AFTER FOREVER have announced the release date of their forthcoming album "Remagine" as September 5th 2005. More details can be found at this location.

It has been reported today that long term Keyboardist and ex-member of MY DYING BRIDE Martin Powell has left the ranks of CRADLE OF FILTH. The split is said to be amicable and Martin's official statement reads:

"Due to pressing personal reasons I have found myself unable to commit my best efforts and time to CRADLE OF FILTH. Despite five great years, [during] which I have achieved along with my colleagues (past and present) a myriad of goals and dreams, I have decided to bow out from CRADLE. Having played and written music with three greats of English metal (CRADLE OF FILTH, MY DYING BRIDE and ANATHEMA) I am certainly not giving up music in any respect but just need time away from the rigors of being part of a such a time consuming entity as CRADLE OF FILTH is. I shall endeavour to pursue and perhaps release my own music whenever I am blessed with the time and inclination to do so. I should like to thank CRADLE fans and friends the world over for making my time with CRADLE OF FILTH incredibly enjoyable and memorable. I look forward to people hearing from me in the not-too-distant future."

IN FLAMES latest promo video for the track "My Sweet Shadow" has been posted online at this location (WMV).

The organisers of the UK edition of the PROG POWER FESTIVAL yesterday announced the event details in full:

"Headlining this first year will be THERION, with THRESHOLD, FREEDOM CALL, ORPHANED LAND and FIREWIND also confirmed. Two more bands are still to be announced to complete a one-day, seven band lineup.

"The first indoor show is confirmed for Saturday 25th March 2006 - timed to offer something early in the year to avoid the crush of summer festivals.

"The venue is stunning. 'The Centaur', a brand new, state-of-the-art prestigious indoor arena, completed less than eighteen months ago, with incredible facilities, and 12000 free car parking spaces. Located at the world-famous Cheltenham Racecourse in central UK, this will be the perfect setting for the festival.

"Other highlights include: Giant video screens, a Metal Market, 'Platinum Passes' with exclusive festival benefits for the first one hundred tickets sold, and an exclusive ProgPower UK sampler CD free on the door to all ticket holders.

"In line with ProgPower worldwide, the UK arm of ProgPower is also run by fans and musicians. No corporate agenda here! The team firmly intends that the festival becomes the highlight of the UK Progressive and Power Metal calendar every March. The venue has massive potential, with sufficient capacity and flexibility to allow the festival to grow year on year - The sky's the limit!"

The Official website is now launched, with tickets onsale 6th June 2005, priced 33GBP +Fee. For more info visit http://www.progpoweruk.com

Expect to see an exclusive Metal Monk UK interview feature with the organisers of the festival in the next few weeks!

Finnish "Battle Metal" merchants TURISAS recently posted this message on their official website:

"Greetings to all of you! Things are moving along in the Turisas camp. We have moved on to a more intensive songwriting phase: new material is shaping up and we are looking forward to start out recording the first demos of new songs this summer. Some really interesting and musically ambitious material I can tell you. Also a loose idea of a thematic entity for the album is being planned. The actual album recordings will hopefully take place around fall/winter if everything works out."

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring former EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums), are continuing work on the songs for their third album, "Disintegrate", and will record "as soon as the band feels that the material is ready and perfect," according to the group's label, Candlelight Records. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Disintegrate", "Vile Ritual", "In Hindsight", "Subversive Faith", "Vulture" and "Wrenched".

AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen has officially unveiled his new band STREAM OF PASSION, which also features Mexican singer Marcela Bovio - leading lady of the excellent ELFONIA.

STREAM OF PASSION is:

Johan van Stratum - Bass guitar
Davy Mickers - Drums
Marcela Bovio - Vocals, lyrics, Violin
Arjen Lucassen - Guitars, Music
Lori Linstruth - Lead guitars
Alejandro Millán - Piano

For more information, visit www.streamofpassion.com

Townsend Avalanche Music will be releasing an IMMORTAL tribute album later on in the year. Entitled "Epimythion - Tribute to Immortal" the collection will feature the following tracks:

SUNN O))) – "Cursed Realms Of The Winterdemons"
BEYOND DAWN - "Storming Through Red Clouds And Holocaust Winds"
VREID - "As The Eternity Opens"
OCD+BRAINCONTROLLER - "Pure Holocaust"
ENDWARFMENT - "Unsilent Storms In The North Abyss"
TRAGEDY BEGINS - "The Sun No Longer Rises"
ZWEIZZ - "Blacker Than Darkness"
ENTHRONED - "Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates"
AURA NOIR - t.b.c.
SETH - "Battles in the North"
FUNERAL PROCESSION - "A Perfect Vision of the Rising Northland"

After the recent release of their latest album "Catch 33", swedish metallers MESHUGGAH have reportedly re-signed with current label Nuclear Blast after their contract ended earlier this month.

