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Avantasia song titles revealed
Yesterday
Alkonost sign with Einheit Produktionen
Yesterday
Rusted Dawn set release date
Yesterday
Skyforger sign with Metal Blade
Yesterday
Primordial DVD pushed back
Yesterday
Dew-Scented announce new album title
Yesterday
Cataract enter studio in June
Yesterday
Arma Gathas sign with Metal Blade
Yesterday
Skeletonwitch to play two free shows
Yesterday
Woe of Tyrants announce new album title
Yesterday
Icarus Witch touring with Paul Di'Anno
Yesterday
Holy Grail enter studio
2010-02-06
Alice In Chains announce charity auction
2010-02-06
HIM streaming new album on MySpace
2010-02-06
Dark Funeral cancel festival appearance
2010-02-06
Madam Adam sign with Roadrunner Records
2010-02-04
At The Gates collectors box announced
2010-02-04
Halcyon Way complete new album
2010-02-04
Oceano part with guitarist
2010-02-04
Samael annonce more tour dates
2010-02-04
Avantasia song titles revealed
Yesterday
On April 3rd a new chapter in Avantasia's history will be written. And what a chapter: Tobias won't just release another chapter in the history of Avantasia, but he will release two new chapters of Avantasia at the same time. And to quote the international music press that have had the chance to listen to the albums in the studio Avantasia will return with two real masterpieces. The albums will be called "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon", they will be available separately as well as a 2-CD-boxset in a limited special edition. The list of guest stars on the album reads like the who-is-who of the international Metal scene: Klaus Meine (Scorpions), Eric Singer (KISS), Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS), Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Jon Oliva (Savatage), Ripper Owens (ex-Judas Priest), Bob Catley (Magnum), Jorn Lande (Masterplan), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-DIO) to name only a few.

Metal Hammer Germany has just been in the studio and this first comment gives us an idea of what to expect: "Tobias calls and Metal's big names appear. The double strike "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon" make this Tobias' greatest piece of work so far. Epic, catchy and ambitious like never before!" - Marc Halupczuk

Tobiassammet.com can now reveal the new song titles:

THE WICKED SYMPHONY: The Wicked Symphony, Wastelands, Scales Of Justice, Dying For An Angel, Blizzard On A Broken Mirror, Runaway Train, Crestfallen, Forever Is A Long Time, Black Wings, States Of Matter, The Edge

ANGEL OF BABYLON: Angel Of Babylon, Stargazers, Your Love Is Evil, Death Is Just A Feeling, Rat Race, Down In The Dark, Blowing Out The Flame, Symphony Of Life, Alone I Remember, Promised Land 2, Journey To Arcadia

Alkonost sign with Einheit Produktionen
Yesterday
EINHEIT PRODUKTIONEN can proudly announce the signing of one of the oldest and at the same time best Russian Epic Pagan Folk Metal bands ALKONOST. The seventh master piece of their glorious career entitled "Na Kryliah Zova (On The Wings Of The Call)" will be released May, 29th 2010. We are really excited to hear their new material and first audio teasers will be available any time soon. With a sensational live performance ALKONOST managed to drive the audiences to tears of joy at last year’s well-known RAGNARÖK FESTIVAL. The dedicated men and women will soon cause more excitement on Germany’s stages.

Rusted Dawn set release date
Yesterday
RUSTED DAWN have announced that their debut, full-length ‘The Black Tides of War’ will be released in North America on Tuesday, March 30th by Diminished Fifth Records (distributed in Canada by Sonic Unyon and in the USA by Relapse Records).

With only two months from the release date the band have revealed another track, ‘By The Hammer of Thor’ on their Myspace in addition to ‘Master Species’ which they revealed for free download back in December.

The final touches are being added to ‘The Black Tides Of War - Canadian Tour’ which will launch on March 25th 2010 and run through until May 16th 2010 but before the tour gets underway fans in the Maritime’s can see RUSTED DAWN at the following:

* Saturday, February 20th - Gus' Pub (Halifax, NS)
* Saturday, March 6th – ECMA Loud Showcase – Maxwell’s (Sydney, NS)
* Saturday, March 13th - Sunstar Lounge W/ Cauldron (Saint John, NB)
* Sunday, March 14th - Nicky Zee's W/Cauldron (Fredericton, NB)

Skyforger sign with Metal Blade
Yesterday
Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Latvian Pagan Metal kings SKYFORGER!

