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CELTIC FROST Frontman Struggles To 'Retain Even A Small Measure Of Sanity'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "All the events that have occurred within this band in the past five years... All the things undertaken and endured nonetheless. Astonishing and overwhelming. Unbearable to hear the final vivid chords of...

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CELTIC FROST: WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance To Air On German TV

CELTIC FROST's monumental performance at the 2006 Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany will be shown on the pay TV channel "Premiere" in Germany. More information can be found by clicking here. This program is available for purchase only if you have a subscription with the channel. The specif...

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NACHTMYSTIUM Nominated For PLUG INDEPENDENT Award

Chicago-area black metal act NACHTMYSTIUM's album "Instinct: Decay" (Battle Kommand Records) has been nominated for "Metal Album of the Year" by the Plug Independent Music Awards. Other nominees for this honor include CELTIC FROST's "Monotheist" and AGALLOCH's "Ashes Against the Grain". Cast your vo...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman On Songwriting And Touring

Australia's The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the group's songwriting process: "We try not to be too relaxed when we're writing songs, because we feel that urgency and that on the edge sort of fe...

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CELTIC FROST Bassist Says 'Monotheist' Could Have Been 'Heavier And Darker'

Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: We featured an interview with Tom [Fischer] back in the spring and he said, "We cannot possibly continue if everyone thinks CELTIC FROST is superfluous in...

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DANZIG's 'Black Aria II' Top 10 For Two Weeks On Billboard's Classical Crossover Chart

Glenn Danzig — known primarily for his dark, hardcore punk/metal sound — finds himself with a Top 10 album two weeks running on Billboard's Classical Crossover Albums chart. "Black Aria II" (evilive/October 17),the follow up to Danzig's 1993 "Black Aria", debuted last week at #8 on the chart and ke...

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CELTIC FROST Bassist: 'Revolutionary Music Is Made By Young People, And I Am Not Young Anymore'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On "Monotheist", CELTIC FROST's first album of new material since 1990's "Vanity/Nemesis": "Some have said we didn't get heavy enough...

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SOLEFALD: New Music Posted Online

Norwegian musician Cornelius Jakhelln (SOLEFALD, STURMGEIST) has issued the following update: "It is a pleasure to write you on the eve of Borat's great movie film premiere — I for sure will not miss out on that one. I am now back in Berlin, where I try to recuperate after a long and sunny Norwegian...

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SWEDEN ROCK 2006 DVD Trailer Available

The organizers of the Sweden Rock festival have uploaded a trailer for their newly released DVD commemorating the 2006 edition of the annual event, which was held June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Check it out at this location. Released on October 27, the DVD/CD set contains the following track listi...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: Pathetically Dissed By Petty Bands Back Home

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Abyssal and yet at the same time deeply alluring discussions with Martin [Ain, bass] over dinner last night regarding the band, the ongoing North American tour, the band's future, and the personal demon...

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CELTIC FROST: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST has announced new tour dates for Japan, beginning in January of 2007, as part of the "Extreme The Dojo" tour with Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON. This marks the first time that CELTIC FROST has ever toured Japan. "It goes without saying that we are very much lookin...

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CRUCIFIST Announces Dates With CELTIC FROST, HIRAX

Rochester, New York-based "'70s black metal" band CRUCIFIST — which features in its ranks bassist Dan Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, BRUTAL TRUTH, THE RAVENOUS) as well as Mike Waske (drums ORODRUIN),John Gallo (guitar ORODRUIN, BLIZARO) and Ron Blackwell (vocals) — has lined up the following live dates:...

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SOULGRIND: Remastered Early Material Available For Free Download

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),has uploaded remastered versions of several songs from the band's early days (1992-1999) on its official web site. Also available for download is the song "Kalma", which the group has a...

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ROCKDETECTOR: 50,000 Bands And Counting

Rockdetector, the world's largest rock and metal database, has just entered its 50,000th band. Established by rock journalist and author Garry Sharpe-Young as an online database in September 2001, Rockdetector is recognised as the primary and most detailed host of factual data on all things rock and...

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KULT OV AZAZEL's XAPHAN Shoots Down Split Rumors

Xaphan, vocalist/guitarist of the Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL, has issued the following update: "After our show Tuesday night [Oct. 24] with CELTIC FROST and GOATWHORE it is evident that some things need to be cleared up. It seems the going rumor is the band has split up or that we are...