Heart To Be Honoured In LA

The Wilson sisters from HEART are to be honoured by one of the America's leading songwriting groups.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will give their prestigious Founders Award to the sisters for their songwriting over the past 35 years.

"Their success and influence helped pave the way for other female artists," said ASCAP president and chairman Marilyn Bergman. "They continue to build their musical legacy with an artistic energy that remains as strong today as when they first started out over 35 years ago."

Ann and Nancy will receive their award at a ceremony set for April 22nd. It is customary for the winners of the Founders Award to perform at the event, although this has not been been confirmed as yet.

www.heart-music.com/

DEF LEPPARD, JOURNEY & WHITESNAKE To Play Triple Concert Date In Ireland

Def Leppard, Journey & Whitesnake have confirmed that they will play a one-off triple concert date in Ireland.

It is billed as ‘the most mouth-watering line-up of 2009’ and the show will take place at The O2 in Dublin on Friday June 12th.
The O2 is Ireland’s newest music venue.

Tickets go on sale today (Friday 27th February) at 9.00am from Ticketmaster.

All three bands are warming up for various festival appearances around Europe.

Def Leppard and Whitesnake both play at "Download" on Sunday June 14th whilst Journey go to Germany’s "Bang Your Head" Festival on June 26th.

www.defleppard.com/
www.journeymusic.com/
www.whitesnake.com/

Anneke Van Giersbergen Covers Moonspell

AGUA DE ANNIQUE (former "The Gathering" vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen's band) performed a cover version of Moonspell's "Scorpion Flower" during the band's Greek concert (23/02/09) in Athens.

Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed by clicking HERE.

MOONSPELL's original version of "Scorpion Flower", which appears on the band's latest album, "Night Eternal", features a guest appearance by Anneke.

The set list for the Athens concert was Hyperdrive, Ice Water, Trail Of Grief, My Town, Beautiful One, Alone, Day After Yesterday, Sunken Soldiers Ball, Make It All New, My Girl, Scorpion Flower, Witnesses, Lost And Found, Digging The Grave, My Electricity & You Are Nice.

Anneke was also joined on stage by Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Niels Geusebroek (Silkstone) and singer-songwriter Marike Jager who also performed on her new acoustic album, "Pure Air".
Anneke is also joined on the album by Danny Cavanagh (Anathema), John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia, Icon, UK) and Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Stream Of Passion).

www.aguadeannique.com
www.myspace.com/annekevangiersbergen

EVERGREY European Tour Dates

EVERGREY are to team up with Novembre (Italy) as special guests on a European tour.

Dates confirmed so far are as follows...
03 April - Matrix, Bochum, Germany
04 April - Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium
05 April - Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
07 April - Underworld, London, UK
08 April - Nouvieau Casino, Paris, France
10 April - Sala Jam, Bergara, Spain
11 April - Sala Caracol, Madrid, Spain
12 April - Mephisto, Barcelona, Spain
14 April - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
15 April - Mostovna Nova, Gorizia, Slovenia
17 April - Diesel, Budapest, Hungary
18 April - SKC, Beograd, Serbia
19 April - Szene, Vienna, Austria
20 April - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany

Evergrey will also be performing an intimate warm-up show in Marietta, Atlanta, USA on March 12th en route to Mexico City for a festival appearance.
This will be a true “Night with Evergrey” as the band will remain at the club after the show to party with the fans for the rest of the night.

www.evergrey.net/
www.myspace.com/officialevergrey

www.novembre.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/novembre1

LACUNA COIL - New Song Available From Their MySpace Page

Italian Goth Metal band LACUNA COIL have posted a new song, "Spellbound", on its MySpace page.

The track is from the band's new album, "Shallow Life", which will be released via Century Media Records on April 20th (Europe) & April 21st (North America).

The CD was recorded in September/October at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California with producer Don Gilmore.
Gilmore has previously worked with LINKIN PARK, AVRIL LAVIGNE, GOOD CHARLOTTE, PEARL JAM, DURAN DURAN and others.

