Earache Records has announced the reissue of CATHEDRAL's megalithic doom opus "Forest Of Equilibrium", which was originally released in 1991 and is still recognized as a landmark of the doom scene. Packaged in a deluxe digipak with amazing artwork and a double-sided poster featuring Dave Patchett's cover artwork in all its glory plus four bonus songs from the long-deleted "Soul Sacrifice" EP, the set contains a brand new 40-minute documentary entitled "Return to the Forest". The footage, which was filmed earlier this year, features an in-depth discussion about the formation of the band and the recording of the classic debut album with key early bandmembers, including longstanding core duo Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, plus an interview with famed cover artist Dave Patchett. All this is packaged in a deluxe multi panel digipack with amazing artwork and a reversable poster.

Track listing

01. Picture of Beauty & Innocence (11:15)
02. Ebony Tears (7:46)
03. Serpent Eve (7:40)
04. Soul Sacrifice (2:54)
05. A Funeral Request (9:16)
06. Equilibrium (6:08)
07. Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain (9:07)
08. Soul Sacrifice *
09. Golden Blood (Flooding) *
10. Autumn Twilight *
11. Frozen Rapture *

* Tracks taken from the "Soul Sacrifice" EP

DVD Side:

"Return to the Forest" 40-minute documentary

Chapters:

01. Lee & Napalm
02. Getting Together
03. Inspirations
04. Choosing a Name
05. The Artwork
06. Early Shows
07. Speed
08. The Start of Something
09. Getting Signed
10. Ebony Tears Music Video

"My Enemy", a new song from French death metallers HACRIDE, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's highly anticipated follow-up to 2007's "Amoeba", entitled "Lazarus", due later this month via Listenable Records. The CD was recorded at Loko Studio in Normandie, France with producers Franck Hueso and Marc Casanova.

"Lazarus" track listing:

01. To Walk Among Them
02. Act Of God
03. Lazarus
04. Phenomenon
05. A World Of Lies
06. Awakening
07. My Enemy

"Crooks At Your Door", the new video from Berlin, Germany's WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, can be viewed here. The clip was shot in February in the band's hometown with director and longtime friend Florian Freund. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "In Shoals", which will be released on April 28 (one day earlier internationally) via Lifeforce Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Transmetropolitan" was recorded in November/December 2008 at Dailyhero Recordings in Berlin.

"In Shoals" track listing:

01. They Come In Shoals
02. No High Five For A C.oward
03. Briefing Security Werewolves On Red Alert
04. Crooks At Your Door
05. Justice From The Lips Of The Highest Bidder
06. Copyriot
07. A Certain Nothing
08. Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And Obstruct Errorism
09. What Happens In The District... (Paper Agents)
10. ...Stays In The District (I’m The Black Sheep Of Her Country)
11. Scully

SYMPHORCE/DOWNSPIRIT guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont has uploaded a new instrumental song called "Rockumental" to his MySpace profile. This is Dupont's third attempt at creating his own instrumental music. He says, "I've been jamming that certain riff lately and it turned out to be a great part of a new instrumental song I just put together."

SYMPHORCE, which also features in its ranks singer Andy B. Franck (BRAINSTORM), is currently writing material for a new studio album, tentatively due before the end of the year.

The group's last CD, "Become Death", was released in February 2007 (via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at the House Of Music Studios in Winterbach (near Stuttgart), Germany with producer Dennis Ward (PINK CREAM 69). Mastering duties were handled by Achim Köhler (BRAINSTORM).

ROB ROCK's (IMPELLITTERI, DRIVER, JOSHUA) September 27, 2008 performance at the ProgPower USA IX festival at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia was recorded/filmed for a live CD/DVD release, "The Voice Of Melodic Metal - Live In Atlanta", due on May 22 via AFM Records. Rob's first official DVD release since the "voice of melodic metal" began his 20-year singing career, it includes bonus interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and selections from current and past bands, tours, rehearsals and concert footage that has been previously unreleased. This is also Rob's first-ever live CD and features song performances from his four acclaimed solo albums and other selections from his past studio recordings.

The track listing is as follows:

01. Garden Of Chaos
02. First Winds Of The End Of Time
03. Rock The Earth
04. In The Night
05. Slayer Of Souls
06. Judgment Day
07. Only A Matter Of Time
08. This Time Is The Last Time
09. Savior's Call
10. Metal Breed
11. I'm A Warrior

Check out the cover artwork here.