Without a doubt SKYFORGER are one of the leading bands in the worldwide Pagan and Folk Metal movement and finally the Baltic men have found a proper home that will provide them full support to reach global domination.

SKYFORGER frontman Peter comments on the collaboration with Metal Blade as follows: For sure this is a new chapter in the bands career. We've come a long way from the underground, so this is definitely a highlight to be recognized by Metal Blade Records, which is known as one of the most hard working and well known labels in the metal music industry.

SKYFORGER have been tempering their music in the smithy of the Thundergod since 1995. For the last decade, the band has been fighting under the flag of Latvian Pagan Metal; an extreme blend of traditional Baltic Folk music and various Metal influences ranging from Norwegian inspired Black Metal through to 80s-rooted Heavy Metal. The band's unique combination of ancient and modern influence has given them a wide appeal throughout both the Metal and Folk scenes, and has brought great variety to their song writing over the course of the five SKYFORGER albums.

Through the years SKYFORGER has been busy on stages all over Europe. Behind the belt of SKYFORGER are already four European tours, many mini-tours and festival appearances and SKYFORGER is well known for their non-compromising live performances.

SKYFORGER is:
Peter lead vocals/guitars
Edgars Zirgs bass/vocals
Edgars Mazais drums/percussion
Kaspars folk instruments/backing vocal
Martins guitars/backing vocals

SKYFORGER is currently busy mixing their upcoming new album Kurbads which will be released on Metal Blade Records worldwide!

Kurbads is set for release the 23rd/ 26th of April 2010 via Metal Blade Records in Europe. More details on the recording process and the lyrical content of Kurbads will be announced shortly as well as a brand new song will be posted! Stay tuned…

SKYFORGER
13/02/10 DE Giessen Hessenhallen Winterfire Festival w/Napalm Death, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Equilibrium, etc.
02/04/10 AT Vienna Szene w/Horna, DNS, Asmodeus, etc.
03/04/10 CZ Ostrava Tancirna
04/04/10 SK Kosice Ges Club
30/04/10 DE - Rieden Ragnarök Festival w/Ensiferum, Haggard, Gorgoroth, etc. (folk show)
01/05/10 DE Rieden Ragnarök Festival w/Ensiferum, Haggard, Gorgoroth, etc. (metal show)
16/07/10 CZ Brnenec u Svitav Hell Fast Attack Festival 4
17/07/10 AT Spital am Semmering Kaltenbach Festival

Primordial DVD pushed back
Yesterday
Due to technical reasons the release of the long anticipated PRIMORDIAL DVD All Empires Fall had to be pushed back for two weeks. Irish Pagan masters PRIMORDIAL will now release their first ever DVD All Empires Fall on March, 12th / March, 15th 2010 via Metal Blade in Europe! It´ll be a DVD-set containing two discs full of quality material!

Disc 1 is the centrepiece of the DVD and features a full PRIMORDIAL headline show recorded live on the 24th of January, 2009 in their hometown of Dublin, Ireland. The show was filmed with five cameras and has an exceptional vintage look due to the hard work in post production. A truly impressive and powerful live gig, exciting from start to finish in front of die hard PRIMORDIAL audience and a perfect sound track that is available in stereo and 5.1!

Disc 2 features live clips from the bands appearances at Ragnarok Festival (Germany), Hove Festival (Norway) and Graspop Metal Meeting (Belgium) in 2008. The second disc also features a band documentary with all the inside stories and loads of ancient footage from the early stages of the band. The documentary has a playing time of approx. 60 minutes. Interviews with all band members and rehearsal footage complete the second disc of the set!

The special Deluxe version of All Empires Fall features expanded packaging and two additional audio CDs featuring the Dublin show!

