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CULT OF LUNA Complete Work On New Album Apocalyptic Swedish outfit CULT OF LUNA have completed work on their new album, entitled "Somewhere Along The Highway". Slated for an April 24 release via Earache Records, the album's initial tracking took place over seven days in a wooden octagon barn surrounded by "Blair Witch"-style scenery close to the band's hometown of Umeå in northern Sweden. According to sound engineer Magnus Lindberg, the remote location coupled with the spotting of "Wicca witch women dancing in the woods" and the actual acoustics of the barn itself all contributed towards creating the perfect ambiance to lay down the basic tracks which were done primarily live, as a unit — a departure from previous CULT OF LUNA recording protocol. Further recording and mixing happened in Tonteknik studios where both the band's 2004 album "Salvation" and its predecessor "The Beyond" (2003) were recorded. And the result promises to more raw and unpolished then the bands previous releases. "Somewhere Along The Highway" track listing: 01. Marching To The Heartbeats 02. Finland 03. Back To Chapel Town 04. And With Her Came The Birds 05. Thirtyfour 06. Dim 07. Dark City, Dead Man

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"Okay, so on to the SHAD... As of late, we've been putting the finishing touches on 'Fallout From The War' (full details on this record coming soon) which will be released on Century Media in the spring sometime!! It's coming out awesome, and we're pretty psyched about it. We just went down to NYC to freeze our asses off at an OUTDOOR photo shoot with Bryan Helm for this record. On top of a rooftop in JANUARY 2 blocks from the East River!!! If we look like we're freezing — we were!!

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AMON AMARTH To Enter Studio In May Sweden's AMON AMARTH have posted the following message on their official web site: "During the past four weeks we've been working on new material for our upcoming album. In an unusual fashion — well, for us anyway — we've been working virtually every day of January to write new material. If everything goes to plan, we will enter the studio in May to record the new album. The release date is, however, not set yet." AMON AMARTH's latest album, "Fate of Norns", is available on Metal Blade Records. The band have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany.

EKTOMORF to Enter Studio In July Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF will enter Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark on July 10 with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, WITCHERY, RAUNCHY, HIMSA) to begin recording their new album, entitled "Outcast". EKTOMORF have just released a live DVD, entitled "Live and Raw...You Get What You Give", via Nuclear Blast. The package includes live footage of the band performing at the Summer Breeze festival in 2005 and all of their video clips, plus a bonus CD containing a remastered version of the band's "Kalyi Jag" album (originally issued in 2000), done by producer Tue Madsen. EKTOMORF have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4.

