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Vehementer Nos

According to Wikipedia (don't worry, the information has been verified) "Vehementer Nos was a papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius X in 1905. Occasioned by the French law of 1905 providing for the separation of church and state, it denounced the proposition that the state should be separated fr...

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Year of Desolation

The word "smoking" gets thrown around so much with regard to an album's riffs, but damn if it doesn't apply in a big way on YEAR OF DESOLATION's self-titled debut for Prosthetic. (The band's first release, "Your Blood My Vendetta" was released in 2004 on Corrosive Recordings). I mean the guitars bur...

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Guitarist COLIN DAVIS Says VILE's Lyrics 'Will Not Focus On Death Anymore'

Guitarist Colin Davis of the Californian brutal death metallers VILE has issued the following update: "I think that it's time that we all take a good look at what death metal is all about. What is our attraction to this type of music, why do we have it and what influence does it have on ...

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THE PROJECT HATE: Rhythm Guitar Tracks For New Album Completed

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR) and singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS),has posted the following message...

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Grimoire of Ruin

Those into the classier side of U.S. power metal, the type that hearkens back to the days of OMEN and classic JAG PANZER, have just found their newest band to champion. SHADOW DEMON hail from the Pacific Northwest, and their stock in trade is unrepentant, glorious, down and dirty '80s metal, a combi...

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DEATHSTARS Announces Russian Dates

Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS has announced two dates in Russian in early March. They are as follows: Mar. 02 - Moscow, RUS @ Tochka Mar. 03 - St. Petersburg, RUS @ Port As previously reported, DEATHSTARS' video for the song "Blitzkrieg" has been posted online at the group's official...

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Out from the Dark Side

If crust punk tickles your nerve endings, then you really must grab a copy of this split CD from Portland's HELLSHOCK and Japan's EFFIGY. Originally released as a 10" and limited to 500 copies, the crusty folks at Crimes Against Humanity now make it available in CD format for the masses to choke dow...

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SEAR Finishes Mastering New CD

Finnish death/black metallers SEAR have finished mastering their second album, "Lamentations of Destruction", for a tentative late February release via Dynamic Arts Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Begin the Celebrations of Sin" was recorded at studio Ruho and was was mixed by Santeri Salmi of Stud...

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Alive in Athens

If you were enthralled with ICED EARTH's live album, the three-disc "Alive in Athens", then you're in for a real treat with the DVD treatment of those same two shows filmed at the Rodon Club in January 1999. The look, the feel, and the all-around aura of the performance makes for pure heavy metal bl...

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THE PROJECT HATE: Six Tunes Completed For New Album

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR) and singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS),has posted the following message...

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REGURGITATE To Team Up With ROTTEN SOUND For Finnish Mini-Tour

Swedish grindcore mainstays REGURGITATE will team up with ROTTEN SOUND for a Finnish mini-tour in February. The dates are as follows: Feb. 08 - TBA, Tampere (FIN) Feb. 09 - TBA, Jyväskylä (FIN) Feb. 10 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN) REGURGITATE will enter the studio in early December to record 12-13 trac...

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SEAR Completes Work On New Album

Finnish death/black metallers SEAR entered studio Ruho in September to begin tracking their second album. "So now everything is ready, only mastering left and it's [on December 4]. We are releasing a net single: 'Destination' soon after mastering the album, we have made a special version of the song...

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Burden of Truth

Zachary Stevens has truly made something special with CIRCLE II CIRCLE. After two beautifully melodic and passionate albums in "Watching in Silence" and "The Middle of Nowhere", the gifted vocalist and songwriter has created his masterwork with "Burden of Truth". Stevens' concept album is inspired b...

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REGURGITATE To Record New Songs For SKULLHOG Split Release

Swedish grindcore mainstays REGURGITATE have issued the following update: "We have booked the weekend around December 2 to record some new songs. We expect to record 12-13 tracks to be used for our split with SKULLHOG (formerly BILE) and probably some more splits. More info about that later." REGURG...

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THE PROJECT HATE: 'Expect Nothing But Some Blasphemous Insanity'

THE PROJECT HATE, the Swedish band featuring Lord K. Philipson (GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),Jörgen Sandström (ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE),bassist Michael Håkansson (ENGEL, ex-EVERGREY),guitarist Petter S. Freed (2 TON PREDATOR) and singer Jo Enckell (IGNORANCE BLISS),has posted the following message...