Former CARCASS guitarist Mike Amott (currently in ARCH ENEMY) has revealed that the legendary U.K. death metal band may reunite for a tour.

In an exclusive interview with Sweden's Close-Up magazine (web site), Amott said that he and guitarist/vocalist Bill Steer secretly met in Halmstad, Sweden last year to rehearse old CARCASS material. A couple of months later, they were joined by vocalist/bassist Jeff Walker for another practice session. ARCH ENEMY's Daniel Erlandsson was handling the drum duties at these rehearsals.

"It sounded really good and it was a lot of fun," said Amott. "We rehearsed pretty much the entire 'Heartwork' album [1993]."

The original plan was for CARCASS to play several festival shows this summer, but that fell through.

"I hope we can do some reunion shows at a later date," explained Amott. "It would be a lot of fun and I'd love to play the songs live again. Unfortunately, it can't happen until 18 months from now, at the earliest, because ARCH ENEMY has a totally full schedule. It's different for the other guys who don't work as actively on their music careers."

SOILWORK's video for the song "Exile" can be viewed below. The track comes off the Swedish metallers' new album, "Sworn to a Great Divide", due in North America on October 23 via Nuclear Blast Records.

The vocals for the new CD were recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with the help of STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Sworn To A Great Divide
02. Exile
03. Breeding Thorns
04. Your Beloved Scapegoat
05. The Pittsburgh Syndrome
06. I, Vermin
07. Light Discovering Darkness
08. As The Sleeper Awakes
09. Silent Bullet
10. Sick Heart River
11. 20 More Miles

Check out the cover artwork at this location

As part of their classic album reissues, Century Media will re-release the "Passage" (1996) and "Eternal" (1999) LPs from Swiss experimental/industrial metallers SAMAEL in Europe on October 1 (U.S. releases should follow later). Both albums will come in a 28-page "mediabook" package containing lyrics, new layout, liner notes and bonus tracks. The complete track listing is as follows:

"Passage":

01. Rain
02. Shining Kingdom
03. Angel’s Decay
04. My Saviour
05. Jupiterian Vibe
06. The Ones Who Came Before
07. Liquid Soul Dimension
08. Moonskin
09. Born Under Saturn
10. Chosen Race
11. A Man In Your Head
12. Exodus
13. Tribes Of Caïn
14. Son Of Earth (re-recording '96)
15. Winter Solstice
16. Ceremony Of Opposites (re-recording '96)
17. From Malkuth To Kether

"Eternal":

01. Year Zero
02. Ailleurs
03. Together
04. Ways
05. The Cross
06. Us
07. Supra Karma
08. I
09. Nautilus & Zeppelin
10. Infra Galaxia
11. Being
12. Radiant Star
13. Ways (alternate mix)
14. Ailleurs (alternate mix)
15. Infra Galaxia (alternate mix)
16. Us (instrumental)
17. The Cross (instrumental)
18. I (instrumental)
19. Ways (drum'n'bass mix)

Swedish metallers STEEL ATTACK have issued the following update:

"A few changes has taken place in STEEL ATTACK the past six months. Anden Andersson [bass] decided to leave the band in April, he has been replaced by Johan Löfgren (LACK OF FAITH). Tony Elfving [drums] and Johan Jalonen Penn [guitar] also decided to move on and left the band in August. They were replaced by Peter Morén (TAD MOROSE) and Simon Johansson (MEMORY GARDEN, ABSTRAKT ALGEBRA). STEEL ATTACK is currently writing new material and will enter the recording studio in the beginning of October."

Chicago's forward-thinking experimetallers YAKUZA have recorded a version of PINK FLOYD's "Lucifer Sam" with producer Sanford Parker (MINSK, PELICAN) for an upcoming Syd Barrett tribute record, to be released by Dwell Records.

UK-based label Eyes Of Sound will release YAKUZA's "Samsara" LP as the first in a limited gatefold vinyl series. Originally issued in 2006 via Prostheitc Records, this limited edition of 500 gatefold LPs also features an exclusive remix of "Back To The Mountain" by the infamous James Plotkin (KHANATE, OLD, SCORN, SUNN O))), EARTH) and comes on a luxurious double 180g colored vinyl. The album features guest appearances by pianist Jim Baker, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, Sanford Parker, and MASTODON's Troy Sanders. The "Samsara" vinyl will be released October 20 worldwide.

