Nuclear Blast released coolest DVD - 2xDVD "Monsters Of Metal Vol. 1". So, what we have... DVD 1:
1. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World United 2. HAMMERFALL - Hearts On Fire 3. HELLOWEEN - Just A Little Sign 4. ANTHRAX - Safe Home 5. SOILWORK - Rejection Role 6. BLIND GUARDIAN - The Bard's Song 7. FARMER BOYS - Here Comes The Pain 8. PRIMAL FEAR - Armaggedon 9. TIAMAT - Vote For Love 10. IN FLAMES - Trigger 11. STRATOVARIUS - Eagleheart 12. SONATA ARCTICA - Wolf & Raven 13. MORBID ANGEL - Immortal Rites 14. PARADISE LOST - Say Just Words 15. IRON MAIDEN - Run To The Hills 16. OOMPH! - Supernova 17. SEVENDUST - Live Again 18. CRADLE OF FILTH - Her Ghost In The Fog 19. STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - Relentless 20. SEPULTURA - Bullet The Blue Sky 21. DARKANE - Innocence Gone 22. DAVID SHANKLE GROUP - Ashes To Ashes 23. LACUNA COIL - Heaven's A Lie 24. ENTOMBED - I For An Eye 25. CIRCLE II CIRCLE - Watching In Silence 26. THE HAUNTED - Bury Your Dead 27. EMPEROR - The Loss And Curse Of Reverance 28. KATAKLYSM - Shadows And Dust 29. CHILDREN OF BODOM - Everytime I Die 30. THERION - Summernight City 31. MASTERPLAN - Enlighten me 32. ATROCITY - Taste Of Sin 33. CATHEDRAL - Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
DVD 2:
1. DEATHSTARS - Synthetic Generation 2. MESHUGGAH - Rational Gaze 3. MNEMIC - Ghost 4. RHAPSODY - Power Of The Dragonflame 5. JUDAS PRIEST - Lost And Found 6. DIMMU BORGIR - Puritana 7. BIOHAZARD - Sellout 8. THE GATHERING - Leaves 9. PUNGENT STENCH - Viva La Muerte 10. DANZIG - Five Finger Crawl 11. AMORPHIS - Alone 12. KREATOR - Violent Revolution 13. THUNDERSTONE - Virus 14. CARCASS - No Love Lost 15. CREMATORY - Tears Of Time 16. BLUDGEON - Stained In Blood 17. SINISTER - Leviathan
Except all these you'll get audio, photogallery and many many more...
Some news from recently tooked place METAL HEADS' MISSION IV open air fest. List of bands, which tooked part, differes from earlier announced. So, on fest played: Day 1
1. Who I Am (Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine) 2. Rikoshet (Minsk, Belarus) 3. Rest in Pain (Moscow, Russia) 4. Fatal Energy (Ukraine) 5. Globalilsed Abstruse (Burshtyn, Ukraine) 6. Datura (Kirovskoye, Ukraine) 7. Rasta (Homel, Belarus) 8. Blast (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
TARTHARIA's "A Secret Device" release date is 28 October 2003 through Crash Music Inc. Debut TARTHARIA material recorded and mixed at ASTIA Studio with Anssi Kippo as Sound Producer (Children Of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene, To/Die/For) and mastered at Finnvox Studio with Mika Jussilla (April, 2003). The debut is entitled "A Secret Device" and musically strikes the black/death line with tender keyboards.