The "Shallow Life" track listing is as follows...
01 Survive
02 I Won't Tell You
03 Not Enough
04 I'm Not Afraid
05 I Like It
06 Underdog
07 The Pain
08 Spellbound
09 Wide Awake
10 The Maze
11 Unchained
12 Shallow Life

www.lacunacoil.it/
www.myspace.com/lacunacoil

GIRLSCHOOL To Support MOTORHEAD On Their UK Tour

Girlschool will support Motorhead on their upcoming UK tour in November.

The dates are as follows...
Nov 11th - Plymouth, Pavilion
Nov 12th - Bristol, Colsten Hall
Nov 13th - Newport, Centre
Nov 15th - Swindon, Oasis
Nov 16th - Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Nov 17th - Newcastle, City Hall
Nov 19th - Glasgow, Academy
Nov 20th - Leeds, Academy
Nov 21st - Manchester, Apollo
Nov 23rd - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Nov 24th - Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Nov 25th - Portsmouth, Guildhall
Nov 27th - Bournemonth, Solent Hall
Nov 28th - London, Hammersmith Apollo
Nov 29th - Wolverhampton, Civic Hall

www.girlschool.co.uk/
www.imotorhead.com/

THE 5TH SUMMERS END FESTIVAL

The 5th Summers End Festival will take place on October 9th/10th/11th at Lydney Town Hall in Gloucestershire.
This is the same venue as last year and I must say what a great venue it is.

Festival founder Huw Lloyd Jones & Co-organiser Stephen Lambe will certainly have their work cut out to equal the quality of the bands that we saw at last year's event.
However I am sure that they will come very close and that is why I have booked my accommodation already.

The first two bands booked for the Festival are...

Parallel or 90 Degrees have announced that after a long hiatus they have reformed for a brand new album “Jitters” and some live dates. This follows the success of their Double CD retrospective “A Can of Worms” released last year. The band presents a harder edged, more contemporary sound than Andy Tillison’s other project, the Tangent, who made a triumphant headline appearance last year. The band will have a prominent slot at this years Festival.
www.po90.com
www.myspace.com/po90degrees

Godsticks will occupy one of the weekend’s opening slots. Based in South Wales, this unique 3 piece impressed us with their music which combines prog with fusion, pop and just a touch of funk. Their great songwriting and outstanding musicianship can be heard on the bands 5 track self-titled EP, available from their MySpace site.
www.myspace.com/godsticksmusic

Further details of the Festival will be announced very soon.

As well as the main Festival website www.summersend.co.uk (updating soon) all the news as it happens will be posted at...
www.myspace.com/summersendfestival
www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=51059008514&ref=nf
www.twitter.com/summersendfest

Join the yahoo group at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/summersendfestival/

Email: summersend@btinternet.com

I ENJOYED LAST YEARS FESTIVAL SO MUCH THAT I AM ALREADY COUNTING THE DAYS!!

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

This radio programme, narrated by Nicky Horne, is on Planet Rock this coming Sunday (February 22nd) at 6pm and is repeated the following Thursday (February 26th at 7pm).

The show features, amongst others, Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Biff Byford (Saxon), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Brian Tatler (Diamond Head) and legendary Samson drummer Thunderstick.

Those were the days, I remember them so well.
This was definitely my era.
What happy memories!!

http://www.planetrock.co.uk/

IRON MAIDEN Named Best 'British Live Act' At Brit Awards

IRON MAIDEN bucked the trend at the UK's prestigious Brit Awards when they were voted best "Best British Live Act" by the public and their fans.

They won the award ahead of Coldplay, Elbow, The Verve and Scouting For Girls, reportedly by a landslide.

The awards ceremony was held at Earls Court Arena, in West London and was hosted by Kylie Minogue and James Corden/Mathew Horne (stars of the BBC comedy "Gavin & Stacey").

The ceremony was also televised live on ITV1.

The winners of the majority of the categories were chosen by the Brits voting academy.
This is made up of 1,000 specially invited judges including music critics, journalists, and radio presenters.

You can watch IRON MAIDEN's acceptance video by clicking HERE.

www.ironmaiden.com

TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Releases Solo Debut In May

Tim "Ripper" Owens (Yngwie Malmsteen, Beyond Fear, Judas Priest, Iced Earth) will release his solo album, "Play My Game", in May via SPV/Steamhammer.

