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Wolfmother

A dollop of SABBATH riffing, a whole slopload of ZEP crunge and yowling about mystical bullshit and evil women, and just the right amount of greasy white boy funk, DEEP PURPLE organ noodling, and wide-eyed top-of-the-mountain pseudo-serious bare-chested shaman posturing. That's the formula for the b...

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Invaders

A few years after someone, somewhere, thought stoner rock was gonna be the next big thing, a younger and hipper-looking contingent came along and decided trucker caps, three-quarter-sleeve baseball jersey shirts, and velvet blacklight posters were pretty cool after all. Some old-schoolers got caught...

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SCUM And YATTERING Pull Out Of INFERNO FESTIVAL; MYRKSKOG And BATTERED Step In

SCUM and YATTERING have been forced to cancel their appearances at the Inferno Festival, which is scheduled to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo. Replacing them on the bill will be MYRKSKOG and BATTERED. The updated schedule for the festival is as follo...

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MY DYING BRIDE, NECROPHAGIST, BURST Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

MY DYING BRIDE, NECROPHAGIST, BURST, I (the new band featuring ex-IMMORTAL frontman Abbath, original IMMORTAL drummer Armagedda, ENSLAVED guitarist Arve Isdal and GORGOROTH bassist King) and KEEP OF KALESSIN have been confirmed for the Hole in the Sky – Bergen Metal Fest VII, set to take place Augus...

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WITCHCRAFT Added To Holland's ROADBURN FESTIVAL

Sweden's premier doom band WITCHCRAFT have replaced CAPRICORNS on the billing of the 11th Roadburn Festival, set to be held Saturday, April 22 at the 013 in Tilburg Holland. WITCHCRAFT, who were originally scheduled to be touring Europe with MONSTER MAGNET in March/April, will appear at the festival...

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CATHEDRAL, SCUM, DISMEMBER, NIGHTRAGE Among Confirmed Bands For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

The organizers of the Inferno Festival officially announced the complete lineup for this year's event during a kickoff party at John Dee in Oslo Friday night (Feb. 3). The final schedule for the festival, which will take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, No...

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MARDUK Confirmed For Germany's TOMAHAWK FESTIVAL

MARDUK have been confirmed for the Tomahawk Festival, set to take place April 1 in Osnabrück, Germany. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are THYRFING, KORPIKLAANI, GENERAL SURGERY and GRIMNESS 69, among others. MARDUK postponed their European tour earlier in the month to May from the previous...

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MARDUK: European Tour Postponed

Swedish black metallers MARDUK have posted the following message on their official web site: "MARDUK have decided to do the European crusade during May instead of March, due to the fact that most of March will be spent completing the upcoming DVD. But a few Greece shows have been announced for late...

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Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL: Tickets Selling Faster Than Ever Before

According to the organizers of Norway's Inferno Festival, the three-day passes for this year's event are now completely sold out — the first time in the festival's history the pases have sold out this early. In addition, about 30 percent of the passes have been sold to metal fans abroad. There are s...

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BLOODTHORN Prepare To Release 'Genocide'

Norwegian death metallers BLOODTHORN will release their fourth studio album, "Genocide", in January/February via Red Stream Inc. (Morningstar Records in Europe). The long-awaited follow-up to 2001's "Under the Reign of Terror" was recorded at Godt Selskap Studio (CHTON, GRIFFIN, KEEP OF KALESSIN) in...

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BORKNAGAR, WITCHCRAFT, ENDSTILLE Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

BORKNAGAR, WITCHCRAFT and ENDSTILLE have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. Also scheduled to appear at the festival are the reunited black metal legends EMPEROR, MARDUK, BOLT T...

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MONSTER MAGNET: More European Tour Dates Announced

More dates have been announced for MONSTER MAGNET's upcoming European tour with WITCHCRAFT. The schedule is shaping up as follows: Mar. 04 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Hall Mar. 05 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Mar. 06 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 2 Mar. 08 – Glasgow, SCO @ QMU Mar. 09 – .....

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MONSTER MAGNET To Team Up With WITCHCRAFT For European Tour

MONSTER MAGNET will be teaming up with WITCHCRAFT for a European tour in March/April 2006. Dates available so far include: Mar. 03 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Mar. 08 - Glasgow, UK @ Queen Margaret Union (QMU Qudos) Mar. 09 - Leeds, UK @ The Cockpit Mar. 12 - London, UK @ Astoria Mar. ...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Experimented With Black Magic And Witchcraft'

CanWest News Service recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On his reputation as a "mean mutha": "My reputation is totally different from my character. I've only got a couple of incidents in my career where I've had problems, b...

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RUNEMAGICK: New Album Samples Posted Online

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK have uploaded audio samples from their upcoming album, "Invocation of Magick", at this location. The album, which was recorded in part at Los Angered Recording (owned by Andy LaRocque of KING DIAMOND) will be issued in a limited edition of 999 handnumbered c...