A very exclusive free download snippet for a limited period of time of two brand new songs from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's new solo album, "My Winter Storm", is available at www.mywinterstorm.com (free registration required).

Tarja Turunen's cover version of the ALICE COOPER smash "Poison". which will appear on "My Winter Storm", was laid down at the same studio where the original track was recorded — The Village Recorder (a.k.a. The Village) in Los Angeles, California.

Tarja previously stated about her decision to cover the track, "The original song has lots of backing vocals. I can say without a doubt that the song is a 'classic.' I decided to cover it after listening to it hundreds of times in the Finnish radio. I never performed the song before 'My Winter Storm' sessions. It is not a ballad…"

Tarja Turunen's video for the song "I Walk Alone", can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Berlin, Germany with director Jörn Heitmann, who previously worked with NIGHTWISH on the "Sleeping Sun" clip in 2005. The "I Walk Alone" single will be released on October 29 (October 26 in Germany) via Universal Music, to be followed by the full-length CD, "My Winter Storm", on November 19 (November 16 in Germany).

"My Winter Storm" was produced by Daniel Presley (FAITH NO MORE, JEWEL, THE BREEDERS), who has been joined in the studio by a truly stellar line-up of musicians: Doug Wimbish on bass (LIVING COLOUR, ANNIE LENNOX, JOE SATRIANI, JEFF BECK, MADONNA, ROLLING STONES), Alex Scholpp on electric guitars (FARMER BOYS) and Earl Harvin on drums (SEAL, PET SHOP BOYS, AIR), a player personally selected by Tarja after she saw him stealing the show at a SEAL concert. Keyboards and programming, meanwhile, are being provided by Torsten Stenzel, whose previous credits include NELLY FURTADO, MOBY, TINA TURNER, VANESSA MAE and more.

Tarja Turunen has scheduled the following shows in November/December:

Nov. 25 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Club
Nov. 27 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Nov. 29 - Budapest, Hungary @ Petöfi Hall
Dec. 02 - Moscow, Russia @ Club B1
Dec. 10 - Köln, Germany @ Live Music Hall
Dec. 11 - Paris, France @ Elysee-Montmartre
Dec. 13 - Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg
Dec. 18 - Zürich, Switzerland @ X-Tra

DARKANE drummer Peter Wildoer has posted this message on his web site:

"In July we finally finished the mix of SOILWORK's new CD 'Sworn to a Great Divide'. It took about one more month of work then planned. I think it turned out very well with a quite raw production. Right now Klas [Ideberg; DARKANE] and I are working on the Swedish metal band CONSTRUCDEAD's new CD. If things go as planned (which they never do) we will be finished in about two or three weeks.

"After the CONSTRUCDEAD CD will be finished we'll start working on the mix of the upcoming DARKANE DVD. I just hope the DVD will be released early next year. I also need to mix Stefan Rosqvist's debut solo CD together with Stefan. I'm looking forward to releasing that CD a lot. It will be the first time I will play on a CD that is not metal with lots of improvised drumming. It features me performing everything from loose 'jazzy' drumming to more rock orientated material. I guess a lot of people will be surprised!

"Late this year Lalle Larsson will release his 'Seven Deadly Pieces' DVD. The DVD will cover most of Lalle's work over the years. The 'main concert' where 'Seven Deadly Pieces' is performed live features me on drums. If you go to the video section here on my site you will find two videos from that concert.

"Carl Johan Grimmark's (of NARNIA) first solo release is just released. I'm drumming on that one as well. It's released on a small record label so I don't know how easy it is to get hold of it. It's a kind of heavy hard rock. You can visit Carl Johan's MySpace site with plenty of samples.

"This coming winter we will start recording DARKANE's fifth record. We have about nine songs ready. We were hoping to enter the studio earlier but in typical DARKANE bad luck, our studio got flooded and badly damaged. So now we're looking for a new location for the studio and as soon as we find that we need to rebuild the studio which takes a lot of time. Hopefully we will start recording around Christmas (fingers crossed)."

