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SIGH's 'Graveward' To Receive North American Release In May
Japanese extreme metal/noise icons SIGH will unleash their crushing tenth studio opus next month. Titled "Graveward", the eclectic, ten-track offering took over two and a half years to complete with each song comprising over one hundred recording tracks exceeding 100GB of audio to select from in the...April 18, 2015
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KORN, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, MESHUGGAH, TESTAMENT, More Added To HEAVY MONTRÉAL Festival
KORN, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, MESHUGGAH, TESTAMENT and ARCH ENEMY are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's edition of Heavy Montréal, the can't-miss rendezvous of rock and heavy metal lovers, which will be presented in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from August 7 to August 9. Festival passes for...March 9, 2015
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EMPEROR Has No Plans To Do Any More Reunion Shows, Says IHSAHN
Daniel P. Carter of Scuzz TV conducted an interview with Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) of reunited Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You...October 5, 2014
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EMPEROR's IHSAHN: 'We Never Compromised, We Never Tried To Fit Into Anything'
ARTE Concert conducted an interview with Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) of reunited Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. On celebrating the 20th anniversary of EMP...August 9, 2014
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EMPEROR: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire HELLFEST Performance
Professionally filmed video footage of EMPEROR's entire June 21 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their "In The Nightside Eclipse" album by making a number of festival appearances this year. In addi...June 23, 2014
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Reunited EMPEROR Performs At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL (Video)
Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their "In The Nightside Eclipse" album by making a number of festival appearances this year. In addition to performing at Germany's Wacken Open Air, the band will headline the 2014 edition of the the Bloodstock Open Air festiv...June 8, 2014
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Working On 'Only Half There' Book
Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend is collaborating with the London, U.K.-based publisher Rocket 88 on an official book titled "Only Half There". Says Devin: "With this book, I really want to discuss music, my creative process, the connection between my pe...May 14, 2014
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Terrestrials
Drone wizards SUNN O))) are no strangers to collaborations, previously working magic with Japanese distortion sovereigns BORIS and longtime noise savant, Steven Stapleton. This time, Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley align their monks' robes, fog ether and plunging drag chords with renowned Norwegi...March 3, 2014
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Thoughtscanning
The French-Bulgarian duo known as WE ALL DIE (LAUGHING) have a lot on their twisted minds, so much they've compacted it all into an expressive and often anguished 33-minute composition constituting their debut release, "Thoughtscanning". Comprised of CARNIVAL IN COAL/6:33 (and Rock Hard journalist)...March 2, 2014
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EMPEROR: First Photo Of 2014 Lineup Released
Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their "In The Nightside Eclipse" album by making a number of festival appearances this year. In addition to performing at Germany's Wacken Open Air and Sweden's Sweden Rock Festival, the band will headline the 2014 edition of t...February 8, 2014
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ANCIENT ASCENDANT Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS
Candlelight Records has announced the signing of ANCIENT ASCENDANT. ANCIENT ASCENDANT is a British-based quartet pioneering a unique brand of songwriting based on a solid foundation of black and death metal while injecting eclectic ideas from a wide range of fine metal traditions. Since the release...January 20, 2014
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Das Seelenbrechen
One day when we're all dead and gone, future generations of music aficionados are going to have their hands full deciphering all of the varying threads of metal music in order to get to the core of who mattered and who merely participated. With each project he affixes his name to, Ihsahn proves to b...January 12, 2014
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IHSAHN: 'I Underestimated My Listeners'
We Love Metal recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. We Love Metal: This album ["Das Seelenbrechen"] was much more progressive than the last album. What were some of your inspirations for that?...December 18, 2013
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IHSAHN Discusses 'Das Seelenbrechen' Album In METAL ASSAULT Interview
Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: We'll talk mainly about your new album "Das Seelenbrechen", which was released on October 22 via...November 5, 2013
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IHSAHN Discusses EMPEROR Reunion, New Solo Album On 'Metal Hammer' Radio Show (Audio)
Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas recently conducted an interview with EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) for the "Metal Hammer" radio show on TeamRock Radio. You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. The official lyric video for the song "NaCl" from Ihs...October 29, 2013
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