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Memorial

Kudos to Portugal's MOONSPELL for creating goth with death metal propulsion that should have cross-genre appeal. You heard it on much of "The Antidote", but "Memorial" is a 59-minute gem of an album that manages to be very heavy without dispensing with that Vampire-esque gothic appeal. While I would...

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SETHERIAL To Release 'Death Triumphant' In May

Swedish black metallers SETHERIAL have finalized the track listing for their fifth album, "Death Triumphant", due on May 15 via Regain Records. The CD was recorded at the Abyss studio and is said to be "more technical than their previous albums but the aggression still remains." The group's lineup h...

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Metal Meets Horror On 'Horror Pain Gore Death' DVD Collection

A new DVD collection of horror music videos (horror films mixed with metal music) from obscure death, thrash and '80s metal bands, entitled "Horror Pain Gore Death", has just been released. The complete track listing for the set is as follows: DVD 1: 01. GORGUTS – "The House By The Cemetery" 02. IRO...

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INSISION: New Songtitles Revealed

INSISION vocalist Carl Birath has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I know it was a long time since the last update so here is the deal at the moment: Insision has been working on new material for the third and upcoming album this 2006. What we have been doing lately ...

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BLUDGEON To Release 'World Controlled' In June

Chicago's BLUDGEON — the first band to be signed to MANOWAR's Magic Circle Music — will release their sophomore album, "World Controlled", on June 27. BLUDGEON has earned several distinctions in their relatively young career. When MANOWAR bassist and Magic Circle Music founder Joey DeMaio discovered...

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Travesty of Heavenly Essence

After a sidestep into industrialized post-black-metal a couple years ago, Finnish rippers THYRANE return to what they do best on "Travesty of Heavenly Essence" — intense, riff-hungry black metal with plenty of dynamic changes, just the right amount of keyboards, and enough thrashed-out fury to make...

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Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag

It seems that with every passing year, more and more metal and hardcore bands acknowledge the massive influence of BLACK FLAG. Whether the pure hardcore aggression of "Damaged" or the Rollins-era metal-edged work of "Slip it In" or the pain-purging, often sludge-dragging "My War", the band meant far...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, WALLS OF JERICHO To Join Forces For TRUSTKILL TAKEOVER Tour

Trustkill Records, indie rock powerhouse label, have announced their first-ever package tour, to be called the Trustkill Takeover our. The North American trek, which will take place in May, will feature the U.K.'s hottest export BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE on headlining duty. The Wales-based band are cu...

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SHATTER MESSIAH Sign With DOCKYARD 1

SHATTER MESSIAH, the new band featuring former NEVERMORE/ANNIHILATOR guitarist Curran Murphy and ANNIHILATOR drummer Robert Falzano, have inked a deal with Dockyard 1 Records. The band's debut album, "Never to Play the Servant", is tentatively scheduled for release later in the year. Audio samples f...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Guitarist Selling 'Piece Of Metal History'

DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I'm selling the old 1978 Gibson Les Paul Standard that was my primary axe on the 'Projector' and 'Haven' albums and tours. It's not in mint condition by any stretch of the imagination but pl...

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UNLEASHED Working On 'One Of Most Memorable Records In History Of Death Metal'

Frontman Johnny Hedlund of the legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED has issued the following update via the group's official web site: "UNLEASHED are currently in the studio, completing the pre-production of our eighth full-length album. We have more qualified songs to choose from than ever b...

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Rosenrot

Just as American audiences can't stand watching movies with subtitles, U.S. rock fans apparently didn't have much patience for artists singing in a different language either. That's why RAMMSTEIN's U.S. label talked the band into recording an English language version of its one Stateside hit, "Du Ha...

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COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN: New Song Posted Online

COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN, the band featuring Kevin Quirion on bass/guitar/vocals and Derek Roddy (HATE ETERNAL) on drums, have posted a new song, entitled "Seeking the Prophets", at this location. The track comes off the group's new album, "An Examination of Being", tentatively due this summer. The CD...

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PROJECT: STORM To Release Collection Of 'Neo-Progressive Instrumental Aggression'

True Gemini Records has announced the release of the new album from PROJECT: STORM, entitled "Stratagem". The CD is said to contain "12 new tracks of neo-progressive instrumental aggression," according to a press release. PROJECT: STORM released its first effort, "The Reckoning", in 1999 via True Ge...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY Explain Abbreviated San Diego Set

Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY, who are currently touring North America with OPETH, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND and DEVILDRIVER, have posted the following message on their official web site: "[Monday's] show in San Diego turned out more than a little weird. Due to our bus breaking down on the way from San F...