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ENSLAVED's 'Vertebrae' Crowned TERRORIZER Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

As 2008 draws to an end, Terrorizer magazine staff and writers have donned their headphone to deliberate over which album should be crowned with the hallowed title of album of the year, an honor roll that sees its awardee join a heady list topped previously by DEATHSPELL OMEGA, MESHUGGAH, CELTIC FRO...

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HIRAX: New Album Update

Reactivated Long Beach, California thrashers HIRAX have issued the following update: "HIRAX is in heavy writing mode to finish up our new epic CD/vinyl release 'El Rostro de la Muerte' (Spanish for "The Face Of Death"). This will be the heaviest album that HIRAX has ever recorded. We are very excite...

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MR. DEATH Recording Debut Album

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...

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MR. DEATH Signs With AGONIA RECORDS

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: 'Demise' To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

Planet Metal has confirmed plans for the re-release of "Demise", the acclaimed 2003 album from Chicago psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM. Licensed directly from the band for an expected November release, this expanded CD version will feature two additional tracks from the album sessions, re...

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NACHTMYSTIUM, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM To Play Free Show In Hollywood

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM will team up with Pacific Northwestern black metal eco-terrorists WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM for a free show at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California on October 8. To gain access, go to this location and sign yourself up for the guest li...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Drops Off OPETH Tour

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has dropped off the North American tour featuring OPETH and HIGH ON FIRE. Commented NACHTMYSTIUM in a statement: "Due to some issues beyond our control, we've been forced to pull off the OPETH/HIGH ON FIRE tour. We're aggressively working to tr...

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HIRAX: Photos, Video Footage From San Francisco's TIDAL WAVE FESTIVAL Available

Photos of California thrashers HIRAX's July 5, 2008 performance at the Tidal Wave Festival at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in San Francisco's McLaren Park can be found at this location. A short fan-filmed clip from the gig is available below. HIRAX has just released its new live DVD, "Thrash and De...

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Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1

Ever since NACHTMYSTIUM released the groundbreaking (hell, Earth-shattering) "Instinct: Decay", founder Blake Judd has made it very apparent that he and his band most certainly do not want to be labeled as black metal. While they never really turned their backs to the influences of BURZUM and DARKTH...

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HIRAX: 'Thrash And Destroy' DVD/CD Details Revealed

California thrashers HIRAX will release their new live DVD, "Thrash and Destroy", on June 30 through Selfmadegod Records. The set features the band's entire 75-minute performance at the Keep It True Festival IX on November 3, 2007, in Dittigheim, Germany. The track listing is as follows: 01. El Dia...

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GENGHIS TRON And NACHTMYSTIUM Interviewed In Bristol; Video Available

Ren Ackermann of the UK's Contraband Candy went to Bristol in May and caught up with one of this year's more unusual tour combinations metal experimentalists GENGHIS TRON and up-and-coming "psychedelic black metallers" NACHTMYSTIUM. Ackermann spoke to GENGHIS TRON about their dark, visceral music as...

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NACHTMYSTIUM In-The-Studio Video Documentary; Part 1 Available

MetalKult.com has just posted part one of its seven-part in-the-studio documentary NACHTMYSTIUM: The Making of "Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1". For the past six years, Chicago's NACHTMYSTIUM have been producing some of the more forward-thinking U.S. black metal out there. So when founding guitaris...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Assassinating All Preconceived Notions About Where It Belongs In Music

Bob Gendron of the Chicago Tribune reports: Akin to many kids raised by music-loving parents, NACHTMYSTIUM guitarist/vocalist Blake Judd fondly recalls raiding his folks' record collection and spending hours listening to PINK FLOYD albums in his bedroom. He'd gently place the phonograph needle on cl...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Announces Tour Dates With BORIS And TORCHE

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM will join its similarly sonically expansive brethren in BORIS and TORCHE for a week-long run through parts of Canada and the U.S. The dates are as follows: July 12 - La Sala Rossa - Montreal, QC July 13 - Babylon - Ottawa, ON July 14 - Lees Pal...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: New Song Posted Online

Chicago-area psychedelic black metal group NACHTMYSTIUM has posted a new song titled "Assassins" on its MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new full-length album, "Assassins: Black Meddle Part I", which will be released on June 10 via Century Media Records in North America and June 23 throu...