Sweden's THERION will be issuing a six-disc DVD/CD set, entitled "Celebrators of Becoming", on May 5. The package will include four DVDs and two audio discs. It will be available in two versions, one luxury digipak version in a slip case and one cheaper version, but both will contain all discs. The idea is that both should have a very reasonable price and be affordable for all fans. The complete track listing for the set is as follows:

Disc I: Live in Mexico City:

01. Blood Of Kingu
02. Uthark Runa
03. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx
04. Asgård
05. Son Of The Sun
06. Invocation Of Naamah
07. Typhon

What SOUND RIOT RECORDS have to tell about the fake declaration done by “problem band” named Gaia Epicus:

In reply to defamation posted by Norwegian Power Metal band named Gaia Epicus through the internet in the last week, Sound Riot feel the need to show the facts as they are really.

First of all, we have been tolerant with the offenses coming from this band there are almost 2 years, as this isn’t the first time that they spread “bad words” about us to other people. When the technical problem on the songs-order of their second album happened because a mistake on the Master in April 2005, they wrote immediately to many other record labels, our distributors ...

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A brand new VOIVOD song, entitled "The X-Stream", has been made available for streaming at MP3.com. The track comes off the Canadian pioneering metal band's upcoming album, "Katorz", due in June on The End Records in North America and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe.

VOIVOD recorded and mixed the album with producer Glen Robinson (ANNIHILATOR, TEA PARTY, GWAR) at Multisons studio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and mastered the CD in New York.

The follow-up to 2003's "Voivod", "Katorz" is the first albu ...

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Nebraska-based melodic metallers CELLADOR have finished recording their debut album, "Enter Deception", at Mana Studios in Tampa, Florida with producer Erik Rutan (MORBID ANGEL, HATE ETERNAL). "After a six-week hiatus, the mixing has begun and mastering will follow directly after," the band write in a press release.

"Enter Deception" tentative track listing:

01. A Sign Far Beyond
02. The Final Regret
03. Never Again
04. Leaving All Behind
05. Forever Unbound
06. Release of the Shadow
07. Wakening
08. Seen Through Time
09. No Chances Lost
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JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, has inked a deal with AFM Records. September 2006 will see the release of the group's second record, entitled "Maniacal Renderings". Look for a five-song EP release on June 23 which will include three new songs from the upcoming CD and two live SAVATAGE songs from the 2004-2005 "'Tage Mahal Tour".

JON OLIVA'S PAIN's new album, tentatively titled "Maniacal Renderings", was once again recorded at Audio Lab Studios in Tampa, Florida and is described in a press release as "a more progressive, complex and dramatic edge without sacrificing any of the song w ...

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In regards to the possibility of changing their name the Atlanta, Georgia based metal outfit Lilitu have started a new band by the name of Blood Promise.

Derek Bonner (guitars / vocals) offers some insight in the situation: "Blood Promise is a name that has been floating around for a while. I have had the name embedded in my brain and it has been close to my heart. I initially kept the name for an acoustic side project that I was doing. The more things started to change w/ Lilitu and my other projects, I then decided that Blood Promise would be the best fit for what I wanted to do in the rock/metal world. The band also insisted that we use it, due to it's simplicity and po ...

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Legendary Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST have announced two months of North American tour dates supporting their forthcoming May 30 release, "Monotheist". Commencing September 11 and running through November 11, the extensive tour will reintroduce the band's mesmerizing live performance to their ravenous fanbase. Also scheduled are European festival performances throughout the summer.

Their first studio album in 13 years, and four years in the making, "Monotheist" is said to be an extremely dark, inventive, and radically heavy release. When asked what fans can expect from the tour and the new album, vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer said, "CELTIC FR ...

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THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND's video for "Vampira", the first single off the group's "Synchestra" album, has been posted online at Yahoo! Muzik Deutschland.

"Synchestra" was released in January via InsideOut Music. A special-edition package of the album includes a bonus DVD of the band performing a "best-of" set live in the studio.

THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND have just finished a tour of North America with prog metal powerhouse OPETH and melodic death metal masters DARK TRANQUILLITY.

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At their official website, Gaia Epicus outline their experiece with Sound Riot Records. Numerous follow up e-mails from other bands outling their experiences with the label are also published on the site. Below is an excerpt:

Have you received a record contract from this label ? Read this before you sign...

Every band as far as our discovery shows have been run over by this label. And they owe bands and others alot of money!

Bands have been kicked from their contracts for no reason, or maybe for not selling enough al ...

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Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon made an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio on Friday, March 10. The following is a recap of their appearance on the show, as posted on Howard's official web site, HowardStern.com:

"When Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne came into the studio, Howard commented that Sharon looked better than ever to him. Sharon responded that she recently spent $200,000 on plastic surgery and that part of her procedure involved doctors taking fat from her stomach and injecting it into the lines around her eyes. Sharon went on to mention that, like a getting a n ...

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