SONATA ARCTICA's "best of" collection, entitled "The Collection 1999-2006", will be streamed online in its entirety this Friday, November 10 at www.heavylaw.com. In addition to material from the band's studio albums, the CD includes new versions of the songs "My Land" and "Replica", both of which originally appeared on the group's 1999 debut, "Ecliptica".
"The Collection 1999-2006" (view cover here) track listing: 01. The Ruins of My Life 02. 8th Commandment 03. Don't Say A Word 04. Victoria's Secret 05. Tallulah 06. Wolf & Raven 07. Black Sheep 08. Broken 09. Kingdom for a Heart 10. FullMoon 11. My Land (2006 re-make) 12. The Cage 13. Last Drop Falls 14. UnOpened 15. San Sebastian (Revisited) 16. Ain't Your Fairytale 17. Replica (2006 re-make) 18. Wolf & Raven (promotional video) 19. The Cage (live at Tavastia) 20. Kingdom for a Heart (live at Tavastia)
"The Collection 1999-2006" is scheduled for release on November 15 via Spinefarm.
AFM Records has announced plans to re-release remastered versions of the TANKARD albums "Disco Destroyer" and "Kings of Beer". Each album will contain a bonus track — a cover version of a very well-known metal act. More information will be made available soon.
SIRENIA , the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has finalized the track listing for its new album, "Nine Destinies and a Downfall", due in early 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. It is as follows:
01. The Last Call 02. My Mind's Eye 03. One By One 04. Sundown 05. Absent Without Leave 06. The Other Side 07. Seven Keys And Nine Doors 08. Downfall 09. Glades Of Summer
SIRENIA travelled to Serbia and Montenegro last month to film music videos for the tracks "My Mind's Eye" and "The Other Side".
"Nine Destinies and a Downfall" was recorded at Jailhouse studios in Norway with engineer Hans Eidsgard and Soundsuite studios in France with Terje Refsnes. The CD was mixed and mastered at Antfarm studios in Aarhus, Denmark with Tue Madsen. The cover artwork will be designed by Anthony Clarkson.
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH, who recently announced their decision to split up after over 15 years in the business, will play their final gig on December 15 at Trägårn in their hometown of Borås, Sweden. The band has also revealed plans to release a DVD in early 2007 containing a remixed live show (with 5.1 Surround Sound) and "tons of material" from various concerts, studio sessions, backstage footage and "other crazy things that happen on tour."
Punk bands NICOTINE (Japan) and SUN EATS HOURS (Italy) have teamed up to record a split album, "Metal Addiction", featuring covers of heavy metal classics.
Due on November 15, "Metal Addiction" (cover) will contain the following track listing: 01. It's My Life (BON JOVI) - NICOTINE 02. I Was Made For Loving You (KISS) - NICOTINE 03. Future World (HELLOWEEN) - NICOTINE 04. I Remember You (SKID ROW) - NICOTINE 05. Valhalla (BLIND GUARDIAN) - NICOTINE 06. The Final Countdown (EUROPE) - NICOTINE 07. Rain (THE CULT) - SUN EATS HOURS 08. Enter Sandman (METALLICA) - SUN EATS HOURS 09. Kickstart My Heart (MÖTLEY CRÜE) - SUN EATS HOURS 10. Digging The Grave (FAITH NO MORE) - SUN EATS HOURS 11. Ace Of Spades (MOTÖRHEAD) - SUN EATS HOURS 12. You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC) - SUN EATS HOURS
Audio samples of all 12 tracks are available ' .
In other news, SUN EATS HOURS has just filmed a video for its cover of THE CULT's "Rain".
Sweden's LAKE OF TEARS will soon enter the studio to record its new album, "Moons and Mushrooms". Singer/guitar player Daniel Brennare states: "We have started the pre-production of the recording. Though we still have 2-3 more songs to get in order. And in a couple of weeks we will start the final recordings."
"Moons and Mushrooms" is scheduled for release in the spring of 2007.
Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have launched their own YouTube video channel at this location.
THE HAUNTED's video for the song "The Flood" has been posted online at this location. The clip was directed by Roger Johansson (ARCH ENEMY, HAMMERFALL, SOILWORK) in Sweden. The track comes off the new THE HAUNTED album, "The Dead Eye", which came out on Oct. 31 via Century Media Records. A "making of" feature for the "The Flood" video can be viewed here.
Edenbridge have signed a world wide deal with Napalm Records and are proud to announce to be part of the Napalm Records family from now on. "Napalm Records have been doing a brilliant job for their bands. Since last year they have been making a great effort to sign us and therefore we are extremely happy to work together with them for the next years to bring Edenbridge to the next level together. It´s nice to see again, that a label has one hundred percent trust and therefore invests into a band."
Thank you also to all the other labels who were making offers to the band and showed their big interest, and to Massacre Records for the cooperation in the past years. The first studio album on Napalm records will be released in Spring 2008, production will approximately start in Autumn 2007. 4 songs are already written and Edenbridge will work with a renowned Czech orchstra for the first time in their career.
