Guitarist/vocalist Ares of Norwegian "dark metallers" AETERNUS has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"AETERNUS are now mixing [the new album] 'HeXaeon'. We'll be working every night and so far the drums are more or less done. Things are going well and as for now, we see or have no obstacles delaying the release."

The follow-up to 2003's "A Darker Monument", "Hexaeon" was recorded at Grieghallen Studios in Norway and was once produced by Eirik "Pytten" Hundvin, who has previously worked with ENSLAVED and MÖRK GRYNING, among others. A demo version of the new track "What I Crave" cane be downloaded at this location.

Long-running Canadian metallers ANNIHILATOR have finalized the track listin for their eleventh studio album, "Schizo Deluxe". The CD is scheduled for release on the following dates: Japan (Marquee Inc.) on October 21; North America (Locomotive/Warner) on November 8; and Europe (AFM Records) on November 14.

"Schizo Deluxe" (view cover at this location) track listing:

01. Maximum Satan
02. Drive
03. Warbird
04. Plasma Zombies
05. Invite It
06. Like Father, Like Gun
07. Pride
08. Too Far Gone
09. Clare
10. Something Witchy

+ 3-4 bonus tracks, depending on the territory

STREAM OF PASSION, the new band featuring AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen, have uploaded their video for the track "Passion" at their official web site. The version of the song featured in the clip is a special edit not featured on the band's debut album. It is available in Quicktime and Windows Media player formats.

STREAM OF PASSION will hit the road for a European tour starting January 25, 2006. The band will perform songs from their debut album, "Embrace the Storm", as well has songs from the AYREON back catalog. Support at all dates will come from DAMIAN WILSON.

STREAM OF PASSION's debut album, "Embrace the Storm", is scheduled for release on October 24 via Sony/BMG Benelux. The album will be issued in the rest of Europe and the U.S./Canada via InsideOut Music.

As previously reported, a full-length MP3 of the STREAM OF PASSION track "Deceiver", taken from "Embrace the Storm", has been made available for download at this location.

NOCTURNAL RITES' video for the track "Fools Never Die" has been posted online at NocturnalRites.com.

"Fools Never Die" comes off the Swedish power metallers' new album, "Grand Illusion", due in Europe on September 19 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2004's "New World Messiah" was recorded and mixed at Toontrack Studioin Umeå, Sweden and features guest appearances by Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL), Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS), Henrik Danhage (EVERGREY), Kristoffer W. Olivius (NAGLFAR) and Swedish cross-country skiing world champion, Per Elofsson.

"Grand Illusion" will include a bonus DVD featuring three videos from "New World Messiah", the "Fools Never Die" clip, a "Making of Grand Illusion" segment and extra footage from the "Demons of the Opera" show.

According to a post at AC/DC Ruff Stuff, the previously announced AC/DC DVD, "Inside AC/DC" (view cover here), has been retitled "AC/DC - The Bon Scott Years" and is currently scheduled for release in November. Item description reads as follows:

"This is the ultimate critical review of a legendary band in the crucial years with Bon Scott at the helm. For many fans Bon was a legendary frontman without equal, and his leather-lunged power was the key to a host of classic hits from 'Whole Lotta Rosie' to 'Let There Be Rock'. "Featuring rare footage, much of it appearing on DVD for the first time, this powerful film draws together a team of leading critics and working musicians to review the legacy of one of the greatest frontmen in rock. "The film is totally unauthorized and has not been approved by past or present members or management of the band."

As previously reported, guitarist Angus Young recently told Hit Parader magazine that AC/DC have written and recorded so much material over the last year that they might seriously consider making their next album release a double disc.

"We do have a lot of songs at the moment," he said. "But that's not incredibly unusual for us. We tend to have a lot of material at some point in the recording process, then begin to whittle it down. But this time, we like a lot of what we're hearing, so the idea of expanding things out is not out of the realm of possibility."

Undercover News recently reported that AC/DC are among the artists who are said to be planning performances in Australia next March to mark the 2006 Commonwealth Games to be held in Melbourne.

AC/DC's "Back in Black" album was recently certified for U.S. shipments of 21 million copies, tying it for fifth place with BILLY JOEL's "Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & II" on the Recording Industry Assn. of America's all-time best-sellers list.

