Scranton, Pennsylvania-based metalcore sextet MOTIONLESS IN WHITE will release its sophomore album, "Infamous", on November 13 via Fearless Records. The CD's first single, "Devil's Night", will be available for download on Tuesday, September 25.

A preview of "Devil's Night" is available in the YouTube clip below.

"'Infamous' pays a lot more attention to real life, this time," explains MOTIONLESS IN WHITE lead singer Chris Motionless. "It's not about movie characters like a lot of [2010's] 'Creatures' was."

He continues, "I don't want to make music to just exist, I want to make music that makes a fucking difference. So this record is straight up, non-fiction and reflects how I feel about things being sung through not only my eyes, but those of fans and people in general.

"As much as I love not taking music entirely seriously all the time, I do feel at this point, we have an obligation to remain a band that's doing something positive and putting out the right kind of message."

He concludes by issuing this warning: "You have NO idea what you are about to hear, in the best way possible."

"Infamous" track listing:

01. Black Damask (The Fog)
02. Devil's Night
03. A-M-E-R-I-C-A
04. Burned At Both Ends
05. The Divine Infection
06. Puppets 2 (The Rain) (feat. Björn "Speed" Strid of SOILWORK)
07. Sinematic
08. If It's Dead, We'll Kill It (feat. Brandan Schieppati of BLEEDING THROUGH)
09. Synthetic Love
10. Hatefuck
11. Underdog
12. Infamous

The official lyric video for "Veilburner", a brand new song from Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's twelfth studio album, "RIITIIR", which will be released in Europe on September 28 and in North America on October 9 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The track listing for the "RIITIIR" European and North American digipak is as follows:

01. Thoughts Like Hammers
02. Death In The Eyes Of Dawn
03. Veilburner
04. Roots Of The Mountain
05. Riitiir
06. Materal
07. Storm Of Memories
08. Forsaken

The track listing for the "RIITIIR" 2LP double-gatefold is as follows:

Side A:

01. Thoughts Like Hammers
02. Death In The Eyes Of Dawn

Side B:

01. Veilburner
02. Roots Of The Mountain

Side C:

01. Riitiir
02. Materal

Side D:

01. Storm Of Memories
02. Forsaken

A track-by-track review of "RIITIIR" is available at Terrorizer.com.

"It has been only two years since we last released an album [2010's award-winning 'Axioma Ethica Odini'], and we've been touring Europe and North America several times since then," reflects ENSLAVED guitarist, songwriter, and founding member Ivar Bjørnson. "Some might think that this schedule, and the fact that we celebrated our 20th anniversary last year, should result in some time off in the end. Nah. Like a space vessel that gains momentum by entering slingshot-orbits on its way through space, we seem to gain speed, direction, and strength on our journeys, through new releases and subsequent tours.

"Describing the sound on the new album is both easy and hard," Bjørnson continues. "It is easy because it sounds like ENSLAVED, whatever that means. It is hard because there are so many layers and different focal points. I have a feeling that it has a deeper complexity than our previous efforts, but at the same time, I do find it more catchy and moving. Then again, I am the opposite of objective in this, so again I'll leave it up to the people outside the band to make up their mind."

ENSLAVED's last two CDs — "Vertebrae" (2008) and "Axioma Ethica Odini" (2010) — were released via Indie Recordings in Europe and Nuclear Blast in North America.

A three-minute promotional video for "Death Is The Only Mortal", the new album from Western Massachusetts metallers THE ACACIA STRAIN, can be seen below. Due on October 9 via Rise Records, the CD was produced by guitarist Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz at his Western Massachusetts studio.

"Death Is The Only Mortal" track listing:

01. Doomblade
02. Our Lady Of Perpetual Sorrow
03. Go To Sleep
04. Brain Death
05. The Mouth Of The River
06. Dust And The Helix
07. Victims Of The Cave
08. Time And Death And God
09. The Chambered Nautilus
10. House Of Abandon

Regarding the decision to have Laskiewicz helm the new album, Bennett previously said, "You all love DL, so it makes sense for us to go ahead and do the album this way and keep it heavy right from the source of where this all comes from."

THE ACACIA STRAIN will join forces with VEIL OF MAYA for a co-headline fall tour in November/December. Support on the trek will come from UPON A BURNING BODY, VOLUMES and TWITCHING TONGUES. The trek, presented by All In Merchandise, will be preceded by THE ACACIA STRAIN's short record-release tour that runs from October 4 to October 14.

Audio samples of the tracks that will appear on "2 Big 2 Fail", the sophomore album from LOVE.MIGHT.KILL, the German/Italian melodic metal band led by drummer Michael Ehré (GAMMA RAY, FIREWIND, ULI JON ROTH, METALIUM), can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Due on October 19 in Europe via Massacre Records, the follow-up to last year's "Brace For Impact" was once again produced by Ehré and mixed and mastered by Markus Teske at his Bazement Studios.

"2 Big 2 Fail" track listing:

01. Save My Soul
02. XTC
03. Burn The Night
04. The One
05. Restless Heart
06. Home
07. The Great Escape
08. Too Big To Fail
09. We Fall
10. The Big Screen Pleasure (And Pain)
11. Alone
12. The Perfect Mistake

The first single from the album, "Restless Heart", will be released digitally on September 21.

The "XTC" video can be seen below. The clip was directed by guitarist Stefan Ellerhorst and shot by Rico von Hollen, with Jochen Donauer taking care of the editing duties.

While "Brace For Impact" was composed by Michael and Jan, LOVE.MIGHT.KILL now has three more "fantastic" songwriters in its ranks, having been joined by Christian Stöver (guitar), Stefan Ellerhorst (guitar) and Sascha Onnen (keyboards).

LOVE.MIGHT.KILL is:

Jan Manenti - Vocals
Michael Ehré - Drums
Stefan Ellerhorst - Guitar
Christian Stöver - Guitar
Jogi Sweers - Bass
Sascha Onnen - Keyboards

For more information, visit www.lovemightkill.com.

