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HIM: Early Catalog Digitally Reissued In U.S. Via THE END RECORDS
Early albums from Finnish "love" metallers HIM were recently digitally reissued via The End Records, with deluxe versions in multiple configurations to come this summer. The albums that have been reissued are the band's 1997 debut "Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666", 1999's "Razorblade Romance", 2001's "...March 6, 2014
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THE SKULL Joined By Former TROUBLE Bassist-Turned-Guitarist CHUCK ROBINSON
THE SKULL, the new band featuring original members of American doom metal legends TROUBLE — Eric Wagner (vocals) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums) — alongside longtime TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner and SACRED DAWN guitarist Lothar Keller, has recruited former TROUBLE bassist Chuck Robinson as its new guita...March 5, 2014
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DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN Talks To MetalHeadRadio.com (Audio)
On February 28, DJ Rob of MetalHeadRadio.com conducted an interview with former MISFITS guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein's song "Valley Of Shadows" was released as a single on June 25, 2013 via iTunes...March 5, 2014
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CORMORANT Reveals Cover Art And Tracklisting For 'Earth Diver'
The Bay Area alchemists behind the progressive black/death/trad metal of CORMORANT have completed work on "Earth Diver", the follow-up to 2011's critically acclaimed "Dwellings", and are finally ready to share a few more details about the LP. The new full-length is slated for an April 2014 release,...March 3, 2014
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BELOW: New Song 'Portal' Available For Streaming
Swedish epic doom metal band BELOW will release its debut album, "Across The Dark River", on April 15 in North America via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at the end of 2013 at Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden with producer Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND). The first single from the reco...March 3, 2014
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Swiss Extreme Metal Group SCHAMMASCH Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS
Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of the Basel, Switzerland-based extreme metal quartet SCHAMMASCH (aka Šamaš, the sun god from Akkadian / Babylonian mythology). The band's sophomore album, "Contradiction", will be released later in the year. The effort is described in a press release as...March 3, 2014
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STONEBURNER: Video Teaser For 'Life Drawing' Album
Sludge deviants STONEBURNER have revealed the first audiovisual insight into the sounds that propel their forthcoming full-length, "Life Drawing". Who better to visualize their desolate sludgy blues than Kenneth Thomas, director of "Blood, Sweat & Vinyl", the captivating documentary about indepe...March 3, 2014
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Days of the Fallen Sun
The Junius Letters appearing in the "Public Advertiser" from 1769 through 1772 were libertine to the less reproachful connotation of the phrase, calling colonial English to rebuke conservative government and moreover, to be aware the monarch régime was infringing upon their human rights. Ironic, the...March 3, 2014
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Canto III
As is the case with many forms of music, the UK shows the rest of the world how things are done. In the small, murky arena of Goth and doom metal hovers EYE OF SOLITUDE, darker kindred to MY DYING BRIDE and ANATHEMA. If you thought those acts could leave you as hopeful as navigating ...March 3, 2014
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Oruga
"Oruga" is the Spanish word for caterpillar, which seems like a peculiar name for a doom and stoner band until you recall the hookah-toking caterpillar from "Alice in Wonderland", then it all makes sense. France's ORUGA makes no pretentions about what they are. They are a European interpretation of...March 2, 2014
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From All Purity
Chicago doom and noise mongers INDIAN have never been an easygoing trip. If you plug in to their drenching work, you're obligated to abrasive tones and punishing volume. Now on their fifth offering "From All Purity", INDIAN shoves their listeners into the ugliest climates yet conjured by their fears...March 2, 2014
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HIM's VILLE VALO Speaks To SOUNDWAVE TV (Video)
Heavy music presenter Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 copies in the United States in...March 1, 2014
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HIM's VILLE VALO Interviewed On Australia's HOT FM (Audio)
Hot FM CQ breakfast announcer Paul "Browny" Brown conducted an interview with vocalist Ville Valo of Finnish "love" metallers HIM during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. HIM's latest album, "Tears On Tape", sold 20,000 cop...February 28, 2014
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DREAD SOVEREIGN Featuring PRIMORDIAL Members To Release 'All Hell's Martyrs' In March
Dublin, ireland-based true doom trio DREAD SOVEREIGN has unveiled details of its upcoming debut full-length album. Subsequent to last year's critically acclaimed "Pray To The Devil In Man" 12-inch, the band headed to the studio last autumn to work on the follow-up release. The resulting ten-track be...February 27, 2014
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HIM Robbed Of 'Irreplaceable Items'
A "back bag containing irreplaceable items" was allegedly stolen from the dressing room of Finnish love metallers HIM when they performed a headlining concert last night (Wednesday, February 26) at 170 Russell (formerly Billboard) in Melbourne, Australia. After the show, the quintet posted a message...February 27, 2014
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