German Power Metallers Grave Digger have announced an European headlining tour in March/April 2011. Special guests on the road will be Swedes Grand Magus and Sister Sin.

Tour dates as follows:

Mar. 24 - Germany - Hamburg, Markthalle
Mar. 25 - Germany - Speyer, Halle 101
Mar. 26 - Germany - Memmingen, Kaminwerk
Mar. 27 - Germany - Frankfurt, Batschkapp
Mar. 28 - Germany - Berlin, C-Club
Mar. 29 - Germany - Bochum, Zeche
Mar. 30 - Germany - Ludwigsburg, Rockfabrik
Mar. 31 - Germany - Munich, New Backstage
Apr. 01 - Germany - Glauchau, Alte Spinnerei
Apr. 02 - Germany - Lichtenfels, Stadthalle
Apr. 03 - Swiss - Pratteln, Z7
Apr. 04 - Italy - Milan, Alcatraz
Apr. 05 - Slovenia - Ljubljana, Hala Metelkova
Apr. 06 - Croatia - Zagreb, Mocvara Club
Apr. 07 - Slovakia - Bratislava, Randall
Apr. 08 - Czech Republic - Zlin, Masters of Rock
Apr. 09 - Germany - Andernach, Live Club
Apr. 10 - Belgium - Vosselaar, Biebob

...to be continued in France, Spain and Portgugal

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Source:	grave-digger-clan.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger
Event:	Grave Digger: The Clan Comes To Your Town

German power metal veterans Grave Digger have shot a music video for the track "Highland Farewell", from the upcoming new record The Clans Will Rise Again, to be released in Europe by Napalm Records on October 1st 2010. Check out the clip below.


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Band profile:	Grave Digger

US metallers Misery Index have announced a four-week headlining European tour starting on November 1st in The Netherlands. Co-headlining this run is Sweden's death metallers Grave and support will come from Arsis, The Last Felony and The Rotted.

Announced dates are as follows:

Nov. 01 - Zaandam, The Netherlands - Kade
Nov. 02 - Bochum, Germany - Matrix
Nov. 03 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
Nov. 04 - Kassel, Germany - Kulturfabrik Salzmann
Nov. 05 - Berlin, Germany - K17
Nov. 06 - Zabrze, Poland - Wiatrak
Nov. 07 - Munchen, Germany - Feierwerk
Nov. 08 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Randal Club
Nov. 09 - Ostrava, Czech Rep. - Boomerang
Nov. 10 - Wien, Austria - Viper Room
Nov. 11 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Gala Hala
Nov. 12 - Bolzano, Italy - Ufo
Nov. 13 - Vicenza, Italy - Mac2
Nov. 14 - Rome, Italy - Init Club
Nov. 15 - Luzern, Switzerland - Schuur
Nov. 17 - Barcelona, Spain - Mephisto
Nov. 18 - Madrid, Spain - Ritmo & Compas
Nov. 19 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27 Blue
Nov. 21 - Paris, France - Glazart
Nov. 22 - London, UK - Relentless Garage
Nov. 23 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
Nov. 24 - Plymouth, UK - White Rabbit
Nov. 25 - Gent, Belgium - Minus One
Nov. 26 - Tilburg, The Netherlands - 013
Nov. 27 - Leipzig, Germany - Theaterfabrik

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Band profile:	Misery Index
Event:	Misery Index + Grave

Swedish metallers Grave have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"We would like this to get official before too many rumors start. Grave has parted ways with bassplayer Fredrik Isaksson due to personal reasons and issues. Fredrik played his last show with us in late July at the Eisenwahn festival in Germany. There is no bad blood between us and we thank him for all the years with Grave and wish him luck with whatever he may do in the future..
Cheers!

His immediate replacement is Tobias Cristiansson picture] (Dismember) who already did a couple of gigs with us the past weeks in Colombia and Finland. Tobias lives, breathe, eat, sleep and shits metal and we are very confident that he will be a great contribution to Grave both live and for writing new material."

