OSI (OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE), the project featuring FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos, ex-DREAM THEATER keyboardist Kevin Moore and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, recently completed a music video for the title track of their sophomore album, entitled "Free". The clip, which directed by Andreas Nilsson, is now being released to video outlets worldwide. The video will also be included as a multimedia file on the CD version of the band's upcoming EP, featuring three remixes of "Free" tracks. Burning Shed will release the vinyl version of the EP, while InsideOut Music will release a CD version. The track listing is as follows:

01. Go (Console remix)
02. Kicking (Theron Patterson remix)
03. Home Was Good (Kevin Moore remix)

The "Go" remix was created by Martin Gretschmann (a.k.a. Console), keyboardist and programmer of NOTWIST. Theron Patterson is a co-writer on CHROMA KEY's "Graveyard Mountain Home" and KEVIN MOORE's "Ghost Book" and "Memory Hole".

OSI's "Free" album features a guest appearance on five tracks by FATES WARNING/ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera. A special-edition double CD of "Free" was released in Europe in April.

Swedish/Greek melodic death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE have inked a deal with Lifeforce Records.

Commented Lifeforce Records president Stefan Luedicke: "I'm very happy about the signing of NIGHTRAGE, a band I've been a fan of since their first release, 'Sweet Vengeance', on Century Media, but I'm sure their Lifeforce Records debut will easily kill their previous releases."

Marios Ilipoulos, NIGHTRAGE guitarist/songwriter, said: "We are proud about the signing with Lifeforce Records, this is really exciting for us and we feel that we will continue deliver our craft through a really nice partner like Lifeforce Records, who are into the music we are doing and together we can achieve really great things."

NIGHTRAGE will record their as-yet-untitled Lifeforce Records debut later this year at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden for early 2007 release.

Roadrunner Records U.K. has revealed the final track listing for the sophomore STONE SOUR album, "Come What(ever) May", due in the U.S. on August 1.

The CD was recorded at a Los Angeles studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER) and marks the group's first effort since the departure of drummer Joel Ekman. Ekman has since been replaced by Roy Mayorga, who had previously played with SOULFLY in addition to recently completing a European tour with SEPULTURA.

"Come What(ever) May" track listing:

01. 30/30-150
02. Come What(ever) May
03. Hell & Consequences
04. Sillyworld
05. Made Of Scars
06. Reborn
07. Your God
08. Through Glass
09. Socio
10. 1st Person
11. Cardiff
12. Zzyxz Road

STONE SOUR's new album will follow up the group's 2002 self-titled debut, which went gold and featured the hit single, "Bother".

Sweden's WOLF have set "The Black Flame" as the title of their fourth album, due this fall release via Century Media Records in Europe and Prosthetic Records in the U.S. The band are currently tracking the effort at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and will be done recording by the end of June. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "The Bite", "I Will Kill Again", "Silverbullit Eater", and "Black Magic". The follow-up to 2004's "Evil Star" will be the first album to feature new drummer Tobias R Kellgren and longtime session/live guitarist Johannes Losbäck alongside founding members Niklas Stålvind (vocals, lead guitar) and Mikael Goding (bass).

With regards to the new album's musical direction, the band said, "Think old-school metal without beeing old-fashioned. It's heavy as hell and will hit you like a ton off bricks. It has a horror vibe to it that won't let you be, and it could be a soundtrack to old Eighties horror movies. Oh yes, it contains alot off heavy metal too...A LOT!"

WOLF was formed 1995 by Stålvind and Goding. After recording several demos, Daniel "Dale" Bergkvist (drums) joined the band in 1997 and completed the core lineup that recorded the first three albums: "Wolf" (2000), "Black Wings" (2002) and "Evil Star" (2004) — all of them recorded and produced at the Abyss studio by Peter Tägtgren.

Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have uploaded two new tracks to their MySpace profile. The songs — "A-part of God" and "Undertaker" — are taken from the group's latest promotional recording, which the band are currently using to procure a new record deal. The demo marks the first material recorded with brand new OMNIUM GATHERUM vocalist Jukka Pelkonen, who joined the group last month.

Jukka will make his live debut with OMNIUM GATHERUM on July 11 at the Tuska Open Air metal festival after-party at Gloria in Helsinki, Finland.

OMNIUM GATHERUM parted ways with Nuclear Blast Records last year. The band's latest album, "Years in Waste", was released in the U.S. in March 2005. The follow-up to 2003's "Spirits and August Light" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne and engineer Teemu Aalto.

HAMMERFALL recently entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken". The album will be released on October 20 through Nuclear Blast Records, with a single release of the track "Natural High" available on September 22. Other songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Carved In Stone", "Titan", "Dark Wings, Dark Words", "Shadow Empire", "Rebel Inside", "Threshold", "Howlin' With The Pac" and "The Fire Burns Forever".

Guitar player and main songwriter Oscar Dronjak comments: "Our goal was to get as heavy and energetic a production as we had on the previous albums, but to improve it and the performance even more. Musically, we built on the foundation of our previous work and developed the sound, and perhaps brought back some of the speed. Without losing the heaviness and the groove, of course. HAMMERFALL is, and always will be, a heavy metal band."

Everyone who will visit this year's Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 21-22 in Kreuth, Germany, will get the chance to listen to one of those new tracks live. Says Oscar: "We will do 'The Fire Burns Forever', the song we recorded a video together with the Swedish athletics a couple of weeks back. As far as I know, it will be available for download during August only, so it will be in promotion for that. We're also going to bust out a few songs we haven't done in a while, just for fun."

Legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes played a sold-out acoustic gig in Sydney, Australia Saturday night (June 17), debuting new live material from his just-released album "Music for the Divine". Also joining him on stage was special guest Jimmy Barnes, who sang with him on "Gettin' Tighter". The show was filmed for both a DVD release as well as a TV broadcast series, "Live at the Basement".

Glenn Hughes setlist - live at the basement in Sydney, Australia June 17, 2006:

01. Coast To Coast
02. I Found A Woman
03. This Time Around
04. Nights In White Satin
05. Last Mistake
06. This House
07. Frail
08. The Divine
09. This Is How I Feel
10. Whiter Shade Of Pale
11. Mistreated
12. Soul Mover
13. Gettin' Tighter (w/ Jimmy Barnes)
14. You Keep On Moving

Check out pictures from the show at GHPG.net.

Hughes's new solo album, "Music for the Divine", has just been released through Frontiers Records. The CD was recorded in Chad Smith's (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) house in Los Angeles and again features Smith on drums and longtime Glenn Hughes collaborator JJ Marsh on guitar. Also featured are RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS guitarist John Frusciante and Mark Killian, who has provided the string arrangements and keyboards.

AFM Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new CIRCLE II CIRCLE album, "Burden of Truth", to October 6 from the previously announced August 4.

As previously reported, CIRCLE II CIRCLE — who feature in their ranks former SAVATAGE frontman Zachary Stevens — have created a very special record based on the "Holy Blood Holy Grail" and "The Da Vinci Code" theory of a Holy Bloodline extending up to our modern day.

"Burden of Truth" was recorded at Tampa's Morrisound Recording. Touring is scheduled for the fall 2006 throughout Europe and a special 90-minute performance at the ProgPower Festival in September — the only show where CIRCLE II CIRCLE will play "Burden Of Truth" in its entirety along with some classics.

IRON MAIDEN plan to release their new studio album, entitled "A Matter of Life and Death", in early September.

The band started writing songs at the end of 2005 after a short break from their hugely successful festival appearances in Europe and the USA. After Christmas, the songs were completed and rehearsed when the band then got together with producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley at Sarm West Studios in London to start work on recording the backing tracks.

