The highly acclaimed new LACUNA COIL album “Karmacode”, had a phenomenal first week in the US and Europe by securing the #28 spot on the Billboard Top 200 charts in US and entering the official album charts in Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Austria and the UK. Critics have hailed the much-anticipated release as the group’s most cohesive and all encompassing offering yet, led by the strength of its hit single “Our Truth,” which is currently a Top 40 single on the U.S. Active Rock charts. The first single also entered the official single charts in the UK, Finland, Spain, Greece and Italy. Congratulations!

A road update from SONATA ARCTICA keyboardist, Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg:
Hello everybody ! I just wanted to drop you a quick line to tell y'all what's going on. We played our first show in Germany in Herne with Saxon and Doro among others. We started off in Sweden with three headlining shows and this tour will have a total of 26 shows in 10 countries. So far everything's gone pretty well and it feels great to be back on the road. Yesterday was a bit of a nightmare for me personally 'cause my keyboard rack broke down 5 minutes before we hit the stage. Luckily I have a backup system, and though I had to use some different sounds, we managed to play the show which is the main point anyway. This day will probably pass pretty fast, fixing the gear and doing some interwievs, and at nine it's showtime again. This night we have a drive of 800km to Budapest, where we'll play tomorrow. I'll try to check back in a couple of days. So far…."

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Sweden's THERION have announced the following European tour dates in January/February 2007:

Jan. 17 - Essen, GER @ Weststadthalle
Jan. 18 - France @ TBA
Jan. 19 - Lichtenfels, GER @ Stadthalle
Jan. 20 - Antwerpen, BEL @ Hof Ter Loo
Jan. 21 - London, UK @ Mean Fiddler
Jan. 23 - Paris, FRA @ TBA
Jan. 24 - FRA @ TBA
Jan. 25 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmatazz 2
Jan. 26 - Madrid, SPA @ La Riveria
Jan. 27 - Bilbao, SPA @ Santana 27
Jan. 28 - France @ TBA
Jan. 29 - Milano, ITA @ TBA
Jan. 31 - Lubljana, SLO @ VPK Mediapark
Feb. 01 - Zagreb, CRO @ Boogaloo
Feb. 02 - Salzburg, AUT @ Rockhouse
Feb. 03 - Vienna, AUT @ Planet Music
Feb. 04 - Budapest, HUN @ Petofi Hall
Feb. 05 - Belgrad, SER @ SKC
Feb. 07 - GER @ TBA
Feb. 08 - Langen, GER @ Stadthalle
Feb. 09 - Pratteln, SWI @ Z7
Feb. 10 - Glauchau, GER @ Alte Spinnerei
Feb. 11 - Munich, GER @ New Backstage
Feb. 13 - Krakow, POL @ TBA
Feb. 14 - Warszawa, POL @ TBA
Feb. 16 - Tilburg, NETH @ TBA
Feb. 17 - NETH @ TBA
Feb. 18 - Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle

THERION's Christofer Johnsson recently announced that he was stepping down as THERION's vocalist. Christofer will continue to handle guitar duties for the band.