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Reveals Working Album Title, New Songtitles Zach Palmer of Doomsday Music recently conducted an interview with NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway. An excerpt from the chat follows: Doomsday Music: You guys have been playing for nearly 20-25 years, somewhere in that area. Do you ever get to the point where you just want to go home and sit down? Barney: "You know what? Well, it's been 25 years this year, NAPALM DEATH in its entirety, which is obviously a long time, especially for a band that is so outside of the mainstream. I get your point, of course there's times where I am tired on tour and I feel a bit under the weather or whatever, but at the end of the day, we've got to keep this band going. It's got to keep moving around and the only way to do that is for us to get out there and do what we've got to do; keep playing as much as we can, do the albums, make sure they are good, make sure that every one moves along a little bit more, pushes the thing along. That's what we've got to do basically. I think it's human nature to say, 'Aw fuck, I really don't want to do this today,' but once you get out there and you get into it, you forget what you were thinking earlier on in the day, so it's all good to me. I take it in my stride and I'm happy to be doing it and I'm happy to be going this long and all the rest of it. It's a good experience. It's a good feeling." Doomsday Music: In the press release that was released, I think it was yesterday, you mentioned that you hope to go back in the studio sometime in May? Barney: Yeah. Doomsday Music: And at the current time, I believe you said you don't currently have anything other than a few lyrics written? Barney: Well, that was mainly said because I actually do have about four or five songs, and as much as I have got those, we actually haven't come together yet as a four piece unit in a rehearsal studio, so things could always change, but the stuff that I have got I'm really happy with, the titles are really good, they are definitely ready from my end. I can give you some of those titles if you want. Doomsday Music: Sure, yeah definitely! Barney: "Yeah, OK. Let me try to remember all of these. There's a track called 'Persona Nongrata'. That's obviously a Latin term, and what it means is someone that becomes a lesser being. It's actually a legal term that stretches back quite a few years and the whole concept of that is that some people are just born into this world and just because of their circumstances they are persona nongrata, in other words, pointing out what a real unfair situation that is to be in. So there's that one, then there's… it's like a two part song really. The second half is called 'Smear Campaign' and obviously a smear campaign is something that is like, it could be a verbal or basically a series of actions taken out that basically dirty someone's name or reputation. I'm thinking that I want to use that for the title of the album actually, because the way that's being used, the whole concept is, what I'm trying to get across with this album is the theme is religion basically. I know a lot of people go down that route, but I think increasingly we see governments of assorted countries being governed on a religious basis, and to me that is just going to take us down paths that we really don't need to be going down. I think for the good of the world, especially as fragile as it is at the moment, to try and govern people on theories, on these sort of unproven theories, it just doesn't wash. Doing things in the name of God, well, surely you should be doing things in the name of man, you know? [Laughs] Not in the name of God, so that's my whole point basically, so there's going to be a whole series of images around that if that comes up to be the album title. So there's that one there. There's another track called 'Call That an Option?' with a question mark on the end, and an 'option' being the nuclear option, which Britain is certainly pushing and I believe America is too. They're trying to say that we should enter another nuclear age where we relying on nuclear fuels for consumption. Now bearing in mind Chernobyl etc. etc., I don't think that's a good way to go particularly. And there's a second part to that as well. You've got the situation in Iran at the moment, and I've got a very simple comment to make on that. It's not saying that these guys should have nuclear weapons because these guys shouldn't, it's actually saying no nuclear weapons. Any nuclear weapons are no good at all. But by the same token, how can you criticize a nation for trying to develop a nuclear arsenal when you yourselves are holding arsenals so big and with so much potential to wipe people off the face of the earth, how can you sit there and criticize other people for trying to even the balance a little? You can't do that! America and Israel and many other countries, the very people who are most vocal in opposing what Iran is doing right now are the very people who are holding some serious fucking weaponry. Now, surely that is hypocrisy of the highest order." Read the entire interview at www.doomsdaymusic.com.

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SATYRICON Sign With ROADRUNNER For World Outside North America, Norway Roadrunner Records U.K. has announced the signing of leading Norwegian black metal band SATYRICON into the fold for all territories, excluding North America and Norway. SATYRICON is centered around the backbone of band members Satyr and Frost, who formed the band in the early '90s. Their progressive and creative outlook has enabled SATYRICON to push the boundaries of the black metal genre, setting a new standard and developing the field beyond its traditional parameters. As a result, SATYRICON are now one of the most respected and influential bands in black metal. Their last album, the acclaimed "Volcano" (2002), received the Norwegian Grammy for "Best Metal Album", the Alarm Awards for "Song Of The Year" (for track "Fuel For Hatred") plus "Metal Album Of The Year", and also the Oslo Award for "Best Overall Album". "Volcano" debuted at #2 on the Norwegian national album chart. Wally van Middendorp, VP International Marketing and Acquisitions at Roadrunner International stated: "We are truly excited to be working with one of the most widely-revered bands in their genre and look forward to assisting SATYRICON in their continuing quest to push back the boundaries of black metal.” SATYRICON have been in Vancouver, Canada this month mixing their first new studio album since 2002 with Mike Frasier (METALLICA, AC/DC). Titled "Now, Diabolical", it is set for release in April 2006. Satyr is looking forward to the release, stating, "This project has been a deeper dive in the abyss than ever before and many sacrifices have been made to try to achieve what we where looking for. We are very proud of 'Now, Diabolical' and hope the pain of giving birth to this phoenix will prove its worth!"

