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Exodus finish re-recording thrash classic
2008-07-07
For the troops in the trenches, it began in 1982 with a low generation copy of a local band’s three-song demo. For some, it began with their first listen to Combat Records’ version of "Bonded By Blood" in 1986. Regardless of the year EXODUS are the undeniable forefathers of thrash metal.

EXODUS gained huge notoriety in the international underground scene as a result of the tape trading community. Their dynamic guitar riffing, adrenaline-inducing drum work, and bloodied live shows made all the difference in the band’s mission to take Bay Area Thrash to a worldwide audience. The immortal, must-have, thrash classic "Bonded By Blood" was released in 1985 via Torrid Records (then re-released in 1986 on Combat Records), and inspired the likes of Testament, Death Angel, Vio-lence and many others. To this day "Bonded By Blood" is inspiring a whole new breed of thrash metal. Gary Holt, songwriter and lead guitarist of EXODUS, has released the following statement about the band's decision to revisit this classic album that began an era in music history.

"After many years in the planning and discussion stage, we have finally completed the re-recording of "Bonded By Blood." We have decided to call it "Let There Be Blood" and it is our way of paying homage to [original singer] Paul Baloff by showing how relevant these songs we had written together still are. We aren't trying to replace the original, that's impossible anyway. We are just giving these songs the benefit of modern production. It's something we talked about before Paul's death and it's always been important to us to do. We were super excited about entering the studio once again to record these classics, and now it's back to writing the next studio record!"


Produced by Gary Holt, “Let There Be Blood” was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA, JKZ Production Studio in San Rafael, CA with vocal tracks recorded at J. Rod Production Studios in New City, NY. Andy Sneap is currently mixing the finishing product.

The tentative release date for "Let There Be Blood” is October 2008 through Zaentz Records which has U.S. and European distribution.

Additionally EXODUS are embarking on a rigorous European touring schedule this summer. The confirmed dates are listed below.

7/24/2008 BRANDE-HOERNERKIRCHEN (D) Headbangers Open Air
7/25/2008 ROTTERDAM (NL) Baroeg
7/26/2008 LICHTENVOORDE (NL) Zwarte Cross Festival
7/27/2008 DEINZE (BE) Alcatraz Metal Fest
7/28/2008 TILBURG (NL)
7/30/2008 COPENHAGEN (DK) The Rock
7/31/2008 AARHUS (DK) Voxhall
8/2/2008 WACKEN (D) Wacken Open Air
8/6/2008 Villarreal (Castellon) Spain Salata
8/7/2008 Malaga Spain
8/8/2008 Pavilhao dos Lombos (lisbon) Portugal Alliance Fest
8/9/2008 Vigo Sp Alternavigo festival
8/10/2008 Barakaldo Bizkaia Spain Rock Star Live
8/11/2008 Barcelona SP Apolo 2
8/13/2008 Thrash Till Death Festival Bulgaria
8/14/2008 JAROMER BRUTAL ASSUALT FESTIVAL CZ
8/15/2008 DINKELSBUEHL (D) Summerbreeze Festival
8/16/2008 KOMEN (SLO) Metal Mania Festival
8/17/2008 BUDAPEST (HU) Sziget Festival
8/19/2008 Switzerland Zurich Rohstofflager
8/20/2008 Italy Ravenna Club
8/21/2008 FELDKIRK Satteins/Feldkirch
8/23/2008 Puero De Mazarron Leyendas Del Rock Festival
8/25/2008 Extreme Vision Festival (Ukraine)
8/26/2008 SWEDEN Venuea in Helsingborg
8/27/2008 Maiden Club Oslo
8/28/2008 BERGEN (NOR) Hole In The Sky
8/29/2008 Sticky Fingers Gothenburg
8/30/2008 Klubben Stockholm

Brainstorm Festival line-up is complete
2008-07-07
With the booking of Miseration (S), Whispering Gallery (NL) and A New Dawn (NL) the line-up for the first edition of Brainstorm Festival is complete. The event takes place from 21 till 23 November 2008 in club Gigant in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.