"ExorChrist", the new video from AXEWOUND — the project featuring Matt Tuck (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) on guitar and vocals, Liam Cormier (CANCER BATS) on lead vocals, Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) on guitar, Joe Copcutt (RISE TO REMAIN) on bass, and Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, KILLING JOKE) on drums — can be seen below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Vultures", which will be released in the U.S. on October 2 via The End.

It takes just one listen to AXEWOUND's "Post Apocalyptic Party", the ferocious track they released as a free introductory download back in May, to make their intentions abundantly clear. Which is to say, they are a metal band… proudly, defiantly and unbendingly so.

Their pedigree is inarguably first class — since they feature guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck from BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and singer Liam Cormier of Canadian hardcore bruisers CANCER BATS, prime movers both in two of the most exciting bands to have emerged onto the metal scene in recent years.

The lineup is completed by drummer extraordinaire Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER), guitarist Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) and ex-RISE TO REMAIN bassist Joe Copcutt. Not surprisingly, they have already been branded a "supergroup" in the press.

AXEWOUND see themselves in more precise terms. This, they say, is an outlet for them to make music that is more extreme than they can and do in their regular bands. Their inspirations for doing so hark back to a golden generation of metal acts — to such heavyweight names as PANTERA and SLIPKNOT.

"Those were the bands that I adored growing up," says Matt Tuck. "They each had that 'don't-give-a-fuck' attitude. AXEWOUND is about us taking the same opportunity to do exactly what we want. Musically, lyrically, it is what it is — no boundaries or limits."

The roots of AXEWOUND go back to 2010, when Jason Bowld filled in for BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas on a brace of shows. He and Tuck kept in touch and last year began discussing working together on a project separate from the hugely successful Welsh metallers. They eventually got together in December 2011 to write the songs that make up AXEWOUND's debut album, "Vultures".

Cormier was the obvious choice to front and pen lyrics for these songs. He and Tuck had been friends for years, CANCER BATS having supported BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE on numerous tours.

"There was no one else I even had in mind," says Tuck. "Liam's voice alone is just so vicious."

The "Vultures" album was recorded in Cardiff at the start of this year, regular BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE collaborator Martin "Ginge" Ford engineering the sessions. From the outset, the aim was to work quickly and instinctively. In the event, they recorded 11 songs in 11 frenetic days.

"It was very intense, very demanding but that's how we wanted it to be," reasons Tuck. "No pre-writing, no rehearsing… just booking a studio and going in and doing a song a day. We wanted to capture something that happened right there and then."

Says Cormier: "The record is great because it's been made by a bunch of friends who are just enjoying themselves playing together and doing something that's different to what they normally do."

By any measure "Vultures" is a terrific debut. It is, as was intended, a thoroughly uncompromising beast: standout songs "Burn Alive" and the title track being driven by venomous riffs, the former in particular echoing the sort of thrilling assault administered by the likes of SLAYER and SEPULTURA in their pomp. Yet Tuck's melodic gifts are in ready supply too on hulking tunes like "ExoChrist" and the epic "Collide".

"Doing what I do in BULLET, I know what people want in every sense from a band like this," he says. "Whether they are fans of hardcore metal or of classic melodic metal. We've tried to encompass all of that into one brutal, nasty machine."

There is as well a sense of weight and substance to AXEWOUND. Tracks like "Victim Of The System", "Blood Money And Lies" and "Church Of Nothing" reflect on the state of things right now.

"Liam's a very switched on guy," considers Tuck. "He knows what's going on in the world. Some of the things he's written about here, you're not hearing from any other metal band these days."

Says Cormier: "I love that there's a political side to what we're doing. It's not specific but it is saying that the world is fucked. That attitude completely fits with the music."

Interest in AXEWOUND has been rabid enough for them to be featured on the cover of Kerrang! magazine and will intensify through a spate of live and festival dates this summer. The release of "Vultures" at the end of July will assuredly bring it to fever pitch.

Of course, with Matt Tuck also currently finishing up the writing of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's next record, it remains to be seen if AXEWOUND is to be repeated. But for now — and as the band would have it — it is what it is: a glorious one-off.

"This is what comes out when I'm given free rein," concludes Tuck. "It was the right time to let my hair down… and let Satan compel me."

"Vultures" track listing:

01. Vultures
02. Post Apocalyptic Party
03. Victim Of The System
04. Cold
05. Burn Alive
06. ExorChrist
07. Collide
08. Destroy
09. Blood Money And Lies
10. Church Of Nothing

AXEWOUND made its live debut on May 31 at Tivoli in Utrecht, Holland as the support act for KILLSWITCH ENGAGE.

AXEWOUND is:

Matt Tuck (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) - Guitar, Vocals
Liam Cormier (CANCER BATS) – Vocals
Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) - Guitar
Joe Copcutt (RISE TO REMAIN) - Bass
Jason Bowld (ex-PITCHSHIFTER) - Drums

"ExorChrist" video:

German power metallers GAMMA RAY will release "Skeletons & Majesties Live" on double CD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 30. The set will feature footage of the band's April 29, 2011 performance at the legendary Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland.

"Skeletons & Majesties Live" has a playing time of two hours and is a tour de force through the band's history so far, including lots of hits and classics, but also tracks which were undeservedly under-represented to date.

"The EP, 'Skeletons & Majesties', is practically a continuation of our 'Skeletons In The Closet' concept, in other words: new versions of songs which didn't receive the attention they deserve, as well as unplugged versions of some of our classics," says Kai Hansen, the band's vocalist, guitarist and founder. In terms of "Skeletons & Majesties Live", this means a thoroughly haunting show, from the dynamic openers "Anywhere In The Galaxy" and "Men, Martians And Machines" to the furioso finale, "Future World".

Speaking of "Future World", to accompany the Hansen-penned HELLOWEEN classic on stage, GAMMA RAY enlisted the services of HELLOWEEN's long-standing frontman Michael Kiske. In addition, Kiske can be heard and seen on "Time To Break Free" and "A While In Dreamland".

