Amorphis is looking for an experienced vocalist.
Send applications with photo and (CD/CDR) by the end of October to:

Amorphis-Yhtymä,
c/o Piikkikasvi,
Tallberginkatu 1/40,
00180 Helsinki
Finland

http://www.amorphis.net/

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Amorphis

John Oliva's Pain - "Tage Mahal" album
"We are happy to be able to offer you 4 new soundclips from the final mastering of the debut album 'Tage Mahal".
For listening the songs, visit Jon Oliva's webpage:
http://www.jonoliva.net/

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Savatage

Silentium has signed a new record deal with Dynamic Arts Records. This deal is for two records and Silentium will hit the studio in the next May.
"We have waited this day to come and are anxious to get to work with DAR", Silentium comments.

http://www.silentivm.com/

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Silentium

From the official website of the Norvegian band:
"Kristian (Gundersen) has decided to part ways with Sirenia in order to concentrate on his other projects. We would like to wish him all the best for the future and extend our gratitude for almost 4 years of rock n' roll cooperation. Goth bless you Kris! Currently the band is auditioning new guitarplayers".

http://www.sirenia.no/

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Sirenia

Chroma Key: Graveyard Mountain Home
Release date: November 9, 2004
Running Time: 53min 23sec

Tracklist for this album:
01. YYY
02. Give Up
03. White Robe
04. Mother's Radio
05. Graveyard Mountain Home
06. Salvation
07. Before You Started
08. Human Love
09. Come In, Over
10. Pure Laughter
11. Andrew Was Drowning His Stepfather
12. Sad Sad Movie
13. True and Lost
14. Again Today

Produced and Mixed by Kevin Moore
Recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, September 2003 - September 2004

Kevin Moore - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
Utku Ünal - drums
Theron Patterson: programming #4 #8 #14, bass guitar
Bige Akdeniz - additional vocals and lyrics #9 and #13
Bob Nekrasov - monologue #8
Erdem Helvacioðlu - additional guitar on #3

http://www.chromakey.com/

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WISH I HAD AN ANGEL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TOP IN FINLAND!
Nightwish´s second single from the album ONCE, "Wish I Had An Angel", went straight to #1 on finnish TOP-20 singlechart!
www.ylex.fi
www.nightwish.com

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Nightwish

The new EP, entitled "LOST TO APATHY" will be released on November 15 via Century media.

The tracks are the following:
- Lost to apathy
- Derivation TNB
- The endless feed (chaos seed remix)
- Undo control (live)
- Lost to apathy (video clip)
- D.T. screensaver

"This single serves to wet your appetites for the upcoming 7th full length offering, set for worldwide release in the near future".

http://www.darktranquillity.com/

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Dark Tranquillity

Better later than never.
On the official website of Adagio, the last week, on the 23rd, was posted the following announcement:
Stephan is avalable for guitar lessons in the Parisian region. If you are interested, send an e-mail at stephanforte@hotmail.com

http://www.adagio-online.com

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Adagio

The Mist And The Morning Dew signed to American Vendlus records.

"The Mist and the Morning Dew were gathered up in 2000 and consist of a members from bands such as The seventh planet (Mikael Karlbom & Henri Tuomi), Shape of despair (Jarno Salomaa) ,Finntroll (Sami Uusitalo), Shaman (Jaakko Lemmetty) and Veera Muhli who used to handle additional vocals on Unholy".

The record company website:
http://www.vendlus.com/

The Mist And The Morning Dew official site:
http://www.themist.xrs.net/

New Shape of Despair website is up and working.
New album entitled "Illusion's Play" was released on 22 of september by Spikefarm/Spinefarm worldwide. Album was recorded in Hellhole Studio as usual, with Anti Lindell behind the desk. Cover artwork was done by Mariusz Krystew as in previous "Angels of Distress" album.

So far the band has confirmed 2 live shows till the end of the year.

Spinefest/Nosturi 28.10.2004
with Reverend Bizarre, Rapture & Ensiferum

Helsinki/Nosturi 14.11.2004
with Skepticism & Esoteric

http://www.shapeofdespair.tk/

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Shape Of Despair

"Finally the new site is online... with an new design and quite a lot of new content: live-pictures, member profiles, newsletter, compilations and more. More stuff will be added gradually and hopefully we'll have some autumn/winter live dates to present soon too..."

For more info:
www.lakeoftears.net

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Lake Of Tears

The Norwegian progressive/folk rock band White Willow released on September the 21st the forth album, entitled "Storm Season", through "The Laser's Edge" record label.

According to Musical Discoveries, the record is "a moody, magnificent masterpiece", and scores 5/5 points. Tarkus Magazine says "it features their best songwriting to date, and an absolutely flawless production. Storm Season is one of the best records produced in this country - regardless of genre. The record of the year."

The whole review is posted at this link:
http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=497

More info on the band official site:
http://www.whitewillow.net/

Recently, the official fan-club of the Swedish band Spiritual Beggars (INSIDE CHARMERS) published an interesting interview with the mastermind, composer and guitar player, Michael Amott.

"As most of you probably know, Spiritual Beggars can boast of a new bass player, namely Sharlee D'Angelo, of King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Witchery and Arch Enemy fame, to name a few. Cheers to Roger Nilsson of the Quill who participated on "On Fire" and toured with the band! The impression you get is that the new album is gonna be much heavier and groovier than its predecessor, some speak of a return to the "Ad Astra" sound. Fact is that the band is very excited about their new work, they seem to love it and take lots of pride in it.
By now the mixing of the record should be finished and everybody's waiting for news concerning the new label deal. I am pretty sure Spiritual Beggars will land a great contract".

For the entire interview, follow this link:
http://www.x-artonic.com/icharmers/SBinterv01.html

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Spiritual Beggars

"Marty's live performance in Kobe,Japan with Aikawa Nanase is now available worldwide on DVD!!
The short version of this video was broadcast on NHK in Japan and now you can own the full concert. GO HERE--
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBD-32036#

The electrifying energetic set contains 22 songs including all her hits and some songs rarely played live too. It's a perfect introduction to those new to j-pop/j-rock.
Marty has a track on the new Favored Nations album, "Acoustic Christmas" Hear Marty's playing in a completely different way than ever before!
Get it at:
http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=1316&band%5Fid=482&sfid=2

LIVE SHOWS:

NEW LIVE SHOW ADDED-
10/10 OKINAWA, JAPAN (with Sera Masanori)

11/10 Osaka, JAPAN (Quattro)
11/13 Tokyo, JAPAN (Amlux Hall)
Marty will perform music from his solo albums. His band will feature Jun-ji (ex-Siam Shade) on drums, Masaki (Animetal) on bass. John Petrucci will also appear at the Osaka show on 11/10".

www.martyfriedman.com

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"The NY show had to be cancelled because Anders had to hurry back to Sweden since his fiance went into labour. We´ll be back to do the show sometime next year. Hope to see you all there!"

www.inflames.com

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In Flames