borgir, Amon Amarth or Volbeat behind. Vocalist Angela Gossow comments: “I can hardly believe this. Yeah, we think it’s a great DVD, but having thousands of fellow German friends feeling the same way is truly an honour and means the world to us. It is a real surprise. Kinda feels like winning the jackpot. Just better! YOU rock! Thank you so much!!!” Check out the DVD trailer and visit the "Tyrants Of The Rising Sun - Live In Japan" E-Card to find out more about this release and view further clips www.archenemy.net www.myspace.com/archenemy http://stores.ebay.com/The-Official-Arch-Enemy-Store This month is the launch of the website www.judaspriestworld.com This website is a global fanproject supported by Judas Priest fans from all over the world to celebrate their 40th anniversary. It took us 6 months to set up the site. We have collected a huge archive from unseen videofootage and very rare photographs. Some of them are already uploaded, but we chose to update the site every week with items from the vault and with the latest news about the band and their ex-members. Our link section contains a huge overview from all the producers, fansites, writers, tributebands, ex-members etc.. Beside that we have for the first time published a Factsheet about the band. The Factsheet shows the visitor what Judas Priest has achieved in the past 40 years. One of the main achievments of the band is their 1.700 tourdates, which we have published on the Tourpages. This results in a list of 1.200 bootleg recordings, another achievment in the entertainment industry. We also published all the magazinecovers from 1979 till 2009, Judas Priest were 275 times on the frontpage of a magazine. We have also free competitions with nice prizes.. Take a visit in the wonderful Heavy Metal world of Judas Priest Mike Clark www.judaspriestworld.com GREAT WHITE To Release New Album “RISING” on Shrapnel Records April 21st TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED HOLLYWOOD, CA – Multi-Platinum rock band Great White, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the band’s inception with the release of BACK TO THE RHYTHM in 2006. The band’s new record RISING is a no holds barred, all original LP that is among their strongest releases to date. The bands new CD is their second studio recording in 10 years and features 11 brilliant new compositions penned by the band. An international phenomenon, Great White has been reported to have sold in excess of 10 million units internationally, including the double platinum “...Twice Shy,” which spawned the Grammy-nominated Ian Hunter cover of “Once Bitten, Twice Shy.” With other hits such as “Rock Me,” “Face The Day” and “Save Your Love” cranked up around the world, Great White established themselves to the masses as a classic rock band with memorable riffs, steeped in the hallowed tradition of blues and rock and roll. Eschewing an 80’s production in favor of a retro/modern one, long-time band producer and keyboardist Michael Lardie captures the essence of Great White with a sound that has more in common with the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin than that of their contemporaries. Unlike many bands of the era that are making new records, Great White consists of nearly all original members. The guitar and vocal team of Jack Russell and Mark Kendall are stronger than ever on this explosive new CD and have a unique synergy, not unlike Plant/Page, Tyler/Perry or Jagger/Richards. GREAT WHITE TOUR DATES – more dates to be added: Fri 04/24/09 Atlanta, GA Wild Bill's Sat 04/25/09 Leesburg, FL Bike Rally Sat 05/16/09 San Diego, CA 4TH and B Fri 05/22/09 Tempe, AZ Club Red Sat 05/23/09 Parker, AZ Blue Water Resort Sat 05/30/09 Waterloo, IA Waterloo Days Sat 06/06/09 Geuda Springs, KS Mid America Drag Way Sat 06/13/09 Kansas City, MO Crossroads Sat 06/27/09 Des Moines, IA KGGO Summer Jam Thu 07/02/09 La Crosse, WI Riverfest Sun 07/12/09 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma Sat 07/18/09 Idaho Falls, ID Sandy Downs Race Track Sat 08/01/09 Redwood Falls, MN Redwood County Fair Thur 08/13/09 San Juan Capistrano, CA Coach House Fri 08/14/09 Agoura, CA Canyon Club Sat 08/15/09 Lake Elsinore, CA Rockfest 2009 Storm Stadium Fri 08/21/09 Glen Flora, WI Northwood Rock Rally Sat 08/22/09 Algona, IA Rock Gone Wild PESTILENCE is BACK – PATRICK MAMELI OPEN FOR INTERVIEWS RESURRECTION MACABRE to Release April 9th, 2009 On Mascot Records U.S.A. HOLLYWOOD, CA – Pestilence returns after 15 years of deathlike silence to release the brand new studio album Resurrection Macabre. It’s a stunning musical statement that will bring the band back to the forefront of the international death metal community. The album is a display of the timeless power of brutal death metal with modern day technique and skill of experienced musicians. The brand new album was recorded in Denmark, with producer Jacob Hansen. The new incarnation of Pestilence consists of original band member Patrick Mameli, the American bass wizard Tony Choy (Atheist, Cynic, a.o.) and powerhouse drummer Peter Wildoer (Arch Enemy, Darkane, a.o.). Guitar player Patrick Uterwijk will join the band for the live shows. “When so many people asked to resurrect Pestilence it got me thinking’” explains Patrick Mameli. “For many years it was a closed chapter. I have always been very clear about that. The last couple of years I discovered, to my amazement, that the band had not been forgotten, but still meant a lot to many fans. So there were a few things that got the ball rolling. First of all the fans. I also noticed that old school death metal was making a come-back. It did wet my appetite. I discovered that I felt the urge to get involved again with the great musical tradition that is death metal. I wanted to leave my own mark again. Another important factor was that I knew that with Tony Choy and Peter Wildoer by my side I had found the right people to make this dream come true. These guys are both absolutely stunning musicians. Simply the best one could wish for. Their creative input on the album is invaluable.” The result of many months of hard work is aptly titled Resurrection Macabre. The new album has everything to offer that a fan of Pestilence – old and new – possibly could wish for. And more. It has the dark atmosphere, brutal vocals, sheer power and technical skills – always the trademarks of Pestilence. Patrick Mameli stresses that his band is not going to take the easy ride of nostalgia. ,,I don’t want to rely on successes of the past. This is not a reunion, but a second life for Pestilence. That’s why we wanted to mark our comeback with a new studio album. Stylistically it goes back to the days of Consuming Impulse and Testimony Of the Ancients, but it’s also apparent that time did not stand still. I am a better musician than a was back then. Compared to the old days the technical possibilities are limitless.” Another link to the glory days of the past are the three old Pestilence songs that get a new life on the new album: Chemo Therapy, Out Of the Body and Lost Souls, all coming from the first two Pestilence albums. ,,It seemed like a good idea to connect ourselves to our musical past. Apart from that I liked the idea of revisiting those old songs and to see what they would sound like when performed and recorded in this advanced day and age.” Following the release of Resurrection Macabre Pestilence will support the album old heavy metal style: by hitting the road for a still growing number of gigs worldwide. The first responses of fans, promoters and media are overwhelming and unanimous: Pestilence are back! For more information go to http://www.myspace.com/pestilenceofficial. JUDAS PRIEST U.S. SUMMER TOUR CONFIRMED, PRIEST TO PERFORM CLASSIC 'BRITISH STEEL' RELEASE IN ITS ENTIRETY! For the past few years, Judas Priest has unquestionably ruled the U.S. summer concert scene, having been a part of both the top-grossing Ozzfest and Metal Masters tours. And this summer, Priest has done it again, by uniting with Whitesnake for a series of stateside shows. Priest will be celebrating the '30th Anniversary' of the classic album 'British Steel' (it was originally issued in April 1980), by performing the album in its entirety for the very first time ever live on stage!!! In addition they will be playing some old favorites. Along with 1982's 'Screaming for Vengeance' and 1990's 'Painkiller,' 'British Steel' has long been considered one of