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KONGH Signs With AGONIA RECORDS
Agonia Records has announced the signing of the doom metal outfit KONGH. This relatively new band, formed back in 2004, has quickly risen amongst the ranks of Swedish acts worth watching, being nominated to the P3 Guld award (Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards) for their debut album. After a su...June 12, 2012
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NACHTMYSTIUM: New Song Available For Streaming; Album Artwork Unveiled
Chicago-based extremists NACHTMYSTIUM will release their sixth album, "Silencing Machine", on July 31 via Century Media Records. The CD, which is described by frontman/lead guitarist Blake Judd, as "a fuckin' black metal record," was recorded at Engine Studios with the band's own synths/electronics...June 1, 2012
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YAKUZA Begins Recording New Album
Sometimes you find a band that is lightyears ahead of what everyone else is doing. YAKUZA has been that band since their inception. They have crafted some of the most unique and compelling pieces of music that has ever entered into the metal realm. Most recently, their 2010 effort for Profound Lore,...May 9, 2012
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NACHTMYSTIUM: Limited-Edition 7" Single Due This Month
Chicago-based extremists NACHTMYSTIUM have finished mixing their new album, "Silencing Machine", at Engine Studios with Sanford Parker (YOB, PELICAN) for a July 31 release via Century Media Records. Prior to the recording session, the band and Sanford worked on a few other tracks, two of which will...April 5, 2012
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France's HELLFEST: More Acts Announced
MACHINE HEAD, CANNIBAL CORPSE, AMON AMARTH, DEVILDRIVER and EXODUS are among the confirmed bands for next year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 15-17, 2012 in Clisson, France. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABORTED ACID KING ALCEST ALL FOR NOTHING ALL PIGS MUST DIE ALPHA...November 28, 2011
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VOIVOD To Perform Entire 'Dimension Hatrss' Album At ROADBURN Festival
YOB, RED FANG, BLACK COBRA, PELICAN, BLACK BREATH, CELESTE, CHURCH OF MISERY, TOMBS, ANCESTORS, HORISONT, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT, CHRISTIAN MISTRESS, AUN, LA OTRACINA and BOB WAYNE AND THE OUTLAW CARNIES have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Roadburn festival, set to take place from Thur...October 31, 2011
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YOB To Release 'Atma' In August
Doom metallers YOB will release their sixth album, "Atma", on August 16 via Profound Lore Records. The follow-up to 2009's "The Great Cessation" is described in a press release as "dirtier and sludgier than ever before." The CD features guest appearances by NEUROSIS' Scott Kelly on the tracks "Befor...June 16, 2011
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YOB Preparing To Enter Studio
American doom metal titans YOB have entered Dogwood Studios in Eugene, Oregon with producer Jeff Olsen to begin work on their sixth album. This marks the second time that the band has teamed with Profound Lore Records, the first being for 2009's highly regarded "The Great Cessation". Commented YOB v...April 30, 2011
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And the Rest will Surely Perish
With a majority of KINGS DESTROY members possessing a NYHC union cards, the last thing the otherwise uninformed might assume about "And the Rest will Surely Perish" is how just how much of a quintessential blues-based, classic doom metal album it is. It's not sludgy or atmospheric, nor is it some ki...January 11, 2011
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YOB Cancels European Tour
"Cosmic doom metal" band YOB has canceled its previously announced European tour, including an appearance at the 2011 edition of the Roadburn festival, which will run for four days, from Thursday, April 14 to Sunday, April 17 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. Commented YOB vocal...January 10, 2011
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RATOS DE PORÃO, MALEVOLENT CREATION, YOB Confirmed For SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST
RATOS DE PORÃO, MALEVOLENT CREATION and YOB are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the SWR Barroselas Metalfest, set to take place April 29 - May 1, 2011 in the small village of Barroselas, in the north of Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ABYSSE ALCEST...December 19, 2010
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Matador
Atlanta's ZOROASTER started going down this rabbit hole on last year's "Voice of Saturn", and on "Matador", they've given over fully to the lysergic carpet mold that's eating their brains and telling them they're interstellar warriors. They're morphing before our eyes from a slow, apocalyptic band o...December 10, 2010
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SHRINEBUILDER, VOIVOD, BLACK MOUNTAIN, DEAD MEADOW, YOB Confirmed For ROADBURN
Doom supergroup SHRINEBUILDER, legendary Canadian avant-metal quartet VOIVOD (performing two separate shows),doom giants YOB (playing their seminal album "The Unreal Never Lived" in its entirety),sludge/stoner legends BUZZOV*EN, sludge bastards WEEDEATER and RWAKE are among the newly confirmed ban...November 10, 2010
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Witchsorrow
Released appropriately enough on Rise Above Records in Europe earlier this year, WITCHSORROW's self-titled debut now sees release this month in North America via Metal Blade Records. Knowing bare boned, traditional doom metal when they hear it (YOB anyone?),the label surely didn't make the decision...November 6, 2010
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NEUROSIS Schedules Two Shows In Seattle
Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS have scheduled two shows in Seattle at the end of December: Dec. 30 - Seattle, WA - Neumos Dec. 31 - Seattle, WA - Neumos Support at the Dec. 30 show will come from WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and BLACK BREATH. Openi...October 9, 2010
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