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SLAYER Announces Limited-Edition Liquid-Filled 'Reign In Blood' Vinyl
Forty years ago, SLAYER delivered one of the most uncompromising metal records of all time, "Reign In Blood", on October 7, 1986. Executed with unrelenting speed, unmatched integrity, and unflinching intensity, the gold-certified album has influenced generations of bands to follow, resonated with le...October 7, 2026
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Watch: SLAYER Performs Entire 'Reign In Blood' Album At 2026 ROCKLAHOMA Festival
California thrash metal legends SLAYER celebrated the 40th anniversary of their classic third album, "Reign In Blood", with a headlining show — featuring the LP performed in full — on Sunday, September 6 at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. Fan-filmed video of the "Reign In Blood" portion...September 9, 2026
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Watch: SLAYER Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of 'Reign In Blood' At First Concert Of 2026
California thrash metal legends SLAYER celebrated the 40th anniversary of their classic third album, "Reign In Blood", with a headlining show featuring the LP performed in full on Friday, September 4 at Mystic Lake Amphitheater in Shakopee, Minnesota. Support at the gig came from DOWN, SUICIDAL TEND...September 5, 2026
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FIMBUL WINTER Feat. Former AMON AMARTH Members: 'Mounds Of Stones' Single Released
FIMBUL WINTER, the new Swedish death metal band featuring three former AMON AMARTH members, will release its debut EP, "What Once Was", on November 14. The project consists of original AMON AMARTH members Niko Kaukinen on drums and Anders Biazzi (formerly Anders Hansson) on guitar, and former AMON A...October 3, 2025
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FIMBUL WINTER Feat. Former AMON AMARTH Members: Debut EP, 'What Once Was', Due In November
FIMBUL WINTER, the new Swedish death metal band featuring three former AMON AMARTH members, will release its debut EP, "What Once Was", on November 14. The project consists of original AMON AMARTH members Niko Kaukinen on drums and Anders Biazzi (formerly Anders Hansson) on guitar, and former AMON A...September 2, 2025
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FIRESPAWN Recruits GRAVE's JÖRGEN SANDSTRÖM As New Singer, Four Years After L.G. PETROV's Death
Swedish death metallers FIRESPAWN have reformed, more than four years after the death of the band's frontman Lars-Göran "L.G." Petrov. L.G., who is best known for his work with ENTOMBED, died on March 7, 2021 after a battle with bile duct cancer. He was 49 years old. Joining Victor Brandt (guitar; E...July 11, 2025
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Reaperdawn
In a particularly strong year for black metal, it will take an album of considerable brilliance to stand out from the nefarious hordes. "Reaperdawn" is not the only contender for that position, but it is certainly one of the most convincing and undeniable. The brainchild of NECROPHOBIC guitarist Seb...August 9, 2024
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In The Twilight Grey
Admirers of blackened death metal can always rely upon NECROPHOBIC to keep things simple. Ever since the release of the instantly iconic "The Nocturnal Silence" (1993),  these stalwarts of the underground have sustained their uncompromising vision of extremity, rarely deviating from the blueprin...March 14, 2024
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GRAVE Parts Ways With Bassist TOBIAS CRISTIANSSON And Guitarist MIKA LAGRÉN
Long-running Swedish death metallers GRAVE have parted ways with bassist Tobias Cristiansson and guitarist Mika Lagrén. Earlier today (Friday, January 5),GRAVE guitarist/vocalist Ola Lindgren released the following statement via social media: "The past months have been quite overwhelming in the GRA...January 5, 2024
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A Journey For The Damned
Dark things are afoot in the UK. Purveyors of a vicious and unholy strain of blackened death metal, MASTER'S CALL hail from Wolverhampton, which is only a few lines of ants away from the birthplace of heavy metal itself. Arriving seemingly from nowhere, these glowering lords of leather and steel hav...November 21, 2023
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DARK TRANQUILLITY Wins Swedish GRAMMIS Award For 'Moment'
DARK TRANQUILLITY was honored in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal" category at the Swedish Grammis awards (Swedish Grammy equivalent),which was held Thursday night (June 3) at Södra Teatern in Stockholm. The bands were nominated for their most recent releases, all of which came out during 2020. "Best Hard...June 7, 2021
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La Morsure du Christ
It's hard to deny that black metal means a lot of different things to different people. It can be raw and primitive, or atmospheric and progressive, and a lot of time can be wasted debating whether one or other approach is the true (or possibly tr00 or even trü) path into the musical abyss. Obviousl...May 5, 2021
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JAKE E. LEE Is A 'Much Better' Guitarist Than RANDY RHOADS, Says NECROPHOBIC's SEBASTIAN RAMSTEDT
Guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt of Swedish blackened death metal veterans NECROPHOBIC recently spoke to Micha Kite of V13 Media about his distaste for most of the pop-tinted hard rock and heavy metal bands that ruled the Sunset Strip scene more than three decades ago. "In the '80s, I hated all hair met...February 13, 2021
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Dawn Of The Damned
Black metal has come a long way in its forty-plus years of existence and evolution. These days, our options vary from the utterly low-fi and feral DIY end of the genre to the glossy, high production values of the post-DIMMU set, with all manner of weird, wild and grotesque alternatives swirling arou...October 7, 2020
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NECROPHOBIC To Release 'Dawn Of The Damned' Album In October
By unleashing the single/ EP "Mirror Black", Swedish blackened death metal veterans NECROPHOBIC are set to kick off the campaign for the release of their undoubtedly most diverse and elaborate album to date, "Dawn Of The Damned", due on October 9 via Century Media Records. "Mirror Black" comes toget...July 18, 2020
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