The official website of psycho-metal act RAM-ZET has recently been revamped, now including the full album details:

As recently reported, RAM-ZET have set the release date for "Intra" to June 13th. Samples of each song can now be downloaded HERE.

Tracklisting:
1. The Final Thrill
2. Left Behind As Pieces
3. Enchanted
4. Ballet
5. And Innocence
6. Born
7. Lullaby For The Dying
8. Closing A Memory

EXCLUSIVE! OPETH have announced 3 UK tour dates for this September:

Tuesday 6th September - Carling Academy 2, Birmingham.
Wednesday 7th September - Manchester University
Thursday 8th September - London, Mean Fiddler

Tickets are on sale now - get them HERE.

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt recently spoke to MTV.Com and confirmed that the band have now indeed signed to Roadrunner Records. (Expect 17 tedious digipak re-releases of the next album!) He also took time to give a few details on the new album:

"Musically, 'Damnation' was an experiment for us, it also helped us to develop our sound. So this time around, you can say the overall record is going to be heavy-sounding. There's also a couple of songs that are more in the style of 'Damnation', so to speak. We also have a new member in the band, our keyboard player, Per Wiberg. So we have some vintage keyboards this time around on the heavy material as well. Overall, this one is heavy."

Mikael has also stated that the album will be completed before the end of May, and may even be released as early as August. Tracks to be featured on the album include "Ghost of Tradition", "The Baying of the Hounds" and "Isolation Years".

Finnish power metal legends STRATOVARIUS have recently announced a co-headlining tour with HAMMERFALL and the good news is the tour is coming to the UK! The bands will play the Camden Palace (Koko), London, on November 7th.

As part of the Gigantour, the official website has posted a medley of samples, one of which being the track "Panic Attack" from the forthcoming DREAM THEATER album "Octavarium". Download at this location. The song plays after the Megadeth track has finished.

German power metal group EDGUY have posted the following on their official website:

"There's not only a 5-track EP 'Superheroes' going to come out this year! EDGUY plan to release the first official DVD in September, too, featuring different material than what's going to be found on the EP. Besides the video clip of 'Superheroes', the DVD will feature various live tracks in 5.1 sound filmed at their show in Sao Paulo during their world tour 2004 when the band flew their whole big stage over to Brazil. Furthermore there will be a lot of never-before-seen 'behind-the-scenes' footage — they have a camera team filming their recording sessions of the forthcoming EP and album right now. This DVD — that will have plenty of other little features as well — is going to be called 'Superheroes - the DVD' and should be out early September."

Screeching midget Dani Filth and his band of symphonic black metal chaps CRADLE OF FILTH have posted the following on their official website:

"CRADLE OF FILTH are currently putting together the as-yet-untitled live DVD, which was filmed over two sold out shows in Paris on April 2nd-3rd, 2005. This will be with extra behind-the-scene's footage spanning the last 3 years of the bands ghoulish whereabouts. It will also feature promotional videos's and exclusive band interviews and other extras. It scheduled for an October release date."

IN FLAMES' upcoming DVD, "Used and Abused... In Live We Trust", has had its release date pushed back to July 18 from the previously announced June 20. No reason has been given for the delay.

DARK FUNERAL guitarist Lord Ahriman has issued the following album update:

"Monday is the day we've all been waiting for! Hell yeah, Monday we will finally enter Dug-Out Studios with producer Daniel Bergstrand to begin the work and recording of our new, yet untitled Satanic symphony. We are scheduled to be located at the dungeons of Dug-Out Studios between May 23 to July 1st.

"Since we will be continuing to write material and work on arrangements in the studio, I can unfortunately not say much about the actual new songs. And even tough WE have an exclusive insight on the new material, I can assure you that we, the band, are as curious as all of you to find out and hear what the final result will sound alike.