Kevin Shirley has now co-produced three of the band's studio albums alongside Steve Harris, as well as two of their recent live DVDs and albums. From this the working relationship between Kevin and the band seems to get stronger and stronger. Says Kevin, "The beast is back! I feel from the outset we all clicked on this one. we spent two months in the studio, from go to whoa — from Nicko's 'tubs up' to final mixes and sequenced master! That's a tiny gestation period for an album. Producing IRON MAIDEN is like sitting in the head and driving one of those mammoth automatons from 'Star Wars' or Saturday morning cartoons! And there's nothing that can stop it!"

As on previous projects all of the tracks were performed live and together in one room. No click tracks or computer tightening or manipulation has happened at any stage of the recording.

Says Steve Harris, "I think in many ways this has been the easiest album in terms of recording that we've ever done. The whole process of writing through to recording was very natural. I think in terms of the material we've also pushed our boundaries yet again and I think it will please our fans but also really surprise a lot of people as well. The sound we've managed to get is very powerful for a MAIDEN record and all of us have pushed ourselves in our own ways to create something that we're all immensely proud of and I think working as quickly as we did with Kevin really was part of that process. We simply can't wait to take this out on the road. We've played some great shows and had a lot fun recently introducing some of our older songs to a new generation of fans. However for us personally we're incredibly excited about getting out and performing these new tracks."

Says Bruce Dickinson, "This album has to be our best since working with Kevin. There is such a wide scope of musicianship on this album and in parts this album is truly epic. I thought with the likes of 'Paschendale' from the last studio album that we could only hope to surpass that but having now heard the album back as well as sitting with a few select people and hearing their reactions as well, I truly believe we have managed it. Every one of us has put everything into this record and it's really paid off. However we've had such fun making it that it's almost difficult to believe what we've managed to achieve in the time it took."

"A Matter of Life and Death" track listing:

01. Different Worlds (Smith/Harris) 4:17
02. These Colours Don't Run (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 6:52
03. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 8:44
04. The Pilgrim (Gers/Harris) 5:07
05. The Longest Day (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7:48
06. Out Of the Shadows (Dickinson/Harris) 5:36
07. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Murray/Harris) 7:21
08. For The Greater Good of God (Harris) 9:24
09. Lord Of Light (Smith/Harris/Dickinson) 7:23
10. The Legacy (Gers/Harris) 9:20

The band have just announced tour dates in Japan and the majority of the European dates at the end of 2006 are already sold out.

KING DIAMOND have finished recording the drums, bass and rhythm guitars for their upcoming album, tentatively due in early 2007. The follow-up to 2003's "The Puppet Master" will contain 13 tracks (including an intro), five of which were written by the band's guitarist Andy La Rocque. Frontman King Diamond will soon begin writing the lyrics for the album, which is being recorded in Dallas, Texas and at Los Angered Recording (owned by La Rocque) in Gothenburg, Sweden.

KING DIAMOND last year completed a U.S. tour with NILE, BEHEMOTH and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. A live CD, "Deadly Lullabyes Live", was issued in 2004.

"The Essential Alice in Chains", a two-CD compilation that originally was slated to be released more than two years ago, finally will see the light of day July 25 via Sony/Legacy. Preview audio clips from the 28-song collection online here. The complete track listing for the collection is as follows:

CD 1:

01. We Die Young
02. Man In The Box
03. Sea Of Sorrow
04. Love, Hate, Love
05. Am I Inside
06. Brother
07. Got Me Wrong
08. Right Turn
09. Rain When I Die
10. Them Bones
11. Angry Chair
12. Dam That River
13. Dirt
14. God Smack
15. Hate To Feel
16. Rooster

CD 2:

01. No Excuses
02. I Stay Away
03. What The Hell Have I (Remix)
04. A Little Bitter (Remix)
05. Grind
06. Heaven Beside You
07. Again
08. Over Now (Unplugged)
09. Nutshell (Unplugged)
10. Get Born Again
11. Died
12. Would?