Mono - 2006 - You Are There will release: April 10, 2006 (CD / 2 x LP / Europe) Temporary Residence Limited / TRR98 01. The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain 02. A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure 03. Yearning 04. Are You There? 05. The Remains Of The Day 06. Moonlight evo link za prvu pesmu: http://www.mono-44.x0.com/mono4al/01.mp3

AFTER FOREVER Involved In Bus Accident: Photos Available AFTER FOREVER's tour bus was involved in a accident in France Wednesday morning (Feb. 1) as the band were making their way from a gig in London, England to their next show in Lille, France. No injuries were reported and the band's European tour with NIGHTMARE will continue as scheduled. Check out pictures of the damaged tour bus : http://www.afterforever.com/rem/content/co...Accident/thumbs. As previously reported, AFTER FOREVER performed a special gig with a wind orchestra, Orpheus, on December 22, 2005 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. Photos from the concert can be viewed at this location. AFTER FOREVER's fourth full-length album, "Remagine", is available now on Transmission Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Invisible Circles" was recorded at Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland and was mixed by Sascha Paeth and Philip Colodetti at the Gate studio in Wolfsburg, Germany.

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TOOL Finish Mastering New Album According to a posting at Toolband.com, TOOL's brand-new album was mastered on Tuesday, January 31 at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine by Bob Ludwig. The members of the band were present during the mastering, according to a posting on the site. TOOL's first CD since 2001's "Lateralus" is tentatively scheduled for release in late April or early May. A video directed by guitarist Adam Jones is also said to be in the works, with members of the band preparing to embark on an an international press tour for the new effort. Photos taken during the recording of the LP, which were posted on Jones' online blog, showed that QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Josh Homme, MELVINS guitarist King Buzzo and ISIS frontman Aaron Turner had stopped into the studio during the sessions. It's not yet known whether the guests will appear on the album. As previously reported, TOOL have been confirmed for the seventh edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over the small desert town of Indio, California on April 29 and 30. The band are one of the first acts to be confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place June 29 – July 2 in Roskilde, Denmark. It was also reported by Norwegian national TV channel TV2 that TOOL will play Norway's Quart festival in early July. Both the Roskilde and Quart performances are likely to be part of a European festival tour in the summer.

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IN FLAMES Guitarist: We Cannot Write An Album Like 'The Jester Race' Again Lords of Metal e-zine recently conducted an interview with IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Lords of Metal: IN FLAMES has always been the kind of band with a lot of diversity, with this new release being no exception. There is the balance between intensity and aggression but with an emphasis on melody. How difficult is it to find that balance? Is it something that comes naturally or do you have to look after? Björn Gelotte: "Well, to us it is extremely important to stay true to ourselves. We are not focusing on what others would like to hear but do what we want to do and what we do best. We want to stay loyal to ourselves. So when you hear a kind of balance it is something that is natural and not something we have been searching for or tried to achieve." Lords of Metal: If you do not stay loyal to yourself and try to do what everybody else want to do, if you are not being yourself, making music for the fans or the label instead of making it for yourself; well, it shows in the end? Björn Gelotte: "You know, in the end it is us playing and hearing the song on an (almost) daily basis. Fans can come up to the show, they might even visit a couple of them and they will be playing the songs regularly but the ones we have to write the music for … is ourselves, as we work with our songs each and every day. And if we would do something that feels not great for even just one of us, I am sure this will show either way in the performance or the quality of the music." Lords of Metal: On the track 'Dead End' there is a female vocalist singing with Anders [Fridén]. Who is she and how did you get in touch with her? Björn Gelotte: "Her name is Lisa Miskovsky. She is a singer/song writer from Sweden and here everybody knows about her. She has a very beautiful voice and is a very talented singer. The things she normally does do are very far away from what we do and I think nobody expected her to come up on one of our CDs. We heard that she, although she does do a totally different thing in music, likes metal and especially IN FLAMES. So once we got the chance to do something together we fully went for it and I think it worked out great. The vocals of Lisa are a great contrast with the vocals of Anders and it turned out perfectly. The vocals do not sound gothic as well as we definitely did not want that to happen." Lords of Metal: Anders has been quoted as saying "We would never do the same album over and over again." With that said, how do you feel that the band continues to evolve while still maintaining the IN FLAMES overall sound? Björn Gelotte: "Hey, we all have grown older now, we have become different people. Sometimes people ask us if we ever can write an album like 'The Jester Race' again, but we do not want and cannot write such an album again. We all have grown into different people and musicians now, so that is impossible and is not something we want to achieve. Now we focus on playing the songs live and that is different from the songs on 'The Jester Race', although they turned out to be great live." Read the entire interview at www.lordsofmetal.nl.

