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Heavy Metal Stars Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2007

Thiago Sarkis of the Imhotep webzine has compiled a list of more than 60 hard rock/heavy metal stars' favorite albums of 2007 and has posted it online at this location. The following is complete list of the musicians offering their picks for the finest releases of last year: Alan Nemtheanga (PRIMORD...

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OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT, GRAVE DIGGER Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE

OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT and GRAVE DIGGER are among the confirmed bands for the the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live festival, set to take place July 25-27, 2008 at Estombar-parque de ferias in Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIF...

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THEUDHO Signs With DET GERMANSKE FOLKET

Blackened pagan metallers THEUDHO have inked a deal with the German label Det Germanske Folket, the home of such acts as ANGANTYR, HEL, RIGER, MYRKGRAV and DANTALION. The group's third full-length album is scheduled for release in the spring. Also planned are reissues of the band's first two albums...

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REVEREND Schedules San Antonio Date

REVEREND will perform at Sneakers in San Antonio, Texas on February 9, 2008. Also scheduled to appear are STARZ and ANGEL. REVEREND is still working on its new CD, which was recorded at Blue Cat Studios with Grammy Award-wining producer Joe Trevino. The album, tentatively titled "Crossing Over", wil...

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SUIDAKRA: Instrumental Version Of 'Fall Of Tara' Posted Online

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "We have a little suprise for you. Maybe some of you know the song 'Fall of Tara' from our 'Auld Lang Syne' album. To reduce some waiting time to our DVD/'best of' release, we've add an instrumental version of this song...

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Canadian Black Metallers FUNERAL FOG Call It Quits

Canadian black metal band FUNERAL FOG has officially called it quits. "Eight years to the day since their inception, the decision was a consensus among all members due to lack of time and various personal issues," reads a statement from the group. "As the fog rolls away and the horns cease to sound,...

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ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH, DARK GRAVE: Concert, Interview Footage From Romania Available

Concert and interview footage with ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH and DARK GRAVE taken on November 17, 2007 at Live Metal Club in Bucharest, Romania can be found at MetalheadTV.com. ANCIENT RITES's latest album, "Rubicon", was released in May 2006 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2001's "Dim Carcosa"...

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MASTODON: MetalKult Video Tour Diary Part 1 Available

MetalKult.com has posted the first part of its eight-part video feature documenting progressive metallers MASTODON's summer 2007 European tour, supporting their last release, "Blood Mountain". Beginning in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 28, 2007, and ending on July 8 at London's Wembley Stadium, MetalKul...

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FEN Signs With CODE666

UK-based black metallers FEN have signed a three-album deal with Code666. "A musical project inspired by the bleak, esoteric landscaped of Eastern England, FEN blends aspects of black metal, progressive rock, folk and ambient to express loss, sorrow, exaltation and a sense of ancient pride through m...

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AHRÁYEPH Featuring Ex-ANCIENT RITES Guitarist Signs With France's D-MONIC RECORDS

AHRÁYEPH, the goth rock/dark wave band led by former ANCIENT RITES guitarist Raf, has inked a deal with France's D-Monic Records for the release of the group's debut album, "Marooned On Samsara". The CD is tentatively due in March/April 2008. Commented Raf: "We're very pleased to announce our cooper...

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DARK FUNERAL To Begin Writing New Material

Joe D. of Metal Hell magazine recently conducted an interview with DARK FUNERAL guitarist/founding member Lord Ahriman. A few excerpts from thechat follow: Metal Hell: How much of the next album is written? Lord Ahriman: Not much, but the plan is that we're gonna finish off the touring we have sched...

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SUIDAKRA Hard At Work On DVD, 'Best Of' CD

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have issued the following update: "The forthcoming DVD and 'best of' CD package has been keeping us busy and it's paid off — apart from the final layout, everything's finished. The content of the DVD has changed since it was first announced — it will now...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Live After Death' DVD Preview Available

A preview of the forthcoming double disc DVD of "Live After Death", the legendary recording of IRON MAIDEN's four-night stand at Long Beach Arena, California in 1984, is available below. In the stores February 5, 2008 via New Door Records/UMe, the release will coincide with the start of the band's S...

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PRIMORDIAL: Video Interview With NEMTHEANGA Posted Online

Germany's Metal.de recently conducted an interview with vocalist Alan Averill "Nemtheanga" of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL. Watch the 20-minute chat below. Metal Blade Records has launched a special PRIMORDIAL MySpace page featuring streaming versions of two tracks — "Empire Falls" and "H...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman: The Day Is Nearly Upon Us'

Vocalist Nemtheanga of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "So the day is nearly upon us... [the new PRIMORDIAL album] 'To The Nameless Dead' will be out within two weeks. "For many people out there it seems like we have only exi...