Rob's band for the ProgPower concert consisted of the following musicians:

Tracy Shell - Drums
CJ Grimmark (NARNIA) - Guitar
Andreas Olsson Passmark (DIVINEFIRE, NARNIA) - Bass
Peter Halgren - Guitar
Rob Rock - Vocals

ROB ROCK's latest solo album, "Garden of Chaos", was released in September 2007 through AFM Records. The CD was produced by ROB ROCK guitarist Carl-Johan Grimmark and co-produced by Roy Z (JUDAS PRIEST, BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD) and Rob Rock. Rob wrote seven of the 11 tracks with longtime partner Roy Z, and the other tracks were co-written by Rob with Gus G. (FIREWIND), Carl-Johan Grimmark, Bob Rossi, and Liza Rock. The album was mixed and mastered at Hansen Studios in Denmark by Jacob Hansen.

Faroese Viking metallers TÝR will release their new album, "By the Light of the Northern Star", on May 29 in Europe via Napalm Records. A stream of the song "Hold the Heathen Hammer High", along with the CD artwork, is available here.

"By the Light of the Northern Star" was recorded in early 2009 on the band's native soil. Jacob Hansen mixed the new material and finishing touches were provided by the mastering experts at Finnvox.
On "By the Light of the Northern Star" the Faroese band delivers catchy yet technically brilliant tracks, and once again demonstrates how to impressively unite the contemporary present with the mythological past. Traditional homeland melodies, Viking choruses, and classic heavy metal songs, such as "Hold the Heathen Hammer High" or even the title track, offer fans new and powerful hymns. Responsible for the brilliance of this "Northern Star" is once again frontman and mastermind Heri Joensen, who provides an undisputed goosebump factor with his clean and majestic vocals.

"By the Light of the Northern Star" will be available as regular jewel case and a limited-edition deluxe digipack including two bonus tracks.

TÝR is:

Heri Joensen - Vocals, Guitar
Terji Skibenæs - Guitar
Gunnar H. Thomsen - Bass
Kári Streymoy - Drums

Chicago/Peoria, Illinois quartet MINSK has posted a new song, "Three Moons", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's forthcoming album, "With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone", which is scheduled for release on May 26 in North America and June 1 internationally via Relapse Records. The follow-up to "The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment" was recorded at Volume Studios in Chicago with the band's Sanford Parker in the producer's chair.

MINSK is confirmed to take part in the sold-out Roadburn festival, to be held April 23 in Tilburg, Netherlands, as well as the Polish Asymmetry festival on April 26. The band is currently routing a European tour around these dates, with details to be announced soon.

MINSK recently released a split seven-inch of ROKY ERICKSON covers with labelmates UNEARTHLY TRANCE via Parasitic Records. The black vinyl release, which is limited to 500 copies, features MINSK covering "Stand For The Fire Demon" and UNEARTHLY TRANCE doing a version of "Night Of The Vampire".

German progressive metallers DREAMSCAPE have announced the addition of singer Erik "E.Z." Blomkvist to the group's ranks. The band says, "You might know Erik from his former band PLATITUDE, with which he was touring e.g. with bands like THRESHOLD and, amongst others, played the Sweden Rock and ProgPower Europe festivals. Erik is a great guy and awesome singer and all of us are very happy to have him aboard!!!"

DREAMSCAPE has finished recording the instrumental parts for its new album, "Everlight", due later in the year via Silverwolf Productions. The vocal recordings are tentatively scheduled to take place in May.

The band's last CD, "5th Season", was released in August 2007. It was the follow-up to "Revoiced" — a "best-of" album containing re-recorded material from the group's first two CDs, "Trans-Like State" (1997) and "Very" (1999).

Norwegian melodic black metal band OLD MAN'S CHILD, which is led by guitarist/vocalist Galder (also in DIMMU BORGIR), will release its new album, "Slaves Of The World", on May 19 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD was recorded last fall at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES, etc.), who had previously worked with the band on the "In Defiance Of Existence" (2003) and "Vermin" (2005) albums. The nine-song effort features Peter Wildoer (DARKANE, PESTILENCE) on drums.

"Slaves Of The World" track listing:

01. Slaves Of The World
02. Saviours Of Doom
03. The Crimson Meadows
04. Unholy Foreign Crusade
05. Path Of Destruction
06. The Spawn Of Lost Creation
07. On The Devil's Throne
08. Ferden Mot Fienden's Land
09. Servants Of Satan's Monastery

The song "Slaves Of The World" is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page.

