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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Pulls Out Of DAYS OF THE DOOMED FEST; LAS CRUCES, IRON MAN Step In

Due to "upcoming tour committments," THE GATES OF SLUMBER has been forced to pull out of the Days Of The Doomed Fest, set to take place June 17-18, 2011 at The P.L.A.V. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, doom veterans LAS CRUCES and IRON MAN have been added to the bill. The Days Of The Doomed Fest .....

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' Cracks U.S. Top 100

"Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", the new album from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", opened with a little over 11,000 copies back...

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CRADLE OF FILTH To Resume Work On Orchestral Album Next Month

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will return to the studio in December to resume work on their next project, an orchestral album titled "Midnight In The Labyrinth", which, according to vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey, will "reinvent" tracks from the band's first four albums and include "full so...

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SINISTER: New Album Track Listing Revealed

Dutch death metallers SINISTER will release their new album, "Legacy of Ashes", on December 17 via Massacre Records. The CD was recorded at Soundlodge studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany with producer Jörg Uken (GOD DETHRONED, OBSCENITY). The band states, "Expect the most brutal and fast SINISTER album...

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LAST CRACK's Madison Concert To Be Streamed Online

LAST CRACK's November 13, 2010 concert in Madison, Wisconsin will be broadcast to the world on www.infernalrockradio.com. Listeners will be able to tune in and hear a two-plus-hour concert featuring many of the songs from the band's critically acclaimed albums on Roadrunner Records, "Sinister Funkho...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' Fans' Edition Unveiled (Video)

The special fans' edition of CRADLE OF FILTH's new album, "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", is only available at this location and will be strictly limited; once they sell out they will never be re-pressed. As vocalist Dani Filth stated, this is will be "the best CRADLE OF FILTH release that we have e...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist To Take Part In Online Chat

Guitarist Paul Allender of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will take part in a live web chat on Monday, November 15 at 8 p.m. (U.K. time). The chat will stream on the Peaceville Records Livestream channel and fans will be able to submit questions using their Facebook and Twitter accounts....

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket' (Audio)

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket" (which airs in Australia). Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Filth inter...

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Abrahadabra

Apparently, it has been established that it's not cool to like any DIMMU BORGIR album released subsequent to "Death Cult Armageddon" and in even smaller circles anything released since "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". What is this? Junior high? Get a clue. Don't look for jagged edges or the skel...

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IV - Made of Metal

Mixed reactions to "Nostradamus" notwithstanding, most longtime head bangers were pleased as pineapple punch to have Metal God Rob Halford back steering the ship of JUDAS PRIEST. "Angel of Retribution" was proof that the voltage levels remained high and though the quintet weren't writing all-time cl...

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NIGHTFALL Working On 'Astron Black' Video

Greek metallers NIGHTFALL are working on a video for the song "Astron Black" with Berlin, Germany-based director Achilleas Gatsopoulos. Gatsopoulos previously worked with the band on the "Ambassador Of Mass" clip, which can be viewed below. "Astron Black" and "Ambassador Of Mass" come off NIGHTFALL'...

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Former DEATH/MASSACRE Frontman KAM LEE Stars In 'Deep Seeded' Thriller

Caisson Films of Winter Park, Florida has just wrapped the feature film "Deep Seeded". Written and directed by independent filmmaker Brian Troxell, the film deals with the psychotically shaken killer Brad (played by death metal legend Kam Lee of DEATH and MASSACRE fame) with a "deep-seeded" past. He...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Performs 'Forgive Me Father' On Germany's MTV (Video)

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH performed their new song "Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)" earlier this week on Germany's MTV. You can now watch video footage of their playback appearance below. CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on its first North American tour since 2009, a headlining run dub...

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DETRIMENTUM Completes Recording New Album

U.K. extreme metallers DETRIMENTUM have finished recording their new album, tentatively titled "Inhumanity", with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR, LENG TCH'E). The CD contains eight tracks of "dark, dramatic and intense death metal with sinister black metal elements, sweeping melod...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Discusses 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' In New Video Interview

On October 26, Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. CRADLE OF FILTH will embark on its first North American tour since 2009, a headlining run dubbed "FEARnet and Decibel Prese...