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'True Norwegian Black Metal' Book Due In May; More Details Revealed

American documentary photographer Peter Beste's book "True Norwegian Black Metal" will be issued on May 15 via Vice Books. In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal musi...

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IMMORTAL Schedules Australian/New Zealand In-Store Appearances

Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have scheduled the following Australian/New Zealand in-store appearances: Tuesday, March 11: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Melbourne Metal Mayhem 5/371 Flinders Street Monday, March 17: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sydney Utopia Records 233 Broadway Ultimo Wednesday, March 19: 5:...

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GORGOROTH Bassist On Dispute Over Band's Name, Side Projects

Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell during this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com:...

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IMMORTAL: More Live Footage Posted Online

MetalKult.com has posted two more live videos from IMMORTAL, including "One By One" and "Sons of Northern Darkness". The footage was captured when the Norwegian black metallers — guitarist Abbath, drummer Horgh, and AURA NOIR's Apollyon on bass — hit New York on their 7 Dates of Blashyrkh tour on Ju...

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IMMORTAL's DEMONAZ Launches Solo Project; New Music Posted Online

Demonaz Occulta of IMMORTAL has posted four songs from his new project, dubbed simply DEMONAZ, on his MySpace page. The songs "Demonized", "Over the Mountains", "Under the Dying Sun" and "Perfect Visions" were recently recorded at Soundsurf studios in Bergen, Norway. DEMONAZ lineup: Demonaz (Vocals,...

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Black Metal Documentary 'Until The Light Takes Us' In Editing Stage; Clip Available

New York filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites are currently editing their forthcoming Norwegian black metal documentary "Until The Light Takes Us". A short clip from the documentary, featuring BURZUM mastermind Varg Vikernes sharing his thoughts on pharmaceuticals, can be viewed below. "Until the...

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IMMORTAL: New Video Interview Available

Guitar World magazine has posted a new video interview with Abbath and Demonaz from Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL. Watch the footage below. IMMORTAL is currently writing material for a new studio album, tentatively due in 2008. In a recent interview with Metal-Rules.com, IMMORTAL guitarist Demo...

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IMMORTAL: More New York City Concert Footage Posted Online

MetalKult.com has posted two live videos from the legendary Norwegian black metal group IMMORTAL. The video were shot in New York City on July 13, 2007, when IMMORTAL was in the city playing the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on their 7 Dates of Blashyrkh world tour. In this footage, see Abbath, H...

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ABBATH Says IMMORTAL Fans Forced CRADLE OF FILTH To Play Abbreviated Set At METALCAMP

IMMORTAL frontman Abbath has told the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende that the group's rabid fan base forced CRADLE OF FILTH to play an abbreviated set at Slovenia's Metalcamp festival late last month by constantly screaming for the Norwegian black metal legends to take the stage. Asked by Berge...

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ISVIND And DEFIXIO Members Join ORCRIST

Italian black metal band ORCRIST has announced the addition of Goblin from the Norwegian band ISVIND on vocals, and Mane from DEFIXIO on guitars and bass. An Italian band with a long history of co-operating with Norwegian musicians, ORCRIST recently released a split 7" with BEASTCRAFT, and is curren...

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IMMORTAL's DEMONAZ Discusses Upcoming Album

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with IMMORTAL guitarist Demonaz. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: IMMORTAL are working with songs for a new studio album right now. What's the latest update from you as far as that goes? Demonaz: Well, me and...

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IMMORTAL's Unholy Forces Of Evil

A two-and-a-half-minute video clip of IMMORTAL frontman breathing fire on stage during the band's appearance at the Tuska festival Friday night (June 29) in Helsinki, Finland has been posted at YouTube. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. The Sun No Longer Rises 02. Withstand The Fall Of Time 03...

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IMMORTAL At France's HELLFEST; Photos, Video Footage Available

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL performed at this year's Hellfest, which took place June 23-25 in Clisson, France. Check out photos at this location and fan-filmed video footage at YouTube. IMMORTAL's July 13, 2007 concert at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill was officially sold out (...

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IMMORTAL: New York City Show Sold Out

Almost one month in advance, IMMORTAL's July 13, 2007 concert at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill has officially sold out (1,014 tickets sold as of presstime). Only around 200 tickets are still available for the July 15, 2007 show at the Avalon in Los Angeles, California via Ticketmaster and Ent...

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IMMORTAL Guitarist's PERFECT VISIONS Recording New Material

PERFECT VISIONS, the Norwegian project headed up by IMMORTAL guitarist Demonaz, is currently in the studio recording four new songs: "Perfect Visions", "Another Dying Sun", "Over the Mountains" and "Demonized". The lineup for the recordings is as follows: Demonaz (Vocals) Ice Dale (Guitars) Abbath (...