Miseration is the new band of vocalist Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry) and guitarist Jani Stefanovic (Mehida, ex-Am I Blood). The band just inked a deal with Lifeforce Records which will re-release their debut-cd 'Your Demons – Their Angels' in October.

After the show during Brainstorm Festival vocalist Reinier Vreeswijk will leave Whispering Gallery. It makes the show of this atmospheric metalband even more interesting. In the past Whispering Gallery toured with Within Temptation.

The gothic-metal sensation A New Dawn is a rising star within the European gothic-metal scene. This year the band released their album 'Falling From Grace' and since then A New Dawn is playing in all important clubs in Holland and Belgium. The band will also visit Italy this year and of course deserves a spot during Brainstorm Festival.

During the last months Brainstorm Festival already booked the following bands: Seventh Angel (UK), Rebellion (D), Eluveitie (CH), Thy Majestie (ITA), Seventh Avenue (D), Mehida (FIN/S) with vocalist Thomas Vikström of Therion, Morphia (NL), Mena Brinno (USA), World To Ashes (D) en Picture Of The Moon (NL).

For the Dutch doom-band Morphia the show during Brainstorm Festival is special, as it will be their farewell. After more then ten years and three full-length albums the band has decided to quit. DVD-recordings will be made of this special show.

Besides Morphia also Thy Majestie will shoot a professional DVD during the festival, that also offers room for seminars and exposition. Rebellion, Mehida and Thy Majestie will present their new albums live during Brainstorm Festival.

More information can be found on www.brainstormfestival.com. The festival is sponsored by Aardschok, Rock Tribune, Powermetal.de and Legacy.

Brainstorm Festival
Major League Baseball joins Linkin Park tour
2008-07-07
Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) and its MLB Authentic Collection music marketing program "Access To The Show" are returning to Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour for all 23 dates kicking off on Wednesday, July 16 at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA and running through the end of August.

MLBP will be the sole professional sports league sponsor of this summer's Projekt Revolution Tour and will receive exclusive branding rights for the MLB Authentic Collection in tour advertising and marketing materials as well as Second Stage sponsorship, bringing together music and baseball in a unique and exciting festival environment. The sponsorship gives MLBP access to Linkin Park and other Projekt Revolution bands for participation in a wide array of activities, including interacting with fans at the MLB Road Show batting cages. The MLB Authentic Collection will also be featured in a national retail relationship with Champs Sports, the official retail destination for "Access to the Show" through its 600 US based stores.

The "Access To The Show" tour is designed to showcase the MLB Authentic Collection line of apparel both on-site at concert venues and in retail outlets. The MLB Authentic Collection includes the exclusive jerseys, headwear and outerwear identical to what is worn by players on all 30 Clubs.

Champs Sports will support "Access To The Show" with extensive floor space and an in-store signage package dedicated to the MLB Authentic Collection, along with radio promotions tied to Projekt Revolution. MLBP will support Projekt Revolution with a nationwide sweepstakes at Champs Sports stores where fans can enter to win a trip to the final game of the World Series to go onto the field and hand out the 2008 Championship Caps and T-Shirts to the 2008 World Series Champions. Other prizes include signed guitars from Linkin Park and Champs Sports gift certificates.

Fans will also have access to exclusive, unreleased live songs by Linkin Park. Lanyards will be randomly handed out to fans attending Projekt Revolution shows. These lanyards can be exchanged at no cost at any Champs Sports store for a special USB Wristband containing four unreleased live Linkin Park MP3s as well as five other songs from other Projekt Revolution artists such as Busta Rhymes and Ashes Divide. The special USB Wristband is also a gift with purchase for purchases of at least $50 of Major League Baseball product at Champs Sports store.

"Major League Baseball is thrilled to once again be hitting the Projekt Revolution Tour with the 2008 'Access To The Show' program," said Steve Armus, Vice President, Licensing, Major League Baseball Properties. "Baseball and rock music are two staples of summertime, which makes this marketing platform a fun and innovative way to extend the MLB Authentic Collection brand."