THE DARKNESS have set "One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back" as the title of their much-anticipated second album, due on November 28. It will be preceeded by the first single from the record, "One Way Ticket", on November 14.

The follow-up to "Permission to Land" will be THE DARKNESS' first release with new bassist Richie Edwards (ex-ONION TRUMP), who replaced Frankie Poullain in June. For the past two years, Edwards has toured extensively with the band as their guitar technician.

THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins' solo project BRITISH WHALE recently entered the U.K. single chart at No. 6 with its cover of the 1974 hit "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" by SPARKS.

Guitarist/producer Jean-François Dagenais of the Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM has issued the following update:

"As must of you know, the recording sessions for the new KATAKLYSM album are done, so this time around I wanna try something different and get another producer involved with the album other then myself (I have produced/mixed the last five KATAKLYSM releases) and wanna give this release two different perspectives, two different feels to it, so we decided to enlist Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC) to mix the new album and I think the combination between both of us will be lethal! I think this will be the best thing to do. I've been swamped with projects from all over Canada and been working on the KATAKLYSM album for two months. Having someone completely fresh to work the last parts of the album will be great, so I'll be shipping the record over to Tue at Antfarm studios in Denmark very soon. 'In the Arms of Devastation' will be released worldwide February 20, 2006 on Nuclear Blast Records and is guaranteed to blow your mind!!"

Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN have posted the following message on their official web site:

"DRACONIAN is about to record a bonus album this fall. Note that it's NOT the follow up to 'Arcane Rain Fell'. The album will feature three new songs, two or three demo songs in new versions and three covers. As for the new songs; we can promise heavy and truly tearful songs in dark gothic splendor. Prepare to weep! The working title is 'The Burning Halo' and the album will be released through Napalm Records at the end of the year."

DRACONIAN's sophomore album, "Arcane Rain Fell", was released in January 2005 through Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Where Lovers Mourn" was recorded at Studio Underground in Västerås, Sweden and contains more than 60 minutes of music, including the 16-minute epic "Death, Come Near Me" (previously released on the 2002 demo "Dark Oceans We Cry").

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD will release their new single, "Anytime, Anywhere", in their homecountry on October 3 (October 14 in the rest of Europe). The maxi-single will include two versions of the title cut, one live version of "In The Name" (from the "G." album), two of the bonus tracks from the "Lipservice" album and the video for "Anytime, Anywhere".

The clip is described in a press release as "a complex, partially computer-animated production in the style of the new 'Sin City' movie directed by Hannes Rossacher, who has received almost all relevant film, TV and video awards for his videos and documentaries with and about QUEEN, THE ROLLING STONES, MICHAEL JACKSON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BON JOVI and many others." The new video can already be enjoyed on various music channels.

Vocalist Henriette Bordvik has announced her departure from SIRENIA, the Norwegian gothic metal band featuring former TRISTANIA guitarist/vocalist Morten Veland. Her official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"It's a difficult call this one, but it has now come down to me leaving SIRENIA. Seeing how the band is working full-time on the new album — the new record deal and everything — there's a lot coming up, and as I'm not able to give SIRENIA all the attention they need and sure as hell [are] worthy of at this very moment, we have come to the decision that it is for the best of the future of the band that we part ways. No hard feelings whatsoever, just due to a bit of musical differences and such. I don't think SIRENIA is what really gives me the right spirit to keep going and give it all for the band. I wish them the best of luck in the future and on the next relese(es), and would like to salute you all for your massive support!!"

The rest of the band issued the following statement regarding Henriette's departure from the group:

"We in the orchestra would like to thank Henriette for the memorable years together, the accomplishments and all the great moments. We wish you all the best for the future. Set your sails, lil sister. Rock on!!!"

SIRENIA earlier in the year signed a new record deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band have released two successful albums to date (2002's "At Sixes and Sevens" and 2004's "An Elixir for Existence") and late last year toured Europe with TIAMAT, PAIN and THEATRE OF TRAGEDY.

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead vocals, have announced the addition of EVERGREY bassist Michael Håkansson as a full-fledged member of the group. "We have actually hinted at it for quite some time with him and he always answered, 'I'd be honoured,'" the band write on their web site. "It was very easy to come up with this seing how much he enjoyed playing our shit and it's not exactly going to take any time away from EVERGREY, you know, since we won't be playing live or tour or anything like that. We are very happy to have him in the band considering the work he did on the coming album, and we welcome him to the HATE."

