Children Of Bodom is teaming up with the death metal legends Cannibal Corpse and fellow Finns Diablo for a full scale European tour. Here’s the first batch of confirmed tourdates. More TBA.
Feb. 01 Erfurt , D - Stadtgarden
Feb. 03 Munchen, D - Backstage
Feb. 07 Budapest, HU - Syma Hall
Feb. 08 Wien, AUT - Gasometer
Feb. 10 [...]

In Flames has announced they three shows in Japan in March 2009:
Mar. 04 Tokyo, JP - Blitz
Mar. 05 Tokyo, JP - Blitz
Mar. 06 Osaka, JP - IMP Hall
The band comments: “It’s been a while since we played Japan now so it will be great to come back and play some shows for our Japanese fans.”
In [...]

SATURDAY, November 15th 2008 - Reggio Emilia (Ita) - “Temporock”
SATURDAY, November 29th 2008 - Manduria (Taranto, Ita) - “Bike & Rock”
SATURDAY, December 13th 2008 - Prato (Ita) - “Siddharta”
SATURDAY, January 17th 2009 - Torino (Ita) - “United Club”
FRIDAY, February 6th 2009 - Roncade, Treviso (Ita) - “New Age Club” + NAPALM DEATH
SATURDAY, February 7th 2009 [...]

Another Black Day has announced that due to reasons beyond their control, they will no longer be continuing on their current tour with Five Finger Death Punch. Here’s what the band had to say:
“It is with great disbelief that we announce we will not be continuing on the Five Finger Death Punch tour. We would [...]

Chilean thrash mafia CRIMINAL has uploaded a brand new demo track to their MySpace page.
Comments CRIMINAL mastermind Anton Reisenegger (guitar/vocals): “The song in question is ‘The Infidel,’ and it’s about – you probably guessed it – religious dogmas and intolerance, and the right to stand up for the fact that THERE IS NO GOD. Musically [...]