-- German metalcore newcomers Silent Decay to tour with The Sorrow

The Sorrow, Silent Decay and The Mercury Arc join forces for the Anchorless Tour 2009 kicking off in october.

Here are the confirmed dates!
13.10.2009 MUENCHEN (D) Backstage
14.10.2009 SAARBRUECKEN (D) Garage
15.10.2009 OSNABRUECK (D) Bastard Club
16.10.2009 LUEBECK (D) Treibsand
17.10.2009 DRESDEN (D) Chemiefabrik
18.10.2009 FRANKFURT (D) Nachtleben
20.10.2009 BERLIN (D) Sage Club
21.10.2009 HANNOVER (D) Musikzentrum
22.10.2009 KOELN (D) Essigfabrik
23.10.2009 WEIDEN (D) JUZ
24.10.2009 ZUERICH/DIETIKON (CH) SoundDock 14
25.10.2009 KARLSRUHE (D) Stadtmitte
27.10.2009 WIEN (A) Szene
28.10.2009 INNSBRUCK (A) Weekender
29.10.2009 LINZ (A) Posthof
30.10.2009 SALZBURG (A) Rockhouse
31.10.2009 KLAGENFURT (A) Stereo
01.11.2009 GRAZ (A) Orpheum

The Sorrow @ myspace: www.myspace.com/thesorrowmetal
The Mercury Arc @ myspace: www.myspace.com/themercuryarc
Silent Decay @ myspace: www.myspace.com/silentdecaybavaria

-- Dubai's proud sons Nervecell signs with Lifeforce Rec.

Lifeforce Records announced newest addition to their roster. Dubai's Nervecell will be releasing their blend of middle eastern extreme metal under Lifeforce's wings from now. Band's debut on the line will be the re-release of the Preaching Venom album in Europe & North America.
Here's label boss Stefan Luedicke's statement about the signing:
"We at Lifeforce are more than happy to welcome Dubai’s premier Death Metal band. I have been in touch with Barney for a while already, but after meeting the guys at this year With Full Force festival it was an easy decision for us to say that we need to work with Nervecell. We hardly ever met a band with such strong work ethic and with the the highly professional team of people working for the band it will be a great pleasure for us to get the name Nervecell out to the world."

Nervecell @ myspace: www.myspace.com/nervecell

-- Darzamat's new full-length on the way!

and here's the Massacre Records' trailer for the album release:

-- Former SOIL member's dirge

KOCH Records has changed into E1 Music, and Dirge changed their name to Dirge Within. Now it seems the right time to release the debut record of ex-Soil guitarist Shaun Glass' new band. Scheduled to be on the shelves & mp3 stores on September 1st, Force Fed Lies is described as a "no bullshittin'" album by the axeman himself.
click here to download the title track in zip format now!!
and check out Dirge Within @ myspace for more news: www.myspace.com/dirgewithin

-- video stills from new Shadows Fall video

As the countdown for the new Shadows Fall records still goes on and on. It is just announced that the first video of the album for the song Still I Rise is ready to premiere on August 11th at myspace. Until that day we have some video stills of the shoot.

-- Municipal Waste in Color

Municipal Waste's Massive Aggressive is being released in various cool-like-hell formats for die-hard thrashers.
click on the pic below to view the goodies in full.

-- ladies & gentleman : "Ov Fire and The Void"

Behemoth's new video we've been longing for is finally premiered!!

Behemoth "Ov Fire And The Void" from Metal Blade Records on Vimeo.

-- Virginia's finest set the controls for the new album

Born in Virginia, raised by death metal forefathers, Arsis is ready to record the fourth studio album of their career. So far we'll be hearing the new tunez at most early in 2010. The recording sessions will start in late 2009 with Chris "Zeuss" Harris (of Hatebreed & Municipal Waste production credits). The cover artwork is going to be designed to perfection by none other than Mark Riddick.
The possible album title is set to "Starve For The Devil" for now. The founding member sticksman Michael Van Dyne is back in the gang. "The new Arsis record is coming along great. We have eleven new original songs nearly completed, as well as a cover song which will probably be used as a bonus track. Recording this album should be a blast, and the fact that we'll be working with one of the world's top metal producers will only make the experience that much cooler." states Van Dyne.
Arsis @ myspace : www.myspace.com/arsis

-- True Metallers Zandelle unleashes a brand new video

www.myspace.com/zandelle

Dark Nemesis - Zandelle Music Video

-- A Taste Of Extreme Divinity final track list confirmed!

Hypocrisy is back! And the final track list has just been announced by Nuclear Blast headquarters. The official release date of the new Hypocrisy soon-to-be-heard masterpiece is October 23rd.
for more updates: www.myspace.com/hypocrisy


traclist will be as follows:
01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Week
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinitiy
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down

-- The "making of..." Sonata Arctica's new video

SONATA ARCTICA - Flag In The Ground - MAKING OF

-- Kerrang! awards 2009

On a very British evening of August 3th the annual Kerrang! magazine award ceremony took place. The event was hosted none other than Scott Ian of Anthrax and Corey Taylor of Slipknot/Stone Sour. here are the winners:
Best British Newcomer - In Case Of Fire
Best International Newcomer - The Gaslight Anthem
Best Single - The Prodigy, Omen (pictured)
Best Video - Mastodon w/ Oblivion video
Classic Songwriter - Linkin Park
Spirit Of Independence - The Wildhearts
Kerrang! Icon - Alice In Chains
Best Album - Death Magnetic by Metallica
Best Live Band - Slipknot
Kerrang! Inspiration - Machine Head
Hall Of Fame - Limp Bizkit
Best British Band - Bullet For My Valentine
Best International Band - Slipknot

click here for more cool stuff from the awards ceremony.