DARKANE's upcoming DVD was shot in May 2006 in the band's hometown of Helsingborg, Sweden.

The band last year completed a European tour in support of their fourth album, "Layers of Lies", available now on Nuclear Blast Records. It is the follow-up to the band's third studio CD, "Expanding Senses", which was released in 2002.

German metallers BRAINSTORM have finalized the track listing and cover artwork for their brand new single, "Fire Walk with Me", due on October 19 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and October 22 in the rest of the world via Metal Blade Records.

Asked for why this song is so special for the band, singer Andy B. Franck stated, "This is BRAINSTORM… better then ever! Play it loud and find out yourself! This hits you right in your face!"

"Fire Walk with Me" single track listing:

01. Fire Walk With Me (single version)
02. Breathe
03. Worlds Are Coming Through (live)
04. Painside (live)
05. Fire Walk With Me (Firestarter mix)

BRAINSTORM's new, as-yet-untitled studio album is scheduled for release on January 25 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and Janaury 28 in the rest of the world via Metal Blade Records. A European co-headlining tour with EVERGREY will kick off on February 29 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Metal Blade in June released the first-ever BRAINSTORM DVD, "Honey from the B's (Beasting around the Bush)". The box set was released in digipack format "with special metal effect." The disc entered the Hungarian Music DVD chart at position No. 18.

BRAINSTORM recently parted ways with longtime bass player Andreas Mailänder and is currently seeking a replacement. Watch BRAINSTORM's video for the song "All Those Words" (taken from 2005's "Liquid Monster").

RAGE frontman Peter "Peavy" Wagner has issued the following update from the recording studio where the band is currently working on its new album, "Craved in Stone":

"Let me report from our studio, where we're intensively working at our new album 'Carved in Stone' since considerable time. We've again barricaded ourself in the VPS studio together with our longtime sound engineer Charly Czajkowski, who will record our efforts for eternity. Later, our well tried sound mixer Charlie Bauerfeind will screw the whole stuff together. I can promise you that this time, we'll come to the point directly, no experiments, only cool melodies and riffs, straight on the kisser. The recordings have started already, and the material for the most parts is ripe for decision, so I will tell you some words to the first five songs:

"'Carved in Stone': The title song starts with an hymnic intro that will open our shows surely in the next time with this chorus melody that refuses to leave your ears. The song itself explodes after this to an uptempo triolic-groove, where Andre can heat up his fast feet on the double bass drum. The lyrics talk about all these politicians in their ivory towers that waste all these young soldiers in their wars for money and power.

"'Drop Dead': Then 'Drop Dead' goes fast in the second lap. What a skullcrusher riff, that Victor has extracted from his braincells here, like in the first song. Memories to old 'Missing Link' times come up in me, this one goes right to the point, but never sounds dusty indeed. In the words I sing about some (frustrated) thoughts of mine, about the momentary condition of mankind, please don't nail me on every single word.

"'Gentle Murders': Starts with a furious guitar intro before we join in full speed. This song from Victor has lots of amazing grooves, riffs and harmonies. In the middle part its time to mosh intensivly. The words talk about the circumstance that you can do whatever you want if your only rich and powerful enough, like practised in most of the 'legal-systems' in the world.

"'One Step Ahead': A fully fat mid-tempo groover with fantastic melodies, also composed by Victor. A neckbreaking riff leads into a dynamic verse, just to stomp everything down in the bridge and chorus. The lyrics invite you to get rid of the crooks from religion to get free in mind.

"'Without You': Starts like a ballad with fantastic harmonies, but then turns into a wall of guitars and riffs. That's a song from me, that Victor joined in with some fine ideas, so we breeded a song with absolute ear-catching melodies. The words talk about someone who lived lifelong under a mask and always denied his real self."

Greek metallers FIREWIND will have their 2002 debut album, "Between Heaven & Hell", re-released in Japan on October 10 via King Records. The reissue includes new artwork, liner notes from guitarist Gus G. and producer David T. Chastain as well as two bonus tracks.

