According to Ozzyhead.com, OZZY OSBOURNE is set to release a new video anthology on DVD this fall. No further details are currently available.

In other news, Ozzy recently spoke to Philly.com about his participation in this summer's Ozzfest after announcing last year that he'd be retiring from his namesake tour. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

On the music that he listens to at home:

"I only stick to the stuff that I understand, to be honest. And I don't understand why these guys in metal bands now have to growl. I can't wait for the days of songs with melodies again. If you went 'round whistling the songs of some of these bands, people would think you were mental."

On next years' Ozzfest:

"On the next tour, I'm going to do more on the second stage because it's so much fun. You can actually see your audience. And the crowds are so primed for it. We have not had one bad show.

"I didn't start my career on a big stage. I'm over that ego trip. I really just want to have fun. And I just can't believe we've been doing the Ozzfest for 11 years."

Dutch melodic death/thrashers DETONATION have issued the following update:

"More news about our third album. We are going to do things slightly different than before and record our newest piece in cooperation with Split Second Sound, together with producer Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES)! Recordings will start around December this year, and our goal is to have things completed around January next year. We will start working on the pre-preduction [as soon as possible]! Looking at Jochem's previous work and the groove and heaviness of our new songs, this new album is bound to become something very special!"

DETONATION's second album, "Portals to Uphobia", was released in the U.S. last October via The End Records. The CD was issued in Europe through Osmose Productions.

The follow up to 2003's "An Epic Defiance", "Portals to Uphobia" was recorded at Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland and features cover artwork by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media (IN FLAMES, ARCH ENEMY, DARK TRANQUILLITY).

On October 10, TRIVIUM will release its third album, "The Crusade". The follow-up to 2005's "Ascendancy" was recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, FL, just outside of Orlando. Once again produced by TRIVIUM and Jason Suecof, the CD is "a dazzling explosion of tight, intricate and instantly memorable songs that feature awe-inspiring musicianship from all four members of the band," according to a press release.

Says lead singer Matt Heafy, "As a band, you can either release the same album again, keeping the same number of people interested and not really branch out, or you can evolve. I feel that 'The Crusade' is the next logical step in our evolution. We took one big step between the first two albums, but this time we've taken about ten huge leaps forward."

For the first time, other members of the group contributed songs to the album. Guitarist Corey Beaulieu wrote the music to "Unrepentant" and "Tread The Floods", while bassist Paolo Gregoletto wrote the music to "The Rising" and "To The Rats" and co-wrote "Anthem (We are the Fire)" with Heafy.

"The Crusade" will contain 13 songs, including "Detonation", which is available for download at this location, "And Sadness Will Sear", the initial focus track "Entrance of the Conflagration", and the nine-minute instrumental epic "The Crusade".

To date "Ascendancy" has sold 140,000 units in the Unites States and continues to sell over 1,600 a week.

"The Crusade" track listing:

01. Ignition
02. Detonation
03. Entrance of the Conflagration
04. Anthem (We are the Fire)
05. Unrepentant
06. And Sadness Will Sear
07. Becoming the Dragon
08. To The Rats
09. This World Can't Tear Us Apart
10. Tread the Floods
11. Contempt Breeds Contamination
12. The Rising
13. The Crusade

Swedish death metallers GRAVE have set "Enraptured" as the title of its upcoming live DVD, which will be filmed on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. A standard DVD edition and a DVD+CD limited-edition version are set to be released in November via Metal Mind Productions. More information will be made available soon.

GRAVE's new album, "As Rapture Comes", was released on July 25 via Century Media Records (one day earlier internationally). The artwork for "As Rapture Comes" was designed by the Polish artist Jacek Wisnieswki, who previously worked with GRAVE on their "Back From The Grave" and "Fiendish Regression" albums, in addition to designing artwork for such acts as KRISIUN, VADER and DECAPITATED, among others.

GRAVE, DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED and UNLEASHED will be teaming up for the Masters of Death European tour in November. According to a posting on GRAVE's web site, the four-band combination represents "the most brutal bill that has ever shared the same stage. The package is an idea that all four bands has planned and prepared in the pastmonths and finally we are doing it. Dates and more info will be announced shortly. Prepare for a night to remember..."

