ARMA GATHAS, the metal band featuring former CATARACT guitarist Simon Fülleman, ex-BORN FROM PAIN singer Ché Snelting, MACHINEMADE GOD and ex-CORNELIUS guitarist Marc Niedersberg, ex-DISLOYAL drummer and drum student Max van Winkelhof and Alex Härtel on bass, will release its debut album, "Dead To This World", on April 27 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded in November 2009 at the Barracs studios with producer Sky Hoff, who has previously worked with CALIBAN. The mastering was handled by Alan Douches at the West West Side Studio in New York.

"Dead To This World" contains 13 songs, ranging from bludgeoning aggression and frustration in its purest form to atmospheric interludes and music pieces.

"Dead To This World" track listing:

01. Antagonist
02. The Rise And Fall
03. Losing Hope
04. The Lies Of Man
05. The Damage Done
06. Liberate Me
07. Depopulation
08. New Savior
09. Generation Doom
10. Protagonist
11. God's Wrath
12. Constant Hunt For Blood
13. Our Last Goodbye - Our Final Breath

Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER have revealed the cover art for their new album, "Diamonds", due to be released in Europe by Earache Records on May 24 and the rest of the world by Heavy Artillery Records on May 25.

Commented ENFORCER singer Olof Wikstrand: "'Diamonds' in some way refers to that we're seeing things in a little bigger perspective, or at least we think we do, haha. To me the word sounds majestic in some strange way, and that's what I like about it, too.

"It was a bit dared, but also very natural for us to put ourselves on the cover. That was actually the first thing we agreed on concerning the artwork. The idea with us holding the diamond just came to us when we put one and two together."

Austrian female-fronted symphonic metal band EDENBRIDGE will release its seventh album, "Solitaire", on the following dates:

June 30: Spain
July 2: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Sweden
July 5: Rest of Europe
July 13: USA/Canada

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Entree Unique
02. Solitaire
03. Higher
04. Skyline's End
05. Bon Voyage Vagabond
06. Come Undone
07. Out Of This World
08. Further Afield
09. A Virtual Dream?
10. Brothers On Diamir
11. Exit Unique

The limited-edition version of the album will include two additional songs: "Eternity" and "Inward Passage".

The cover artwork by Anthony Clarkson can be viewed below.

German death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN will release their new album, "Invictus", via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Friday, May 21
Spain, Italy : Tuesday, May 25
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, May 26
Rest Of Europe: Monday, May 24
North America: Tuesday, June 8

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following update:

"Infernus [guitar] has just returned from rehearsals in Tomas Asklund's [drums] Monolith Studio outside of Stockholm, and the work on the follow-up album to 'Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt' is progressing as planned.

"Half the new album (which is still untitled) has been recorded in pre-production form, and work on the album will continue through the year in between touring and festival appearances, with a tentative 2011 release date.

"The upcoming European tour is GORGOROTH's first European tour since 2005 and the first tour to feature Pest (vocals) since 1997, and the band is looking forward to getting back on the road again after this long absence.

"Infernus has also made the decision to exclusively use EVH amps from now on, and is pleased to announce that an endorsement deal has been made."

Swedish metallers SOILWORK have finished recording their new album, "The Panic Broadcast", and are currently mixing the effort at Fascination Street studio in Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren (OPETH, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH).

Commented vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid: "There are no limitations to the joy we feel about this album.

"We started mixing the first song today, 'The Thrill', [and] it sounds absolutely majestic!!! Jens Bogren, the mixing engineer, also has a big smile on his face and is doing a fantastic job!

"We will start to mix the second song tomorrow. [I] can't wait."

Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update:

"We have decided to re-sign with Osmose Productions once again. It was actually very easy decision to make: We are celebrating 20 years of IMPALED NAZARENE on November 2010. All our full-length albums have come out on Osmose and basically we felt no other label should have our anniversary album.

"We will enter Hellhole Studio (Helsinki) in late summer to record our 11th full-length album. Album title [to be announced].

"We have been busy working on new songs, we have four ready.

"We have two shows left (April 10th in Helsinki, Finland and May 1st in Switzerland) and after them we stop playing shows till new album is out. We will fully concentrate on making our strongest album to date.

"Not only we will have new album out on November 2010.

"We will play our 20th anniversary show in Kuopio, the most metal city in Finland. This show will be on 20th of November at Henry's Pub club. We will FINALLY record live DVD there.

"We chose Kuopio and Henry's Pub simply because Kuopio has the best audience in Finland and Henry's Pub is the best club in Finland. Yes it is small but perfect for live DVD recording. Ticket price (and how and when to obtain them) and more info will be announced later."

In anticipation of their forthcoming album, APOCALYPTICA performed a new song entitled 'Beautiful' in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on March 28th. Fan-filmed footage is available below.

As previously reported, Apocalyptica's new album will be entitled 7th Symphony. It will follow up their chart-topping release Worlds Collide. 7th Symphony will be Apocalyptica's seventh studio album. The band recently announced tour dates in their native Finland with more international dates to be revealed soon. The band's complete live itinerary can be found here.

On 7th Symphony, Apocalyptica fans can look forward to more of Howard Benson’s (MOTÖRHEAD, PAPA ROACH, SEPULTURA) production as well as strong artistic direction from Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, COHEED & CAMBRIA). Dave Lombardo of SLAYER, along with several other surprise guest musicians also took part in the project.

