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ELIMI Bassist Commits Suicide

Swedish black metal band ELIMI has issued the following update: "It's with grief in our hearts we announce that Verrot [bass] has comitted suicide. Verrot was a very good friend, brother, an excellent bass player/musician and an important part of ELIMI. We respect his decision and hope he'll find hi...
October 9, 2008
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MORRIGAN, GERNOTSHAGEN Pull Out of HEATHEN CRUSADE 3; INQUISITION, ULVEHEIM Step In

MORRIGAN and GERNOTSHAGEN have cancelled their participation in the Heathen Crusade 3 festival, set to take place November 14-15 at Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Replacing them on the bill are INQUISITION from Seattle and Viking metallers ULVEHEIM from Mexico. The festival lineup is now as follo...
October 8, 2008
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MOONSPELL: 'Lusitanian Metal' DVD Details Revealed

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL will release their long-awaited new DVD, "Lusitanian Metal", in Europe on November 21. The complete track listing for the two-disc effort is as follows: DVD 1: * Live At The City Of Ravens (Metalmania, Poland 2004) * Touch Me In The Eyes (video compilation from Opium t...
October 7, 2008
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AMON AMARTH Frontman Checks In From The Road

Vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH has issued the following update: "Three shows into our North American tour and so far it's been a blast. We started out at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA on October 1st. And what a tour kick-off it was! Already before the show we knew .....
October 6, 2008
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Twilight of the Thunder God

While I'd never, of course, go so far as to say "I do not like AMON AMARTH," I was of the opinion for a long time that their albums, while decent, were outstripped by their live reputation. "Twilight of the Thunder God" goes a long way toward rectifying this, upping the intensity of their lusty ...
October 6, 2008
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KULT OV AZAZEL: New Demo Track Available For Download

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have posted the demo version of a new song called "Conquer & Decimate" on their official web site. The track, which will appear on the band's next studio album, "Destroying the Sacred", is available for download at this location. "Destroying the Sacred" w...
October 4, 2008
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AMON AMARTH: New Audio Interview With JOHAN HEGG Available

Headbanger's Blog recently tracked down AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg to talk to him about the energy that powers the band's new record, "Twilight of the Thunder God", guest musicians, AMON AMARTH's eagerness to explore uncharted realms, their fascination with ancient texts and why they were almos...
October 4, 2008
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KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Audio Interview With THEBON Posted Online

Karma E. Omowale of FourteenG recently conducted an interview with vocalist Thebon (a.k.a. Torbjörn Schei) of the Norwegian extreme metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN. Listen to the chat at this location. KEEP OF KALESSIN recently shot a video (see below) for the song "Ascendant" in Gothenburg, Sweden with...
October 2, 2008
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UNLEASHED: Orangevale Footage Posted Online

Capital Chaos has posted video footage (see below) of Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED performing the song "Hammer Batallion" at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California on September 26, 2008. Also on the bill were OBITUARY, CARNIFEX, DAMAGE OVER TIME and JACK KETCH. As previously reported, UNLE...
September 29, 2008
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UNLEASHED Music, Interview Featured In SPV's Latest Podcast

SPV audio podcast 11 features music from Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED as well as an interview with the group's lead singer and bassist, Johnny Hedlund. Hosted by Freeman, the podcast can be streamed below. "Black Horizon", the new video from UNLEASHED, can be viewed below. "The idea behind...
September 29, 2008
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KIUAS To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Finnish power metallers KIUAS will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, October 17 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. tim...
September 27, 2008
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THE SWORD Drummer On Touring With METALLICA

Miami New Times recently conducted an interview with drummer Trivett C. Wingo of the Austin, Texas quartet THE SWORD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Miami New Times: How did you get on the METALLICA tour? Wingo: We got on that pretty much because METALLICA, especially Lars, are big...
September 25, 2008
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BEHEMOTH: 'Ezkaton' EP Detailed

Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH will release a new EP, "Ezkaton", in North America on November 11 through Metal Blade Records. The EP will feature seven tracks, one brand new song titled "Qadosh", a live recording as well as a new studio version of "Chant For Ezkaton 2000 e.v.". Also included...
September 23, 2008
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METSÄTÖLL Signs With SPINEFARM RECORDS

Estonian progressive thrash metallists METSÄTÖLL have signed with Spinefarm Records. The band (whose name is an ancient Estonian dialect word for the word "wolf") began its career in 1999. Having performed in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium and Germany, METSATÖLL has more than a 170 gig...
September 22, 2008
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ARALLU: New Song Available For Download

Israel's "Mesopotamian black metal" band ARALLU has uploaded a new song titled "The Union Of Babylon" to its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming fourth album, "Desert Battles - Descending to the Sands", which will contain eight songs. A 10-minute video clip containing footage from...
September 22, 2008