Originally released with different cover artwork in Japan, this time the album will include the European cover which was created by legendary artist Kristian Wahlin (KING DIAMOND, DISSECTION, AT THE GATES)

Commented Gus G.: "We've wanted to re-release our debut album for sometime now since it's been very hard to find, or even in some territories out of print. Also, we finally make it available to our Japanese fans with the European cover which I personally always liked best. Since the album's coming out the very same day as our Japan tour starts, we will add a few songs from this album [to] our set list. I also want to say that we're working on re-releasing it in the rest of the world as well. This will probably happen early 2008. More details to come soon."

"Between Heaven & Hell" new track listing:

01. Between Heaven & Hell
02. Warrior
03. World of Conflict
04. Destination Forever
05. Oceans
06. Tomorrow Can Wait
07. Pictured Life
08. Firewind Raging
09. I Will Fight Alone
10. Northern Sky
11. Fire
12. Who Am I
13. End of an Era
14. Fire (demo version – bonus track)
15. Destination Forever (demo version – bonus track)

FIREWIND recently announced that singer Apollo Papathanasio will take the next few months off and will be temporarily replaced by German vocalist Henning Basse (METALIUM).

New Jersey metallers ATTACKER will release a new definitive "best-of" collection titled "Standing the Test of Time" this fall. The set will contain 16 neck-snapping metal tracks from the bands lengthy music career. "Standing the Test of Time" will be released through Chavis Records and distributed worldwide by the BCD Music Group.

As previously reported, ATTACKER recently signed with Chavis Records for the worldwide digital distribution of its complete catalog, including the critically acclaimed "Battle at Helm's Deep", plus "The Second Coming", "Soul Taker" and "The Unknown". The band's physical CD releases of its entire ctalog are available through Sentinel Steel Records.

ATTACKER will performing at The Monster's Ball, presented by the True Metal America concert series, on October 12 and October 13 along with RAVEN, HALLOWS EVE, OVERDRIVE, and SEVENTH CALLING. Additional 2007 and 2008 dates in the U.S. and Europe will be announced soon.

Ben Moody and David Hodges, the duo behind the EVANESCENCE hit songs "Bring Me To Life" and "Fallen", have teamed up again to write and produce the new CELINE DION song "This Time", set to appear on her new album, "Taking Chances", due out November 13 on Columbia.

This is not the first time these two have teamed together outside of their work with EVANESCENCE. The duo also collaborated on KELLY CLARKSON's "Breakaway" album where they wrote CLARKSON's "Because of You" and "Addicted". In addition, they also worked together writing for such artists as BO BICE, CHRIS DAUGHTRY, LINDSAY LOHAN and ANASTACIA.

Ben Moody started his music career as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band EVANESCENCE. "Fallen", their major label debut went on to sell over 10 million records worldwide and earned Ben two Grammys. After leaving EVANESCENCE in 2003, Ben began writing and producing for other artists such as AVRIL LAVIGNE's sophomore release, "Under My Skin", penning "Nobody's Home".

David Hodges left EVANESCENCE in 2002 after the release of the "Fallen" album, which won the band a Grammy for "Best New Artist." He went on to work on several other projects, including "Passion of the Christ: Songs" soundtrack in 2004 and the 2005 "The Stealth" soundtrack, which included the song "One Day". Recent collaborations have included the artists ANASTACIA (Epic), LESLEY ROY (Jive) and NICK LACHEY (Jive).

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have issued the following update:

"Because of important family obligations, guitarist Stefan Leibing cannot play all shows of the forthcoming U.D.O./PRIMAL FEAR double headliner tour. His substitute is a well-known face — PRIMAL FEAR have recruited well known guitar-slinger Alex Beyrodt for the European dates. Alex was part of the PRIMAL FEAR touring band in 1999/2000 b/w the 'Jaws Of Death' tour and longtime guitarist in SINNER. Stefan Leibing will play the co-headlining show at the ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta. Alex will play his first show with PRIMAL FEAR on October 13th, 2007 in Geleen/Netherlands. Stefan will be back with the band for the Japan tour."