metal's all-time classics. It was with this release that Priest truly broke through to the masses, with a pair of tracks that have become fixtures on rock radio - the enduring anthems "Breaking the Law" and "Living After Midnight." But like all classic albums, there is not a single weak track detected on 'British Steel,' as evidenced by such standouts as the perennial concert highlight, "Metal Gods," as well as "Rapid Fire," "Grinder," "United," and "The Rage," among others. Produced by Tom Allom, 'British Steel' was recorded at the Tittenhurst Park in England - which is a mansion owned at the time by former Beatle Ringo Starr, and previously owned by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 2001, the album was remastered and reissued with extra bonus tracks, and also, was the subject of an in-depth study as part of the popular 'Classic Albums' DVD series. Judas Priest - singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis - remain as popular as ever to this day, confirmed once and for all upon the release of 2008's 'Nostradamus,' which became their highest-ever charting album in the U.S. Two years earlier, the group was the inaugural inductees into the 'VH1 Rock Honors.' The forthcoming summer dates with Whitesnake are surely not to be missed by metalheads from coast to coast, especially now that fans will be reintroduced up close and personal to the mighty 'British Steel.' Along with Priest, Whitesnake is certainly one of the most instantly identifiable names in all of hard rock. Priest and Whitesnake toured together in 2005 (in Mexico and South America), resulting in such a well-received and great package that since then, both groups have been planning to work together again. This summer, U.S. fans will finally get their wish. "The opportunity to perform live on stage in its entirety the whole of 'BRITISH STEEL' is a dream come true for all of us! We're really excited and looking forward to presenting the album live on stage - fans will be able to enjoy a taste of true heavy metal when it was in its early, raw state!" said the group in a statement. "Plus, we will of course be throwing in a few other Priest classics!" 2009 CONFIRMED TOUR DATES [more to be announced]: * INDICATES PERFORMANCES WITH WHITESNAKE July 1st The Family Arena St. Charles, MO July 2nd Summerfest (Harley Davidson Stage) Milwaukee, WI July 3rd Taste of Minnesota at Harriet Island * St. Paul, MN July 7th Comcast Center * Mansfield, MA July 8th CMAC * Canadaigua, NY July 9th Molson Amphitheatre * Toronto, ONT July 11th PNC Bank Arts Center * Holmdel, NJ July 12th Nikon at Jones Beach * Wantagh, NY July 14th Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre * Cleveland, OH July 15th DTE Energy Music Theatre * Clarkston, MI July 17th Moondance Jam * Walker, MN July 18th Rockfest/Cheppewa Valley Music Cadott, WI July 21st PNC Pavillion @ Riverbend Music * Cincinnati, OH July 29th California Mid State Fair * Paso Robles, CA July 31st Sleep Train Pavillion * Concord, CA August 1st 98 Rock Jamboree @ Sleep Train Amp* Marysville, CA August 2nd Gibson Amphitheatre * Universal City, CA August 4th SDSU Open Air Theatre * San Diego, CA August 5th Pacific Ampitheatre/OC Fair * Costa Mesa, CA August 7th Dodge Theatre * Phoenix, AZ August 8th Thomas & Mack Center * Las Vegas, NV August 10th Sandia Casino Albuquerque, NM August 11th Red Rocks Ampitheatre * Morrison, CO FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.judaspriest.com MINIMATIKON: a movie score incarnation of Orange the Juice Orange the Juice supported by two additional musicians have composed and recorded a score for the classical horror movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" by director Robert Wiene. The band's incarnation have decided to act under the name MINIMATIKON and concentrate their future efforts on creating typically illustrative pieces. MINIMATIKON are: Marcin A. Steczkowski - piano, trumpet, keyboards, sounds / Orange the Juice; Dawid Lewandowski - guitar, sounds / Orange the Juice; Marcin Yadach - double bass, bass guitar / Orange the Juice; Jan Kiedrzyn´ski - drums / Orange the Juice; Piotr Cebula - violin / The Transgress; Maciej Koszty?a - saxophone, clarinet / The Transgress; Konrad Zawadzki - vocals / Orange the Juice. The music illustration for the 1920 movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", commonly cited as an influence on film noir, one of the earliest horror films, and a model for directors for many decades, was created at Stalowa Wola, Poland-based MINIMATIKON studio. It was produced by Marcin A. Steczkowski, Dawid Lewandowski and Marcin Yadach. Live performances of the score by MINIMATIKON have already met with enthusiastic welcome by the local audience and the band's hometown authorities. The soundtrack samples can be checked at: http://www.myspace.com/minimatikon Greetings / Pozdrawiam Orange the Juice Daniel Naborowski / manager http://www.orangethejuice.com http://www.myspace.com/orangethejuice THE SEVEN GATES PREVIEW TRACKS FROM UPCOMING ALBUM French death metal masters THE SEVEN GATES will have their debut album Angel of Suffering unleashed on the masses in the United States on May 12th and in Europe on June 2nd 2009. As a primer, HEAVY ARTILLERY is offering a preview of the album’s title track “Angel of Suffering” as well as “The Serpent’s Wheel” on both the label and band’s myspace profiles. Born from the ashes of revered French underground metal acts Daemonium, Akhenaton and late 80’s French death metal pioneers Mutilated, THE SEVEN GATES began their assault in 2006 with the release of their “All is In All” demo. In 2007 the band followed up with a self-released EP entitled Gehenna’s Sword, gaining THE SEVEN GATES praise from the European metal press and earning them a spot on several “Best of 2007” lists in many of the Europe’s leading metal publications. That same year, the bands’ first tour evoked frenzied interest from fans and further praise from the press, rousing the attention of New York’s HEAVY ARTILLERY RECORDS who quickly offered the band a place on their roster. Mastered by renown French engineer Jean-Pierre Bouquet, Angel of Suffering delivers 10 tracks of old-school death metal with an endless supply of hooks, masterful musicianship and a sufficient dose of pure fucking evil, sure to please fans of early Deicide, Morbid Angel, Autopsy and early death metal in general. Listen to THE SEVEN GATES tracks at http://www.myspace.com/heavyartillerymetal For more info on THE SEVEN GATES visit http://www.myspace.com/thesevengates www.heavyartillery.us COFFINS unearthed for West Coast US tour Japan’s Coffins is finally making it back to the US after last year’s successful East Coast tour. This time they will bring the doom/death to the American West Coast. Going along for the ride are their Oakland label mates Stormcrow. The tour will start in Seattle on April 30th and culminate with both bands appearing at the infamous Los Angeles Murderfest alongside such bands as Samothrace, Eyehategod, Despise You, General Surgery, 16, Abscess, Ghoul and many others. Coffins released their 3rd LP Buried Death in 2008 to much critical acclaim in the metal world. A split release with Stormcrow will come later in 2009, followed by their 4th LP to be released on 20 Buck Spin in 2010. Stormcrow have a vinyl only split release, Sacred Death, with 20 Buck Spin label mates Laudanum coming out on 20 Buck Spin in April. COFFINS West Coast tour: 4/30/2009 El Chorazon - Seattle, WA w/Skarp, Grey 5/01/2009 Northern - Olympia, WA w/Thrones, Sixes 5/02/2009 Satyricon - Portland, OR w/Thrones, Aldebaran 5/03/2009 Oak St Speakeasy - Eugene, OR w/HC Minds 5/04/2009 Auntie Moe’s - Eureka, CA 5/06/2009 KFJC radio live recording - San Jose, CA 5/07/2009 Annie’s - San Francisco, CA w/Laudanum, Samothrace 5/08/2009 Gilman St. - Berkeley, CA w/Aldebaran 5/09/2009 The Knitting Factory (part of LA Murderfest) - Los Angeles, CA http://www.coffins.jp http://www.myspace.com/intothecoffin http://www.20buckspin.com http://www.myspace.com/20buckspin DARK CASTLE To Release Spirited Migration The city of Saint Augustine, FL has the distinction or being the oldest city/port in the United States and the home of the duo DARK CASTLE. Brought to the attention of At A Loss Recordings by both Sanford Parker (Minsk/Buried At Sea) and Philip Cope (Kylesa), the couple will release there first full-length Spirited Migration on May 26th. Recorded