"We're psyched to team up once again with our friends at Major League Baseball," says Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington. "We want the tour to be more than just a series of concerts, and having MLB involved adds another level of excitement to the Projekt Revolution experience."

The MLB Road Show is a high-tech tractor-trailer completely outfitted to give fans a chance to have an all-encompassing baseball experience. The truck includes pitching and batting cages, kiosks featuring the latest MLB video games, a MLB Authentic Collection merchandise display and Internet kiosks where concert-goers can purchase MLB licensed products directly through the Shop section of MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball.

On the road since March, the 2008 "Access To The Show" has been part of the Langerado Music Festival, South by Southwest Music Conference & Festival, Bamboozle Music Festivals, The Hoodwink Festival, Sasquatch Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and Rothbury Music Festival. The MLB Road Show has also been a key attraction on the DUB Custom Auto Show & Concert Tour and Crocs Next Step Campus Tour. The schedule includes stops at the Virgin Mobile Festival, Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival and Union County Music Fest.

Launched in the summer of 2003, the "Access To The Show" tour has already become a staple at some of the most popular summer festival destinations, reaching over five million people since its inception.

Living Death confirmed for KIT 12
2008-07-07
Hi friends.

At first we wanted to keep the same amount of bands like last KIT, but due to a unique chance we had to change the plan and add another band. This band will be the german cult act LIVING DEATH, who are going to play one last exclusive show for KIT 12. This will be the band line up:
Toto Bergmann (vocals)
Reiner Kelch (guitars)
Dieter Kelch (bass)
Jörg Michael (drums)
LIVING DEATH were among the most requested bands for KIT and we are really happy that we finally can do it. We hope this will bring smiling faces to all KIT fans, too. So this is the billing till now:

KEEP IT TRUE XII

HITTMAN (USA)
(exclusive Show, original Line Up)
ABATTOIR (USA)
(exclusive Show with Steve Gaines,Mark Caro,Mel Sanchez,Juan Garcia,Rob Analeze)
TYRANT (USA)
(exclusive Show, Original Line Up)
EXXPLORER (USA)
(First show in Europe ever!)
LIVING DEATH (GER)
(exclusive final show)
ZOUILLE & HANTSON (FRA)
(A Night Of SORTILEGE)
EXUMER (GER)
(feat. both singers!!)
RIGOR MORTIS (USA)
(First European Show)
RUTHLESS (USA)
(exclusive Show)
MILITIA (USA)
(exclusive show, Original Line Up)
HELL (UK)
(3 original members plus A. Sneap and M. Walkyier)
THE GATES OF SLUMBER (USA)
(exclusive show)
ATLANTEAN KODEX (GER)
ASKA (USA)
MELTDOWN (USA)
IN SOLITUDE (SWE)
DEJA VU (GER)

April 24th./25th. 2009 Lauda-Königshofen Tauberfrankenhalle
www.keep-it-true.de, www.myspace.com/keepittruefestival

Plus two Head- and one CoHeadliner.

Keep It True Festival
Oceano sign with Earache Records
2008-07-04
EARACHE is proud to announce the signing of Chicago death metal titans OCEANO to a multi-album, worldwide recording deal.

Conceived in 2006, this talented young band comprises of former members of several Chicago metal outfits, and together are rapidly becoming one of the standouts of the Chicago extreme metal scene. Describing themselves as one of the angriest bands on Earth, OCEANO channel this through their music, creating in the process some of the heaviest, most guttural and all-out brutal music to be found anywhere. Having already completed numerous successful tours in the Midwest playing with the likes of Hatebreed and Suffocation, OCEANO are constantly growing in popularity and with a record deal under their belts, are now ready to spread their path of destruction far and wide, and will be soon levelling a town near you.