Finland's INDICA have revealed the following tracklisting for their new album, A Way Away, which will be released in Europe on June 25th:

01. Islands Of Light
02. Precious Dark
03. Children Of Frost
04. Lilja’s Lament
05. In Passing
06. Scissor, Paper, Rock
07. A Way Away
08. As If
09. Straight & Arrow
10. Eerie Eden

Audio samples of all 11 tracks (including the intro) that appear on "Generation Wild", the forthcoming third album from the Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET, can be heard using the widget below. Due in Sweden on April 14 through Gain/Sony Music (Frontiers Records in the rest of Europe), the CDwas helmed by RamPac, the production and songwriting team formed by Johan Ramström and Patrik Magnusson, in Gröndal, Sweden and was mixed by Tobias Lindell.

"Generation Wild" track listing:

01. 442 (intro)
02. Armageddon
03. So Alive
04. Generation Wild
05. Rebel
06. Save Her
07. Down With The Dust
08. Native Nature
09. Chemical
10. Bound To Fall
11. Beautiful Pain

Commented the band: "We are extremely satisfied with this album. After writing over 50 songs, we have chosen the 10 absolute finest for the album. Now we're ready to tour the world!"

HARMAJA, the Finnish acoustic project featuring vocalist Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (CHARON, NORTHERN KINGS, ex-POISONBLACK), will release its new album, "Lento", on April 21 through Wiima Music.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Alkusoitto
02. Viipyvä virta
03. Hauras
04. Pelkkä ihminen
05. Kuuletko
06. Liian pimeä
07. Murheenlaulaja
08. Palasia
09. Veli
10. Ei viha
11. Kuinka me voimme
12. Loppusoitto

Two songs from the CD — "Viipyvä virta" and "Kuuletko" — are available for sreaming on the band's MySpace page.

Legendary Finnish thrashers ALTARS OF DESTRUCTION have inked a deal with Violent Journey Records. The band's new album, "Gallery Of Pain", will be released on April 28.

The "Gallery Of Pain" artwork (see below) was created by Juha Vuorma, who also designed covers for the first three KALMAH albums and for USURPER and METUJA, among others.

"Gallery Of Pain" track listing:

01. Altars Of Destruction
02. Aggression
03. Children Of Misfortune
04. Guilty Or Not
05. Cross The Line (Of No Return)
06. Heroes Of The New World
07. Suicide…Are You Fucking Insane?
08. Gallery Of Pain
09. Day Of Judgement

Check out audio samples on the band's MySpace page.

ALTARS OF DESTRUCTION is:

Mika Luoma: Vocals
Kimmo Osmo: Guitars
Pasi Osmo: Bass
Jussi Samppala (TYRANT DISCIPLE): Drums

Formed in 1986 by the brothers Kimmo and Pasi Osmo, along with Jukka Sandberg, ALTARS OF DESTRUCTION went through several lineup changes before releasing an EP, "Painful Awakening", in 1989. Due to personal issues, the band split up a short time later. In 2005, ALTARS OF DESTRUCTION regrouped and started writing new songs and reworking old material. Their intention was to "make a couple of new songs and pick out our favourites from the past and make a record that cuts through two decades of metal the way we lived and loved it." Jussi Samppala from TYRANT DISCIPLE also stepped in as the band's new drummer.

Faroese melodic death/metalcore band SYNARCHY is putting the finishing touches on its debut album, "Scars of Gratitude", due in early April through Tutl Records.

SYNARCHY features in its ranks members of Heri Joensen's (TÝR) progressive metal side-project HELJAREYGA, whose debut album was released on February 12.

The CD artwork was designed by Fernando Ruiz Garcia, who has previously worked with the Finnish power metal band EXCALION and spanish doom masters WARCHETYPE.

"Scars of Gratitude" features 12 songs with a running time of just over 57 minutes:

01. Mirror Miles (5:01)
02. Turning Memory (4:03)
03. Beyond My Wreckage (4:50)
04. Fair and Rights (4:15)
05. Keep Me Safe (4:55)
06. Collecting Sense (4:12)
07. Descending (4:11)
08. Scars of Gratitude (4:43)
09. The Perfect Enemy (5:26)
10. Breaking a Dream (5:29)
11. Confinement (4:48)
12. Place of Liberation (5:35)

WE ARE THE FALLEN, the group formed by EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar) and other former members — John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) — along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY CLARKSON, STATIC-X, METHODS OF MAYHEM,TOMMY LEE) — will release its debut album, "Tear The World Down", on May 11 via Universal Republic Records.

The track listing for the CD is as follows (as per AOL's Noisecreep):

01. Bury Me Alive
02. Burn
03. Paradigm
04. Don't Leave Me Behind
05. Sleep Well, My Angel
06. Through Hell
07. I Will Stay
08. Without You
09. St. John
10. I Am Only One
11. Tear The World Down

New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL will release their new album, "Based On A True Story", on April 20 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). The follow-up to 2006's "Death To Tyrants" was recorded Antfarm Studios in Århus, Denmark with Danish producer Tue Madsen (HALFORD, BEHEMOTH, KATAKLYSM, THE HAUNTED). The cover artwork was created by Ernie Parada and can be viewed below.

"Based on a True Story" track listing:

01. Death Or Jail (2:51)
02. The Divide (2:50)
03. Dominated (2:09)
04. A Month Of Sundays (2:34)
05. Braveheart (0:45)
06. Bent Outta Shape (1:53)
07. Lowest Common Denominator (2:18)
08. Good Cop (2:29)
09. Lifeline (2:33)
10. Watch It Burn (2:34)
11. Waiting For The Day (2:25)
12. Long As She's Standing (2:34)
13. Nobody Rules (2:29)
14. Dirty Money (2:57)

The "Lowest Common Denominator" song is now available for streaming below.