New album of Moscow-based black collective RADIGOST soon will be release on Russian label Stygian Crypt Productions. The recording of "For the honor of our truth... For the honor of our faith" is already finished. One song - ' you can download ' . Tracklist: 1. For the Honor of Our Truth… For the Honor of Our Faith... 2. V Serdtse Bitvy (In the Heart of Battle) 3. The Sacred Aim of Humanity 4. Maestus 5. Puti Bogov (Paths of the Gods) 6. Thousands Years of Darkness 7. Woodlands 8. Nebesnoye Plamia (Celestial Flame) 9. Blood and Grief
Nikolaev(Ukraine)-based grind project SAPONIFICATION, featured two members of brutal death band LIFE DENIAL Max and Vaal, recently recorded their debut album "Paraxysm". Almost 30 min. of brutallest music, you could ever heared. "It is the brutallest 2003' Ukraine's release!" - says Max - "It featured 11 braingrinding and awfully ugly tracks. If you've heared DISGORGE or something like that - that's pops!" We've got the permission from band to post some tracks for downloading: ' , 1:21 - 1.3 MB ' , 4:00 - 3.7 MB ' , 0:04 - 3.6 MB
New album of Finland's IMPALED NAZARENE, "All That You Fear", with total running time 42:45. will be released world wide on 3rd of November 2003. Recorded at Astia studio with Anssi Kippo and mixed at Finnvox studio by Mikko Karmila. Final track listing is: 01. Kohta Ei Naura Enaa Jeesuskaan 02. Armageddon Death Squad 03. The Endless War 04. The Maggot Crusher 05. Curse Of The Dead Medusa 06. Suffer In Silence 07. Halo Of Flies 08. Recreate Thru Hate 09. Goat Seeds Of Doom 10. Even More Pain 11. Tribulation Hell 12. Urgent Need To Kill 13. All That You Fear
DIMMU BORGIR's video for new song "Progenies of The Great Apocalypse", ' . This track is from new album, "Death Cult Armageddon", due on September, through Nuclear Blast Records.
Tim Owens finally decided to become permanent vocalist of ICED EARTH. Jon Shaffer posted a message on band's official website:
"Greetings! Well everyone, it is official. Tim Owens is the new frontman and lead vocalist of Iced Earth and I couldn't be happier! There is no doubt that fate has played a big part in our lives in these last few months and I truly beleive that this is the way it was meant to be. Everything happens for a reason!! Tim did an outstanding job on this record. In 5 very relaxed days he nailed the parts, and I mean NAILED them, and I don't think I've ever laughed as much and had as much fun in the studio before. He is definitely bringing new life into the band and the future looks very bright for us as a team."
Hard Rock festival COREFEST - follower of THE GREAT COMMANDMENT FEST (since 1998, 28 festival acts, took part 58 bands from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovaky, biggest: September 2000 ("Zelenyy teatr", Hydropark, 1100 persons), October 2001 ("Zelenyy teatr", Hydropark, 1500 persons) and MONSTERS of ROCK.RU (July 2002, show-park "Obolon", 1800 persons). First COREFEST will present elite of Ukrainian heavy music - groups TE DEUM, CONQUEST, BORSHCH, INFERNO, special guests - legendary Austria's band PUNGENT STENCH, chill-out in style dark and night marathon with young groups from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus. Before the concert will be press-conferention for mass-media representants. Organized by record-label COREZONE. Main participants:
PUNGENT STENCH - Headliners of fest. Legendary band from Austria, "fathers" of European gore metal - most skandal style in extremal music of 90s. At first time in CIS! TE DEUM - For today absolut leaders of Ukrainian heavy metal scene. Band N1. Cult. BORSHH - Super-trio of musicians from VV and TNMK. Angry hard rock with elements of psycho-punk and hopak. 100% sound terror. Fight "wall vs wall" between RAMMSTEIN and MOTORHEAD. CONQUEST - Coolest melodic power metal from Kharkiv. Debut CD "Endless Power" (2002) - absolut recordbraker of independent "metal" sales in Russia. 2003 - album reissues in Brazil though biggest local metal label Megahard Records and get 18th place in Latin America metal charts. Concert superhit - cover song of V.Ivasyuk song "Chervona Ruta". INFERNO - Patriarchs of Ukrainian gothic metal. With performance at COREFEST finish mini-tour in support of new album "Ne Angely" ("Not Angels"). Erotic show in red-black colours.
Media-partners: STB, ENTER, BIZ TV, MOLOKO, X3M, AFISHA, POWER FM, RADIO ROCKS, Russian and Belarussian special mus. press.
Links: PUNGENT STENCH - ' INFERNO - ' BORSHCH - ' TE DEUM - ' THE GREAT COMMANDMENT FEST - '
Finland-based blackers AZAGHAL finished recording their MCD. "Kyy" will be released in October through Norway's Aftermath Music. Debut album, entitled "Perkeleen Luoma", due in long winter. Videoclip for song "Kyy" will be included to forthcoming CD.
