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ENSLAVED Begins Recording New Album

Founding member/songwriter/rhythm guitarist Ivar Bjørnson of Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED has issued the following studio update: "This is a short blog from the studio where we — ENSLAVED — have started to record our new album. We are doing the drums in Duper Studios...

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Injury Forces ABIGAIL WILLIAMS To Cancel Tour With NILE

Due to a recent injury to drummer Ken Meyers, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS has been forced to cancel its previously announced tour with NILE that was scheduled to start January 15 in Baltimore, Maryland. The trek was planned to support the recent release of a deluxe version of the band's latest album, "In the S...

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Black Metal Documentary Makers Interviewed On 'The ParaFactor'; Audio Available

Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, the filmmakes behind "Until The Light Takes Us" — a feature-length documentary about black metal — were interviewed on the January 7 edition of "The ParaFactor". The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "The ParaFactor" can be heard every Th...

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GRAVDAL To Tour Europe With GORGOROTH, KEEP OF KALESSIN

Norwegian black metallers GRAVDAL will join fellow countrymen GORGOROTH and KEEP OF KALESSIN on a short European tour in April. The trek will mark GORGOROTH's first tour following the release of its new album, "Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt". The dates are as follows: April 09 - Vosselaar,...

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ALTAR OF PLAGUES Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Candlelight Records has announced the signing of the Irish experimental black metal band ALTAR OF PLAGUES. Commented the group: "ALTAR OF PLAGUES are very glad to announce we have signed with Candlelight Records in Europe. We are proud to sit on a roster alongside many bands that we have long admire...

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SHINING Frontman Guests On New GRAVDAL Album

SHINING frontman Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson has recorded vocals for a track on the forthcoming second album from Norwegian black metallers GRAVDAL, "Torturmantra". The song, entitled "Mishandlet", was laid down at the Erebus Odora studios in Sweden with producer Peter Bjärgö. The follow-up to 2008's...

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BLACK SABBATH, OPETH, BIGELF Members Appear in 'Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie'

Tony Iommi of BLACK SABBATH, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Per Wiberg of OPETH, and Damon Fox and Steve Frothingham of BIGELF represent hard rock and heavy metal in the new feature-length music documentary "Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie", available now on DVD from Bazillion Points. They join members of pio...

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Black Metal Documentary Makers To Guest On 'The ParaFactor'

Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, the filmmakes behind "Until The Light Takes Us" — a feature-length documentary about black metal — will guest on "The ParaFactor" on Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. EST. "The ParaFactor" can be heard every Thursday night between 9:00 p.m. and midnight EST at www...

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ANIMAL ALPHA, STONEGARD, WARDRUNA And TRELLDOM Members Join Forces In DJERV

Singer and flamboyant front person Agnete Kjølsrud of ANIMAL ALPHA, drummer Erlend Gjerde of STONEGARD/WARDRUNA and guitarist Stian Kårstad of TRELLDOM have teamed up in a new project called DJERV which explores the borderlines between rock, metal and black metal. DJERV was formed as a result of bot...

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The Close of a Chapter: Live in Quebec City

SUFFOCATION represents death metal's mighty roar; everything from Frank Mullen's patented microphone-eating growl to the thick/dry/palm-muted riffs, to the impossibly heavy rhythm section all scream "brutal death!" While clearly evident on the studio recordings, even with a history of uneven product...

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BYFROST Signs With PAINKILLER RECORDS

Netherlands-based Painkiller Records (a sub-label of Apollon Entertainment UN Limited) has added Norwegian extreme metallers BYFROST to its roster, and will release the band's debut full-length album, "Black Earth", in the spring. The follow-up to the band's self-released EP "Byfrostmetal", "Black E...

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EVIG NATT Signs With BLACK BARDS ENTERTAINMENT

EVIG NATT ("Eternal Night" in English),the Norwegian extreme gothic metal band featuring former/current members of ENSLAVED, EINHERJER, THUNDRA and REISM, has inked a deal with Black Bards Entertainment. The group's sophomore album, "Darkland", will be released in the spring. A European tour will f...

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VREID, DORDEDUH To Appear On ENSLAVED Tribute Album

VREID and DORDEDUH (the Romanian metal band featuring former NEGURA BUNGET members Hupogrammos and Sol Faur) are among the artists who will contribute to the forthcoming "official tribute" to Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED. Twenty acts are scheduled to appear on the CD,...

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VULTURE INDUSTRIES Recording Sophomore Album

Norwegian avant-garde metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES have entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to their 2007 debut full-length album, "The Dystopia Journals". The new CD is expected to contain seven tracks, and come in at somewhere between 40 and 45 minutes in length. As is usual with V...

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JOHN GARCIA To Perform KYUSS Set At ROADBURN Festival

John Garcia (KYUSS, UNIDA, HERMANO) will perform an entire set of KYUSS songs at next year's Roadburn festival, which will be held at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland from Thursday, April 15 through Sunday, April 18, 2010. The incredible emotional content of KYUSS is due in large p...