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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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SUPREME PAIN: New Album Artwork Unveiled
Dutch brutal death metal band SUPREME PAIN has unveiled the cover art for its upcoming second full-length album, "Nemesis Enforcer". Check it out below. The group will enter Soundlodge Studio in Germany next month with producer Jorg Uken (SINISTER, DEW-SCENTED, OBSCENITY, GOD DETHRONED) to begin rec...January 16, 2009
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The Age of Nero
If you haven't liked SATYRICON's grimward slide toward dry, minimalist, sardonic post-genre permafrost, you're gonna just keep on hating them for "The Age of Nero". Stylistically, it picks up where "Now, Diabolical" left off, all brittle, haughty vocals and skeletal bare-wire riffing. But if that's...January 12, 2009
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DARKEST HOUR: New Shows Announced
Washington, D.C.'s DARKEST HOUR will take a short break from writing and recording pre-production demos for its next album to play the following dates: Jan. 20 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat ("Demand In DC") Jan. 30 - Harrisonburg, VA - Rockingham County Fairgrounds (w/ AS I LAY DYING) Jan. 31 - R...January 11, 2009
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BEHEMOTH Preparing To Enter Studio
Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH are in the final stages of the songwriting process for their upcoming, as-yet-untitled album. The record is tentatively expected sometime in the fall via Metal Blade (USA) and Nuclear Blast (Europe). BEHEMOTH mainman Adam "Nergal" Darski and his bandmates are p...January 5, 2009
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DARKEST HOUR: Documentary Of Homecoming Show Available
DCist, the most popular blog in Washington, D.C. covering all the goings-on in the Capitol, has uploaded a "documentary" of local metallers DARKEST HOUR as they prepared for their annual homecoming D.C. show. Watch the clip below. DARKEST HOUR is about to enter Baltimore, Maryland's Salad Days Studi...December 26, 2008
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