Finland's BATTLELORE have announced European and UK tour dates with KORPIKLAANI And KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI. The Finnish Fire tour is set for November, with more dates due to be announced soon. The schedule is currently as follows:

November

14 - Glauchau, Germany - Alte Spinnerei
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - Retro Music Hall
26 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
30 - Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg

December

1 - Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
2 - Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 1
3 - Manchester, UK - Jillys Rock World
4 - London, UK - Scala
5 - Leeds, UK - Rio's

As previously reported, Battlelore recently issued the following update

"Battlelore’s fifth full length album, titled The Last Alliance is finally finished and ready to be presented to the public! The album consists of big, epic and atmospheric songs full of feeling and raging battles, taking you to an unforgettable journey through Middle-earth! As before, there will be a jewel case CD and a digipack with something extra. This time the digipack will include a DVD featuring the energetic live show at Metal Female Voices Festival in Wieze, Belgium 2007.

The track list for “The Last Alliance” is as follows: 'Third Immortal', 'Exile The Daystar', 'The Great Gathering', 'Guardians', 'The Voice Of The Fallen', 'Daughter Of The Sun', 'Green Dragon', 'Awakening', 'Epic Dreams', 'Moontower', 'The Star Of High Hope'.

The track list for the bonus DVD (Live at Metal Female Voices Festival 2007): 'Ghân Of The Woods', 'Ocean’s Elysium', 'Into The New World', 'Buccaneer’s Inn', 'We Are The Legions', 'House Of Heroes', 'Beneath The Waves', 'Sons Of Riddermark'.

The release dates for the album are:

September 24th - Finland

September 26th - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Benelux, Italy, France

September 29th - the rest of Europe

October 7th - USA/Canada

The Last Alliance was recorded at Sound Supreme Studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland, with the ingenious producer Janne Saksa, and mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios, Sweden. Some words from Dan: “Fuck yeah!!! Let’s make history!!!”, “mixing your stuff is like mixing 156 death metal albums at the same time”, “I believe it to be fantastic. It’s a killer record!”.

Expect to be blown away in September!"