ALICE IN CHAINS — Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William DuVall (who will handle lead vocals for the group) — completed a short U.S. tour in May and are currently on the road in Europe playing a series of club dates and festival appearances.

LULLACRY guitarist Sami Vauhkonen has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"Right now when the summer is hot, we are about to start writing some new rockarollahmetal tunes for you! I have lots of different ideas in my twisted head and in my old Aiwa cassette recorder too, haha. It's too early to say what kind of album next one will be, but I am sure you can find there some serious kickass-melodic-hard rockin'-lullametal again. Before goin'underground to my secret songwriting laboratory, we'll do one helluva show just before Tuska Open Air at club On The rocks, June 29th. Bleed god damn hard rockin metal!"

LULLACRY released their fourth studio album, "Vol. 4", in the U.S. in February via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at Astia Studios with Anssi Kippo (CHILDREN OF BODOM, ENTWINE) and at Finnvox Studio with Mikko Karmila (NIGHTWISH, STRATOVARIUS).

LULLACRY's first single off the new album, "Stranger in You", entered the Finnish single chart at position No. 16 upon its release in July 2005. The title cut was backed by a cover of KISS' "I Stole Your Love".

LULLACRY issued a five-song EP, "Fire Within", in August 2004, featuring two new songs ("Fire Within" and "The #1 Rebel"), two remakes of classic LULLACRY tracks, as well as a cover version of W.A.S.P.'s "L.O.V.E. Machine".

Irish doom metal act MOURNING BELOVETH have posted the following message on their official web site:

"Back from tour with PRIMORDIAL, MOONSORROW and our labelmates GARDENS OF GEHENNAH and it was probably the best tour yet, well organised, well attended and some great reactions. We even got to play Hungary, Vienna and Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig where we hadn't been before and each night we were shouted back for more, even some slow handclapping some nights. Sold out shows in Arnheim and Biebob told the story of the tour really. People appreciating bands who play from the heart and not the usual merry-go-round of touring bands. Last weekend saw us appear with PRIMORDIAL again in London, another triumph for Irish metal as the attendance was close to the 300 mark. A great crowd response and some dodgy singing in the Intrepid fox later made sure we would be remembered.

"July should see the re-release, through Grau, of our first two albums, namely 'Dust' and 'The Sullen Sulcus' with no new material added however the artwork of 'Dust' will be slightly changed in line with our new paymasters…haha.

"The new album is coming along slowly, being broken up every few weeks with another gig but we are now going to concentrate on writing for the next few months. One song written already and a lot of ideas floating around but too early to tell anything yet."

DAYLIGHT DIES will film their first-ever video this coming weekend for the song "Lies That Bind" from their latest album, "Dismantling Devotion", now available via Candlelight Records. Set to be filmed outside the band's base of Raleigh, North Carolina, the Ramon Boutviseth-directed clip will feature the full band with local actors in a plot that caters to the song's dark and compelling lyrical storyline.

After filming, DAYLIGHT DIES will prepare for their performances alongside labelmates EMPEROR in New York July 13 and 14. The band will play a warm-up date in Philadelphia on July 11 and later this year will kick off their first full tour in support of "Dismantling Devotion"; teaming up with Sweden's KATATONIA and Portugal's MOONSPELL.

"Dismantling Devotion" was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, SOILWORK) and mastered by Thomas Eberger at The Cutting Room (OPETH, THE HIVES).

A brand new LAMB OF GOD track, entitled "Redneck", has been posted online at www.sacrament2006.com.

"Redneck" is the first single off LAMB OF GOD's new album, "Sacrament", due on August 22 via Epic. A video for the song has reportedly been shot by director Bill Fishman (EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, GOOD CHARLOTTE).

"Sacrament" was produced by Machine (BLOODSIMPLE, WHITE ZOMBIE), who also helmed the group's 2004 effort, "Ashes of the Wake".

