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ARCTURUS Bassist Hurt In Accident; Band Secure Temporary Replacement

Acording to a posting on ARCTURUS' web site, the band's bassist Hugh James Mingay recently "had an accident and a vertebrae has been affected. He's going to be well, but has to rest for several weeks. If he can't play the forthcoming three live shows in Norway, the shows will not be cancelled, as so...

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DAGOBA Confirmed For France's RAISMESFEST

French metallers DAGOBA, whose successful European tour as opening act for IN FLAMES and SEPULTURA, is nearing its end, have been confirmed for the ninth edition of the Raismesfest, set to take place September 9-10 at Le Château de la Princesse d'Arenberg in Raismes, France. Also scheduled to appear...

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Members Of MADDER MORTEM, ULVER And BORKNAGAR To Guest On New WINDS Album

Norway's progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — have announced the following guest appearances on their upcoming album: Agnete M. Kirkev...

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ARCTURUS: 'Shipwrecked In Oslo' DVD Delayed

Due to "manufacturing issues," Season of Mist has pushed back the release date of the ARCTURUS DVD, entitled "Shipwrecked in Oslo", to May 22 from the previously announced April 24. The disc contains footage of the band's September 24, 2005 appearance at the Sonic Solstice Festival at Rockefeller in...

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RED HARVEST To Release Live DVD In June

Norway's RED HARVEST will release a live DVD on June 12 in Europe and July 12 in the U.S. The disc will feature the band's entire September 2005 gig at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo that was recorded with a professional, 12-camera film team. The DVD will also include as-yet-undisclosed bonus materi...

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DAGOBA To Support IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA On European Tour

French metallers DAGOBA have been confirmed as the support band for IN FLAMES and SEPULTURA on their upcoming European tour beginning on March 19 in Berlin, Germany. The trek is scheduled to run through April 20 in Hamburg, Germany. DAGOBA's sophomore album, "What Hell Is About…", was released in Fe...

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Exclusive Interview With EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN

Rumblings of a forthcoming solo album from Ihsahn have been heard ever since the disbanding of EMPEROR in 2001, perhaps even before. That it would take five years for the album to finally see the light of day speaks more to the man's busy schedule than any kind of purposeful delay. Never one to sit...

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AGE OF SILENCE Prepare To Record New Album

Avant-garde/prog/metal act AGE OF SILENCE, the Norwegian band featuring Lazare (BORKNAGAR, SOLEFALD),Hellhammer (WINDS, ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) and Eikind (KHOLD, TULUS),among others, have issued the following update on the progress of the songwriting sessions for their upcoming album: "If things have b...

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Sideshow Symphonies

ARCTURUS will forever be haunted by their past. Having put out a record like "La Masquerade Infernale", an inarguable classic and one of the cornerstones of this whole "post-black metal" genre, all subsequent releases will be held up to it for comparison and critique. As always, an ARCTURUS album re...

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RED HARVEST To Release Live DVD

Norway's RED HARVEST have posted the following message on their official web site: "We have agreed to release the entire gig that we recorded in September 2005 on DVD. The gig was filmed at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo with a professional film team with twelve cameras. The mixing of the sound has...

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RED HARVEST To Begin Recording New Album In June

Norway's RED HARVEST will enter Multimono studio in June to begin recording their new album for a let 2006 releae via Season of Mist. "At the moment we are working on new songs and the pre-production for the album," the band write on their web site. "We will try to keep you updated with song ...

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HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM Sign With THE END RECORDS

HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM, the heavy groove/rock/metal act comprised of Daniel Cardoso (ex-SIRIUS, RE:AKTOR) and Kristoffer Garm Rygg (ULVER, ex-ARCTURUS, BORKNAGAR),have inked a deal with The End Records. The group's debut album, "Murder Nature", is scheduled for release on April 4, 2006. "Murder Nature...

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WINDS To Begin Recording Their 'Most Progressive And Technically Challenging' Album

Norway’s progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — will be entering the studio this week for continued work on their as-yet-untitled follow...

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IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY Members Reveal Their Favorite Albums Of 2005

In the December/January issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, a number of heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005. Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA): BIOHAZARD – "Means to an End" CLAUSTROPHOBIA – "Fulminant" EXODUS – "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES): NINE...

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Complications (EP)

Picking up where last year's "Acceleration" left off, avant-garde supergroup AGE OF SILENCE release this three-song teaser, a sort of mini concept album about, and I'm not making this up, a shopping mall in Hell (not an entirely unfamiliar concept as we reach the season of holiday consumer frenzy!)....