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German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update on their official website:

"Dear Fans,

We released the first song from our upcoming album The Clans Will Rise Again via Youtube. "Hammer Of The Scots" is the official album version ... the photo gallery was done the last days during the video shoot for another song from the album called "Highland Farewell". It was a great experience to shoot a video about a scottish topic in the UK. The video people were so nice and productive that we are sure. This video will be killer ... nothing more to say ... in around 14 days you will see the result!

Have fun with this song and stay tune for the 1st of October .... Another legendary Grave Digger record will find its way to the stores.

Metal on
Chris, Jens, Axel, HP and Stefan."

The Clans Will Rise Again cover art] tracklist:

01. Days Of Revenge
02. Paid In Blood
03. Hammer Of The Scots
04. Highland Farewell
05. The Clans Will Rise Again
06. Rebels
07. Valley Of Tears
08. Execution
09. Whom The Gods Love Die Young
10. Spider
11. The Piper Mcleod
12. Coming Home
13. When Rain Turns To Blood


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Source:	grave-digger-clan.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger

Early Graves vocalist Mahk Daniels was killed last night in a fatal car crash. The band was headed to a show in Reno, NV when the accident occurred.

KTVL.com reports: "A van carrying nine members of two California-based death metal bands lost control and crashed on Interstate 5 in Central Point when the driver fell asleep, killing one passenger and injuring two others just after 5:30 AM Monday.

Oregon State Police say the van, pulling a trailer, was carrying members of two death metal bands to California when it crashed in the southbound lane between the Central Point and Blackwell Road exits. KTVL has confirmed the van was transporting the two bands Early Graves, of San Francisco, and The Funeral Pyre, of La Habra, CA, a Los Angeles suburb.

The van's driver reportedly fell asleep and he lost control. The van and trailer traveled off the right shoulder, rolled and came to rest off the freeway in a grassy area. None of the nine occupants were using safety restraints and the adult male victim was ejected from a rear cargo area where he and two others were. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene by responding emergency medical services personnel. The driver and one passenger were transported by ambulance to Rogue Valley Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries."

Several sources on the internet now confirm the passenger who was killed in the accident was Early Graves singer Mahk Daniels.

Early Graves' sophomore album, Goner, was released on June 22 via Ironclad/Metal Blade Records. You can check out Early Graves at MySpace.

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The new Grave Digger album has been recorded and mixed! Together with new member Axel Ritt on guitars, the band entrenched themselves from mid-May to mid-July at the Meadow Studios of Axel Ritt and the Principal Studios, the place all albums have been recordet since Heart Of Darkness in 1995. Mixed by Jörg Umbreit and produced by Chris Boltendahl, The Clans Will Rise Again will lead the listeners back to the scotish highlands.

Chris Boltendahl, Jens Becker, Stefan Arnold, HP Katzenburg and Axel Ritt offer an explosive mixture of the typical Grave Digger riff metal, combined with awesome epic chorus hooks, which will fascinate the fans from the very first note. The clans are back for attack!

The Clans Will Rise Again is a loose sequel of the Tunes Of War album, but this time not a concept album about the scotish history, rather a work about scotland, it's mysticism and it's people. The Clans Will Rise Again will be released in Europe by Napalm Records Oct. 1st 2010.

The Clans Will Rise Again tracklist:

01. Days Of Revenge
02. Paid In Blood
03. Hammer Of The Scots
04. Highland Farewell
05. The Clans Will Rise Again
06. Rebels
07. Valley Of Tears
08. Execution
09. Whom The Gods Love Die Young
10. Spider
11. The Piper Mcleod
12. Coming Home
13. When Rain Turns To Blood

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Source:	grave-digger-clan.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger

After months of silence from the Grave camp due to hard work writing and recording, the Swedish death metal trio of Ola, Ronnie and Fredrik is proud to present a track from the upcoming album Burial Ground, titled "Liberation". The track is available for streaming on Grave's MySpace page. Burial Ground is scheduled for release on June 14 through Regain Records.

Burial Ground cover art] tracklist:

01. Liberation
02. Semblance in Black
03. Dismembered Mind
04. Ridden With Belief
05. Conquerer
06. Outcast
07. Sexual Mutilation
08. Bloodtrail
09. Burial Ground

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Band profile:	Grave

German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update on their official website:

"Hello Fans,

Yes, everything's on it's way, we're right in the middle of the recordings to the successor of the Ballad Of A Hangman and a lot has happened since the release of the that album. Nothing stays the same, but nothing has changed.