Here´s what singer A.A. Nemtheanga has to say about All Empires Fall:

…the gods have been working hard dogging the release of our first dvd 'All Empires Fall' but finally we are ready to prevail. The DVD will contain our Dublin show from last year, a documentary and bonus material from recent festivals. The special edition will contain the audio discs of the Dublin show, so you can hear how some old classics are played now, some almost two decades after writing. So how does it look? The simple answer is and without exaggeration possibly one of the best Metal live shows I've ever seen. We filmed it on analog reels, cut it with frightening pace and mixed it up with some very unconventional camera angles. It has the feel of a classic show from the late 70s not the clean, clinical digital vacuum most modern shows are filmed in. We also invested a lot of time, money and effort so don't expect one of those free recordings most festivals and soundstages offer. As normal we didn't do anything conventionally so there are no boring balcony stills or side of stage montages. No overdubs, auto tuning or drop ins we are proud that 'All Empires Fall' shows us as we are and as a Primordial show always is. Blood and thunder and no quarter given from start to finish…

Track listing All Empires Fall
DISC ONE DUBLIN
1. EMPIRE FALLS
2. FUIL ARSA
3. GALLOWS HYMN
4. SONS OF THE MORRIGAN
5. CAST TO THE PYRE
6. THE GOLDEN SPIRAL
7. AS ROME BURNS
8. THE COFFIN SHIPS
9. TRAITORS GATE
10. JOURNEYS END
11. NO NATION ON THIS EARTH
12. GODS TO THE GODLESS
13. HEATHEN TRIBES

DISC TWO
DOCUMENTARY (approx. 60 minutes)
INTERVIEWS

RAGNAROK FESTIVAL GERMANY 2008
1. EMPIRE FALLS
2. GALLOWS HYMN
3. SONS OF THE MORRIGAN
4. AS ROME BURNS
5. THE COFFIN SHIPS
6. HEATHEN TRIBES
7. GODS TO THE GODLESS

HOVE FESTIVAL NORWAY 2008
8. THE COFFIN SHIPS
9. GODS TO THE GODLESS

GRASPOP METAL MEETING BELGIUM 2008
10. GALLOWS HYMN
11. AS ROME BURNS
12. HEATHEN TRIBES

All Empires Fall will be released the 12th / 15th of March 2010 through Metal Blade Records!


Primordial "All Empires Fall"

Metal Blade Records Europe | MySpace Music Videos

Dew-Scented announce new album title
Yesterday
German Thrashers DEW-SCENTED are finally in the studio recording their new album! Here´s an update from singer Leif Jensen:

After some last preparations in our rehearsal room this past weekend, we started tracking drums at Soundlodge Studios with Jörg Uken on Monday. Its fucking freezing outside, but in terms of drumming things are going great so far and Marc-Andrée is on fire!

The material for this new album is INTENSE and the drumming pretty demanding, so its gonna be fun working some more on this one…

Leif also reveals Invocation as the album title for this forthcoming longplayer to be released in May.

By the way, we can now reveal as well that the new album will be entitled Invocation. Our buddie and longterm partner in all visual matters Björn at killustrations.com has already prepared some killer artwork concept as well! We are super stoked with the results!

In other news, DEW-SCENTED have been confirmed to return to Frances awesome Hellfest Open Air this year!

Cataract enter studio in June
Yesterday
Swiss Thrash heroes CATARACT have changed plans and pushed back their studio time to June/July. Straight from the keyboard of drummer Patrick Dürst:

Its murphys law. As soon as you have everything sorted, everything changes again. Here we go: our planned stay in the studio will be moved towards June/July, this will give us more time to sharpen the blades so its not a bad thing after all. However, the release date will also be moved and well keep you posted about it as soon as we know more. Were already more than busy with the new material and we will have a pre production done in Feb/march.

The band will nevertheless play a couple of shows over the next few months: We will add some dates very soon as these changes give us some space. However, we will keep the amount of shows to a minimum so we dont obstruct the preparations/work on the new album. Check our dates section and our MySpace to see the dates we have confirmed. Changing the studio also means well have to cancel some shows for summer which have already been confirmed but not yet announced. Were sorry about this but youll understand that our 6th album is our top priority!

Arma Gathas sign with Metal Blade
Yesterday
The eminent metal outfit ARMA GATHAS has just signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records!

The bands debut Dead To This World will be released the 23rd / 26th of April in Europe and the 27th of April in North America!

