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GORGOROTH Frontman Discusses His Homosexuality; Video Available

Vocalist Gaahl of Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH was recently asked by Holland's FaceCulture if he thinks people will see him and his music differently now that he has publicly acknowledged his homosexuality. "Mankind is known to be narrow-minded, so… maybe some [will have a negative reaction],...

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Relationship Between Heavy Metal And Spirituality Examined In New Book

Editor Justin St. Vincent has released a new book entitled "The Spiritual Significance of Music: Metal Edition" which "provides an exciting exploration of how music powerfully impacts spirituality, and why spirituality influences music," according to a press release. "Readers will discover sincere e...

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GAAHL: 'My Goal With WARDRUNA Is To Bring BALDR Home Where He Belongs'

Nearly six years in the making, WARDRUNA's long-awaited debut album, "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", is the first part of the planned "Runaljod" trilogy which will musically interpret the runes of the elder futhark. This highly visual music is hard to place into any specific genre, and there isn't re...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL Is Confident About Outcome Of Upcoming Trial

Holland's FaceCulture has posted a short interview clip (see below) with vocalist Gaahl of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH. Gaahl discusses the legal battle between him and bassist King ov Hell on one side and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus on the other side over the rights to the...

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WARDRUNA: 'Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga' E-Card Available

An e-card for "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", the forthcoming debut album from WARDRUNA, the project led by former GORGOROTH drummer Kvitrafn (who has also played with SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR and DEAD TO THIS WORLD),can be found at this location. Due on January 19, 2009 via Indie Recordings, the CD will...

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WATAIN Mainman: 'MAYHEM Was Revolutionary'

Darren Cowan of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with WATAIN mainman Erik Danielsson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: The plans that [former MAYHEM members] Dead and Euronymous started died after they were gone, and no one really carried on those ideas. GORGO...

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GORGOROTH Featured On Dutch TV; New Interview, Performance Footage Available

Lauren Verster of the Dutch TV program "Fobiac" interviewed GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl prior to the band's December 3, 2008 concert at 013 in Tiburg, Netherlands. The entire show (original air date: December 19),which features footage of the band's performance and interview clips with some of the roa...

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GORGOROTH: Munich Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH performing on December 19, 2008 in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (clip uploaded by "eblinternational"). GORGOROTH entered the studio on August 25 in the band's hometown of Bergen, Norway to begin...

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CRADLE OF FILTH, ARCH ENEMY, GORGOROTH Confirmed For Finland's FROSTBITE Festival

CRADLE OF FILTH, ARCH ENEMY and GORGOROTH (Gaahl-fronted version) are among the confirmed bands for the Frostbite festival, set to take place February 6-7, 2009 in Lathi, Finland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMORAL ARCH ENEMY CRADLE OF FILTH DAMNGOD DARK FILTH FRATERNITY DEAD SHAP...

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Black Faith Inquisition

I really struggled with this one. I'd go back and forth between assessing "Black Faith Inquisition" as an epic tour de force of melodic black metal and a painstakingly long, verbose black metal album that tries to do too much. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. There is no question that...

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GORGOROTH Live In Bologna; Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH performing on December 7, 2008 in Bologna, Italy can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "ginmetal"). GORGOROTH entered the studio on August 25 in the band's hometown of Bergen, Norway to begin recording...

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GORGOROTH: Tilburg Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of the Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH performing on December 3, 2008 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands can be viewed below (clip uploaded by "SilverRainProduction"). GORGOROTH entered the studio on August 25 in the band's hometown of Bergen, N...

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WARDRUNA: Debut Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

WARDRUNA, the project led by former GORGOROTH drummer Kvitrafn (who has also played with SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR and DEAD TO THIS WORLD),will release its debut album, "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", on January 19, 2009 via Indie Recordings. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Ár var alda 02....

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SKITLIV: New Rehearsal Recording Posted Online

SKITLIV, the new band led by former MAYHEM frontman Maniac, is in the studio for the next few weeks finishing up the recordings for its debut full-length album, "Glem Aldri Korset". SHINING's Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson, who plays guitar for SKITLIV, has already finished laying down most of his tracks...

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INFERNUS-Led Version Of GORGOROTH Completes Lineup

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has issued the following update: "Infernus' GORGOROTH lineup is now complete, and the new vocalist is none other than the legendary Pest — back at last after an 11 yea...