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LEADSLEDGE: New Three-Song Demo Posted Online

LEADSLEDGE, the new Norwegian new project featuring members of such bands as CLOWN, POZE, HELLISH OUTCAST and IN CONFESSO, has posted its recently completed three-song demo on the group's MySpace page. The self-recorded and -produced effort features the following tracks: 01. Teethmark 02. Bloodlette...

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SYRACH: 'A Dark Burial' Release Dates Announced

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH will release their sophomore album, "A Dark Burial", via Napalm Records on the following dates: July 22 – Finland, Spain July 24 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden July 27 - Rest of Europe July 28 - USA, Canada The CD was produced by Bjørn...

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SYRACH: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have set "A Dark Burial" as the title of their sophomore album, tentatively due this summer. The CD was produced by Bjørnar Nilsen and features artwork (see below) by Martin Kvamme, who has previously worked with FANTOMAS, Mike Patton, DARKTHRONE and lots of other art...

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VARG VIKERNES: 'As I Respect Others, I Want Others To Respect Me'

A photo of Varg Vikernes's soon-to-be-permanent home in Bø, a municipality in the county of Telemark, Norway, can be viewed below (picture courtesy of Varden.no). Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) is the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 m...

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Convicted Murderer VARG VIKERNES To Be Released From Prison

Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches — will soon be a free man. In September 2008, Vikernes's fourt...

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SYRACH Announces New Session Guitarist

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have issued the following update: "We have just finished our first rehearsal with our session guitarist. The rehearsal went great and he already know the songs from our new album. His name is Gjeddo (or Gjermund, if you like) and he is an absolute briliant guitarist....

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SYRACH Guitarist Quits

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have issued the following update: "Today we got the message we'd been expecting for some time. Our guitarist Reichborn [a.k.a. Noralf Venås] chose to leave the band due to lack of motivation. He finished his parts and contributed well in the studio, which we thank him...

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SYRACH Completes Recording New Album

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH entered the studio on January 16 with producer Bjørnar Nilsen to begin recording their sophomore album, due later in the year via Napalm Records. The band has issued the following update on the new CD's status: "We have now finished recording our new album, and have o...

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SYRACH: Photos From The Studio Posted Online

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH entered the studio on the January 16 with producer Bjørnar Nilsen to begin recording their sophomore album, due later in the year via Napalm Records. Check out photos from the studio at this location (free MySpace registration may be required to view pictures). SYRACH...

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SYRACH To Enter Studio In January

Norwegian doom metallers SYRACH have issued the following update: "We will enter studio on the January 16 to record our new album. The album will be produced by the great Bjørnar Nilsen, who did a good job on our last one as well. No title nor release date is set yet, but we hope to ...

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OLD WAINDS: 'Religion Of Spiritual Violence' Released Via NEGATIVE EXISTENCE

Negative Existence has released the highly sought-after recording "Religion of Spiritual Violence" from OLD WAINDS. The album is now available from Negative Existence for North and South American territories. The music on this album can be described as "unholy Nordic metal comparable to early MAYHEM...

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BURZUM's Catalog Available On iTunes For First Time

Next to gangst rap, the music that probably inspired the most controversy in Western Europe in the '90s and 2000s was black metal — and one of black metal's most controversial and notorious figures has been Norwegian singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh),who...

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MAYHEM's 'Life Eternal' Digipack To Contain 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' Demo

When the MAYHEM's cult milestone "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" was released in 1994, its mastermind Euronymous was not able to witness this album become the single most important release of the Norwegian black metal scene, as he had been killed by Varg Vikernes (BURZUM) a short time eariler. Vikernes...

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Black Metal Satanica

The creators (or marketers) of "Black Metal Satanica" have dubbed it "the most haunting and evil documentary ever made." I wouldn't go that far, but it certainly does explore the morbid history and dark underworld of Scandinavian black metal in a way that is not run of the mill. The 80-minute DVD ta...

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Black Metal Documentary 'Until The Light Takes Us' To Premier This Month

"Until The Light Takes Us", a feature-length documentary about black metal, will receive its world permiere on at AFI Fest 2008 in Hollywood, California on Friday, October 31. Screening times and locations: Friday, October 31 at 7:45 p.m. ArcLight Theater 6063 Sunset Blvd. (& N. Gower St.) Wedne...