ARMA GATHAS, consisting of former CATARACT guitarist Simon Fülleman, ex-BORN FROM PAIN singer Ché Snelting, MACHINEMADE GOD and ex-CORNELIUS guitarist Marc Niedersberg, ex- DISLOYAL drummer and talented drum student Max van Winkelhof and Alex Härtel on bass, recorded their debut album Dead To This World in November 2009 at the Barracs studios together with Sky Hoff as a producer, who worked with Caliban in the past. Mastering was done by the legendary Alan Douches at the West West Side Studio in New York together with Simon in early December.

This is what singer Ché Snelting, has to say about the signing to Metal Blade:
This is yet another dream come true in the short existence of the band. From evolving from just being an idea Simon was working on, to working with the right people in the band where everything falls in place. From recording, mixing and mastering the record with the perfect people for the job to working with the right artists to translate our ideas into the the records layout.

And now we signed a deal with the most legendary hard and heavy label in the world! We couldnt have wished for a better chance to spread our music and message. I have never been this proud in my life. Arma Gathas is everything we as a band and as people stand for. It is real. Just like Metal Blade. We cant wait to show this record to the world, we are so proud of the result!

Dead To This World is showing a strong unit of experienced musicians that know how to tear things apart. ARMA GATHAS is a new driving force in the extremes of music and one of the hottest new bands to watch out for in 2010!

Dead To This World consists of 13 songs, ranging from bludgeoning aggression and frustration in its purest form to atmospheric interludes and music pieces.

ARMA GATHAS is:
Simon Füllemann guitar
Che Snelting vocals
Marc Niedersberg guitar
Max van Winkelhof drums
Alex Lahnsteiner Härtel - bass

Skeletonwitch to play two free shows
Yesterday
Blackened-thrash overlords, SKELETONWITCH will play two free Scion shows this week; Wednesday the 10th in Atlanta and Thursday the 11th in Los Angeles. The Ohio titans will appear at both shows with Massachusetts' Doomriders, who feature members of Converge and Cave In. The shows are all ages and free, but you must RSVP to attend. Get there early as attendance is not guaranteed. Both shows will be ragers!
RSVP NOW!!

Here are the details:
2/10 Masquerade- Atlanta, GA, 8pm, All Ages
2/11 The Roxy- Los Angeles, CA, 8pm, All Ages

SKELETONWITCH's latest full length, "Breathing The Fire" was recorded with legendary producer, Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, Soundgarden). The album was released by PROSTHETIC RECORDS on October 13 and debuted at number 151 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and number 2 on the magazine's "Heatseekers' Chart." Frontman, Chance Garnette, is on the cover of the current Terrorizer Magazine and the band have found themselves on countless "Best of 2009" lists.

Woe of Tyrants announce new album title
Yesterday
Woe Of Tyrants spent the entirety of 2009 criss-crossing the US on a multitude of tours. After the grueling schedule came to a close, did they head home to rest and take some time off? NOPE! They dove right into songwriting for the follow up to their sophomore album and Metal Blade debut, Kingdom Of Might. This time around, the guys have seriously turned up the shred-knob and churned out some of the most exciting songs we've heard swirling around the Metal Blade offices in quite some time. On this record, you'll find equal parts speed, groove and over the top guitar soloing. Headbanging will be mandatory.

The new album, Threnody, will be released worldwide on April 13th while the band will be on the road with Overkill and Vader. The artwork and first track will be up on the band's myspace, myspace.com/wot, in the coming weeks. Before then, SiriusXM Liquid Metal listeners will be treated to an exclusive premiere of the first single, Creatures Of The Mire on Friday, February 12th.

