Roland Grapow, guitarist of German progressive/power metallers Masterplan, has revealed the following details about their new album release and progress: "Hi! I just came back from Hamburg 2 days ago, from our final arrangement session with Axel in his studio for our new songs. That means we finished our songwriting finally. This week we just do some preparing for the big recording session, on Sunday Martin is coming to my studio in Slovakia and we will start recording drums from monday on."

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The first extract off Décade(nt), the collector reissue of the first Wormfood album Eponym is now streaming online. A remastered version of the song "The Dead Bury The Dead" is listenable here. Décade(nt) will be released on September 24th through Apathia Records and was remastered by Axel Wursthorn (ex-Carnival In Coal) at Walnut Groove Studio.

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Source:	apathiarecords.com
Band profile:	Wormfood

German progressive/power metallers Masterplan have recently announced that Martin "Marthus" ?karoupka (Cradle Of Filth's drummer) will record the drum parts on the new Masterplan album. However, nothing was said about what that can mean for Mike Terrana.

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Band profile:	Masterplan

George Marino, the legendary mastering engineer, has passed away yesterday after losing his battle with lung cancer. You might not recognize his name, but he worked on legendary albums which include Metallica's Black Album and Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. Marino also worked on albums for Saxon, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Anthrax, Danzig, Death Angel and many more in the metal realm and recently won a Grammy for his work on Arcade Fire's album Suburbs.

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Jordanian doom/death metal band Chalice Of Doom has released a remastered version of the song "Serenade For The Lost", taken from their debut album Immemorial Nightfall, before finishing the second full-length album. You can listen to the single below.

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The record label Audio Fidelity will release a newly remastered edition of Dio's classic debut album Holy Diver this month as part of its 24K Gold Compact Disc series. Although many remastered editions have been released, this edition promises to be a significant sonic upgrade over past releases of this timeless debut due to the use of the original 1983 Sound City studio analog 30 ips AES half-inch non-Dolby original stereo mix tapes along with the mastering expertise of renowned audiophile music restoration specialist Steve Hoffman. Most previous releases relied on post-EQ'ed cutting tapes.


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German progressive power metallers Masterplan are writing new material for the follow-up to 2010's Time To Be King.

The band issued the following update about their upcoming new album on their official website: "Great news, Roland and Axel are writing songs for a new Masterplan album right now! The recordings will start in autumn!"

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Band profile:	Masterplan

"Did It Pay The Rent", a remastered track from US metallers Coalesce is now streaming online at this location. The song comes off the band's remastered debut album Give Them Rope, to be released today via Relapse Records.


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American black metallers Woe have re-released last year's break out release Quietly, Undramactically on Candlelight Records. The remastered/remixed version is streaming in its entirety and is available to purchase in both lossy and lossless format via Bandcamp.

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The Jordanian dark oriental metal band Bilocate is currently mixing their new album at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden, with sound engineer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Bloodbath, Amon Amarth, Symphony X, Paradise Lost).

Ramzi Essayed finished recording the vocals for the new CD earlier this month at the In The Mix studios (Dubai - UAE) with Nash Planojevic, who is known for his work as a monitor engineer for Iron Maiden and Saxon.

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Previously unreleased 1990 rehearsal footage of Death's "Together As One" has been made available for streaming exclusively at Bravewords.

Another remixed and remastered track, called "Lack Of Comprehension", is still available for streaming over here.

The track comes off the Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of Human, which will be released on June 21th in North America (June 27th internationally) through Relapse Records. The album was entirely remixed and remastered by longtime Death producer Jim Morris and remastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Converge).

The repackaged version of Human, originally released in the fall of 1991, now features more than an hour of newly unearthed and previously unreleased early demo tracks.

