Tampa-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have issued the following update:

"We are sorry to inform our fans who were planning to see us perform at Satans Convention in Germany we are forced to cancel due to the local promoter not responding to our communications, emails or phone calls by us or our booking agency. It is unfortunate but hopefully understandable. Our apologies."

In honor of SIX FEET UNDER's upcoming release, Graveyard Classics 3, Metal Blade Records is offering fans the chance to pre-order the CD at a special low rate.

In addition to this pre-order, fans will also have the option to order Graveyard Classics 3 with a Six Feet Under t-shirt for a special low rate. Head over to Metal Blade's Online Store to check out details on the album, view the t-shirt, and purchase your copy of Graveyard Classics 3.

Pre-order ends January 19th. Metal Blade Records is currently having a Holiday sale so items are currently 15% off. Sale ends January 15th.

Six Feet Under are back with their 3rd installment of the band's cover series, Graveyard Classics 3, due out on Metal Blade Records January 19th 2010. Graveyard Classics 3 was recorded at D.O.I. Digital Audio in Tampa, FL, was mixed at Audiohammer Studios by Mark Lewis, and was produced by Chris Barnes.

Here's what the godfather of gore and death Chris Barnes has to say about the band's latest chapter in the Graveyard Classics chain:

“We went about picking the tracks for this installment of Graveyard Classics by really just trying to search out songs from early on in our musical upbringing, as well as tracks from when we were just fans of heavy music, before we started playing in a band. Once again choosing songs that have really stuck with us over the years, also choosing the songs that we felt would sound interesting when played in the SFU ‘death groove' style.

Through the years of doing covers, many of our fans have inquired about us covering a SLAYER or a METALLICA song. It was really something we wanted to do for some time, those two bands being our biggest influences, as well as influencing a generation of death metal musicians.

To sum it up…this is a tribute to honor the great teachers that have influenced us as well as the world of metal we all belong to. We hope our fans will enjoy.“

Tracklisting for Graveyard Classics 3:

'A Dangerous Meeting' - MERCYFUL FATE

'Metal On Metal' - ANVIL

'The Frayed Ends Of Sanity' - METALLICA

'At Dawn They Sleep' - SLAYER

'Not Fragile' - BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE

'On Fire' - VAN HALEN

'Pounding Metal' - EXCITER

'Destroyer' - TWISTED SISTER

'Psychotherapy' - THE RAMONES

'Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck' - PRONG