Vocalist Chris Catanzaro discusses the themes of Threnody:
Well 2009 proved to be a monstrous one for Woe of Tyrants. It was a year of accomplishing goals such as releasing our debut Metal Blade album, touring with bands we've grown up listening to, and meeting thousands of awesome people all over the country. As we embark into 2010, our goals have shifted up a few gears. We have a brand baby spankin' new record that we finished recording at the end of 2009 with Jamie King producing, and to embrace the cliché "this is the most epic brutal stuff we've ever done and we're stoked on it!" The album is entitled Threnody. Now for those of us who do not know what that word means right off hand (I had to look it up as I was reading a passage from Ralph Waldo Emerson long ago), a threnody is a song or hymn inspired by the grief of losing someone you love. The album tells a story of a non-specific individual traveling between planets searching for answers, while paralleling Satan's fall from grace to damnation at the same time. We all experience a change at some point as we travel through life, albeit not of the same magnitude as Lucifer, that will render us either content, or disgusted. When disgust is the feeling, then we begin to miss our former self as if they were an entirely different person. I'd like to be clear that I'm not referring specifically to Christians, or Muslims, or Amish or whatever else the kids are doing these days. Threnody, as we are using it, is a story of grief over losing oneself. This album will surprise those familiar with our band, and hopefully surpass any preconceived notions of those who are listening to us for the first time. If you have expectations for this record to sound like our last two albums, it doesn't. Well, a little like the others, as we still prefer playing leads over doing breakdowns, and we still wish we were Wintersun or Decapitated. But for the most part, this record is new territory for us and we are excited to unleash it.

We have a huge touring schedule kicking off in the spring, preceded by some regional shows in February as a part of the "Metal as Art" tour with Hypno5e, Starring Janet Leigh and Fallen Martyr. At the end of March, we leave on the KILLFEST tour which features Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer and Evile. We couldn't be happier about being involved with such an epic tour, and to join Overkill on their 25th anniversary tour is truly an honor. Much love!"

Threnody track listing:
1. Tetelestai
2. Creatures Of The Mire
3. Venom Eye
4. Tempting The Wretch
5. Threnody
6. Bloodsmear
7. The Venus Orbit
8. Lightning Over Atlantis
9. Singing The Surrender
10. Descendit Ad Inferos (The Harrowing Of Hell)

WOE OF TYRANTS
Metal As Art Tour w/Hypno5e, Starring Janet Leigh, Fallen Martyr
02/18 Indianapolis, IN Melody Inn
02/19 E Lansing, MI TBA
02/20 Grand Rapids, MI The Break Room
02/23 Marion, OH Liqr Bar
End Tour
02/27 Chillicothe, OH The Swanky Goat w/ Karen Page, Amarna Reign, Shall Be The Conqueror, Surviving Midnight
02/28 Covington, KY Mad Hatter
OVERKILL'S KILLFEST 2010 25th Anniversary
Tour w/ Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer, Evile
04/01 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
04/02 Worcester, MA The Palladium
04/03 Hartford, CT Webster Hall
04/07 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
04/08 Detroit, MI Blondies
04/09 Chicago, IL The Metro
04/10 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
04/11 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
04/13 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
04/16 Seattle, WA El Corazon
04/17 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
04/18 San Francisco, CA The Grand Ballroom
04/19 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
04/20 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
04/21 San Diego, CA House of Blues
04/22 Phoenix, AZ O.K.s
04/23 Tucson, AZ The Rock
04/24 Farmington, NM Gators
04/25 Tulsa, OK Marquee
04/26 Austin, TX Emus 04/27 Houston, TX Scout Bar
04/28 Dallas, TX Trees
04/29 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
04/30 Springfield, VA Jaxx
05/01 New York City, NY Nokia Theater Times Square

Icarus Witch touring with Paul Di'Anno
Yesterday
Pittsburgh's masters of traditional metal ICARUS WITCH are on the road right now alongside original Iron Maiden vocalist PAUL DI'ANNO! Not only are ICARUS WITCH direct support for the full tour, the band are also acting as the backing band for Di'Anno's full set, taking on double-duty every night of the tour.

Check out footage of the full lineup doing Maiden's classic "Running Free" at the Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York last week at Earsplit's new YouTube site: http://tinyurl.com/ylcqc4t.

There has been a venue change for the San Antonio, Texas show, and an Aurora, Colorado date has been added to the routing since previous tour announcements.

