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TWELFTH GATE: In Mixing Mode
Chicago-based power metallers TWELFTH GATE have issued the following update: "All of the tracks have been recorded, and mixing has officially begun for our upcoming album, 'Threshold of Revelation'. We are anticipating that mixing will be completed within the next couple weeks, and unless some unfor...July 11, 2005
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CATHEDRAL Frontman To Launch RISE ABOVE RELICS Label
CATHEDRAL frontman Lee Dorrian's label Rise Above Records will shortly be starting an offshoot label called Rise Above Relics. Accoding to Dorrian, the label "will be dedicated to unearthing and re-releasing lost gems from the various genres of music we at Rise Above like. From doom through to prog/...July 8, 2005
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BLACK HARVEST Sign With OAK KNOLL PRODUCTIONS
Brooklyn, New York-based "avant black doom metal" band BLACK HARVEST have inked a deal with the New England label Oak Knoll Productions. The group's debut Oak Knoll CD, "White Light Came Down", will feature a combination of new material with new recordings of the stronger songs from their last indep...July 7, 2005
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The Fury of Our Maker's Hand
COAL CHAMBER was one of those bands that just absolutely hit me the wrong way. Their overhyped simpleton nu-metal fuckery used to just piss me off, more so than almost any band this side of SIX FEET UNDER. So when frontman Dez Fafara killed that band off and released DEVILDRIVER's debut last year, m...July 7, 2005
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SKUMLOVE To Film 'I Am Your God' Video
Los Angeles-based SKUMLOVE will be shooting a video for the song "I Am Your God" with Deadpool Productions, to be released on the DVD version of the horror movie "Intermedio". The film is said to be about a group of four teenage friends become trapped in a Mexican border tunnel where they fall prey,...July 7, 2005
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AGONIZER To Represent Finland In 'Wacken Metal Battle' Band Competition
AGONIZER have been chosen to represent Finland in the Wacken Open Air metal festival's yearly "Wacken Metal Battle" band competition. The Finnish jury, lead by Sauli Vuoti, the founder of the Finnish metal magazine Inferno, selected AGONIZER to represent Finland in this year's competition after goin...July 6, 2005
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SEASON OF MOURNING Confirmed For Connecticut's GOTHSTOCK 2005 Festival
Philadelphia-based progressive doom metallers SEASON OF MOURNING have been confirmed for the Gothstock 2005 festival, set to take place September 24-25 at the Webster Theatre in Hartford, CT. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANATHEMA DEVICE BELLA MORTE BURN VICTIM BUTCHER PRIEST CARFAX...July 6, 2005
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Sour Times
File under "what the fuck?" and show respect to one of the most truly original bands to ever rise from the murk of the metal underground. CONFESSOR's lone EP and full-length album perplexed everyone in 1990 with their anachronistic doom, ludicrous prog tendencies (rivaled then only by WATCHTOWER),a...July 5, 2005
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IRON MAN: Vocalist Change For TEMPLARS OF DOOM Appearance
Due to visa and travel restrictions imposed by homeland security, IRON MAN vocalist Jon Owen (from England) will be unable to join the Maryland-based doomsters at the "Templars of Doom - The Second Crusade" festival scheduled to take place July 8-9 at Birdy's nightclub in Indianapolis, IN. In his pl...July 5, 2005
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HEMNUR Featuring FREDIABLO: Audio Samples Posted Online
HEMNUR, the black metal project featuring NECROPHAGIA axeman Frediablo, have uploaded audio samples of their upcoming debut album, "Satanic Hellride", due on August 22 via the Dutch label Infernus Rex. Check them out at this location. The album, which will come with a 24-page black-and-white booklet...July 3, 2005
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MORTIFICATION Part Ways With Drummer
Australian Christian metallers MORTIFICATION have delayed the recording sessions for their next album, "Impailing the Goblin", following the departure of drummer Mike Forsberg. "Mike will be pursuing other projects and Steve and Mick Jelinic wish Mike all the best in his future endeavours," the band...July 3, 2005
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SILENTIUM To Master New Album This Month
Finnish atmospheric doom metallers SILENTIUM will be mastering their new album in late July at the Finnvox studios in Helsinki. A late 2005 release via Dynamic Arts Records is expected. SILENTIUM, who recently announced the addition of vocalist Riina Rinkinen and returning drummer Jari Ojala to the...July 3, 2005
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SOLITUDE AETURNUS Cancel KEEP IT TRUE Festival Appearance, Resume Work On New Album
Long-running Arlington, Texas-based doom metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS have cancelled their previously announced appearance at Germany's Keep It True festival and other planned dates in Europe. According to a statement released by the Keep It True organizers, "The cause for that is that the wife of ba...July 2, 2005
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Firewood
The story goes that Sweden's WITCHCRAFT first began as a tribute to former 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS legend Roky Erickson and PENTAGRAM's Bobby Liebling. The self-titled debut album caused quite a buzz and if it's anything like "Firewood", I can understand why. Prior to actually hearing "Firewood", I wou...July 2, 2005
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CONFESSOR Seek Actress For Upcoming Video
Reunited progressive doom-metal legends CONFESSOR are looking for an actress to perform in the group's upcoming music video. "The actress must be available for one, possibly two days of filming in September in the Raleigh, NC area," the band write in a press release. "The person will be playing the...July 1, 2005
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