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VADER Confirmed For Germany's WALPURGIS METAL DAYS IX

Polish extreme metal veterans VADER have been confirmed for the Walpurgis Metal Days IX festival, set to take place May 1-2 at Festplatz in Hauzenberg, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: ARTAS GRAVE DISBELIEF DORNENREICH ENTHRONED FLESHLESS GRAILKNIGHTS POPPY SEED GRINDER SI...

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UNANIMATED Returns From The Studio

UNANIMATED, the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER, has just returned from the recording studio. According to the group's record label, Regain Records, "The music presented here is utterly outstanding." UNANIMATED's first two albums — 1993's...

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IN MEMORIUM Completes Recording New Album

Six years since recording the critically hailed "From Misery...Comes Darkness" debut CD, Seattle's own dark death metal machine IN MEMORIUM entered Two Sticks Audio on September 11, 2008 to begin recording its newest full-length opus, "Lost to Antiquity", with producer Don Gunn at the helm. As of No...

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HORTUS ANIMAE: 'Funeral Nation' Box Set Now Available

HORTUS ANIMAE, the extreme experimental metal project of former ANCIENT drummer Diego "GroM" Meraviglia, and Sleaszy Rider Records are celebrating the band's 10-year anniversary by releasing a special limited-edition box set entitled "Funeral Nation / 10 Years Of Hortus Animae". The box set contains...

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VADER: 'Carnal' Video Available

"Carnal", the new video from Polish death metal veterans VADER, can be viewed below (clip produced by Abysmo). VADER recently debuted its new touring lineup, which is as follows: Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek (guitar, vocals) Reyash (bass) Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka (DECAPITATED) (guitar) Pawel Jaroszewicz (S...

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'True Norwegian Black Metal' Photo Exhibition In Los Angeles To Launch Tomorrow

American documentary photographer Peter Beste — who visited Norway thirteen times in seven years while working to develop the definitive photodocumentation of Norwegian black metal scene for his book "True Norwegian Black Metal" — will launch a month-long exhibit at Zune L.A. in Los Angeles, Califor...

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Photographer PETER BESTE Discusses 'True Norwegian Black Metal' Book

Siran Babayan of LA Weekly recently talked with American documentary photographer Peter Beste, who visited Norway thirteen times in seven years while working to develop the definitive photodocumentation of Norwegian black metal scene for his book "True Norwegian Black Metal". "I just read these biza...

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THE FACELESS: 'Planetary Duality' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Planetary Duality", the new album from the Los Angeles, California-based based progressive death metal band THE FACELESS, sold around 5,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 119 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD debuted at No. 2 on the Top New Artist...

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MOONSPELL: 'Lusitanian Metal' DVD Delayed

"Lusitanian Metal", the long-awaited new DVD from Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL has had its release date pushed back by several weeks. The two-disc effort will now be issued on December 8 in Germany, December 9 in Portugal and December 15 in the rest of Europe. The U.S. release will follow in early...

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VADER Frontman Reveals More Information About Forthcoming Album

Guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek of the Polish death metal veterans VADER has issued the following update: "What's new in VADER? You know for sure about all the personal changes in line up. We just finished two-weeks tour in Baltic States and Scandinavia with GRAVE, ZONARIA and ZABBADIAH C...

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KULT OV AZAZEL: Cover Of BLACK FLAG Classic Posted Online

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have posted their cover version of BLACK FLAG's "My War" at this location. Commented the band: "It may seem strange that we would cover a BLACK FLAG song to many. The truth of the matter is it has been no secret that Xaphan and Hammer are both ...

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Siberia's BIZARREKULT And THEOSOPHY Featured On Split CD

MUSICA Production has just released its first split CD featuring two original black metal bands from Siberia. THEOSOPHY, a black metal band in a vein of IMMORTAL, perfectly combines the Nordic black metal sound with interesting melodies and harmonies. BIZARREKULT, the project of DRYADOS mainman Roma...

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ARALLU Completes Work On New Album

Israel's "Mesopotamian black metal" band ARALLU has completed work on its fourth album, "Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands", due in March 2009. The CD was mastered at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in California and will contain 11 tracks, including a live video for the song "Battleground" taken fr...

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FEN: Debut Album Artwork Unveiled

UK-based black metallers FEN will release their debut album, "The Malediction Fields", on January 16 via Code666. Fusing elements of post-rock, ambient soundscapes and gentle acoustic passages alongside raging black metal fury, "The Malediction Fields" is an expression of loss, isolation and hopeles...

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CIVILIZATION ONE To Perform At Sri Lanka's TNL ONSTAGE Event

CIVILIZATION ONE, the band led by singer Chitral "Chity" Somapala (ex-FIREWIND, FARO, AVALON) and bassist Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (MALADAPTIVE, ex-HEAVENLY),has scheduled a concert in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 29 as part of the TNL Onstage event at the SLECC (Sri Lanka Exhibition and Conventi...