Commented Peter: "After having being asked to be part of the new OMC album, I obviously went back and listened to the previous releases of the band, so I now am able to say that in my opinion, these new nine songs are the best material I have heard of the band so far. There is a lot of more variety going on and the album will sound bigger than any other OMC record before. As far as my performance goes, this is probably the best drumming I have ever recorded so far. I am extremely happy and proud of the session and there's a lot more double bass and blast beats on here than you have normally heard me doing, so look out for this great record!"

OLD MAN'S CHILD's last album, "Vermin", was released in October 2005 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "In Defiance of Existence" was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and features a guest appearance by TESTAMENT/DRAGONLORD guitarist Eric Peterson. Artwork was handled by Set<'H>.

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist), bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA), guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR), and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has issued the following update:

"DOWN's been offered a great amount of festivals all over Europe this summer, so here we come. We also have a couple of dates on our own with the mighty ST. VITUS!

"We're in the final stages of the documentary and it should be out soon.

"After the European festivals, we're planning one more run of select markets in The States from August to September. Then we are headed back to the studio for October through December to record what will eventually become [the fourth DOWN album]."

"Crooked Timber", the new video from Irish rockers THERAPY?, can be viewed below. Global Music has released THERAPY?'s new album, "Crooked Timber", on limited-edition white vinyl, available from March 30.

Released on March 23 via Global Music, "Crooked Timber" was produced by Andy Gill, a founding member and guitarist for the English rock group GANG OF FOUR, considered among the most influential post-punk bands. Gill also produced much of GANG OF FOUR's output, and albums for many other artists, including the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE JESUS LIZARD, THE STRANGLERS, THE FUTUREHEADS, MICHAEL HUTCHENCE, KILLING JOKE and THE YOUNG KNIVES.

"Crooked Timber" track listing:

01. The Head That Tried To Strangle Itself
02. Enjoy The Struggle
03. Clowns Galore
04. Exiles
05. Crooked Timber
06. I Told You I Was Ill
07. Somnambulist
08. Blacken The Page
09. Magic Mountain
10. Bad Excuse For Daylight

Beginning today, Connecticut-based hardcore/metal leaders HATEBREED will roll out five consecutive digital singles on iTunes from their forthcoming new covers album, "For The Lions", leading up to the album's May 5 release. The first single, the band's bludgeoning take on "Thirsty & Miserable" (from BLACK FLAG) is now available for purchase.

Each digital track purchased will count toward iTunes' "complete my album" initiative. The more you buy, the less you pay for the full album on May 5.

The other forthcoming digital singles from "For The Lions" will be available on iTunes as follows:

April 7 - "Suicidal Maniac" (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES)
April 14 - "Shut Me Out" (SICK OF IT ALL)
April 21 - "Ghosts of War" (SLAYER)
April 28 - "Escape" (METALLICA)

Since bassist Jason Newsted left METALLICA in 2001 to form the short-lived ECHOBRAIN, METALLICA fans have wondered whether Newsted has ever regretted exiting the band. "I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving METALLICA," Newsted tells RollingStone.com. "It was the right thing for everyone. It was the right thing to do for the camp, that's it. I've never told anyone that I wanted to go back or anything like that, not once. I made up my mind. It was not an easy thing to do, but it was something I had to do. I thought about it very much before I pulled the trigger, and because of that, I have never looked back. The past is where its supposed to be."

He adds, "I was one of the biggest fan of the band before I went in, and I'm a METALLICA fan still. I was always the one person in the world who had an inside look and an outside look at the band, at the same time, and now, I've been out for a while, and I'm able to be a fan again."

Does that mean Newsted likes "Death Magnetic"? “It was better than 'St. Anger'," he says.

Metal Mind Productions will re-release BEHEMOTH's "Live Eschaton – The Art Of Rebellion" DVD on April 20 in Europe and May 5 in the U.S. (via MVD). Limited to 2,000 copies, the new edition of the DVD includes a bonus CD with an audio version of the band's April 27, 2000 concert in a TV studio in Krakow. BEHEMOTH performed 10 of its landmark songs, including "Carnage", "Satan's Sword", and "Pure Evil & Hate". Special features include two bonus video tracks plus six extra audio tracks, as well as an interview with BEHEMOTH mastermind Nergal, discography, photo gallery, desktop images and more.