"Pascal and Alex are no longer members of SINISTER. Ron v/d Polder is now our new permanent guitarplayer, he wrote "Cross The Styx", and also the latest album "Savage Or Grace". We already are working on the next album for Sinister called "Heaven Termination".", according to post on band's ofiicial website. In other news Ron, Aad and Rachel starded a few months ago their project band called INFINITED HATE its sick death metal, they already have all there songs finished. When it will come out and on which label we will youtell later. Tracklist: 1. Haunting Noises 2. Bound By Hate 3. Arrival Of Doom 4. Dreadful Gore 5. Built For The Kill 6. Primative Butchery 7. Tribute To The Dead 8. Terminal Conclusion
DEICIDE presented cover picture for their forthcoming album "Scars Of The Crucifix", due late 2003 through Earache Records. Group is currently recording this album.
Brutal grinding death metal brigade EVISCIUM from Pittsburg (USA) will release through Polish label Still Dead Productions 6-tracks MCD "Underneath The Buried", where 3 songs from demo, remasteres with new vocal, and 3 new. Tracklist: 1. Buzzard Feeding Frenzy 2. Underneath The Buried 3. Relapse Into Darkness 4. Cannibal Jihad 5. Ribspreader 6. Unmarked Grave
Band featuers guitarist/vocalist Mark Mastro (ex-ROTTREVORE), guitarist John Scagline, drummer Jared Altamare and on bass Sharon Baskovsky (DERKETA).
Changes of line-up in Italy's GRAVEWORM. Guitarist Stefan Unterpertinger left the collective, he was replaced by Lukas, who earlier helped the band on bass (in last tour with AGATHODAIMON). New bassist became Harry, who was earlier guitarist of group, and also was one of the fouders of GRAVEWORM.
HYPOCRISY currently are working hardly, recording their new album. Workname - "The Arrival" and according to Peter Tagtren music will be the mix of 1996's "Abducted" nd 1999's "Hypocrisy". There aren't names of songs, because they will be think up during the recording, musicians even don't know, how many compositions will be on album. Album is tenatively will be released in January/February 2004. In other news, HYPOCRISY will be on North American tour in November with DIMMU BORGIR, CHILDREN OF BODOM, NEVERMORE, where band HYPOCRISY will play one or some new songs.
Norway's MADDER MORTEM have parted ways with bassist Paul (Pal Mozart Bjorke) and guitarist Eirik Ulvo Langnes. "Paul wanted to quit in order to be able to concentrate on his son 100% and also live a more 'normal' life compared to the rather 'abnormal' MADDER lifestyle," according to a post on the band's web site, while "with Eirik, we felt that it didn't work out like it should musically anymore, and it seemed like he didn't feel as comfortable playing in this band as much as the rest of us." Paul's final performance with the group took place at Elveblest in Arnes on Saturday, August 16. The gig also featured the live debut of the band's as-yet-undisclosed new guitarist. MADDER MORTEM, whose last album, "Deadlands", was released in Europe in October 2002 through Century Media Records, are "alive and already kicking it with a new guitarist and bass player, writing songs for the [group's] upcoming album. We have a new groove within the band and we're going to give the next album 150% priority until we'e done with it! "The names of the new guitar player and bassist will be announced shortly, we just want to get some photos taken, so that you can see their incredibly handsome faces."
FISSION, the new "melodic thrash" band featuring BORKNAGAR frontman Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Vintersorg) and VINTERSORG live session drummer Benny "Hagge" Hagglund, have inked a deal with Napalm Records for the release of their debut album, tentatively due in early 2004. "It's heavy and hard, still harmonious and melodic," says Vintersorg. "I'm very impressed with the songs we've done so far." As previously reported, BORKNAGAR are hard at work at Toproom and Fagerborg Studios with producer Borge Finstad (MAYHEM, SOLEFALD) recording the follow-up to 2001's "Empiricism", due in early 2004 through Century Media Records.
Danish death-thrashers HATESPHERE have posted a couple of video clips from their recent show at KB in Malmo, Sweden. Check them out: ' ' Also available are several live photos from a gig at Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany.
Sweden's CENTINEX have revised the track listing for their forthcoming album, "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos", tentatively due in early 2004 through Candlelight Records. The complete track listing for "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos" is as follows: 1. Arrival Of The Spectrum Obscure 2. Misanthropic Darkzone 3. Hollowsphere 4. Target: Dimension XII 5. Deathstar Unmasked 6. A Dynasty Of Obediance (Instrumental) 7. Mechanical Future 8. Cold Deep Supremacy 9. New World Odyssey In other news, CENTINEX have parted ways with drummer Kennet Englund and are currently seeking a replacement. No reason was given for Englund's departure.
