TYPE O NEGATIVE will kick off a month-long co-headline tour with CRADLE OF FILTH on November 14. Support at all shows will come from Sweden's SOILWORK.

So far, the following dates have been announced for the tour:

Nov. 20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Rave/Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest Club

In other CRADLE OF FILTH-related news, the band will issue "Mannequin" in the U.S. as a special DVD single. The release date is still to be confirmed, but it is expected to be before the end of the year.

The DVD will feature the conceptual video for "Mannequin", directed By Thomas Mignone (MUDVAYNE, SLIPKNOT, TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEPULTURA, KITTIE, etc). It combines "live" performance footage with macabre Tim Burton-esque stop-motion puppeteer work courtesy of George Higham (www.poepuppet.com).

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BLIND GUARDIAN (www.blind-guardian.com) will release their new album, Blind Guardian - Live, in North America on October 7th.

The album was recorded on the band’s A Night At The Opera tour.

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A brand-new JUDAS PRIEST DVD, titled "Electric Eye", will be released through Sony on November 17. The first PRIEST product to be since the reunion with Rob Halford was announced features all the key promo videos, the 1986 Dallas concert and seven rare BBC performances, plus a booklet with detailed notes and photos. Most of this material has not even been available on VHS for many years and is now back on DVD by huge public demand

The complete track listing for "Electric Eye" is as follows:

Videos:

01. Living After Midnight
02. Breaking The Law
03. Don't Go
04. Heading Out To The Highway
05. Hot Rockin'< ...

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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has posted the following message to the band's official web site:

"Hey you savage fuckers!

"Friends, I just thought I'd better drop you some news about the new album and how the recordings are going. Well, the work is going great, I just have to underline how relaxed everything is in the studio. The spirit and friendship between us is so cool, and during the last tour we had even grown tighter together as friends. And I swear, you will hear that on every single note on the album!

"I do not wanna blow our own trumpets too much (to avoid any edgay rumors). I do not blow trumpets at all! But for female interests: Watch out for the ...

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IRON MAIDEN's "Dance Of Death" has sold 40,308 copies during its first week of release to debut at No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart. This number is in line with the first-week tally of the group's last album, "Brave New World", which moved 37,618 copies in June 2000 to land at No. 39 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The following are the first-week chart positions for "Dance Of Death" in various countries around the world:

Argentina: #3
Australia: #12
Brazil: #12
Canada: #5
Finland: #1
France: #3
Greece: #1
Iceland: #1
Ireland: #6
Italy: #1
Netherlands: #11
Norway: #3
Portugal: #4
Spain: #2
Sweden: #1
U.K.: #2
USA: #18

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NILE have announced their third US headlining tour in support of their album In Their Darkened Shrines. The tour, dubbed the Art Of Noise II, will kick off September 30th and will criss-cross the United States.

Support on the tour will be provided by KREATOR, VADER, AMON AMARTH and GOATWHORE.

The Art Of Noise II tour will be co-sponsored by leading media outlets of nearly every variety, including television, retail, print, satellite radio, musical equipment providers and internet sponsors. On the topic of the tour, Nile guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders commented, "We're very happy to give music fans a package that will certainly be a quality metal bill comprised ...

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According to the band's official website:

"So we finally got some good news for you. The record company hassle has been worked out. We are back on track, a bit delayed, but still, back in business. Small change of plans though. The third WOLF album will be released January 2004 instead of as previously planned late this fall. However, this means that we will have time to release both a single and a video prior to the album release. We are discussing a theme for the video and possible single track right now. We are also talking with our good friends over at Rage of Achilles about plans to release a vinyl 7" with some extra goodies on it. So it seems as if this fall will be a wicked good one after all! Thanks for your patience, and more info on titles and tracks coming soon."

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DREAM THEATER have set "Train Of Thought" as the title for their new album, tentatively due on November 11 through Elektra Records.

The complete track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. As I Am
02. This Dying Soul
03. Endless Sacrifice
04. Honor Thy Father
05. Vacant
06. Stream Of Consciousness
07. In The Name Of God

"Train Of Thought" was produced by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy and engineered by Doug Oberkircher. It was mixed by Kevin Shirley, who has previously worked with IRON MAIDEN, LED Z ...

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The much-anticipated eight-disc BLACK SABBATH box set, "Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)", is due on November 4, according to Rolling Stone. The collection will feature remastered versions of the band's albums with Ozzy Osbourne behind the mike, as well as a live DVD with previously unseen footage.

Retailing for $99.98, the set features the classic albums "Black Sabbath", "Paranoid", "Master of Reality", "Vol. 4", "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", "Sabotage", "Technical Ecstasy" and "Never Say Die!". The original SABBATH lineup supervised the box set, along with executive prod ...

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"After more than 4 years Thy Majestie has left the Scarlet Records team and they are looking for a new record deal. They are now working on the last two songs of the new album that will be an historical concept based on Joan of Arc."

Many thanks ,

Claudio Diprima / Thy Majestie

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