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AYREON Mastermind Launches GUILT MACHINE
AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen has announced the details of his new project, GUILT MACHINE. As AYREON fans have come to expect from Arjen, the music of GUILT MACHINE ranges from dark and heavy to atmospheric and melancholic. But GUILT MACHINE introduces some new twists as well, particularly when i...February 23, 2009
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SLAGMAUR's 'Von Rov Shelter' To Be Released On OSMOSE
Norwegian black metallers SLAGMAUR have signed with Osmose Productions for the release of their new album, "Von Rov Shelter". This follows on from an earlier announcement that the band had signed with Osmose for the re-release of two of their previous albums "Svin" and "Skrekk Lich Kunstler". "Von R...February 22, 2009
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EMBEDDED Prepares To Release 'Beyond The Flesh'
German death metal band EMBEDDED will release its new album, "Beyond The Flesh", later in the year through DB Agency. The band's third full-length effort was recorded at the Soundlodge Studio (GOD DETHRONED, SINISTER, DEW-SCENTED) in Germany and will feature artwork (see below) by Remy of Head Split...February 20, 2009
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RAM: New Song Posted Online
RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),has posted the song "Awakening the Chimaera" on the group's MySpace page. The track features guest vocals by E from Swedish black metallers WATAIN. "Awakening the Chimaera" comes off RAM's second...February 19, 2009
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BLUT AUS NORD Members Launch 777
Members of the French experimental black metal band BLUT AUS NORD have formed a new industrial black metal project called 777. The group's debut album, which is scheduled for release this spring through Debemur Morti Productions, promises to "unleash a putrescent and monochromatic aural universe com...February 18, 2009
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BEHEMOTH Begins Recording New Album; Photos Available
On Monday, February 16, Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH entered Radio Gdansk studio in Poland to begin work on the follow-up to their highly acclaimed 2007 album, "The Apostasy". Daniel Bergstrand from Sweden's Dugout Productions (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, DARK FUNERAL) has joined the band in the stud...February 18, 2009
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DARKEST HOUR: New Tour Footage Posted Online
Live and behind-the-scenes footage from some of DARKEST HOUR's recent Canadian and U.S. East Coast dates can be viewed below. DARKEST HOUR is preparing to enter Baltimore, Maryland's Salad Days Studio with producer Brian McTernan to begin recording its new album for a spring release via Victory Reco...February 13, 2009
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MEDEIA: 'Descension' Video Available
"Descension", the new video from the Finnish "alternative death metal" act MEDEIA, can be viewed below. The clip is said to be "a twisted homage to MICHAEL JACKSON's classic 'Thriller' video, but with a more terrifying and disturbing end." "Descension" comes off MEDEIA's second full-length album, "C...February 10, 2009
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RAM: New Album Details Revealed
RAM, the traditional Gothenburg, Sweden-based heavy metal band featuring Morgan Pettersson (ex-B-THONG),has completed work on its second album, "Lightbringer". The follow-up to 2005's "Forced Entry" was produced by Johan Reivén and was mixed at Studio Bongo in the group's hometown. "Lightbringer" t...February 7, 2009
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SUPREME PAIN: New Album Track Listing Revealed
Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN has entered Soundlodge Studio in Germany with producer Jorg Uken (SINISTER, DEW-SCENTED, OBSCENITY, GOD DETHRONED) to begin recording its second full-length album, "Nemesis Enforcer", for a tentative late spring/early summer release via Metal Age Production...February 2, 2009
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Evisceration Plague
Well, the short answer is that "Evisceration Plague", CANNIBAL CORPSE's 11th studio album, will easily satisfy the group's legion of fans. It is another reliable death metal release from one of the most consistent bands of the genre. What made this assessment of "Evisceration Plague" more difficult...February 2, 2009
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BLUT AUS NORD: New Song Posted Online
A new track from French experimental black metal masters BLUT AUS NORD entitled "The Formless Sphere (Beyond The Reason)" is available for streaming on the Candlelight Records MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars", which is scheduled fo...January 28, 2009
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SWORN: New Album Track Listing Revealed
SWORN, the Norwegian black metal project led by Lars Jensen (MYRKGRAV),has finalized the track listing for its second album, "Bastards & Conqueror", due later in the year via Twilight Vertrieb. It is as follows: 01. Beyonder 02. The Bastard, the Conqueror 03. Carnal Monuments 04. Ascendant 05....January 26, 2009
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CANNIBAL CORPSE's ALEX WEBSTER Reveals Scariest Guitar Scale
The February issue of Metal Maniacs features an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE bassist Alex Webster about the band's new album, "Evisceration Plague", and the legendary diminished fifth. Excerpts from the conversation follow below. Metal Maniacs: What's the darkest scale in metal? Alex Webster: Beli...January 22, 2009
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BLUT AUS NORD: New Album Due Next Month
French experimental black metal masters BLUT AUS NORD will release their new album, entitled "Memoria Vetusta II - Dialogue With The Stars", on February 23 via Candlelight Records. Commented the band's singer/guitarist Vindsval: "This album is extremely important for us, we have already composed two...January 17, 2009
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