SLAYER will reportedly film a war-themed video for the song "Eyes of the Insane" with director Tony Petrossian (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR). No further details are available at this time.

Pre-order SLAYER's new CD, "Christ Illusion", and be automatically entered to win one of 10 lithos of the album cover signed by the artist himself, Larry Carrol. Click here to order the album at a special price of $13.98.

As previously reported, a web-exclusive video clip of SLAYER performing the track "Disciple" on the set of "The Henry Rollins Show" has been posted online at this location.

SLAYER recently taped a performance of the track "Cult" for the program, which aired last Saturday night (July 29) on the IFC (Independent Film Channel). An encore presentation of the program is scheduled for Thursday, August 3 at 11:00 p.m.

Due on August 8, "Christ Illusion" is SLAYER's first new studio album since 2001, and the first recorded by the band's original line-up — Kerry King (guitar), Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Jeff Hanneman (guitars), Dave Lombardo (drums) — since 1990's "Seasons In The Abyss". "Christ Illusion" was produced by Josh Abraham and executive-produced by Rick Rubin.

Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE have completed work on the follow-up to 2004's "Start from the Dark", tentatively due this fall. The band has posted the following studio update on its official web site:

"We are now done with the recordings of the 'new' album. Everything went smooth even though it was (to say the least) hectic in the studio from time to time. All songs have been mixed by Stefan Glaumann; he really took the songs to a higher level. Joey [Tempest, vocals] has now gone to New York to supervise the mastering that will be done by George Marino at Sterling Sound."

As previously reported, EUROPE entered the Swedish Music DVD chart at position No. 9 in December 2005 with their live DVD, entitled "Live from the Dark". The two-disc set features the group's November 15, 2004 concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England along with video clips, interviews, band information and a section called "Taxi Diaries."

The group's first collection of new material since 1991's "Prisoners In Paradise", "Start from the Dark" (2004) was produced by Kevin Elson, who had previously worked with EUROPE on their multi-platinum 1986 release, "Final Countdown".

Dimension Films has set an October 19, 2007 release date for Rob Zombie's new version of the classic 1978 horror film "Halloween".

Zombie recently said that his movie won't be a sequel to the original film, but he left the details a little vague. Would the movie then be a prequel or a straight remake? Zombie told Launch that his "Halloween" will be a little bit of both. "I basically went back and just came up with the idea of basically — not essentially a remake, but a very extended prequel sort of combined with an update, say, of the first film," he said. "You're starting from scratch but in sort of a more detailed way. That's the way I thought it would be exciting for fans of the original, because it's not just the same old thing, and it would be exciting for people that never saw the original."

The original "Halloween" was directed by John Carpenter and followed a masked murderer named Michael Myers who comes back to his hometown to begin a new killing spree decades after being committed to an asylum.

Zombie said that other characters from the original, in addition to Myers, would appear in his script, which is in its early stages.

Production on the film could begin later this year.

Zombie will begin a co-headlining trek with GODSMACK on August 25 in Dallas.

Frontiers Records has revealed the details behind TALISMAN upcoming studio album, "7", to be released on October 20, 2006.

Recorded under the working title of "Bar" (which was dropped in the end in favor of the more immediate "7"), TALISMAN's brand new album sees once again the combination of four amazing talents flourishing to the highest levels. The experienced Swedish bass player and songwriter Marcel Jacob (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) teamed once again with U.S. vocal sensation Jeff Scott Soto (SOUL SIRKUS and now with JOURNEY), drummer Jamie Borger (TREAT) and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson (now the second axeman in ARCH ENEMY) to give birth to a sensational new recording that, according to Jacob, "might simply be our best ever."

"I am much pleased with the result," stated Marcel, "more so than I've been in a while. There are a number of tracks that came out really well and I am quite curious as to what the response will be. As a songwriter, I tried to write this time more for 'other ears' than mine, trying to perceive what others could have liked from what we have been doing before… also this time we tried to go for some ballads and this was a sort of new challenge for us."

"7" track listing:

01. Falling
02. Nowhere Fast
03. Rhyme Or Reason
04. End of the Line
05. The 1 I'm Living 4
06. On My Way
07. Forevermore
08. Succumb 2 My Desire
09. Shed a Tear Goodbye
10. Troubled Water
11. Back 2 the Feeling

Check out audio samples at this location.