For more news and info and to check out OCEANO, head to www.myspace.com/xoceano

Check out live footage of the band performing their song "Samael the Destroyer" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETNKa8vGRI0

OCEANO will be "Bringin' the Beef" onstage at the following dates:

09 Jul 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana - Lions Club
10 Jul 2008 Alton, Illinois - The Illinoise
11 Jul 2008 Bloomingdale, Illinois - Bloomingdale Park District
12 Jul 2008 Kenosha, Wisconsin - The Unity Lodge
19 Jul 2008 Mokena, Illinois - The Pearl Room (w/ SUFFOCATION)
25 Jul 2008 Lake Station, Indiana - Lake Station Eagles Club (w/ EMMURE)
26 Jul 2008 Mishawaka, Indiana - Mishawaka American Legion (w/ SALT THE WOUND)
31 Jul 2008 Saginaw, Michigan - Olde Jamestowne Hall (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
01 Aug 2008 Muncie, Indiana - Summerslam, The Launching Pad (w/ AMERICAN ME)
03 Aug 2008 Elk Grove Village, Illinois - Elk Grove VFW (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
04 Aug 2008 Des Moines, Iowa - The Vaudeville Mews (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
05 Aug 2008 Buffalo, Minnesota - The Vault (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
06 Aug 2008 Oakwood, Illinois - The Mooselodge (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
07 Aug 2008 Lake Station, Indiana - Lake Station Eagles Club (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)
08 Aug 2008 Toledo, Ohio - Club Bijou (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME, ABACABB)
09 Aug 2008 Louisville, Kentucky - The Bulldog Cafe (w/ FTFD, AMERICAN ME)

Earache Records
Scar Symmetry in the charts
2008-07-04
Swedish Modern Metal heroes SCAR SYMMETRY have just entered the German charts at a respectable position #68 with their highly anticipated new album "Holographic Universe" that faced its release on July 20th! This marks the first chart entry ever for the band lead by producer and guitarist extraordinaire Jonas Kjellgren - CONGRATULATIONS, guys! If you didn’t already, check out the funny and informative album trailer series launched in advance of the album: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 - Also, the guys can celebrate more chart positions: Finland: #37, UK: #39 (Indie Charts) Austria: #65

Nuclear Blast
Gotthard guitarist opens restaurant
2008-07-04
GOTTHARD guitarist Leo Leoni hangs his guitar on the wall – but just literally spoken, in his own restaurant: on July, 3rd, Leo opens it together with his sister Evelyne. The restaurant is called "Grotthard", is built in the regionally traditional "grotto" style and is placed in a small village called Capriasca close to Lugano in Switzerland ´s Tessin. Next to delicious home made food and traditional specialities from the area you can also find a little rock museum in the restaurant and watch all gold and platinum awards of the band as well as some instruments and other nice things. Leo ´s job with GOTTHARD, of course, is not affected by that - Evelyne and his friends take care of Grottard.

Nuclear Blast
MySpace announce secret DragonForce show
2008-07-04
MySpace Secret Shows is proud to announce that heavy metal band DragonForce will make a rare club show appearance in Seattle at El Corazon on Sunday, July 6 at 7 PM. England's most revered new metal band will be releasing their new album Ultra Beatdown on August 26 on Roadrunner Records. The Secret Show is a free, exclusive performance for the MySpace community.

Ultra Beatdown was named one of the most anticipated albums of 2008 by Revolver. The album is an epic, sweeping, grand collection of infectious guitar anthems that'll inspire all who listen to either pump their fists in the air or pick up a guitar, whether it be real or virtual. DragonForce's single from 2006's Inhuman Rampage, "Through The Fire and Flames," exploded on the public beyond the metal world thanks to its appearance on the massively popular Guitar Hero III. The single has been RIAA certified Gold in the US, with the album scanning over 300,000 copies (and counting) to date. The New York Times said of DragonForce, "The band has found a way to make metalheads smile." Following the Secret Show, the band will be one of the headliners of the Mayhem Festival, alongside acts such as Slipknot and Disturbed.

MySpace Music has organized more than 150 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Gnarls Barkley, Neil Diamond, Slayer, Fran Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://myspace.com/secretshows.

