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PRIMORDIAL Singer Leads BATHORY Tribute At Ireland's DAY OF DARKNESS Festival

PRIMORDIAL's Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill fronted a special tribute to BATHORY's Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg at Ireland's Day of Darkness festival on Saturday, June 12. Nemtheanga was joined for the impromptu performance by a host of artists from Ireland's tight-knit black metal scene. The hastily assem...

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LEAVES' EYES, IMMORTAL RITES, MENTAL AMPUTATION Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

LEAVES' EYES, IMMORTAL RITES and MENTAL AMPUTATION are the latest bands confirmed for this year's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2004 in Abtsgmünd, Germany. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): ALEV BE...

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Italian Police Uncover Bodies Of Heavy Metal Bandmembers Killed In Satanic Sacrifice

The bodies of two members of the Italian heavy metal band BEASTS OF SATAN, who were allegedly killed six years ago in a satanic sacrifice, were uncovered in a two-meter deep grave (Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3) in a wood in northern Italy, according to Reuters. 19-year-old Chiara Marino and 16-year-old...

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KILLZONE RECORDS: New Austin-Based Extreme Metal Label Launched

A new extreme metal record label, KillZone Records, has been launched in Austin, Texas. The label's first release will be the second album from Brazilian black metal band ARUM, "Inhuman Echoes from the Shadows". The company is also releasing a four-way way split CD, "As the Sun Burns", featuring fou...

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TAD MOROSE: Live Appearances Announced

Sweden's TAD MOROSE will appear live at the Hälsingland Runt Biker Meet on July 10 at Baldersnäs MC Club in their hometown of Bollnäs. Also performing will be LEFAY. TAD MOROSE will also make a live appearance at the opening ceremony for Global Games in Bollnäs on July 26. Guitarist Krunt has issued...

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THOU SHALT SUFFER, AETERNUS, NOCTURNUS To Receive Reissue Treatment

Beginning on May 4, Candlelight Records will be reissuing numerous out-of-print and previously unavailable releases from Norway's Nocturnal Art Productions and Holland's Karmageddon Media. Among the albums set to receive the reissue treatment are THOU SHALT SUFFER's "Into the Woods of Belial", plus...

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MINDGRINDER To Support TESTAMENT In Oslo

Norwegian extreme metal band MINDGRINDER, featuring ex-SOURCE OF TIDE drummer/keyboardist Cosmocrator, will be opening for TESTAMENT on June 10 at Rockefeller in Oslo. Also appearing on the bill will be NOCTURNAL BREED. MINDGRINDER issued their debut album, "MindTech", last month through Nocturnal A...

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NOCTURNAL RITES: 'Awakening' Video Posted Online

NOCTURNAL RITES' video for the song "Awakening" has been posted online at the web site of the group's Korean record label (via a licensing deal with Century Media Records) Dope Entertainment. Check it out in Windows Media format at this location (15.6 MB). "Awakening" (mp3) comes off the group's six...

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Former DIO Members TRACY G, VINNY APPICE Collaborating On New Project

Former DIO members Tracy G (guitar) and Vinny Appice (ex-BLACK SABBATH) are currently working on Vinny's new project, according to a posting on Tracy's web site. "We are getting together and writing songs," Tracy says. "It's at a very early stage." In other news, Tracy's DRIVEN project, also featuri...

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DISMEMBER To Headline Ireland's DAY OF DARKNESS METAL FESTIVAL

Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER and Belgian black metallers ANCIENT RITES are among the bands confirmed for this year's Day of Darkness Metal Festival, scheduled to take place June 12 in Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland. The festival "will showcase some of the biggest acts from Ireland's domestic met...

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RED HARVEST To Begin Mixing New Album In May

Norway's RED HARVEST are completing work on the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2002's "Sick Transit Gloria Mundi", tentatively due in September through Nocturnal Art Productions. The album is being recorded at Subsonic Society studios and is scheduled to be mixed in May at Studio Fredman in...

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ACHERON Set Title For New Album

Columbus, Ohio-based black/death metal cult band ACHERON have been working on music for their next album, tentatively titled "Sanctum Regnum". The band are taking it slowly and are enjoying the songwriting process. The theme for the CD will be "a very apocalyptic concept." Songtitles set to appear o...

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ZYKLON: 'Psyklon Aeon' Video Posted Online

ZYKLON's video for the track "Psyklon Aeon" is available for viewing online at this location (courtesy of Launch). "Psyklon Aeon" comes off the Norwegian group's latest CD, "Aeon", which entered the U.K. indie chart at No. 38 upon its release last September. The follow-up to 2001's "World Ov Worms"...

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ZYKLON Video Serviced To MTV2, THOU SHALT SUFFER Album To See U.S. Release

ZYKLON's video for the track "Psyklon Aeon" has recently been serviced to regional as well as key national outlets — including MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball". Guitarist Samoth says: "This is the first official video for ZYKLON. It's exciting for us to finally get it broadcasted in the U.S., especially n...

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TAD MOROSE: 'Anubis' Video Nearing Completion

Sweden's TAD MOROSE are hard at work practicing for the band's upcoming Scandinavian dates with EDGUY and Century Media labelmates NOCTURNAL RITES. Singer Urban Breed checked in with the following update: "The video for 'Anubis' (mp3),is almost finished. It won't be long now, as all that is needed...