The double CD will consist of a total of 18 songs (plus intro and interlude); DVD and Blu-ray will feature six additional bonus tracks with alternative versions of "The Spirit", "Wings Of Destiny", "Farewell", "Gamma Ray", "Time To Break Free" and "Insurrection", all recorded the previous day at the Zeche in Bochum.

The release of "Skeletons & Majesties Live" will mark the beginning of an eventful 2013 for GAMMA RAY: after Hansen stayed true to his word and spent 2012 concentrating mainly on his second band, UNISONIC, he and his three colleagues Henjo Richter (guitar), Dirk Schlächter (bass) and new addition Michael Ehré (the FIREWIND/LOVE.MIGHT.KILL drummer has replaced Daniel Zimmermann, who left the GAMMA RAY fold on friendly terms) are now focusing exclusively on GAMMA RAY again. A co-headlining tour with HELLOWEEN has been scheduled for February 2013 and will also mark the arrival of a new GAMMA RAY studio recording.

"GAMMY RAY will have top priority in 2013," comments Hansen, "and 'Skeletons & Majesties Live' is the perfect harbinger of this!"

"Skeletons & Majesties Live" track listing:

01. Anywhere In The Galaxy
02. Men, Martians And Machines
03. The Spirit
04. Wings Of Destiny
05. Farewell
06. Gamma Ray
07. Money
08. Time To Break Free (w/ Michael Kiske)
09. Rebellion In Dreamland (acoustic)
10. Send Me A Sign (acoustic)
11. Dethrone Tyranny
12. Watcher In The Sky
13. Hold Your Ground
14. A While In Dreamland (w/ Michael Kiske)
15. Rise
16. Brothers
17. Insurrection
18. Future World (w/ Michael Kiske)

Danish hard rock veterans PRETTY MAIDS have posted the following update concerning their postponed show in St. Petersburg, Russia:

"Pretty Maids are very happy to announce that a new date has been rescheduled. The show will held November 23rd at the Vinyl Story Club."

Pretty Maids complete live itinerary can be found here.
Pretty Maids recently posted Episode #3 in a series of studio video reports on the band's forthcoming new album. Watch all three episodes below, and stay tuned for further album details.

Episode 1:
Episode 2:
Episode 3:
Frontiers Records celebrated Pretty Maids' 30th Anniversary with the release of the band’s first ever live two-CD/DVD package entitled It Comes Alive (Maid In Switzerland).
It Comes Alive (Maid In Switzerland) is available in a lavish two-CD/DVD digipak and includes the following tracks:

CD1:
'Pandemonium'
'I.N.V.U'
'Hell On High Heels'
'Wake Up To The Real World'
'Destination Paradise'
'Another Shot Of Your Love'
'Scream'
'Walk Away'
'It Comes At Night'
'Queen Of Dreams'
'Savage Heart'
'Clay'

CD2:
'Yellow Rain'
'Rock The House'
'Back To Back'
'Rodeo'
'Lovegames'
'Future World'
'Little Drops Of Heaven'
'Please Don’T Leave Me'
'Red Hot And Heavy'
'Lethal Heroes' (bonus track)

DVD Contents:
'Pandemonium'
'I.N.V.U.'
'Hell On High Heels'
'Wake Up To The Real World'
'Destination Paradise'
'Another Shot of your love'
'Scream'
'Walk Away'
'It Comes At Night'
'Queen Of Dreams'
'Savage Heart'
'Yellow Rain'
'Rock The House'
'Back To Back'
'Rodeo'
'Love Games'
'Future World'
'Little Drops Of Heaven'
'Please Don't Leave Me'
'Red Hot & Heavy'

Rockumentary (incl. backstage footage and interviews with the band)

DVD Format: NTSC Region Free / Length 120 mins / Stereo mix 2.0 / Screen 16:9

Earlier this morning, BON JOVI guitarist RICHIE SAMBORA appeared on the ABC television show, Good Morning America. During his appearance, he performed 'Every Road Leads Home To You', a song from his new solo album, Aftermath Of The Lowdown.

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Aftermath Of The Lowdown will feature the following 11 songs:

'Burn That Candle'
'Every Road Leads Home To You'
'Taking A Chance On The Wind'
'Nowadays'
'Weathering The Storm'
'Sugar Daddy'
'I'll Always Walk Beside You'
'Seven Years Gone'
'Learning How To Fly With A Broken Wing'
'You Can Only Get So High'
'World'



In live news, Sambora has the following shows booked:

October
9 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg - SOLD OUT
12 - Munich, Germany - Circue Krone - SOLD OUT
13 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley's - SOLD OUT
16 - London, UK - Shepard's Bush - SOLD OUT
19 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
20 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
23 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater

Spanish melodic death metallers JOTNAR have released two videos from their performance at this year's edition of the Metalcamp 2012 festival, which was held August 5th-11th in Tolmin, Slovenia. Check it out below.

The first video is a two-minute video clip of the band preparing to take the stage and walking onstage with them, while the second one is a Live version of the song ‘In Process’, from the album Giant, released on May 7th via Coroner Records/Murdered Music:



Jotnar will close the Giant Tour with several shows in Spain as well as a Swedish tour, visiting cities like Gothenburg, Stockholm. The band has also been confirmed for this year's Rockbitch Boat, a 3 days festival in a cruise from Stockholm to Riga set to take place October 27th-29th.

After this, the band will keep apart from stages for a few months for health issues of their guitar player Ben Melero, who will undergo surgery for an injury in his left shoulder, which will force him to rest for three months. In this time, they will enter in studio to prepare and record the next album for which they have already 20 songs to make the final selection for the album.