From January to March, we took our time for the new songwriting. Because of the appearance of Axel, we finally returned to the virtue, that we've lost that long ago. The triumvirate of metal, Jens Becker, Axel Ritt and Chris Boltendahl battened in harmony while the whole songwriting session and created 12 explosive songs, which got the spirit of Grave Digger for two-hundred percent. Since the days of Tunes Of War and The Grave Digger, the creativity around the songwriting process hadn't got that easy going.

Axel already recorded the rhythm guitars in his own meadow studios, accompanied by some drum programmings done by Stefan. At the end of the month, We'll enter the Principal studios to record drums, bass, vocals, keyboards and some guitar overdubs. Of course, from now we'll keep you informed about our activities with some short videoclips. Stay tuned!

At the upcoming weekend, we'll do some rehearsal with the whole bunch at the TLC studios, to practice all songs of the new album and check out the live playlist for the upcoming festivals. We're highly motivated, more than this, we're burning. The fourth decade of Grave Digger has begun! For all of you, who can't hold off their curiosity; the concept album is dead, Long live the concept album!... Bye for now.

Chris, Jens, Stefan, HP and Axel."

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Source:	grave-digger-clan.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger

Original news, posted on 13.01.2010

German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update:

"An eventful year 2009 lies behind us. It started with the release of the Ballads Of A Hangman album together with the successful European tour. Then the split with Thilo Herrmann (guitar)... Another successful trip to Russia. The festival season in summer with the Rock Harz festival and the Wacken Rocks South. Our first shows in Mexico and then finally Manni Schmidt (guitar) leaving the band, that was a real big shock to us all.

We had already booked some concerts (before) the end of the year and we didn't want to cancel them. So we decided to play the shows with a substitute guitarist. An old friend stepped in: Axel Ritt (Domain. So we had the chance to finish the year in a peaceful way with these concerts. We are glad to announce Axel as the new guitar player of Grave Digger. His playing and his behaviour on and off stage totally convinced us that he is the right man for the job.

We are already in the middle of the songwriting for the new album. In May we will enter the Principal Studios again to record the new material."

UPDATE (thanks to Bad English)

German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update on their MySpace blog:

"Hi everybody,

Last weekend, we've been at the TLC studio, Cologne /Pulheim to put down the first song ideas of the upcoming album. Holy shit, what a blast! Although we only got the first compositions on the list, you can imagine the direction of the songs. Let's call it typical Grave Digger!

Once again you'll get the full monty, but spiced with some tiny little finesse. After all that stress within the last year, finally we had the chance to leave the ballast behind and rock it off our chest. Axel and Jens put down some awesome riff ideas, which will be hammered to real hot steel within the next 3 months.

At the middle of May, we'll be at the Principal studio once again, let the Resetti Brothers (never change a winning team) produce the new album.

All you fans out there will get what you want us to do and for what you loved and kept faith with us.

According to the motto: "The Clans Will Rise Again"
Metal On.
Chris, Jens, Axel, Stefan and HP."

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Band profile:	Grave Digger

Original news, posted on 09.10.2009

German metallers Grave Digger have issued the following update regarding the disbandment of guitarist Manni Schmidt from their ranks:

"We have to make an announcement that most of you probably never expected. A band like Grave Digger has to develop constantly. The problem is that this is only possible if the musicians have the same goal and the same attitude. And they have to feel good with what they are doing. If you have some permanent stress in the band, there is no more productive work possible and in the long run the music suffers from this situation. Unfortunately, there were so many disagreements recently building up between Manni and Chris that this would affect the productivity and creativity in a bad way. Because of all this, Manni decided to leave Grave Digger. This happened by mutual consent. We wish Manni all the best for the future and say thank you for many nice and eventful years.

But we also have some good news: There is no effect on the concerts that are already booked. The last word about the replacement guitar player is not spoken yet. We first want to wait for the results of the rehearsals. After this, we will introduce you to the replacement guitarist. We already spoke to a possible candidate and we will start the rehearsals in the next days."

