"Motorhead regrets to announce that the U.S. tour scheduled for September/October 2004 is canceled due to a foot injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Lemmy.

Lemmy injured his foot on stage about month ago while touring in Europe.

Lemmy, ignoring the pain and against his European doctor's recommendation, completed the few remaining shows on the Motorhead summer festival tour.

Since he was not able to rest his foot for a while, Lemmy's injury worsened, and his U.S. doctor insisted in no uncertain terms that Lemmy stay off his foot for several weeks in order for it to heal properly.

Motorhead will return for a U.S. tour in March 2005. Lemmy, guitarist Philip Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee hate to disappoint their fans but it is necessary for Lemmy's injury to heal so that Motorhead can rock long into the future."

www.imotorhead.com

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Motörhead

According to a info on their official website the band "already started working on new songs for an upcoming release in early 2005".

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Sepultura

The new Novembers Doom album "The Pale Haunt Departure" will be mixed by Mr. Dan Swano, The recording of the album is planned to begin on 09/10/2004 and the mixing is expected to be done in late September or late November.

Vox Tempus is proud to announce the U.S release of our debut album, In the Eye of Time, through Progman Records. The album will be available exclusively at this month's ProgPower Festival in Atlanta (where the band is also featured on the festival CD sampler), followed by a formal U.S. release on September 21st. As we continue doing interviews and considering festival dates, we are now setting our sites on overseas distribution for the new record.

Initial reviews of the album (featuring members of Equinox, Takara and Millennium, and special guest Gregg Bissonette on drums) have been overwhelmingly positive, and we would to thank our friends and fans for their patience and support. Preorders will be shipped later this month, and those who order now (at http://www.vox-tempus.com/pre-order.html) can still receive MP3 bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. For sound clips, video and ordering information, be sure to visit www.vox-tempus.com!

The members of Vox Tempus came together in January of 1997, as members of the progressive rock band Equinox. The group was in the midst of promoting their successful worldwide JVC debut, COLOR OF THE TIME, which had reached the Top 20 in Europe and Japan. Work began on a more guitar-oriented follow-up release, with Erik Norlander behind the console. The lineup splintered during these sessions, and the band brought in Gregg Bissonette to re-record the album with three new tracks. The first of these new songs, For Every Life, was written in part for our deceased friend, Great White guitarist Ty Longley. With guitarist Ray Mantor in the producer's seat, the band was reborn as Vox Tempus.

The album features:

Vocals - Dan Reed (Millennium, Equinox)
Guitars - Ray Mantor (Equinox)
Keyboards - Eric Ragno (Takara, Equinox)
Bass - Jim Turba (Equinox)
Drums - Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, etc.)

Vox Tempus is proud to endorse GHS Strings.

More information on us can be found on our website at www.vox-tempus.com

All the best, VOX TEMPUS

On official Nigtingale website Dan Swanö reports about the recording of the new album "Invisible":

"The new Nightingale is almost ready folkz!!!
I have yet to sing a few lines here and there but all in all the album is mixed and ready to master, and what an album it is!!
The sound is surprisingly good, the hard work of myself and Pelle Saether really paid off. 5 days, 17 hours a day...puuh.
I am currently doing Bloodbath interviews and it's really cool, everyone loves NMF...
Just wanted to let you know this...

Love you all...
Dan"

Also a teaser from the album is available for download.
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-94580/invisibleteaser.mp3

http://nightingale.ultimatemetal.com/

The Norwegian band Cadaver called it a day after 15 years. They already stopped playing back in '93, after they released thei first death metal record Hallucinating Anxiety (was an underground classic, selling 10.000 copies) and ...In Pains (sold 25.000 copies). The breakup was in because '93 was the year that Norwegian black metal overshadowed everything else in the Norwegian underground. The band could not agree on where to go next. In '99 they returned under the name Cadaver Inc. (they promoted the album with the cybershop CadaverInc.com where customers could buy alibis for murder) and released the record Discipline early 2001. They then resumed playing under their original name, Cadaver, and released their last album Necrosis in 2004.