In a recent interview with MTV.com, LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton had the following to say about the upcoming CD: "The music's influenced by what the five of us are listening to, what we're writing about, the context in which we're writing, our lives and our experiences. We made a deliberate effort not to be so politically motivated this time. We still care about and think about those things, but at this point, creatively, we wanted to step out of that for a moment, and address some other things. So the lyrics are more introspective and more personal, and I think just about anybody will relate to them. Not everybody pays attention to the war or politics."

Danish/Swedish prog-metallers BEYOND TWILIGHT have made two very rare songs ("Eyes" and "Carousel of Life") from the band's 1996 demo "Lurking Fantasia" available for download at the band's official web site:

Eyes (mp3)
Carousel of Life (mp3)

The band's leader, Finn Zierler, commented: "The album ['Lurking Fantasia'] will never be released. It was just a rough demo never meant to be released. But since we keep getting requests about it we've made a special for you. Please keep in mind I wrote the track 12 years ago and it was recorded 10 years ago 1996. It is just a demo".

BEYOND TWILIGHT's latest release, "For the Love of Art and the Making", recently hit the No. 1 spot on the Top 100 Progressive Music Album Chart Of 2006 beating TOOL's "10,000 Days", DAVID GILMOUR's "On an Island", and QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation Mindcrime II". The chart is compiled by ProgArchives.com, one of the most respected and progressive rock/metal online sources.

In a recent interview with Denmark's Antenna webzine, Zierler said of the band's latest effort, "'For the Love of Art and the Making' is by far the most complex album we've ever done. Everything about the album is complex. The compositions are huge — consisting of hundreds of layers and containing widely complex patterns rhythms and symbolisms. There are many 'hidden' details on the album — lots of stuff for music enthusiasts to analyze and for BEYOND TWILIGHT fans to enjoy and understand. The structure is very complex too. It's not structured like an ordinary album with tracks made out of verse, bridge, chorus etc. None of the musical pieces on the album are repeated twice the same way. You can compare the structure to reading a book, watching a movie or as a complex story with a lot of emotions being told in form of music."

Legendary death metallers SUFFOCATION have posted the following message on their official web site:

"We are happy to announce the completion of our new self titled-album, 'Suffocation'. We are anxious for it to hit the streets and are expecting an early September release date. We are confident with the outcome and look forward to the upcoming tours that will be scheduled to support it.

"The album will be out a few weeks prior to the start of the FEAR FACTORY, HYPOCRISY, DECAPITATED tour which will give you fans just enough time to familiarize yourselves to the pain we are anxious to bring to your city and town.

"Last but not least, SUFFOCATION bassist Derek Boyer is recovering from four broken bones. Derek's leg was broken 06/06/06. The good news is, Derek will be back on two feet in time for the tours this summer."

SUFFOCATION's latest CD, "Souls to Deny", was released in April 2004 through Relapse. The band's first full album of new material since 1995's "Pierced From Within" was recorded at Full Force with engineer Joe Cincotta and was described by drummer Mike Smith as "the cleanest, heaviest SUFFOCATION album to date."

Chicago's NOVEMBERS DOOM have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The recording has begun for the upcoming CD, and now we can reveal details on the work. A title has been selected, and the final disc will contain eight songs. Once again as we've already announced, we're recording with Chris Djuricic, mixing with Dan Swanö [EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH], and mastering with James Murphy [TESTAMENT, DEATH]. The first three days are complete, and the drums have been tracked. A studio journal with upcoming photos and video commentary is available here.

"The Novella Reservoir" projected track listing:

01. Rain
02. The Novella Reservoir
03. They Were Left to Die
04. Our Twilight Innocence
05. Drown the Inland Mere
06. The Voice of Failure
07. Dominate the Human Strain
08. Leaving This

The follow-up to 2005's "The Pale Haunt Departure" is scheduled for release later in the year via The End Records.

