My Dying Bride would like to formally announce the new keyboard/violinist, Katie Stone.

"We will have a full profile update and pictures as soon as the band has time from the gigs/studio work they are presently engaged in. Katie is also involved in the new studio album. More as we get it."

Source:	mydyingbride.org
Band profile:	My Dying Bride

Norwegian black metallers Koldbrann have posted the following news about the new EP:

"In June Koldbrann have gone under ground to record a new EP. Five tracks have been laid down at 0579 Hjarnidaudi and in Glemselens Kjeller. Three new songs, as well as a re-recording and a cover song. The title is set to be "Stigma: På Kant Med Livet", and the release will be made by Twilight-Vertrieb in August. More details will be revealed soon. "

Source:	koldbrann.net
Band profile:	Koldbrann

The following message was posted by band:

"Eisbrecher have reached the finale hot phase of their topically record production. One and a half years after the successful publication from "Antikörper" with the stage hit "Vergissmeinnicht" their next strike will be called "Sünde":

The third Eisbrecher-Album will be released on 26th of August (in America - Germany 22nd of August). Until then the single "Kann Denn Liebe Sünde Sein" (11th July, 2008 only Germany) will give an exititing foretaste to the upcoming album!

Alexx and Pix promise a sombre-coloured dance of dark-rocking ice-pearls to their fans: Album III will be the darkest and hardest album so far. Faithful to the motto: Filigree-but-through-breaking! Hard but however warmly!

For the Warm-Up there will be a few festival-shows this summer like Amphi- (Köln) and M'era Luna Festival (Hildesheim) or Rock-Harz. The routing for the Sünder-Tour in September 2008 in Germany, Austria and Swiss are concluded!

Alexx: We finally wanted to dedicate an album to the engine an machination of all human existence. Our fetish is called "Sin": Our texts deal exclusively with sinful activities, our music is sinful good, we are sinful beautyful and sexy, the album will be sinful expensive and definitively worth a sin."

Source:	eis-brecher.com
Band profile:	Eisbrecher

Posted on Oomph's official website:

"With "Monster", Oomph! release the tenth studio album in the band's history. And to commemorate this special occasion, Oomph! and MySpace are looking for the band's new cover designer.
This is a massive opportunity for you to be a part of the new Oomph! album "Monster". So the sky's the limit for your imagination and creativity, and naturally the winning cover design will be selected personally by Oomph! when the time is right. But you'll have to hurry a little because the deadline for your cover designs is June 27th. And the best thing about the whole contest is that the album will be on your favorite record store shelves with your cover when it's released in the late summer. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

So set your imaginations free and when you're finished, upload your covers here. Don't forget to pick up a couple of inspirations at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park where Oomph! will be playing live next weekend in living color. Don't miss it!"

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Source:	oomph.de
Band profile:	Oomph!

Finnish metallers Crystalic have posted the following update :

Jarno's statement:
"It's time to go ahead. I have to leave Crystalic because my heart isn't 100% in the band anymore. I've always been a singer/songwriter and I want to continue my own musical journey. That means composing my own music from now on (as it was before Crystalic). I wish Toni and the rest of the band great future on their career."

Band announcement:
"On the same breath we'd like to announce the addition of Matti Auerkallio (ex-Farmakon, Foxy Flammable, Avenie, Duality) as Crystalic's new singer/frontman. Matti is a really talented multi-instrumentalist and he growls like a demon and sings like an angel! So expect some clean vocals on our next album. The recordings are scheduled for the next fall."

Source:	crystalic.net
Band profile:	Crystalic

US metaller Overlorde have posted the following update:

"Overlorde announces that the band has parted ways with vocalist Chris Colfax. Kong, Dave and M.E. wish Chris the best of luck!

Meanwhile, the band will now begin to look for a replacement. The band is well into preparing for its next release on Sonic Age Records, the followup to the highly acclaimed CD titled "Return Of The Snow Giant". So the vocalist should be ready to hit the ground running.

Any interested vocalists should feel free to contact the band at vocal_search overlorde com. Let Overlorde know how to hear some of you work online and give us some basic information about yourself.

In other News... the band's namesake song "Overlorde", has been added to the Myspace Music Player."

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Source:	overlorde.com
Band profile:	Overlorde

A few weeks ago, it was announced that Metal Blade will be releasing a special edition of the 1989 Fates Warning album "Perfect Symmetry". The 2 CD and DVD package will be released on June 13 (Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy) and June 16 in the rest of Europe. The reissue will include remastered audio, a bonus disc of "Perfect Symmetry" demos and a DVD with over 90 minutes of live footage.

"Perfect Symmetry" was recorded and mixed between April 1989 and May 1989 at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, CT. The CD was produced by Roger Probert for Major Productions and was mixed by Phil Magnotti and Max Norman. It was the first album to feature Mark Zonder on drums.

A lengthy promo teaser video for the upcoming special edition release of "Perfect Symmetry" cover] has been made available for viewing online at the Media Section on the Fates Warning website. You can watch it by clicking here.

All details about the "Perfect Symmetry" reissue can be found at this location.

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Source:	fateswarning.com
Band profile:	Fates Warning

Forest Of Shadows mainman Niclas Frohagen has posted the following message on the band's website:

"Since the album is still under production this page will deal with its progress rather than the information of the final product. The final recording sessions were recently finished and right now I'm in the process of cutting, mixing and arranging the final parts to bring the songs together. After that I will enter pre mastering. As it is right now I don't know if the album will be mastered by me or by a professional. That's all up the label to decide. Since the songs are nearing completion I might consider releasing some teaser samples here and on the myspace page. Stay tuned for that."

"Six Waves Of Woe" tracklist :

01. Submission
02. Selfdestructive
03. Detached
04. Moments In Solitude
05. Pernicious
06. Deprived

A release date has not yet been announced.

Source:	forestofshadows.com
Band profile:	Forest Of Shadows

American Death metallers Six Feet Under have entered Morrisound Studios in Florida, Tampa to begin recording their new CD. An update by the band reads as follows:

"We have entered Morrisound Studios here in Tampa to begin recording our new CD!! It feels like coming back home!! Chris Carroll is at the healm, laying down the new tracks, also our old friend Bill Metoyer is helping out with recording the drums, its awesome to have bill with us on this one-as you may know he recorded our CD warpath. It's great to be back in the studio and we feel really psyched to lay these new songs down, they are some of the best stuff we have come up with, and can't wait for all of our fans to hear the new stuff!!"

Source:	sfu420.com
Band profile:	Six Feet Under

Iran's Postmortem is releasing his first full-length. The new album is called "Out Of The Sight In Empyreal". The album was recorded at his home studio.

The tracklisting is as follows:

01. The Locution From Ascendency Of Vale
02. Emit Inner Ideal
03. Wrongdoer Is Not My Chosen
04. When The Clouds Will Pass Into Oblivion
05. Back Pressure In Deepness Identity

Some tracks will be available for free download pretty soon, so keep checking the site http://www.postmortem-band.tk.

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