New Bloodbath album out in October
2008-07-04
‘Bloodbath have been responsible for some of the finest Swedish death metal of the last decade.’ Metal Hammer

Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) Vocals
Martin ‘Axe’ Axenrot (Opeth) Drums
Anders ‘Blakkheim’ Nyström (Katatonia) Guitars
Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) Bass
Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson - Guitars.

Bloodbath are an extreme metal supergroup from Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 1998 with a mutual fascination for the glory days of death metal, the band’s line up has changed and evolved throughout the years, featuring the elite of Swedish metal.

The next chapter of this brutal saga arrives on October 6th 2008 with the release of the new studio album, The Fathomless Mastery.

Hints of what the album may possess were provided by Unblessing The Purity, the mini-album released earlier this year on Peaceville Records. Described by Metal Hammer as ‘a near-flawless celebration of Swedish brutality’ and by Zero Tolerance as ‘a slab of storming, top-quality death metal’, the mini-album has set the bar high.

‘Unblessing The Purity’ also featured the return of Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocal duties and arrival of Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson (ex-21 Lucifers, ex-Genocrush Ferox) on guitar, joining Katatonia’s Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse and Martin “Axe” Axenrot, also from Opeth.

This line-up has once again reunited for The Fathomless Mastery which they have described as representing ‘nothing but hateful brutality.’ Promising their ‘most crushing production yet’ few would dare to argue with the band’s claim that...‘Bloodbath is here to slay, Bloodbath is here to stay!’

The Wacken Carnage, a CD + DVD set featuring the bands rare live performance at the 2005 Wacken Festival is also now available on Peaceville Records.

Peaceville Records
Textures forced to cancel Metalcamp
2008-07-02
Dutch math-Metal maestros TEXTURES are forced to cancel their appearance at Metal Camp festival in Slovenia this Sunday due to Eric Kalsbeek(Vocals) suffering throat problems :

“We regret to announce that we have been forced to cancel our appearance at Metal Camp in Slovenia this Sunday due to our singer Eric Kalsbeek suffering throat problems. After having his throat examined at the hospital, doctors found out that Eric had an abnormal reaction to allergies which has resulted in loss of voice and throat problems. A few weeks of prescribed rest and medication will have him back on his feet before you know it.

Sorry to everyone who was excited to see us on this year's Metal Camp, we truly hope to make up for it in the near future.”

Listenable Records
Bleed The Sky announce new lineup
2008-07-02
Oklahoma City’s BLEED THE SKY are proud to announce they’re ready to hit the road in support of their “end-all, be-all” new album, Murder The Dance - released on June 10th and produced & engineered by Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory), mixed by Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Drowning Pool), and mastered by Matt Rosebery. Visit the bands MySpace Page for tour dates.

BLEED THE SKY vocalist Noah Robinson shares some additional information about the album:

“We had several guest vocalists on Murder The Dance. A lot of people think that you only bring in guest vocalists when you yourself are out of ideas, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

First off, we had our friend Jeremy Hall [from San Diego-based bands Audkik & Dying Regret] come in to track ‘The Sleeping Beauty.’ Nobody understood the meaning of this song more than him, and when I explained that to him, he said he'd be honored.

Once we had our vocals tracked on ‘Occam's Razor,’ we were listening back to it and [producer] Christian [Wolbers] suggested Martina Axen [former Drain STH drummer] come in and guest. She was thrilled and I could not have been happier to see her in action.

Last but certainly not least was our boy Jon ‘The Hoff’ Howard [vocalist for Canadian-based label mates Threat Signal] tracking vocals on ‘Vertical Smile.’ We've all been huge fans of Threat Signal even before they were signed, so we seized this opportunity to finally get to work with Jon.

The new line-up is… let me put it this way: Our video director David Brodsky beat us into the ground when were shooting for ‘Sullivan,’ and everyone was headbanging like maniacs at 8 a.m. without an audience and without even stretching or warming up. Things can only get better once we’re back on the road. I’ll say it again and again - I can’t wait to show everyone the new BLEED THE SKY!”

