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NECROMANTIA Signs With DOCKYARD 1

Greek black metal pioneers NECROMANTIA have inked a deal with Dockyard 1. The group is currently working on its new album, "The Sound of Lucifer Blasting Heaven", for a November release. Says the band: "Be prepared for a mix of harsh black metal, dark orchestrations and ritualistic parts the NECROMA...

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SLAYER: Entire DOWNLOAD Festival Performance Available

SLAYER's entire performance at this year's Download festival, which took place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England, has been posted at Google Video. Celebrating its 26th year together, the always-uncompromising SLAYER was recently named "Best Live Band" in SPIN's 2006 Readers' Poll,...

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POSSESSED, MALEVOLENT CREATION, ACHERON Confirmed For GATHERING OF THE BESTIAL LEGION III

POSSESSED, MALEVOLENT CREATION and ACHERON are among the confirmed bands for the Gathering of the Bestial Legion III festival, set to take place August 19, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California. More than 30 death/black metal acts will perform on three stages. Bands confirmed so far...

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UNLEASHED Confirmed For Finland's JALOMETALLI Festival

Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED have been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 17-18 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALTARIA AMORAL BURNING POINT CANDLEMASS DEATHCHAIN DOMIN...

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DIES ATER To Release New Album In October

Berlin, Germany-based black metallers DIES ATER have inked a deal with Twilight Distribution. The group's new album, "Odium's Spring", was produced by Andy Classen at his Stage One Studio (KRISIUN, ROTTING CHRIST, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, HOLY MOSES) and will be a "killer black metal" release, "f...

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SLAYER, MARILYN MANSON: More In Common Than You'd Think?

Since rock 'n' roll's inception in the 1950s, it's always been blamed for the ills of society-and no one knows that better than SLAYER or MARILYN MANSON. From suicides to school shootings, both acts have continually been unfairly categorized as scapegoats by media pundits and politicians simply beca...

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Pheromone

Christ, the images a name like BLOODY PANDA conjures… The doom genre continues to demonstrate its ever-lengthening wingspan with albums like this New York act's "Pheromone". With a basic style firmly grounded in the rumbling dirge of funeral doom, the distorted guitars, concrete-splitting bass lines...

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Blood of the Medusa

Somebody's been listening to the first few albums by THE HAUNTED. Just listen to the way that album-opening and vaguely SLAYER-ish instrumental intro "New Faith" portends of the thrash to come. When the thrashing "Variola" hits right after it, the influence is unmistakable. More accurately though, S...

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SLAYER: ROCK AM RING Performance To Be Webcast Tomorrow

On Saturday, June 2, SLAYER will officialy kick off its European trek with an appearance at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany. The show will be broadcast via a live video stream beginning at 12:30 a.m. local time or (6:30 p.m. EST/3:30 p.m. PST) at this location. Check the web site ....

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EZURATE Signs With ROTTING CORPSE RECORDS

Elite Chicago black metal veterans EZURATE have inked a deal with Rotting Corpse Records for three forthcoming albums, anticipated to be released over a one-year period. Their 2000 debut, "Infernal Domination", has been completely reproduced (re-recorded, remixed, remastered) using their current lin...

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FIREWIND Confirmed For Greece's GAGARIN OPEN AIR

Greek metallers FIREWIND have been confirmed for Gagarin Open Air, a new festival which will take place July 5-11 at Hellenikon Complex, Baseball Court, Greece. Also scheduled to appear are PARADISE LOST, TYPE O NEGATIVE, ROTTING CHRIST and JOE SATRIANI. PARADISE LOST, TYPE O NEGATIVE and ROTTING CH...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman Talks About Jail And Cocaine Addiction

Alex Zander of MK Magazine recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MK Magazine: Did you actually go to jail? Steele: I was in Rikers Island [York City's largest jail facility] because I had violated probation. MK Magazine...

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PARADISE LOST, TYPE O NEGATIVE, ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Greece's GAGARIN OPEN AIR

PARADISE LOST, TYPE O NEGATIVE, ROTTING CHRIST and JOE SATRIANI have been confirmed for Gagarin Open Air, a new festival which will take place July 5-11 at Hellenikon Complex, Baseball Court, Greece. PARADISE LOST, TYPE O NEGATIVE and ROTTING CHRIST will perform on July 5 while SATRIANI is scheduled...

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SLAYER Apologizes For Scandinavian Concert Cancellations

SLAYER has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of its previously announced appearances at this year's Ruisrock (which will be held July 6-7 in Turku, Finland) and Roskilde (set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark) festivals. Says the band: "The members of SLAYER want all of their f...

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NIFELHEIM To Support VENOM On 'Scandinavian 7 Dates Tour'

Although there has been no official announcement on the matter, several web sites and ticketing agencies are reporting that Swedish cult act NIFELHEIM will support British black metal pioneers VENOM on their "Scandinavian 7 Dates Tour" beginning late May. The dates are as follows: May 23 - Copenhage...