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Members Of PENTAGRAM And HELSTAR To Perform One-Of-A-Kind Sets With SANCTUS BELLUM

Bobby Liebling of PENTAGRAM and James Rivera of HELSTAR will perform special one-time-only sets with members of SANCTUS BELLUM at The El Birthday Metal Fest II on December 22 at Rudyard's British Pub in Houston, Texas. The sets with Liebling and Rivera, styled Sanctus Bellum Sanctuary and Sanctus Be...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: I Never Spoke To ZAKK WYLDE About Possible PANTERA Reunion

DOWN's Philip Anselmo, Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein recently answered a number of fan-subimitted questions from the readers of the Ultimate-Guitar.com web site. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: What was the cause for such a dramatic change in your vocal style on th...

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LUNA AD NOCTUM Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Massacre Records has announced the signing of Poland's LUNA AD NOCTUM. The band's fourth album, "Hypnotic Inferno", will be released in February 2013. "Lunar Endless Temptation", the band's first demo, was released in 2001, and was followed by the group's debut album, "Dimness' Profound", in 2002. T...

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Down IV: The Purple EP

It's been 17 years since a little side project amongst New Orleans-based metal buddies defied the odds and became a genre phenomenon. There have been countless metal, sludge and doom acts serving electric alms to BLACK SABBATH, going as far back as PENTAGRAM, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, SAINT VITUS, CANDLE...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Performs With WARBEAST In Maryland (Video)

Video footage of Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA) performing the song "Scorched Earth Policy" with Texas thrashers WARBEAST on September 30 at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland can be seen below. WARBEAST is on the road now with DOWN and Housecore labelmates HAARP. A few shows have featured spec...

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Guitarist VICTOR GRIFFIN To Leave PENTAGRAM After European Tour

Guitarist Victor Griffin has announced that he will leave the legendary cult rock act PENTAGRAM after the completion of the band's upcoming European in October/November. He says, "Of course, the future is always uncertain… but for now, it's time to move on with my new band's album and tour plans for...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In October

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album, "Beg Upon The Light", on October 30 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a head space described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon the Li...

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LOCK UP: New Video Interview Posted Online

Brazil's "Stay Heavy" show conducted an interview with LOCK UP guitarist Anton Reisenegger at this year's edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival, which was held June 29 - July 1 in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. LOCK UP bassist Shane Embury (also of NAPALM DEATH) was unab...

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WITCHCRAFT: 'Legend' Preview Available

Swedish doom metal kings WITCHCRAFT will release their fourth album, "Legend", on September 21 via the band's new label home, Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2007's "The Alchemist" was recorded with renowned producer Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (KREATOR, OPETH, AMON AMARTH, PAR...

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Rise

Despite the shakeups and separatism that recently plagued Pittsburgh power metallers ICARUS WITCH, the core principle of this band has remained pure of heart. 2005's "Capture the Magic" and 2007's "Songs For the Lost" were sharp, retro-spirited classic metal barrages that corralled everything the or...

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Former THE OBSESSED, PENTAGRAM Rocker VANCE BOCKIS Dead At 50

According to WTOP, D.C. punk rocker Vance Bockis, member of local punk and metal bands THE OBSESSED, THE FACTORY, 9353, and PENTAGRAM, died Saturday at age 50. Bockis, a popular fixture in the scene, had rotator cuff surgery Thursday and died at the Fairfax County home he shared with his wife Linda...

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PENTAGRAM's BOBBY LIEBLING Receives 12 Staples In His Head; Photo Available

Bobby Liebling of legendary doomsters PENTAGRAM involved in a "bad bicycle accident" yesterday (Wednesday, August 29) while he was out running errands for his wife and child. As he came around a curve, his front wheel hit a stick that was partially covered up in some loose sand. He was thrown into t...

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PENTAGRAM To Perform Entire 'Relentless' Album At 'Power Of The Riff – East' Festival

Legendary cult rock act PENTAGRAM will play a very special set for the first Power Of The Riff - East festival on September 1 in Brooklyn, New York. The band will perform its Decibel magazine "Hall Of Fame" album, "Relentless", in its entirety for the first time since the early 1980s. PENTAGRAM will...

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WITCHCRAFT: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Ghosts House", a brand new song from Swedish doom metal kings WITCHCRAFT, is available for streaming via the band's Facebook profile. The track comes off WITCHCRAFT's fourth album, "Legend", which will be released on September 21 via the band's new label home, Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up t...

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Lillie: F-65

You can imagine the doomers have been chanting "at last?at last?" amongst themselves since late May when SAINT VITUS returned to the scene they all but created alongside CATHEDRAL, PENTAGRAM, CANDLEMASS and of course, the mighty BLACK SABBATH beforehand. One can almost picture sludge monger Dave Cha...