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USURPER: 'Threshold Of The Usurper' To Be Reissued

Chicago's USURPER will re-release its 1997 CD, "Threshold of the Usurper" (originally issued through Necropolis Records) re later this year as a 10th anniversary package featuring new artwork by Juha Vuorma (of "Skeletal Season" artwork fame) with additional bonus tracks and a DVD. USURPER will head...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II' Due In September

Earache Records' sequel to this year's "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion" is due to be released next month. With a fresh collection of over 100 blistering Earache tracks spread over six CDs, all for the price of one CD, "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II", housed in a sturdy box, gives value for mon...

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USURPER To Tour Europe In The Fall

Chicago's USURPER has announced that it will be heading out to Europe once again for a two-week headlining tour. The trek, which will also include NOCTURNAL BREED (Norway),THE STONE (Serbia) and DECAYED (Portugal),will kick off October 25 in Hamburg, Germany and will run through November 10 in Ber...

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NOCTURNAL BREED Signs With AGONIA RECORDS

Norwegian metallers NOCTURNAL BREED have inked a deal with Agonia Records for the release of their new album, "Fields of Rot", due in June 2007. The CD's title cut is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. Other songtitles set to appear on the album include "Iron Bitch", "Invasion of th...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Companion': New EARACHE Collection Due In April

Earache Records will release a six-CD collection, entitled "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion", on April 23. Headbang away to over 100 all-out blistering tracks on six separate discs, featuring Earache's own genre-defining, groundbreaking artists. The set will be priced only £9.99 (U.K.) or $15.98 (U....

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CELTIC FROST, KREATOR: New Live Photos Posted Online

A number of high-quality photos of KREATOR and CELTIC FROST performing last night (March 10) in Heerhugowaard, Holland have been posted online at Metal-Experience.com. Support came from Swedish black metal act WATAIN and Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED. CELTIC FROST's setlist: 01. Totengott (in...

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Usurper

Relatively slow, angular, sludgy hardcore from Arkansas, influenced by MESHUGGAH and dipped into the black tar phlegm of prime EYEHATEGOD for that rancid touch of Southern malevolence gone bad. Listening to "Usurper" is like a slow-motion car crash — plenty of jagged bits and shards of glass, seethi...

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1349 Guitarist Comments On Touring With CELTIC FROST

Dr. Abner Mality of Wormwood Chronicles recently conducted an interview with guitarist Archaon of Norwegian black metallers 1349. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Wormwood Chronicles: CELTIC FROST is such a legendary band in the underground. When you first met them, were you overawed...

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Cancer Benefit For Minnesota Rock/Metal Music Icon To Be Held Next Month

Earl Root has been a staple of the rock and metal community in Minnesota for over twenty years. He is most known as the once owner of Root Cellar Records, which recently closed last year as well as the DJ of KFAI's "Root of All Evil" metal music show on Saturday nights. He also owns ...

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CELTIC FROST Launches Expanded Photo Gallery

CELTIC FROST continues to expand its "Photo Gallery" at www.celticfrost.com to include even more pictures from the current North American "Monotheist" tour. The "Photo Gallery" now includes pictures from the second night at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York on September 15, as well as pic...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'We All Can't Believe A Third Of This Long Tour Has Already Passed'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Tonight is SAHG's last appearance on CELTIC FROST's 'Monotheist' tour in North America. It is incredibly hard to see them go. Not only do we consider them very good friends of ours, but it has been an h...

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USURPER Hard At Work On New Material

Chicago's USURPER is currently busy rehearsing new material for its sixth full-length album, which the band plans to record in early 2007. New songtitles include "Talons of Steel", "Rebel Wolf", "Planet of the Humans", "Zombie Revolution" and "Replicants of the Apocalypse". In other news, USURPER gu...

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USURPER Pulls Out Of Toronto's DAY OF THE EQUINOX II; MISERY INDEX And NEURAXIS Step In

Chicago-based USURPER has been forced to cancel its appearance at the Day Of The Equinox Festival, set to take place Saturday, September 23 at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario. Details on USURPER's withdrawal are sparse except it has been noted one guitar player has been forced to undergo immedia...

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USURPER Parts Ways With Vocalist DAN TYRANTOR

Due to ongoing circumstances and issues in vocalist Dan Tyrantor's personal life, he has resigned from Chicago's USURPER. The remaining four members will indefinately continue as a four-piece, with guitarist Rick Scythe and bassist Jon Necromancer taking over the vocal duties. USURPER is still confi...

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USURPER To Enter Studio In Early 2007

Chicago's USURPER is currently preparing songs for their sixth full-length album, which they plan to record in early 2007 for a summer release through Earache Records. The album is currently untitled but some new songtitles include "Talons of Steel", "Planet of the Humans" and "Rebel Wolf". In other...