The track listing is as follows:

DVD:

01. Decade of Therion
02. LAM
03. Satan's Sword
04. From the Pagan Vastlands
05. Driven by the Five Winged Star
06. The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars
07. Starspawn
08. Carnage (MAYHEM cover)
09. Chant for Eschaton 2000
10. Pure Evil & Hate
11. Decade of Therion (video clip)
12. Chant for Eschaton 2000 (video clip)

CD:

01. Decade of Therion
02. LAM
03. Satan's Sword
04. From the Pagan Vastlands
05. Driven by the Five Winged Star
06. The Entrance to the Spheres of Mars
07. Starspawn
08. Carnage
09. Chant of Eschaton 2000
10. Pure Evil & Hate

Swedish melodic metallers HEEL will release their second album, "Chaos And Greed", on May 15 via CMSweden/Rivel Records. According to a press release, the CD "follows the Swedish metal tradition of bands such as NOCTURNAL RITES, INSANIA STOCKHOLM, CRYSTAL EYES and many others."

Formed in 2003 by Marcus Elisson and David Henriksson (ex-INSANIA STOCKHOLM), HEEL released its highly acclaimed debut, "Evil Days", in 2007. The recordings for the follow-up effort started in March 2008. Lead singer David Henriksson comments, "We felt that we discovered our sound when we wrote the song 'Heel', and kept on in the same spirit when we started writing new songs. In December 2008, everything was done and we are very much satisfied with the result."

"Chaos And Greed" track listing:

01. Chaos And Greed
02. Crusader
03. Did You Know
04. Taste Of Steel
05. Sons Of Thunder
06. Forbidden Ways
07. Kingdom Comes
08. Light Of Day
09. S.O.S
10. This Angel Cry
11. Gold And Glory
12. Walk To The Light
13. Land Of Freedom

HEEL is:

David Henriksson - Lead Vocals
Marcus Elisson - Leadguitar, Backing Vocals
Magnus Öberg - Bass
Alexander Gustavsson - Drums
David Jonasson - Keyboards

Dayton, Ohio Christian metalcore band THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA will release its new album, "With Roots Above and Branches Below", on May 5 via Ferret Music.

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Sassafrass
02. I Hate Buffering
03. Assistant To The Regional Manager
04. Dez Moines
05. Big Wiggly Style
06. Danger: Wildman
07. Ben Has A Kid
08. Wapakalypse
09. Gimme Half
10. Louder Than Thunder
11. Lord Xenu

Veteran German thrashers KREATOR joined forces with Nagel, singer of MUFF POTTER (a German-speaking punk band from Rheine and Münster in Northrhine-Westphaliato), last summer to record a cover of SLIME's "Alle Gegen Alle" for the upcoming "Tribute to Slime" compilation. Vocals on the track are shared between KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza and Nagel.

SLIME was a German punk rock band which existed between 1979 and 1994. They were very influential to the German punk culture and their first album, "Slime I", was reportedly the first German punk album to get banned.

In addition to the KREATOR/Nagel collaboration, "A Tribute To Slime" will feature contributions from DIE TOTEN HOSEN, RASTA KNAST, DRITTE WAHL, DIE MIMMIS, DIMPLE MINDS and EMILS, among many others. A May 8 release via Sunny Bastards is expected.

SuicideGirls.com about their family's return to television with the premiere today (Tuesday, March 31) on Fox of "Osbournes: Reloaded". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

SuicideGirls.com: When you thought about doing a second show, did you feel like, "What more could we do on television?"

Ozzy Osbourne: To be honest with you, I never thought about it. Sharon was the driving force behind it. When they first came to me, I said, "I think it's not what we're about." Then Sharon wanted to do it and the kids wanted to do it so I thought, "You know, I'll have a go."

Kelly Osbourne: It's something that we thought, like, "What else could we do?" We started something, a whole generation of TV programming. We don't want to do something unless it's equally as great. So we spent a lot of time and said no to a lot of projects — until we finally said yes.

Ozzy Osbourne: What I've sort of learned from it is when you watch a TV show, it didn't take just a half an hour to make. It took weeks, the work that goes into it. The variety show is truly a variety show in the respect that we're trying a lot of different things: some of what you're familiar with, some that you're not familiar with. Yesterday I was doing green screen work and I was there for 10 hours straight, different costumes, different mics. You know, like "Forrest Gump" when they put somebody [in the scene], it's that kind of thing.

SuicideGirls.com: How many different things do you do on the show?