Swedish death/black metallers BLOODSHED have parted ways with drummer Martin Karlsson and are currently seeking a replacement. If you are interested, e-mail the band at tommy@bloodshed.info. "Preferably include a short presentation of yourself and some sort of sample of your playing (links to mp3s or mail a CD)," the group write in a statement. "Since the rest of us live in Stockholm and rehearse on a regular basis, it might be a good thing if you live in the Stockholm area (others are of course welcome to apply too, if you're willing to make the trip a couple of times a week)."

BLOODSHED recently completed work on their full-length album, entitled "Stale Cold Cell Recital", due later in the year. The follow-up to the "Blade Eleventh" mini-CD, which was released last year via Cursed Division, was recorded at Necromorbus studio with producer Vidar Widgren.

"Stale Cold Cell Recital" projected track listing:

01. General Exodus
02. Cell
03. Hæreticus
04. Into...
05. Pieces
06. Headless Idol
07. Death Indulgence
08. Cravings
09. High End Return
10. Prophecies of Man

Check out audio samples at www.myspace.com/bloodshedswe.

Guitarist Alex Grossi has confirmed that he has rejoined QUIET RIOT as the group's touring axeman.

It's been a confusing year so far for QUIET RIOT fans. The group started the year by announcing a brand new lineup seeing singer Kevin DuBrow and drummer Frankie Banali working with L.A. GUNS and BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns, but this deal fell through within days.

Early February saw the band enlisting bassist Wayne Carver, from the Las Vegas act THE MUDCAT BLUES BAND and "Erocktica Live" revue, plus guitarist Billy Morris, a Cleveland veteran of acts such as KIDD WICKED, JEANNINE ST. CLAIR, THE GLORIOUS THINGS, the PAUL GILBERT band and WARRANT. Shortly afterward, Chuck Wright was then reinstated on bass.

Meantime, Alex Grossi hooked up with LOVE/HATE for European tour dates in April. The flux in QUIET RIOT's membership continued though, as in early March it was revealed that in fact none other than ex-THE FIRM and BLUE MURDER bassist Tony Franklin had put down bass on the new album.

Bassist Jan Bünning of the German power metallers PARAGON has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"Last week we had no rehearsal because we shot our first-ever official video for our song 'Impaler'. Steve Ravic of the mighty Australian Metal Warriors filmed the video clip with us. One version of the clip will have extreme highlights from his movie 'The Warrior' and there will be a second version which will feature the band footage only. Look out for it later this year. We shot the clip in the catacombs of the Ballroom Hamburg and the raw material I already saw reminds me a littlel bit of JUDAS PRIEST's 'Painkiller' video. Steve already worked on clips e.g. for GAMMA RAY, GUN BARREL and RHAPSODY."

As previously reported, PARAGON have set "Gangland" as the working title of their new album, which they expect to begin recording later in the year. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Hammer of the Gods", "Souleaters", "Gangland", "Forgotten Prophecies", "Face of Death", "Halls of Doom" and "Agony".

PARAGON's latest album, "Revenge", was released in the U.S. in April 2005 via Magick Records. The CD was the follow-up to "The Dark Legacy", which was released in 2003 by Remedy.

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has posted the following message on his official blog:

"Have been hard at work on the new VELVET REVOLVER stuff. We have been working five days a week for the last month. And have about 10 songs worked up. Going to work in my studio for another couple of weeks. Then start rehearsing for our mini-tour of the West Coast. Then back in the studio to complete the album."

VELVET REVOLVER recently recorded a new song for the upcoming animated feature, "Monster House". The band's 2004 debut, "Contraband", was certified double-platinum for sales in excess of two million copies in the United States.

MERCENARY singer Mikkel Sandager will be making a guest appearance on the new ILLDISPOSED album, "Burn Me Wicked". More information will be made available soon.

In other news, MERCENARY keyboardist Morten Sandager has been asked to join Danish hard rock veterans PRETTY MAIDS for two shows — the first one this coming weekend at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany, and the second the following weekend in Denmark. The last show will be broadcast live on Danish national television.

