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HELSTAR: New Album Preview Available

Texas metal legends HELSTAR have posted a three-song preview — "Pain Will Be Thy Name", "When Empires Fall", and "Wicked Disposition" — from their new CD, "The King of Hell", in the "Media" section of their official web site. "The King of Hell" will be released in Europe on September 26, 2008 on ...

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VADER: More 25-Year-Anniversary Concert Details Revealed

Polish death metal veterans VADER will celebrate their 25-year anniversary with a special concert on August 30 at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. The gig, which is officially sold out, will feature the following running order: 11:30 - 11:50 - linecheck 11:50 - 12:00 - introduction and festival start...

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SAMAEL, DISMEMBER, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, HELSTAR To Team Up For European Tour

SAMAEL, DISMEMBER, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, HELSTAR, ONSLAUGHT, HEATHEN, MONSTROSITY and HATCHET will team up for the "Death To X-Mas Fest 2008" tour in December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 08 - D Essen @ Zeche Carl Dec. 09 - D Berlin @ Postbahnhof Dec. 10 - D Adelsheim @ Live Factory Dec. 11 -...

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VADER's Anniversary Concert Sold Out

VADER's 25-year anniversary gig, which scheduled for August 30 at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland, is officially sold out, according to a posting on the Polish band's web site. Says the Massive Music booking agenecy: "When we started to plan this show at the beginning of the year, we didn't expect su...

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EPISODE 13 Confirmed For Ukraine's METAL HEADS' MISSION Festival

EPISODE 13, one of the longest-running and best-known black metal bands in Turkey, has been confirmed for the Metal Heads' Mission festival, set to take place August 4-9 in the Ukraine. Also scheduled to appear are GORGOROTH, MOONSPELL and AGNOSTIC FRONT, among many others. EPISODE 13will take to th...

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OCEANO Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of the Chicago death metal band OCEANO to a multi-album, worldwide recording deal. Conceived in 2006, OCEANO "comprises of former members of several Chicago metal outfits, and together are rapidly becoming one of the standouts of the Chicago extreme metal sc...

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ABOVE Featuring SAMAEL Members: Second Track Posted Online

ABOVE, a new project involving members of the long-running Swiss industrial metal band SAMAEL, has made another track available on the group's MySpace page. Check out the song "Polygames" at this location. According to the band's official bio, ABOVE was formed on June 6, 2006 and "is the fruit of a...

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Lava

I wasn't sure what to make of "Lava" by Switzerland's SLUDGE, except to note that it is loud, ugly, distorted, and jam-packed with enough nerve-fraying sounds to knock an elephant off its feet. If nothing else, it made me recognize the fact that Denmark's Mighty Music has released some real face-bre...

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MARDUK Confirmed For VADER's Anniversary Concert

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have been confirmed for VADER's 25-year anniversary gig, scheduled for August 30 at Stodola Club in Warsaw, Poland. Meanwhile, Brazil's KRISUN has been forced to cancel its participation in the event due to "some technical issues," according to a posting on VADER's web...

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SLUDGE: 'Lava' To Receive U.S. Release

"Lava", the new album from Swiss doom metallers SLUDGE, which was released in some parts of Europe at the beginning of the month, will see its release in the U.S. and Germany this coming week, to be followed by Italy later in the month. Dates for its release in Greece, Hungary and Australia are stil...

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WITCHBREED Completes Pre-Production With WALDEMAR SORYCHTA; Video Available

WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN),has completed the pre-production for its debut album, "Heretic Rapture", at Medusa Lab Studios with German producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, THE GATHERING, SA...

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SAMAEL Members Launch 'Virtual Metal' Band ABOVE

ABOVE, a new project involving members of the long-running Swiss industrial metal band SAMAEL, has made its first track available on the group's MySpace page. Check out the song "Black Hole" at this location. According to the band's official bio, ABOVE was formed on June 6, 2006 and "is the fruit of...

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Former MOONSPELL Bassist's WITCHBREED Working With WALDEMAR SORYCHTA

WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN),has issued the following update: "We are proud to announce WITCHBREED will officially begin the work for our debut album on 22nd April. WITCHBREED will enter MedusaL...

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MOONSPELL, DELAIN Confirmed For Germany's M'ERA LUNA Festival

MOONSPELL and DELAIN have been confirmed for the M'era Luna festival, set to take place August 9-10 in Hildesheim, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGONIZE APOCALYPTICA APOPTYGMA ASP BERZERK BLITZKID CINEMA STRANGE COMBICHRIST DAF DELAIN EISBRECHER ELEGANT MACHINERY ELIS END O...

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SLUDGE: Next 3 Songs From Upcoming Album Available For Streaming

Following on from the first streaming of three tracks from their forthcoming album "Lava", Swiss doom metallers SLUDGE will this weekend make available another three tracks on their MySpace page. "Idi Na Hui", "Below (Litanies Of Satan)" and "Machine" are the tracks that will replace the currently f...