Italian classic power metal act THY MAJESTIE and upcoming death/trash act BOLTDOWN of the UK signed with Dark Balance.

The 4th full length album of Thy Majestie will hit the stores at the beginning of June 2008. Fans of Thy Majestie can expect some musical changes compared to their previous discs Jeanne 'D Arc and Hastings 1066, still it will be very much the sound of Thy Majestie, according to the words of Dario Cascio.

"The band went through harsh times lately, especially with the loss of Giuseppe Bondì on the keyboards, but they say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and in fact we feel we have grown up a lot through this past year!

The songs we chose to include on the forthcoming album are 8 BOMBS, we are terribly excited about them and we're confident that the next one is gonna be the best Thy Majestie release so far!".

If you can't wait until the release of the album, you might get the chance during one of the live shows of Thy Majestie before the release to hear some of the new material. So far Thy Majestie is confirmed for the UK Prog Power edition in March 2008, besides this they will come to Finland, Holland, Germany and Switzerland for sure. Just keep an eye on their tour dates (www.thymajestie.com or www.myspace.com/thymajesty) and you will be informed about this soon.

Omnicide, first release of Boltdown will be released on the 3rd of March 2008. This album was scheduled for release through Hangmans Joke records September 2007. Sadly the owner committed suicide, and the release had to be delayed until a new label was found. Finally, this long awaited release will become available to the public!

Mixed and Mastered by Scott Atkins (STAMPIN GROUND guitarist, did productions for BLINDSIGHT, ROMEO MUST DIE, etc) you can expect a quality thrash/death album with distinctly aggressive vocals and ferocious riffing in the vein of CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AS I LAY DYING and DARK TRANQUILLITY. You can listen to three full songs of 'Omnicide' here.Beginning of April 2008 the Newcastle lads will tour through the BeNeLux and the UK with Dutch killer death band DETONATION and partly IMPIOUS and partly ROMEO MUST DIE as headliners.

Dark Balance is very proud both bands want to cooperate. It expands the roster of the label to six bands as MENA BRINNO, TRAGODIA, IMMORTAL SOULS and PICTURE OF THE MOON are already signed.

Following are updates on the bands:

Tragodia announce that vocalist Carlo Bellani is no more part of the band. Carlo felt the necessity to fully concentrate on other musical projects that, for the time being, are too demanding in terms of time and energy. The new male vocalist will be Stefano Roncadori, a supremely talented singer already known for his work in the synth-rock band D_VINES. Stefano is already prepared to handle the vocal duties in the forthcoming gigs of Tragodia in December and January. Welcome on board, Stefano!

Mena Brinno female vocalist Katy Decker returned back to the USA after a short but nice press tour through France, Holland, Switzerland and the UK. Soon you can watch Katy as special guest in the December edition of the digital video program The Hard Way.

Just check out http://www.thehardway.tv from time to time to see if Episode 5 is there. Besides the appearance of Katy it will release the first video of Mena Brinnno 'The Lone Green Valley'.