The follow-up to 2003's "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate", THE PROJECT HATE's new album, "Armageddon March Eternal (Symphonies of Slit Wrists)" is scheduled for release on October 5 via Threeman Recordings. The CD was produced by Dan Swanö and features a guest appearance by Håkansson, who completed his tracks at his studio in Gothenburg before the entire recording was shipped off to Swanö to be mixed and mastered.

The following update has been posted at SEPULTURA's official web site:

"SEPULTURA got back in the studio to record thei 11th full-length album. Everybody is in São Paulo, Brazil, close to their families and friends working everyday from noon to midnight.

"During the first week of September they recorded the drum tracks for the new songs. It works like this: Paulo [bass], Andreas [guitar] and Igor [drums] play along while the drums only are being recorded. Later Andreas records the guitar tracks playing along with the drum tracks. Then bass and vocals. Easy? Yep, that's why it takes at least a month to record a decent album.

"They'll record to cover songs to be released, later, as b-sides. JUDAS PRIEST's 'Screaming for Vengeance' and SICK OF IT ALL's 'Scratching the Surface'.

"The new album is based on Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy' and the 10 songs of the album are separated [into] three parts: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

"This week Andreas starts recording the rythm guitars. Everything is going smooth in the studio."

A later posting on the web site reads as follows:

"SEPULTURA enters the third week of recordings. Last week Andreas started recording the rhythm guitar tracks. Two tracks for each song, using different guitars.

"The songs, with no vocals yet, start to get the sound and shape we'll hear on the album. We can identify some new stuff and influences in SEPULTURA's music. SEPULTURA won't let you down, that's for sure.

"This week Andreas will finish his part and later on, Paulo will get in the studio to record the bass lines."

Check out a video clip of SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser recording his tracks in the studio: Windows Media. Photos of the recent recording sessions can be viewed at the following location.

Italian melodic power metallers VISION DIVINE, the brainchild of ex-LABYRINTH mastermind Olaf Thörsen, have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Perfect Machine". The follow-up to last year's "Stream of Unconsciousness" was reportedly produced by STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki and is scheduled for release in October through Scarlet Records.

"The Perfect Machine" track listing:

01. The Perfect Machine
02. 1st Day of a Never-Ending Day
03. The Ancestor's Blood
04. Land of Fear
05. God is Dead
06. Rising Sun
07. Here in 6048
08. The River
09. Now that You've Gone
10. The Needle Lies (QUEENSRŸCHE cover; Japanese bonus track)

In other news, VISION DIVINE are confirmed to play a short tour of Japan in early October. If all goes well, the band's new album will be released in Japan (via King Records) the day of the band's first show, which is scheduled for October 5 in Tokyo.

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"The U.S. tour is over, and it was very good for us in a lot of ways. North Americans definitely surprised me with their heavy metal knowledge and unbelievable devotion. Some people travelled to more than one show, others drove fifteen hours to get to where the action was; fans spending over ten hours on the road to see the show was not unusual. Very flattering, and we tried to give back by delivering the best show we possibly could, as well as spending time chatting to people after the gigs. On behalf of the band, I'd like to thank everyone who came to the concerts, as well as EDGUY and INTO ETERNITY for doing this with us. It truly was a blast, and I hope it won't take another three years until we see each other again. Cheers!

"Now, the members of the band are enjoying some well-deserved time off from touring, before it all begins again in the end of October. The Swedish dates on the tour are now booked and confirmed, and reads as follows:

Oct. 30 - Skycom Arena - Umeå
Nov. 02 – Annexet - Stockholm

"Tickets available at www.ticnet.se, as usual. This marks the last time HAMMERFALL will perform on Swedish soil for over a year — that goes for the whole tour, for that matter, so don't miss HAMMERFALL vs STRATOVARIUS, coming to your country in October, November and December. For complete touring plans check out the tour section elsewhere on the page.

"Lastly, we have reached an agreement with Charlie Bauerfeind, who worked with us on the last to albums, to produce also the next one. Recordings are set to begin in May 2006, with a scheduled release in October that same year. More info on this as things proceed. Cheers!"

