Next year Death Metallers Vader will hit Japan for a tour. Their 'Extreme The Dojo Tour Vol. 17' will feature themselves alongside Brutal Truth and some other as-yet-unconfirmed acts. The band will be using the tour to promote their latest album 'Impressions In Blood'. More details are said to be announced soon.

Here are the dates for the tour:

05.03.2007 - Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
06.03.2007 - Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan
07.03.2007 - Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan

Source:	vader.pl
Band profile:	Vader
Event:	Extreme The Dojo Tour Vol. 17

The supports for Suffocation on their tour of Austalia/New Zealand/Indonesia have been announced.

Here are all the extra bands playing at each show:

Perth, Aus - Grotesque, Claim The Throne
Adelaide, Aus - Stargazer, The Rivalry
Melbourne, Aus - Captain Cleanoff, Ne Oblivicaris
Auckland, NZ - Dawn Of Azazel, Ulcerate, Sinate
Sydney, Aus - Ebolie, Degeneracy, Vaticide

Source:	hailmetal.com
Band profile:	Suffocation
Event:	Suffocation: Indonesian/Australian/New Zealand Tour

Power Metallers Sonata Arctica have been confirmed as one of the headlining acts for ProgPower USA VIII. The band will join Virgin Steele, Redemption, Firewind, Communic and Raintime as one of the so far announced bands. There are still four more unannounced bands to join the festival. ProgPower USA VIII will take place on the 5th-6th October, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Source:	progpowerusa.com
Band profile:	Sonata Arctica
Event:	ProgPower USA

In 2007 Death Metallers Arch Enemy will be hitting the continent of South America for a tour. Brazil, Argentina and Chile are the countries that the band will be visiting. The fairly short tour will be happening in January.

Here is a comment by guitarist Michael Amott: "FINALLY! This one has been a long time coming? We are all very much looking forward to playing for our loyal South American fans! We are ready to bring the PURE FUCKING METAL to Brazil, Argentina and Chile! See you in January 2007!"

Here is a list of the dates:

January 09 - Master Hall, Curitiba, Brazil
January 10 - Via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
January 12 - Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
January 14 - Teatro la Cupula, Santiago, Chile

Source:	archenemy.net
Band profile:	Arch Enemy
Event:	Arch Enemy: South American Doomsday Tour

Death Metallers Deicide will be releasing another live DVD early next year. The DVD was filmed on November 10, 2006 at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles and will be called 'Doomsday in L.A.'. The bonus material will include exclusive interviews and promo videos, including the recent 'Homage For Satan' clip.

Here is the tracklist for the DVD:

01. Intro
02. Dead By Dawn
03. Once Upon The Cross
04. Scars Of The Crucifix
05. The Stench Of Redemption
06. Death To Jesus
07. When Satan Rules His World
08. Serpents Of The Light
09. They Are The Children Of The Underworld
10. Desecration
11. Bastards Of Christ
12. Dead But Dreaming
13. Trifixion
14. When Heaven Burns
15. Walk With the Devil In Dreams You Behold
16. Homage For Satan
17. Kill The Christian
18. Sacrificial Suicide

Doomsday In L.A. will be released on the 22nd January, 2007 everywhere except for in the USA where it will be released in February, 2007.

Source:	deicide.com
Band profile:	Deicide

Details of the upcoming new Visions Of Atlantis album have been announced. The album will be entitled 'Trinity'. The album cover artwork has also been posted online. Artist Anthony Clarrksson who has designed cover artwork for Blind Guardian, Hypocrisy and Exodus before has done the artwork for Trinity. You can see the cover here.

Trinity will be released in March next year.

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Source:	visionsofatlantis.com
Band profile:	Visions Of Atlantis

A new live DVD by Heavy Metallers Rage will be released next year. It will be a double DVD set, one with live footage and the other with bonus material. The DVD will be entitled 'Full Moon In St. Petersburg' as the concert to be featured on the DVD was the band playing in St. Petersburg, Russia, in front of almost 20,000 viewers in May 2006. The last two video clips on the DVD will be a TV recording in Brazil and parts of the show Rage recorded on "Masters of Rock" festival 2006 in Tschechien.

The second DVD of bonus material contains a documentary of the different days on the Russian tour. Also, there will be more live clips and another documentary, this time detailing Rage's last European tour, with 'on the road' and backstage material. Every band member has some documentaries of their own as well. Victor's racing sport and his solo presentations, Peavy about his ice age bone collection and his newest avocation, the casting of skulls, and Mike has administered a short drum workshop and his latest drum solo.

The first edition will be available in a special steelbook with 2 DVD's + the audio CD of the concert, but also available as a DVD or audio CD seperately.

The cover for the DVD can be seen here. The artwork is again designed by Anthony Clarkson, who was already responsible for the 'Speak Of The Dead' cover.

The DVD is set for a 23rd of February, 2007 release through Nuclear Blast.

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Source:	rage-on.de
Band profile:	Rage

A replacement for just recently departed Cradle Of Filth drummer Adrian Erlandson has been announced. The band has recruited Czech drummer Marthus (Martin ?karoupka). ?karoupka is 25 and has previously played in such bands as Galactic Industry and Inner Fear.

Here is a comment by Cradle Of Filth: "A fine gent whose skills are second to none, Martin will be continuing to play on the rest of the tour. Those of you who have already seen us you will know that Martin is more than qualified for the job!"

Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Cradle Of Filth

Some replacement dates for Lordi's Spanish leg of their Bringing Back The Balls To Europe tour have been announced. Some shows in Spain that were supposed to be played last month were cancelled because of some of the band members becoming sick. Four dates for March next year have been confirmed.

Here are the dates:

01.03.2007 - Apolo, Barcelona
02.03.2007 - Jam, Bergara
03.03.2007 - Heineken, Madrid
04.03.2007 - Gamma, Murcia

Source:	lordi.fi
Band profile:	Lordi
Event:	Lordi: Spanish Tour

The dates for Novembers Doom's European tour have now been finalised. Some changed have been made, and some originally non-confirmed venues have been decided on. The Netherlands show on the 19th will now be at Metropool, Hengelo. The German date on the 22nd will now be a day off for the band. The 23rd has been changed from a German show to a Czech Republic show. The Italian show on the 25th will now be a Belgian one, and English show on the 26th is now going to be another day off.

Here is the complete list of the most current and finalised dates:

17.11 - Plato, Helmond, The Netherlands
18.11 - Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium
19.11 - Metropool, Hengelo, The Netherlands
20.11 - Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
21.11 - K17, Berlin, Germany
22.11 - Day Off
23.11 - Black Pes, Prague, Czech Republic
24.11 - Backstage, Munich, Germany
25.11 - Gildenhof, Wervik, Belgium
26.11 - Day Off
27.11 - Satan's Hollow, Manchester, England

Source:	novembersdoom.com
Band profile:	Novembers Doom
Event:	Novembers Doom: European Tour

Slayer will be heading out on a full US tour in January and February in 2007. The first two dates for the tour have now been announced.

Here are the details of both shows:

Jan. 25 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 22 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC

Unearth has been announced as the support act for the tour.

Tickets will be available for purchace from here.

UPDATE:
More dates for Slayer's North American tour with Unearth have been released:

January 25 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
January 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern LG
February 8 - Hamilton, ON @ Copps Coliseum
February 22 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
February 23 - Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blue

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Source:	slayer.net
Band profile:	Slayer
Event:	Slayer: US Tour

On the first of November, Folk/Black Metallers Ensiferum started recording their third full-length album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki. The producer of the album is Janne Joutsenniemi. The album now has a title as well, it will be called 'Victory Songs'. It will still be released on the 21st February, 2007.

Ensiferum has also started to collaborate with Welldone booking agency. Teemu Suominen of Welldone will be taking care of the concert booking in Finland. This will increase the concerts in Finland, which has been few-numbered in the past. The concert booking for overseas is still being handled by ICS Festival Service.

So Ensiferum will begin their next year's tour with a small Finnish tour in January.

Here is a list of dates:

24.01.07 - Pakkahuone, Tampere
25.01.07 - S-osis, Turku
26.01.07 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
27.01.07 - Club Teatria, Oulu

All four shows will be supported by the band Exsecratus.

Source:	ensiferum.com
Band profile:	Ensiferum
Event:	Ensiferum: Finnish Tour

After Entombed just announcing the cancellation of the Entombed/Dismember/Grave North American tour, Dismember and Grave both still want to play. Entombed were forced to cancel, through no fault of their own, their participation in the tour, but Thunderdome Touring have just announced the re-securing of both Dismember and Grave.

Here is a comment by Thunderdome Touring: "Our phones have been ringing non-stop and neither Dismember nor Grave want to let any of their fans down. The tour will go on, without Entombed or The Absence".

Source:	roadrun.com
Band profile:	Dismember
Event:	Dismember & Grave: West Coast Tour [CANCELLED]

Next week Folk/Power Metallers Elvenking will fly to Germany to Gernhart studios to record the drums for the band's next album. All the drum parts have been checked and everything's ready for recording. "Zender is hitting as hell and the groove is already there!" says the band. Elvenking will stay in Germany until the drumming is completed, and from there travel back to Italy to work on the last arrangements and lyrics. After that Nino Laurenne of Sonic Pump studios will set the basic sounds of the album and the other recording sessions will start.

Elvenking also says that they'll give updates as often as they can, with studio reports, pictures from their recording sessions as well as videos.

Here is a comment by guitarist Aydan: "What can I tell about the songs? One word: heavy!!! Be ready for the most
crushing Elvenking album to date, but with all the melody still there".

Source:	elvenking.net
Band profile:	Elvenking

More dates for the re-scheduled European part of the Manowar/Rhapsody Of Fire/Holyhell 'Demons, Dragons And Warriors World Tour 2007' tour have been changed. Three Czech Republic dates have now been changed and one new Greek date has been added.

Here are all the dates confirmed so far, including the new changes and additions:

March 14 - Sportovní Hala Novesta, Zlín, Czech Republic
March 15 - CEZ Aréna, Pardubice, Czech Republic
March 16 - Hala Lokomotiva, Plzen, Czech Republic
March 22 - Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany
March 23 - Olympiahalle, München, Germany
March 24 - Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
March 27 - Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
March 28 - Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
March 30 - Arena, Nürnberg, Germany
March 31 - Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
April 04 - Peace And Friendship Stadium, Athens, Greece

Source:	manowar.com
Band profile:	Manowar
Event:	Demons, Dragons and Warriors Tour 2007