Last week Lich King started to build a thrash map of thrash bands to help with setting up tours. Working with LK I've added a Metal Map to New Metal Army. The map displays bands and venues.

Why is this useful?:

• Help bands find venues and plan a tour with local support.
  
• Help fans find local bands for them to go and see.
  
• Help promoters find local bands to put together gigs.
  

ANYONE can edit or add a band or venue so register, add your band or venue and use the map to set up a tour. The map already has a lot of UK data on it but I hope bands from ALL over the world will add themselves and their local venues and start touring metal all over .



When you zoom in you can click on a band and see information about the band. Crucially how many times the band is listened to on Last.fm and by how many people. These statistics are updated nightly between 2am and 4am. This should give you some idea of how big the band is (although it's far from definitive).



If you zoom in all the heavy metal venues are displayed. Clicking on the venue brings up a link to the venue so you can contact them about playing their.



be seeing you

metaldazza

Faith Divides Us, Death Unites is an excellent album. The video from track 6 off of that album is great as well.

It's an overcast day in London today and I can't think of anything better to do then watch a My Dying Bride video. Bask in the glory of Bring Me Victory.

Incase you have missed it Gama Bomb have released their new album Tales From A Grave In Space for free at http://mail.earache.com/gamabomb/. All you need to give them is your email address and it looks like they don't even check that!

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Gamabomb are on a European tour at the moment be sure to see them. They are epic live:

05.11.09 Huddersfield, UK - Parish
07.11.09 Birmingham, UK - NEC - Hellfire Festival
07.11.09 Peterborough, UK - Club Revolution
08.11.09 London, UK - Underworld
09.11.09 Bristol, UK - Bier Keller
10.11.09 Brighton, UK- Engine Rooms
11.11.09 Nottingham, UK - Seven
12.11.09 Colchester, UK - The Twist
15.11.09 Lille, France - La Chimere
17.11.09 Bilbao – Spain - Santana 27
18.11.09 Madrid – Spain - Ritmo y Compás
19.11.09 Taragona – Spain - Sala Zero
20.11.09 Bordeaux – France – Heretic Club
21.11.09 Hamme – Belgium – Hamme(r) Fest
22.11.09 Strasbourg – France – Molodoi
24.11.09 Rostock – Germany – Alte Zuckerfabrik
27.11.09 Chemnitz – Germany – Bunker
28.11.09 Giessen - Germany - Hessenhalle
29.11.09 Eindhoven – Netherlands – Klokgebouw
30.11.09 Schwalmstadt – Germany – Bunker
01.12.09 Prague – Czech Republic – Exit Chmelnice
02.12.09 Vienna – Austria – Escape Metal Corner
03.12.09 Budapest – Hungary – Pogo Loco
04.12.09 Gorriza – Italy - Pieffe Factory
18.12.09 Baroeg - Rotterdam, Holland
19.12.09 Metal Treffen - Geldersch, Holland