"To at least give you some kind of information on the new stuff, I can tell you as much as with THIS album we have been, and still are, specifically working to make improvements on the drum-side (to get a more complex and rhythmic drumming then before) as well as the guitar side of the music, of course. Many of the melodies I've written so far for this album are the fastest I've ever written, which in a way give them a more atmospheric and 'classical' touch than ever before, while others are perhaps abit slower but with a darker and more depressive feeling."

Swedish Prog Metal band WOLVERINE have posted the following message on their official website:

"The work on the new album is going really well. We now have six songs ready but are aiming for another two or three. Some of you may think that we're out a bit late since we're entering the studio in just seven weeks. Don't sweat it. I don't think we've ever had an album entirely finished when we've entered the studio. When we did "Cold Light of Monday" we even wrote an entire song after the recordings had begun."

"We have high hopes about this album and hopefully we'll be able to play it live in order to promote it. We'll see what happens. If possible we will put up some sort of blog or something while in the studio to keep you all updated on what's happening."

In a recent interview with Metal Temple, german metal act SUIDAKRA explained their split with Century Media Records, amongst other topics.

Arcadius comments: "Yes, of course. As I have mentioned before there were several problems with the promotion the label did for us. Our first album for them back in 2001, 'Emprise to Avalon', was actually not promoted at all. Still, the press sent a very positive feedback. At that time period we thought that this had something to do with the fact that this was actually our first album with them. So when the release of 'Signs of the Fallen' took place we expected their support 100 percent. The press was satisfied with this album but still there was almost no promotion at all.

"To make a long story short, when we started recording the new album, we met with the company and they told us that they don't really like our new sound. They wanted us to play exactly like our previous albums. Why do that? To get no promotion at all, again? There was no reason to continue with the label."

Read the full interview at the above or below links.

Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM will enter the studio on July 10 to begin recording their new album, "In the Arms of Devastation", tentatively due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast Records.

"The writing of the album is almost complete and things are going very well with this album dont expect any fashion core, no 'roman' haircuts or whining," the band write in a newsletter. "Expect a crowbar to the head ala metal way. KATAKLYSM enters the compound July 10th and a monster will rise from it...we promise."

Death Metal titans NILE have posted an online E-card which previews tracks from their forthcoming album "Annihilation of the Wicked". The album tracks, not due out until May 23rd, can be previewed at this location.

Polish Black Metal masters VESANIA, featuring Orion (BEHEMOTH) and Daray (VADER), have signed to Napalm Records. Expect their dark, brutal, symphonic debut release, God the Lux on 25 July.

Power metal legends GAMMA RAY have completed work on their new album "Majestic" at Hansen Studios in Hamburg, Germany. The follow-up to 2001's "No World Order" features 11 tracks which represent "all of the characteristic strengths of the band's musical career to date," the group write on their web site. A late September release is expected.

AFTER FOREVER singer Floor Jansen and vocalist/guitarist Sanders Gommans have recorded guest appearances on the new album from the French power metallers NIGHTMARE, entitled "The Dominion Gate". The CD is tentatively due in October via Regain Records.

The follow-up to 2003's "Silent Room", "The Dominion Gate" is being recorded at Soundsuite Studio with Norwegian producer Terje Refsnes (TRISTANIA, SIRENIA). The album will also include a special guest appearance by ex-PRETTY MAIDS guitarist Ricky Marx, who has previously collaborated with NIGHTMARE vocalist Jo Amore back in the '90s. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Circle of the Dark", "Temple of Tears", "Secret Rules" and "K-141".

A brand-new ULVER track, entitled "Christmas", has been made available for download here. The group's new album "Blood Inside" is due for release on June 6th.

The "Blood Inside" track listing is as follows:

01. Dressed In Black
02. For the Love of God
03. Christmas
04. Blinded by Blood
05. It Is Not Sound
06. The Truth
07. In the Red
08. Your Call
09. Operator

Finnish death-metallers AMORAL have recently reported in from the road, after recently completing their european tour with FINNTROLL and NAGLFAR:

"Well, we made it back home with no major losses or injuries (not counting cut fingers, stitched legs, lost phones and clothes or permanently damaged livers...) The atmosphere on the bus couldn't have possibly been any better than it was, thanks to FINNTROLL, NAGLFAR and the crew, who were all very cool to us. Also a big thank you to everyone who showed up to see us, or found themselves digging our show. The crowd responses were very good almost everywhere, so the gigs were a blast. We have about 10 hours worth of video material on and off stage, let's see if we'll be able to make something out of that pile of tapes someday...

