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CELTIC FROST Frontman Pays Tribute To BLACK SABBATH Guitarist

The current issue of Guitar World magazine includes an in-depth feature on Tom Gabriel Fischer, frontman of CELTIC FROST, who talks about how he started writing music. "I used to sit there and dissect BLACK SABBATH's music," he said. "I was interested in knowing why SABBATH sounded so dark compared...

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SATYRICON: 'We Are Now Ready To Come Over To America Again'

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have issued the following update: "We have so much news for you on the new album in writing and many stories to tell from our visits to Australia and Japan. We'll fill you in on that later. Finally the necesarry permits and paperwork have been sorted on Frost's [d...

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INFERNO MUSIC CONFERENCE Schedule Revealed

Oslo, Norway's Inferno Metal Festival has become a sold-out success each year, as well as an annual gathering of the international metal industry. In 2006, in collaboration with MFO, the Inferno organizers launched the Inferno Music Conference (IMC) as a professional get-together for the metal and r...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman: 'All Of My Music Is Based On What Is Going On In My Life'

Goth rock icons TYPE O NEGATIVE have announced the initial tour dates for their 2007 U.S. headlining tour in support of their forthcoming CD "Dead Again", out March 13 on SPV Records. The Brooklyn, NY band will launch the trek March 28 in Providence, RI with BRAND NEW SIN supporting. The album's tit...

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TESTAMENT, NAPALM DEATH Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

TESTAMENT and NAPALM DEATH are the first two confirmed bands for the eighth edition of the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. Commented the organizers: "The 2007 edition is shaping up to be something out of the extraordinary. Last year with CELTIC FROST, MORB...

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PAIN Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

PAIN, the Swedish band led by HYPOCRISY mastermind Peter Tägtgren, has been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FORE...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE: More Tour Dates Announced

TYPE O NEGATIVE will embark on a U.S. tour in late March. Support on the shows will come from CELTIC FROST (after April 9) and BRAND NEW SIN. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 28 - Lupo's - Providence, RI * Mar. 29 - Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA * Mar. 30 - Starland ...

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TYPE OF NEGATIVE: New Song Available For Streaming

A brand new TYPE OF NEGATIVE song, entitled "These Three Things", is available for streaming on the band's official web site. The track comes off the group's new album, entitled "Dead Again" (view cover at this location),which is scheduled for release on the following dates: March 13 - USA/Canada M...

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PAIN: New Song Posted Online

A brand PAIN song, entitled "Zombie Slam", has been posted online at this location. The track comes off the Swedish band's upcoming fifth full-length album, due in April via Roadrunner Records. According to a press release, the as-yet-untitled effort will feature sharper production, "heavier guitars...

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U.T.D.

The worst stereotypical excesses of one-man black metal bands are on infamous display here, as Norway's FURZE clatter through eight tracks of atonal, horribly-recorded, comical noise collages that have more in common with hallucinogenic musique concrete experiments than anything resembling actual so...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, Ex-NIGHTWISH Singers Added To 20th Anniversary NUCLEAR BLAST Compilation

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski is working on a compilation CD to celebrate Nuclear Blast Records' 20th anniversary, entitled "Into the Light". Smolski composed, recorded and produced about 10 songs for various metal artists that are part of the Nuclear Blast history, including a track that is being r...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE And CELTIC FROST To Team Up For U.S. Tour?

TYPE O NEGATIVE, CELTIC FROST and BRAND NEW SIN will aparently team up for a North American tour beginning late March. So far the following dates have been announced : Mar. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero Apr. 09 - Chicago, IL @ Metro Apr. 11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club As previously ...

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SLAYER: Video Interview With KERRY KING Available

San Antonio-based STUF-TV cult cable show "Robb's MetalWorks" has posted its January 2007 episode featuring an interview with Kerry King of SLAYER conducted during last year's Unholy Alliance tour. Kerry discusses such topics as the return of drummer Dave Lombardo, the band's re-emergence after rele...

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PETER TÄGTGREN's PAIN Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

PAIN, the Swedish band led by HYPOCRISY mastermind Peter Tägtgren, has inked a deal with Roadrunner Records. Since Peter Tägtgren appeared on the music scene back in the early Nineties he has been a most extraordinary artist and producer. Known as guitarist and frontman of the hard-working touring b...

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Buried Alive

So this is it, the final farewell to a band that called it quits voluntarily after evolving from barren death metal artisans and English manglers ("Rot to Dead"! "Desperationed Future"!) in the late 1980s to a sleek, melancholy hit-making machine (in their native Finland, anyway). While some would p...