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GREEN CARNATION Prepare For North American Live Debut

Norway's GREEN CARNATION are gearing up for their North American live debut with their exclusive headlining show at Day of The Equinox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 14. GREEN CARNATION — who released their well-received fourth album, "The Quiet Offspring", on The End Records this year — pla...

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Stratovarius

"This year has been a nightmare," sings Timo Kotipelto in the first line of the first song of "Stratovarius". He's not kidding — mainman Timo Tolkki's very public mental health issues, the band's disintegration, keyboardist Jens Johanssen literally pissing on Tolkki on stage — the fact that this alb...

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From Your Grave

Sometimes I think folks have exaggerated Metal Blade's supposed transition to a more "modern" metal label (read: metalcore),simply because of bands like AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH (really a Swede-influenced melodic death/thrash band),and THE RED CHORD (a band for which the genre tag is far too limiti...

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CREST OF DARKNESS Continuing Work On New Material; Live DVD In The Works

Norwegian black metallers CREST OF DARKNESS have posted the following update on their official web site: "Some of you might now that Ingar [Amlien, vocals/bass] has joined his old bandmates from CONCEPTION to play a few reunion concerts this autumn. Because of this, and the fact that it has been pre...

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THE DARKNESS: New Album Track Listing Revealed

British rock act THE DARKNESS have finalized the track listing for their much-anticipated second album, "One Way Ticket to Hell... And Back", due on November 28 in the United Kingdom via Must Destroy/Atlantic and a day later in North America. First single "One Way Ticket" will be released commercial...

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HATESPHERE: 'The Sickness Within' Video Posted Online

HATESPHERE's video for the title track from their upcoming album, "The Sickness Within", has been posted online at SPV.de (Real Media). "The Sickness Within" is scheduled for release on September 30 in Germany and Austria, September 26 in the rest of Europe, October 26 in Japan and finally early 200...

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AGAINST NATURE: Former REVELATION Members Resurface In New Project

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 released their debut CD, "Appease", on Bland Hand Records. Returning after a 13-year absence, and John Bren...

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SEVERE TORTURE: New Album Track Listing, Artwork Revealed

Dutch death metallers SEVERE TORTURE will release their new album, "Fall of the Despised", on November 7 via Earache Records. SEVERE TORTURE — comprised of Thijs van Laarhoven (guitar),Marvin Vriesde (guitar),Seth van De Loo (drums),Dennis Schreurs (vocals) and Patrick Boleij (bass) — have steadi...

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GREEN CARNATION To Release Exclusive All-Acoustic EP

In accordance with Norwegian atmospheric rock/metal wonder GREEN CARNATION and Sublife Productions, Profound Lore Records will release an exclusive edition EP in accordance with the band’s appearance at this year’s Day of the Equinox festival on October 14. Entitled "The Burden Is Mine… Alone", this...

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HATESPHERE: New Album Preview Available

A new HATESPHERE e-card, containing a preview of the group's upcoming album, "The Sickness Within", can be accessed at SPV.de. "The Sickness Within" is scheduled for release in Europe on September 26 via SPV Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Ballet of the Brute" was recorded in part at Jailhouse Stu...

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CELTIC FROST: New Album To Be Mastered This Week

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Walking the last few hundred yards towards my home after the final intensive sessions at Oakland Recording couldn't have been more symbolic. Gusts of wind from an approaching storm were bending the tree...

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Ogre Tones

Call it the ENUFF Z'NUFF syndrome. A few unfortunate haircuts at the beginning of a band's existence, a well-meant but mismatched tour or two, and a band spends its life consigned to a genre where it fits and functions about as well as COURTNEY LOVE's chastity belt. Many metalheads think they're wea...

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Once Was Not

It has taken a while for Canadian death metal techsters CRYPTOPSY to get back on track after the departure of Mike DiSalvo. The last studio album was 2000's "And Then You'll Beg", after which vocalist Martin LaCroix entered the picture, lasting long enough to perform on concert LP "None so Live" and...

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For Those Who Share the Sun

Describing itself as "nu-death-metalcore" was my first indication that Germany's 10 FOLD B-LOW were going to be more aggravating than groundbreaking. While I'm not sure I'd tag my band's sound with that muddled description, it is an example of truth in advertising. "For Those Who Share the Sun" is a...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: Exclusive Interview To Air On FUSE's 'Uranium'

Fuse's VJ "Metal Mistress" Juliya has been waiting her whole life to meet Ozzy Osbourne and on Friday, September 23 at 9:00 p.m. EST, viewers will be able to share in that experience. "If it wasn't for Ozzy, I probably wouldn't have the balls to listen to this kind of music," commented Juliya, host...