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NOVEMBERS DOOM Commence Writing New Album
Chicago dark metal act NOVEMBERS DOOM have commenced writing the follow-up album to the well-received "The Pale Haunt Departure" released earlier this year on The End Records. Says lead singer Paul Kuhr about the forthcoming release: "We are currently in the writing process of the new CD, and early...November 28, 2005
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Unraveled
Wholly outside of any trend in metal, yet influential to many more famous musicians, CONFESSOR make good on their recent reformation with this weighty slab of downtrodden, progressive, cathartic doom bleakness. Serpentine rhythms, hair-raising vocals full of dissonant melody and soul-sobbing misery,...November 28, 2005
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Vampire Circus
The tremors of a giant, throbbing bass guitar send worms slithering to safety above ground as a hot 'n' bluesy doom riff and a steady drum beat introduce the Lemmy-esque bourbon vocals of a man called Sherm. It is EARTHRIDE's second full-length release, "Vampire Circus", and it smokes like an oil fi...November 28, 2005
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Emerald Vulture
Oh it's ugly alright...hairy and sticky too. SOURVEIN has returned with another helping of viscous swamp dirges. Guitars cranked to 10, the four stings just a buzzin, and T-Roy Medlin's (ex-BUZZOV*EN) vokills a tad less scratchy and every bit as brain-fried and miserable as WEEDEATER's Dave "Dixie"...November 28, 2005
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ORGAN And DAATH To Team Up For U.K. Tour
Southern thrash/doom metallers ORGAN will be teaming up with progressive death metallers DAATH for a U.K. tour beginning in early December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Dec. 04 - Meltdown Festival, JB's - Dudley* Dec. 06 - The Roof - Llanelli, Wales Dec. 07 - Bar 44 - Guisborough Dec. 08 - The At...November 24, 2005
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CANDLEMASS Guitarist Forced To Leave Tour 'For Family Reasons'; Band Play As Four-Piece
According to an online posting by CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, the group were forced to play the last three shows (Göteborg, Malmö and Osnabrück) on their current European tour with German thrashers DESTRUCTION as a four-piece after guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman went back home to Stockh...November 24, 2005
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MOONSPELL: Recording Update
MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro has posted a lengthy update at the group's official blog regarding the recording process for their new album, "Memorial", which is taking place at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta (TIAMAT, SAMAEL, SENTENCED). Read it at this loca...November 24, 2005
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SERPENT RISE: Early Demo Tape To Be Reissued On CD
Considered the oldest active Brazilian doom metal band, SERPENT RISE have announced plans to re-release on CD their legendary demo tape "Anastenárides", which originally came out in 1994. This re-release will come with the tracks from the 1995 demo "Travellin' Free..." as a bonus. Pre-orders are cur...November 23, 2005
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AGAINST NATURE: New Release Available For Free Download
AGAINST NATURE, the new band featuring former members of the Maryland-based doom metal act REVELATION (guitarist/vocalist John Brenner, drummer Steve Branagan and bassist Bert Hall, Jr.),have made their second release, "Panoply", available for free download on their web site www.againstnature.us. "...November 22, 2005
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CANDLEMASS: Photos From DESTRUCTION Tour Posted Online
Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS have uploaded a number of photos from their current European tour with German thrashers DESTRUCTION. Check them out at this location. CANDLEMASS's latest album, simply titled "Candlemass", was released earlier this year via Nuclear Blast. Six back-catalog items from the...November 21, 2005
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THESYRE Hard At Work On New Album
Québec, Canada extremists THESYRE, whose second full-length album, "Duality", was issued earlier this year via Selbstmord Records (Sweden),are working on their third album, to be released on a new, as-yet-undisclosed label in early 2006. Entitled "Exist!", the album will consist of one (!) 35 minut...November 20, 2005
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CANDLEMASS Bassist Checks In From The Road
CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We still live and breathe after a week on the road [with German thrashers DESTRUCTION]. It's been good and a bit bad too. "The bad things first: Had to cancel two shows: Oslo (Norway) and Oulu (...November 18, 2005
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ANGER AS ART Sign With OLD SCHOOL METAL RECORDS
ANGER AS ART, the Los Angeles-based thrash metal band featuring Steve Gaines (ABATTOIR, BLOODLUST, PAGAN WAR MACHINE, DREAMS OF DAMNATION),have inked a deal with Old School Metal Records. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: "We are thrilled to announce that we have signed...November 16, 2005
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Former KYUSS/THE OBSESSED Bassist SCOTT REEDER To Release Solo Album
Some 18 years in the making, "TunnelVision Brilliance", the debut solo offering from Scott Reeder, will be released by Liquor and Poker Music on January 24, 2006. An MP3 of the track "The Day of Neverending", off "TunnelVision Brilliance", is now available at the label's web site, www.LiquorAndPoker...November 16, 2005
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DRACONIAN: 'The Burning Halo' Bonus Album Postponed
Swedish gothic doom metal band DRACONIAN have pushed back the projected release date of their special "bonus" album, tentatively titled "The Burning Halo" (Napalm Records),to February 2006 from the previously announced November. The CD will feature three new songs, two or three demo songs in new ve...November 14, 2005
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