KATAKLYSM will be direct support to The Black Dahlia Murder on this year's "Summer Slaughter Tour" alongside Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born of Osiris, Psycroptic, and Whitechapel.

The tour is set to begin at the end of June and will last until the end of July. Tickets are now available to purchase directly from the venues or you can purchase them online here.

For tour dates and more info, please visit:
www.myspace.com/summerslaughtertour
www.myspace.com/kataklysm

SEE YOU IN THE PIT!

The time has come for the long awaited sneak peak of the upcoming MESHUGGAH “Bleed” music video! The track is from the bands latest release, obZen, which is available to purchase worldwide!

Directed and produced by Mike Pecci and Ian McFarland of Killswitch Productions, a short video trailer can be accessed at this location.

Fans are alerted to keep an eye out for the official worldwide debut of the entire music video coming real soon!

MESHUGGAH are currently on the last few dates of their North American tour with Ministry.

Catch the remaining tour dates here: www.myspace.com/meshuggah

Photos of MESHUGGAH's April 27, 2008 concert at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts are available for viewing at the following locations:
Tom Coutoure Photography
ReturnToThePit.com
Rhapsody.com
MusicianPhotoJournal.com


Video Interviews with MESHUGGAH:
MetalInjection.net
Boston.tv
MetalMachine.net
SickDrummer.com

The Formation of Damnation, the new album from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT sold 11,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 59 on The Billboard 200 chart!

The Formation of Damnation has also registered the following first-week chart positions so far:
Germany: 15
Austria: 23
Norway: 29
Sweden: 33
USA: 59

An e-card for The Formation of Damnation can be accessed at this location.

The Formation of Damnation, the long awaited and much anticipated release from thrash titans TESTAMENT is finally out worldwide!

The Formation of Damnation was released on April 25 (Europe) and April 29 (North America).

Fans can now purchase the new album in stores!
If you prefer to purchase the album online, here are some links:

Nuclear Blast America Web Shop
Nuclear Blast Europe Web Shop
Nuclear Blast MP3 Music Shop

Amazon.com
iTunes
eMusic
Rhapsody
Napster
FYE

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TESTAMENT will be participating in a couple of upcoming signing sessions. If you're in the area, make sure you drop by and meet these legends in person!

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Hot Topic
Address Will Be Announced Shortly
Los Angeles Area
www.hottopic.com

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 6:00pm
Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette Rd.
Ford, NJ 08863
www.vvinyl.com

With PAGANFEST already becoming Europe's premier tour with an average attendance of 1000 to 2000 people per show, the fest everyone is talking about is in its beginning stages of its first North American tour with Ensiferum (Candlelight), Turisas (Century Media), Tyr (Napalm Records) and Eluveitie (Nuclear Blast).

View some fan filmed footage of PAGANFEST USA here:
Eluveitie - Harpos Concert Theater - Detroit, MI
Tyr - IRock - Detroit, MI
Turisas - Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
Ensiferum - Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA - Part 1
Ensiferum - Medley - Montreal, QC - CANADA - Part 2


For more PAGANFEST USA footage, please click here.

View some live photos of PAGANFEST USA at the following websites:
MusicianPhotoJournal
ReturnToThePit
Mark Coatswork Photography

The remaining USA tour dates are below!

Make sure you catch this tour because chances are, you'll probably never get a line up like this for a long time!!

05/07/08  The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA
05/08/08  House of Blues – Hollywood, CA
05/09/08  The Avalon – Santa Clara, CA
05/10/08  The Vault 350 – Long Beach,  CA
05/11/08  Chasers Bar & Nightclub – Scottsdale, AZ
05/12/08  Club 101 – El Paso, TX
05/14/08  Crush Lounge – Tulsa, OK
05/15/08  Ridglea Theater – Fort Worth, TX
05/16/08  The White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
05/17/08  Java Jazz – Houston, TX
05/19/08  The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
05/20/08  Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
05/21/08  Crocodile Rock Cafe – Allentown, PA
05/22/08  BB Kings Blues Club – New York, NY

You can purchase tickets on the night of the show, or you can purchase them now online. Online ticket purchase links are available at www.myspace.com/paganfestusa

Canadian metallers THREAT SIGNAL have posted the second part of their "Demo Diary" video series. Watch it here.

THREAT SIGNAL recently teamed up with award-winning film director RT of 235 Films on April 10 for a video shoot for the song "A New Beginning." The track comes off the group's debut album, Under Reprisal, which was released in North America on August 22, 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records.

THREAT SIGNAL recently uploaded a demo version of a new song, entitled "Beyond Recognition," on the group's MySpace page.