Swedish metallers SATARIEL have finally released their long-awaited new mini-CD, "Chifra", via Pulverised Records. The CD was mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESSHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) and Magnus Alakangas at Dug-Out Studios in Uppsala, Sweden and features artwork and layout by Pär Johansson. Lyrically, the CD is said to be "a sort of ending of the concept which was the basis" for SATARIEL's third album, "Hydra", according to a statement from the band.

"Chifra" track listing:

01. Hogtied Angel
02. Slithering
03. Chifra
04. Flies Halo
05. Hogtied Angel (video)

Check out audio samples at Here

Italian prog-metallers DGM have parted ways with singer Titta Tani due to "personal differences." Tani's final appearance with the band took place on October 6, 2007 at the ProgPower Europe festival in Baarlo, Holland.

DGM is currently seeking a replacement vocalist. Interested parties can contact the group at info@dgmsite.com.

DGM released its fifth album, entitled "Different Shapes", in June via Scarlet Records. The CD was recorded in January-February 2007 at Outer Sound Studio, Vitinia (RM) by Giuseppe Orlando; Fear Studio, Alfonsine (Ravenna), by Simone Mularoni; and Random Music House, Ostia (RM) by Simone Mularoni and Emanuele Casali. The album was mixed at Outer Sound Studio, Vitinia (RM), by Giuseppe Orlando and DGM.

ENEMY OF THE SUN, the German band led by Waldemar Sorychta — former GRIP INC./ DESPAIR guitarist and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL — has inked a European deal with Massacre Records for the release of its debut album. "Shadows" will be issued in Europe on December 7 via Massacre and on January 22 in North America through The End Records.

ENEMY OF THE SUN is:

Waldemar Sorychta - guitar
Jules Naveri - vocals
Daniel Zeman - drums
Alla Fedynitch - bass

Three songs from ENEMY OF THE SUN's upcoming CD are available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.

SHATTER MESSIAH, the band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ex-ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, has posted two more tracks from its upcoming second album, "God Burns Like Flesh", due on October 29 via Dockyard 1. You can check out the new full-length song "Pathway" on the band's MySpace page and the track "Buried in Black" at Falzano's personal MySpace.

"God Burns Like Flesh" track listing:

01. Idolater
02. God Burns Like Flesh
03. Pathway
04. Stripped Of Faith
05. Dirge Of The Christ
06. Buried In Black
07. This Is The Day
08. Tomorrow Immortal

Check out the cover artwork at this location.

SHATTER MESSIAH lineup:

Greg Wagner – Vocals
Curran Murphy - Lead Guitar
Dusty Holt - Rhythm Guitar
Robert Falzano – Drums
Jason Chamberlain – Bass

Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL have posted a new song called "Empire Falls" on their MySpace page. The track comes off the group's sixth album, "To The Nameless Dead", which will be released in Europe on November 19 via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the group's second CD for Metal Blade "is a timeless statement and an ode to their forefathers which lives and breathes the ancient spirit mixed with anger, pain and despair. . . 'To The Nameless Dead' is defiantly at odds with a modern metal scene that often seems to place banality, mediocrity and safety above passion, honesty and truth."

Harsher and faster than its predecessor, "To The Nameless Dead" wasn't recorded digitally — just analog to keep the sound old school and powerful.

On November 16, EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet will release two six-track albums — "Lost in Space Part 1" and "Lost in Space Part 2" — from his AVANTASIA project. Apart from the identical title track, both releases will feature completely different, exclusive songs plus videos, a poster, studio reports, a "making-of," a slideshow, and loads of enhanced bonus material, each for the price of a CD single.

