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SYRACH: New Album Update

Norwegian doom band SYRACH has issued the following update: "This weekend we have been busy recording the vocals for our album. First Silje, from OCTAVIA SPERATI, did her parts, and it sounds great. We really appreciate her voice, and are very satisfied with her contribution on our album. After that...

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THE PROPHECY: 'Revelations' To Be Released Next Month

Yorkshire doom-death metallers THE PROPHECY will release their new album, "Revelations" (cover),on February 5 through No Face Records. A track from the CD, entitled "Rivers", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page. To order a copy of "Revelations", visit THE PROPHECY's official web site....

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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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RONNIE JAMES DIO: BILL WARD's 'Commitments' Prevented Him From Touring With HEAVEN AND HELL

Jon Wiederhorn of Revolver magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) and Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH) of HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band also featuring SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler and ex-DIO/SABBATH drummer Vinny Appice. A couple of excerp...

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AFTER FOREVER Guitarist Recruits Outside Lyricist For HDK Project

Vocalist Amanda Somerville, who has appeared on the AINA rock opera "Days of Rising Doom" in 2003 and who has worked with EPICA and AFTER FOREVER as a backing vocalist and vocal coach, is collaborating with AFTER FOREVER guitarist/songwriter Sander Gommans on the lyrics for Sanders' HDK project. Com...

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IMMOLATION Completes Work On New EP, Full-Length Album

Long-running New York death metallers IMMOLATION have finished recording a brand new EP and full-length album at Millbrook Sound Studios with producer Paul Orofino. The EP will be entitled "Hope and Horror" and will contain the following tracks: 01. Den of Thieves 02. The Condemned 03. The Struggle...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJE...

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Former YOB Leader To Release MIDDIAN Debut In March

MIDDIAN, the band featuring former YOB leader Mike Scheidt, will release its debut album, "Age Eternal", in Europe on March 26 via Metal Blade Records (March 23 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland). MIDDIAN is Mike Scheidt - Guitar and Vocals Will Lindsay - Bass and Vocals Scott Headrick - Drums "Ag...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)' Video Posted Online

Finnish melodic death/doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have posted their video for the song "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)" at YouTube.com. Produced by Medialouhos and directed by Antti Hyyrynen, the clip was shot in November 2006. The track comes off the group's forthcoming third album, "Hope", du...

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EXTINCTION OF MANKIND: 'ALE TO ENGLAND' CD Track Listing Revealed

England's crust legends EXTINCTION OF MANKIND have revealed the complete track listing for the CD reissue of the out-of-print "Ale to England" EP which will be released with new cover art this spring on Canada's Moshpit Tragedy Records. Originally released in 2002 as a seven-inch on Malaire Records,...

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Alone

When those stately riffs ponderously march in, and that voice soars above them, the criminally long wait since the last SOLITUDE AETURNUS album will disappear in your mind. The hair will raise on the back of your neck, your spine will tingle, and that inimitable doom sound will flood your spirit onc...

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Gruesome Splendour

I've come across a fair number of black metal albums the past couple of months that are of the solid-but-not-sensational variety, HANDFUL OF HATE's "Gruesome Splendour" being yet another such album. All that really means if this Italian bunch is one of several black metal acts taking cues from the l...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Adds Second Anaheim Show

TYPE O NEGATIVE has added a second show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on January 22 to follow their previously announced gig at the venue on January 21. They will also perform at a private show on January 20 as part of NAMM. There are no other confirmed public dates at this ...

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AGAINST THE PLAGUES Featuring LOST HORIZON, FOREST OF IMPALED Members: New Song Available

AGAINST THE PLAGUES, the new band featuring Wojtek Lisicki (LOST HORIZON, LUCIFERION) on guitar/vocals, Adrian Adamus (FOREST OF IMPALED) on guitar, and Varyen (ex-FOREST OF IMPALED, DAMNATION) on drums, along with contributions from Logan Perez (lead vocals) and Martin Widel (keyboards),has posted...

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Turkey's PENTAGRAM To Celebrate 20th Anniversary

According to a posting on the Turkish webzine Deli Kasap, Turkey's most famous and biggest heavy metal band PENTAGRAM (now known internationally as MEZARKABUL to avoid confusion with an American doom metal band, though they are still known as PENTAGRAM in their home country) — whose last live perfor...