TIAMAT have finalized the track listing for their eighth studio album, "Prey", due on October 27 through Century Media Records. The self-produced CD, which is being described as one of mainman Johan Edlund's most personal recorded statements to date, was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. Although it is not a concept album, there is a strong unifying theme running through each of the 13 tracks. The complete track listing for "Prey" is as follows: 01. Cain 02. Ten Thousand Tentacles 03. Wings Of Heaven 04. Love In Chains 05. Divided 06. Carry Your Cross And I'll Carry Mine 07. Triple Cross 08. Light In Extension 09. Prey 10. The Garden Of Heathen 11. Clovenhoof 12. Nihil 13. The Pentagram
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has teamed up with members of the German band ATROCITY (fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) in a brand new group called LEAVES' EYES. The music of LEAVES' EYES is "based on the wonderful voice of Liv and beautiful melodic arrangements," according to a post on Kristine's web site. "The atmospheric songs are based on a lyrical concept in which a fascinating and mystical love story is told." LEAVES' EYES recently spent time at Alex's Mastersound studios in Stuttgart/Fellbach, Germany recording their first original songs, to be released in late 2003/early 2004 through an as-yet-undetermined label. In addition to THEATRE OF TRAGEDY and LEAVES' EYES, Liv is currently involved in a pop project dubbed simply LIV KRISTINE. Two MP3 clips recently produced by Alex at Mastersound studios are available for download from Kristine's web site. Check them out: ' '
Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have announced the details of their forthcoming DVD, "Live Damage", due on September 29 through Century Media. The main feature on the 195-minute disc will be a live show that was recorded at Krzemionki Studio TVP in Krakow, Poland on October 7, 2002. Also included will be a lot of extra and bonus features, such as "bootleg" footage filmed at Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany on November 13, 2002, Gagarin Club, Athens, Greece on October 20, 2002, and La Locomotive in Paris, France on November 19, 2002. Additionally, the disc will contain two video clips ("Monochromatic Stains", "ThereIn"), a fully animated menu, an interview with vocalist Mikael Stanne (28 minutes), band biography and individual members' profiles
Portugal's MOONSPELL have completed work on the video for "Everything Invaded" with director Tiago Guedes, who had previously worked with the group on the clip for "Nocturna" (off 2001's "Darkness And Hope"). Check out pictures from the shoot: ' ' ' "Shot on location in Meco, Sesimbra, by the sea and the desolate countryside in Portugal, the storyline intent was to create a trailer for a classic B series horror movie, reflecting also the convergence between the single edit and the full album song," the band write on their official web site. "Zarabatan, the team of directors, master this purpose with horrific and occult excellence and we can not wait for the video to penetrate your eyelids and perfurate through the fear which fills your brain."
IMPERIA, the new band featuring former TRAIL OF TEARS singer Helena Iren Michaelsen and GOD DETHRONED drummer Arien van Weesenbeek, have signed a deal with Cold Blood Industries (via the label's new Ebony Tears atmospheric/gothic metal imprint). The band, who are based in Holland, have reportedly written 80 minutes of material and will enter the studio shortly to record their debut album, tentatively due in early 2004. Check out pictures of Helena: ' '
Australian black/death/thrash ensemble ATOMIZER have finalized the track listing for their third studio album, "The Only Weapon Of Choice (13 Odes To Power, Decimation and Conquest)", due in Australia in late September. 13 tracks were recorded for the CD, which has a playing time of roughly 45 minutes. The album will be mixed over the next week by Astennu (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CARPE TENEBRUM) and will be mastered at Crystal Mastering studio before the month's end. Tracklist: 01. Power, Not Participation 02. And The Hunt Starts Again 03. When I Die, I Wanna Die Violently 04. The Campaign 05. The War That Never Ended 06. The Only Weapon Of Choice 07. Isolation 08. One Man's Failure 09. So Terrified, Yet So In Control 10. Join The Blackheart Reich 11. For Blackness Absolute 12. Sometimes They Hear The Bullet 13. The Fog Of War
German ambient/gothic metallers DESPAIRATION have finished recording their fourth full-length album, "Music For The Night", for a November release through Holland's DVS Records. The band will enter X-Ton-Studio next week to master the effort, which will contain 18 songs and around 80 minutes of playing time. A record-release party is planned for October 30 at Rockwerk in Hof, Germany, featuring appearances by LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, EWIGHEIM and an as-yet-undisclosed special guest. The complete track listing for the album is as follows: 01. Music For The Night 02. Drift 03. Phantastronaut 04. River Of Perdition 05. Underground Poetry 06. Madrigal 07. L'avion Ivre 08. Asteroid YB5 09. Firebird 10. Moondrawn Awakening 11. Proteus 12. Zeitgeist 13. April Mourning 14. Song Of The Nightingale 15. Nuit En Enfer 16. Colourado Mindtrip 17. Space Sound Park 18. Penelope
Norway's SUSPERIA will enter the studio on September 24 to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively titled "Unlimited". The band, who split with Nuclear Blast Records late last year, have struck up a new deal "with an interesting label," according to a post on the band's web site. "It will be made official, who and what, once all papers are signed."