The track listing for the two EPs is as follows:

"Lost in Space Part 1":

01. Lost In Space
02. Lay All Your Love On Me
03. Another Angel Down (feat. Jorn Lande)
04. The Story Ain't Over (feat. Bob Catley & Amanda Somerville)
05. Return To Avantasia
06. Ride The Sky (feat. Eric Singer on vocals)
07. Lost In Space (video clip)
08. Lost In Space (making of the video clip)
09. Photo Gallery + Poster

"Lost in Space Part 2":

01. Lost In Space
02. Promised Land (feat. Jorn Lande and Michael Kiske)
03. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
04. Scary Eyes
05. In My Defense
06. Lost In Space (alive at Gate studio, feat. Amanda Somerville)
07. The Road To Avantasia (studio report with interview)
08. Slideshow

According to Tobias, the material on the two EPs is top notch and could have easily made it to the album as well. But because there is so much material they have decided to put out those two releases instead of a regular single or EP.

Swedish metallers EVERGREY have entered the studio to begin recording their follow-up to 2006's "Monday Morning Apocalypse", tentatively due in early 2008.

Commented the band: "We have had some help from Fredrik Nordström from Studio Fredman. We decided we wanted some input on the initial setting of the sound from someone outside of EVERGREY. We brought him in for one day and we managed to get a great sound out of every instrument. Perhaps it might not be the most easy-played sound but we know that it has everything we need for making it crush when you get your hands on it. Some of you might remember that Fredrik also mixed the 'Recreation Day' album [2003] so he is not all new to us and vice versa."

EVERGREY recently announced the addition of former STRATOVARIUS bassist Jari Kainulainen to the group's ranks. Jari made his live debut with the band at Fosen Rock festival in Fosen, Norway on August 25.

EVERGREY is currently seeking a new label home after splitting with Inside Out Music following the release of "Monday Morning Apocalypse".

EVERGREY's last CD, "Monday Morning Apocalypse" was recorded at Division One Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden by the experienced production team of Sanken Sandquist and Stefan Glaumann, who have previously worked with such artists as RAMMSTEIN, BON JOVI, BRITNEY SPEARS and DEF LEPPARD.

MYSTIC PROPHECY, the melodic power metal band featuring VALLEY'S EVE vocalist Roberto Dimitri Liapakis, ex-STORMWITCH bassist Martin Albrecht and SACRED STEEL drummer Mathias Straub, will release its new album, "Satanic Curses", on October 19 via Armageddon Music. Two songs from the CD — "Damnation" and "Demons Blood" — are available for streaming on the group's MySpace page.

"Satanic Curses" track listing:

01. Back From The Dead
02. Sacrifice Me
03. Dark Forces
04. Satanic Curses
05. Evil Of Destruction
06. Demons Blood
07. Damnation
08. Rock The Night
09. We Will Survive
10. Grave Of Thousand Lies
11. Paranoid (BLACK SABBATH cover)
12. We Fly

A single, entitled "Dark Forces" (cover), was released on August 24.

MYSTIC PROPHECY's last CD, "Savage Souls", was mixed and mastered at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and features guest appearances by Chitral "Chity" Somapala (AVALON, FIREWIND) on backing vocals and Marios Iliopoulos (NIGHTRAGE) on lead guitar.

FALCONER guitarist Stefan Weinerhall has issued the following update:

"Now we have all the new songs for the next album written. There's just the finishing touches left to do. We will start recording around Christmas this year and then mix it in May 2008. Faster and more complex than the last album is a quite good description I would say.

"The third birth has happened within FALCONER in a year as Magnus [Linhardt, ass] got a little son.

"All shirts are sold out now and we're looking for companies to handle the printing and selling of the official merchandise in the future. As long as it is a fair deal it's interesting. We'll see what happens."

Weinerhall previously stated about the upcoming FALCONER CD. "The lyrics will all be about Swedish medieval life and episodes. Not a concept album really but still something in that direction. What I decided early on what that it wouldn't become 'Northwind Pt. 2'. 'Northwind' is as good as it can be, therefore we'll make things a tad different this time."

FALCONER recently extended its deal with Metal Blade for another four albums.

The group's fifth studio album, "Northwind" — the band's first since the departure of singer Kristoffer Göbel and return of Mathias Blad — was released in September 2006 via Metal Blade Records.

SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", which he believes is the band's most diverse offering to date.