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS have completed work on their third album, entitled "Victory", at Top Room Studios in Lunner, Norway.

GAIA EPICUS, who recently parted ways with Sound Riot Records, have already received offers from several record labels that wish to release the new album, but nothing has been signed yet. The cover painting for the CD will be created by J.P. Fournier, who was also responsible for the band's first album cover, "Satrap", in 2003.

01. New Life
02. Iron Curtain
03. The Sign
04. Revenge is Sweet
05. In Memory
06. Awaken the Monster
07. Rise of the Empire
08. When Darkness Falls
09. Fortress of Solitude
10. Through the Fire
11. Victory

Check out audio samples at this location.

CRADLE TO GRAVE, the Vancouver-based band featuring ex-AGGRESSION guitarist Denis "Sasquatch" Barthe, has parted ways with drummer Ryan Mackie and bassist Eric Green due to musical differences. Replacing them are Simon Adam (ex-EMPYRIA) and Glenn Chisholm (ex-A MURDER OF CROWS), respectively.

CRADLE TO GRAVE is putting the finishing touches on its new album, "Death Toll Rising", at Turtle Recording Studios in Whiterock, B.C. for a late September release. The follow-up to 2004's "CTG" will contain the following track listing:

01. Shotgun Life
02. Within Forever
03. There Is Nothing Left To Taste
04. Poison Yourself
05. H.S.I.B.J.
06. Beheaded In Paris
07. Suffer
08. Burn It All
09. The End Of My Life
10. Ol' Nicks Blues

CRADLE TO GRAVE is now managed by Vancouver-based Greentoe Music Group.

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have completed work on their new album, "Warball", due in October via Mascot Records. The CD was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, CA by Geoff Thorpe and Juan J. Orteaga and includes lead-guitar contributions from Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER) and Thaen Rassmussen (ANVIL CHORUS). The group's first CD with new vocalist James Rivera (HELSTAR, KILLING MACHINE, SEVEN WITCHES) is being described as "a darker and more aggressive version" of the band's classic "Digital Dictator" album (1987).

"Warball" is the first VICIOUS RUMORS album with Geoff Thorpe doing all rhythm and acoustic guitars and most of the solos. "In the past I've always split the guitar duties up with our other guitarist," he said. "As I rebuilt the band, I decided to knock it out myself. I always planned to have some special guests on the record, and it turned out great."

For the "Warball" CD, Geoff Thorpe reunites with original members Larry Howe (drums and vocals), and Dave Starr (bass). "It felt great to have the original nucleus together again," Geoff said. "Larry and Dave are a tight-knit veteran rhythm section that really stepped up on this new CD. The years of working together definitely helped create the metal mayhem of 'Warball'."

"Warball" features ten new original songs, including "Sonic Rebellion", "Mr. Miracle", "Dying Every Day", "Immortal" and the epic "Warball". A European tour with AGENT STEEL will follow in March 2007.

VED BUENS ENDE (Norwegian for "At the End of the Rainbow"), the Norwegian avant-garde metal band who split up in 1997 after after releasing only one full-length album (1995's "Written in Waters") through Misanthropy Records, has been resurrected and has posted a rehearsal recording of a new song, entitled "Shame Eclipse", at its MySpace page.

The band's current lineup consists of the following:

Carl-Michael "Czral" Eide (AURA NOIR, CADAVER, DØDHEIMSGARD) - Guitars, Vocals
Yusaf "Vicotnik" Parvez (DØDHEIMSGARD) - Guitars, Vocals
Petter "Plenum" Berntsen (VIRUS, AUDIOPAIN) - Bass
Einar "Esso" Sjursø (BEYOND DAWN, INFERNÖ, VIRUS) - Drums

Einar previously told BLABBERMOUTH.NET in a written statement: "We will record a new album this year, to be released in 2007 by an as-yet-undetermined label (interested parties get in touch) and we also aim at playing live, where we will perform material both from 'Written in Waters' and the [post-VED BUENS ENDE project] VIRUS 'Carheart' album plus of course new compositions. The new material is being developed at the moment and will differ from both 'Written in Waters' and 'Carheart' yet still retain the trademark off the wall guitar sounds of those releases."