Dutch symphonic, female-fronted metal band WITHIN TEMPTATION has issued the following update:

"Here are some updates on various places where we'll be playing this fall. We found out that we will be doing 121 shows and festivals in 2007, which truly is a band record. And still we haven't gotten to every continent and/or country, imagine that!

"This coming Saturday, we will be playing in Turkey for the first time, at the Rock'n Coke Festival in Istanbul. This is very exciting for us as Turkey is a country we haven't played in before. We can't wait to finally meet our Turkish fans.

"A few days later, we will be flying out to Boston to start our first North American headlining tour. Tickets are selling fast, so make sure you get your tickets in time. THE DEAR & DEPARTED will be support act on this tour, as well as a local opening act on each show. In other words: it'll be a great evening. We will be walking around to meet all of you, there will be merchandise, albums, etc.etc. We hope to see you all there, bring your friends and family as well! Also, we will be doing a short competition through Opendisc today, where you can win a private meet & greet or merchandise for each show. So make sure you're signed on!

"In October, we will be playing in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. Germany has always been a special place for us and for all of these shows in October we're planning something special, more about that later! Opening acts at these shows will be THE 69 EYES and DELAIN, with the exception of Austria and Switzerland where THE 69 EYES will be the only support act.

"In November we'll be doing our biggest UK shows yet (with THE 69 EYES as well), which is also very cool and exciting. This will be a few days after our big solo show at the Beursgebouw in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, which will also be a very special gig. Another cool UK newsbit is that 'Mother Earth' will be re-released in the UK on September 24th! It will feature the original album, plus four live tracks. Make sure to get your copy once it becomes available!

"It'll be a busy fall, we look forward to seeing you all soon!"

WITHIN TEMPTATION will be joined by the Dutch Metropole Orchestra for a special concert at the Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on February 7, 2008.

WITHIN TEMPTATION's "The Heart of Everything" sold 7,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 106 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's first U.S. release for Roadrunner Records, "The Heart of Everything" also topped the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

Swedish gore death masters DERANGED have completed work on their seventh full-length album, "The Redlight Murder Case", tentatively due in November via Regain Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Watch Me When I Kill
02. Strip Nude For Your Killer
03. Gently Before She Dies
04. Redlight Murderess
05. So Sweet, So Dead
06. The Killer Wore Black Gloves
07. Formula For A Murder
08. Death Walks On High Heels
09. Body Puzzle

DERANGED drummer Rikard Wermén previously stated about the upcoming album, "It is the best musical work we have so far accomplished under the name DERANGED. It's brutal and insane, and will hopefully leave you dead with a broken neck in the pit."

DERANGED has been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 24-25, 2008 at the Sonar in Baltimore.

KYLÄHULLUT, the Finnish punk project featuring CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho on guitar/vocals, will release its new album, "Peräaukko Sivistyksessä" (Finnish for "Asshole in Civilization") in November through Finland's Kråklund Records. The track listing is as follows (English title translations are included in brackets):

01. Tillintallin tasapää! (Brainless)
02. Kourallinen turhia (Big Brother) (Fistfull of pointless (Big Brother) )
03. Kieli hanurissa (Tongue in ass)
04. Heta Hyttisen taskuparkki (Pocketpark of Heta Hyttinen)
05. Lävistetyn laulu (Song of perforated)
06. Mä heitän sut pihalle! (I throw you to yard!)
07. Kameratutkat, suoriksi mutkat (Cameraradars, curves straight)
08. Hiltonin Pariisi (Hilton's Paris)
09. Torakat (Cockroachs)
10. Pillu (Cunt)
11. Kyllä saa Vanhastakin panettaa (Surely Vanhanen can wanna have sex)
12. AOR (AOR)

An audio sample of "Kourallinen Turhia" can be heard at this location.