"We can't make the same album twice," he explained. "Our music, it comes out in a natural way. We want to top ourselves every time, and we learn from the previous recording and try to take it to the next level. I definitely think we have developed our own sound, which is kind of hard nowadays. We were one of the originators of this balance between melodies and intensity, and we've developed that through the years. In the beginning, it was mostly the guitars that took care of the melodies. Now, it's in a different shade — it's more like the vocals take care of some of that stuff."

SOILWORK shot a video back in July for the album's lead single, "Exile", which Strid said has an unusual plotline.

"This director [Daniel Larsson] contacted us, and he had a tricky concept for the video," the singer explained. "His idea was that the whole band would be locked inside these speakers and amps, and this girl's walking her dog and she finds the speakers and amps in the bushes. She gets addicted to the music that comes out, and she wants to present it to the world — but we're working against her, tumbling around in the speakers. It's actually quite cool."

SOILWORK's music will be featured in the upcoming video game "Overclocked", a thriller about an Army psychiatrist who's called to evaluate five young patients who've lost their memories. The band wrote an exclusive song, also called "Overclocked", for the game. Strid said they also hope to issue a DVD next year, as it will mark the 10th anniversary of "Steelbath Suicide"'s release.

Faroe Islands metallers TÝR have issued the following update:

"TÝR will go into Jacob Hansen's [RAUNCHY, ROB ROCK, HATESPHERE, MERCENARY] studio in in December to record their fourth full-length album, due to be released by Napalm Records in April or May 2008. TÝR's preceding two albums, 'Ragnarok' and 'Eric the Red', [were] recorded at Jacob Hansen's studio. It is situated in Ribe on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. Ribe is one of the oldest known large and organized viking settlements in Scandinavia, so it's only very fitting that TÝR record their albums there. The cooperation between TÝR and Jacob Hansen have been most appreciated by all parts involved so the decision for TÝR to continue recording at Jacob Hansen's studio was not a hard one."

TÝR's third album, "Ragnarok", was released in Europe in September 2006 via Napalm Records.

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has posted a new rap/rock track called "November 20" on his MySpace page. Video footage of Bach performing the song on last night's (October 11) episode of MTV's new weekly competition show "Celebrity Rap Superstar" is available at this location. The lyrics to the track are as follows:

"Get your hands up and bang your head
My name is Goddamn!

"Don't mess around and test me, pop u in the chest, g
Ain't nobody best me yet
I'm the greatest of all time, every time I rock rhymes
That's a promise, not a threat
Don't mess around and test me, pop u in the chest, g
Ain't nobody best me yet
I'm a rock and rap MC, drop a new CD
November 20 u will get, bet

"Now here's a little story that I got to state
For 20 years I kicked your ass all over the stage
A bad mamajama since the day I was born
I traded in my baby bottle for a microphone
By the time I was 20, 20 million sold
I got seven MTV hits in a row
Bach on the channel, here to break the rules
I do what I want, 'cause rules for fools
I started in last, now I'm ahead of the class
And now I'm puttin' all the competition here on blast
On every block they're gonna vote for Bach
'Cause I leave 'em in shock
When I whip out my rock

"Don't mess around and test me, pop u in the chest, g
Ain't nobody best me yet
I'm the greatest of all time, every time I rock rhymes
That's a promise, not a threat
Don't mess around and test me, pop u in the chest, g
Ain't nobody best me yet
I'm a rock and rap MC, drop a new CD
November 20 u will get, bet"

Sebastian Bach was sent home Thursday night after being eliminated from MTV's new weekly competition show "Celebrity Rap Superstar" on its seventh episode.

"Celebrity Rap Superstar" kicked off on August 30. Bach was one of eight celebrity contestants culled from the worlds of music, film, TV and sports who were paired with their own rap mega-star mentor — Sebastian's was Kurupt from THE DOG POUND — who shared their respective knowledge and skills to prepare the contestants with the technique they needed to be a master rapper. With help from his personal tutor, Bach performed covers of some of the biggest rap songs of all time, created original raps and was tested in freestyle rap competitions, all in front of a live audience.

