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DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For METALBÅTEN Metal Cruise

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metalbåten festival, set to take place March 23-24, 2006 on Silja Line. Other bands confirmed to appear at the festival include RAGE, FREEDOM CALL, DISMEMBER and HELLFUELED. Silja Line is the leading passenger sh...

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DEFLESHED Split Up

Swedish death/thrash metallers DEFLESHED have officially split up. The group's bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde has issued the following statement on the matter: "Fellow comrades, with a schizophrenic mixture of grief and relief we hereby announce our departure from all DEFLESHED activities. Activities...

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DISMEMBER, NOCTURNAL RITES To Perform At This Weekend's NORDIC RAGE METAL FESTIVAL

DISMEMBER, NOCTURNAL RITES and CRUCIFIED BARBARA are among the artists appearing at the third annual Nordic Rage Metal Festival, set to take place Saturday, November 12 at Folkets Hus in Boden, Sweden. The complete festival lineup is as follows: DISMEMBER NOCTURNAL RITES CRUCIFIED BARBARA SLOWGATE M...

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GRAVE Finish Writing Seven New Songs For Upcoming CD

Legendary Swedish death metallers GRAVE have posted the following message on their official web site: "GRAVE will perform at this year's Arnhem Metal Meeting [in Holland]. Sharing the stage with DISMEMBER, DESTRUCTION and CANDLEMASS will be a night to remember. Also added are the dates for the upcom...

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GRIMFIST: Bergen Gig Cancelled

According to a posting on GRIMFIST's official web site, the band's previously announced gig at Inside in Bergen, Norway "has been cancelled due to them not having the budget to pay for sound system and fee. GRIMFIST will play in Kristiansand on the 12th of November, and at Garage, Bergen on the 26th...

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VISCERAL BLEEDING To Support NILE In Sweden

Swedish death metallers VISCERAL BLEEDING have been confirmed as the support act for NILE at two Swedish shows: Friday, October 7 at Skylten in Linköping and Saturday, October 8 at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg. The band will also play a one-off headlining gig at Kino in Karlskrona on Thursday, October...

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Bloodlust

It would not be inaccurate to call "Bloodlust" a death metal album, provided one takes the description in context. THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD's debut full-length for Prosthetic is not guaranteed to satisfy those seeking to quench a thirst for CANNIBAL CORPSE or DISMEMBER. It is not that kind of de...

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Solace

"Solace" defined: "A source of comfort or consolation." My ass! In a brutal twist of sarcasm, Montreal's ION DISSONANCE has eschewed all that is commercially accessible and aurally pleasing, opting instead for an involuntary sonic enema. Fans of fellow Canadian psycho-core madmen DESPISED ICON, as w...

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GRIMFIST: New Album Samples Available For Download

Norway's GRIMFIST have uploaded an eight-minute MP3 file containing samples from their upcoming second album, "10 Steps to Hell", due on October 4 via Candlelight Records (one day earlier internationally). Check it out at www.grimfist.com. Recorded at Subsonic Society Studios (DISMEMBER, SUSPERIA) a...

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Memento Mori

Well goddamn, here's case where the press release comparisons to early Swedish death metal are right on point! Take the motoring riff blasts of DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, and early ENTOMBED, blend in the grime of a HIGH ON FIRE, add a quart of sludge, and you've got Atlanta's WITHERED. Now that's a damn...

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DARK FUNERAL And DISMEMBER Featured On 'Die Zombiejäger' Soundtrack

DARK FUNERAL and DISMEMBER are among the artists featured on the soundtrack to "Die Zombiejäger", an upcoming GGH (Gothenburg Gore Horror) action-packed comedy-horror film shot in Gothenburg, Sweden. The film is decribed as follows: "In the not-too-distant future, Gothenburg has been invaded by zomb...

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GRIMFIST Shoot Two New Videos From Upcoming Album

GRIMFIST guitarist Ole Walaunet has issued the following update on the Norwegian band's upcoming activities: "Lots of stuff happening at the moment. Just got the promos for [the sophomore album] '10 Steps to Hell', and starting to get feedback on the album. So far, it's all VERY fuckin' good!! The g...

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World Declension

You can always rely on CENTINEX to deliver the goods when it comes to classic Swedish death/thrash metal, thanks in large part to lone original member and bassist Martin Schulman pushing the band onward. Strangely enough, the group has never been as well known as Swedish brethren ENTOMBED, GRAVE, or...

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DISMEMBER Part Ways With Bassist, Seek Replacement

Long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER have parted ways with bassist Johan Bergebäck. Johan "left band due to lack of the time DISMEMBER requires nowadays," the group write on their web site. "The band is looking for a new bassist, situated in the Stockholm area and those who are interested...

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GRIMFIST: 'Ten Steps To Hell' American Release Date Confirmed

Candlelight Records has confirmed October 4 as the American release date for the new studio album from Norway's GRIMFIST. Titled "Ten Steps to Hell", it is the second studio album from the rapidly growing extreme metal band. Recorded at Subsonic Society Studios (DISMEMBER, SUSPERIA) and mixed at Stu...