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Bosnia's TOXICDEATH Prepares To Record Sophomore Album

Bosnian tech-death metal act TOXICDEATH will enter the studio at the end of the month to record its second full-length album, entitled "Techniques of Darkness". A spring release through WalkRecords is expected. Commented guitarist/vocalist Nedzad Bibic: "I am really excited about this new stuff! It...

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AVENGER OF BLOOD, EPOCH OF UNLIGHT Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 4 Festival

SECRETS SHE KEPT, EPOCH OF UNLIGHT, BOUND AND GAGGED, AVENGER OF BLOOD, DYING EUPHORIA and THE BODY BENEATH have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 4 festival, set to take place May 12 at the Station-4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear are Dutch death metallers SINISTER and...

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Former WHITE ZOMBIE Drummer Joins SCUM OF THE EARTH

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has announced the addition of former WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan DePrume to its ranks. DePrume stated about his decision to joing the group, "When Riggs approached me about joining the band, I was like, 'When do we start touring?...

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MONSTROSITY: 'Spiritual Apocalypse' Cover Artwork Revealed

Veteran death metallers MONSTROSITY will release their new album, "Spiritual Apocalypse" in Europe on April 5 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Rise to Power" will contain 10-11 songs in the vein of 1996's "Millennium", but "a lot faster," according to a posting on the group's web si...

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Eschaton

Sometimes a band can tweak the conventions of their chosen genre, not so much reinventing anything as just approaching things in a slightly different way, and by doing so they can set benchmarks for lesser mortals to follow. ENTOMBED's "Clandestine" comes to mind — on the surface, it was a slightly...

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EARTHRIDE, THE GATES OF SLUMBER, CENTURIONS GHOST To Team Up For European Tour

EARTHRIDE, THE GATES OF SLUMBER and CENTURIONS GHOST will team up for the "Barbaric Invasion 07" European tour beginning late April. Tentative dates are as follows (additional details to be announced): Apr. 20 - Fenton – Leeds, UK Apr. 21 - Glasgow, UK Apr. 22 - UK Apr. 23 - UK Apr. 24 - Bristol, .....

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SINISTER: More U.S. Dates Announced

Dutch death metallers SINISTER will play several U.S. dates in May, culminating in their appearance at the Minneapolis Mayhem 4 festival on May 12 at the Station-4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are Swedish death/thrashers RAISE HELL. More acts will be announced...

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SINISTER Confirmed For MINNEAPOLIS MAYHEM 4 Festival

Dutch death metallers SINISTER have been confirmed for the Minneapolis Mayhem 4 festival, set to take place May 12 at the Station-4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also scheduled to appear are Swedish death/thrashers RAISE HELL. This year will only be a one-day event. Other acts will be announced soon. F...

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EWIGKEIT: New Song Posted Online

U.K. left-field experimetalists EWIGKEIT have uploaded a demo mix of a new track, "Identity Theft", at their MySpace page. EWIGKEIT mainman and self-styled activist James Fogarty says, "I got this leaflet through the door from the Home Office about the need to protect my identity from thieves. The t...

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FORCE OF EVIL Splits With ESCAPI MUSIC

FORCE OF EVIL, the Danish band featuring guitarist Michael Denner (ex-MERCYFUL FATE),guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE),bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),drummer Bjarne Holm (MERCYFUL FATE),and vocalist Martin Steene (ex-IRONFIRE),has issued the following update: "It's been a very very lon...

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ENTHRONED To Team Up With SINISTER For Italian Mini-Tour

Long-running Belgian black metal warlords ENTHRONED will team up with SINISTER, VEXED and NECROART for a short Italian tour in May. Confirmed dates are as follows: May 03 - La Tana Delle Tigri - Montegranaro (AP) May 04 - TBA - Palermo May 05 - Sottosopra Rockzone - Este (PD) May 06 - Thunder Road ....

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THE VISION BLEAK: In Pre-Production Mode

German horror metal band THE VISION BLEAK is currently in pre-production for its third, as-yet-untitled album. According to the band, the follow-up to "Carpathia" is going to be "more guitar-based, harder, but also more dramatic and melodic," promising their most sinister work to date. In early Febr...

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Ääniä Yössä

Rotting floorboards creak underfoot, a pungent smell in the air that's just shy of recognizable, and a constant chill that virtually pulses through the body. Images of the macabre and feelings of dread, it all combines to form the kind of vision only the truest Scandinavian black metal conjures. It...

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SCUM OF THE EARTH: New Demo Samples Posted Online

SCUM OF THE EARTH, the band featuring former ROB ZOMBIE guitarist Riggs, has posted four new demo samples without vocals on its official MySpace page. SCUM OF THE EARTH recently tapped renowned U.K. concept artist Paul Garner to create the cover art for the band's upcoming second release, tentativel...

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DENIAL FIEND, PROPHECY, DEVOURMENT Confirmed For Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

DENIAL FIEND, PROPHECY, DEVOURMENT and VIRAL LOAD have been confirmed for the Fuck The Commerce X festival, set to take place May 17-19 in Neiden (near Torgau),Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ARS MORTIS (D) BLASPHEMER (I) BLOODBASTARD (NL) CUNTGRINDER...