This isn't Bach's first foray onto the small screen nor with MTV. His reality show, "SuperGroup", which also starred Ted Nugent, Jason Bonham, Scott Ian and Even Seinfeld, and "Forever Wild" were very successful shows on VH1, and his "I Married...Sebastian Bach", also on VH1, was a number-one rated program. In addition, Bach spent five seasons on the popular CW series "Gilmore Girls", and made several guest appearances on the Canadian mockumentary series, "Trailer Park Boys".

SCORPIONS' concert at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 will be released on DVD in November 2007. Entitled "Live At Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night To Remember - A Journey Through Time", the disc will include the German hard rock band's historic performance at the festival during which they were joined by former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell. The group's setlist for the show was as follows:

01. Coming Home
02. Bad Boys Running Wild
03. The Zoo
04. Loving You Sunday Morning
05. Make It Real
06. Picture Life (with Uli John Roth)
07. Speedy's Coming (with Uli John Roth)
08. Dark Lady (with Uli John Roth)
09. We'll Burn The Sky (with Uli John Roth)
10. Love 'em Or Leave 'Em
11. Don't Believe Her
12. Tease Me Please Me
13. Coast To Coast (with Michael Schenker)
14. Holiday (with Michael Schenker)
15. Lovedrive (with Michael Schenker)
16. Another Piece Of Meat (with Michael Schenker)
17. James Kottak's Drum Solo
18. Blackout (with Herman Rarebell)
19. No One Like You (with Herman Rarebell)
20. Matthias Jabs' Guitar Solo
21. Big City Nights
22. Can't Get Enough

Encore 1:

23. Still Loving You
24. In Trance (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker)
25. He's A Woman She's A Man (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker)
26. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind (with Uli John Roth, Michael Schenker and Tyson Schenker)

Encore 2:

27. Dynamite

Encore 3:

28. Rock You Like A Hurricane

Night of the Vinyl Dead Records has set an October 13, 2007 release date for the vinyl version of GOREFEST's "Chapter 13".

It will be a very limited edition of 250 hand-numbered copies with a brand new booklet and exclusive liner notes written by the band.

The 12" comes in a stunning rusty vinyl with individually stamped inner sleeve.

This album was previously released on CD only through Nuclear Blast Records in 1997.

Track listing:

Side A:

01. Chapter 13
02. Broken Wing
03. Nothingness
04. Smile
05. The Idiot
06. Repentance
07. Bordello

Side B:

01. F.S. 2000
02. All is Well
03. Unsung
04. Burn Out
05. Super Reality
06. Serve the Masses

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM recently entered Petrax Studio in Hollola, Finland to begin recording their new album, due in Europe on April 7, 2008 via Spinefarm Records. A new single will precede the full-length effort on March 3, 2008. The follow-up to 2005's "Are You Dead Yet?" is being produced by Mikko Karmila and will feature a guest appearance by Peter Tägtgren of HYPOCRISY and PAIN fame.

Commented bassist Henkka Blacksmith: "Yesterday was the second day Jaska [Raatikainen] was recording seriously, and again he managed to put three songs together. So it's quite a good pace I think. 'Eka', 'Toka', 'Hidas', 'Tiroli (Trioli)', 'Pekingin Kasvis' and 'Uusin' (working titles) are now done, so a couple of days of drumming ahead! We also tried to figure out some cover songs yesterday while rehearsing. We will definitely cover at least three songs."

NEMHAIN, the British band featuring ex-CRADLE OF FILTH/AT THE GATES drummer Adrian Erlandsson and his wife, fetish model Morrigan Hel (a.k.a. Amber England), has issued the following update:

"Well, here we are at Club A.K. in deepest darkest Belgium, and we've been working all hours in various states of consciousness to put down some tracks for a new EP.

This will include a few tracks that have made appearances in our set before, plus a shiny new track entitled 'Jane Doe #1'. Things are sounding pretty killer with everything in its raw state, so we're looking forward to unleashing the mixed version on the world before the end of the year.