Upcoming tour dates are below:

October
12 - Sala Nasdaq - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
20 - Teatro cine Los Realejos – Tenerife, Spain
27-29 - Rockbitch Boat Festival - Stockholm, Sweden
30 - Harry B James – Stockholm, Sweden
31 - Gimmick - Henriksberg, Göteborg, Sweden

November
2 - Club Jam - Valand, Göteborg, Sweden
10 - Sala Rock & Play – Madrid, Spain

Italy’s ASHENT's new album Inheritance will be released today (September 21st) via Lion Music. They have issued a video for the new track 'Magnification Of A Daydream', which can be viewed below:



Inheritance tracklist:
'Eve'
'Magnification Of A Daydream'
'Shipwrecked Affair'
'Fractural'
'Spider's Nest'
'Renaissance'
'The Starving Litany'
'Confessions Of Riemann'
'La Danzatrice Scalza'
'The Defiant Boundary'
'Labyrinthique'



Ashent recently announced new drummer Ivan Moni Bidin (PATHOSRAY, GARDEN WALL, LAST WARNING). The band recently shot the following video about the new album and line-up.



Line-up/musicians
- Titta Tani: vocals, choirs
- Onofrio Falanga: guitars, backing vocals
- Alessandro Cossu: guitars
- Gianpaolo Falanga: bass
- Gilles Boscolo: keyboards, programming, saxophone
- Davide Buso: drums, percussions

More on Ashent at this location.

LED ZEPPELIN's surviving members took part in a press event earlier today (Friday, September 21) to promote "Celebration Day", the film capturing the band's 2007 reunion show at London's O2 Arena that will premiere in theaters around the world next month. Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones all were on hand to meet with the media, and also attend a screening of the movie.

During the question-and-answer session portion of the event, the musicians were asked repeatedly if they would ever consider playing together again. Without answering the question directly, Jimmy Page merely asked, "Can I just ask you all if you enjoyed the film?" Plant's response to the same question was, "That would be kiss and tell."

"Celebration Day" will see a worldwide theatrical release by Omniverse Vision on 1,500 screens in over 40 territories on October 17. The theatrical screenings will follow premieres in London, Los Angeles, New York, and other major cities. "Celebration Day" will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records. Specific product details will be announced soon.

On December 10, 2007, LED ZEPPELIN took the stage at London's O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band's signature blues-infused rock 'n' roll that instantly became part of the legend of LED ZEPPELIN.

Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalogue including landmark tracks "Whole Lotta Love", "Rock And Roll", "Kashmir" and "Stairway To Heaven".

Although 20 million people applied for tickets, the band's first headline show in 27 years was seen only by the 18,000 ticket holders who were fortunate enough to have secured seats through the worldwide lottery.

Jason Bonham, who has officially drummed with LED ZEPPELIN several times, beginning with the Atlantic Records 40th anniversary concert in 1988, told The Pulse Of Radio at the time that he never assumed that the job of taking over for his father was automatically his. "I had to work at it, really prove that I could do it, and not just say, 'Hey, I'm John Bonham's son, I should be doing it,'" he said. "You've got to earn this, 'cause there's a million drummers out there that would love to cut your throat right now and take over.'"

"Celebration Day" track listing:

01. Good Times, Bad Times
02. Ramble On
03. Black Dog
04. In My Time Of Dying
05. For Your Life (live debut)
06. Trampled Underfoot
07. Nobody's Fault But Mine
08. No Quarter
09. Since I've Been Lovin' You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains the Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll

A new clip of the "Black Dog" performance can be seen below. Also available is the "Celebration Day" trailer.

Legendary Australian hard rockers ROSE TATTOO supported Slash on his Australian tour in late August.

Professionally filmed video footage of ROSE TATTOO's August 25 performance at Sydney Entertainment Centre, plus a video interview, can be seen at MoshCam.com.

ROSE TATTOO frontman Angry Anderson said in a 2010 interview that he always enjoyed sharing the stage with Slash because the VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist is the real deal.

"One thing I love about Slasher is he's the real rock n' roll animal," Angry told Triple M.

ROSE TATTOO's most recent release, "Blood Brothers", is a tribute to former bandmembers Dallas Royall, Peter Wells, Ian Rilen, Lobby Loyde and Mick Cocks, who have all passed away.

ROSE TATTOO supported GUNS N' ROSES on their Australian tour in 1993.

KHAØS, the Swiss/American band featuring Chandler Mogel (OUTLOUD) on vocals, Mark Rossi (TRIBAL) on guitar, N I c Angileri (JORN) on bass and Trevor Franklin (ELIS) on drums, will release its debut EP, "Rising", worldwide on all digital platforms on October 29 via MarkRossi Records.

A one-minute audio snippet of the EP's second track, "Hated", is available in the YouTube clip below.

KHAØS was formed in June 2012 around the idea of making music without any kind of compromises. The band name itself reveals the main musical target: to let creativity, musicality and energy flow, destroying barriers and breaking through obstacles. Music itself is the centerpiece of this work. Four people, four cities, five stories.

KHAØS is a project on a global scale, involving two continents, America and Europe, and going possibly beyond. Their members have never actually played together in the same room. This came together thanks to the internet. It was an idea they wanted to put to the test.

Produced by Rolf Munkes at his Empire Studios in Germany, five songs with an unmistakable rocking vibe have arisen from the creative collaboration between these musicians.

This EP is taster of a bigger common work, a visiting card to awaken the interest of rock aficionados, a unique opportunity for labels to release a genuine product with international format and for the band to spread their music and extend their fan base worldwide.

"Rising" track listing:

01. Distress Signal
02. Hated
03. Reason To Die
04. Mind Violence
05. Perfect Future
06. Reason To Die (radio edit)
07. Perfect Future (radio edit)

"Hated" audio snippet:

"The Sniper", the new album from Brazilian metallers SCELERATA, will be made available in North America on November 6 via Nightmare Records. The CD "presents a stunning vocal performance from Fabio Juan, showing a much more matured band that delivers a heavier more aggressive sound, beautifully mixing power metal and melodic progressive elements ranging from angst-ridden lyrics of corruption to sorrowful love lost," according to a press release.

"The Sniper" was produced, mixed and mastered by Charlie Bauerfeind (HELLOWEEN, BLIND GUARDIAN, RAGE, SAXON, HALFORD, HAMMERFALL, MOTÖRHEAD) with guitarist Renato Osorio. The album also features Andi Deris (HELLOWEEN) and Paul Di'Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN) as very special guests, who not only sing but helped compose and co-write the songs.