Sweden's DIMENSION ZERO have parted ways with ex-IN FLAMES Glenn Ljungstrom and are currently seeking a replacement. No reason was given for Ljungstrom's departure. As previously reported, DIMENSION ZERO — who feature in their ranks IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Stromblad (on bass), ex-MARDUK vocalist Jocke Gothberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — will shortly reissue their original EP, "Penetrations From The Lost World", along with two previously-unreleased songs and five live tracks from their Japanese tour in May 2002. The album will come with a new artwork and layout. DIMENSION ZERO recently completed work on their sophomore full-length album, "This is Hell", for a September release through Sweden's Regain Records. The CD — the band's first to feature Antonsson — was recorded at Phlat Planet studios in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer/IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden. The tentative track listing for "This Is Hell" is as follows: 01. Intro 02. Amygdala 03. Blood On The Streets04. Dimension Zero 05. Di'i Minores 06. Immaculate 07. Killing My Sleep 08. Into & Out Of Subsistence 09. The Final Destination 10. This Light
HAMMERFAL have cancelled their appearence at Derby's Bloodstock Festival, after guitarist Oscar Dronjak crashed his motorcycle on August 10. Dronjak was left with two fractures on his left arm after the incident.
A 50-minute audio documentary of the history of NAPALM DEATH — as told in their own words by former drummer Mick Harris and bassist Shane Embury — ' . As previously reported, NAPALM DEATH's upcoming collection of covers, entitled "Leaders Not Followers 2", is due before the end of the year through the band's own Feto label. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 1. CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER – Lowlife 2. OFFENDERS – Face Down In The Dirt 3. DEVASTATION – Devastation 4. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - Dope Fiend 5. AGNOSTIC FRONT - Blind Justice 6. WEHRMACHT - Night Of Pain 7. ANTI CIMEX - Game Of The Assholes/Victims Of A Bomb Raid 8. SEPULTURA - Troops Of Doom 9. INSANITY - Fire Death Fate 10. HIRAX - Hate Fear + Power 11. DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Bedtime Story 12. HELLHAMMER - Messiah 13. KREATOR - Riot Of Violence 14. DISCHARGE - War's Not Fairytale 15. SIEGE - Conform 16. MASSACRE - Clangor Of War 17. MASTER - Master 18. DIE KREUZEN - I'm Tired
New album of Moscow-based black collective RADIGOST soon will be release on Russian label Stygian Crypt Productions. The recording of "For the honor of our truth... For the honor of our faith" is already finished. One song - ' you can download ' . 
Nikolaev(Ukraine)-based grind project SAPONIFICATION, featured two members of brutal death band LIFE DENIAL Max and Vaal, recently recorded their debut album "Paraxysm".
New album of Finland's IMPALED NAZARENE, "All That You Fear", with total running time 42:45. will be released world wide on 3rd of November 2003. Recorded at Astia studio with Anssi Kippo and mixed at Finnvox studio by Mikko Karmila. Final track listing is: 
DIMMU BORGIR's video for new song "Progenies of The Great Apocalypse", ' . This track is from new album, "Death Cult Armageddon", due on September, through Nuclear Blast Records.
Tim Owens finally decided to become permanent vocalist of ICED EARTH. Jon Shaffer posted a message on band's official website:
Hard Rock festival COREFEST - follower of THE GREAT COMMANDMENT FEST (since 1998, 28 festival acts, took part 58 bands from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovaky, biggest: September 2000 ("Zelenyy teatr", Hydropark, 1100 persons), October 2001 ("Zelenyy teatr", Hydropark, 1500 persons) and MONSTERS of ROCK.RU (July 2002, show-park "Obolon", 1800 persons).