Human (Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition) tracklist:

Disc 1:

01. Flattening Of Emotions
02. Suicide Machine
03. Together as One
04. Secret Face
05. Lack Of Comprehension
06. See Through Dreams
07. Cosmic Sea
08. Vacant Planets
09. God Of Thunder

Disc 2:

01. Flattening Of Emotions (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
02. Suicide Machine (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
03. Together As One (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
04. Secret Face (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
05. Secret Face - Part 2 (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
06. Lack Of Comprehension (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
07. "Felt Good" - Studio Snippet
08. See Through Dreams (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
09. See Through Dreams - Part 2 (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
10. Vacant Planets (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
11. Cosmic Sea (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
12. Cosmic Sea Part 2 (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
13. God Of Thunder (Basic Instrumental Studio Tracks)
14. Flattening Of Emotions ("Human" Demos)
15. Lack Of Comprehension ("Human" Demos)
16. Suicide Machine ("Human" Demos)
17. Together As One ("Human" Demos)
18. See Through Dreams ("Human" Demos)
19. Secret Face (Instrumental - "Human" Demos)
20. Vacant Planets (Instrumental - "Human" Demos)

Disc 3:

01. See Through Dreams (w/ Paul and Sean) (Rehearsal January, 1991)
02. See Through Dreams (Take 2) (w/ Paul and Sean) (Rehearsal January, 1991)
03. Secret Face (w/o Paul - 1/2 song) (Rehearsal January, 1991)
04. Secret Face (Take 2) (w/o Paul) (Rehearsal January, 1991)
05. Secret Face - Riffs (Rehearsal January, 1991)
06. Flattening Of Emotions (Riffs) (Rehearsal January, 1991)
07. Lack Of Comprehension (Riffs) (Rehearsal January, 1991)

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Nightwish keyboardist and main composer Tuomas Holopainen recently issued the following update regarding the forthcoming album Imaginarium, slated for an early 2012 release:

"After three years of brainstorming and songwriting, over a year of rehearsing, arranging and studio work, this triumph of musical passion and piety is finally ready to be mastered. Yesterday, after a six-week mixing session in Studio C at Finnvox, I listened the whole thing from start to finish alone for the first time, and couldn't make heads nor tails of it. It's the same old story - the same feeling of bottomless emptiness that has marked the completion of all previous albums.

We could have honed the songs till Armageddon, but at some point you just have to let go and start admiring the scenery. This time, the landscape consists of 13 songs totalling 75 minutes. I think I'll probably be able to savour the end result only after a couple of months of mixing detox, but the encouraging comments by those near to me assure that it is a decent album. One person who heard Imaginarium called it "the greatest adventure he ever heard with his two ears".

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The remixed and remastered version of the track "Lack Of Comprehension" from Death's fourth album, Human, is available for streaming at Facebook (you'll have to let everybody know you "like" Death in order to stream the track).

The Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition of Human will be released on June 21th in North America (June 27th internationally) through Relapse Records. The album was entirely remixed by longtime Death producer Jim Morris and remastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Converge).

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Death metal legends Master, who were scheduled to kick off their long-anticipated U.S. headlining tour earlier this week with support from Lightning Swords Of Death and Mobile Deathcamp, were denied entry into the country and forced to fly back to Europe.

Said Master mainman Paul Speckmann in a statement: "We arrived Tuesday morning in Holland and after intense questioning we proceeded to the eye and body scan machine. Along with the other passengers, we proceeded to the plane. We arrived in Detroit and went to passport control. I waited for about two hours for any word on the guys. The police came to explain that the visa waiver program didn't apply to musicians. So they sent me to customs and proceeded to tear apart everything and sent me on my way. I waited for six hours to get on another airplane and return to Europe.

Thankfully the lady at the Delta checkout counter was very helpful and confirmed that the guys would be on the next plane in the evening and I could return with them. The guys were escorted to the plane by four police officers and returned their passports when we arrived in Amsterdam. Since when are musicians and terrorists in the same category? Again I apologize to all the bands, organizers and fans of course. I guess the CD cover of The Human Machine CD has become a reality!"

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Band profile:	Master

"Time To Be King", the new video from German metallers Masterplan, can be viewed at this location. The clip was filmed in June in Hamburg, Germany.

"Time To Be King" comes off the band's latest album, Time To Be King, which was released on May 21 via AFM Records.

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Source:	metal-hammer.de
Band profile:	Masterplan