On January 30, 2007 Napalm Records will release the actual album "The Grand Design" in the USA and Canada
Guitarist Jyri Vahvanen of the Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
"BATTLELORE's fourth album, titled 'Evernight', is almost mixed and ready for mastering at Finnvox Studios. The new album includes ten tracks of pure Tolkien metal with more bombastic and epic songs than before. And, as usual, there's going to be a limited edition digipack CD with bonus material. If everything goes well, we can expect the album in February/March 2007."
SINNER — the German band featuring PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, his FEAR bandmate Tom Naumann (guitars), Frank Rössler (keyboards), and former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling — has announced the addition of second guitarist Christof Leim of THE TRACEELORDS to the group's ranks.
Commented the band: "Welcome, Christof. We're proud to have you on board and let's have some metal and fun in the future!"
Leim performed with SINNER during the band's October 7 appearance in Reichenbach, Germany alongside PRIMAL FEAR, CHINCHILLA and TARGA.
SINNER is currently at Leon studio near Stuttgart with the engineering team of Achim Köhler and Samson Geiger mixing its new album, entitled "Mask of Sanity", for a January 19, 2007 release through MTM Music.
"Mask of Sanity" track listing: 01. The Other Side 02. Diary of Evil 03. Badlands 04. Black 05. Thunder Roar 06. The Sign 07. Revenge 08. Under the Gun 09. Can't Stand the Heat 10. No Return 11. Last Man Standing
MOONSPELL was named "Best Portuguese Act" at MTV's 13th annual European Music Awards, which were held earlier tonight (Thursday, Nov. 2) in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is the first time ever a metal band has won that particular award in Europe. The group has since issued the following statement:
"We won MTV Euro awards for best Portuguese act and wish to dedicate it to all people around the world who voted for us and helped MOONSPELL to become a stronger band and Portuguese metal more known to the abroad scene! Thank you a million moons!!!"
The cover artwork for CEREMONIUM's upcoming double discography CD, "Where Roses were Planted Thorns Grow", has been posted online at this location. "Although it's coming along nicely, it is by no means finished," the band writes. "The artist, Peter Sallai, will be adding many more ideas, like angels and demons resonating through the forest scenario."
According to the group, "The long-delayed disc will not be released through Extreem Music as previously reported. Instead, the double disc will see the light of day through Japanese label Weird Truth Productions in January 2007. Additionally the special release will include the long out-of-print jewels 'No Longer Silent', 'Into the Autumn Shade' and many previously unreleased material plus CD-ROM live stuff, just the way they were originally presented."
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"The Collection 1999-2006" (view cover here) track listing:
AFM Records has announced plans to re-release remastered versions of the TANKARD albums "Disco Destroyer" and "Kings of Beer". Each album will contain a bonus track — a cover version of a very well-known metal act. More information will be made available soon. 
SIRENIA , the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland, has finalized the track listing for its new album, "Nine Destinies and a Downfall", due in early 2007 via Nuclear Blast Records. It is as follows:
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH, who recently announced their decision to split up after over 15 years in the business, will play their final gig on December 15 at Trägårn in their hometown of Borås, Sweden. The band has also revealed plans to release a DVD in early 2007 containing a remixed live show (with 5.1 Surround Sound) and "tons of material" from various concerts, studio sessions, backstage footage and "other crazy things that happen on tour."
Due on November 15, "Metal Addiction" (cover) will contain the following track listing:
Sweden's LAKE OF TEARS will soon enter the studio to record its new album, "Moons and Mushrooms". Singer/guitar player Daniel Brennare states: "We have started the pre-production of the recording. Though we still have 2-3 more songs to get in order. And in a couple of weeks we will start the final recordings."
Swedish thrashers THE HAUNTED have launched their own YouTube video channel at this location.
Edenbridge have signed a world wide deal with Napalm Records and are proud to announce to be part of the Napalm Records family from now on.
Guitarist Jyri Vahvanen of the Finnish "fantasy metal" band BATTLELORE has posted the following message on the band's official web site:
SINNER — the German band featuring PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, his FEAR bandmate Tom Naumann (guitars), Frank Rössler (keyboards), and former PRIMAL FEAR drummer Klaus Sperling — has announced the addition of second guitarist Christof Leim of THE TRACEELORDS to the group's ranks. 
MOONSPELL was named "Best Portuguese Act" at MTV's 13th annual European Music Awards, which were held earlier tonight (Thursday, Nov. 2) in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is the first time ever a metal band has won that particular award in Europe. The group has since issued the following statement:
The cover artwork for CEREMONIUM's upcoming double discography CD, "Where Roses were Planted Thorns Grow", has been posted online at this location. "Although it's coming along nicely, it is by no means finished," the band writes. "The artist, Peter Sallai, will be adding many more ideas, like angels and demons resonating through the forest scenario."