"About the cancelled gig at Milton Keynes: We are very sorry about that, but there was nothing we could do about it. The promoter wasn't interested in fulfilling his side of the agreement, so our tour manager had no choice but to pull the gig...

"We'll spend July in the studio recording our second album, and at the moment the release date is set to October 4th. After the release we'll do a small tour here in Finland. Hopefully we'll be able to tour abroad too, in the beginning of next year..."

Olavi has posted the following message on the official AMON AMARTH website:

"We will be teaming up with labelmates CATARACT and IMPIOUS for a short summer tour inbetween our headlining appearances at Party.San and Summer Breeze Open Air festivals! The show in Köln (Cologne) will be filmed for a DVD-recording to be released by the end of the year. More details about the filming and the specials surrounding this particular gig will be announced soon!"

DEVILDRIVER have posted an online E-Card where you can hear three tracks from their forthcoming album "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand". The tracks "End of the Line", "Hold Back the Day" and "Sin and Sacrifice" can be heard here.

The album is due for a June 27th release via Roadrunner Records.

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"I am writing this studio update in Derbyshire, U.K …breathing in the fresh country air and looking at cows and sheep in the fields! Yes, we have moved to Andy Sneap in England for the mixing of the 'Doomsday Machine' album.

"It's an amazing, almost euphoric feeling to have finally completed the recording phase of the new ARCH ENEMY album… We were starting to get serious cabin fever at Slaughterhouse studio (Halmstad, Sweden)…! We have all put a lot of hard work into creating something really special… A big thank you goes out to Rickard Bengtsson, who has produced this record and gotten some great results out of all of us!

"Andy Sneap has given the material his (metal) stamp of approval and it’s killer to see (and hear) him work on the songs — it sounds fucking great!!!! The guitar sound is HUGE and it's really got a great 'cut' to it! The drum sound is also a big step up for us — super heavy!

"I am very confident that ARCH ENEMY fans will enjoy this album when it is released this summer! The 'Doomsday Machine' is coming!!!!!"

As recently reported, NEVERMORE have set the release date for "This Godless Endeavour" to July 25th. The band recently posted the cover art online. Further details on the direction of the album can be found at the Century Media website.

IN FLAMES have announced a low-key gig to co-incide with their UK Download Festival performance.

The band will play "The Cockpit" in Leeds on June 10th. Tickets can be purchased HERE.

Finland's KALMAH have inked a new deal with Spikefarm Records (a division of Spinefarm) and have begun the songwriting process for their fourth studio album, which is due out later this year.

IN FLAMES frontman Anders Friden has today posted the following on the band's official website:

"I'm in Dug-Out studio [in Uppsala, Sweden] recording my vocals for our new album. Want the title? Drumroll... 'Crawl Through Knives'. Yes, there it is my friends. Now you can speculate and decide if you will like the album or not... irony is a wonderful thing.

"Everything is going great. Eight out of 13 songs done and some titles are: 'Crawl Through Knives', 'Dead End', 'Leeches', 'Surrender?', 'Reflect the Storm', 'Take This Life'. I feel it's a good mix of everything IN FLAMES stands for, but it's me speaking....

"Next week we'll start mixing in Tonteknink/Umeå and at the end of May the album is DONE."

The third single taken from the AYREON album 'The Human Equation' will be released June 16th, 2005. It is called 'Come Back to Me', and is a slightly extended and newly mixed version of the song 'Day 7: Hope'. Other tracks include: 'August Fire' featuring Mostly Autumn's Heather Findlay; 'When I'm 64', a Beatles cover song; and 'Back 2 Me', a special remix. A video clip was shot during the summer of 2004 and is included on the single together with a 'making of' video. For more information and artwork, visit the site.

Secondly. It's been quiet for a while now... Consider it the calm before the storm, because the last few months have been extremely hectic in the Electric Castle. Arjen has been hard at work; inside his studio recording a new album, and outside his studio doing photoshoots and videoshoots, all for his latest musical endeavour: a band! The newsletter says that they have to keep us in suspense a little while longer before they can reveal details of this exciting new development.

Contrary to all previous reports, Roadrunner UK have announced that the new OBITUARY release will not be self-titled. The new album will now carry the title "Frozen In Time".