Starting today, for the first time ever, the first two NOTHINGFACE albums — "Pacifier" (1997) and "An Audio Guide To Everyday Atrocity" (1998) — will be available online via the iTunes Music Store and other online retailers. These classic albums will also feature "rare" bonus tracks.

For original and classic NOTHINGFACE merchandise, check out the DCide Merch store at this location.

The current NOTHINGFACE lineup includes Matt Holt (vocals), Tom Maxwell (guitar), Jerry Montano (DANZIG, ex-THE DEADLIGHTS) and Tommy Sickles (drums)

NOTHINGFACE's fourth album, "Skeletons", was released in 2003 via TVT Records. The band has since split with the label.

After a nine-month hiatus, Swedish doom metal masters WORLD BELOW — featuring CARNAL FORGE/CENTINEX guitarist Jonas Kjellgren and CENTINEX drummer Ronnie Bergerståhl — have rejoined forces with bassist/vocalist Mikael Danielsson (ex-SIDEBURNERS) and are preparing to enter Black Lounge studios to begin recording their third full-length album, tentatively due in November 2006 via Austria's Psychedoomelic Records.

Commented the band: "Original vocalist/bassplayer Mike Danielsson is now more doom than ever and back in the band. We have rehearsed for our third album and everything sounds truly amazing. This will be THE WORLD BELOW album, the disc that will blow your tiny speakers to hell!!"

WORLD BELOW is:

• Mike Danielsson - Vocals/Bass
  
• Ronnie Bergerståhl (a.k.a. Ronny Steelmountain) - Drums
  
• Jonas "JP" Kjellgren - Guitar/Vocals
  

For more information, visit www.worldbelow.tk.

DANZIG recently shot a video for the song "Crawl across Your Killing Floor" outside of Los Angeles. The track will be included on the upcoming "Lost Tracks of Danzig" collection, a two-CD set of previously unreleased DANZIG tracks spaning the band's entire career — from the 1988 self-titled debut to the present. A November release is expected.

As previously reported, Glenn Danzig's long-awaited "Black Aria II" CD, the follow-up to the original "Black Aria" (1993), will be available in stores on September 19, 2006. The album, the material for which has apparently been written for five years, is a classical, operatic piece based on Lilith, the mythological first wife of Adam, according to Danzig. "It's different from the first record but similar in a lot of ways," he said. Check out the cover artwork at this location.

DANZIG, the band, will be embarking on its first tour of Australia since 1993 in early September. Glenn is also in the process of shooting his first feature film, "Gerouge", which he has written and will direct. "Gerouge" is based on one of the comic book titles distributed by his Verotik publishing company, and concerns turn-of-the-century New Orleans voodoo.

Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The studio has been booked for the recording of the third album. Hämeenlinna Rock City awaits us again, as we enter studio Sound Supreme in January 2007. If all goes well (Janne Saksa doesn't throw us out, we don't get carried away with the pinball machine etc.) we should be done by mid-March.

"Now, the question is: what the hell is there to do in Hämeenlinna during wintertime? It's not likely we'll be going for a swim or to throw frisbee in January, so we have no idea how to spend our free time after working hours. Any and all good ideas and suggestions are welcomed to the guestbook!

"No release date has yet been decided on, but expect to hear new music in the summer of '07. New material is coming out great, so we have no worries about making the deadline. We cannot wait to start playing the new shit live! There's some serious gallows pole rock 'n' roll to be unleashed..."

AMORAL's second album, "Decrowning", was released in the U.S. in March via Candlelight Records USA. The CD is available in Europe on Spikefarm Records.

AMORAL signed a deal with Spikefarm in July 2004 following their split with the U.K.'s Rage of Achilles. The group's debut album, "Wound Creations", was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios and was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios in Helsinki.

Swedish melodic metallers NOSTRADAMEUS have posted the following message on their official web site:

"First of all, we want to say how sorry we are of the fact that we've been updating the homepage soo bad. There's been some problems for us concerning the access of the site. Sorry! Well, the recording of the fifth NOSTRADAMEUS album, 'Pathway', is finished. We used the same studio as we did with 'Hellbound'. [At] the moment we are working [on] the cover of the album [with] Derek Gores, also the same guy we used on 'Hellbound'.

