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IMMORTAL Announces U.S. Dates For 2007

Norway's black metal legends IMMORTAL disbanded in 2003 after 13 successful years as one of the pioneers of metal, with a legacy of seven full-length albums, including their latest milestone, 2002's "Sons of Northern Darkness", through Nuclear Blast Records. After a solid break, the band has decided...

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Dark Songs of the Prairie

Lonesome winds howl, animals shiver in dank burrows, dust chokes dry river beds… the world of ACROSS TUNDRAS is a bleak, desolate prairie, inhospitable to travelers and as grim in its own way as any snow-choked Scandinavian forest. Somewhere between doom, sludge, the art-ravaged psych crunge of YOB,...

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ALICE COOPER To Voice 'Hungry Hamsters' Character

Rock legend and cartoon fan Alice Cooper will provide his voice talent in the new HD CGI sitcom animation "Hungry Hamsters". Cooper joins a stellar principal cast from the U.K., which includes Brian Blessed, Jack Davenport and Harry Hill. "Hungry Hamsters" is a new comedy animation series of 26 half...

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FUELBLOODED Announces New Singer

Dutch melodic death/thrash act FUELBLOODED (formerly SACRAMENTAL SACHEM) has announced the addition of singer Peter Brinkman (ex-AURA, SCENARIOII, ZILVER) to the group's ranks. Brinkman joins the group as the replacement for longtime vocalist Vital Welten, who left the band earlier in the week. Comm...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Comments On North American Tour Kick-Off

Swiss metal pioneers CELTIC FROST launched their North American assault last night (Sept. 12) at West Springfield, Virginia's Jaxx. Commenting on the first of the venue's two shows, vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer had this to say, "The commencement of our first North American tour in 17 years...

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Impressions in Blood

Consistency has been a word used in several reviews on this site the past few months, LAMB OF GOD's latest being one such example of the word's usage. Add long-time Polish death/thrash juggernaut VADER to that list of bands that consistently releases a quality product. "Impressions in Blood" is anot...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman : 'The Band Has Come Full Circle By Finally Playing In Norway'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Flying in, coming from Bergen, Norway, on Monday evening [August 28], the weather awaiting us in Zurich could not have been more appropriate. The ravaged clouds were dark grey, almost black, and layered...

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VADER Film 'Helleluyah (God Is Dead)' Video: Photos Available

Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site: "Between 9th - 19th of August VADER, in cooperation with AW Film Studio, was recording a video clip for 'Helleluyah (God Is Dead)'. The video will promote band's new studio album, entitled 'Impressions In Bloo...

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Guitarist 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: AXL ROSE Is One Of The Best Frontmen I Have Ever Seen

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) has issued the following update: "Well, I took my four days of well-needed sleep after the SEBASTIAN BACH/GUNS N' ROSES European tour. I think my alcohol poisoning should be in the control stage now. What a rush. The tour was fan...

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VED BUENS ENDE: New Song Posted Online

VED BUENS ENDE (Norwegian for "At the End of the Rainbow"),the Norwegian avant-garde metal band who split up in 1997 after after releasing only one full-length album (1995's "Written in Waters") through Misanthropy Records, has been resurrected and has posted a rehearsal recording of a new song, en...

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Faustian Dream

After being present for the birth of the Scandinavian black metal scene in the early '90s, then turning their back on its conventions as they turned into clichés, BLACK CRUCIFIXION spent a decade working on this, their first (!) full-length album. Don't expect Satanic verses or screeching vocals her...

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From The Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil

Give credit where credit is due. On "From the Sun, The Rain, The Wind, The Soil", the New York based MAHAVATAR have their own thing going on and seem to care little for accepted conventions of rock and metal, yet their approach is not maddeningly esoteric. The album was originally released only in E...

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Murder 4 Hire

BODY COUNT came along at an advantageous time (for them) in rock culture. Not only had hip-hop started becoming mainstream, but the so-called "alternative revolution" had just started overcompensating for years of rock and roll's dominance by white males. Labels and journalists bent over backwards t...

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WAYLANDER To Enter Studio In September

Vocalist Ciaran O'Hagan of the long-running Irish folk metal act WAYLANDER has issued the following update on the group's activities: "Firstly, we have returned safely from our first sojourn to Germany, where we were honoured to perform at the Pagan Nights festival in Bavaria. The people we met were...

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DECEASED Guitarist Steps Down From Touring; Replacement Announced

Virginia-based old-school thrash metallers DECEASED have posted the following message on their official web site: "After 16 years with the band, Mike Smith [guitar] has made the decision to step down from playing shows with us. He will continue to be an active member of DECEASED in other areas, thou...