Finland-based blackers AZAGHAL finished recording their MCD. "Kyy" will be released in October through Norway's Aftermath Music. 
"Pascal and Alex are no longer members of SINISTER. Ron v/d Polder is now our new permanent guitarplayer, he wrote "Cross The Styx", and also the latest album "Savage Or Grace". We already are working on the next album for Sinister called "Heaven Termination".", according to post on band's ofiicial website.
DEICIDE presented cover picture for their forthcoming album "Scars Of The Crucifix", due late 2003 through Earache Records. Group is currently recording this album.
Brutal grinding death metal brigade EVISCIUM from Pittsburg (USA) will release through Polish label Still Dead Productions 6-tracks MCD "Underneath The Buried", where 3 songs from demo, remasteres with new vocal, and 3 new. 
Changes of line-up in Italy's GRAVEWORM. Guitarist Stefan Unterpertinger left the collective, he was replaced by Lukas, who earlier helped the band on bass (in last tour with AGATHODAIMON). New bassist became Harry, who was earlier guitarist of group, and also was one of the fouders of GRAVEWORM.
HYPOCRISY currently are working hardly, recording their new album. Workname - "The Arrival" and according to Peter Tagtren music will be the mix of 1996's "Abducted" nd 1999's "Hypocrisy". There aren't names of songs, because they will be think up during the recording, musicians even don't know, how many compositions will be on album. Album is tenatively will be released in January/February 2004. In other news, HYPOCRISY will be on North American tour in November with DIMMU BORGIR, CHILDREN OF BODOM, NEVERMORE, where band HYPOCRISY will play one or some new songs.
Norway's MADDER MORTEM have parted ways with bassist Paul (Pal Mozart Bjorke) and guitarist Eirik Ulvo Langnes. "Paul wanted to quit in order to be able to concentrate on his son 100% and also live a more 'normal' life compared to the rather 'abnormal' MADDER lifestyle," according to a post on the band's web site, while "with Eirik, we felt that it didn't work out like it should musically anymore, and it seemed like he didn't feel as comfortable playing in this band as much as the rest of us." 
Danish death-thrashers HATESPHERE have posted a couple of video clips from their recent show at KB in Malmo, Sweden. Check them out:
Sweden's CENTINEX have revised the track listing for their forthcoming album, "Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos", tentatively due in early 2004 through Candlelight Records. 
TIAMAT have finalized the track listing for their eighth studio album, "Prey", due on October 27 through Century Media Records. 
THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull has teamed up with members of the German band ATROCITY (fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) in a brand new group called LEAVES' EYES. 
Portugal's MOONSPELL have completed work on the video for "Everything Invaded" with director Tiago Guedes, who had previously worked with the group on the clip for "Nocturna" (off 2001's "Darkness And Hope"). Check out pictures from the shoot: 
Australian black/death/thrash ensemble ATOMIZER have finalized the track listing for their third studio album, "The Only Weapon Of Choice (13 Odes To Power, Decimation and Conquest)", due in Australia in late September. 
German ambient/gothic metallers DESPAIRATION have finished recording their fourth full-length album, "Music For The Night", for a November release through Holland's DVS Records. The band will enter X-Ton-Studio next week to master the effort, which will contain 18 songs and around 80 minutes of playing time. A record-release party is planned for October 30 at Rockwerk in Hof, Germany, featuring appearances by LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE, EWIGHEIM and an as-yet-undisclosed special guest. 
Norway's SUSPERIA will enter the studio on September 24 to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively titled "Unlimited". The band, who split with Nuclear Blast Records late last year, have struck up a new deal "with an interesting label," according to a post on the band's web site. "It will be made official, who and what, once all papers are signed."
Sweden's DIMENSION ZERO have parted ways with ex-IN FLAMES Glenn Ljungstrom and are currently seeking a replacement. No reason was given for Ljungstrom's departure. 
HAMMERFAL have cancelled their appearence at Derby's Bloodstock Festival, after guitarist Oscar Dronjak crashed his motorcycle on August 10. Dronjak was left with two fractures on his left arm after the incident.
A 50-minute audio documentary of the history of NAPALM DEATH — as told in their own words by former drummer Mick Harris and bassist Shane Embury — ' .