by Phillip Cope and mastered by Scott Hull (both Kylesa, Baroness etc.), Spirited Migration continues the metallic doom psyche journey the band's stunning Flight Of The Pegasus began. Guttural howls and towering volume are broken up with post-rock interludes. Exotic scales and haunting rhythms pull the listener further into DARK CASTLE's unique atmospheres. For fans of Yob, Rwake, Samothrace etc. No strangers to the road, the band kicked off a short string of tour dates today at The Slurp in Tempe, AZ with Transient, Sinking In Shit, Pigeon Religion. DARK CASTLE are not to be missed live. DARK CASTLE Tour Dates 3/27/2009 The Slurp - Tempe, AZ 3/28/2009 Burt's Tiki Lounge - Albuquerque, NM 3/29/2009 Zeppelin's - El Paso, TX 3/30/2009 Emo's (inside) - Austin, TX w/Lion's of Tsavo 3/31/2009 Bike House - Dallas, TX w/Vorvadoss 4/01/2009 Downtown Music - Little Rock, AZ w/Sea Hag, Sports 4/02/2009 The Doom Room - Vicksburg, MS w/Buzzardstein, Face On Mars 4/03/2009 Mia's Pub - Shreveport, LA w/Buzzardstein, Power Pellut 4/04/2009 Saturn Bar - New Orleans, LA w/Buzzardstein 4/05/2009 Doozer's Pub - Jacksonville, FL w/Dead Commuter, Ol Scratch, Hollow Leg 4/30/2009 Lenny's - Atlanta, GA w/Subrig Destroyer 5/07/2009 Drip's - Hickory, NC w/US Christmas, Stinking Lizaveta 6/04/2009 Spinnaker - Panama City, FL w/Zoraster, Mouth Of The Architects, It Starts Today Spirited Migration Tracklisting "Awake In Sleep" (6:51) "Into The Past" (5:35) "Spirited Migration" (1:46) "Growing Slow" (4:31) "Weather The Storm" (3:26) "Flight Beyond" (4:14) "Grasping The Awe" (4:12) "A Depth Returns" (6:33) http://www.myspace.com/darkcastlemetal http://www.myspace.com/atalossrecordings KREATOR To Kick Off North American Tour German thrash masters Kreator, who released the critically acclaimed Hordes Of Chaos full-length earlier this year, will kick of their headlining North America tour next week with special guests Exodus, Belphegor, Warbringer and Epicurean! "We can't wait to see all our American friends again," said vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza. "It has been a long time since the last tour!" The month-plus long tour will begin on April 7th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD and wind down on May 17th at Jaxx in West Springfield, VA. Bona fide metallers are advised not to miss this tour. KREATOR: Hordes Of Chaos North America Tour 2009 With Exodus, Belphegor, Warbringer and Epicurean 04/0 7/ 2009 Sonar – Baltimore, MD 04/08/ 2009 Nokia Theatre – New York, NY 04/09/ 2009 Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA 04/10/2009 Palladium – Worcester, MA 04/11/2009 Medley – Montreal, QC 04/13/2009 Imperial de Quebec, QC 04/14/2009 Opera House – Toronto, ON 04/15/2009 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH 04/16/2009 Rave – Millwaukee, WI 04/17/2009 House of Blues – Chicago, IL 04/18/2009 The Rock – Maplewood, MN 04/19/2009 Garrick Centre – Winnipeg, MB 04/20/2009 The Distrikt – Regina, SK 04/21/2009 Warehouse – Calgary, AL 04/22/2009 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AL 04/24/2009 Plaza Club – Vancouver, BC 04/25/2009 Sugar – Victoria, BC 04/26/2009 El Corazon – Seattle, WA 04/27/2009 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR 04/28/2009 Slims – San Francisco, CA 04/30/2009 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV 05/01/2009 House of Blues – San Diego, CA 05/02/2009 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA 05/04/2009 Gator’s – Farmington, NM 05/05/2009 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO 05/06/2009 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK 05/07/2009 Ridglea Theater – Ft Worth, TX 05/08/2009 Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX 05/09/2009 Scout Bar – Houston, TX 05/11/2009 The Garage – St. Petersburg, FL 05/12/2009 Culture Room – Ft Lauderdale, FL 05/13/2009 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 05/14/2009 Headliner – Louisville, KY 05/15/2009 Orange Peel – Ashville, NC 05/16/2009 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC 05/17/2009 Jaxx – West Springfield, VA http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de http://www.myspace.com/officialkreator http://www.myspace.com/spvusa http://www.spv.de ARSIS: ORIGINAL DRUMMER MIKE VANDYNE RETURNS TO LINE-UP Original drummer and founding member of ARSIS Michael VanDyne - who played on the band’s 2004 highly praised debut album, A Celebration Of Guilt, 2005’s A Diamond For Disease EP, and 2006’s United In Regret - has officially returned to the band’s line-up. VanDyne has this to say about his homecoming: "I'm looking forward to working with my friend Jim again, as well as the great people at Nuclear Blast. Judging by the new material that [guitarist/singer] Jim [Malone] and [guitarist] Nick [Cordle] have been working on, I think we may be sitting on some of the most memorable and thrashy ARSIS material written to date. Due to obligations with my full-time career, session drummers will most likely be utilized for big tours that Jim wishes to do in the future... However, regional shows and occasional mini-tours or festival gigs either here in North America or overseas are a definite possibility (and something I'd be totally psyched to do) if our collective schedules allow it. Good times." Jim Malone offers the following statement: "I can't say how excited I am to be working Mike Van Dyne again; ARSIS would have never existed in the first place had it not been for him and his motivation. It's very hard to find people to work with that you can connect both as musicians and as friends. Mike has always been both of these. I can't wait to start demoing some new material with Mike and Nick. While [drummer] David Kinkade did a great job for ARSIS and he may still play live with us from time to time, I can't pass up the opportunity to work with Mike Van Dyne again. I have the a feeling the vibe will be amazing and feel confident that we’ll make ARSIS stronger and better than ever. We have the best fans in the world behind us and they deserve the best we have to offer!” Visit ARSIS online at www.myspace.com/ARSIS ISIS US tour dates; new making of video ISIS will embark on a six week US tour in support of Wavering Radiant (Ipecac, May 5) on May 15, kicking off in San Diego. The band's latest release finds the LA-by-way-of-Boston quintet teaming up with producer Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins). Two pieces of media to share with you as well: * Aaron Turner podcast on MTV's Headbangers Blog, click here * Behind the scenes footage from the recording of Wavering Radiant, click here Tour dates are: May 15 San Diego, CA Casbah May 16 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse May 17 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad May 19 Austin, TX Emo's May 20 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre May 21 Houston, TX Meridian - Red Room May 22 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon May 23 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree May 25 Orlando, FL The Social May 26 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds May 27 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbit's May 28 Atlanta, GA The Earl May 29 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle May 30 Washington, DC Black Cat May 31 Baltimore, MD Sonar June 2 New York, NY The Filmore at Irving Plaza June 3 Philadelphia, PA TLA June 4 Northampton, MA Pearl Street June 5 Boston, MA Paradise June 6 Montreal, QC The National June 7 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre June 9 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop June 10 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre June 11 Detroit, MI Small's June 12 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge June 15 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater June 16 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound June 18 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater June 19 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom June 20 Seattle, WA Neumo's June 22 San Jose, CA The Blank Club June 23 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall June 24 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre LION'S SHARE – “Judas Must Die” Video The promo video for "Judas Must Die", by Swedish melodic heavy metal masters LION'S SHARE is up on www.youtube.com/darkhours2009 along with another track by track