SCELERATA's debut album, "Darkness & Light", was released in 2006. It was mixed and mastered by Dennis Ward and featured guest appearances by Renato Borghetti (ACCORDEON), Edu Falaschi (ANGRA) and Thiago Bianchi (SHAMAN). A follow-up effort, "Skeletons Domination", came out in 2008.

"The Sniper" track listing (digital):

01. Rising Sun
02. In My Blood
03. Road To Death
04. Breaking The Chains
05. Unmasking Lies
06. Must Be Dreaming
07. Drowned In Madness
08. Welcome Home
09. 'Til The Day We Die
10. Money Painted Red
11. The Sniper

North American CD exclusive bonus tracks re-recorded with new vocalist Fabio Juan:

12. Spell Of Time (bonus 2012)
13. Eminence (bonus 2012)
14. Leave Me Alone (live bonus 2012)
15. Phoenix Tales (live bonus 2012)

SCELERATA is:

Fabio Juan (Vocals)
Magnus Wichmann (Guitar)
Renato Osorio (Guitar)
Gustavo Strapazon (Bass)
Francis Cassol (Drums)

ANDRÉ MATOS (SYMFONIA, ex-ANGRA) will release a new solo album, The Turn Of The Lights, in Europe on October 19th via earMUSIC, which is currently out in North America and Japan.



Two versions of the album are going to be released. Version 1 contains the regular songs plus a bonus track (a cover of Angra’s 'Wings of Reality'.

The tracklisting:

'Liberty'
'Course Of Life'
'The Turn Of The Lights'
'Gaza'
'Stop!'
'On Your Own'
'Unreplaceable'
'Oversoul'
'White Summit'
'Light-Years'
'Sometimes'
'Wings Of Reality' (Angra Cover)

Version 2 comes with the regular songs plus four bonus tracks (but without 'Wings Of Reality').

The tracklisting:

Disc 1:
'Liberty'
'Course Of Life'
'The Turn Of The Lights'
'Gaza'
'Stop!'
'On Your Own'
'Unreplaceable'
'Oversoul'
'White Summit'
'Light-Years'
'Sometimes'

Disc 2:
'At Least A Chance (VIPER cover)
'I Don’T Believe In Love (QUEENSRŸCHE cover)
'Fake Plastic Trees (RADIOHEAD cover)
(Japanese ENKA cover)

For more details visit Andrematos.net.

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have been confirmed for next year's Download and Wacken Open Air festivals.

Download will be held held June 14-16, 2013 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom; Wacken Open Air will take place August 1-3, 2013 in Wacken, Germany.

Commented the band: "'Wir halten das Tempo' will also be RAMMSTEIN's motto for 2013, with the band headlining a number of big European festivals.

"Over the past two years alone, over 1.3 million people from Mexico, the USA, South Africa, Australia, Canada and Europe have been blown away by the band's spectacular live show. The RAMMSTEIN machine keeps rolling on and on, and 2013 will be no different: it promises to be one hot summer."

Download festival billing is shaping up as follows:

IRON MAIDEN
RAMMSTEIN

Wacken Open Air festival billing is shaping up as follows:

AMORPHIS
ANTHRAX
ARCH ENEMY
DEEP PURPLE
DORO
NIGHTWISH
RAGE
RAMMSTEIN
SABATON
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Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN), Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE), Brian May (QUEEN), Alice Cooper, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) are among the musicians who took part in the 2012 edition of The Sunflower Jam, which took place on Sunday, September 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

Jacky Paice, wife of Ian Paice, set up The Sunflower Jam charity in 2006 to help people treat cancer within the UCLH (University College London Hospitals). Now the charity raises acceptance of an integrated approach in medical treatment. By educating, supporting, informing and developing services around patient-centric care, and by bringing together doctors, health professionals, scientists and patients, alongside an array of musicians who not only perform but support the cause, the organizers aim to create a wider network of support and raise awareness through their event.

The charity works by supporting initiatives set up to bridge the gap between integrated, functional and conventional medicine with a natural approach to wellness for children, young people, adults and their families with a range of acute and chronic emotional, mental and physical conditions.

Better-quality fan-filmed video footage of Dickinson's performance at this past Sunday's concert can be seen below.

Dee Snider, the lead singer of the popular heavy metal band TWISTED SISTER as well as radio personality and actor, performed with the backing musicians in POISON frontman Bret Michaels' solo band on Saturday, September 15 at Lido Beach Town Park in Lido Beach, New York as part of Dee's 10th annual Bikers For Babies ride. Video footage of the performance can be seen below.

The bike ride featured over 2,000 motorcyclists who descended on Nassau County and joined Snider, the national spokesman of March Of Dimes' Bikers For Babies, as he continues his fight against premature birth.

Dee has a personal connection with the mission of the March Of Dimes because two of his four children were born prematurely.

Dee Snider has been a March Of Dimes volunteer, supporting Bikers For Babies, for more than a decade.

Each Bikers For Babies ride to benefit babies is about 70 miles long, with every mile counting to help fight premature birth and give every baby a healthy start in life.

The March Of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, and its premier event, March For Babies, the March Of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

"Spiritual Genocide", the 30th-anniversary album from German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION, is scheduled for release on November 23 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf, Germany with engineer Martin Buchwalter and was mixed by Andy Classen. The album features guest appearances by Thomas "Angelripper" Such (SODOM), Andreas "Gerre" Geremia (TANKARD) and Ol Drake (EVILE). In addition, the "Mad Butcher"/"Release From Agony" lineup of DESTRUCTION — featuring guitarist Harry Wilkens and drummer Oliver Kaiser — reunited for one song.

"Spiritual Genocide" track listing:

01. Exordium
02. Cyanide
03. Spiritual Genocide
04. Renegades
05. City Of Doom
06. No Signs Of Repentance
07. To Dust You Will Decay
08. Legacy Of The Past (feat. Andreas "Gerre" Geremia, Thomas "Angelripper" Such)
09. Carnivore
10. Riot Squad
11. Under Violent Sledge

Limited-Edition Digipack Bonus Tracks:

12. Princess Of The Night
13. Carnivore (feat. Harry Wilkens, Oliver Kaiser)

Commented DESTRUCTION vocalist/bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer: "For this anniversary album we did a really great job. Our new drummer, Vaaver [real name: Wawrzyniec Dramowicz; INDUKTI, ex-UNSUN], opens up new possibilities of course.