His first solo album consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together with friends, such as Bob Kulick, Chris Caffery, Mike Callahan and John Comprix.

The list of guest musicians featured on this solo debut are as follows...

GUITAR
Bruce Kulick (GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, ex-KISS)
Carlos Cavazo (RATT, ex-QUIET RIOT)
Craig Goldy (DIO)
Zeil Zaza
Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)
Mike Callahan (ex-EARSHOT)
John Comprix (BEYOND FEAR, RINGWORM)
Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE)
Michael Wilton (QUEENSRŸCHE)
Jeff Loomis (NEVERMORE)
Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL)

BASS
Marco Mendoza (ex-WHITESNAKE)
Billy Sheehan (MR BIG, ex-DAVID LEE ROTH)
Dave Ellefson (ex-MEGADETH)
Rudy Sarzo (DIO, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT)
James Lomenzo (MEGADETH)
Tony Franklin (ex-BLUE MURDER)
Dennis Hayes (BEYOND FEAR)

DRUMS
Simon Wright (DIO, ex-AC/DC)
Vinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO)
Ray Luzier (KORN, DAVID LEE ROTH)
Bobby Jarzombek (SEBASTIAN BACH, RIOT, ex-HALFORD)
Brett Chassen

"Play My Game" will be released in the UK on May 18th.

www.timripperowens.com/
www.myspace.com/timtheripperowens

New DREAM THEATER Studio Album

Dream Theater are putting the finishing touches to their 10th Studio album which will be once again produced by drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci.

The follow up to their 2007 album "Systematic Chaos" will be engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield.

The album is due for release in June and the band will embark on a world tour shortly after its release.

The tour will kick off in July/August with their annual Progressive Nation tour in the US & Canada which will feature support from Zappa Plays Zappa, Pain Of Salvation and Beardfish.


www.dreamtheater.net/

ELEGY Forthcoming Boxed Set Details

Metal Mind Productions will release a 7CD ELEGY boxed set on March 23rd in Europe (May 5th in North America), via MVD.

The CD's will be made available in a new digipack edition on golden disc, digitally remastered using 24-bit technology and limited to a thousand copies.

The boxed set will contain the following...
1 "Labyrinth Of Dreams" (1992) (two bonus demo tracks)
2 "Supremacy" (1993) (two bonus demo tracks)
3 "Lost" (1995) (two bonus demo tracks recorded in 1990)
4 "Primal Instinct" (1996) (one bonus demo track plus four acoustic songs performed by singer Ian Parry and guitarist Henk van de Laars during their 1998 TV and radio promotional tour of Japan)
5 "State Of Mind" (1997) (three bonus demo tracks)
6 "Manifestation Of Fear" (1998) (three bonus tracks)
7 "Principles Of Pain" (2002) (four bonus tracks)

For complete track listings please click on the "Metalmind" link at the bottom of this posting.

The Dutch progressive metal band, formed in 1986, released their last album in 2002.

www.ianparry.com/
www.metalmind.com.pl/index.php?jezyk=en

KAMELOT - Video Footage From New Album Writing Sessions Now Online

Thomas Youngblood (Guitarist) and Roy Khan (Vocalist) of melodic metallers KAMELOT have just completed the first of four writing sessions for the band's next full-length album in Sørskogbygda, Norway.

One of the final video updates from the cabin where the sessions took place can be viewed by clicking HERE.

SPV/Steamhammer release Kamelot's "Ghost Opera" (2007) and "The Black Halo" (2005) albums as gatefold double LPs in March.

These will are the first vinyl releases for the band.

UK and Irish Dates...
March 24th Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall (Serenity)
March 25th Dublin - Button Factory (Serenity)
March 27th Glasgow - The Cathouse (Serenity)
March 28th Leeds - Rio's (Serenity)
March 29th London - O2 Islington Academy (Dream Evil + Serenity)

www.kamelot.com/
www.myspace.com/kamelot

Lenny Kravitz Announces UK Tour

Lenny Kravitz celebrates the 20th anniversary of his first solo album with a UK tour in June/July.