vignette for "Demon In Your Mind”. The official MySpace www.myspace.com/lionsshare has also been updated with a new song. "Judas Must Die" comes off LION'S SHARE's sixth album, Dark Hours, which is scheduled for release on April 22 via King Records in Japan and out now on Blistering Records in Europe and North America . The CD was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street in Örebro, Sweden by Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PARADISE LOST, AMON AMARTH etc. The new album features a guest appearance by Michael Romeo of SYMPHONY X. Upcoming Shows: 2/4 - Brandgaraget, Hudiksvall 4/4 - Zaragon, Jönköping 25/4 - Droskan, Umeå 2/5 - RockNight, Ljusdal 9/5 - Våningen, Sundsvall 29/5 - Metal Mayhem Festival/Arenan, Falun BAND LINKS: www.lionsshare.org www.myspace.com/lionsshare www.youtube.com/darkhours2009 BLISTERING RECORDS www.blisteringrecords.se http://shop.blisteringrecords.se www.myspace.com/blisteringrecords JACKSON® BLOODLINE TOUR BRINGS "METAL MASTER CLASSES" TO JACKSON DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Jackson is proud to announce the Jackson Bloodline Tour at local music stores throughout the United States featuring "Metal Master Classes" with Jackson's own Chris Cannella. Cannella is not only Jackson's Product Manager and Artist Relations representative, but also a formidably-talented guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who wields his many Jackson guitar models in his North American metal band Autumn's End. Despite his intense and intimidating appearance, Cannella is a soft-spoken walking encyclopedia of metal in general and Jackson in particular. Musicians and music fans are invited to join Chris as he demonstrates and explains his lightening-fast guitar techniques, not by using his own gear, but rather whatever's in the store at the time. Additionally, he'll provide tone tricks and overall guitar setup tips. Cannella will also explain Jackson's dark yet colorful past; explain the brand's unique Bloodline and genre-defining, groundbreaking firsts-such as the advent of the original Rhoads guitar, insane custom paint jobs, and compound radius fingerboards. He'll show how Jackson can find a home in other musical genres, share a little music theory, and discuss soloing styles and speed. Through all of it, he'll open the floor to answer any questions you might have regarding all-things Jackson. The Jackson Bloodline Tour dates take place at the following Jackson dealers: April 23 Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Leitz Music April 24 Port Richey, Fla. Encore Music April 25 Rochester, N.Y. House of Guitars May 6 Tuscaloosa, Ala. Guitar Gallery May 7 Gulfport, Miss. Magnolia Music May 8 Ruston, La. Piney Music May 9 Ruston, La. Piney Music June 4 Riverside, Calif. Wild West Guitars June 5 Los Angeles West L.A. Music June 6 San Diego Guitar Trader June 24 Brownsburg, Ind. R&R Music June 25 Muncie, Ind. World Music Supply June 26 Fort Wayne, Ind. Sweetwater Sound June 27 Fort Wayne, Ind. Sweetwater Sound "Looking forward to the first run of the Metal Masters Classes. These are not the ordinary boring clinics where one person plays talks then asks for questions before he or she leaves. This is about LIVING IT! said Cannella. " For more information, visit: www.jacksonguitars.com/bloodlinetour or visit www.sonicbids.com/AutmnsEnd2 www.myspace.com/autumnsend ABSU MOMENTUM RUNNING HIGH TOUR KICKING OFF EARLY JUNE ABSU performed their first live show in nearly eight years on Friday, March 20. The special appearance, part of the annual South-By-Southwest Music Festival, received glowing reviews from the Austin Chronicle: “ABSU left to a ringing chant of their name, thus making it clear that this 18-year pillar of metal still reigns supreme in the land of the dark.” The show featured selections from the band’s recently released, self-titled new album. In its first month, the record has sold out three pressings as fans have rushed to buy the album currently enjoying its third week at the number 2 position on the CMJ college/hard rock charts. Drummer/vocalist Proscriptor says, “the feedback from our eponymous-titled album has been overwhelmingly positive and a reaction I was not expecting. This is just the beginning of our insidious magic(k) and mystery.” Recently featured as the cover story for Metal Maniacs, Absu is the first to offer new material since the trio’s critically acclaimed album Tara (2001, Osmose Productions). Terrorizer Magazine calls Absu, “a sound incarnate of a band making the underground amazing again… an undeniable masterpiece.” KNAC.com adds, “a captivating album that weaves together black metal, death metal, prog and Sumerian legend into one awe-inspiring package.” MetalSucks.net also notes, “the crux of Absu is a ridiculously tight band playing perhaps their best songs ever.” ABSU announced their upcoming US tour prior to Christmas and are now preparing for the nationwide trek. The tour set to kick off June 6 in San Marcos, California and wrap up June 29 in the band’s hometown of Dallas, Texas originally noted to feature support from labelmates GLORIOR BELLI, AVERSE SEFIRA and SOTHIS. The lineup has had a recent change with Philadelphia-based RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER replacing AVERSE SEFIRA. Guitarist Matt Moore comments, "RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER is excited to steal all hope from the holy along with ABSU, GLORIOR BELLI and SOTHIS as part of the ultimate black-thrash campaign for North American annihilation." France’s GLORIOR BELLI make their first trip to North America in support of ABSU. The band’s new album, Meet Us At The Southern Sign, will be released on June 6 and will be available for sale during the tour. Infestvvs says, “it is obviously a great honor for GLORIOR BELLI to be part of the tour and support the return of ABSU. One question however remains; will you rise and prove yourself strong enough to bear the forbidden flame with us or will you get burned by the fires of illumination?” Popular metal portal Metalkult.com today premieres the song “In Every Grief-Stricken Blues” from the new album. The band is now completing a special advance video that will premiere via their official MySpace page in the coming weeks. SOTHIS released their debut, De Oppresso Liber, on September 2. Mixed by Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), the record has enjoyed growing and consistent sales since release. This will be the band’s first national tour. Band leader Dross says, “we are really looking forward to conquering stages on the upcoming tour and are proud to share a stage with such strong bands. As of this weekend, we have completed the video for the title track of our recently released CD, De Oppresso Liber, so you should be hearing news of where it will debut very soon.” Tickets for all shows are now on sale via www.enterthevault.com and all venue box offices and local ticket agencies. Confirmed dates are: 6/06/2009 Jumping Turtle - San Marcos, CA 6/07/2009 House of Blues - W. Hollywood, CA 6/08/2009 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA 6/09/2009 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR 6/10/2009 El Corazon - Seattle, WA 6/12/2009 The Underground - Calgary, AB 6/13/2009 The Exchange - Regina SK 6/14/2009 Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, MT 6/15/2009 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN 6/16/2009 The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL 6/17/2009 Peabody’s - Cleveland, OH 6/18/2009 Wreck Room - Toronto, ON 6/19/2009 Petit Campus - Montreal, QC 6/20/2009 Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY 6/21/2009 BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY 6/22/2009 Jaxx - W. Springfield, VA 6/23/2009 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC 6/24/2009 The Muse - Nashville, TN 6/25/2009 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA 6/26/2009 The Garage - St. Petersburg, FL 6/27/2009 Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 6/29/2009 Firewater - Dallas, TX Candlelight Records is distributed exclusively throughout the US via Caroline Distribution, EMI Music for Canada and Plastichead Music for the rest of the world. http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa Ex-Theatre of Tragedy guitarist comments on working with RAVENLAND - Tommy Lindal, ex-Theatre of Tragedy guitarist, who is living