"This album is, how we would see it, a development from 'Hellbound' — more METAL. But I'm sure that you guys who like the earlier stuff will find things that please you as well, as long as you like metal.

"As far as we heard, the album will be released by the end of this year or early next year. And our goal is to make as many gigs and tours as possible in the future."

"Pathway" track listing (in no particular order):

01. Wall of Anger
02. No Trace of Madness
03. Not Only Women Bleed
04. MDCC Pt. 1
05. MDCC Pt. 2
06. The Untouchebles
07. Death by My Side
08. Until the End
09. Demon Voices
10. Welcome to Living
11. P.I.R

NOSTRADAMEUS' fourth album, "Hellbound", was released in May 2004 through Germany's AFM Records. The follow-up to 2003's "The Third Prophecy" was recorded at RoastingHouse studios in Malmö, Sweden.

MANOWAR will release a new single, "The Sons of Odin", in October 2006, followed by a full-length DVD containing the historic Earthshaker Fest 2005 performance in November. Fans can soon expect more details about the release date of the new studio album, entitled "Gods of War".

MANOWAR were forced to reschedule some of their previously announced European dates earlier in the year due to an unfortunate accident involving MANOWAR guitarist Karl Logan. "Our first concern was to be sure that Karl was in good condition," MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio said at the time. "As soon as we were certain Karl would be able to play again in the near future, we wanted to give our fans as much information as possible to keep them abreast of plans for the tour."

MANOWAR has sold over eight million records worldwide. The group's last studio album, "Warriors of the World", was a critically acclaimed chart-topper in Europe, reaching gold status in Germany.

The upcoming MANOWAR album will be released on the band's own label, Magic Circle Music.

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA will release their new album, "Caledonia", on November 17 via Armageddon Music. The follow-up to 2005's "Command to Charge" was recorded at Gernhart Records studio in Siegburg, Germany and features artwork by Kris Verwimp. The album photography is being handled by Axel Jusseit, who previously worked with the group on 2003's "Signs for the Fallen".

According to the band, "'Caledonia' adopts the lyrical concept of ancient Scottish history, which explains song titles such as 'Highland Hills', 'Forth-Clyde' and 'The IXth Legion'."

Finnish band CATAMENIA has set "Bringing the Cold to Poland" as the title of its upcoming live which will be filmed on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. Due in November 2006 via Metal Mind Productions, the set will be available in standard DVD edition and DVD+CD limited edition. More information will follow soon.

Formed in 1995, CATAMENIA is said to be one of the "most catchy and commercial" bands in the "black/nordic" metal style.

In addition to CATAMENIA, live performances by OBITUARY, GRAVE and SINISTER on August 24 at the Stodola Club in Warsaw will be filmed for separate DVD releases.

Tickets for the show are priced at 13 euroes and are available at www.metalopolis.pl.

A brand new TRIVIUM song, entitled "Detonation", has been made available for download at this location. The track comes off the group's third album, "The Crusade", due on October 10 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). The MP3 will only be available until August 21. The band will also release a single called "Anthem (We Are The Fire)" on October 2. The single will include the video, as well as new B-sides from "The Crusade" recording sessions which will not be available on the album.

"The Crusade" was recorded primarily at AudioHammer Studio in Orlando, Florida, with the band's guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy co-producing the disc with AudioHammer owner and previous collaborator Jason Suecof. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Ignition", "Contempt Breeds Contamination", "And Sadness Will Sear", "Vengeance", "To the Rats" and "Contemporary Plague". "There's one acoustic song, a SKID ROW/MÖTLEY CRÜE-sounding song, a DEF LEPPARD, Southern-rock metal song and then 11 ridiculously technical thrash songs," Heafy had previously said. "It's a solo insanity CD, but in a good way." A European tour with IRON MAIDEN will follow in November/December, with plans for a European headlining trek in the spring.