KYLÄHULLUT is:

Alexi Laiho - Guitar, Vocals
Vesku Jokinen - Vocals
Tonmi Lillman - Drums, Bass

After nearly three years of silence, Diary of Dreams triumphantly returns with Nekrolog 43. Once again DoD mastermind Adrian Hates deftly mixes elements of electronic, rock, goth, and EBM into a sound that is completely distinctive. Diary of Dreams continues to raise the bar for others, and from the opening moments of the title track and the distinctive hooks of “The Plague” to the closing notes of “The Valley“, Nekrolog 43 masterfully blends electronic atmospheres and rhythms with Adrian’s distinctively stunning voice to powerfully convey the emotions of the music. Adrian described the newest Diary of Dreams output as a having strong emphasis on extremes. "I really believe in the uncompromising power of the new tracks", he said.

01. Nekrolog 43
02. The Plague
03. Son of A Thief
04. Tears of Joy
05. UnWanted?
06. Matching Lives
07. Remedy Child
08. Malice
09. The Darkest Of All Hours
10. Congratulations
11. HypocrypticKlal
12. AlLone
13. The Valley

Out November 6, 2007 through Accession and Metropolis.

Norwegian "dark metallers" AETERNUS have parted ways with drummer S. Winter (FORLORN, A WINTER WITHIN, GEHENNA) due to the fact that "he lives too far away from [the rest of the group] and it became a too big burden to have that type of slow flow in the band," according to a posting on the AETERNUS MySpace page. "It was a shitty decision to make, but also an important one. He's a great drummer and and truly among very few are so dedicated as he is and it made it hard to take this step. Nevertheless, it was done."

AETERNUS is currently auditioning a new drummer in Bergen.

AETERNUS' latest album, "HeXaeon", was released last year via Karisma Records. The follow-up to 2003's "A Darker Monument" 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.

Brazilian metal titans Max and Igor Cavalera have written and recorded new material together for the first time in 12 years. It is their first outing since recording their former band, SEPULTURA's colossal landmark album, "Roots" in 1995. The new project named CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, features the Cavalera brothers (Max on vocals and rhythm guitar and Igor on drums), SOULFLY guitarist Marc Rizzo and GOJIRA's Joe Duplantier on bass. Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) makes a cameo bass appearance on one track. Another track features a collaboration with Max, Joe and Richie Cavalera (INCITE) on vocals.

Monte Conner, Roadrunner Senior VP of A&R recently visited the band in the studio. "Having stopped by the studio, I can tell you the magic between Max and Igor is still there. When these brothers play together, it's like the planets align," he says. "Igor's playing is simply on fire and as always, Max continues to have one of the most recognizable and powerful voices in all of metal. It was great to see both Max and Igor with such big smiles on their faces."

This long-anticipated reunion between the Cavalera brothers is something fans across the globe have been waiting for since SEPULTURA's last gig at Brixton Academy in December 1996. Hailing from Belo Horizonte in central Brazil, SEPULTURA gained a legendary reputation as the one of the most highly regarded and successful death/thrash metal bands of all time, with two gold albums under their belts both in the UK and the USA — "Chaos A.D." (1994) and "Roots" (1996).

"When Igor and I met at the 10th annual D-Low Memorial Show [in 2006] and got the instruments in our hands, it was like we had never been separated. The metal was flowing in our veins," comments Max. "It was the same in the studio."

Recording took place this past July at Undercity Studios in Los Angeles, with rising production star Logan Mader (ex-MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLY guitarist). Mixing at Undercity is currently underway. The still-untitled record is tentatively slated for a February 2008 release. Among the 11 songs set to appear are "Inflikted", "Bloodbrawl", "Holy Poison", "The Doom of All Fires", "Ultra-Violent" and "My Sanctuary". A b-side cover of the POSSESSED death/thrash classic "The Exorcist" was also recorded.

RIDE THE SKY, the new band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN drummer and MASTERPLAN founder Uli Kusch alongside ex-TEARS OF ANGER/BEYOND TWILIGHT singer Bjørn Jansson, guitarist Benny Jansson, and bassist Mathias Granås (XSAVIOR), has parted ways with keyboardist Kaspar Dahlqvist (DIONYSUS, STORMWIND) due to "personal reasons." Norwegian musician Henning Ranseth (RETURN, RAM-ZET) will handle the keyboard and second guitar duties for the band's upcoming European tour with SONATA ARCTICA and EPICA beginning late October.