now in Brazil, recorded guitar parts for Ravenland's debut, entitled "...and A Crow Brings Me Back", being the second guest to be featured on the album, along with Ricardo Confessori (Angra, Shaman), who recorded the drums, besides of producing the album. About the cooperation, Tommy Lindal comments: "I got the invitation from Dewindson to appear on their new upcomming "And a Crow Brings me Back" some time back, he also sent me some songs of the recording for me to choose for what to work on. I really liked the music they made, the sound was quite different and original from the sound I'm used to in Europe. I accepted and went to record in Natal, RN in December. During the wait for Richardo [Confessori - Angra' and Shaman's drummer] recording, adding and deleting stuff to give me a final mix to relate with, especially on one song, where I play somekind of lead-melody, I was depending a lot on the background-music they already had made, so it was frustrating at times, but I resolved the issue buy recording a 2nd guitar, so it came out well. I had a very close contact with Dewindson and Camilla. They are both very comunicative people and soon we became very close friends. I had my own work aswell (forming my new band called ...in Deviltry, here in Brazil) but I still found space for my passion which is playing and composing. We still have a great friendship, and now I am only waiting to listen the final result This cd is really worked through really carefully, nice producer, great mixer and with a great arrangement both musically and productively, so I am very excited about this!" The band's debut will be released soon and will feature 14 new tracks and two multimedia videos. Samples of Ravenland's music are available at www.myspace.com/ravenland Ravenland www.ravenland.net www.myspace.com/ravenland NEW HEAVEN & HELL SINGLE BIBLE BLACK NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD Exclusive 7" Vinyl Single Available For Record Store Day on April 18 New Album The Devil You Know Available April 28 From Rhino LOS ANGELES -- "Bible Black," the first single from Heaven & Hell's highly anticipated new album THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, is now available for download from all digital retailers. The epic tale was one of the first songs written for the new album and finds the quartet of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice in top form. "When you start off with a blockbuster like that, it makes the rest of the album so much easier because it gives you a benchmark to measure the other songs against," says Dio. "Bible Black" begins with Iommi on acoustic guitar behind Dio's plaintive wail before the rhythm shifts to a menacing stomp for the rest of this dark tale about a book of sinister scriptures. The song is also streaming at myspace.com/heavenandhellmusic. A limited edition 7" vinyl single of "Bible Black" will be available exclusively for this year's Record Store Day on April 18 for a suggested list price of $5.98. The single's B-side features a live version of "Neon Knights" recorded at the band's heralded Radio City Music Hall performance in 2007. The 7" is available only at participating independent music retailers. For a full list of participating stores, visit www.recordstoreday.com. BEHEMOTH TAPS COLIN RICHARDSON FOR NEW ALBUM MIX! BEHEMOTH has tapped Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Slipknot, Napalm Death, Carcass) to mix their new, as of yet untitled album due out late summer 2009. The CD is now being recorded in Radio Gdansk in Poland with BEHEMOTH, Daniel Bergstrand and Woytek, and Slawek Wieslawscy as producers. BEHEMOTH's main man Nergal said in the press release: “I'm beyond excited about this new album. It's not just the finest piece of music we've ever made, but it's also the most mature tunes we've created without compromising our sound. I'm stoked about Colin Richardson involvement in the mix of the record. We've tried to book him for our last album The Apostasy, but due to busy schedule he wasn't available then. He's name needs no introduction. I have absolutely no doubts that Colin will deliver and I'm expecting new album to have the sound that's bigger than life!” Commented Colin: “Nergal has sent me three songs which are guitars/bass/drums live from the rehearsal room and the material sounds fantastic already. I am really looking forward to mixing this album. It's going to be great mixing an extreme heavy band again, especially as it's the mighty Behemoth.” In other news, BEHEMOTH's Orion, Seth and Nergal will take part in a signing session at the ESP booth on April 4 at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Signing will take place at 3.15 pm. For more information go HERE. http://www.behemoth.com http://www.myspace.com/behemoth METAL BLADE WEBSITE \| METAL BLADE MYSPACE ENSLAVED GUITARIST IVAR BJØRNSON FEATURED IN THE HEART IS A DRUM MACHINE DOCUMENTARY The Heart Is A Drum Machine, the eagerly awaited documentary film that explores the complex and critical relationship between humanity and music, will premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 25th at Nike’s Ricardo Montalbán Theater in the heart of Hollywood. Sponsored by L.A. Weekly and Nike, proceeds will benefit the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center in Watts, a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Directed by Christopher Pomerenke and produced by Ryan Page, Joe Mundo, and Hans Fjellestad, The Heart Is A Drum Machine explores music’s role in shaping human history, the profound connection people have had to music throughout human history, how it has shaped our experiences, and its involvement in our daily lives. Tackling the topic is a who’s who of musicians including George Clinton, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ John Frusciante, and Jimmy Eat Worlds’s Jim Adkins. Music historians and writers such as MTV’s Kurt Loder and KCRW’s Nic Harcourt were also interviewed, in addition to Carl Sagan’s widow and collaborator Ann Druyan, who discusses the Voyager Golden Record. The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd created an original score for the film and covered Elton John’s “Rocket Man” with vocals by Maynard James Keenan. ENSLAVED’s Ivar Bjørnson speaks about lucid dreams and music. He details how he became involved with the film here: “ENSLAVED went over to do three shows during South by South West 2008, in Austin, Texas. On the press schedule was ‘My Heart is a Drum Machine,’ a constellation of words that caught my immediate interest. It turned out to be the shooting for a documentary on the complex relationship between music, humanity and psychology. I went to a villa outside Austin, sat down in a dark room, and started talking about these acutely huge issues: What is the essence of music? What does music mean to me? What can music do? It turned out to be an extraordinary session that seemed to be highly enjoyable for both me and the movie makers. Now, a year after, the movie has premiered in the United States, and hopefully it will make its way across the world. I haven’t seen the whole thing yet, but the theme and the makers’ approach to it is truly interesting. I remember being brought back to the hotel and they told me the next guy to do a shoot was Elijah Wood, and thinking I was in good company. When I saw the final list, including Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, George Clinton, Juliette Lewis and more, I realized the company was a lot more than merely ‘good’!” Information about the screening day can be viewed here. Tickets are now on sale here. Parking information can be viewed here. To view the film trailer for The Heart Is A Drum Machine, click here. Please follow this link for more information: www.TheHeartIsADrumMachine.com

