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OBSCURA Begins Recording New Album

Progressive death metal act OBSCURA has entered Woodshed Studio in southern Germany with engineer V. Santura (TRIPTYKON, DARK FORTRESS) to begin recording its new album for an early 2011 release via Relapse Records. Commented OBSCURA founder Steffen Kummerer: "We are glad to work with our longtime f...

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Former BLAZE BAYLEY Drummer Joins SINOCENCE

Former BLAZE BAYLEY drummer Larry Paterson has joined the Northern Ireland-based metal band SINOCENCE. The group is currently working on material for a new CD, tentatively due in 2011. Paterson states, "Expect a lot of touring — particularly once the album is out — bringing the noise to everywhere t...

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Fallen Angel's Dominion

Any sense of surprise felt by yours truly at the songwriting acumen displayed on "Fallen Angel's Dominion" by Germany's THULCANDRA dissipated immediately upon realizing that vocalist/guitarist Steffen Kummerer was involved. The man's immense talent was obvious from his work in OBSCURA, but this DISS...

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: Demo Version Of New Song Posted Online

Swedish technical death metallers SPAWN OF POSSESSION have posted a rough pre-production version of a new song on their MySpace page. (Click on top song in player.) Comments guitarist Jonas Bryssling: "The production is pretty bad and muddy. But the production for a pre-prod is not very important an...

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WINTERHORDE Signs With TWILIGHT-VERTRIEB

Israeli melodic extreme metallers WINTERHORDE have inked a deal with Germany's Twilight-Vertrieb. The band's second album, "Underwatermoon", will be released in Europe on July 30. Commented bassist Sascha "Celestial" Latman: "We're happy to be a part of Twilight family. Those guys are hard-working b...

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PESTILENCE Bassist Comments On Lineup Changes, Upcoming Album

Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (PESTILENCE, OBSCURA),who is known for his signature six-string fretless playing in progressive death metal, has commented on PESTILENCE's recent lineup changes. "Having played the first few shows with the new lineup now, I can only tell that we're very satisfied abou...

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OBSCURA To Be Joined By Bassist STEVE DIGIORGIO For Japanese Dates

German technical death metallers OBSCURA will be joined by legendary bassist Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, DEATH, CONTROL DENIED, TESTAMENT) for their upcoming Japanese tour as regular bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling fulfills touring commitments with PESTILENCE. OBSCURA will be touring Japan as part of Ext...

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OBSCURA/PESTILENCE Bassist Discusses His Gear, Playing Style

As a part of Metal Injection's new series, "Instruments of Death", bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling of OBSCURA and PESTILENCE is profiled. Jeroen talks about his history as a bass player, the specific bass that he uses, OBSCURA's songwriting process and much more. The 10-minute segment, which was film...

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The Farthest Reaches

So it looks like the next big thing in tech-death hail from Santa Cruz, California and go by the name of SON OF AURELIUS. For a group of dudes that got together with the intention of being a recording project barely a year ago and not rounding out the lineup until shortly before recording their ...

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THULCANDRA: Two Full New Songs Available For Streaming

Two new songs from THULCANDRA — the reactivated German black/death metal band featuring members of OBSCURA, DARK FORTRESS and HELFAHRT — are available for streaming on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Spirit Of The Night" and "Fallen Angels Dominion" at this location. "Fallen Angels D...

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THULCANDRA: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

THULCANDRA — the reactivated German black/death metal band featuring members of OBSCURA, DARK FORTRESS and HELFAHRT — will release its new album, "Fallen Angels Dominion", on June 2 in Europe and June 8 in North America via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded at Woodshed Studios with producers V. Sa...

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WINTERHORDE: Two New Songs Posted Online

Israeli melodic extreme metal band WINTERHORDE has posted two brand new songs, "Tenth Wave" and "The Martyr and Deliverance", on the group's MySpace page. The tracks come off WINTERHORDE's sophomore full-length album, "Underwatermoon", which will be released later this year through an as-yet-undeter...

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OBSCURA Guitarist Says 80% Of New Album Is Already Written

Guitarist Christian Muenzner of the German extreme technical death metal act OBSCURA has issued the following update: "The tour is going great so far! Being halfway through now, we must say that we are overhelmed by the reactions of our American fans. It's a great pleasure to play for such dedicated...

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OBSCURA: New Audio Interview With STEFFAN KUMMERER Posted Online

On February 27, Jarad Haggard of GrindingTheApparatus.Net conducted an interview guitarist/singer Steffan Kummerer of the German extreme technical death metal act OBSCURA at The Social in Orlando, Florida. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below.

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TRIPTYKON To Play Japan With NILE

TRIPTYKON, the group founded by former HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior, will play its first concerts in Japan as part of the Extreme The Dojo Vol. 25 tour in June. The band will co-headline the shows with NILE. The special guest for these concerts will be the German...