Norway's THEATRE OF TRAGEDY have inked a deal with Germany's AFM Records. Last Friday, the band and label met in Hamburg to discuss their future. The gothic metal act are currently working on their new album and have most of the material already completed. Musically, the band are promising a return to their early sound.

"If you want, you can consider this album as a kind of follow-up to [1998's] 'Aegis'," drummer Hein Frode Hansen said of the new album's musical direction. "For us this was a very natural way right now."

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY's as-yet-untitled new album will be the group's first to feature singer Nell (THE CREST), who replaced Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull (currently in LEAVES' EYES) in early 2004. A March 24, 2006 release is expected. Download audio samples of two demo songs recorded last year: "Fade" (mp3), "Seven" (mp3).

Long-running Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION are currently writing the music for their tenth studio album, to be released sometime in the spring/summer of 2006. "This is a landmark for the band and we really want this release to be something special for everyone," the group write in a press release.

MALEVOLENT CREATION's ninth full-length album, "Warkult", was release in July 2004 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Liquid Ghost Recording Studio in Boca Raton, Florida by Phil Plaskon and mixed at Studio Wild in Quebec by producer Jean-Francois Degenais (KATAKLYSM). Mastering duties were handled by Bernard Belley in Montreal.

According to a posting at SickthingsUK, Shout! Factory has set a November 8 release date for the DVD version of the ALICE COOPER film "Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper". The movie, which captures the original band lineup in the middle of the legendary 1973 "Billion Dollar Babies" tour, has never before been available on home video or DVD.

The DVD will feature the original cut of the film (including skits featuring the band) which was given a very limited theatrical run-mostly at midnight screenings-in the mid-'70s. This is the early cut, predating the Holywood version. Now available for the first time since the theatrical release, "Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper" boasts a new high-definition film transfer as well as a new Surround Sound mix created from the 16-track master tapes, plus a multitude of extras, including movie-length commentary by Alice himself. "The film that out-grosses them all" — as it was originally billed — is back, looking and sounding better than ever.

Track listing:

01. Hello, Hooray
02. Billion Dollar Babies
03. Elected
04. I'm Eighteen
05. Raped And Freezin'
06. No More Mr. Nice Guy
07. My Stars
08. Unfinished Sweet
09. Sick Things
10. Dead Babies
11. I Love The Dead
12. School's Out
13. Under My Wheels
14. The Lady Is A Tramp (studio)

Special Features:

* Audio Commentary by Alice Cooper
* Anamorphic Widescreen & 5.1 Surround Sound
* "Play concert only" viewing option
* Original Theatrical Trailer and Radio Spots
* Deleted Scene and Outtakes
* Easter Eggs
* Poster Gallery with Original Promotional Material
* Band Biographies

SLIPKNOT have set "9.0: Live" as the title of their upcoming live album, due on November via Roadrunner Records. Recorded at shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore and Las Vegas the CD should feature the following tracks (not final track listing):

01. The Blister Exists
02. (sic)
03. Pulse Of The Maggots
04. Vermilion
05. Duality
06. Wait And Bleed
07. Everything Ends
08. Surfacing
09. Spit It Out
10. Liberate
11. People=Shit
12. Disasterpiece
13. The Heretic Anthem
14. Left Behind
15. The Nameless
16. Iowa
17. Purity
18. Three Nil
19. Eeyore
20. Eyeless

SLIPKNOT will mount the "Subliminal Verses Tour: The Final Volume" in October/November to wrap up the touring cycle on the band's current, critically acclaimed album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", which has sold 1.19 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Support at all dates will come from AS I LAY DYING and UNEARTH.

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog:

"The album will truly live up to the word that will be its title. But there is still some work to do. We are not quite there yet. I worship making albums, creating and playing music. I have committed my life to this, I have sacrificed so much for this, and, in return, it has given me all I am today. But making this album, my tenth album, has been the most difficult undertaking I have ever embarked upon. And these are not just heavy metal-typical overblown, empty or sensationalist words. I also believe I am not the only one to feel this way in the group.

"This album is a challenge, and yet the results are intoxicating. We were in the studio again this weekend and will be back for a couple of days by the end of the coming week to do some additional work on a couple of songs. We might even add a composition. Martin [Ain, bass] and me are mulling some eccentric ideas. For all intents and purposes, however, the album is at long last finished, and this week's Popkomm music industry convention in Berlin will see detailed talks between Antje, our manager, and some of the labels that have voiced strong interest.

