As previously announced, Hungarian black metallers Thy Catafalque's forthcoming album will hit the stores on November 11th in Europe (January 10th, 2012, in North America). You can now listen to the song "Fekete Mezők" (Black Fields), the 9-minute opening track from Rengeteg at this location. According to the band, "Fekete Mezők" encompasses the various styles and atmospheres to be heard all throughout the album.

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Band profile:	Thy Catafalque

As announced late July, Thy Catafalque recently signed on Season of Mist. The Hungarian Avant-garde metal act's forthcoming album is entitled Rengeteg (Hungarian for "vast, "trackless forest") and will hit the stores on November 11th in Europe (January 10th, 2012 in North America).

The artwork was created by Portuguese photographer Rui Luz and Thy Catafalque mastermind Tamás Kátai.

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	Thy Catafalque

Swedish Gothic Doom Metal band Draconian has posted the following statement on its official website:

"The Draconian quest continues. The band has booked the prominent Fascination Street studio (Katatonia, Opeth, etc.) in Örebro to record their fourth release in September this year.
Currently the band is in the last stage of song writing and pre-production recordings in order to finalize this new saga. The album will generally deal with a more diverse and intense sound than previous releases, which should attract both old and new fans as well. The title of the album is yet uncertain, but a few new song titles are "Seasons Apart", "The Failure Epiphany" and "Morphine Cloud". Stay tuned!"

For further informations, click here.

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Source:	draconian.se
Band profile:	Draconian

Dutch progressive technical death metallers Textures have lined up the following dates:

Jun. 28 - Southampton, UK - The Joiners
Jun. 29 - Luton, UK - Student Union
Jun. 30 - London, UK - The Underworld
Jul. 01 - Sheffield, UK - The Corporation
Jul. 02 - Manchester, UK - The Music Box
Jul. 03 - Glasgow, UK - The Barfly
Jul. 04 - Milton Keynes, UK - The Pitz Club
Jul. 14 - Nijmegen, NL - Valkhof Affaire
Aug. 25 - Varsselder, NL - Huntenpop
Sep. 22 - Alhama de Murcia - Alhama Metal Madness

As previously reported, the whole tour will run through Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, the UK and the Benelux. Some territories where they have never played before and are really looking forward to playing at!

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Source:	texturesband.com
Band profile:	Textures

Swedish Black metallers Dark Funeral have issued the following update via the band's homepage:

"One of the most frequent questions we have received during the last couple of years has been 'When the hell are you guys going to release a live DVD?' Well, your requests have been heard. We are currently hard at work on putting together not only one DVD, but TWO double DVDs!!! The first out of the two double DVDs is planned to hit the stores on June 18th through Regain Records. More info to follow shortly?"

The first out of the two double DVD's is planned to hit the stores on Jun 18:th through Regain Records. At the meantime, you can find an official live video for the song 'Atrum Regina', here.

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Source:	darkfuneral.se
Band profile:	Dark Funeral

Canadian technical death metal act Martyr have lined up the following tour dates:

Jan. 24 - Oshawa, ON - The Dungeon
Jan. 25 - London, ON - The Embassy
Jan. 26 - Peterborough, ON - The Red Dog Tavern
Jan. 27 - Toronto, ON - TBA
Jan. 28 - Hamilton, ON - The Underground
Feb. 23 - Moncton, NB - Manhattan
Feb. 24 - Halifax, NS - Pavilion
Mar. 09 - Jonquiere, QC - Côté Cours
Mar. 17 - Trois-Rivieres, QC - Maquisart
Mar. 24 - L'épiphanie, QC - Centre Guy Melancon
Apr. 06 - Quebec, QC - L'Impérial
Apr. 21 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Powerfest

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Source:	martyr-canada.com
Band profile:	Martyr

Danish Death/Thrash metallers Hatesphere have issued the following update via the band's official website:

"Have a good new year - don't blow yourselves up! We will do that for you with our new album next year on April 27th and April 30th. Until then, go buy the new German Metal Hammer - there is a DVD with 15 minutes of Danish Metal with your own Jacob and friends.

We will start recording the new album on the 5th of January - and we will of course keep you updated with pictures, videoclips and reports etc. The drums will be recorded with our old friend Tommy Hansen in his Jailhouse Studios in Horsens, Denmark. Guitars, bass and vocals will be done in Jacobs Smart´n´hard Studios here in Aarhus, while Tue Madsen will do the mix at his Antfarm Studio."

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Finnish Melodic Metallers Sonata Arctica will be doing another headlining tour of North America in September/October.

