April 06, 2003

SAMAEL will headline the Metalmania festival in Katowice, Poland on April 4th, and the Ostrava Fest in Ostrava, Czech Republic on April 5th. Look for their specially-priced double DVD, "Black Trip", on June 17th.

Denmark’s WITHERING SURFACE will release their fourth album, "Ichor", this May. The set features previously unreleased material including ‘Superior Seed’ and ‘The White Path’ (both recorded during the "Walking On Phantom Ice" sessions), ‘Forever Fragile’ and ‘Fading Mask’ (recorded as bonus tracks for the Japanese version of "The Nude Ballet") and ‘WhoreBride’ (live recording from the bands performance at the Roskilde Festival).