The US rocker has achieved over 30 million album sales and it is now twenty years since his debut album "Let Love Rule" was released.

Last year, Lenny released his eighth studio solo album, "It’s Time For A Love Revolution".

His six date UK tour kicks off in Newcastle on June 24th and tickets are on sale now from the usual outlets.

The tour dates are as follows...
Wed 24/06 - Newcastle Academy
Thu 25/06 - Glasgow Academy
Sat 27/06 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Sun 28/06 - Manchester Academy
Tue 30/06 - Southampton Guildhall
Wed 01/07 - Brixton Academy, London

www.lennykravitz.com/

Ozzy Osbourne Is Working On New Album

Ozzy Osbourne has started work on his new album and because of this it is reported that there will be no Ozzfest this year.

The as yet untitled album, has a provisional release date of the end of November.

The CD will be produced once again by Kevin Churko.

As a result of the new album, OzzFest will not now take place in 2009.

www.ozzy.com/

GREAT WHITE - New Album Released On March 13th

Veteran Californian rock band Great White release their new album, "Rising", on March 13th through Frontiers Records.

The band includes longtime members Jack Russell (Vocals), Michael Lardie (Guitars, Keyboards), Audie Desbrow (Drums) and Mark Kendall (Guitars), plus Scott Snyder on bass.

The Southern Californian blues hard rock band burst onto the rock scene in 1984 and since that time have achieved worldwide success with sales of over six million records.
They received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and had a double platinum selling album namely "…Twice Shy".

"Rising" track listing...
01 Situation
02 All Or Nothin'
03 I Don't Mind
04 Shine
05 Loveless
06 Is It Enough
07 Last Chance
08 Danger Zone
09 Down On The Level
10 Only You Can Do
11 My Sanctuary
12 Let's Spend The Night Together (European bonus track)

Audio samples of the album are available HERE.

www.mistabone.com/

Whitesnake & Def Leppard To Perform At The Download Festival

Whitesnake and Def Leppard have been confirmed as performers at this year’s Download Festival on Sunday June 14th.

In preparation for the Download show, Whitesnake will also be playing several weeks of shows around Scandinavia and Europe.

Whitesnake's show at the Download Festival will be the fourth time the band has performed at Donington Park ('81, '83, '90 and 2009).

Motley Crüe have previously been confirmed to play on the same day of the festival.

www.whitesnake.com/
www.defleppard.com/

AFTER FOREVER Split - 1995 to 2009

I know this item is nearly a week old; but I have just found out the very sad news that Dutch symphonic power metal band AFTER FOREVER have split up.

After Forever was formed in 1995 under the name Apocalypse, playing death metal music.
When vocalist Floor Jansen joined the band in 1997 their style shifted to a more gothic metal sound in order to compliment her voice.

They released the following albums...
Ephemeral (demo - 1999)
Wings Of Illusion (demo - 1999)
Prison Of Desire (CD - 2000)
Decipher (CD - 2002)
Exordium (MCD - 2003)
Invisible Circles (CD - 2004)
Remagine (CD - 2005)
Mea Culpa (Compilation - 2006)
After Forever (CD - 2007)
Prison Of Desire (The Album - The Sessions) (CD - 2008)



The following was posted on their website on February 5th...

"Dearest Fans,

After nearly 15 years and with heavy hearts, we have decided to call an end to a great and exciting time as After Forever. We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished, and especially of the road we took to get here. After Forever has never been a band that repeated itself; we always tried out new things, even though many of them were certainly done at a risk. We think that that has been one of the reasons we’ve always enjoyed enormous support from all our loyal fans.

The break we took in 2008 made us appreciate all the more what we’d experienced. Now more than ever, we can look back on so many fantastic moments, something we never would have expected to be part of when we started the band all those years ago.

However, that break also made us aware of the fact that we can only continue After Forever with the energy, the full 110%, that we have always put into it and we’ve noticed lately that there is something missing. We have always been musicians who create music with lots of passion, and during the break we built up our own lives again and have been musically active and experimenting in several genres.