April 15th, 2009	MNEMIC OFFER UPDATE; ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM TITLE It’s about time we rise from the dormant and break the silence, to give you all an update from the Mnemic camp! Its been too damn long since the last update, which I must apologize for. First of all, a really late Happy New Year from the lads in Mnemic to all of you reading this. Since we took a break from touring in 2008, apart from playing a few shows with Metallica (Yes, I still mention this cause I’m damn proud of it!), things have been quite productive. We have definitely not been lazy, that’s for sure. As we did recharge our batteries, in this break, we also fell the hunger for creativity and started writing new material. Already by now I can confirm that we have 11 brand new songs written, and we are still a long way from finishing. The plan is of course to write as many songs as possible until we are 110% satisfied with all the material. For now the title of the album is set as: Sons of the System. Why is this taking so long you may ask? Because we want to be 100% satisfied with this release and not put out an album we just worked on two months in advance prior to the recordings. On the other hand, as the release date has not yet been set, I assure you, this will definitely not be a Chinese Democracy in the making. On a last note, we have quite a few surprises up our sleeve for this release….and as for touring, there will only be shows coinciding with the release of the new album, which means you’ll have to wait a bit if you want to see us live. It’s all part of a greater plan. Mnemic Announce New Album Title! Mnemic Facebook Page DEVILSTONE OPEN AIR, JULY 17-19TH, 2009 – ANYKSCIAI, LITHUANIA DEVILSTONE OPEN AIR will be launched this summer Devilish music on the bank of Sventoji [„holy“ in English] river: three days of metallic uproar and head banging feast together with the grand’s of metal scene, headlined by none others but SEPULTURA – that’s what expects the respectable audience on July 17-19th, 2009 in Lithuania. Already confirmed: SEPULTURA [Brazil, modern thrash metal] SINISTER [Netherlands, technical death metal] CODE [England/Norway, nostalgic black metal] TRAUMA [Poland, death metal] AZARATH [Poland, death metal] FRAILTY [Latvia, doom/death metal] OBTEST [Lithuania, pagan metal] NAHASH [Lithuania, occult black metal] LUCTUS [Lithuania, thrashing black metal] More bands will be announced shortly. The debuting edition of Devilstone Open Air festival will take place this summer in one of the most impressive corners of the Baltics – small but cute, cozy and historical Anyksciai town. Some may know the place as a hometown of Lithuanian blasphemers Dissimulation, but that’s just one of the coincidences, intentional or not. Small town has far richer cultural background with a string of essential Lithuanian writers and poets of the past, native residents of Anyksciai, as well as mythological and touristic places all around, one of which – forests’ surrounded Dainuva valley – will host the epicentre of the fest. The Devil Stone name is taken from nowhere else but an ancient legend about the devil, who has been carrying the huge Puntukas stone in order to crush the local church, however at the break of dawn he has lost the heavy stone, and mission hasn’t been accomplished… Festival mission is far more reaching: beside the core of it all – three big metal concerts, it will offer a rich cultural program as well for those striving to hide from the matrix & seeking for the alternative action. Night “Rockthèque”, coordinated by professional DJs will please people into the proto hard rock and metal classics, as well as those, who’d better stay awake all the night and day long! Camping ground will be based right there behind the river. Swimming parties, football, fresh air – overall place is grateful for natural attractions. But the main interest is of course the music. Festival will feature over twenty performers of various metal kinds from the entire world, occupying the stage for two night shows and one evening show. Attention! There are still four vacant places left to fill in for the most perspective, talented bands, thus the organizers keep selecting from the applicants. For those interested to apply, please contact tadas@devilstone.net for further instructions. Usually a link to the band’s myspace page or a link to an mp3 track on the internet is enough. Tickets to Devilstone Open Air are on sale already, by Tiketa ticket service. The direct link is: Tiketa or CLICK HERE. First limited tickets are priced at mere 90 LTL / 26 €! Further on tickets will cost 100 LTL/29 €, 120 LTL/35 €, 140 LTL/40 € and 150 LTL/43 €. Festival organizers openly welcome to try and taste the Lithuanian hospitality, spiced with Devil’s frolic! More info & coming news: www.devilstone.net Information contact: info@devilstone.net Band applications: tadas@devilstone.net PRONG SET TO RELEASE REMIX ALBUM; PERFORM AT SUICIDAL METALFEST AND TOUR EUROPE LOS ANGELES -- 13th Planet Records is set to release Prong's Power of The Damn MIXXXer on May 12; the complilation is a follow up to Prong's 2007 release Power of The Damager and will precede a pair of US dates and a month long European tour. Prong is set to perform at Tucson’s Suicidal Metalfest May 9, the festival to be hosted by 13th Planet Records chief henchman, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen. The following evening, May 10, Prong headlines a local Tucson club show before packing up and heading to Europe for a 25-city tour. Prong's Power of The Damager was released on 13th Planet in 2007 to a concensus that it was the band's best release since the band's early to mid-90's releases. "...Power of the Damager, rivals the heaviness, intensity and scream-along hooks of the band’s early ’90s material," said MTV's Headbanger's Blog while Invisible Oranges' Cosmo Lee said of the album upon release, "Prong hasn't sounded this pissed off in years." "We are really excited about this remix compilation of ‘Power of The Damager’ material.," explains Prong frontman Tommy Victor. "We feel the LP was overlooked and in some cases ignored. But the added elements provided by the great remixers, producers, and deejays infused with all the tracks make Power of The Damn MiXXXer an interesting yet enjoyable listening experience.” Power of The Damn MiXXXer track listing: 1. Worst of It (Worst of The Worst Mix) - Remixed by Jon Clayden of PITCHSHIFTER 2. Can't Stop The Bleeding (SMack! Mix) - Remixed by Xris FLAM 3. The Banishment (Wolfzilla & The Angry Moon Mix) - Remixed by Rob Caggiano of ANTHRAX 4. Power of The Damager (Fabrication Mix) - Remixed by Brian Harrah & Roman Marisak of PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC 5. 3rd Option (Naked In The Cadillac Mix) - Remixed by Kourtney Klien 6. Pure Ether (Big Riddim Mix) - Remixed by AK1200 & GENR8 7. Message Inside of Me (Chicxulub Impactor Mix) - Remixed by Seismologist 8. No Justice (Crackmix) - Remixed by DJ? Acucrack 9. Looking For Them (Contagious Mix) - Remixed by Virus of DOPE 10. Spirit Guide (Reality's Edge Mix) - Remixed by John Bechdel of FALSE ICONS 11. Changing Ending Troubling Times (Abandoned Structures Mix) - Remixed by Ampedelic 12. The Banishment (Bitter Harvest Mix) – Remixed by Clayton Worbeck of REVOLTING COCKS 13. Bad Fall (Smile on Your Face Mix) - Remixed by Greg Puciato of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Prong tour dates: May 9 2009 8:00P Suicidal Metalfest Tucson, Arizona May 10 2009 8:00P Club Show Tucson, Arizona May 29 2009 8:00P Rock Hard Festival Gelsenkirchen May 30 2009 8:00P Logo Hamburg May 31 2009 8:00P Trix Antwerp Jun 1 2009 8:00P Garage Deluxe Munich Jun 2 2009 8:00P Mascotte Zurich Jun 3 2009 8:00P La Scene Bastille Paris Jun 4 2009 8:00P Substage Karlsruhe Jun 5 2009 8:00P Sumpfblume Hameln Jun 6 2009 8:00P De Pul Live Uden Jun 7 2009 8:00P Melkweg small room Amsterdam Jun 8 2009 8:00P Underworld London Jun 9 2009 8:00P JB’s Dudley Jun 10 2009 8:00P Music Box Manchester Jun 11 2009 8:00P Cathouse Glasgow Jun 12 2009 8:00P Rock City / The Basement Nottingham Jun 14 2009 8:00P The Spring And Airbrake Belfast, Northern Ireland Jun 16 2009 8:00P Andrews Lane Theatre Dublin Jun 18 2009 8:00P Burgerweeshuis Deventer Jun 19 2009 8:00P Paradox Ingolstadt Jun 20 2009 8:00P Masters of Rock Cafe Zlin Jun 21 2009 8:00P SKC Belgrade Jun 23 2009 8:00P Szene Wien Vienna, Wien Jun 24 2009 8:00P Dürer Kert Budapest Jun 26 2009 8:00P Metalway Festival Saragoza Visit http://www.myspace.com/prong to hear two of the new tracks. ELUVEITIE: "Omnos" Music Video Now Online! "Omnos", the new video from Swiss folk metal pioneers ELUVEITIE, can be viewed here. The song comes off the band's upcoming acoustic/folk album, "Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion", which is scheduled for release on April 11th in Europe and May 19th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will contain 15 folk songs, most of them written in ancient gaulish language. Commented mainman Chrigel Glanzmann: "The tracks on 'Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion' take you on a journey through ancient gaulish mythology, a journey deep into the celtic soul. You'll pass diverse instrumental tracks, setting mythological topics into music, as well as songs, which are exclusively sung in ancient Gaulish language. Most lyrics are 1,600-2,100 years old. We're proud and happy we have some illustrious and excellent guest musicians on this album: Fredy Schnyder from NUCLEUS TORN playing the hammered dulcimer on two tracks, Oli S. Tyr from the German medieval folkers FAUN contributing the magical sounds of the long-necked lute on the title track. Furthermore, Alan Nemtheanga from the Irish pagan metallers PRIMORDIAL presenting his vocal art in two tracks, Mina The Fiddler from the experimental folk band BRANÂ KETERNÂ enchanting two tracks with the sounds of the five-stringed viola and at last Sarah Wauquiez, our former bandmember, playing Zugerörgeli (helvetic accordion) on one track." "Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion" track listing 01. Sacrapos - At First Glance (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga on voice) 02. Brictom 03. A Girls Oath 04. The Arcane Dominion (feat. Oli S. Tyr on long-necked lute) 05. Within The Grove (feat. Fredy Schnyder on hammered dulcimer, Mina The Fiddler on five-stringed viola) 06. The Cauldron Of Renascence 07. Nata (feat. A.A. Nemtheanga on additional vocals) 08. Omnos 09. Carnutian Forest 10. Dessumiis Luge 11. Gobanno (feat. Sarah Wauquiez, Fredy Schnyder on hammered dulcimer, Mina The Fiddler on five-stringed viola) 12. Voveso In Mori 13. Memento 14. Ne Regv Na 15. Sacrapos - The Disparaging Last Gaze ELUVEITIE's latest CD, "Slania", was released on February 15, 2008 via Nuclear Blast Records. CANDLEMASS: New Album Available for Streaming! Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS have made their new album available for streaming on their Myspace page. “Death Magic Doom” will be available on the site until August 1st and will be for sale in Europe on April 3rd and North America on May 5th. “Death Magic Doom” is the follow-up to last year`s massive "Lucifer Rising" EP and 2nd full-length album with new vocalist Robert Lowe (SOLITUDE AETURNUS) ( "King of the Grey Islands" was released June 22 of 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records). "Death Magic Doom" was recorded once more at the famous Swedish Polar Studios. FILTER – BRINGING YOU THE VERY BEST Greatest Hits Collection Featuring Bonus Material Now Available For Pre-Order On iTunes - More US Dates Scheduled – Exclusive Middle East Tour footage New York – On March 31st, Rock juggernaut -FILTER will be releasing their Greatest Hits package titled- THE VERY BEST THINGS (1995-2008) via Rhino Records. The compilation will feature some of FILTER’s biggest hits, including classics from the band’s Platinum albums like “Hey Man, Nice Shot,” “Take A Picture,” “(Can’t You) Trip Like I Do” (with The Crystal Method) and “Welcome To The Fold,” among others. The Filter itunes exclusive version featuring bonus material including exclusive remixes “Hey Man, Nice Shot (Nickel Bag Remix) by The Dust Brothers, Welcome to the Fold (Freq Nasty Remix) by Freq Nasty and the prized music video for “Take a Picture” directed by Dave Meyers is available now here. On February 16th, FILTER traveled to Iraq and Kuwait for the second time to perform for some of our bravest troops. Hitting Camp Balad & FOB Warrior (Kirkuk) in Iraq and Camp Buehring in Kuwait on their Stars for Stripes Tour. The group experienced the instability of the region, when they were only able to perform 3 of the 5 scheduled dates due to an unforeseen sandstorm. The band experienced some of the dangers of battle while at Camp Kirkuk when the base came under mortar attack. Check out the incredible footage here. Following their previously announced European tour with Papa Roach, FILTER will be playing the following U.S. shows: May 1 -- Miller Light Crawfish Boil, Mississippi State Fairgrounds - Jackson, MS May 2 - Crawfish Boil - Birmingham, ALMay 3 -- The City Club - Houma, LA June 13 - Moore Square Park - Raleigh, NC Additional dates will be announced soon. Be sure to check out more information on FILTER at www.officialfilter.com or www.myspace.com/filter1. Lizzy Borden video for “Under Your Skin” to premiere on Headbanger's Ball! Lizzy Borden's latest visual spectacle, the video for Under Your Skin, from the band's latest, Appointment With Death, will premiere on HeadbangersBlog.com on Thursday, March 26th. Its TV debut will occur on MTV 2's Headbangers Ball on Saturday, March 28th. Vocalist/mastermind Lizzy Borden comments on the creative process behind the video: “After our last video Tomorrow Never Comes was nominated for video of the year on MTV's Headbangers Ball we thought we had to step up the visuals big time on our next one. For the Under Your Skin video we knew we wanted a storyline that mirrored the lyrics to the song. I wrote Skin about the teenage phenomenon that is happening to one out of every two-hundred teenage (mostly girls), that phenomenon is called cutting. The video for Under Your Skin follows the lives of three very different girls, a rich girl neglected by her parents, a cheerleader with a “nothing's ever good enough” mother and a poor girl with an alcoholic father. The girls all have complete opposite backgrounds but share the same big secret, they all cut themselves. In the video, Death (played by me) stalks the girls just waiting for the one who, on this occasion, will cut a little too deep. We recruited first time director Ann Potenza for the job; she understood this song completely and wrote a great treatment that we all loved right away. She then recruited director of photography Gigi Malavasi to complete the team. Joey Scott (Drummer of LB) and Ann scouted locations and hired our cast, (the rich girl in the video is my niece, Christina Farr). We wanted something that would showcase the song and the band, but with this video we got a whole lot more. My goal has always been to entertain, but if we can bring awareness to something like this, all the better. I was at a party recently talking to some girl and telling her that our new video was about cutting, she showed me the scars on her arm, that's how common this is. Hope you like the video and if you are or know someone that cuts themselves check out the PSA at the end of the video, there is information that may help.” Lizzy Borden http://www.myspace.com/lizzybordenband http://www.lizzyborden.com http://www.headbangersblog.com METAL BLADE WEBSITE \| METAL BLADE MYSPACE CULT OF STATIC debuts at # 16 on the Billboard Top 200 HOLLYWOOD, CA – Static-X new album hits the ground running as they chart Billboards Top 200 at the #16 position with hit song STINGWRAY. Since their breakthrough debut, Wisconsin Death Trip, Static-X has sold over three million records, and they've completed numerous successful world tours including three Ozzfests, The Family Values Tour and Gigantour. CULT OF STATIC is the bastard child of a 10 year journey of metal annihilation, unleashing the beast to all in their path. “I can hardly believe it's been a decade since the release of our first cd, "Wisconsin Death Trip," and we're still going strong thanks to all of our loyal fans,” explains Static. “The title CULT OF STATIC is meant to be a big thank-you to everyone who has supported us through the years. I'm looking forward to seeing you all on the upcoming world tour.” Track List: 01. Lunatic 02. Z28 03. Terminal 04. Hypure 05. Tera-Fied 06. Stingwray 07. You Am I 08. Isolaytore 09. Nocturnally 10. Skinned 11. Grind 2 Halt For More information go to www.myspace.com/staticx or www.static-x.com STORMENTAL's vocalist comments on production of KHROPHUS debut album - STORMENTAL's vocalist Alexei Leão is working as producer of "Presages...", new album of the brazilian veteran death metal trio KHROPHUS, and comments about the experience of working on the band's second album. "Presages... the new Khrophus' album is already being mixed. I'm involved with the band since the pre-production process. We did everything as it should be, being calm and with no hurry in studio. I personally made sure that every step of the songs' playing and recording were made the best as possible and I can tell that we are getting a killer result. The production will be amazing." Khrophus vocalist/bassist Alex Pazetto sounds confident and adds: "The whole production work was made by Alexei since the beginning, and even before recording "Presages...". Our intention was to make him comfortable to make an unique work, with Khrophus' identity. In the same way, Alexei made us comfortable in his studio, we worked calmly, following his instructions, so that the final result could be pleasant for both of us. It's being great to work with a producer like him. He understands Khrophus' music and we are sure that this album will be exactly how we want it." More information about the recordings and samples are available at www.khrophus.com and you can check Alexei's work in Stormental at www.stormental.com Stormental www.stormental.com.br www.myspace.com/stormental

