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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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KOMMANDANT Signs To PLANET METAL

Planet Metal has confirmed the signing of Chicago's KOMMANDANT, the black/death metal group featuring former and current members of CIANIDE, USURPER, and CORPSEVOMIT. KOMMANDANT's sound is a militant and vicious assault of stripped-down metal extremity, incorporating dissonant and dirty riffing, int...

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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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GRIEF, SHE SAID DESTROY Confirmed For Norway's GUNFEST

GRIEF and SHE SAID DESTROY have been confirmed for Gunfest, set to take place November 27-29, 2008 at Skur 40 in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CATHEDRAL ELECTRIC WIZARD NACHTMYSTIUM GRAND MAGUS MUSTASCH GRIEF SHE SAID DESTROY SEPPO GOES TO HOLOCAUST WITCHCRAFT GRAVEYAR...

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POSSESSED Pulls Out Of Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

Reactivated California death metal pioneers POSSESSED — featuring sole original member Jeff Becerra (vocals) backed by members of California's SADISTIC INTENT — have cancelled their appearance at the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 27-30 in Bergen, Norway. The festival organizers...

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NACHTMYSTIUM, CATHEDRAL, ELECTRIC WIZARD Confirmed For Norway's GUNFEST

NACHTMYSTIUM, CATHEDRAL and ELECTRIC WIZARD are among the confirmed bands for the Gunfest festival, set to take place November 27-29, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: NACHTMYSTIUM CATHEDRAL ELECTRIC WIZARD GRAND MAGUS MUSTASCH SEPPO GOES TO HOLOCAUST WITCHCRAFT GR...

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SUPERCHRIST In Writing Mode

Chicago heavy metal derelicts SUPERCHRIST are busy writing their sixth album, entitled "Defenders of the Filth". "It's almost all fast," commented bassist/vocalist Chris Black. "[Guitarist] Hank Bitchlover and I haven't written together for a few years, and you can tell we've both been OD'ing on met...

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BIBLE OF THE DEVIL Completes Mastering 'Freedom Metal'

Veteran Chicago rock n' roll metallers BIBLE OF THE DEVIL have issued the following update: "We have completed the mastering for our fifth studio album, 'Freedom Metal', due to hit the streets in September. Artwork is currently in production by well-known Chicago rock n' roll graphic artist Martin C...

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Krallice

Having discovered the harsh and unique guitar style of guitarist Mick Barr in a review of OCRILIM's "Annwn" (Hydra Head) on this very site, I was anxious to hear his work as part of experimental USBM act KRALLICE. His instrumental arrangements on "Annwn" are graceful in their acidic, yet oddly melod...

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OPETH, HIGH ON FIRE: More North American Dates Revealed

Swedish metallers OPETH will team up with HIGH ON FIRE for a North American tour this fall. NACHTMYTSIUM will open the first half of the trek, while BARONESS will open the second half. The dates are as follows: Sep. 16 - Buffalo, The Town Ballroom - NY Sep. 17 - Philadelphia, Trocadero - PA Sep. ...

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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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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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BIBLE OF THE DEVIL Completes Work On New Album

Veteran Chicago rock n' roll metallers BIBLE OF THE DEVIL have announced the completion of their fifth full-length album and second for Rome, Italy-based label Cruz Del Sur Music. Entitled "Freedom Metal", BIBLE OF THE DEVIL's eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2006's "The Diabolic Procession" marches...