Although After Forever is very special to us, we feel that we have reached the point where we need to explore the world of music in each of our own different ways. Thus, we’ve decided to quit while we’re ahead. We are sincerely proud of every CD; each album represents a unique period, and all comes together in our last album "After Forever," which made all of our dreams possible. We hope After Forever will continue to be a source of inspiration for new bands and musicians alike so that our music can live on.

As band members, but also as friends, we’ve experienced so very much; highs and lows, good times and bad. We'll keep supporting each other in all of our various individual projects and continue inspiring one another in making music.

Our MySpace page www.myspace.com/afterforever will be used for updates on all of these projects and of course After Forever-related news, as well.

You can be sure that this is not an easy decision for any of us. We'd like to thank all of our fans for their support, also during the break.

We know that this will be a big disappointment to you, dear fans, and it makes it that much harder for us. You have always given us your all and it was our pledge, in turn, always to give at least as much back to you for as long as we exist. In this moment, that’s unfortunately just not possible, so we'd rather leave you all the albums and gigs we achieved with maximum input. We'd also like to thank Nuclear Blast, TEG and MOJO for their patience and enthusiasm, the live crew, the fan club, the fan sites and everybody who's helped in every way possible.

We'll miss you all.

Most Sincerely,
Floor, Sander, Joost, Bas, Andre and Luuk
After Forever"

THEY WILL BE SADLY MISSED.

www.afterforever.com/
www.myspace.com/afterforever

New Heaven & Hell Album To Be Released On April 27th

The new album from Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Carmen Appice and Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell) will be titled ‘The Devil You Know’ and will be released on April 27th.

The CD was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, where Black Sabbath recorded their 1992 album "Dehumanizer".

www.heavenandhelllive.com/

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS Win Five GRAMMY AWARDS

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS won in no less than five categories at the 51st annual Grammy Awards which were held last night in Los Angeles.

1) Album Of The Year for "Raising Sand"
2) Record Of The Year for the song "Please Read The Letter"

3) Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for the song "Rich Woman"
4) Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for the song "Killing The Blues"
5) Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for "Raising Sand"

Plant and Krauss also performed at the ceremony, which was held at the Staples Center.

www.robertplantalisonkrauss.com
www.myspace.com/officialrobertplantalisonkrauss

Redemption : "Frozen In The Moment - Live In Atlanta" DVD & CD

Progressive power-metal band Redemption was formed in Los Angeles, California in late 2000 by guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk.

In September 2007 Redemption played a show at the ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta, in front of 1200 fans.

This show was recorded for the live document that is now "Frozen in the Moment – Live in Atlanta".

This DVD and CD package will be released by InsideOut on March 2nd.

Track listing
01. Threads (live)
02. Bleed Me Dry (live)
03. Nocturnal (live)
04. Memory (live)
05. The Suffocating Silence (live)
06. Release (live)
07. Fall On You (live)
08. Sapphire (live)
09. The Death Of Faith And Reason (live)
10. bonus material on DVD: video for Bleed Me Dry, video and photo tour diary, behind the scenes

www.redemptionweb.com/

Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour Still To Go Ahead

Despite the death of keyboard player Billy Powell, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s UK tour will go ahead as scheduled.

Although there is no news of Powell's replacement, Live Nation have confirmed that the dates will still go ahead.

Three of the four shows have already sold out with only Birmingham still having tickets available.

The dates are as follows...
WED 27/05/2009 - Clyde Auditorium @ SECC, Glasgow SOLD OUT
THU 28/05/2009 - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
SAT 30/05/2009 - Apollo, Manchester SOLD OUT
SUN 31/05/2009 - O2 Academy, Brixton, London SOLD OUT

www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/

IN THIS MOMENT Announce UK & Japanese Tour Dates

Southern California's IN THIS MOMENT have announced tour dates for the U.K. and Japan in April and May.

The dates are as follows...
UNITED KINGDOM
Apr 09 - Islington Academy - London
Apr 10 - Clwb Hor Bach - Cardiff
Apr 11 - Academy 2 - Sheffield
Apr 13 - King Tut's - Glasgow
Apr 14 - Academy 2 - Newcastle
Apr 15 - Academy 3 - Manchester
Apr 16 - Academy 2 - Birmingham
Apr 17 - Brixton Academy - London
Apr 19 - Academy - Manchester
JAPAN
May 16 - (to be announced) - Tokyo
May 17 - Soma - Osaka
May 18 - Club Quattro - Nagoya
May 19 - Club Quattro - Tokyo

In This Moment's North American tour alongside MUDVAYNE and NONPOINT started on Tuesday February 3rd.

