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MELECHESH Mainman Jams With Turkish Pop Star; Video Available

While staying in Turkey for the past two weeks to explore the country's spiritual sides and sites, Ashmedi, frontman of Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH, also met up with several renowned Turkish musicians. One of them, famous Turkish pop/rock star Harun Kolcak, who has a deep interest i...

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AETERNAM: New Live Clip Posted Online

Video footage of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-based death metallers AETERNAM performing the song "Angel Horned" live at Le Medley in Montreal on June 29, 2009 as the opening act for BEHEMOTH can be viewed below (clip shot by Benoit Nantel). AETERNAM recently inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. The...

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ABSU Forced To Cancel Dallas/Ft. Worth Appearance

ABSU's scheduled Ft. Worth, TX performance tonight (Monday, June 29) has been canceled due to the band's tour bus breaking down earlier today outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The final show on the Texas-based mythological occult metal outfit's current tour was also set to feature RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRIN...

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MELECHESH Recording Demos For New Album

Ashmedi and Moloch of the Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH are holed up at the Sulphonic studio in Rotterdam working on demos for the follow-up to the "Emissaries" album. This will be MELECHESH's fifth full-length effort and first for Nuclear Blast Records. No date is set for the recordi...

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AETERNAM Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada-based death metallers AETERNAM have inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. The band's first studio album, "Disciples of the Unseen", was produced by Jef Fortin (NEURAXIS, THE LAST FELONY) and contains "10 tracks of pure intensity, crushing riffs, pounding bass lines and b...

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ABSU: New Audio Interview Posted Online

Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with Proscriptor McGovern of the Texas-based mythological occult metal outfit ABSU on June 21, 2009 when the band played B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City with RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER and SOTHIS. The seven-minute chat is avai...

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Middle Eastern Metal Bands Featured on SIRIUS XM's 'Bloody Roots'

In a show of solidarity with recent crackdowns on heavy metal bands and fans in Jordan and Iran, the "Bloody Roots" weekly heavy metal history lesson on Sirius XM satellite radio hosted by Ian Christe (publisher of Bazillion Points Books, author of "Sound of the Beast"),will feature this week an ho...

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MELECHESH: Footage From Dubai's SANDSTORM FESTIVAL Posted Online

Video footage of the Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH performing at the SandStorm Festival 2009 on May 2 at Chi club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were BILOCATE from Jordan and Lebanese extreme metal band KAOTEON. MELECHESH is currently im...

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MELECHESH To Headline Dubai's SANDSTORM FESTIVAL

Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH will headline the SandStorm Festival 2009, set to take place May 2 at Chi club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also scheduled to appear are BILOCATE from Jordan and Lebanese extreme metal band KAOTEON. Commented MELECHESH in a statement: "We are very plea...

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MELECHESH Mainman Focus Of New Documentary; Trailer Available

Ashmedi, the founder of the pioneering Mesopotamian black/thrash metal band MELECHESH, is the focus of a new documentary from Tools of the Trade Productions. Entitled "Ashmedi: A Metal Disporant", "this documentary [tries] to capture Ashmedi in his personal surroundings as well as his music life in...

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ENTHRONED, URGEHAL, VALKYRJA Confirmed For Germany's FESTUNG OPEN AIR

ENTHRONED, URGEHAL and VALKYRJA have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Festung Open Air festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2009 in Bitterfeld, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AURA NOIR (N) ABSU (US) BLACK FLAME (I) BÖMBERS (N) DEAD TO THIS WORLD (N) DESTRÖYER...

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DREAM THEATER Confirmed For France's HELLFEST

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER have been confirmed for this year's Hellfest, set to take place June 19-21, 2009 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ADAGIO ALL SHALL PERISH AMEBIX AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX AUGUST BURN RED AURA NOIR BACKYARD BABIES BETRAYED BLO...

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MELECHESH In Pre-Production Mode

Sumerian thrashing black metallers MELECHESH have issued the following update: "The band are currently immersed in writing sessions for the follow-up [to] 'Emissaries' album. This will be MELECHESH's fifth album and first for Nuclear Blast Records. At the moment, there are three pre-production demo...

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CONSPIRACY: 'Concordat' Artwork Revealed

CONSPIRACY, the one-man project featuring Alex "Carpathian Wolf" (formerly known as Al' Hazred of MELECHESH fame),will release its second full-length album, entitled "Concordat", later in the year via Pulverised Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Mentally Ill God 02. Die In St...

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ENTHRONED In Moscow: Photos, Video Footage Available

Belgian black metal band ENTHRONED perfomed in Moscow, Russia at Plan B club on February 6. Photos of the concert can be found at Musica.mustdie.ru. Fan-filmed video footage is available below. ENTHRONED has set "Pentagrammaton" as the title of its new album, due later in the year via Regain Records...