Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have denied reports that they have been confirmed for The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PAIN MUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH.

"Regarding touring, the information circulating on the [Internet] implying that [DARK TRANQUILLITY] will be part of the HALFORD tour package in the U.S. isn't correct," the band said in a statement posted on their official web site. "At present, no new tours are confirmed."

In other news, DARK TRANQUILLITY's upcoming DVD, titled "Live Damage", will likely include additional live footage from the group's "Damage Done" tour along with a concert recording shot in Poland last October. A release date has yet to be announced.

In other related tour news: German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have been offered a slot on the upcoming The 2003 Metal Gods Tour, a multi-band package featuring HALFORD, co-headliners TESTAMENT, IMMORTAL, CARNAL FORGE, PAIN MUSEUM, and AMON AMARTH.

"We're just in negotiations [about joining the tour] and [are presently] consider[ing] our possibilities," the band said in a statement on their official web site. In other news, PRIMAL FEAR's "History Of Fear" DVD will be mixed in April for an August release through Nuclear Blast. "The first editings [sic] of the picture parts are looking very promising," according to the group.

PRIMAL FEAR's next studio album will tentatively be recorded in October/November with a worldwide release planned for Feb. 22, 2004. A world tour in support of the album will kick off in March 2004.

Check out a photo of PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner, guitarist Tom Naumann and FOZZY's Chris Jericho at this location.

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