The complete track listing for the album is as follows:

01. Redneck Stomp
02. On the Floor
03. Insane
04. Blindsided
05. Back Inside
06. Mindset
07. Stand Alone
08. Slow Death
09. Denied
10. Lockjaw

German Power Metal cheese-merchants EDGUY are currently hard at work on their new EP "Superheroes" which is due for a September release via Nuclear Blast.

According to the band's website, the EP is being produced by Sacha Paeth (KAMELOT, RHAPSODY) and all tracks bar the title cut (to be part of the new album) will be unique to the EP.

SENTENCED/POISONBLACK frontman Ville Laihiala has rejected Internet rumours that his side project POISONBLACK is on the verge of collapsing after failing to complete work on the follow-up to their "Escapextacy" debut.

Commented Laihiala: "POISONBLACK is not dying yet. The next album is allready recorded, but it needs a bit more work before the release, which will be at the end of this year. October, perhaps..."

Fantasy metallers BATTLELORE have recently had their album release date for "Third Age of the Sun" pushed back to July 25th. The album was originally due for European release on July 4th.

The tracklisting for the album has also altered slightly - details of which can be found at the BATTLELORE website (below).

According to the official EPICA website, the band are releasing the first single "Solitary Ground" (from their latest album "Consign to Oblivion") across the Netherlands on May 12th.

The tracklisting is as follows:
01. Solitary Ground (piano version)
02. Solitary Ground (remix)
03. Mother of Light (different version)
04. Palladium (previously only avaialble on the SACD album)

You can view a brief clip of the new video for the single here.
Read our review of the new album "Consign to Oblivion" here.

The newly recorded album by US metallers NEVERMORE is entitled "This Godless Endeavour" and the band have announced it will be released across Europe via Century Media on July 25th. The band recently finished recording the album in the UK - with legendary producer Andy Sneap.

British Doom Legends CATHEDRAL with be entering the studio later this month to record their 8th full-length studio album. There seems to be some sort of confusion regarding the title - set for a 12th of September release through Nuclear Blast - some sites are calling it "The Garden of Unearthly Delights" (including the official one) whilst several record labels are still referring to it as "Seeds of Decay".

Norweigan "Psychotic Black Metal" act RAM-ZET have finalized the release dates for their forthcoming album "Intra". As previously reported the album will be released on May 30th, but this is for Norway only. The rest of Europe can expect to see the album on general release from June 13th.

A new song from the forthcoming OBITUARY album has been posted online at Roadrunner.com. The track, titled "Insane", can be downloaded here.

Good news for fans of IN FLAMES - the upcoming DVD/CD box set due out June 20th via Nuclear Blast will feature not one but TWO full concerts. Although details are still sketchy, the two-DVD, two-CD set, "Used and Abused... In Live We Trust" will include the following track listing on its DVD portion:

Disc 1:

Live at Sticky Fingers – Sept. 7, 2004 (90 minutes)
01. F(r)iend
02. The Quiet Place
03. Dead Alone
04. Touch Of Red
05. Like You Better Dead
06. My Sweet Shadow
07. Evil In A Closet
08. In Search For I
09. Borders And Shading
10. Superhero Of The Computer Rage
11. Dial 595 – Escape
12. Bottled
13. Behind Space
14. Artifacts Of The Black Rain
15. Moonshield
16. Food For The Gods
17. Jotun
18. Colony
19. Pinball Map
20. Only For The Weak
21. Trigger
22. Cloud Connected

Live at Hammersmith, London – Dec. 27, 2004 (40 minutes):
01. Pinball
02. System
03. Cloud Connected
04. In Search For I
05. Fucking Hostile
06. Behind Space
07. Quiet Place
08. Trigger
09. Touch of Red
10. My Sweet Shadow

* Soundtrack Tour 2004 - Live
01. Only For The Weak
02. Clayman

Disc 2:

* Live in Madrid
01. System
* Live in Australia/Japan
01. Dial 595 - Escape
* Soundcheck in London
01. Dial 595 - Escape
* Soundcheck in London
01. Touch of Red
Promotional Videos:
01. F(r)iend – video
02. My Sweet Shadow – video
03. Touch of Red – video (extended DVD version)
04. The Quiet Place – video

Jester TV – Universal Access (50 minutes): - About IN FLAMES
- Interviews with band members
- About the METALLICA show in Madrid
- Behind the "Quiet Place" video shoot
- Behind the "Touch of Red" video shoot
- Other videos: "F(r)iend", "Evil In A Closet"
- About the start of the "Soundtrack" tour 2004
- Summer festival
- "Like You Better Dead" at Metaltown
- About the Japanese Tour
- About the Australian Tour
- L.A. – Roxy
- About the Hammersmith concert
- About the JUDAS PRIEST Tour
- 666 at Scandinavium
- Backstage tour
- About the Sticky Fingers concert

Four Song samples have been made available on the BATTLELORE website, showcasing material from the forthcoming album "Third Age of The Sun" which is due out via Napalm Records on July 4th. Download the samples here.