UPDATE (thanks to 5933)

Grave Digger states: "This week, we had the first rehearsal with our replacement guitarist Axel Ritt (Domain). Everything went well and we have a positive feeling about the upcoming concerts, Axel was learning our live program in only 3 weeks. He is a good old friend of Stefan and Chris and for now he will be the replacement guitar player until the end of the year. We will make a final decision at the beginning of January. But now we are excited about the upcoming gigs."

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Source:	grave-digger-clan.com
Band profile:	Grave Digger

Original news, posted on 12.07.2009

The brand new full-length effort from Swedish death metallers My Own Grave, entitled "Necrology", is now available for streaming in its full entirety at the Pulverised Records Myspace page. The My Own Grave e-card also includes the behind-the-scenes video footage of how "Necrology" was spawned. The e-card will stay on the website for 2 weeks starting on 10th of July 2009 till 23th July 2009.

"Necrology" cover art] tracklist:

01. Awaiting Death

02. Necrology


03. Hail The Blind


04. None Shall See


05. Disciples Of War


06. Cerecloth


07. Bloodline Broken


08. Exhumed To Be Buried


09. Age Of Torment


10. Carnal Revelation


11. Incineration

"Necrology" will officially hit the streets on 20th July 2009.

Official press release: Three years after the debut full-length and a mini-album in between, Sweden's My Own Grave comes back strong with a darker, denser and merciless form of Death Metal with their second effort "Necrology". This is a nasty slab of supreme machine-gun riffs, intensely paced songwriting and with a sound so sinister, "Necrology" will arguably be one of the elite releases in 2009; chained with the abhorrent sound of old Swedish Death Metal and merging with the face-melting brutality of US Death Metal!

This is simply straight-up Death Metal with class, not for the weak of heart!

Features the superb production duties handled by multi-instrumentalist maestro Dan Swanö at Unisound, Sweden (Dissection, Dark Funeral, etc) and killer album artwork courtesy of illustrator / tattooist Jon Zig (Suffocation, Deeds Of Flesh, Sinister, etc).

Commented Dan Swanö: "When I hear albums like this, it makes me proud to be a part of the Swedeath phenomenon. Great songs with well-crafted hooks and a musicianship to die for. The perfect blend between old-school and modern Death Fucking Metal!!"

UPDATE

In conjunction with UK's leading extreme metal publication Terrorizer Magazine, the latest album from Swedish Death Metallers My Own Grave entitled "Necrology" will be available for streaming in its entirety once again from 31st August 2009 till 6th September 2009 at this location.

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Italian metal band Graveworm have posted a new, quite long sample of their new song "Vengence Is Sworn". The track, which can be heard here, comes off the band's new upcoming album, "Diabolical Figures", which is scheduled for released on June 16 via Massacre Records.

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Band profile:	Graveworm

Italian metallers Graveworm will release their new album, "Diabolical Figures", on June 16 June via Massacre Records. The album was recorded at Stage One studios in Borgentreich, Germany with producer Andy Classen. The cover artwork was done by the Italian digital artist Daniel Hofer.

"Diabolical Figures" cover art] tracklisting:

01. Vengeance Is Sworn
02. Circus Of The Damned
03. Diabolic Figures
04. Hell's Creation
05. Forlorn Hope
06. Architects Of Hate
07. New Disorder
08. Message In A Bottle
09. Ignoreance Of Gods
10. The Reckoning

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Band profile:	Graveworm

Original news posted on 15.01.2009

Graveworm have issued the following short update:

"We are currently working on songs for our upcoming album. We will enter the studio at the beginning of February and the new new one will be released at the end of May. We will present the new stuff at three festivals in May ? the Legacy festival in Germany, the Summer Nights festival in Austria and the Pratteln Z7 Metaldayz in Switzerland."

UPDATE (thanks to Raiden)

The new album has now been given the title "Diabolical Figures". It will contain 10 tracks and features a guest appearance by Karsten "Jagger" Jäger from Disbelief.

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Graveworm