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INFERNUS Claims Victory In GORGOROTH Name Dispute

The verdict has been reached in the dispute over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name involving vocalist Gaahl, bassist King ov Hell and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) in September 2008 cl...

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CLOUDSCAPE Announces New Drummer

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE have announced the addition of drummer Fredrik Joakimsson to the group's ranks. According to the band, Fredrik "has been a friend [for] a few years and [was] originally also a fan of CLOUDSCAPE. Fredrik hasn't appeared on any official albums before but, at the side of CL...

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AMERICAN BEAUTY's DANNY STANTON To Guest On 'Caffeine Bomb'

Danny Stanton from Coallier Entertainment will join Roger Lotring in the studio on this week's "Caffeine Bomb" show. Stanton works (or has worked) with bands like TWISTED SISTER, LITA FORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, W.A.S.P., ACE FREHLEY and many others. In addition, he has just formed a new band called AMERI...

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IAN GILLAN Says 'Fireball' Is His Favorite Album Of First DEEP PURPLE Era

The career of legendary rock band DEEP PURPLE comprises three different eras, with the period between 1968 and 1973 rated as the creative highpoint. "The reason 'Fireball' is my favorite album of that period is that without 'Fireball' we would never have been able to make 'Machine Head'," DEEP PURPL...

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CLOUDSCAPE Parts Ways With Drummer

Swedish metallers CLOUDSCAPE have parted ways with drummer Roger Landin. According to the band, Roger's decision to leave "is personal and has nothing to do with CLOUDSCAPE and we are still the best of friends. We have recorded three albums that we are really proud of and we will miss Roger enormous...

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GORGOROTH Apologizes For FROSTBITE Cancellation

The Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH was set to headline Frostbite Festival in Lahti, Finland this past Saturday (February 7) with a full-blown production. However, due to weather conditions in Oslo, the band's guitarists were stuck at the airport and GORGOROTH was f...

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STIGMA To Perform At New York City In-Store

STIGMA, the band led by legendary AGNOSTIC FRONT guitarist Vinny Stigma, will play a short set at Generation Records in New York City (210 Thompson St, between Bleecker and West 3rd) on February 26 at 7:00 p.m. STIGMA released its first album, "New York Blood", in the U.S. on February 3 via I Scream...

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GORGOROTH Bassist Interviewed At NAMM; Video Available

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with bassist King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, C...

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GORGOROTH Trial Update: Witness List Revealed

The two-day trial over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name involving vocalist Gaahl, bassist King ov Hell and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus was held January 28-30 in Oslo, Norway. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) in Sept...

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HACKNEYED Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

South German death metal death metal maniacs HACKNEYED have announced the departure of their longtime friend and guitarist iX. A permanent replacement has just been found in the shape of Juan Sierra. Commented drummer Tim Cox: "iX's decision to leave the band was pretty unexpected and of course we p...

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GORGOROTH Trial Kicks Off In Oslo

The two-day trial over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name involving vocalist Gaahl, bassist King ov Hell and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus began earlier today (Wednesday, January 28) in Oslo, Norway. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell (real name: Tom...

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SWASHBUCKLE, AUGURY Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST After Winning MySpace Band Contest

Montreal-based sympho/black/folk/power metal act BLACKGUARD (formerly PROFUGUS MORTIS),New Jersey's crazy pirate metal drunks SWASHBUCKLE and Canadian progressive death metallers AUGURY have been signed to Nuclear Blast Records after being selected as the winners of the label's "MySpace Band Contes...

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THE QUILL Is 'Still Around'

Sweden's THE QUILL has issued the following update: "THE QUILL are — even though it might not look like it — still around. It's true, the last year or so nothing much have happened that could be noticed on the outside, and yes, we've been through a sort of hibernation. But we haven't gave up ...

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Ex-NECROPHOBIC/DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Launches New Project, Slams 'Fake' GORGOROTH

Swedish guitarist David Parland (NECROPHOBIC, DARK FUNERAL, INFERNAL) has issued the following update: "Since I literally have been out of the scene for some good time and living under a rock (wasting even my own creativity and a lot of time),I for some strange reason feel NOW is the time to restar...

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NATRON: Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Video footage of Italian death metallers NATRON performing a new song, "Bullet of God", on December 28, 2008 at ZsaZsa Mon Amour in Palermo, Italy can be viewed below. NATRON's upcoming sixth studio album was recorded at the Golem Dungeon Studios in Bari-Capurso with Ottavio Marzo (GOLEM guitarist)...