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AKERCOCKE To Tour Europe With MORTICIAN, BLOOD RED THRONE

After crushing the U.K. in October with a brace of shows and the unleashing of the beast that is new album "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", British Satanic metallers AKERCOCKE have announced they will be teaming up with MORTICIAN and BLOOD RED THRONE to lay waste to the continent that...

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OMNIUM GATHERUM Guitarist Says New Keyboardist Is 'Energetic As A Monkey'

Guitarist Markus Vanhalla of the Finnish death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM has issued the following update: "OMNIUM GATHERUM is doing only two gigs at the end of this year, as we have to take a pause in composing material for the new album. These gigs are both Finnish indoor festivals — Rocklinna Meta...

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AKERCOCKE: Limited-Edition Version Of New Album To Include 7" Single

Earache Records has set an October 10 European release date for the fourth album from U.K. satanic death metallers AKERCOCKE, entitled "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone". The album will be released in two different formats — regular CD and limited edition version containing a bonus 30-mi...

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DYSRHYTHMIA To Enter Studio In December

DYSRHYTHMIA will be entering B.C. Studios in Brooklyn, NY with engineer Martin Bisi (SWANS, SONIC YOUTH, JOHN ZORN) in early December to record their new album, entitled "Barriers and Passages". "Barriers and Passages" is set for a spring 2006 release. A demo version of a new DYSRHYTHMIA track, enti...

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ELVENKING: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DESTRUCTION Frontman

Italian folk/power metal band ELVENKING have set "The Winter Wake" as the title of their third album, due on January 27, 2006 via AFM Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Wyrd" was recorded at Sherpa Studios (Italy),mixed at Sonic Pump Studios by Nino Laurenne and mastered at Finnvox Studios by Mika J...

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WINTERSUN Announce Working Title For New Album

WINTERSUN, the band led by former ENSIFERUM singer Jari Mäenpää, have set "Time" as the working title of their new album, tentatively due late 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to the group's self-titled debut album (released last September) will be recorded in May 2006 at Sonic Pump Stu...

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AMORAL: 'Decrowning' International Release Date Pushed Forward

The international release date for Finnish techno-thrashers AMORAL's second album, "Decrowning", is now October 10 and not November 21 as previously announced. The Finnish release date for the CD is still October 5. "Decrowning" was mastered on August 4 at Finnvox studios by Mika Jussila. AMORAL sig...

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French Black Metal Band ANOREXIA NERVOSA's Lyrics Cited By Suicidal Teenager

BBC News is reporting that France has reacted with horror as details emerged this week of the twin suicide of two teenage girls who bound their hands together and jumped from the 17th-story window of a block of flats (photo) in Paris. The 14-year old girls, who have been named only ...

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AMORPHIS Complete Work On New Album

Finland's AMORPHIS completed the final mix for their new album on Saturday, September 24 at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki with Mikko Karmila (who previously worked with the group on their "Am Universum" CD). The follow-up to last year's "Far from the Sun" was recorded at Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki...

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AKERCOCKE: New Songs Posted Online

Two brand-new AKERCOCKE tracks, "Verdelet" and "The Penance", have been posted online at www.myspace.com/akercocke. The songs come off the U.K. black/death metallers' fourth album, "Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone", tentatively due in early 2006 via Earache Records. The follow-up to 200...

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Priest Satisfied With Australian Black Metal Fan's Three-Year Sentence

Australia's News.com.au has issued the following report: A priest whose century-old church was burned to the ground by a drunken teenage heavy metal fan said today he was satisfied with the three-year sentence the arsonist received. Reverend Ron Rosinsky said a "lingering sadness" remained in his Me...

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Solace

"Solace" defined: "A source of comfort or consolation." My ass! In a brutal twist of sarcasm, Montreal's ION DISSONANCE has eschewed all that is commercially accessible and aurally pleasing, opting instead for an involuntary sonic enema. Fans of fellow Canadian psycho-core madmen DESPISED ICON, as w...

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Australian Black Metal Fan Gets Three Years For Church Blaze

News.com.au is reporting that an Australian heavy metal music fan who torched a century-old church in Melbourne has been sentenced to three years in youth detention. Novak Majstorovic (photo),19, of suburban St Albans, appeared for sentencing Monday (Sept. 26) in Victoria's County Court before Judg...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Rally In Front of House Speaker DENNIS HASTERT's Office

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, one of rock's most daring and innovative bands, have just announced that they — along with their fans, the Armenian National Committee of America, Axis of Justice and the Armenian Youth Federation — will visit the Batavia office of Rep. Dennis Hastert on Tuesday, September 27 at no...

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SKULLSHIFTER: Sound Clips From 'Here In Hell' EP Posted Online

SKULLSHIFTER, the New Jersey-based band featuring former INSANIAC members CJ Scioscia (guitar) and Tom Nolz (guitar, vocals),have posted 30-second sound clips from their debut EP, "Here In Hell" at this location. Mixed by acclaimed producer Simon Efemey (NAPALM DEATH, PARADISE LOST, THE WILDHEARTS)...