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'Black Metal' Graphic Novel Creators Interviewed

The Washington Post's Express recently spoke to the creators of "Black Metal", a new graphic novel from author Rick Spears and artist Chuck BB. "Black Metal", published by Oni Press, is filled with funny sight gags and clever tributes to the music genre that inspired the comic, all told in the sort...

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Prominence and Demise

It has been around three years since Norway's WINDS released its third album, "The Imaginary Direction of Time". That may seem like a long duration between albums, but if you've immersed yourself in the act's lush, classically infused compositions, then you understand that this is a band for which t...

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Exclusive: A Conversation With WINDS' ANDY WINTER And CARL AUGUST TIDEMANN

By: Scott Alisoglu The music of Norway's WINDS is not something that is easily classified. What one can say about it though is that it is magnificently composed and breathtaking in its delivery. Challenging, yet often soothing, melodic, yet unconventional, WINDS' combination of classical music, prog...

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ULVER: New Album Release Date Announced

Norwegian experimental act ULVER has issued the following update: "Many of you have been waiting for sound, and we are sorry for the silence. We needed to be alone, without the hustle and bustle of the living. We are uncomfortable with the world, the industry and our place. We have been working, slu...

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ULVER To Release 'Shadows Of The Sun' In The Fall

In an interview in the latest issue of Zero Tolerance magazine, ULVER mainman Kristoffer Garm Rygg has revealed that the band has nearly completed work on its new album, entitled "Shadows of the Sun". The group has been working on the CD for a year now, and will probably issue the effort in the fall...

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Dödsvisioner

This is not your father's black metal. Pär Gustafsson — the heart, soul, and mind of BERGRAVEN — has opened up the floodgates of creativity to bring you "Dödsvisioner". The album is a dark and oppressive (though not so much depressing in, say, a XASTHUR sense) and penetratingly dynamic work of what...

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WINDS: New Album Release Date Announced

The End Records has set a September 4 release date of for the new album from Norway's WINDS, entitled "Prominence and Demise". The classical/progressive band — consisting of Lars E. Si, Carl August Tidemann, Jan Axel von Blomberg and Andy Winter — is excited with the upcoming release of "Prominence...

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PROFESSOR FATE's Debut Album Due Next Week

PROFESSOR FATE's debut album, "The Inferno", will be released this coming Monday (February 19) via Feto Records, the label formed by Kenney and and Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, LOCK-UP, BRUJERIA). PROFESSOR FATE is Mick Kenney's (ANAAL NATHRAKH, EXPLODER, MISTRESS) solo project that produces "cinemat...

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PROFESSOR FATE Featuring ANAAL NATHRAKH, ULVER Members: Audio Samples Available

Several audio samples from PROFESSOR FATE's upcoming album, "The Inferno", have been posted online on the band's MySpace page. PROFESSOR FATE is Mick Kenney's (ANAAL NATHRAKH, EXPLODER, MISTRESS) solo project that produces "cinematic-style music," acording to a press release. "It is a form of epic c...

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MANES: New Album Title Changed; Release Date Announced

MANES, the Norwegian band featuring members of THIRD AND THE MORTAL, ATROX and CHTON, has changed the projected title of its new album to "How the World Came to an End" from the previously announced "Invention - Or How The World Came To An End And Why We Did It". The CD was recorded at ...

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AVA INFERI Books Studio Time For New CD

Portugese metallers AVA INFERI are currently working on the material for their second full-length album, "The Silhouette", tentatively due next year via Season of Mist. The band has issued the following update on the songwriting/recording process for the new CD: "Finally the studio has been selected...

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MAX MIDSUN To Open For SATYRICON In Trondheim

Norway's MAX MIDSUN recently returned home from a successful mini-tour of Norway with KEEP OF KALESSIN and will now open for SATYRICON on Saturday, November 11 at Studentersamfundet in Trondheim, Norway. MAX MIDSUN's new release "Max The 1st" was released on October 30 through Morningstar Records. T...

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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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SOLEFALD: New Album To Arrive In November

SOLEFALD, the Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band consisting of Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln, will release its much-anticipated new album, "Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2", on November 14 (on day earlier internationally) through Season of Mist. The track li...

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PECCATUM's IHRIEL Collaborates With Japanese Author

Mnemosyne Productions, the company owned/operated by partners Ihsahn (EMPEROR frontman) and wife Heidi S. Tveitan (a.k.a. Ihriel) since 2003, has announced a collaboration between the Japanese author Kenji Siratori and Tveitan. Kenji Siratori has provided the lyrics and spoken words that Heidi's STA...