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Exclusive Interview With EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN

Rumblings of a forthcoming solo album from Ihsahn have been heard ever since the disbanding of EMPEROR in 2001, perhaps even before. That it would take five years for the album to finally see the light of day speaks more to the man's busy schedule than any kind of purposeful delay. Never one to sit...

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SADUS: Another New Song Posted Online

Another brand-new SADUS track, entitled "Down", has been uploaded to to the group's official fan site, Valley Of Dry Bones. The song comes off SADUS's upcoming album, "Out for Blood", due on February 27 via Holland's Mascot Records. The follow-up to 1997's "Elements of Anger", "Out for Blood" (view...

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CATHEDRAL, SCUM, DISMEMBER, NIGHTRAGE Among Confirmed Bands For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

The organizers of the Inferno Festival officially announced the complete lineup for this year's event during a kickoff party at John Dee in Oslo Friday night (Feb. 3). The final schedule for the festival, which will take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, No...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Germany's TOMAHAWK FESTIVAL

MARDUK have been confirmed for the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place April 1 in Osnabrück, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are THYRFING, KORPIKLAANI, GENERAL SURGERY and GRIMNESS 69, among others. MARDUK postponed their European tour earlier in the month to May from the previous...

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MARDUK: European Tour Postponed

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have posted the following message on their official web site: "MARDUK have decided to do the European crusade during May instead of March, due to the fact that most of March will be spent completing the upcoming DVD. But a few Greece shows have been announced for late...

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SCARIOT: Mixing Sessions To Begin In Two Weeks

SCARIOT mainman Død (a.k.a. Daniel Olaisen; BLOOD RED THRONE) has confirmed that the mixing sessions for the group's new CD, entitled "The Grand Design", will take place between February 6 and February 12 at Top Room studios in Norway. Drumming duties on the album were handled by Asgeir Mickelson (S...

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AGE OF SILENCE Prepare To Record New Album

Avant-garde/prog/metal act AGE OF SILENCE, the Norwegian band featuring Lazare (BORKNAGAR, SOLEFALD),Hellhammer (WINDS, ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) and Eikind (KHOLD, TULUS),among others, have issued the following update on the progress of the songwriting sessions for their upcoming album: "If things have b...

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EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN: Track Listing For Solo Album Revealed

Candlelight Records has revealed the full track listing for the solo debut from Ihsahn (EMPEROR). "The Adversary" is in its final stages of recording at Symphonique Studios in Norway with the final mix planned for early 2006. A video is planned for the song "Invocation", though specific details as t...

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Sideshow Symphonies

ARCTURUS will forever be haunted by their past. Having put out a record like "La Masquerade Infernale", an inarguable classic and one of the cornerstones of this whole "post-black metal" genre, all subsequent releases will be held up to it for comparison and critique. As always, an ARCTURUS album re...

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CRONIAN: BORKNAGAR Side-Project Set Release Date For 'Terra'

CRONIAN (formerly ION),the Norwegian/Swedish project featuring BORKNAGAR members Oystein G. Brun (guitars and programming) and Vintersorg (vocals and programming),will release their debut album, "Terra", in Europe on March 27 via Century Media Records. A U.S. release date has yet to be announced....

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Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL: Tickets Selling Faster Than Ever Before

According to the organizers of Norway's Inferno Festival, the three-day passes for this year's event are now completely sold out — the first time in the festival's history the pases have sold out this early. In addition, about 30 percent of the passes have been sold to metal fans abroad. There are s...

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SCARIOT To Begin Mixing New Album In February

SCARIOT mainman Død (a.k.a. Daniel Olaisen; BLOOD RED THRONE) has posted the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album: "Within a couple of weeks, Lars Nordberg and Steinar Gundersen from SPIRAL ARCHITECT will do the bass and guitar solos on the cover song that will appear...

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BLOODTHORN Prepare To Release 'Genocide'

Norwegian death metallers BLOODTHORN will release their fourth studio album, "Genocide", in January/February via Red Stream Inc. (Morningstar Records in Europe). The long-awaited follow-up to 2001's "Under the Reign of Terror" was recorded at Godt Selskap Studio (CHTON, GRIFFIN, KEEP OF KALESSIN) in...

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CRONIAN: BORKNAGAR Side-Project Complete Work On Debut Album

CRONIAN (formerly ION),the Norwegian/Swedish project featuring BORKNAGAR members Oystein G. Brun (guitars and programming) and Vintersorg (vocals and programming),have posted the following message on their official web site: "Well, after a month of intense work we are happy to announce that the pr...

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BORKNAGAR, WITCHCRAFT, ENDSTILLE Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

BORKNAGAR, WITCHCRAFT and ENDSTILLE have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are the reunited black metal legends EMPEROR, MARDUK, BOLT T...