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CATHEDRAL: European Festival Appearances Announced
Mighty doom icons CATHEDRAL have confirmed the following European festival appearances: Apr. 15 - Oslo, NOR @ Inferno Festival Jun. 08 - Sölvesborg, SWE @ Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 09 - Donington, UK @ Download Festival Aug. 15 - Budapest, HUN @ Sziget Festival CATHEDRAL's new album, "The Garden of...March 31, 2006
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FALL OF SERENITY Complete Work On 'Bloodred Salvation'
German death metallers FALL OF SERENITY have completed work on their Lifeforce Records debut record, "Bloodred Salvation", due on May 12 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and on May 15 in the rest of Europe. According to a press release, "Bloodred Salvation" "combines brutal assaults, blistering g...March 30, 2006
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MIRROR OF DECEPTION Sign With CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS
Germany's "doom-metal kings" MIRROR OF DECEPTION have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire Records (COUNT RAVEN, TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS). The band are currently at Der Soundmann studio in Stuttgart, Germany recording their third full-length album, "Shards", for a summer release. Accordi...March 29, 2006
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GRAVE FLOWERS Part Ways With FIREBOX RECORDS
Long-running Swedish "dark metal" band GRAVE FLOWERS have parted ways with Finland's Firebox Records. "There have been some changes inside the company and GRAVE FLOWERS did not fit into their new plans," the band write on their web site. "We would anyway like to thank Firebox for the time we coopera...March 28, 2006
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We Hate You and Hope You Die
With members of FISTULA, RUE, RUNE, and MADMAN MUNT, it is not much of a shock that on "We Hate You and Hope You Die" Ohio's ULTRALORD play uncompromising, sludge-drenched, anti-social grime metal. I wouldn't exactly call it a trailblazing or original release, but goddamn, it hits with all the subtl...March 27, 2006
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METALLICA: Video Footage Of BLACK SABBATH Rock Hall Induction, Performance Posted Online
Video clips of METALLICA inducting BLACK SABBATH into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performing a medley of SABBATH songs during the induction ceremony held on March 13 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: Performance ("Hole in the Sky" / "I...March 23, 2006
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June Is The Month Of Doom For Sweden's I HATE RECORDS
To subdue the positive effects of this year's midsummer solstice, I Hate Records have decided to deliver a fatal blow to all that joy and light by releasing no less than five different items of DOOM at the same time! Planned for release on June 23 are the self-titled debut mini-album by Finland's TH...March 20, 2006
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BLACK SABBATH: Four New Biographies To Be Published In 2006?
According to a posting on the Black Sabbath Live Project web site, there are no less than four authors offering their takes on the BLACK SABBATH story in the coming year. The books slated for release during the coming months are as follows: * "Rat Salad - Black Sabbath: The Classic Years 1969-1975"...March 20, 2006
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The Black Is Never Far
The idea of metal having soul, as most people think of the term, would strike a lot of people as ludicrous. Those people haven't heard PLACE OF SKULLS, though. Formed by ex-DEATH ROW, CATHEDRAL and PENTAGRAM guitar slinger Victor Griffin, the band is on their third full-length album of doom rock lac...March 20, 2006
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First Daze Here Too – The Vintage Collection
So you're telling me that we're supposed to shell out money for another odds-and-sods collection of demos from this seminal doom rock band? That disc one, the only seven decently recorded tracks here, contains two covers and a well-loved but already-released gem? And that in the liner notes, drummer...March 20, 2006
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A Shaman Steering the Vessel of Vastness
Mentally picture those old, grainy, black and white horror films, even as far back as "Nosferatu". The motion is jerky, the actors move with dramatic flair, wild-eyed expressions of madness etched across faces, lightning flashing across the sky and a rainstorm pummeling an old house is seen, as dark...March 20, 2006
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THE ETERNAL To Support H.I.M. On Australian Tour
Acclaimed Australian ambient/dark/doom metal act THE ETERNAL will support Finnish goth-rockers H.I.M. on two dates on their upcoming Australian tour. The Melbourne-based five piece will play the following shows: Mar. 23 - Sydney, AUS @ The Bigtop (Luna Park) Mar. 26 - Melbourne, AUS @ The Palace THE...March 17, 2006
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Israel's DISTORTED Sign With France's BAD REPUTATION RECORDS
Israeli death/doom metallers DISTORTED have signed a deal with France's Bad Reputation Records. The group's full-length debut, "Memorial", which was issued in Israel on March 13 via NMC Records, will be made available in Europe in May. The CD was recorded in February 2005 at Underground Studio in Sw...March 16, 2006
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THANATOSCHIZO Sign With DIVENIA RECORDS
Portuguese avantgard maniacs THANATOSCHIZO have signed a deal with the Mexican label Divenia Records for the release of their first album, "Schizo Level", on the American continent. The CD, which garnered attention due to its combination of "schizoid black metal, saxs, trumpets and ethereal doom pas...March 15, 2006
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Full Text Of METALLICA's BLACK SABBATH Induction Speech Available
BLABBERMOUTH.NET has obtained the full text of the speech by METALLICA members Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield inducting BLACK SABBATH into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night (March 13) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. In addition to inducting SABBATH into the Roll Hall, METALL...March 15, 2006
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