ICARUS WITCH w/ Paul Di'anno
2/08/2010 Limelight - Nashville, TN
2/09/2010 Vino's Brewpub - Little Rock, AR
2/10/2010 Red Eyed Fly - Austin, TX
2/11/2010 Smokin Aces - Mission, TX
2/12/2010 Zeros Hard Rock Club - Corpus Christi, TX
2/13/2010 Cadillac Bar- San Antonio, TX [*NEW VENUE]
2/14/2010 The Loft at The Palladium - Dallas, TX
2/17/2010 Brixton - Redondo Beach, CA
2/18/2010 New Oasis - Sparks, NV
2/19/2010 Ramona Mainstage - Ramona, CA
2/20/2010 Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana, CA
2/21/2010 Voodoo Lounge - San Jose, CA
2/23/2010 Sports Station - Aurora, CO [*NEW SHOW]
2/25/2010 Reggies Rock Club - Chicago, IL
2/26/2010 Radmaker's Rock n Roll Tavern - Tolono, IL
2/27/2010 Emerald Theater - Mt. Clemens, MI
2/28/2010 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
2/26/2010 Warriors of Metal III Open Air Fest - Chillicothe, Ohio

ICARUS WITCH's third full-length album Draw Down The Moon is to be released February 9th via Cleopatra Records/Koch Distribution. The nine-track album sees the band in a more mature, yet increasingly aggressive song writing mode, stripped of the extraneous bells and whistles of synths and samples and just straight-up rocking out! The band was recently described as having a "Heavy influence of Iron Maiden combined with good old fashioned hard/rock metal production and great musicianship" by Don Jamieson, host of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show.

Holy Grail enter studio
2010-02-06
Los Angeles rising star metal quintet Holy Grail will head in to the studio this month to record their debut album, CRISIS IN UTOPIA, due out on Prosthetic Records in late Spring. Acclaimed producer/remixer/musician Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle) will be at the production helm.

Previously known as Sorcerer, Holy Grail features members from a former line-up of White Wizzard. Assembled less than a year ago, Holy Grail is already at the forefront of the new wave of metal that pays homage to such legends as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Dio. The band's debut EP IMPROPER BURIAL (released in late 2009), featuring just two original tracks and two covers, has earned Holy Grail significant press accolades including a 2-page feature in hometown paper LA Weekly, a spot on Decibel's "25 Most Anticipated Releases Of 2010" list and inclusion on Metal Hammer's "Guide To The Best In The Upcoming New Wave Of Trad Metal". In its short career, the band has already toured with the likes of 3 Inches Of Blood and Saviours (in support of IMPROPER BURIAL) and is confirmed a number of major metal festivals this summer.

With monster vocals, not one, but two guitar virtuosos and a thundering rhythm section, Holy Grail's sound is at once classic, yet contemporary, encompassing the best of traditional metal with a youthful spirit. Holy Grail is James Paul Luna (vocals), Eli Santana (guitar), James J. LaRue (guitar), Blake Mount (bass) and Tyler Meahl (drums).

Alice In Chains announce charity auction
2010-02-06
At the beginning of this year's NFL season, hard-core NFL fan Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains recruited some fellow heavy metal musicians and friends to take part in his other passion, FANTASY FOOTBALL. Besides Jerry, the league’s lineup consisted of Duff Mckagan of G 'N' R and Velvet Revolver, Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society, Vinnie Paul of Pantera and Hellyeah, Scott Ian of Anthrax, guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, drummer Kenny Aronoff, former NFL player Matt Willig and ESPN's Talented Mr. Roto, Matthew Berry. Each participant donated an item for online auction, and all of the proceeds go to the charity chosen by the champion of the fantasy league.

Now, with the Alice In Chains & Friends Fantasy Football Season officially over and Matt Willig declared winner, it is time for each participant’s item to be auctioned off for the benefit of Matt’s chosen charity: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 100% of the money raised from these auctions will go towards St. Jude, which works to find cures for children with catastrophic illnesses through research and treatment.

Check out the items available below and bid hard! :

G&L Rampage Jerry Cantrell Signature Model Signed by Alice in Chains - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442010585
Warkwick RockBass Streamer LX Signed by Alice in Chains - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442017593
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Signature Series Fender Stratocaster - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442018098
Brett Favre Autographed Minnesota Vikings Football Jersey - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442020431
Duff McKagan Pack including signed GNR Bass book, computer bag, and Loaded Vinyl record - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442020867
Autographed Vinnie Paul Custom Snare Drum and Dean ML-X Guitar - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442022934
Kenny Aronoff Autographed Zildjian Cymbal, Remo Drum Head, and Vic Firth Drum Sticks - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442022335
Autographed Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw Les Paul Custom Guitar by Epiphone - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442023533
Scott Ian Autographed Jackson King V - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442023163
Matthew Berry Signed Football - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170442019227

HIM streaming new album on MySpace
2010-02-06
Finnish Love Metallers HIM are now streaming their seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice on their Myspace profile. The album, which was produced by Matt Squire (The Used, All Time Low, Saosin) was recently described by frontman Ville Valo as being "the most sexual album we've ever made". Ville also added "I like the immediacy of it. There's a lot of information put in short songs and they don't let go. That was the whole vibe for me".

Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice will be hitting stores in the U.S. on February 9th.

The track listing is as follows:

1. In Venere Veritas
2. Scared to Death"
3. Heartkiller"
4. Dying Song
5. Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness)
6. Love, the Hardest Way
7. Katherine Wheel
8. In the Arms of Rain
9. Ode to Solitude
10. Shatter Me With Hope
11. Acoustic Funeral (For Love in Limbo)
12. Like St. Valentine
13. The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness

Myspace stream URL: http://www.myspace.com/heartagram

Dark Funeral cancel festival appearance
2010-02-06
Ave to all you Czech Dark Funeral fans out there!

With deep regrets I have to inform you, that we have to cancel Dark Funerals appearance at the Metalgate Festival 2010.

After the rip off with that Unholy Fest in 2009 that probably all of you know about, it's even more disappointing to be unable to give you the band you are looking for for a festival show this summer.

As well as the guys in Dark Funeral, I'm a man who means yes, if he says yes! Only this time I stumbled over my own feet - meaning, that I confirmed the Dark Funeral tourshow on April 4th at the Masters of Rock Café in Zlin as exclusive (!) show for Czech Republic! A few weeks after that I agreed with the Metalgate Festival on Dark Funerals appearance for 2010. In the meatime I had simply forgotten the other deal I made before...

When the Metalgate billing was announced recently, I was reminded on our exlusive agreement by Pragokoncert, who are promoting the show in Zlin. So now I simply have no other chance than to stick to my first word. And that means, to take Dark Funeral off the bill of Metalgate 2010.

I'm human. I make mistakes. Unfortunately!

I'm already working together with the great guys in the Metalgate team to get another band as replacement for Dark Funeral. And apart from that, Dark Funeral are ready to play the Metalgate in 2011. This is something we will talk about, once a replacement band is found. This part has priority now!

Please take my apologize, and don't blame either Dark Funeral or the festival promoters, as they have nothing to do with this! I have to add, that band and promoter both reacted more than cool on this desastrous situation. Respect for that!

So please come and see Dark Funeral in Zlin on April 4th and see them again, hopefully at the Metalgate in 2011.

And by the way - and without doubt: german beer is not the best, czech beer is by far much better! ;)

Kick ass!

Jörg Düsedau
booking agent @
DRAGON PRODUCTIONS
a division of A.S.S. Concert & Promotion GmbH

Madam Adam sign with Roadrunner Records
2010-02-04
New York, NY: Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of Charleston, South Carolina rock band MADAM ADAM. The band is currently finishing up the recording of their as-yet untitled Roadrunner debut in Nashville, Tennessee, where they are working with producer/mixer Skidd Mills (Saving Abel, Saliva, Skillet, Sick Puppies.) Roadrunner expects to release the album in summer of 2010, and the band will be announcing some Southeast tour dates shortly.

The band - vocalist/guitarist Scott Gould, bassist Kenny Varner, guitarist Drew Reindollar and drummer Matthew Reindollar - has posted webisodes from the studio sessions on their MySpace page, which are viewable here.

Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R Ron Burman commented about the signing, saying, "I'm really excited to be working with Madam Adam. They have really catchy rock songs, the kind that I grew up listening to on rock radio. Madam Adam write songs that stick in your head after one listen, which is rare. The singer, Scott, has a great voice and they are an exceptionally good live band."

"We're grateful for the opportunity to work with Ron Burman and the staff at Roadrunner -- to have such an accomplished team behind us is that dream every kid with a guitar hopes becomes a reality," Gould said. "Last week, we laid the final tracks to the debut, thanks in part to producer Skidd 'The Wizard' Mills and at the moment we're describing it as Casablanca starring Conan the Barbarian."