"On this album there are no limits.

"So fast, brutal and yet groovy we haven't ever sounded, probably!

"Also the guest musicians are very special this time: with Gerre and Tom Angelripper, our old friends and companions, are with us, the original 'Mad Butcher'/'Release From Agony' lineup is doing one song and with Ol Drake, we got the hottest young thrash guitarist for a few solos on the album!

"Germany's best extreme metal producer Andy Classen will take care for the brutal and raw production!

"The album will destroy even more than [2011's] 'Day Of Reckoning': fast riffs, double bass attacks and brutal groovy songs, I think this time we found the 100% right mix!

"Also the 'Mad Butcher' returns to the cover.

"Cool artworks are very important for us. For the new thrash thunderstorm, our artist Gyula created a real hammer again! The artwork makes clear immediately where to go — FULL THROTTLE — as it has to be."

Inspired by IRON MAIDEN, MERCYFUL FATE, MOTÖRHEAD and VENOM, DESTRUCTION was formed as KNIGHT OF DEMON in 1982. The band's original lineup included vocalist and bassist Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, drummer Tommy Sandmann, and guitarist Mike Sifringer. They soon changed their name to DESTRUCTION and released a demo titled "Bestial Invasion Of Hell" in 1984.

NIGHTWISH's long-awaited "Imaginaerum" film — based on the band's album of the same name — will be released theatrically in Finland on November 23.

The movie will have its premiere on November 10 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, where the audience will be treated to both a full-scale NIGHTWISH concert and the first-ever public screening of the movie.

Eagerly anticipated around the world, "Imaginaerum" creates a musical fantasy world in the vein of David Lynch, Neil Gaiman, and Cirque du Soleil. The movie is an innovative mixture of story-telling and music, an extraordinary tale of the power of imagination… and what's ultimately important in life.

Shot and post-produced in Canada, the movie was directed by Stobe Harju and produced by Solar Films, and features appearances by all NIGHTWISH members. The screenplay is based on a wild vision that Tuomas Holopainen, the mastermind of the band, devised after the album "Dark Passion Play" came out in 2007.

"I though of how we could take our expression that had already became pretty ambitious and grandiose to the next level, and that’s when I knew I wanted to tell a story, and to tell it with love and piety," said Tuomas.

According to Holopainen, finishing the movie has been an eventful and challenging journey that has sometimes demanded superhuman dedication from the production crew.

"I want to already thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. Together we've managed to create something innovative, strange, and timeless," Holopainen said.

The "Imaginaerum" screening at Hartwall Arena will be preceded by a show by the musicians NIGHTWISH themselves in what will be their last concert in Finland this year.

The official soundtrack of the movie, "Imaginaerum By Nightwish: The Score", will be released on the day before the premiere — Friday, November 9. The album features 13 grandiose, unreleased re-interpretations of "Imaginaerum" tracks by Petri Alanko.

"Imaginaerum By Nightwish: The Score" track listing:

01. Find Your Story
02. Orphanage Airlines
03. Undertow
04. Spying In The Doorway
05. A Crackling Sphere
06. Sundown
07. Wonderfields
08. Hey Buddy
09. Deeper Down
10. Dare To Enter
11. I Have To Let You Go
12. Heart Lying Still
13. From G To E Minor

The official "Imaginaerum" film poster can be seen below.

Several photos from the "Imaginaerum" movie shoot can be found at this location.

"Imaginaerum" is one of the projects which received grants from the Finnish government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation. The movie, directed by Stobe Harju, about an old man on his deathbed who glimpses a childhood dream in which he refuses to grow old, and fights aging with his imagination, reportedly got $575,000 toward its $3.7 million budget.

During a September 2011 interview with Petri Silas of Finland's Soundi magazine, NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen explained that all the filming for the "Imaginaerum" movie was done in Canada with mostly Canadian actors/actresses. Post-production took place in Canada and Finland. He aso revealed the names of the actors who have two of the main roles in the film: Marianne Farley and Quinn Lord.

Speaking to Loudwire, Holopainen stated about the plot of the "Imaginaerum" film, "Basically it's about this old guy who used to be a composer and he's really sick; he's lying on his death bed in a hospital and he's going through his life, through his dreams — that's the basic storyline. It's all about praising life and life's beauty, imagination and all the strife and the bad stuff we have to face.

"[The storyline] came from the director; I just had the twelve ideas, the twelve visions. He basically wrote the script and storyline around those originally visions and the only one we had to leave out was the 'Ghost River' part, because we didn't have the finance to realize that vision."

Asked if the band appears in the film at all, Tuomas said, "A little bit, we are seen in two different scenes as a band, playing in the background. That's something that I really emphasized to the director, 'Please don't put the band into the movie,' because we want to do a believable story and we have no idea how to act. We are not actors so if your give us some lines and we tried to act, it would look goofy. He insisted to put us into the movie because it's our brainchild, so we're just playing in there as a band; it's a good compromise."

"Imaginaerum" film cast:

* Francis X. McCarthy
* Quinn Lord
* Marianne Farley
* Joanna Noyes
* Ilkka Villi
* Keyanna Fielding
* Ron Lea
* Victoria Jung
* Hélène Robitaille
* Stefan Demers
* Anette Olzon
* Marco Hietala
* Tuomas Holopainen
* Emppu Vuorinen
* Jukka Nevalainen

The "Imaginaerum" album was released in the U.S. on January 10 via Roadrunner Records.

