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The Extra...

It is great to see a band like LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH on a big league label like Metal Blade. The last album I reviewed from the Los Angeles-based act was "The Golden Plague" on underground label Blackmetal.com. That disc showed a lot of potential in a thrashy black metal attack that relied on ir...

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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH: New Song Available For Streaming

Los Angeles underground black metal act LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH will release its Metal Blade debut, "The Extra Dimensional Wound", on May 25. The CD was recorded in Corona, California at Trench Studios with Roska from the band producing and John Haddad handling engineering duties, and was mixed an...

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Former HOLLENTHON Bassist Explains Departure

Former HOLLENTHON bassist Gregor Marboe has released the following statement regarding his departure from the group: "It is obviously always hard to take certain decisions. After having been part of HOLLENTHON for two and a half years, I needed to take this very step and call it quits. Considering t...

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LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH: New Album Details Revealed

Los Angeles underground black metal act LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH has revealed the track listing and cover art for its upcoming Metal Blade debut, "The Extra Dimensional Wound". Due on May 25, the CD was recorded in Corona, California at Trench Studios with Roska from the band producing and John Had...

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Former PUNGENT STENCH Drummer Launches THE TEMPTER

Drummer Alex Wank (a.k.a. Rector Stench, Mr. Stench, Sex Slave) of the now-defunct Austrian extreme metal band PUNGENT STENCH has formed a brand new musical project called THE TEMPTER. The unsigned group has posted two songs — "Manifestation" and "Elyssa" — on its MySpace page. PUNGENT STENCH's last...

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Snakes For the Divine

If HIGH ON FIRE released albums once a year, I bet there wouldn't be all this division and hand-wringing about whether each record lived up to the hype, or progressed enough from the last one, or was worthy to sniff the same air as frontman Matt Pike's previous combo, SLEEP (a great band, but — ...

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VIRGIN SNATCH: 'Act Of Grace' To Receive Wider European Release

"Act Of Grace", the fourth album from Cracow, Poland-based thrashers VIRGIN SNATCH, will be released in Europe (outside Poland) on March 22 via Mystic/Indie. The CD, which was originally issued in Poland in November 2008, consists of 43 minutes of world-class thrash metal produced by Wieslawscy Bros...

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INTERMENT: Debut Album Artwork Revealed

Reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT will release their debut album, "Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy", in April via Pulverised Records. The CD was recorded at Erebos Studios with Peter Bjärgo (TYRANT, CRYPT OF KERBEROS). The cover artwork, which can be viewed below, was created by...

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INTERMENT: Debut Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT have set "Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy" as the title of their debut album, tentatively due in April via Pulverised Records. The CD is being recorded at Erebos Studios with Peter Bjärgo (TYRANT, CRYPT OF KERBEROS). According to the band, "All d...

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SPLATTERED MERMAIDS Working On New Material

SPLATTERED MERMAIDS, the Swedish death/grind band featuring members of DERANGED and VISCERAL BLEEDING, has issued the following update: "We are working on our next full-length album — writing new songs and rehearsing!!! So far we have around 2-3 new songs that we're pretty satisfied with... They're...

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GNAW THEIR TONGUES To Release New Album In September

Dutch black/experimental metal act GNAW THEIR TONGUES will release its new album, "All The Dread Magnificence Of Perversity", on September 8 via Crucial Blast. Picking up where 2008's "An Epiphanic Vomiting Of Blood" left off, the new CD contains nine new tracks of "fearsome blackened orchestral cha...

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MARIONETTE: Two New Songs Available For Streaming

Two new MARIONETTE songs — "The Swine" and "Through Veils" — are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. Both cuts will appear on the Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal sextet's sophomore album, "Enemies", due in Europe in October via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Spit" was re...

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MARIONETTE: 'Enemies' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal sextet MARIONETTE has set "Enemies" as the title of its sophomore album, due in Europe in October via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Spit" was recorded with a team of up-and-coming as well as established names in Swedish music, including Pontus Hjelm (DEA...

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Terroreign: Apocalyptic Armageddon Command

There is no denying the impact that IMPIETY has had on the world of blackened thrash/death and war metal for all these years. Coming out of Singapore, who would have thought that they'd be leaders of the underground movement, albeit maybe not always recognized for it until years later? The trail the...

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Love Left to Rot…

"Her pain doesn't make her special / just useless / this is not sickness / it's a choice / when inspiration hits, with both hands grab hold / and rend and twist / these failings her only companions / she doesn't even bother to cover her scars / and I wish that I was that ...