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DE PROFUNDIS Signs With KOLONY RECORDS

London, U.K.-based progressive extreme metal band DE PROFUNDIS has inked a European deal with Kolony Records. Due in February 2010, the group's second album, "A Bleak Reflection", was recorded in June/July 2009 with producer Fernando Pereira Lopes (MISANTHROPE, ORAKLE) and was mastered by Tim Turan...

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DE PROFUNDIS: New Album Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for "A Bleak Reflection", the sophomore album from the London, U.K.-based progressive extreme metal band DE PROFUNDIS, can be viewed below. According to guitarist Roman Subbotin, the artwork — by artist Darryll Jones — "came out being an extremely powerful and emotive addition to t...

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SHE SAID DESTROY To Record New EP

Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY will start recording a new one-song EP next week at an "eerie, old manor in Wales, U.K." The band is also working on material for a new full-length album, tentatively due next year. SHE SAID DESTROY's sophomore album, "This City Speaks in Tongues", was re...

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LEAVES' EYES Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA XI Festival

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has been confirmed for next year's ProgPower USA XI festival, set to take place September 8-11 in Atlanta, Georgia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: KAM...

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Walpurgis Rites-Hexenwahn

I still remember reviewing 2003's "Lucifer Incestus", and here I am already reviewing my fifth BELPHEGOR CD, "Walpurgis Rites-Hexenwahn". It seems that the Austrian act has gotten even more prolific these past few years. What is far more impressive than the sheer number of albums in a relatively sho...

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Rites of the Pentagram

As uttered at the end of "Decibel Ritual" by Mike Abominator (he of the Armageddon Vomits and Misanthropic Diatribes) "We are GRAVEHILL, we are death fucking metal!" By golly, they sure as heck are, albeit the thrashy old school variety, taking cues from a variety of sources, whether it is MASTER, D...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Interviewed By PureGrainAudio.com

Spencer Matulaitis of PureGrainAudio.com conducted an interview with vocalist Trevor Strnad and bassist Ryan Williams of Michigan's THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER on September 26, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Watch the 10-minute chat below. "Deflorate", the new album from THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, sold...

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BELPHEGOR's 'Walpurgis Rites' Lands On Austrian, German Charts

"Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn", the eighth full-length studio album from Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 60 and in Germany at No. 99. The CD was made available in the following formats: * Limited-edition digipack i...

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LILLIAN AXE Guitarist Checks In

Guitarist Steve Blaze of Louisiana-based rockers LILLIAN AXE has issued the following update: "It's been about four months since we released 'Sad Day on Planet Earth' and only now are things calming a bit. "Sorry we haven't reported since then but it has been a bit hectic. "We would like to thank al...

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MIKE BROWNING's AFTER DEATH: New Songs Posted Online

AFTER DEATH, the Tampa-based band featuring former MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS and ACHERON drummer/vocalist Mike Browning, has posted four new songs on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Devourer Of Souls", "ChristWas", "Caduceus Strand" and "Lords Of The Black Bath" (new version) at this l...

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THE 11TH HOUR: Full-Length Version Of 'Atonement' Track Posted Online

The full-length version of the track "Atonement" from THE 11TH HOUR — the doom metal collaboration between Ed Warby (drums, guitar, bass, vocals, programming; GOREFEST, DEMIURG, HAIL OF BULLETS) and Rogga Johansson (vocals, additional guitar; RIBSPREADER, PAGANIZER, DEMIURG) — is available for strea...

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NOCTURNAL RITES Scraps South American Tour Plans, Continues Work On New Material

Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES have issued the following update: "We are sorry to inform our South American fans that the [previously] announced tour will not happen. We are very sorry about this, but it was out of our hands and not our decision to make. We will try our best to organize s...

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PENTAGRAM: Quality Copenhagen Footage Posted Online

Dennis Jernberg of CriticalMass.se has uploaded quality video footage of PENTAGRAM's October 1, 2009 performance at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark. Watch the three clips below. PENTAGRAM is the band led by the "Godfather of U.S. doom," Brooklyn-born Bobby Liebling. For the first time in 25 years, L...

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THE 11TH HOUR: Another Album Sample Available

A two-minute audio sample of the track "In The Silent Grave" from THE 11TH HOUR — the doom metal collaboration between Ed Warby (drums, guitar, bass, vocals, programming; GOREFEST, DEMIURG, HAIL OF BULLETS) and Rogga Johansson (vocals, additional guitar; RIBSPREADER, PAGANIZER, DEMIURG) — is availab...

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BELPHEGOR: New Album To Be Released In Four Formats

"Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn", the eighth full-length studio album from Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR, will be made available in the following formats: * Limited-edition digipack including the "Der Geistertreiber" video clip (enchanted) * Strictly limited Nuclear Blast mailorder ed...