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BLOTTED SCIENCE To Record New EP

Instrumental extreme metal triumvirate BLOTTED SCIENCE, featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, MARTY FRIEDMAN),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (NECROPHAGIST, OBSCURA),is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording a new EP...

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THULCANDRA Recording New Album

THULCANDRA — the reactivated German black/death metal band featuring members of OBSCURA, DARK FORTRESS and HELFAHRT — has issued the following update: "We just entered well known Woodshed Studios to record our second full-length [album] 'Under A Frozen Sun' alongside producer V. Santura. Seraph (DAR...

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ARCH ENEMY, BRAINSTORM, ACHREN Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

ARCH ENEMY, BRAINSTORM and ACHREN have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 11-16, 2011 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABINCHOVA ACCEPT ACHREN ALESTORM AMORPHIS ARCH ENEMY ARKONA AVA INFE...

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VIRGIN STEELE, TAAKE, THE OCEAN, BULLDOZER, Others Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

VIRGIN STEELE, TAAKE, THE OCEAN, BULLDOZER, SERENITY and AVA INFERI have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 11-16, 2011 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABINCHOVA ACCEPT ALESTORM AMORPHIS...

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BLIND GUARDIAN, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL, Others Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP Festival

BLIND GUARDIAN, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL, MERCENARY, OBSCURA and OCTOBER FILE have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 11-16, 2011 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABINCHOVA ACCEPT ALESTORM AM...

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HATE ETERNAL, OBSCURA, BENEATH THE MASSACRE Confirmed For Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST

ANTROPOMORPHIA, BEHEADED, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, HATE ETERNAL, MAGRUDERGRIND, OBSCURA and VULVECTOMY have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Neurotic Deathfest, set to take place April 29-30, 2011 at 013 and MIDI theatre in Tilburg, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (i...

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OBSCURA Guitarist CHRISTIAN MUENZNER Working On Instrumental Solo Album

Guitarist Christian Muenzner of German progressive death metallers OBSCURA is working on an instrumental guitar record for a tentative spring release. The album will feature Hannes Grossmann (OBSCURA, BLOTTED SCIENCE) on drums, Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, DEATH, ICED EARTH) on bass and Daniel Galmarini...

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OBSCURA Interviewed At Belgium's MASS DEATHRUCTION Festival (Video)

Metalchroniques.fr conducted an interview with Hannes Grossman and Christian Muenzer of the progressive death metal act OBSCURA when they played at the Mass Deathruction festival on December 4, 2010 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. Photos of the event are available at...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Swedish technical death metallers SPAWN OF POSSESSION have issued the following update: "We regret to inform you that we have released Richard Schill of his drumming duties in SPAWN OF POSSESSION. Reason being is that Richard depends very much on actual band practice and with SPAWN OF POSSESSION mem...

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SADIST Guitarist To Guest On OBSCURA Album

Tommy Talamanca, guitarist and keyboardist of the Italian prog/death band SADIST, will guest on OBSCURA's forthcoming album, "Omnivium". Tommy will contribute a guitar solo to the track "Euclidean Elements". Tommy recently inked a new endorsement deal with Vikguitars. He is currently working on the...

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OBSCURA Completes Work On New Album; Track Listing Revealed

Progressive death metal act OBSCURA will release its new album, "Omnivium", in March 2011 via Relapse Records. The nine-track CD was recorded and mixed at Woodshed Studio in southern Germany with engineer Victor Bullok (a.k.a. V. Santura) of TRIPTYKON and DARK FORTRESS. "Omnivium" track listing: 01....

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THULCANDRA To Enter Studio In December

THULCANDRA — the reactivated German black/death metal band featuring members of OBSCURA, DARK FORTRESS and HELFAHRT — has issued the following update: "We are very proud to announce that we have almost completed the songwriting process for our upcoming release, which will be entitled 'Under A Frozen...

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RON JARZOMBEK Talks S.A. SLAYER, Jazz And BLOTTED SCIENCE

Prog-Sphere.com has posted an extensive interview with acclaimed guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, BLOTTED SCIENCE, SPASTIC INK). During the chat, Jarzombek talked about everything from his early days with S.A. SLAYER, also featuring current MACHINE HEAD drummer Dave McClain, to his feelings on j...

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OBSCURA: RAN Guitars To Create Official STEFFEN KUMMERER Signature Guitar

Polish guitar manufacturer RAN Guitars has created the official Steffen Kummerer signature guitar. The custom OBSCURA model is a seven-string, neck-through-body mahogany guitar featuring EMG pickups and a Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo. The band’s logo is embossed on the fret board inlay. Check out det...

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RON JARZOMBEK Issues Update On WATCHTOWER, BLOTTED SCIENCE And Upcoming DVDs

Acclaimed San Antonio, Texas-based guitarist/composer Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, BLOTTED SCIENCE, SPASTIC INK) has issued the following update: "Basically, what's going on is I have quite a few things in the works right now, but haven't completed much of anything since the BLOTTED SCIENCE 'The Machi...