Nuclear Blast
One Day As A Lion sign with ANTI
2008-07-02
Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of One Day As A Lion. An on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals, One Day As A Lion will release their eponymous debut EP worldwide on July 21st.

The band writes:

“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”

“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”

“The name taken from the infamous 1970 black and white, captured by legendary Chicano photographer George Rodriguez featuring a center framed tag on a white wall in an unspecified section of Boyle Heights. It reads: ‘It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb.’ This record is a stripped down attempt to realize this sentiment in sound.”

One Day As A Lion:
Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards)
Jon Theodore (drums)

The songs:
01 - Wild International
02 – Ocean View
03 – Last Letter
04 – If You Fear Dying
05 – One Day As A Lion

The details:
Recorded by Robert Carranza at Ocean Way Recording
Mixed by Mario C at MCJ Studio

One Day As A Lion
Job For A Cowboy forced to cancel shows
2008-07-02
Due to illness JOB FOR A COWBOY are forced to cancel the shows in Moscow and Tallinn.
The band apologizes and will certainly reschedule at some point.

Singer Jonny is suffering from a throat infection which already forced the band to cancel their appearance at Metaltown festival.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will still be playing Roskilde and With Full Force as scheduled.

Metal Blade Europe
Amon Amarth album title revealed
2008-07-02
Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have set "Twilight Of The Thunder God" as the title of their seventh full-length album!

"Twilight Of The Thunder God" will be released the 19th of September in D/A/CH/I and the 22nd of September in the rest of Europe.

"Twilight Of The Thunder God" was recorded at Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden and will include such songtitles as "Guardians of Asgaard", "Live for the Kill" and "Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags".

Metal Blade Europe
Former Amon Amarth guitarist resurfaces
2008-07-01
Former Amon Amarth guitarist Anders Hansson has resurfaced as a member of Stockholm based death metallers Blood Mortized. Anders Hansson was a member of Amon Amarth from 1988 to 1998 and performed on the first two official releases "Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds" (Pulverised Records, 1996) and "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" (Metal Blade Records, 1998). He teamed up with Blood Mortized in April 2008 and the band is currently looking for a label.

Impaler to invade Europe
2008-06-30
U.S. shock rock metal band IMPALER are making their very first over seas appearances ever in Switzerland and Germany this summer. We could not be more excited to expose you all to the insane mayhem that is an IMPALER live show as demonstrated on our new "Alive Beyond The Grave" CD and the home DVD "House Band At The Funeral Parlor" on MVD Entertainment.

Rock City in Uster, Switzerland, is where we will kick things off on July 12th and then on to Leipzig and Annaberg-Buchholz Germany with Swedish rippers DEMONICAL on July 15th & 17th only to wrap things up in grand fashion Friday night July 25th at the Headbanger's Open Air Festival!

We hope to see, visit and rip it up with fans and friends old and new. See you there!!

/ Bill Lindsey - Vo-kills (IMPALER)

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IMPALER in Europe

12,07 2008 CH - Uster @ Rock City
15.07 2008 GER - Leipzig @ G16 *
17.07 2008 GER - Annaberg-Buchholz @ Pub Asgard *
25.07 2008 GER - Brande-Hörnerkirchen - Headbanger's Open Air Festival

* with guests DEMONICAL

Rasta to perform in Indonesia
2008-06-30
Traditionally this summer RASTA will perform at a few major European open-airs. Among which are BRUTAL ASSAULT and RED ALERT and also something absolutely exotic! On the 12th of July RASTA will play at Jakarta, Indonesia, at the biggest national show JAKARTA ROCK PARADE. Belarusian modern-synth metal band along with a few more artists will headline the main scene of the festival, which will gather more than
10 000 fans of rock music of from Asia.

