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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: New Song Available For Streaming
Swedish tech-death assassins SPAWN OF POSSESSION will release their third full-length album, "Incurso", in North America on March 13 via Relapse Records. The CD, which will contain nine tracks plus an instrumental intro, was recorded at Pama Studios in Kristianopel, Sweden with engineer Magnus "Mank...January 17, 2012
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The Animation of Entomology
I am shocked and awed with what BLOTTED SCIENCE has done here. Rather than releasing an EP of material that sounds like left leftovers from 2007's "The Machinations of Dementia" or that pushes the envelope without regard to accessibility, BLOTTED SCIENCE have crafted four tracks of elevated composit...January 15, 2012
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OBSCURA, THREAT SIGNAL Members Added To STAR MONARCHY Project
Alex Rudinger (THREAT SIGNAL) and Hannes Grossmann (OBSCURA, BLOTTED SCIENCE) have been added to the list of musicians who will contribute to "Volume 1", the debut album from STAR MONARCHY, the new project launched by bassist Ray Riendeau (HALFORD, JAMES LABRIE). The release will feature songs writt...January 13, 2012
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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: 'Incurso' Track Listing, Release Date Revealed
Swedish tech-death assassins SPAWN OF POSSESSION will release their third full-length album, "Incurso", in North America on March 13 via Relapse Records. The CD, which will contain nine tracks plus an instrumental intro, was recorded at Pama Studios in Kristianopel, Sweden with engineer Magnus "Mank...January 3, 2012
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GORGUTS' 'Obscura' To Be Made Available On Vinyl For First Time
Canadian label War On Music has announced the long-overdue vinyl release of GORGUTS' 1998 album, "Obscura". The groundbreaking record is highly regarded as an unrivalled masterpiece of the death metal genre. When it first was unleashed in 1998, "Obscura" was a drastic but not unexpected departure fr...December 29, 2011
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OBSCURA Frontman: 'A Tour Is Always Hard Work With Less Sleep Than You May Expect'
Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer of German technical death metallers OBSCURA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: The band has been labeled "technical death metal." What has been your general reaction to that...December 27, 2011
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Under a Frozen Sun
Making an album in record in overt tribute to a legendary band, such as DISSECTION, end up sounding like something more than rehashed, second rate material ain't easy. On debut album "Fallen Angel's Dominion", Germany's THULCANDRA not only cleared that hurdle with several feet to spare; they also di...December 17, 2011
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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 30-Minute Video Interview Posted Online
GuitarMessenger.com conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend in July 2011 at the end of his North American tour with CHILDREN OF BODOM and OBSCURA. You can now watch the entire 30-minute chat below. DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT released "Contain Us", a special tribute box set...December 13, 2011
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MARCO MINEMANN, STEVE DIGIORGIO, KARYN CRISIS To Appear On New EPHEL DUATH EP
Steve DiGiorgio (DEATH, TESTAMENT, SADUS, OBSCURA),Karyn Crisis (CRISIS) and Marco Minemann (PAUL GILBERT, NECROPHAGIST, KREATOR, TONY MACALPINE) will appear on the forthcoming EP from EPHEL DUATH, the formerly Italian, currently U.S.-based band which is known as a modern mixture of avant-garde met...December 7, 2011
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GOROD Begins Mixing New Album
French tech-death metallers GOROD have begun mixing their new album with producer Frdric "Elmobo" Motte for an early 2012 release. Elmobo oversaw the recording of the drums, bass and vocals, while all guitars were tracked by GOROD's mastermind Matthieu Pascal at his Bud Records Studio. The mix and t...December 6, 2011
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SPAWN OF POSSESSION Completes Work On New Album
Swedish tech-death assassins SPAWN OF POSSESSION have completed work on their third full-length album, "Incurso", for a spring release via Relapse Records. The CD, which will contain nine tracks plus an instrumental intro, was recorded at Pama Studios in Kristianopel, Sweden with engineer Magnus "Ma...December 2, 2011
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BLOTTED SCIENCE Mastermind Publishes Instructional Video Ahead Of European EP Release
BLOTTED SCIENCE guitarist/mastermind Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, TERRESTRIAL EXILED, SPASTIC INK) has released an instructional video for the song "Cretaceous Chasm" off the band's "The Animation Of Entomology" EP. In it, the guitarist explains the application of the twelve-tone system devised specif...November 28, 2011
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BLOTTED SCIENCE: 'Ingesting Blattaria' Video Released
Acclaimed progressive extreme metal all-stars BLOTTED SCIENCE featuring guitarist/mastermind Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, TERRESTRIAL EXILED, SPASTIC INK),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL),and drummer Hannes Grossmann (OBSCURA, TERRESTRIAL EXILED) have posted the "Ingesting Blatta...November 23, 2011
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NECROPHAGIST Drummer, SADIST Vocalist Join NUFUTIC
Drummer Romain Goulon (NECROPHAGIST) and vocalist Trevor Sadist (SADIST) have joined NUFUTIC, the fusion-metal project founded by Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (PESTILENCE, ex-OBSCURA) and Italian guitarist/keyboardist Tommy Talamanca (SADIST). "Despite great feedback to our drummer auditions...November 18, 2011
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OBSCURA: New 21-Minute Audio Interview With HANNES GROSSMANN
On November 3, Rockfile conducted an interview with Hannes Grossmann, drummer of the extreme technical death metal band OBSCURA. You can now listen to the 21-minute chat using the SoundCloud player below. OBSCURA will release its first-ever demo collection, entitled "Illegimitation", independently i...November 10, 2011
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