"This album has been far from easy for me. And I have been far from easy on this album."

As previously reported, CELTIC FROST have set "Dark Matter Manifest" as the title of their first album in 13 years. The culmination of some three and a half years of songwriting and recording work, the album was largely produced by the band themselves and financed by their own production company, with additional assistance from HYPOCRISY/PAIN mastermind Peter Tägtgren during the final recording and mixing sessions at Horus Sound Studio in Hanover, Germany. Negotiations with a variety of labels are currently underway, and the album is scheduled for a release in early 2006. Original CELTIC FROST members Tom Gabriel Fischer (voice and guitars) and Martin Eric Ain (bass) are joined by Erol Unala (guitar) and Franco Sesa (drums). The band are now managed by Antje Lange for The A Label in Berlin, Germany.

Stefan Hertrich (Darkseed/Betray My Secrets/Shiva in Exile) started a new project named SPI-RITUAL and will record the debut mini-CD in late September. "Pulse" will include 5 tracks (total running time: ca. 28 minutes) and will feature several guest musicians (Yana Veva/Theodor Bastard, Gaby Koss/Ex-Haggard, Dr. Christian Raetsch/Germanys leading ethnopharmacology book author, Kajuyali Tsamani/Director of the Foundation of Shamanic Investigations in Columbia and others).

After his award winning soundtrack/world album "Ethnic" (SHIVA IN EXILE, 2004), Hertrich now tries again to combine ethnic elements with metal like in his project BETRAY MY SECRETS (1999). "Pulse" will be released by Hertrich's new label Listen&Think Publishing and will also be licensed to Russia, including a multimedia section with a dark ethnic background bonustrack and propably a video clip (not 100% confirmed).

"This CD wonґt be a religious or ideologic guide for metal fans and it doesnґt represent any religions or ideologies in any way. It might be an offer for metal fans who are interested in different ways of understanding the aesthetics of arts from distant cultures, embedded in our familiar metal construct. I think this album could provoke even more, maybe a sensibility for things that are not teached in school or TV, but this is completely up to the listener, the main goal of this CD simply is to be enjoyed - with the option to provoke more than that." says Stefan Hertrich to Darkside.ru.

The German release is scheduled for November, official Russian release dates are not announced yet.

According to MelodicRock.com, former PARADISE LOST drummer Lee Morris has joined the British AOR group TEN. Lee's first outing with the band will be the Fleetwood weekend on October 15-16, according to TEN mastermind Gary Hughes.

Morris left PARADISE LOST in early 2004 prior to the recording of the band's self-titled album due to "personal and musical differences." In a statement issued shortly after his departure, Morris said, "I have never lost my passion for music and drumming and this new-found freedom has really filled me with a determination and drive to want to succeed again."

PARADISE LOST are currently utilizing the services of drummer Jeff Singer, who has previously worked with BLAZE and KILL II THIS.

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC have confirmed the departure of frontman Michael Bøgballe. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows:

"It is sad it has come to this, but Michael has chosen a different path in his life and wishes to leave the band. This last weekend, we did our last gig together in Gothenburg, Sweden — which was one of the most intense and energetic gigs we have ever done, and this night will not be forgotten for a very long time. Thanks to all of our friends in IMPIOUS, ENGEL, DARK TRANQUILLITY, ARCH ENEMY and most important Patric Ullaeus, who came out and made it all special for everybody! We now would like to take this time to wish Michael all the best and good luck in future endeavours."

Michael has issued the following statement regarding his departure from the group:

"It is with great sadness that I must announce my departure from MNEMIC. From today I'm no longer officially the singer of MNEMIC. There's a thousand ways to put this but none seem just accurate right now, so I'm just gonna be honest with ya all. There are two main reasons in my life for doing this. One is that mý girlfriend is pregnant with my baby and I therefore want to spend some more time at home. Second is that I'm sick and tired of being broke all the time. This is by far the hardest decision I ever had to make 'cuz I love the metal, the tours and the band. What we did together, no one can take that away from me and I'll remember every country we've visited for as long as I live. And to the people I've met on the road and all the fans: Thank you so much for being there. You made all the difference to me...I know for sure that the remaining four boys in MNEMIC will not slow down. We part as best friends and will remain so......You guys are the shit!! Thank you. And Bobo from the Summer Breeze Festival: Fuck you! Goodbye everybody....I had a blast...and who knows.....maybe we'll see each other somewhere in the future..."