At The Gates collectors box announced
2010-02-04
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES are due to celebrate the band's history and recent reunion tour with a special value-packed AT THE GATES Ultimate Collectors Box Set.

Due to be released in early March and strictly limited to just 300 copies, the AT THE GATES Ultimate Collectors Box Set includes the forthcoming 3-DVD set, "The Flames of the End", featuring a brand new documentary running over two hours, a live DVD of the band's iconic performance at the Wacken festival in 2008 and a collection of rare and archive footage of the band playing around the world from 1991-2008. Also included in the box set is both a CD and exclusive coloured gatefold double vinyl version of "Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken", along with an exclusive AT THE GATES t-shirt, metal logo keyring, circular woven patch, pewter and enamel logo belt buckle and three signature guitar plectrums.

All of these must-have items come housed in an exclusive printed collectors box, and at just £65/$99 plus shipping, the set offers a killer bargain, essential for any die-hard AT THE GATES fan. With only 300 made, this awesome box set is sure to go quickly, and once they're gone, they're gone!

Halcyon Way complete new album
2010-02-04
Halcyon Way complete tracking for new album Atlanta progressive metal band Halcyon Way has completed the tracking for their new CD, to be released late Spring by Nightmare Records.

The album was produced by Lasse Lammert (Alestorm, Svartsot) and guitarist Jon Bodan. Drums were engineered by Mike Froedge (doubleDrive, Bloodsimple, Speed X) at Open Sky Studios in Atlanta. Lammert is mixing the album at his studio, LSD-Tonstudio in Germany. The new release is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut by the band, A Manifesto For Domination. It features the debut of new vocalist Steve Braun (Ashent, Siloam), as well as a guest appearance by Pamela Moore of Queensryche fame. “We’re incredibly excited about the new material,” said guitarist Jon Bodan. “This album is a quantum leap forward for Halcyon Way – the material is both heavier and more aggressive, but it also is far catchier and more melodic at the same time than Manifesto. The guys in the band all stepped their individual games up, and the material is better for it. Lasse did a great job on the production, and we expect the mixdown and mastering process to be completed by the end of February.”

Halcyon Way has appeared live with many bands such as Helloween, Strapping Young Lad, TYR, Kamelot, Symphony X, Doro Pesch, Cathedral, Virgin Black, Samael, Vicious Rumors, Seven Witches, and many others. In addition they have appeared at ProgPower USA on two occasions, and at Rocklahoma 2008 and 2009.

Oceano part with guitarist
2010-02-04
Citing personal differences between the 2 parties, Chicago-based deathcore act, OCEANO has parted ways with guitarist, Andrew Mikhail. Long known for overcoming adversity, OCEANO has made clear that all of their 2010 commitments will be kept, including the recording and release of their followup to 2008's breakout debut, DEPTHS.

OCEANO's Billboard Heatseekers-charting debut album, DEPTHS, is out now worldwide.

Samael annonce more tour dates
2010-02-04
In addition of the February dates with Paradise Lost, SAMAEL will support Arch Enemy in France, Luxembourg and Germany. Check the dates here below:

S A M A E L w/Paradise Lost :

12.02.10 : Hristo Botev Hall – Sofia, Bulgaria
13.02.10 : Boogaloo – Zagreb, Croatia
14.02.10 : SKC – Belgrade, Serbia
15.02.10 : Cultur Hall – Cluj Napoca, Romania
18.02.10 : Salzhaus – Winterthur, Switzerland
19.02.10 : Conrad Sohm – Dornbirn, Austria
20.02.10 : Kofmehl – Solothurn, Switzerland
21.02.10 : Batschkapp – Frankfurt, Germany
22.02.10 : Live Music Hall – Cologne, Germany

S A M A E L w/Arch Enemy :
27.03.10 : Aerone – Lille, France
28.03.10 : Elysee Montmartre – Paris, France
30.03.10 : Ninikasi Kao – Lyon, France
31.03.10 : La Laiterie – Strasbourg, France
01.04.10 : Rockhal Club – Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg
03.04.10 : Noise Gate Festival (Neue Stadthalle ) – Langen, Germany

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