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Liturgy Kicks Off U.S. Tour Dates Today

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:15 +0000

New York black metallers Liturgy kick off their month and a half long U.S. tour today in Pittsburgh. The band will play this weekend's Scion Rock Fest alongside Pelican, Shrinebuilder and more, then blast their way south towards this year's [...Read More...]

Shear Offering "In Solitude" EP As Free MP3 Download

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Finland's Shear have announced they are currently offering their entire "In Solitude" EP as a free MP3 download. All four tracks from the EP can be found at this location. The EP was recorded at Arcada Studios from August – [...Read More...]

Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire Inks Deal With Prosthetic Records

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:23:07 +0000

Prosthetic Records has signed Denver, Colorado's Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire. The band formed in 2006 and released an EP titled "Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths" that year, and released their first full-length "Omega Drunk On The Blood [...Read More...]

Wolves In The Throne Room Announces West Coast Tour Dates With Earth

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:14:29 +0000

Earth have joined up with label mates Wolves in the Throne Room for a week-and-a-half long West Coast tour this April. The string of dates will also include opening support from instrumentalist Cello performer Lori Goldston, who will also be [...Read More...]

War Of Ages Streaming New Song "Desire"

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:07:52 +0000

Christian metallers War of Ages have announced their upcoming album "Eternal" will be released on April 13th, 2010. You can hear a brand new song from the album called "Desire," which features Tim Labesis of As I Lay Dying, on [...Read More...]

The Haunted Announces "Road Kill" CD/DVD Release Date

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:12 +0000

The Haunted has announced their upcoming DVD/CD, "Road Kill," will be released in Europe on April 19 and in North America on June 8 via Century Media. This live release will be available as a DVD+CD set, as well as [...Read More...]

Nightfall Comments On New Album Title "Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants"

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:31 +0000

Greek metallers Nightfall have issued the following statement about the title of their new album: "As said in previous post Tyrants represent the punishment accrued from our own actions, the allegoric way. But what about the first part of the [...Read More...]

Bratz maker MGA Entertainment considers initial public offering

Andrea Chang — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:44:00 +0000

MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of Bratz dolls and other toys, is considering selling shares in an initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday.

The Van Nuys company manufactures toys, games, dolls, consumer electronics, home decor, stationery and sporting goods. Its products include Little Tikes, Moxie Girlz and Rescue Pets, but the company is best known for its sexily dressed Bratz dolls that are at the center of a bitter copyright dispute between MGA and toy giant Mattel Inc.

Gerrick Johnson, a toy analyst at BMO Capital Markets, said he thought an IPO would be well-received by the investment community and would help MGA gain access to capital as it looks to expand its products.

“They have a nice product portfolio that investors would be interested in, so it doesn’t seem like a completely far-fetched idea,” Johnson said. “The toy industry’s doing well right now; the toy stocks are doing well. There’s appetite for that kind of investment.”

In December, after the Bratz dolls were found to infringe the copyrights of rival Mattel, a U.S. appeals court stayed an order to transfer ownership of the line to Mattel until it ruled on the case.

The two parties were also ordered to attempt to settle the dispute themselves, but Johnson said he doubted the two sides would reach an agreement.

“These guys are so far apart and they hate each other, that’s the bottom line,” he said. “It’s personal at this point.”

On Thursday, Mattel spokeswoman Lisa Marie Bongiovanni said the El Segundo company was awaiting the appeals court ruling and declined to comment on the progress of mediation discussions.

– Andrea Chang

Master Streaming New Song "Worship The Sun" Online

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:10 +0000

Chicago's Master will release their new album "The Human Machine" in the U.S. via Pulverised Records later this year. A new track from the album titled "Worship The Sun" is currently available for streaming via Metal Review. Master also has [...Read More...]

Kataklysm Completes Song Writing for "Heaven's Venom"

Metal Underground.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:41:40 +0000

Canadian extreme metallers Kataklysm have completed the song writing process for their new album entitled "Heaven?s Venom." The album is tentatively scheduled for a fall 2010 release via Nuclear Blast. Vocalist Maurizio Iacono commented: "It?s done after two years of [...Read More...]