Astarte will release their 5th Full-Lenght in 2006 throught Avantgarde Music, the title will be "Demonized". *Guest appearances on album SIRENS: Shagrath from Dimmu Borgir, in the song "The Ring Of Sorrow" Sakis from Rotting Christ, in the song "Oceanus Proccelarum" Nicolas Sic Maiis from Lloth, in the song "Bitterness Of Mortality"

The new album - Pitch Black Progress - has been recorded and will now be mixed and mastered at the Black Lounge Studio by Jonas Kjellgren himself. Mixing and mastering finally done! The album sounds killer so we hope you will enjoy it as much as we do!! The album will be released in March 2006 thru Nuclearblast!! A video will be done by Dutch producer Maurice Swinkels (Exodus, Disbelief)! The video will hit your fancy Plasma-screens in February!!! 01. The Illusionist 4:31 02. Slaves To The Subliminal 5:04 03. Mind Machine 3:54 04. Pitch Black Progress 3:26 05. Calculate The Apocalypse 4:01 06. Dreaming 24/7 4:11 07. Abstracted 3:25 08. The Kaleidoscopic God 7:09 09. Retaliator 4:13 10. Oscillation Point 4:04 11. The Path Of Least Resistance 4:29 12. Carved In Stone 5:29 13. Deviate From The Form 5:27 Samples of all the songs from "Pitch Black Progress" are now available at the Nuclear Blast Musicshop, enjoy!

NIGHTWISH Mainman Says He Has '14 Pieces' Of Music Written For Next Album NIGHTWISH keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's been three months since the last show in Hartwall Arena and things are finally calming down. I just read through the yet unfinished version of the upcoming NIGHTWISH book. I was very impressed. It made me feel nostalgic, happy, ashamed and sad at the same time. This book is written by Mr. Mape Ollila, and it's being finished as we speak. The Finnish version of the book will be released in May. Also the live DVD, 'End of an Era', will be released later this year but we have no information about the exact release date yet. "At the moment I'm occupied with writing songs for the next NIGHTWISH album. 14 pieces done so far. I'm also participating in Timo Rautiainen's solo album, the new FOR MY PAIN… album, and some KOTITEOLLISUUS' live gigs before summer. With NIGHTWISH we will start rehearsing the new stuff in June, entering the studio in September. Again we will write a diary through this site so you guys know what's happening while in the studio. New NIGHTWISH homepage will also see daylight soon. "At the moment Emppu [Vuorinen, guitar] has his own side projects, Marco [Hietala, bass] is working with the new TAROT album and Jukka [Nevalainen, drums] is busy with his new project, unrelated to music business. "The new singer will be announced through this site when the time comes. Please believe in nothing that's not confirmed on this page." As previously reported, "End of an Era" will contain footage of NIGHTWISH's final concert with singer Tarja Turunen, which took place on October 21, 2005 at the Hartwall arena in Helsinki, Finland. NIGHTWISH fired Turunen via an "open letter," which was given to the singer immediately following the Helsinki show. The band's follow-up to 2004's "Once" is tentatively due in mid-2007.