The official video for the song "Goliath" from Swedish blues rockers GRAVEYARD can be seen below. The clip was filmed with director Artur Wolgers in a lo-fi way, just like GRAVEYARD's stunning video for "Hisingen Blues", the title track of the band's previous album. The track comes off the band's third album, "Lights Out", which will be released on October 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. The "Goliath" single will precede the full-length CD on September 21 as a digital download and on seven-inch vinyl. The single will include a special non-album track, "Leaving You". The "Goliath" seven-inch vinyl will be issued in four different colors, featuring four different cover artworks.

"Lights Out" track listing:

01. An Industry Of Murder
02. Slow Motion Countdown
03. Seven Seven
04. The Suits, The Law & The Uniform
05. Endless Night
06. Hard Time Lovin'
07. Goliath
08. Fool In The End
09. 20/20 (Tunnel Vision)

Regarding the "Lights Out" cover artwork, GRAVEYARD states, "The cover is something completely different than the last cover. It has a lot to do with the title, 'Lights Out'. Our goal was that both the title and the cover would sum up the feeling of the album. And just to make things clear, 'Lights Out' is not a reference to either UFO or ENTOMBED. Even though both are excellent bands."

Comments the band: "The ['Goliath'] lyrics deal with the feeling that everyday life is a constant David vs. Goliath scene. You all know the story and the scene. You look around, get pissed off and want to 'stick it to the man.' Musically, it has many influences. And, as usual, we've tried to get it both heavy and swinging at the same time."

GRAVEYARD was honored with the "Best Hard Rock/Metal" award at the Swedish "Grammis" gala, which was held on February 14 at Kungliga Operan in Stockholm.

GRAVEYARD's second full-length album, "Hisingen Blues", sold 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 48 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Hisingen Blues" entered the official chart in Sweden at position No. 1.

NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon has just seen the Imaginaerum movie and has issued the following comment:

"I have seen the Imaginaerum movie for the very first time, people. And I can just say that I really liked it! I cried in the end (yeah, sensitive as I am) and it was just amazing to see it all finally finished."

The soundtrack for Imaginaerum, will be released on November 9th. Imaginaerum By Nightwish: The Score features 13 grandiose, unreleased re-interpretations of Imaginaerum tracks by Petri Alanko.
The tracklisting:

'Find Your Story'
'Orphanage Airlines'
'Undertow'
'Spying In The Doorway'
'A Crackling Sphere'
'Sundown'
'Wonderfields'
'Hey Buddy'
'Deeper Down'
'Dare To Enter'
'I Have To Let You Go'
'Heart Lying Still'
'From G To E Minor'

Audio samples can be heard below:
Imaginaerum By Nightwish: The Score is currently available for pre-order via the official Nightwish shop, found here. It will be available via Amazon.com soon.

Imaginaerum will see general release in theatres in Finland on November 23rd. New still photos from the film can be viewed at this location. Check out two below:

Nightwish are currently on their Imaginaerum North American Tour 2012. Remaining dates on the tour, featuring KAMELOT as support, are as follows:

September
19 - CEPSUM University of Montreal - Montreal QC
20 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
21 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
23 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
24 - Congress Theater - Chicago, IL
25 - Pop's - Sauget, IL
27 - Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
28 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
29 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT

October
1 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
2 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
3 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
5 - The Grove - Anaheim, CA
6 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
7 - The Marquee - Tempe, AZ
9 - Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK
10 - Emo's - Austin, TX
11 - House Of Blues - New Orleans, LA
13 - Revolution - Ft Lauderdale, FL
14 - House of Blues Lake Buena Vista - Lake Buena Vista, FL

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has uploaded behind-the-scenes and performance footage from the band's September 19 concert in Mexico City, Mexico. The 11-minute clip also features footage that was filmed during Ellefson's September 18 Hartke-sponsored bass clinic in Mexico City.

The 20th-anniversary edition of MEGADETH's 1992 double platinum-certified "Countdown To Extinction" album will be released on November 6 via Capitol/EMI.

After wrapping up their "TH1RT3EN World Tour" this fall, MEGADETH will perform the acclaimed album in its entirety on their "Countdown To Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour" this November and December.

Presented in a 2CD lift-top box and digitally, "Countdown To Extinction"'s new commemorative edition pairs the remastered original album with a 1992 concert, recorded live at San Francisco's Cow Palace, which has never before been released in its entirety. The concert audio has been newly remixed for this release. The physical and digital versions both include a booklet with a new liner notes essay by music journalist Kory Grow, and the 2CD box also contains a 24" x 36" poster and four collectible postcards.

"Honor Found In Decay", the tenth studio album from NEUROSIS, will be released in North America on October 30 through the band's own Neurot Recordings.

"Honor Found In Decay" track listing:

01. We All Rage In Gold
02. At The Well
03. My Heart For Deliverance
04. Bleeding The Pigs
05. Casting Of The Ages
06. All Is Found... In Time
07. Raise The Dawn

The track "At The Well" can now be streamed at NPR.org.

NEUROSIS forged the songs on "Honor Found In Decay" with the revered Steve Albini, marking their fifth collaboration with the engineer in their longstanding relationship. Their monolithic sound captured at Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, the seven tracks were then mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering in Ventura, California.

Aesthetics have always been paramount for NEUROSIS and with "Honor Found In Decay", Steve Von Till, Scott Kelly, Noah Landis, Jason Roeder and Dave Edwardson's musical vision is brilliantly evoked by NEUROSIS's visual guru Josh Graham.

In a recent interview with The Quietus, Von Till revealed that with "Honor Found In Decay", NEUROSIS has "Found new ways to be heavy," saying, "The emotions that our music needs to put forth are always going to be heavy, whether it be mellow, subdued or tranquil, in volume or in atmosphere; it's always got to be emotionally heavy."

He added, "I think that's what we gained on this record, we gained an increased sense of flow; new ways to contrast dissonance and melody, harmony and disharmony. I always see our evolution as spiralling inward towards a core; we're constantly getting purer and purer; to the essence of what our music is supposed to be."

Asked about the five-year gap between NEUROSIS's new album and its predecessor, Von Till said, "Maybe we deal with more of a glacial concept of time. For us it doesn't seem like that long. I mean, we've been together for 27 years now and [the album] just happened when it was right for it to happen; the whole 'Given To The Rising' time period doesn't feel that long ago to me."

