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VADER: Second Video Report From The Studio Posted Online

Polish death metallers VADER will release their new album, "Necropolis", in late August via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD is being recorded at Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros.. Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such bands as MOONSPELL, CATARACT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN and...

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'Brütal Legend' Action Game Gets Release Date

The Brütal Legend game — which features the voices of a number of metal superstars, including Rob Halford from JUDAS PRIEST, Lemmy Kilmister from MOTÖRHEAD and Ronnie James Dio from BLACK SABBATH — will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the PlayStation computer en...

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UNANIMATED: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"In The Light Of Darkness (The Covenant Of Death)", the new album from UNANIMATED — the reunited Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former members of ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER — is available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace page. Released this month via Regain Records, the C...

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In Brazil With IRON MAIDEN: KERRANG! Video Podcast Available

The Kerrang! podcast team went behind the scenes of this week's IRON MAIDEN cover feature (see image below). Take in the chaos of the "Flight 666" premiere, look around the band's Ed Force One jet and watch frontman Bruce Dickinson burn rubber around Sao Paulo, Brazil's Grand Prix circuit. Watch the...

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DEVILS WHOREHOUSE: 'Blood & Ashes' Pushed Back To May

DEVILS WHOREHOUSE — the "horror-death rock" side-project of MARDUK guitarist Morgan Håkansson — has had the release date of its new full-length album, "Blood & Ashes", pushed back to May 11 from the previously announced April 13 (via Regain Records). "Blood & Ashes" track listing: 01. Oceans...

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EXODUS Guitarist Says Illegal Music Downloading Is Killing The Industry

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt is quick to acknowledge that the music industry is a changing place and the ground that the band is standing on these days is shaky, with the Internet's facilitation of illegal downloading sapping the album's potential for moneymaking. And while METALLICA takes much of the...

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EDEN'S FALL, ANCIENT CREATION, DIVISION Confirmed For MIDWEST METAL ANTHEM

ANCIENT CREATION, DIVISION and EDEN'S FALL have been confirmed for the Midwest Metal Anthem 2009 festival. The fourth annual event is set take place August 21-22 at J.J. Kelleys in Lansing, Illinois. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: EDEN'S FALL DIVISION ANCIENT CREATION SACRED DAWN CON...

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NILE To Enter Studio In June

Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of the South Carolina-based technical death metal band NILE. An excerpt from the chat follows below. About.com: When and how did you first become interested in Middle Eastern culture, mythology and music? Sanders: Years ago, m...

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EMPEROR Tribute Album Available For Free Download

On April 15, 2009, Aspherical Asphyxia Productions proudly presents the first chapter of its new project called "Old Crown, New Spawn", a triple tribute to EMPEROR / ARCTURUS / VED BUENS ENDE. The first chapter, called "Furens", is devoted to EMPEROR. The full-length CD contains several EMPEROR cove...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Flight 666' To Be Released On Blu-Ray, DVD

"Iron Maiden: Flight 666", the feature-length documentary film which follows the IRON MAIDEN bandmembers on the first leg of their "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour" in February and March of 2008, will be released on extended Blu-ray and DVD formats, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and limit...

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WARDRUNA Performs Live In Oslo; Video Available

During this year's edition of the Inferno Music Conference, WARDRUNA — the project led by former GORGOROTH drummer Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik (who has also played with SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR and DEAD TO THIS WORLD) — performed live in front of the Oseberg ship in the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy in Oslo,...

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RUDRA Signs European Deal With VIC RECORDS

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have inked a deal with Vic Records for the European release of the band's fifth full-length album, "Brahmavidya: Transcendental I". Due in Europe on July 6 (April 15 in Asia via Hong Kong's Trinity Records),the CD was produced by Joshua G. Nair and Sean Loo and features...

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SONS OF SEASONS Announces New Guitarist

SONS OF SEASONS — the new progressive/symphonic metal band led by keyboardist/guitarist Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO) — has announced the addition of guitarist Pepe Pierez (pictured below) from Northern Germany to the group's ranks. The band says, "Pepe is a fantastic guitarist, proving his skills...

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VADER Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Polish death metallers VADER have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Commented the band: "We are very glad that after so many years VADER finally joined one of the biggest metal labels in the world. We really believe in their potential, experience and famous German reliability. We are pretty c...

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Denver Metal Heroes SILENCER Release Long-Awaited Sophomore Album

Colorado's underground metal kings SILENCER have finally released their long-awaited sophomore full-length effort, "Divisions", through upstart label F-Bomb Records. A blistering slab of "thinking man's metal," "Divisions" carries on the band's tradition of being more than just a run of the mill met...