IN FLAMES: 'Take This Life' Video Premiere, 'Come Clarity' Album Showcase On Music Choice Heralded Swedish metal quintet IN FLAMES' new video — for the song "Take This Life" — sees its world network premiere on Music Choice today. The highly anticipated video (which can be viewed online : http://www.aftonbladet.se/atv/index.html?c...72&clipID=5430) — the band's first from their impending album, "Come Clarity" — will be available as a Music Choice exclusive through Sunday, February 5. IN FLAMES' "Come Clarity" will be released in North America on February 7 through Ferret Music. Additionally, Music Choice, the multi-platform music network that programs, produces and distributes video and audio music content for TVs, PCs, and cell phones, will showcase "Come Clarity" on its audio network and will also feature an IN FLAMES "Hot Video List". IN FLAMES' new album and tour will be promoted on the Music Choice network with unique overlays on the "Take This Life" video, as well as on other selected metal videos from January 31 through February 7. Tour dates and locations for the band's current North American headlining tour will also appear on-screen on the Music Choice Metal channel. The "Hot Video List" featuring a selection of IN FLAMES' best music videos will be available on Music Choice On-Demand beginning February 20. Digital cable homes with access to the Music Choice video-on-demand service can watch the show free of charge whenever and as often as they would like through March 5. The network will also offer the exclusive interview and video list on its broadband music service, which is a free music service available to cable-modem subscribers. Music Choice is broadcast in 27,000,000 homes in addition to broadband. IN FLAMES' North American "Come Clarity" headlining tour launched on January 25 to a sold-out crowd at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ. The scheduled 29-city tour is expected to conclude on February 26 at the House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Support on the IN FLAMES tour is provided by TRIVIUM, DEVILDRIVER and ZAO. Music Choice / IN FLAMES album premiere dates and times (all times are EST): Tuesday, January 31 @ 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 1 @ 9:00 p.m. Thursyda, February 2 @ 11:00 p.m. Friday, February 3 @ 5:00 p.m. Saturday, February 4 @ 1:00 a.m. Sunday, February 5 @ 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 6 @ 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 7 @ 3:00 p.m

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SODOM: European Tour Dates Announced Long-running German thrashers SODOM will be teaming up with FATAL EMBRACE for the Lords of Depravity Over East Europe Tour 2006 beginning in mid-April. Confirmed dates are as follows. with PANZER'FAUST: Apr. 15 – TBA - Vilnius, LIT Apr. 16 - TBA - Riga, LAT Apr. 17 - TBA - Tallinn, EST Apr. 19 - TBA - Lodz, POL with ASSASSIN: 20 - Hall Of Metal Festival in Breslau, POL 21 - TBA - Dresden, GER 22 - TBA - Brno, CZR As previously reported, SODOM will release their new, self-titled album on April 21 via SPV Records. The follow-up to 2001's "M-16" is currently being mixed at a studio in Germany. SODOM will release their "Lords of Depravity - Part I" DVD in the U.S. on February 21 via SPV. The first of two double-DVD sets contains the SODOM history from 1982 to 1995 plus live footage from concerts in Sofia and at the With Full Force, Wacken Open Air and Rock Hard festivals. SODOM frontman Thomas "Angelripper" Such's ONKEL TOM project will be on tour between March 2 and March 11. Support at the shows will come from VENDETTA and RUNAMOK. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

CRUACHAN: New Studio Photos Posted Online Irish folk metal band CRUACHAN entered Sun Studios in Dublin on January 17 to begin recording their fifth album, tentatively due later in the year via Greece's Black Lotus Records. Check out pictures from the recording sessions : http://cruachan.metalfan.nl/photo_gallery/...ording_main.htm CRUACHAN recorded their previous albums "Tuatha Na Gael", "The Middle Kingdom" and "Folklore" at Sun, which "has been hugely upgraded since we were last there," the band write on their web site. Taking care of production duties is Jo Peeters (a.k.a. GAIL OF GOD) from Holland. CRUACHAN's upcoming album will be their first CD for Black Lotus, with whom they inked a deal in June 2005. The band's final release for their previous label, Karmageddon Media, was scheduled to be a reissue of their 1994 "Celtica" demo, featuring unreleased tracks, including "Timmy", which has been performed live at quite a few CRUACHAN shows. CRUACHAN's fourth full-length album, "Pagan", was recorded and mixed at Radio Na Life Studios in Dublin, Ireland with producer Al Cowen and is the follow-up to 2002's "Folk-Lore". The cover artwork for "Pagan" was created by John Howe, the leading JRR Tolkien illustrator and the conceptual artist from the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

RWAKE Sign With RELAPSE RECORDS