In addition to the aforementioned, the following shows are confirmed at the moment:

01.07 Gomel (Belarus) MASS MEDIUM FEST
12.07 Jakarta (Indonesia) JAKARTA ROCK PARADE
02.08 Konotop (Ukraine) PRO ROCK FEST
09.08 TC Solnyshko (Ukraine) RED ALERT FEST*
14.08 Jaromer (Czech Republic) BRUTAL ASSAULT FEST*
29.08 Minsk (Belarus) DREAMLAND
05.09 Tallinn (Estonia) TBA*
06.09 Vilnius (Lithuania) FERRUM RUST FEST*
07.09 Riga (Latvia) MIELNA PIEKTDIENA*
05.12 Stockholm (Sweden) DAS BOOT*

- on these dates RASTA will be supported by Russian metal monsters GRENOUER - check for more dates soon!!!

RASTA is also preparing next license deals for their bestseller called THE AGE OF MOVEMENT. This time band will be presented through national labels in Australia/New Zealand and South America. More details soon!

Cynic to headline ProgPower Europe
2008-06-29
It is with great pleasure to confirm CYNIC as one of the headliners for our 10th anniversary. The US legends will headline on Saturday 4 October. Most likely this will be the only autumn show they will do, the band will play old stuff but also a lot of new material from the upcoming album. So better not miss this opportunity!

WOLVERINE WILL PLAY SET OF 1999!
Swedish band WOLVERINE will do 2 sets at the 10th anniversary of ProgPower Europe. On Friday they will do a very special show. Because the band opened the first edition of PP Europe back in 1999, WOLVERINE will come back this year to play the same setlist as they have done in 1999. On Sunday 5 October they will do a regular set with more recent material.

MYRATH and PURE REASON REVOLUTION confirmed.
In the meantime we booked some more bands for ProgPower Europe, 2 of them are Tunesian band MYRATH and the British newcomers of PURE REASON REVOLUTION. MYRATH will play on Saturday 4 October and PRR will play on Sunday 5 October. Check out the website for the line-up so far.

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ProgPower Europe
Susperia working on new material
2008-06-29
Time to break the silence. It's been a long time since we gave you an update on what's happening in the SUSPERIA camp. You may think we've been sitting around doing nothing, but we actually got our asses into gear and have been working hard writing and doing pre-production work for the next album. We have about ten songs on the go at various stages of completion and everything is going well. Our creative juices are flowing!! At this moment we're in hard, fast and melodic mode. Athera is in free flow with the lyrics. It's still early days, so we can't give you a full idea of what to expect yet, who knows what's coming!!

We'll keep you updated- in the meantime stay heavy!!

You may already be aware that in August we get the chance to escape from working on the album.
We will play at the Metal Rock Festival www.metalrockfest.no Lillehammer, Norway on Saturady 16th August.
We're playing alongside Opeth, My Dying Bride and a load of other cool bands, so get yourself down there for a good time. We'll let you know our stage time soon.

Susperia
Dew-Scented on German quiz show
2008-06-28
Our boys of DEW-SCENTED have gone where no Thrash Metal act has gone before: to a German TV quiz show! Frontman Leif Jensen had fun: "We also ended up being part of a quiz show with the whole band on national TV here in Germany. We were "special" guests with the full band at the RTL daily quiz show "Einer gegen Hundert" (Translates to "1 vs. 100") (www.rtl.de/tv/tv_963090.php) and had a fun ride trying to answer tons of questions the right way ;-) Our appearance(s) as special audience-candidates (No, we aren’t performing music there, we are "Metalhead-Guests"…) will be broadcasted between Monday June 30th and Tuesday July 8th on RTL at 5 PM. Check it out if you are from Germany or have access to this channel!" SO don´t forget to tune in and also don´t miss the band on their festivals shows! Check the dates below!

FR 18.07. Kaltenbach / Spital Am Semmering (Austria) – Kaltenbach Open Air
FR 15.08. Budapest (Hungary) – Sziget Festival
FR 29.08. Wörrstadt / Mainz (Germany) – Neuborn Open Air Festival
SA 30.08. Losheim (Germany) – Stausee Losheim / Rock Area Festival

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