IMPELLITTERI mainman Chris Impellitteri has posted the following update at his official web site:

"The new music for 'Good and Evil' is officially written, and it is time to start the recording. I am very excited about this material because I challenged myself to push the envelope and grow artistically. The writing process was definitely time-consuming because I wanted these songs to inspire people and excite them. So I knew that this CD had to be better than anything I have done to date. Fortunately, I have all this positive energy and motivation which led to some really amazing riffs and crazy soloing. This music is definately metal with lots of fast shredding guitar solos and screaming vocals. The rhythms are heavy and addictive and the vibe is positive with lots of energy....

"As many of you know, I don't like to interact with the media very often, but if this recording turns out well, I will promote this release heavily and tour extensively. But, first thing is first, so I am headed into the studio with my boys and hope to see all of you soon!!"

IMPELLITTERI's most recent album, "Pedal to the Metal", was released last year via SPV Records. The follow-up to 2002's "System X" marked the recording debut with the group of vocalist Curtis Skelton (ex-SPEAK NO EVIL).

Long-running Italian black/thrash metallers NECRODEATH are currently working on a video for the song "Master of Morphine" from their latest album "100% Hell".

In other news, NECRODEATH has been confirmed to headline the 2006 edition of the "Boat of Metal" festival, a unique one-day cruise through the Venice lagoon and islands (with destination Piazza San Marco), set to take place August 19.

NECRODEATH's sixth studio album, "100% Hate" was recorded at Outer Sound studios in Rome and features a guest appearance by VENOM frontman Conrad" Cronos" Lant. The CD was described in a press release as "the most diverse NECRODEATH album to date, containing 10 furious tracks spanning from the fast thrashing assault of the mid-eighties to the groove-oriented sonic holocaust displayed with the latest efforts."

According to a posting on the CHILDREN OF BODOM fan site Scythes Of Bodom, Nuclear Blast Records will issue the "deluxe edition" of the band's "Follow the Reaper" album featuring bonus material. The track listing for the new CD is as follows:

01. Follow the Reaper
02. Bodom after Midnight
03. Children of Decadence
04. Everytime I Die
05. Mask of Sanity
06. Taste of My Scythe
07. Hate Me!
08. Northern Comfort
09. Kissing the Shadows
10. Hellion (W.A.S.P. cover)
11. Aces High (IRON MAIDEN cover)
12. Everytime I Die (video clip)

In other news, Scythes Of Bodom has uploaded the proposed cover art for CHILDREN OF BODOM's forthcoming live DVD, "Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live", due in the U.S. on October 10. The disc is estimated to contain over three hours of non-stop COB action, including a live concert, videos, and a rare documentary on the band from past to present.

Directed by Patric Ullaeus of the Revolver Film Company, the DVD will mainly focus on the February 5, 2006 live concert at Arenan in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring over 90 minutes of live excitement.

For more information on the "Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live" DVD, click here.

ELIS, the Liechtenstein-based gothic metal band whose singer, Sabine Dünser, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on July 7 during rehearsal and passed away the following day in hospital, has decided to release the already completed recordings for its new album, "Griefshire", as a tribute to their fallen frontwoman. "Sabine denoted 'Griefshire' always as her 'baby' and it would be her biggest wish that the CD will be released," the group writes on its web site.

Dünser was born June 27, 1977 and joined ELIS, then still known as ERBEN DER SCHOPFUNG, in 2001. The follow-up to 2004's "Dark Clouds in a Perfect Sky" was completed at Mastersound Studios in Stuttgart with producer Alexander Krull (ATROCITY, LEAVES' EYES). A video for "Der Letzte Tag", taken from the last CD, can be viewed at this location (right-click and "Save Target As" 6.4 MB, Windows Media).

Pacific Northwest band AGALLOCH's long-awaited and much-anticipated new album "Ashes against the Grain" (out August 8 on The End Records) is being streamed in its entirety at MP3.com. The band recently filmed a video for the song "Not unlike the Waves" with director Nicole Phillips and cinematographers Richard Stark and Juan Mosqueda. Over nine hours of footage was shot in three days and the results are said to be "quite stunning." To film aficionados, the style of the video will call to mind the work of Ingmar Bergman, Mario Bava, and the German Expressionist movement.

AGALLOCH will be making their first appearance in Europe in the fall as openers on the NOVEMBERS DOOM headlining tour.