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Touched By the Crimson King

You pretty much can't go wrong with Jon Schaffer or Hansi Kürsch. The ICED EARTH guitarist and BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist are masters of their chosen callings, and two of traditional metal's leading lights, so when they get together, the results are bound to be pretty stellar. Schaffer's precision trip...

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NILE Announce 'Annihilation Of The Wicked' Advance Listening Parties

NILE have announced a number of pre-release listening parties in support of their much-anticipated forthcoming release, "Annihilation of the Wicked". NILE's "Annihilation of the Wicked" will be released in the U.S. on May 24 via Relapse. Special NILE "Annihilation of the Wicked" listening parties ha...

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MORTIIS: 'Decadent & Desperate' At No. 41 On U.K. Single Chart

MORTIIS' new single, "Decadent & Desperate", is currently at No. 41 on the U.K. single chart based on first-day sales, according to Earache Records. The single was released in two seven-inch vinyl and one CD digipack format, which contains various exclusive bonus tracks and remixes. The CD featu...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New Audio Sample Available For Download

A one-minute, 45-second sample of a new DEMONS & WIZARDS track, entitled "The Gunslinger", is available for download at this location. "The Gunslinger" comes off the group's upcoming sophomore album, "Touched by the Crimson King", due on June 27 via SPV Records. The follow-up to the group's 2001...

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WICKED SENSATION Announce New Singer

German hard rockers WICKED SENSATION have announced the addition of singer Boban Milojevic to the group's ranks. Boban "is originally from Montenegro, but lives now in France," the band write on their web site. "Boban convinced us with his strong and powerful voice. During our auditions in Karlsruhe...

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EXMORTEM: 'Bitter Disciplin' Video Posted Online

Danish death metallers EXMORTEM have made their video for the track "Bitter Disciplin", taken from their latest "Nihilistic Contentment" album, available for viewing at Earache.com. Filmed in sub-zero temperatures in an abandoned warehouse space back in December, "Bitter Disciplin" makes full use of...

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LIFE OF AGONY Frontman: 'We're Closer Than We Ever Were'

LIFE OF AGONY frontman Keith Caputo recently spoke to NashuaTelegraph.com about the group's decision to reunite and their much-anticipated new studio album, "Broken Valley". A few excerpts from the interview follow: On his dream of attending Juilliard to become a concert pianist: "I had to abandon t...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS: New Album Details Revealed

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the project featuring Jon Schaffer of ICED EARTH and Hansi Kürsch of BLIND GUARDIAN, have set "Touched by the Crimson King" as the title of their sophomore album, due June 27 via SPV Records. The follow-up to the group's 2001 self-titled CD, "Touched by the Crimson King" will f...

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Annihilation of the Wicked

When Karl Sanders said "be prepared to be crushed" in reference to "Annihilation of the Wicked", he was not exaggerating. I'd venture to say that this is the heaviest NILE album to date, perhaps in part due to Neil Kernon's outstanding (as usual) production, one that brings out the sheer brutality a...

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NILE: New Song Available For Download

A brand new NILE track, entitled "Lashed to the Slave Stick", has been posted online in MP3 format at this location. "Lashed to the Slave Stick" comes off the group's upcoming CD, "Annihilation of the Wicked", due on May 24 via Relapse Records. A special "collector's edition" of the album is current...

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NILE: New Album 'Collector's Edition' To Include Exclusive Artifacts

Relapse Records has set a May 24 release date for the new NILE album, "Annihilation of the Wicked". A special "collector's edition" (view artwork here) of the album is currently available for pre-order for $30, featuring exclusive NILE artifacts: a custom Serpent-Ankh necklace, full-color album post...

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MORTIIS Confirmed For Germany's WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN Festival

Norway's legendary eccentric artist MORTIIS has been confirmed for the Wave Gotik Treffen festival, set to take place May 13-16 in Leipzig, Germany. Other bands scheduled to perform at the festival include TIAMAT, ATROCITY, TRISTANIA, BESEECH, DIE KRUPPS, DARKWELL, MORTIIS, ZEROMANCER, FLOWING TEARS...

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Nightmares Made Flesh

My experience with death metal "supergroups" this past year has been 50/50: MURDER SQUAD's "Ravenous Murderous" rules, GOD AMONG INSECTS' "World Wide Death" blows. The winning percentage shoots up with BLOODBATH's "Nightmares Made Flesh". But then, did you really expect anything less from Dan Swanö'...

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NOX To Enter Studio In June

NOX, the Dutch death metal outfit consisting of ex-CENTURIAN guitarist Rob Oorthuis and drummer Bob Dussel, plus SEVERE TORTURE members Patrick Boleij and Seth v/d Loo, (both also ex-CENTURIAN),will enter Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Holland in June to begin recording their debut album, "Ixaxaar",...

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EXCITER: Early Albums To Be Re-Released This Week

Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will have three of their classic albums — "Heavy Metal Maniac" (1983),"Long Live the Loud" (1985) and "Unveiling the Wicked" (1986) — re-released on March 15 via Megaforce Records. All three releases were remastered by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) and include bon...