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ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH, DARK GRAVE: Concert, Interview Footage From Romania Available

Concert and interview footage with ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH and DARK GRAVE taken on November 17, 2007 at Live Metal Club in Bucharest, Romania can be found at MetalheadTV.com. ANCIENT RITES's latest album, "Rubicon", was released in May 2006 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2001's "Dim Carcosa"...

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MASTODON: MetalKult Video Tour Diary Part 1 Available

MetalKult.com has posted the first part of its eight-part video feature documenting progressive metallers MASTODON's summer 2007 European tour, supporting their last release, "Blood Mountain". Beginning in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 28, 2007, and ending on July 8 at London's Wembley Stadium, MetalKul...

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FEN Signs With CODE666

UK-based black metallers FEN have signed a three-album deal with Code666. "A musical project inspired by the bleak, esoteric landscaped of Eastern England, FEN blends aspects of black metal, progressive rock, folk and ambient to express loss, sorrow, exaltation and a sense of ancient pride through m...

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AHRÁYEPH Featuring Ex-ANCIENT RITES Guitarist Signs With France's D-MONIC RECORDS

AHRÁYEPH, the goth rock/dark wave band led by former ANCIENT RITES guitarist Raf, has inked a deal with France's D-Monic Records for the release of the group's debut album, "Marooned On Samsara". The CD is tentatively due in March/April 2008. Commented Raf: "We're very pleased to announce our cooper...

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DARK FUNERAL To Begin Writing New Material

Joe D. of Metal Hell magazine recently conducted an interview with DARK FUNERAL guitarist/founding member Lord Ahriman. A few excerpts from thechat follow: Metal Hell: How much of the next album is written? Lord Ahriman: Not much, but the plan is that we're gonna finish off the touring we have sched...

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SUIDAKRA Hard At Work On DVD, 'Best Of' CD

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "The forthcoming DVD and 'best of' CD package has been keeping us busy and it's paid off — apart from the final layout, everything's finished. The content of the DVD has changed since it was first announced — it will now...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Live After Death' DVD Preview Available

A preview of the forthcoming double disc DVD of "Live After Death", the legendary recording of IRON MAIDEN's four-night stand at Long Beach Arena, California in 1984, is available below. In the stores February 5, 2008 via New Door Records/UMe, the release will coincide with the start of the band's S...

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PRIMORDIAL: Video Interview With NEMTHEANGA Posted Online

Germany's Metal.de recently conducted an interview with vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL. Watch the 20-minute chat below. Metal Blade Records has launched a special PRIMORDIAL MySpace page featuring streaming versions of two tracks — "Empire Falls" and "H...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman: The Day Is Nearly Upon Us'

Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "So the day is nearly upon us... [the new PRIMORDIAL album] 'To The Nameless Dead' will be out within two weeks. "For many people out there it seems like we have only exi...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Live After Death' DVD Details Announced

Finally available on DVD for the first time, New Door Records/UMe are proud to announce the eagerly awaited release of the double disc DVD of "Live After Death", the legendary recording of IRON MAIDEN's four night stand at Long Beach Arena, California, in 1984. In the stores February 5, 2008, the re...

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VOODOO GODS To Release 'Shrunken Head' EP In January

VOODOO GODS, the project featuring current and former members of such bands as MORBID ANGEL, MANOWAR and BEHEMOTH, will release its debut EP, "Shrunken Head", in January 2008 via Musicaz Records. A rough-mix version of the track "Warfare" is available on the band's MySpace page. According to the gro...

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BLIND GUARDIAN In South Africa; Photos Available

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN headlined the Nightfall Festival on Saturday, October 13 in Pretoria, South Africa. Other bands that performed at the event included AGRO, ANCIENT INFLUENCE, CHROMIUM, CONTRAST THE WATER, DEITY'S MUSE, L.A. COBRA, MANINSUIT, NEW BORN FIRE and SACRIFIST. Check ou...

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Former ANCIENT Drummer Joins LAST EXIT

Italian session drummer Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (ANCIENT, HORTUS ANIMAE, DOOMSWORD, HATE PROFILE) has joined forces with a promising Hollywood-based band called LAST EXIT. Molding elements of indie and alternative rock, LAST EXIT's sound is "heavy but emotional and complemented with hook-rich vocal...

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PRIMORDIAL To Headline Ireland's WINTERFEST

Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL will headline the Winterfest 2007 on December 15, 2007 at Cruiscin Lan, Cork City, Ireland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: PRIMORDIAL CROWNING GLORY FOR RUIN HALLOWED FLATLINE SLAVE ZERO SIROCCO DEFECT GROUND OF RUIN FIVE WILL DIE RED RIVER Check o...

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Former ANCIENT Drummer Featured In POWERS THAT BE Video

Italian session drummer Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (ANCIENT, HORTUS ANIMAE, DOOMSWORD, HATE PROFILE) is featured in the video for the song "Collide" from the Australian metal band POWERS THAT BE. The clip was filmed on the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles as a promotional self-produced video for the band...