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BLOOD CEREMONY To Release 'The Eldritch Dark' In May
In late 2012/early 2013, BLOOD CEREMONY enclosed themselves within a dank, tomb-like chamber to begin preparations for their third album. After a mind-numbing spell in the analogue womb of Toronto's ProGold Studios, the band is now ready to unveil their newest, and most accomplished, musical offerin...April 23, 2013
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CEREMONIAL OATH: Deluxe Reissue Of 'The Book Of Truth' To Receive Digital Release In U.S.
CEREMONIAL OATH — Sweden's pioneers of twisted melodic death metal — will release their legendary debut album, "The Book Of Truth", as a digital download in North America on April 16 via Century Media Records. Besides the album tracks, the download also includes all tracks of the super-rare demos "W...April 9, 2013
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SKELETONWITCH Begins Recording New Album
Ohio metallers SKELETONWITCH have entered GodCity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts in April with producer Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, KVELERTAK, BLACK BREATH) to begin recording their fifth album for a fall release via Prosthetic Records. Last month, SKELETONWITCH headlined Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" sho...April 8, 2013
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MORTALS Sign With RELAPSE RECORDS
Relapse Records has announced the signing of Brooklyn, New York's blackened sludge trio MORTALS. The band will enter the studio this summer to record the follow-up to the independently released "Death Ritual" EP. Formed in 2010, MORTALS (Elizabeth Cline, guitar and vocals; Lesley Wolf, bass and voca...April 4, 2013
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New INTEGRITY Song Featured On 'A389 Recordings Digital Mixtape MMXIII'
One of the more prolific acts of the blood-boiling mid-late-'90s metallic hardcore scene, INTEGRITY will release new LP through a joint collaboration with A389 Recordings and Magic Bullet Records. Legions of converted souls worldwide have hailed the name INTEGRITY for two and a half decades. Formed...April 1, 2013
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Heavy Metal And Xbox Gaming Collide In 'Death Goat'
Nocturnal Studio has released the first title for Microsoft's Xbox Live Indie Games service titled Death Goat. Death Goat is a bloody twin-stick shooter featuring hordes of brutal enemies and eardrum-destroying heavy metal. Death Goat includes the music of BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, GOD FORBID, HOLY...March 28, 2013
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CATHEDRAL: 'Tower Of Silence' Video Released
British doom legends CATHEDRAL will release their final studio album, "The Last Spire", on April 30 via Rise Above Records. Recorded at Orgone Studios in London, produced by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings with assistance, mixing by Jamie Gomez Arellano, and art by Dave Patchett and Arik Roper, "The...March 27, 2013
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SYCRONOMICA: 'Neverest' Details Revealed
Munich, Germany-based epic black metallers SYCRONOMICA will release their new mini-CD, "Neverest", on April 2 via Nocturnal Empire Productions. The effort, which has a running time of more than 32 minutes, contains two brand new tracks; the band's first demo from 1998 ("Durch Das Geäst") which has l...March 18, 2013
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CATHEDRAL: New Song Available For Streaming
British doom legends CATHEDRAL will release their final studio album, "The Last Spire", on April 30 via Rise Above Records. Recorded at Orgone Studios in London, produced by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings with assistance, mixing by Jamie Gomez Arellano, and art by Dave Patchett and Arik Roper, "The...March 13, 2013
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Video: SABATON Visits Auschwitz
Video footage of Swedish metallers SABATON visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland earlier this month can be seen below. 1.3 million people, about 90 percent Jewish, were killed in the gas chambers or shot to death at Auschwitz, making it the largest and most deadly of the 42,500 German...March 10, 2013
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SABATON: 'Carolus Rex' Certified Gold In Poland
"Carolus Rex", the latest studio album from Swedish epic power metallers SABATON, has been certified gold in Poland for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. The band was presented with gold plaques during their signing session in Warsaw this past weekend. As previously reported, "Carolus Rex" was also...March 5, 2013
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GRAVEWÜRM To Release 'Infernal Minions' In May
Hells Headbangers has set a May 14 international release date for GRAVEWÜRM's brand-new album, "Infernal Minions". The American band's ninth full-length overall, the CD "represents our continued path of worshipping the ancient gods of black metal," says founding GRAVEWÜRM vocalist/guitarist Funeral...February 26, 2013
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CATHEDRAL: 'The Last Spire' Cover Artwork Unveiled
British doom legends CATHEDRAL will release their final studio album, "The Last Spire", on April 29 via Rise Above Records. Produced by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, with assistance from Jaime Gomez Arellano, the CD will feature the following track listing: 01. Entrance To Hell 02. Pallbearer 03....February 21, 2013
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EX DEO: 'The Tiberius Cliff (Exile To Capri)' Video Released
"The Tiberius Cliff (Exile To Capri)", the brand new video from EX DEO, the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal fronted by KATAKLYSM singer Maurizio Iacono, can be seen below. According to EX DEO, the clip "showcase[s] the band's theatrical and crushing live show, just in time for the upcoming Euro conques...February 11, 2013
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SABATON Interviewed In Tempe (Video)
The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with Swedish metallers SABATON on February 7 in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. SABATON's entire November 16, 2012 headlining concert at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden was professionally filmed and recorded for the band's upcoming DVD and...February 11, 2013