UPDATED on Febr. 25 (thanks Lioncourt)

Finalized tour dates are as follows:

Sep. 12 - Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theater
Sep. 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
Sep. 15 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
Sep. 16 - Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
Sep. 17 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater
Sep. 19 - Denver, CA @ Bluebired Theater
Sep. 21 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sep. 22 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Sep. 23 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
Sep. 24 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
Sep. 26 - Quebec City, QUE @ Salle Albert Rosseau
Sep. 27 - Montreal, QUE @ The Medley
Sep. 28 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ Chance Theater
Sep. 29 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Sep. 30 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Oct. 02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theater
Oct. 03 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Oct. 05 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Oct. 06 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Oct. 07 - Winter Park, FL @ The Haven
Oct. 09 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian

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Source:	sonataarctica.info
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica
Event:	Sonata Arctica: North American Tour

Swedish melodic metallers Hammerfall have added dates in U.K. and Ireland to their "At The Threshold Of...Europe 2007" tour. Hammerfall will bring Krokus and the Poodles for the band's first U.K. tour on the following dates:

February 20 - The Electric Ballroom, London
February 21 - The Garage, Glasgow
February 22 - Temple Bar Music Centre, Dublin
February 23 - Bradford Rio, Bradford
February 24 - JB's, Dudley

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Source:	hammerfall.net
Band profile:	HammerFall
Event:	Hammerfall: At The Threshold Of... Europe Tour

An audio sample of the new Battlelore track 'House Of Heroes' has been posted online, click here. The song comes off the band's fourth album, "Evernight", due in February 2007 via Napalm Records.

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Source:	napalmrecords.com
Band profile:	Battlelore

Doro (Friday Headliner), Leaves' Eyes and Keep Of Kalessin have been confirmed for Norway's Karmøygeddon festival, set to take place May 4-5, 2007 in Haugesund. Also scheduled to appear are Kamelot (Saturday headliner), Breed, Communic, Scar Symmetry and Pictures Of Pain.

For more information, visit Karmøygeddon Fest website.

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Karmøygeddon Festival

The new album of Therion entitled "Gothic Kabbalah", is now available for streaming here.
Due in North America on February 6, 2007, the CD was recorded and mixed in Stockholm by Stefan Glaumann and features Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw sharing the vocal duties with Mats Levén and two female singers Katarina Lilja on solo and choral vocals; and Hannah Holgersson on solo, choral, and soprano vocals.

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Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	Therion

Montreal's act Unexpect has posted the following update:

"After ten years of enjoyable companionship, we now officially announce that our violinist, le bateleur, will be leaving Unexpect for good. We'll always keep strong ties with him but it seems that extensive touring don't fit well with his future life plans. We wish him the best and hope he'll get the most out of life !

Thanks Charles?"

Unexpect is so looking for a replacement. Candidates should :

* absolutely be devoid of any criminal records
* have some stage experience
* be ready to tour extensively
* be musically open minded ( obviously )
* have a nice and well groomed moustache
* forget about that last statement

For those interested, just contact our manager, FIX, at this phone number or email?he'll fill you in on the procedures?:
Phone:514-758-3542 | E-mail:fix@unexpect.com

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Source:	unexpect.com
Band profile:	Unexpect

Italian progressive avantgarde black metallers Ephel Duath have scheduled more European live dates in January.
The band's itinerary is as follows:

January
4 at Lyon's Hall in Lyon, France
5 at Le Korigan in Marseille (Luynes), France
6 at Le Volume in Nice, France
11 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands
12 at Eurosonic Festival, Minerva Stage in Groningen, Netherlands
19 at Le Romandie in Lausanne, Switzerland
20 at Chraemerhuus in Langenthal, Switzerland

More gigs will be announced soon.

Source:	ephelduath.net
Band profile:	Ephel Duath
Event:	Ephel Duath

MVD Visual has set a January 16, 2007 U.S. release date for Obituary's first-ever DVD, entitled "Frozen Alive". The DVD, which was filmed on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland, will include a seven-camera shoot of the show plus the "Insane" video, the previously unreleased "On the Floor" video, interviews with Frank Watkins (bass), Trevor Peres (guitar), John (vocals) and Donald Tardy (drums), and three documentaries ? the making of "Insane", the making of "Frozen In Time" album, and "Backstage In Poland".

"Frozen Alive" track listing:

01. (Intro: Rain)
02. Redneck Stomp
03. On the Floor
04. Insane
05. Chopped in Half
06. Turned Inside Out
07. Dying
08. (Internal Bleeding Intro)
09. Internal Bleeding
10. Back to One
11. Find the Arise
12. Back Inside
13. Threatening Skies
14. By the Light
15. (Kill for Me Intro)
16. Kill for Me
17. Solid State
18. Stand Alone
19. Back from the Dead
20. Lockjaw
21. Slow Death
22. 'Til Death
23. Slowly We Rot

Plus:
* Bonus Video Material
* Photo Gallery
* Biography
* Discography
* Desktop Images
* Weblinks

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Source:	mvdb2b.com
Band profile:	Obituary