A new interview with KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood has been posted here at the band's official website. Click the link to read more.

Swedish Doom Legends CANDLEMASS have posted their latest video for download via the Nuclear Blast Website. The track "Black Dwarf" is taken from their newly released self-titled album. Watch the video here.

LEAVES' EYES have recently posted the promo clip to the track "Elegy" on their website. You can download it here. The track is taken from the EP of the same name released this week via Napalm Records.

Sanctuary Records have announced that the self titled new album from STRATOVARIUS will be released across Europe on September 5th. The band recently completed filming for the promo video of the first single "Maniac Dance".

The following has been posted on opeth's official website today:

"Per Wiberg has now officially joined Opeth as a permanent member of the band. As most of you know he's been touring with Opeth since their "Damnation" record. Spiritual beggars fans should not despair as he will continue playing and recording with them.

The band is currently hard at work in Fascination street studios. 9 titles have been recorded and at this moment Hammond organs and Mellotrons are being put down to tape. The recording is being supervised and engineered by Jens Bogren and produced by the band. Some song titles have been confirmed and will be posted here soon.

Several North American journalists will visit the studio in mid May for interviews and exclusive listening sessions. We will soon confirm a handful of Scandinavian and European dates. The band will do a smaller trek round the key cities in Europe in September. This will be the first tour in support of the new album which is supposed to be released in late August/early September. More tour dates to come...."

Excellent news! More as we get it...

Cyber Metallers FEAR FACTORY have set "Transgression" as the title of their forthcoming album, which is set for an August 22nd Release via Trillion Records - a division of Liquid 8 - responsible for the release of "Archetype" in 2004.

The band are apparently entering the studio on the 5th of May to begin recording sessions for the new LP

Progressive/Power metal crossover band COMMUNIC (hailing from Norway) have posted a recent live performance clip online. You can download it here.

AFTER FOREVER keyboardist Joost Van Den Broek will be making a guest appearance on the debut album from Brazilian metallers SAGITTA, entitled "Ohm". A former member of SUN CAGED, Joost had previously worked with Arjen Lucassen in the projects AYREON and STAR ONE. Also making a guest appearance on the album is FREEDOM CALL/SYMPHORCE guitarist Cede Dupont. For more info click here.

Swedish Thrash-metal outfit DARKANE have posted the artwork for their forthcoming album "Layers of Lies" at this location.

The album is set for release on June 27th via Nuclear Blast. Check out this - and all other release dates - using our newly online RELEASE RADAR.

A brand-new three-song demo recording from DEAD TO THIS WORLD, the solo project of Norwegian musician Iscariah (IMMORTAL, NECROPHAGIA, THE CLAN DESTINED), has been uploaded here.

Formed in Bergen, Norway, in 2002, DEAD TO THIS WORLD sees Iscariah's return to the ancient speed/thrash/black metal underground. This demo was recorded on April 23 of at Voltage Studios in Bradford, U.K. A limited edition hand-numbered promo package of 150 copies will be sent out to relevant and potential sources in the scene, but will not be available for sale to the public. The debut album will be recorded this summer.

LEAVES' EYES have announced the tracklisting for their forthcoming album "Vinland Saga". Details, along with 30-sec samples of each song, can be downloaded here.

The tracklisting for the LTD Edition Digipack version is as follows:

01. Vinland Saga
02. Farewell Proud Men
03. Elegy
04. Solemn Sea
05. Leaves' Eyes
06. The Thorn
07. Misseri (Turn Green Meadows into Grey)
08. Amhrán (Song of the Winds)
09. New Found Land
10. Mourning Tree
11. Twilight Sun
12. Ankomst
13. Heal (bonus track)
14. For Amelie (new version) (bonus track)
15. Elegy (video)
16. Interview (video)
17. Making of a Saga (video)