2008 is the band's most successful year yet, which saw frontwoman Maria Brink landing major cover features in Inked, Revolver and Metal Edge.

The band's latest album, "The Dream", sold more than 8,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.
The album's first single, "Forever", also faired well on the Active Rock chart.



IN THIS MOMENT
Maria Brink - Vocals
Chris Howorth - Lead Guitar
Blake Bunzel - Guitar
Jesse Landry - Bass
Jeff Fabb - Drums



www.myspace.com/inthismoment
www.centurymedia.com/us/single_artist.php?ID=94

New Agua de Annique Album Just Released

Anneke van Giersbergen (former vocalist with The Gathering) and her band Agua de Annique have just released their new album "Pure Air".

Anneke describes the album as "an acoustic album with all nice and mellow songs and duets."

The CD includes performances of Anneke with Danny Cavanagh (Anathema), John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia etc.) and Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon).

The track listing is as follows...
01. The Blower's Daughter
02. Beautiful One
03. Wild Flowers
04. Day after Yesterday
05. Come Wander With Me
06. Valley of the Queens
07. To Catch a Thief
08. Ironic
09. What's the Reason?
10. Yalin
11. Somewhere
12. Witnesses
13. The Power of Love

http://www.aguadeannique.com/

TARJA TURUNEN - "Enough" Digital Single Due On February 23rd

Spinefarm Records (UK branch) will release a new digital single from former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen, "Enough", on February 23rd.

The single features the title track plus "Wisdom Of Wind"; both cuts are brand new recordings, although it's not known whether these will appear on the forthcoming new album.

"What Lies Beneath" is the working title of Tarja's new solo album, due before the end of the year.

www.tarjaturunen.com/
www.myspace.com/tarjaturunen

Vote For IRON MAIDEN by Saturday

I am still recovering from the shock of it being announced that IRON MAIDEN had been nominated for "Best Live Act" at the poppy Brit Awards.

The inclusion of Iron Maiden is certainly a surprise and the chances of them actually winning the award, previously decided by a group of judges, looked slim.

However, this year you can help put this right as now this year’s "Best Live Act" award is down to a public vote, which means that you can win Iron Maiden this award.

Voting is now open and closes at 17.00 GMT on Saturday 7th February.
Please get voting!
Click Here To Vote.

www.ironmaiden.com

NIGHTWISH - 'Made In Hong Kong" CD/DVD Track Listing

Nuclear Blast Records will release "Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places)", the new CD/DVD from NIGHTWISH.

The set will contain a DVD documentary (approx. 45 minutes) of Nightwish's world tour in support of the band's latest album, "Dark Passion Play", directed by Ville Lipiäinen.

The CD features live recordings from the same tour and the package will be released on March 13th.

Track listing...

CD (66:13)
01. Bye Bye Beautiful (live)
02. Whoever Brings The Night (live)
03. Amaranth (live)
04. The Poet And The Pendulum (live)
05. Sahara (live)
06. The Islander (live)
07. Last Of The Wilds (live)
08. 7 Days To The Wolves (live)
09. Escapist
10. While Your Lips Are Still Red
11. Cadence Of Her Last Breath (demo version)

DVD (49:52)
Documentary (Dark Passion Play World Tour)
Video Clips:
01. Amaranth
02. Bye Bye Beautiful
03. The Islander

www.nightwish.com

CANDLEMASS - New Album Released In April

The Swedish Doom Metallers CANDLEMASS have just revealed the cover artwork for their new album "Death Magic Doom".

Their tenth studio album will be released by Nuclear Blast on April 3rd.

Bass player Leif Edling commented, "I would say that "Death Magic Doom" is the best album we have done since Nightfall."

Candlemass are to play the 2009 Bloodstock Open Air Festival and further dates are in the process of being arranged in support of the new CD.

http://www.candlemass.se/