Kelly Osbourne: We all do different things. Me and my father do hidden camera stuff where we took over a yoga class. We also took over a drive-through. It's really funny. Jack and I do a challenge. I challenge Jack in every episode. We have one thing where we go around meeting other Osbourne families. What I love the most is the audience participation and the reaction that we get from just filming in studio.

SuicideGirls.com: How did you find the fast food work?

Ozzy Osbourne: Not to my liking, to be honest with you. I didn't get involved in the entertainment business to do fast food restaurants. These people really work. One thing I've learned, I try not to complain too much about people who have to do manual jobs that you would never want to do. Who cleans up? Who does dishes? Somebody does that job. I come from a working class background. I've never forgotten that. I've done my share of destroying hotel rooms and all of that stuff. It makes me realize they're still out there and they're still doing them jobs.

SuicideGirls.com: What can you tell us about the other Osbourne families?

Kelly Osbourne: People are people, no matter what your last name is, they've all been just lovely people. They live very different lives from us. One of them is a cowboy, one of them is a UFO hunter and one of them is a farmer.

Ozzy Osbourne: Well, the first one we went to was in Dakota somewhere. I think it's quite alarming because I often wondered, when I'm on the road and I'm going around Washington, I go to the military hospital and see the guys who got wounded out there in Iraq and Afghanistan. I often thought, "Where do they get all the soldiers from?" People come from England, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, a lot of big cities, but there's thousands and thousands from smaller towns in this country. You don't think that they exist but they do. When I went to this one in Dakota, I said to the parents, "How many children you got?" They said, "Three. I mean, we've got two and one's in the military." I asked if he's been to Iraq or Afghanistan and she said, "Yeah. Two tour of duties." Don't you ever worry about him getting killed? She went, "Oh no, not for his country." I went whoa. Then she goes, "My kids here got as much chance of getting killed as there." I go, what do you mean? She said, "Well, my daughter the other day had a car crash and she could've got killed." I thought what a weird thing to say. If my kid ever come to me and says, "Dad, I want to go in the army" I wouldn't [let him]. I'd just think he must be mad.

Five years after the released of the band's acclaimed comeback album, "The Art Of Dying", and the follow-up effort, "Killing Season", influential Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will release a DVD with two full-length concerts filmed in Germany. Entitled "Sonic German Beatdown", the package — which is due on April 17 — includes footage from the 2007 edition of the Rock Hard Festival and a 2008 performance in Adelsheim. As an added bonus, the set will include a live CD.

The track listing is as follows:

DVD:

Live at the Rock Hard Festival 2007:

* Intro
* Seemingly Endless Time
* Voracious Souls
* Mistress Of Pain
* EX-TC
* 3rd Floor
* Thrown To The Wolves
* 5 Steps Of Freedom
* Thicker Than Blood
* The Devil Incarnate
* Disturbing The Peace
* Stagnant
* The Ultra Violence
(introduction: Carnival Justice)
* Bored
* Kill As One

Live in Adelsheim, Live Factory, 2008:

* Lord of Hate
* Evil Priest
* Sonic Beatdown
* Dethroned
* Voracious Souls
* Carnival Justice
* Buried Alive
* Soulless
* When Worlds Collide
* Seemingly Endless Time
* God vs. God
* Steal The Crown
* Devil Incarnate
* 3rd Floor
* Kill As One
* Resurrection Machine
* Thrown to The Wolves

Bonus video clips:

* Thicker Than Blood
* Dethroned

CD:

01. Intro
02. Seemingly Endless Time
03. Voracious Souls
04. Mistress Of Pain
05. EX-TC
06. 3rd Floor
07. Thrown To The Wolves
08. 5 Steps Of Freedom
09. Thicker Than Blood
10. The Devil Incarnate
11. Disturbing The Peace
12. Stagnant
13. The Ultra Violence
14. Bored
15. Kill As One

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has revealed the backing band that will accompany him for his upcoming summer tour in support of his first solo album, "Play My Game". The group will consist of the following musicians:

Tim "Ripper" Owens - Vocals
Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORHCESTRA) - Guitar
John Comprix (BEYOND FEAR, RINGWORM) - Guitar
David Ellefson (MEGADETH, F5) - Bass
Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO) - Drums

So far, only one date has been confirmed: Sweden Rock Festival, which will take place June 3-6, 2009 in Sölvesborg, Sweden.