As previously reporte, MERCENARY have wrapped up recording and mixing their new album, "The Hours That Remain", with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, COMMUNIC, MAROON, HATESPHERE), who had previously worked with the group on their "11 Dreams" offering. The CD is scheduled for release on August 21 via Century Media Records.

UNEARTH have revealed the track listing for their new album, "III: In the Eyes of Fire", due on August 8 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at a Seattle studio with producer Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES).

A limited-edition version of "III: In the Eyes of Fire" will include a bonus DVD containing the "making of" footage for the album and a live video filmed on the Sounds of The Underground tour.

"III: In the Eyes of Fire" track listing:

01. This Glorious Nightmare
02. Giles
03. March of the Mutes
04. Sanctity of Brothers
05. The Devil Has Risen
06. This Time Was Mine
07. Unstoppable
08. So It Goes
09. Impostors Kingdom
10. Bled Dry
11. Big Bear and the Hour of Chaos

Bonus DVD (only on limited edition):

* The Making of "III: In The Eyes Of Fire" (directed by Doug Spanenberg)
* Live from the Sounds of The Underground tour

01. The Great Dividers
02. This Lying World
03. Only The People
04. Black Hearts Now Reign

The band have secured a second-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on June 29 in Seattle, Washington.

Sanctuary/Castle Music has released an expaned edition of VENOM's "Cast In Stone" album. The 29-track digitally remastered (by Cronos) two-CD set includes a bonus disc of classic re-recorded VENOM tracks and five bonus tracks from the rare limited edition 1996 mini album including "7 Gates Of Hell", "Welcome To Hell", "In Nomine Satanas", "Black Metal" and "The Evil One".

"Cast In Stone" expanded edition (view cover here) track listing:

CD One:

01. The Evil One
02. Raised In Hell
03. All Devils Eve
04. Bleeding
05. Destroyed & Damned
06. Domus Mundi
07. Flight Of The Hydra
08. Gods Forsaken
09. Mortals
10. Infectious
11. Kings Of Evil
12. You’re All Gonna Die
13. Judgement Day
14. Swarm

CD Two:

01. Intro
02. Bloodlust
03. Die Hard
04. Acid Queen
05. Bursting Out
06. Warhead
07. Lady Lust
08. Manitou
09. Rip Ride
10. Venom
11. 7 Gates Of Hell (Bonus Track)
12. Welcome To Hell (Bonus Track)
13. In Nomine Satanas (Bonus Track)
14. Black Metal (Bonus Track)
15. The Evil One (Bonus Track)

Metal Blade Records has set A September 25 European release date (September 22 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) for the sixth full-length album from the Swedish viking death metal heroes AMON AMARTH, entitled "With Oden On Our Side". The CD was recorded at Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren.

"With Oden On Our Side" track listing:

01. Valhall Awaits Me
02. Runes to My Memory
03. Asator
04. Hermod's Ride to Hel (Lokes Treachery Part 1)
05. Gods of War Arise
06. With Oden On Our Side
07. Cry of the Black Birds
08. Under the Northern Star
09. Prediction of Warfare

There will be a limited first edition with a bonus disc. containing AMON AMARTH's gig from the 2004 installment of the Wacken Open Air festival.

AMON AMARTH will be embarking on a full European headlining tour beginning in October this year.

Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION, featuring current MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, have announced the addition of bassist Kristoffer Andersson from SARGATANAS REIGN as a permanent member. "We're very pleased to have him in the band and we're looking forward to see his contribution in your music," the band write in a statement. "At the moment we're working on material for our third opus. We're constantly developing our music and exploring new paths. A handful of songs are completed and so far it looks like this new album will differ itself a bit from our previous works."

THE LEGION released their sophomore album, "Revocation", in February via Listenable Records. The artwork was once again designed by Kris Verwimp (MARDUK, ABSU, IMMORTAL), who had previously worked with the group on their debut album, "Unseen to Creation".

THE LEGION's debut album, "Unseen to Creation" was released in October 2003 through Listenable.