Recorded at Trax East with Eric Rachel and mixed by Jason Seucof at Audiohammer, the band’s third full length Metal Blade release, Nocturnal, is chock full of flesh searing riffage, mind-bending guitar solos by fret-freak John Kempainen, and the disgustingly poetic gore soaked lyricism that legions of the band's manically adoring fans have been hungering for. “From the songs, to the artwork, to the sound quality itself, we could not be more pleased with the results” states vocalist Trevor Strnad. Be sure to catch the band live on the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary tour where they will be unleashing some new material off of Nocturnal.

Nocturnal track listing:
1. Everything Went Black
2. What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse
3. Virally Yours
4. I Worship Only What You Bleed
5. Nocturnal
6. Deathmask Divine
7. Of Darkness Spawned
8. Climactic Degradation
9. To a Breathless Oblivion
10. Warborn

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Tour w/ Beneath The Massacre
7/25 London, ON The Salt Lounge
7/26 Ottawa, ON Babylon
7/27 Toronto, ON Fun Haus
7/28 Traverse City, MI Streeters Liquid Lounge
7/29 Columbus, OH The Basement
Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour
w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, 1 TBA, The Absence
9/06 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
9/07 Houston, TX Meridian
9/08 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
9/09 Ft. Worth, TX The Rockyard
9/11 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
9/12 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
9/13 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
9/14 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
9/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
9/16 San Francisco, CA Slim's
9/17 San Francisco, CA Slim's
9/18 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
9/19 Seattle, WA El Corazon
9/20 Vancouver, BC Croatian Cultural Centre
9/22 Edmonton, AB Dinwoodie Lounge
9/23 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
9/24 Regina, SK The Distrikt
9/25 Winnipeg, MB The Garrick Centre
9/26 St. Paul, MN Station 4
9/28 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
9/29 Detroit, MI The Majestic Theatre
9/30 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
10/02 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
10/03 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/04 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
10/05 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/06 Providence, RI Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
10/07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
10/09 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
10/10 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
10/11 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues

http://www.myspace.com/blackdahliamurder

UNEARTH announces fall tour with Darkest Hour, August Burns Red & Suicide Silence!
Massachusetts metal phenomenon Unearth will be hitting the road in the US for the first time since their run of dates with Dimmu Borgir back in April/May of this year. Joining Unearth on tour will be Victory Records’ Darkest Hour (Washington DC), Solid State’s August Burns Red (Pennsylvania), and Century Media’s Suicide Silence (California). This monstrous tour will hit the road on September 27th for a four-week North American tour with stops in Canada. The dates are in support of the Unearth’s latest album, III: In The Eyes Of Fire (Terry Date, Soundgarden, White Zombie, Pantera, Deftones) which was released August 8th 2006. III: In The Eyes Of Fire tipped the Billboard Top 200 Chart debuting at #35 and was Unearth’s first new studio album since 2004’s critically acclaimed Metal Blade Records debut titled, The Oncoming Storm.

Here’s what vocalist Trevor Phipps has to say about the upcoming tour:
“This fall we are giving back to the people by scaling down the venue sizes and cutting the ticket and merch prices for our last tour before we go back into writing mode for the next album. Darkest Hour, August Burns Red and Suicide Silence will join us to make this last North American run fucking killer. This tour will be a back to our roots, smaller stages, just us and the crowd experience… nothing but mayhem and a good time for all. See you on the road.”

UNEARTH
Tour w/ Darkest Hour, August Burns Red, Suicide Silence
9/27 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
9/28 Norfolk, VA The Norva
9/29 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
9/30 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Live
10/01 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
10/02 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
10/04 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/05 Lubbock, TX Jake's Backroom
10/06 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
*more dates to be announced soon!

“UNEARTH leaves no stone unturned in creating a monstrous album that incorporates elements of everyone from IRON MAIDEN (guitar harmonies) to the best of the Swedish melodic death metal bands”. Blabbermouth.com

“This is easily a front running candidate for Metal Album of the Year.” Blender.com

“Unearth is actually as dark, hard and heavy as they claim it is… utilitarian metal at its finest.” Decibel

“The Metal progenitors hit back with the brilliant and brutal III In The Eyes Of Fire.” Guitar World

“A Stunning accomplishment, one that repeatedly pushes the boundaries of heaviness, yet contains enough sonic and lyrical layers to give the songs depth and staying power.” Revolver Magazine

“The punishing metal quintet from Mass- fans of seven string guitars- made lots of new fans on Ozzfest this summer: It’s like Anthrax and Megadeth rolled into one. It’s everything you want in a great metal song” Cory Taylor of Slipknot in Rolling Stone Magazine

http://www.unearth.tv/

HATE ETERNAL announces new drummer/in pre-production mode!
HATE ETERNAL is proud to announce their new permanent drummer JADE SIMONETTO to the band.