GOD SEED, the new Norwegian band featuring former GORGOROTH members King (bass; real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (vocals; real name: Kristian Espedal), has been confirmed for Hellfest, set to take place June 19-21, 2009 in Clisson, France. They will headline the Rock Hard stage on June 19.

GOD SEED's lineup for the performance will consist of the following musicians:

Gaahl Vocals
King - Bass
Teloch - Guitar
Ice Dale - Guitar
Dani "Garghuf" Robnik - Drums

Gaahl and King recently lost a court battle against guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name.

Speaking to U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine, King stated about the outcome of the legal dispute, "It was a sort of relief. The verdict is not cast in stone, there are aspects towards that decision that are still unclear but we just came to the conclusion that this will drag on forever in court rooms. It will take years to solve this matter if we choose to fight it, so we just decided to let that part of our history die. We don't have time to wait two more years to release albums and continue making music. It's not important that name and that struggle for us. In my mind we would probably still win but on the other hand I don't have two more years of my career waiting on the GORGOROTH name to use that. The new album is already made, I'm not waiting two more years to release that."

Asked how he feels now that his band has announced its new name, King said, "It's actually strange because there's lots of excitement, of course, around it. Because we are starting a new era and changing the name, there's a big symbolic value in doing that — but at the same time it's strange because we've worked under the GORGOROTH banner for so many years. Since dramatically nothing is changing on our part, it's the same thing, me and Gaahl making music and working, so the same things are happening behind the scenes. It's just that we are not using the GORGOROTH name anymore. We will, of course, do some different things in the future; this gives us a lot of new opportunities."

Sweden's HELLFUELED has set "Emission Of Sins" as the title of its fourth album, due later in the year. The CD was recorded over a seven-week period at Leon Music studios with producer Rikard Löfgren (DEATHSTARS, SPARZANZA).

Commented the band: "Producer Rikard Löfgren [felt] totally right for us and we [worked] as a team on making some new arrengements and stuff on the songs. It almost [felt] like recording the first album again now with a new producer and studio."

"Emission Of Sins" track listing:

01. Where Angels Die
02. Am I Blind
03. I Am The Crucifix
04. A Remission Of My Sins
05. Save Me
06. Lost Forever
07. For My Family And Satan
08. In Anger
09. End Of The Road
10. Stone By Stone
11. Moving On (instrumental)

Swedish modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE, whose sound revolves around the dual vocals of Richard Sjunnesson and Roland Johansson, have announced that Roland (who is responsible for the "clean"/melodic singing in the group) has decided to leave the band "due to personal reasons beyond our control." The group says in a statement, "All of us in SONIC SYNDICATE wish Roland the best of luck in the future and we plan to continue our friendship / brotherhood outside the band. Thank you for all the hard work, and the good/bad times we had together."

SONIC SYNDICATE adds: "Today we have started the search for a new singer. All of us in SONIC SYNDICATE are so full of energy and we can't wait to get a new member / family member into the band and continue our long life dreams. The last two years have been more then amazing for us, we've seen half the world, met so many great fans and made even more along the way. You guys are what keeps us alive and makes life exciting.

"Yesterday, the five of us sat down and agreed that our search should not be limited to our inner circle. This is a very big opportunity for us and we want everyone out there to have a chance to spread the word and be a part of the search. Maybe it will be you, a friend or a friend of a friend who will be the next singer of SONIC SYNDICATE.

"If you feel you would like to be a part of the search and help us or you would like the chance to audition we ask you to check more details on our website, www.sonicsyndicate.com. You'll find an application there! Please fill in and send back to us!"

Roland will play all previously announced shows with SONIC SYNDICATE until further notice.

"Judas Must Die", the new video from Swedish melodic metal masters LION'S SHARE, can be viewed here. The clip was shoit in Stockholm, Sweden with director Josef Doukkali. LION'S SHARE previously worked with Doukkali on the clip for the track "The Edge Of The Razor", from the "Emotional Coma" album. The band's original decision to work with Doukkali was based in part on the fact that his background was not in music video but in narrative film projects, and that his more cinematic approach would give the clip a unique look and feel.

LION'S SHARE's new album, "Dark Hours", was released on last week via Blistering Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Emotional Coma" was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, SYMPHONY X, PARADISE LOST, AMON AMARTH) and features guest appearances by SYMPHONY X guitarist Mike Romeo (guest solo on "Behind The Curtain"), and drummers Conny Pettersson (from Earache Records death metal act ANATA) and Richard Evensand (CHIMAIRA, SOILWORK).