"The newest additions to the NEMHAIN family, Stevie Lee and Samara — each assuming six-stringed shredding duty — have really completed the sound and feel to the band, and we can't wait to get back and play our next few gigs, the first of which is at Sin in London (opposite the Astoria) on October 19th."

Norwegian death metal machine BLOOD RED THRONE has released the video for the song "Taste of God". Watch it here. The track comes off the group's latest CD, "Come Death", which received a European release in August via Earache Records.

Guitarist Dod previously stated about the video shoot: "The filming was done quite fast at a venue located in our hometown. We're thinking of combining it with a story, but that's a matter of money, so I can't say anything, though the video will be cool. A lot of headbanging and some blood, hehe!"

BLOOD RED THRONE has been confirmed as main support to DIVINE HERESY on their upcoming European tour. Also scheduled to appear on the bill is HACRIDE.

This will be the first chance for BLOOD RED THRONE fans to check out material from the new "Come Death" album in a live setting, and will also mark BLOOD RED THRONE's first proper UK tour.

Guitarist Stéphan Forté of the French metallers ADAGIO has issued the following update:

"Well, that's it. Last week we played our last show for 'Dominate' album, and now it's time to finish 'Archangels in Black'. This tour has been awesome for ADAGIO, with very huge moments like touring in Japan for the first time and playing Tunisia again along with FIREWIND and AFTER FOREVER.

"A new chapter is starting now and that means next tour will be totally different, and will probably start around April/May 2008 for the release of 'Archangels in Black'.

"I would also like to take the opportunity of this message to thank Thomas and KAMELOT for their great kindness during the last shows we did together. They are incredible guys, awesome performers on stage and very talented musicians. They have treated us like very few bands does, and we sincerely wish them lots of fun for their actual Japanese tour with FIREWIND. Hope to share the stage with you guys again very soon!!"

ADAGIO recently entered the studio to record its fourth album, entitled "Archangels in Black". According to a posting on the group's official web site, the overall vibe of the tracks like "Archangels in Black", "Undead", "The Fear Circus" and "Twilight At Dawn" is "very dark and massive. The band came back to a more orchestral style of composition but kept the heaviness of songs like 'Dominate' or 'Children of the Dead Lake' from the previous album released in 2005 in Japan."

Commented Stéphan Forté: "This album is a sort of tribute to dark arts, including horror movies and gothic literature. It's our own musical representation of what darkness is. I think the song 'Archangels in Black' would be a cool hymn for all those of us who enjoy sinister arts."

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) has issued the following update:

"The Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp and European shows were some of the best in the last couple of years. Seems we've all found a higher gear. The musicianship has been raised, and the vibe on and off stage is ecstatic.

"Wanna thank all my fans for comin' out to see me. 30,000 of you in Sofia, that was a real high for me. I can still hear the roar!

"This week I am finishing all the lyrics for the new studio album. It's takin' up most of my time, along with all the interviews I'm doin' this week with the Argentina/ Uruguay/ Brazil media. I am SO lookin' forward to my tour there in a few days."

Finnish metal band EXSECRATUS will have its debut album, "Tainted Dreams", released in Japan on January 23, 2008 through Spiritual Beast (via a licensing deal with Violent Journey Records). The Japanese pressing of the album will contain new artwork and two bonus tracks: "For You" and "Death Brings Me Joy".

"Tainted Dreams" was released on September 3 via Violent Journey Records. The CD features a guest appearance by NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos in the track Under the Winter Moon. According to a press release, "These young masters of melodic metal combine influences from band like CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, NIGHTWISH, DIMMU BORGIR and lots and lots of other big names. The male-female vocal combos work together like a machine, as well as the melodies and heart pounding riffs compel the listeners to bang their heads."

EXSECRATUS lineup:

Emmi Silvennoinen - Keyboards
Leeni-Maria Hovila - Vocals
Timo Kauhajärvi - Bass
Tony Hentilä - Guitars
Olli Mattila - Guitars
J. Raatikainen - Drums