Erik Rutan comments "Jade and I have been working together for 6 months or so and his incredible skill and dedication to extreme drumming and groove has made him the perfect drummer for Hate Eternal. We gel on everything from all the old songs to the new and the creativity process has been amazing working with Jade on the new songs, so much diversity and signature drumming to the melodies and riffs.

We have been in the middle of pre-production right now for weeks and will be doing pre-production until the end of August and then start recording the drums tracks for our new album! I am super excited about the new material and Alex (Webster of Cannibal Corpse) is coming up with some incredible bass lines!!! This album is covering a lot more ground than previously and I am excited to be jamming with Jade and Alex and a surprise is in the works! A lot more groove and diversity in an extreme way. We will record and mix between now and October with an early 2008 release on Metal Blade Records. I will keep you all updated!!”

http://www.hateeternal.com/

AEON's Metal Blade debut Rise to Dominate track listing/artwork released!
Finally! The new AEON album Rise to Dominate is finished and to be unleashed upon mankind shortly! Be prepared for a technical Death Metal apocalypse! Rise to Dominate is AEON’s first album for Metal Blade Records and their third in total.

According to the band, the new songs are even “more brutal and raw than ever before”. With all this going for the band, it’s no wonder that no other than Dan Swanö (BLOODBATH, EDGE OF SANITY, a.o.), could be persuaded to mix the record. All hell’s about to break loose around AEON!

What can possibly be a bigger honor for a brutal death metal band than having the godfathers of the genre, CANNIBAL CORPSE, declare to be fans of this band and take them out on a European tour? That’s exactly what happened with AEON. As a matter of fact, CANNIBAL bassist Alex Webster doesn’t waste a chance to sing AEON’s praises: “AEON’s musicianship is among the best in death metal, but their songwriting is what truly sets them apart. It's rare to find a death metal band that is simultaneously crushingly brutal and infectiously catchy. AEON is one of those rare bands!”

Rise to Dominate in stores and online everywhere 9/4/07!!!

Track listing Rise to Dominate
1. Helel Ben-Shachar
2. Spreading Their Disease
3. Living Sin
4. Hate Them
5. You Pray To Nothing
6. Caressed By The Holy Man
7. House Of Greed
8. Godless
9. When The War Comes
10. There Will Be No Heaven For Me
11. Luke 4-5-7
12. No One Escapes Us

http://www.aeon666.com/Aeon2007/

EVERGREEN TERRACE's Wolfbiker streaming on DecoyMusic.com!!!
Evergreen Terrace is the featured band on DecoyMusic.com and you can stream their latest release Wolfbiker in its entirety. Wolfbiker just came out Tuesday July 24th! Head over to http://www.decoymusic.com/ to check it out and don’t forget to catch the band live when they come through your town.

Evergreen Terrace also managed to snag the featured band spot on Loudside.com this week. Go here to check it out.

Wolfbiker track listing:
1. Bad Energy Troll
2. High Tide or No Tide
3. Wolfbiker
4. Chaney Can't Quite Riff Like Helmet's Page Hamilton
5. Where There Is Fire We Will Carry Gasoline
6. Rip This!
7. Starter
8. To The First Baptist Church of Jacksonville
9. Rolling Thunder, Mental Illness
10. The Damned

EVERGREEN TERRACE
Tour w/ August Burns Red, The Warriors, Casey Jones
7/26 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
7/27 Las Vegas, NV Jillian’s
7/28 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
7/29 Corona, CA Showcase Theatre
7/30 Bakersfield, CA Jerry’s Pizza
7/31 Fresno, CA The Exit
8/03 San Diego, CA Soma
8/04 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
8/05 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
8/06 El Paso, TX Chic’s Bar and Billiards
8/07 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
8/08 Houston, TX Java Jazz
8/10 St Petersburg, FL State Theater
8/11 Jacksonville, FL Fuel Coffeehouse
8/12 Orlando, FL The Social

http://www.myspace.com/evergreenterrace

FLESHCRAWL to release "Structures Of Death"!
German Deathheads FLESHCRAWL have finished recordings for their new album "Structures Of Death"!