MNEMIC have already recruited Michael's replacement — former TRANSPORT LEAGUE/B-THONG singer Tony Jelencovich. Commented the group: "Tony has been a longtime friend of the band, and we are 100 percent confident that he is the right man for the job!

"Also SPECIAL THANKS to video director Patric Ullaeus and his wife Tara at ww.Revolver.se spending time with the band to do another brilliant shoot in Gothenburg this weekend. This lineup change will NOT, in any way, effect MNEMIC's North American Fall tour with MESHUGGAH, GOD FORBID and THE HAUNTED."

MNEMIC are continuing to tour in support of their sophomore album, "The Audio Injected Soul", which was released in September 2004 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Mechanical Spin Phenomena" was recorded at AntFarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen.

Guitarist/vocalist Ares of Norwegian "dark metallers" AETERNUS has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"The mixing of 'HeXaeon' will soon start and today my producer and I will work on some songs here at my place. We're retrieving files from my PC so we can put all the puzzles together in the studio this month. It has been silent in the AETERNUS camp for a long time, but things WILL change. We have also started to practice again as we have a new rehearsal place and in about 2 months I guess we're ready again to do gigs wherever that may be. "The release date is not confirmed 100%, but it's still October 2005. So it won't be long.

"I thank you all for your patience, the folks that have written us and so forth. It'll be worth the wait. A new design on the website will be up soon, in the vein of the 'HeXaeon' design and our new label's designer is already working on the cover and so forth…"

The follow-up to 2003's "A Darker Monument", "Hexaeon" was recorded at Grieghallen Studios in Norway and was once produced by Eirik "Pytten" Hundvin, who has previously worked with ENSLAVED and MÖRK GRYNING, among others. AETERNUS recently acquired a new session guitarist by the name of Dreggen.

German thrashers KREATOR will re-release their latest album, "Enemy of God", in early 2006 in the DVD-Audio format, featuring very high quality, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, plus additional video material (including animation) and footage of KREATOR appearing on various TV shows.

Commented KREATOR mainman Mille Petrozza: "'Enemy of God' is our best-produced album thus far. But it will sound even more brutal in this special Dolby Digital edition."

In addition to the extra footage mentioned above, the DVD-Audio edition of "Enemy of God" will include a fan-created music video for the song "Dying Race Apocalypse". Fans are encouraged to film and create their own clip and send it to this address:

SPV GmbH
Mark Kewitsch
Brüsseler Str. 14
30539 Hannover
Germany

The best entry will become part of the official DVD-Audio edition of "Enemy of God" and the winner will receive 1000 euros. Other prizes include 33 KREATOR fan packages. The deadline for registration is mid-October. All video clips should be completed and submitted by mid-November.

The follow-up to 2001's "Violent Revolution", "Enemy of God" was recorded and mixed at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, SKINLAB, NEVERMORE). ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott makes a guest appearance on lead guitar on the track "Murder Fantasies".

Long-running Swedish metallers ENTOMBED have amicably parted ways with guitarist Ulf Cederlund. The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "We want to inform everyone that Uffe Cederlund is no longer in the band and that the split is definite and amicable. We wish him all the best!" ENTOMBED will continue as a four-piece and are currently finishing up the "Inferno" tour. The band will shortly start work on their new studio album, which is tentatively expected in in early 2006 via Threeman Recordings. Previously announced songtitles, "The Fiery Father", "I Need Hell", "Radarslave" and "Burn the Flag", had come from Uffe and are unlikely to be included on the upcoming album.

ENTOMBED's last studio CD, "Inferno", received its long-awaited U.S. release in August 2004 through Candlelight Records. The special U.S. edition of "Inferno" included a bonus disc, "Averno", featuring two previously unreleased songs from the "Inferno" sessions as well as the song "When Humanity's Gone" that was previously released on the "Inferno" vinyl. In addition, "Averno" includes the promo videos for "Retaliation" and "Albino Flogged In Black". The band's most recent release was "Unreal Estate", a special live recording of the band's now infamous sold-out performance at Stockholm's Royal Opera Hall on March 1, 2002.