"We would like to thank our fans for all these years and all the people who supported us. Thank you all!!!! Anders Odden, Carl-Michael Eide, Lasse Johansen and Ole Jørgen Moe."

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Cadaver

The sons of the land of the 1000 lakes are finally returning to the U.S. this fall as direct support with none other than Type O Negative for the first time in almost 5 years! This trek will find them hitting all major cities from the East Coast to the Mid West; no word on whether the band would be doing any West Coast shows at this point. In related news, the band will release their new album Far From The Sun domestically on September 7th.

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Amorphis

German Thrash metallers DEW-SCENTED are currently writing songs for their new album - according to the band, the new material is highly varied and very aggressive and should please everyone who already loved last years "Impact". In December 2004, DEW-SCENTED will enter the Stage One Studios with producer Andy Classen to start the recording process.

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Dew-Scented

Having just completed the 2004 Ozzfest tour DIMMU BORGIR are headed back to Norway to work on writing new material and take the first breather since Death Cult Armageddon's September 2003 release. Look forward to a DVD and video reflecting the tour to come out in 2005.

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Dimmu Borgir

After different reports like the steel horse accident of Oscar Dronjak and the new solo albums of Joacim Cans and Magnus Rosen, the focus is set finally on HAMMERFALL again. This time, the Swedish crusaders have chosen a quiet place in the middle of Denmark to record their follow-up to the successful Crimson Thunder, with star producer Charlie Bauernfeind. Oscar Dronjak has already released some songs titles off the new CD: "The Templar Flame", "Born To Rule" and "Fury Of The Wild".

"We will certainly outdo all our previous albums and get one step closer to the immortality of Heavy Metal"; the guitarist announces and will surely keep his word.

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HammerFall

MALEVOLENT CREATION are back to reaffirm their cult status with Warkult, released on July 27th. Like all other MALEVOLENT CREATION releases, Warkult tempts the fate of war and brutality. To additionally raise the stakes, long-time drummer Dave Culross (Suffocation, Incantation) is back in MALEVOLENT CREATION's line up, showcasing a blistering performance.

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Malevolent Creation

MISERY INDEX is currently on tour with Cephalic Carnage and after that tour they'll be playing a few selected shows with Napalm Death in the North East before Napalm joins the Cannibal Corpse tour that also features KATAKLYSM. After the tour the band will go into writing mode and get stuff ready for their upcoming full length coming out early 2005.

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Misery Index

The new MNEMIC album The Audio Injected Soul will contain 3-dimensional sounds using binaural techniques. Binaural recording technology differs from mono, stereo and surround sound and is mostly used in game development. In order to experience the 3D sound you must wear a headset. For a demonstration listen to a sample of the 3D sound here:
http://www.am3d.com/sounds/mp3_256kb/AM3d_introduction_high.mp3

MNEMIC have already shot a video for The Audio Injected Soul, directed by Patric Ulleaus (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Lacuna Coil) who also did the group's last two videos.

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Mnemic

Agnostic Front joins the Nuclear Blast family! NY Hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have signed a recording deal with Nuclear Blast worldwide with the release for the very anticipated, Another Voice! With Matt Henderson (Madball/AF) on guitars! and Production by Zeuss and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), AGNOSTIC FRONT is offering their meanest, nastiest and brutal NYHC Anthems. The enhanced CD will including a ripping band performance and a guest appearance by Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) captured by acclaimed director Dale "Rage" Resteghini (Fear Factory, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Shadows Fall, Candiria). Other special guest vocal appearances on Another Voice will include Scott Vogel (Terror) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis).

Yes it's true. After the release of 4 full length albums, despite the starting process of recording their 5th full length album, it will never be finished and Diabolical Masquerade is now over.

No more horror, no more fear.

For more information please visit http://diabolicalmasquerade.com/

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Diabolical Masquerade