For the first time in the bands history FLESHCRAWL didn´t record in Sweden, but in Studio Toninfusion in their home city of Ulm/Germany with Martin Schmitt on the soundboard. The clear and heavy rough mixes proved their decision to be right! Pelle Saether at Studio Underground in Västeras, Sweden mixed and mastered the album once again and delivered the perfect job!

“Structures of Death" contains 12 in-your-face old school Death Metal songs with a lot of variation. Killer melodies and smashing, neckbreaking riffs of incomparable catchiness make “Structures of Death" one of the best Death Metal releases in 2007!

Track listing for Structures of Death
1. Skulls of the Rotten (Intro)
2. Structures of Death
3. Into the Fire of Hell
4. Written in Blood
5. A Spirit dressed in Black
6. Fleshcult
7. Into the Crypts of scattered Souls
8. Anthem of Death
9. Nothing but Flesh remains
10. Rest in Pain (R.I.P)
11. About Mortality
12. War of the Dead

Structures of Death will be available online everywhere 9/18/07!

http://www.fleshcrawl.net/

BRAINSTORM in search of new bass player!
After more than 15 years BRAINSTORM and long time bassplayer Andreas Mailänder have decided to go separate ways. "... Since my working situation is not going to ease up in the long run I won't be able to combine it with the upcoming touring for the new BS release. I'm left with no choice but to leave BRAINSTORM...". (read more here).

The BRAINSTORM guys are now in search of a new fourstringer to fill the vacant spot. If you think you are the right guy for the job send your application (including MP3 or CD, photo and info on musical history) to info@brainstorm-web.net or to Metal Blade Records, attn. Brainstorm, P.O. Box 1332, D-73054 Eislingen, Germany

http://truemetal.org/brainstorm/

METAL BLADE ARTISTS ON MTV2’S HEADBANGERS BALL!
This Saturday July 28th check out Unearth's newest video “Sanctity Of Brothers ” on MTV2’s Headbangers Ball! Also airing this Saturday will be Six Feet Under's "Ghosts Of The Undead." New episodes of Headbangers Ball air Saturdays at 11pm EST.

http://www.mtv2.com

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RELEASE SCHEDULE:
September 18 - The Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal - CD
September 18 - Fleshcrawl - Structures of Death - Digital
September 4 - Desaster - 666-Satan’s Soldiers Syndicate - Digital
September 4 - Neaera - Armamentarium - Digital
September 4 - Fates Warning - No Exit (MB 25th Anniversary re-issue) - CD
September 4 - Aeon - Rise to Dominate - CD
August 21 - As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us - CD
August 7 - The Absence - Riders of the Plague - CD
August 7 - Fueled by Fire - Spread the Fire!!! - CD
August 7 - Sons of Azrael - Conjuration of Vengeance - CD (Ironclad)
July 24 - The Red Chord - Prey for Eyes - CD
July 24 - Evergreen Terrace - Wolfbiker - CD
July 24 - Three - The End is Begun - CD
July 10 - Dance Club Massacre - Feast of the Blood Monsters - CD (Blackmarket)
July 10 - Engineer - The Dregs - CD (Blackmarket)
June 26 - King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul… Please - CD
June 12 - Anterior - This Age of Silence - CD
June 12 - Forever In Terror - Restless in the Tides - CD

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RADIO NEWS:
THE RED CHORD - Prey For Eyes
CMJ Loud Rock: #1 Added
FMQB's Metal Detector: #2 Added, #25 Debut

JOB FOR A COWBOY - Genesis
CMJ Loud Rock: #7
FMQB's Metal Detector: #4
Media Guide Metal Specialty: #6 (up one spot)

EVERGREEN TERRACE - Wolfbiker
CMJ Loud Rock: #19 Debut
FMQB's Metal Detector: #26 (up 18 spots, peak #)

ANTERIOR - This Age Of Silence
FMQB's Metal Detector: #47

KING DIAMOND - Give Me Your Soul Please
CMJ Loud Rock: #5 (up one spot, peak #)
FMQB's Metal Detector: #6 (same as last week, peak #)
Media Guide Metal Specialty: #2 (up one spot)

ENGINEER - The Dregs