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Brooklyn's HULL Signs To THE END RECORDS

The End Records has announced today the signing of Brooklyn heavy metallers HULL. The hard-working quintet has made a name for itself in the New York underground over the past few years and will be a welcome addition to The End's growing family of diverse artists. The band comments: "We are very exc...

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ENEMYNSIDE: New Album Out Now

Italian thrashers ENEMYNSIDE have issued the following update: "After long and troubled discussions that led the band to cancel their record deal with Sleaszy Rider Records, ENEMYNSIDE are happy to announce that their second album, 'In The Middle Of Nowhere', is now available through Hatestone Recor...

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KULT OV AZAZEL: 'Destroying The Sacred' Artwork Unveiled

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have unveiled the cover artwork (see below) of their new album, "Destroying the Sacred", which will be released in March 2009 via Arctic Music. "Destroying the Sacred" was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida between October 28 and No...

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ARALLU: New Song Posted Online

Israel's "Mesopotamian black metal" band ARALLU has posted a new song, "Possessor Of The Code", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's fourth album, "Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands", which is scheduled for relase in March 2009. The CD was mastered at Maor Appelbaum Mastering...

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Reunited MILITIA Plays First Show In 22 Years; Photos Available

Reunited Texas heavy metallers MILITIA played their first show in 22 years this past Friday, December 5 at the Rockstar Sports Bar in Fort Worth. Check out photos at this location. Available now on the Forged In Fire (Rockadrome) label is "Released", a collection of '80s recordings from MILITIA. The...

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Musical Featuring SERJ TANKIAN Songs Now In Workshop

The Pulse of Radio reports that "Prometheus Bound", a new rock-based musical featuring songs composed by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian, is currently being workshopped at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The show's book and lyrics were written by Steven Sater, the...

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VALBORG's 'Glorification of Pain' Pushed Back To February

"Glorification of Pain", the debut album of Germany's atmospheric/death metal/rock band VALBORG, has been postponed to February 2009. The CD will be released via Vendlus Records and will include nine songs of nihilistic and painful dark metal with its roots in the German forests of the Rhine area. C...

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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...