He continued, "We don't have any kind of schedule hovering over us and it was a couple of years ago when we were finally like, 'Okay, it's time to start getting it together,' and that some of our seeds were starting to grow."

NEUROSIS has been invited to perform at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas at Camber Sands Holiday Camp, England on November 30 through December 2, which Steve Albini's band SHELLAC has been asked to curate.

NEUROSIS is:

Scott Kelly - Vocals/Guitars
Steve Von Till - Vocals/Guitars
Dave Edwardson - Bass
Jason Roeder - Drums
Noah Landis - Keyboards
Josh Graham - Visual Effects, Art

Sweden's TIAMAT will release its tenth studio album, "The Scarred People", via Napalm Records on the following dates:

October 31 - Spain, Finland, Sweden, Greece
November 02 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
November 05 - Rest of Europe
November 06 - USA/Canada

The CD was recorded at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Siggi Bemm.

"The Scarred People" cover artwork, which was created by TIAMAT mainman Johan Edlund, can be seen below. Also available is video footage of Edlund working on the design.

"The Scarred People" track listing:

01. The Scarred People
02. Winter Dawn
03. 384 - Kteis
04. Radiant Star
05. The Sun Also Rises
06. Before Another Wilbury Dies
07. Love Terrorists
08. Messinian Letter
09. Thunder & Lightning
10. Tiznit
11. Born To Die (digipack bonus track)
12. The Red Of The Morning Sun
13. Paradise (digipack bonus track)
14. Divided (live) (digipack bonus track)
15. Cain (live) (digipack bonus track)

A picture of the "The Scarred People" limited-edition box set (which includes a TIAMAT pendant) can be seen below.

The original lineup of the German metal band DARK AT DAWN has reformed. On October 1, the group will release a new EP in digital form, as well as a very limited amount of physical copies, to be sold at their upcoming shows.

In 2013, DARK AT DAWN will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a new full-length album and a number of festival appearances.

DARK AT DAWN disbanded in 2007 after 14 years and five albums. It was too difficult for the members to handle the band as well as their day jobs. After several setbacks, including lineup changes and business problems, they lost the motivation to continue as band.

In the beginning of the 21th century, the Harz-Mountain-based band was called one of the most promising newcomer of the German scene. Shows at Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze and the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig raised their profile and their debut record, "Baneful Skies", won praise from the print media. They managed to mix up traditional and modern metal sounds with a unique touch melancholy.

Now, five years after their disbanding, the five musicians decided that the time has come to get back together with new energy and dozens of new ideas.

Canadian metal legends ANVIL have finished writing nine new songs for the follow-up to "Juggernaut Of Justice". ANVIL vocalist/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow states, "Song #9 [is] uncharted territory for us… Interesting new, but still within who we are. Song #8 is still fresh and it's great to be getting better at playing the song. There are small, but super-important, details that come out of playing new songs over and over. This song has progressively gotten better every day and I'm having a killer time with it all... Looking forward to tomorrow to play the new songs again!!"

On September 24, Steamhammer/SPV will re-release three albums from ANVIL, all featuring new booklets containing new liner notes from Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner plus new photos.

"Back To Basics" (2004) and "Still Going Strong" (2002) will be available again as a high-class "2 in 1" double digipak CD, while 2007's "This Is Thirteen" opus will be re-released as a digipak CD, as well as a double gatefold LP, both with an exclusive bonus track.

< "Juggernaut Of Justice" was released in Europe on June 20, 2011 (three days earlier in Germany) via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort was made available as a limited-edition digipak (including two bonus tracks), double gatefold LP in blue vinyl, standard version and a digital download.

In an interview with MusicFrenzy.net, Lips stated about the departure of the band's longtime bassist Glenn Gyorffy (a.k.a. Glenn Five or G5) and the addition of Sal Italiano, "It's so much more a relaxed, comfortable feeling on the stage. Sal steps back for me to do the front thing rather than trying to compete with it, or be a distraction to it. It's comfortable — it makes it very comfortable when everybody realizes what it all is and there's no bad vibes, which is… I mean, vibes between the members is everything and the ill feelings that we had around us are gone."

Italiano is a member of the Long Island, New York IRON MAIDEN tribute band LIVE AFTER DEATH and original progressive metal act THE NIGHTMARE STAGE, as well as a former member of the acclaimed '80s heavy metal group CITIES.

Glenn Five joined ANVIL in 1996 and has appeared on seven of the band's albums, including "This Is Thirteen" and the group's latest release, "Juggernaut Of Justice", on which he wrote and sang the song "This Ride".

Norwegian kings of symphonic black metal DIMMU BORGIR will be featured on German TV as part of the German comedy science show "Es Geht Um Mein Leben".

DIMMU BORGIR was interviewed for the first episode in which the production team visited the infamous Wacken Open Air.

The episode will be broadcast on September 22 at 8.15 p.m. CET on EinsPlus.

DIMMU BORGIR was joined by an orchestra and a choir for an appearance at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 2-4, 2012 in Wacken, Germany. Professionally filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of the German TV channel ZDF Kultur). The 20-minute clip also includes an interview with the band's guitarist, Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud).

DIMMU BORGIR's current touring lineup includes Geir Bratland (APOPTYGMA BERZERK, THE KOVENANT) on keyboards and Terje Andersen (a.k.a. Cyrus; SUSPERIA) on bass.

DIMMU BORGIR performed one very exclusive show on May 28, 2011 at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway with a special, never-to-be-repeated setlist with 53 members of KORK (the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) and 30 members of the Schola Cantorum choir, who were musical guests on the band's ninth studio album, "Abrahadabra".

The concert, dubbed "Forces Of The Northern Night", was professionally filmed and was broadcast as part of a one-hour documentary in June 2011 on NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company and the largest media organization in Norway.

"Abrahadabra", the ninth album from DIMMU BORGIR, was released in Germany on September 24, 2010, in the rest of Europe on September 27, 2010, and it was made available in North America on October 12, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.