April 14th, 2009	ARSIS GUITARIST EXPLAINS TOUR CANCELLATIONS ARSIS guitarist Jim Malone has sent in this update: "I owe more than a few people an apology at this time. Over the past few months ARSIS has had to drop off two tours and the fault lies on my shoulders. Those who know me know that moderation is a concept that I am not familiar with. Ever since my late teens, I have moved from one self-destructive behavior to another and it has finally taken its toll on my body and mind. I seem to take everything I do to an unhealthy extreme. This leads us to the reason for dropping off tours with both The Faceless and Carcass. Without going into too many details, let’s just say that there is no healthy way lose 100 pounds in 4 months, as I did late last year. To say that I have been dealing with some issues would be an understatement. These issues have not only affected the basic functions of my body, but also my mood and ability to make rational decisions. Fortunately, I have many supportive people in my life and I have been taking strides to get things back under control. I have been making my best effort as of late and I feel stronger everyday. I think I will come out this a wiser person and be able to run my life better than ever. Look for ARSIS to be back on the road soon with a possible headliner to make up for lost time. My apologies to our booking agent, our record label, our fans, and anyone who has been effected by my poor decisions." Fans are encouraged to post messages of support at www.myspace.com/ARSIS. MESHUGGAH’S MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM CORRECTS METAL SUCKS INTERVIEW MESHUGGAH guitarist Mårten Hagström has offered the following corrections to the interview conducted by MetalSucks.net in New York City on February 19th: “All right… I never thought I'd do this, but the way things have turned out, I really feel I have to correct some things in the Metal Sucks interview I gave a while ago. These things happen every now and then, but the effects of this makes it imperative for me to set the record straight. Some things in there are incorrect (for different reasons), and that in itself wouldn't be problem unless it didn't really mess things up for me and others, which it has. And even though I have no qualms speaking my mind, it should at least be correct. First and most importantly: The part where Markus Staiger and Nuclear Blast is mentioned is incorrect. I never said those things and as you can imagine, it feels really weird to stab your label and Markus in the back without even doing it, so to speak. Second: The whole "melodic-metal" discussion really took place, but the things I was hating on was Schlager-music (which was in there, but was spelled ‘Slaughter’ and the focus was turned to something entirely different) and talking about how that genre has seemingly crept over into some metal bands music in Europe (in my opinion) and that’s it. The whole thing came out real weird and definitely skewed. The subject I was aiming for was left out and was replaced by something else which is very unfortunate. And last, since I'm correcting errors, it says that I was praising a band called ‘Adagio.’ I don't know who they are. I was talking about the French band Gojira. That’s that. I've talked to Metal Sucks and they have been kind enough to correct these errors. I hope this clears up any misunderstandings there might be.” NEW QUEENSYRCHE VIDEO FOR IF I WERE KING TO MAKE WORLDWIDE PREMIERE AT MILITARY.COM ON MARCH 23 Site Will Also Premiere Exclusive Podcast Interview With Geoff Tate As Well As An Op-Ed Column Written By Tate American Soldier Available March 31 From Atco/RhinoLOS ANGELES -- The video for "If I Were King," the first single from Queensrÿche's highly anticipated new album AMERICAN SOLDIER, will receive is worldwide debut on Monday, March 23 at Noon ET on Military.com, home of the largest military and veteran membership organization. The military community site, 10 million members strong, will also feature a podcast interview with lead singer Geoff Tate as well as an op-ed column that he wrote exclusively for the site. The video for "If I Were King" was directed by J. Andrew Colletti and Jonathan Williams and addresses the same themes of loss and healing that are the focus of the track. The song was written based on an interview Tate conducted with Sean Lenahan, a veteran of U.S. conflicts in Somalia and Kosovo. "Military.com is the perfect place to premiere the 'If I Were King' video and we are proud to be involved with the site," says Tate. "I hope their members can find a connection to the song and video. The whole album is a tribute to the soldiers, told in their own words, sometimes using their own voices, and I hope it will spark discussion within this community." AMERICAN SOLDIER features a dozen songs inspired by numerous interviews with veterans conducted by Tate, who was intent on telling their story using their words. After speaking with soldiers who served in various conflicts - from World War II to Iraq - Tate turned their firsthand experiences from the frontlines into an unflinching musical examination of war from the soldier's perspective. _____________________________________________________________ QUEENSRYCHE 2009 TOUR SCHEDULE Bold=New 4/16 Snoqualmie, WA Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom 4/17 Snoqualmie, WA Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom 4/18 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 4/19 Chico, CA Senator Theatre 4/22 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues 4/23 San Diego, CA House Of Blues 4/24 Los Angeles, CA House Of Blues 4/25 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues 4/26 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot 4/28 Denver, CO Paramount Theater 4/29 Kansas City, MO Voodoo Lounge @ Harrah’s Casino 4/30 Milwaukee, WI Northern Lights Theater 5/1 Milwaukee, WI Northern Lights Theater 5/2 St. Paul, MN Myth 5/3 Walker, MN Northern Lights Casino 5/5 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection 5/6 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues 5/7 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 5/8 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 5/9 Mount Clemens, MI Emerald Theatre 5/10 Greensburg, PA Palace Theatre 5/12 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort Casino 5/13 Stamford, CT The Palace Theater Of The Arts 5/14 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom 5/15 New York, NY Nokia Theatre 5/16 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues 5/17 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues 5/19 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall 5/20 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues 5/21 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues 5/22 Houston, TX House Of Blues 5/23 San Antonio, TX Hemisfair Park 5/24 Dallas, TX House Of Blues 5/27 Fayetteville, AR Arkansas Music Pavilion 5/28 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Events Center 5/29 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium 5/30 Phoenix, AZ Dodge 5/31 Flagstaff, AZ Pine mountain Amphitheater 6/3 Agoura Hills, CA Canyon Theater 6/4 San Francisco, CA Fillmore 6/5 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor 6/21 Clisson, France Hellfest 6/23 Munchen, Germany Theaterfabrik 6/24 Pratteln, Switzerland Z7 6/26 Zaragoza, Spain Metalway Festival 6/27 Monza, Milan, Italy Gods Of Metal Festival 7/29 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 7/30 Boston, MA House Of Blues 7/31 Lockport, NY Molson Canal Concert Series 11/15-11/20 Grand Cayman & Jamaica Ship Rocked Cruise