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ENSLAVED's 'Vertebrae' Crowned TERRORIZER Magazine's 'Album Of The Year'

As 2008 draws to an end, Terrorizer magazine staff and writers have donned their headphone to deliberate over which album should be crowned with the hallowed title of album of the year, an honor roll that sees its awardee join a heady list topped previously by DEATHSPELL OMEGA, MESHUGGAH, CELTIC FRO...

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EXTORIAN, LORD OF THE GRAVE, SHEVER Confirmed For Germany's DOOM SHALL RISE Festival

EXTORIAN, LORD OF THE GRAVE and SHEVER have been confirmed for the Doom Shall Rise festival, the world's biggest event exclusively dedicated to doom metal. Set to take place on April 17-18, 2009 at the Chapel in Göppingen (near Stuttgart) Germany, the festival will feature performances by the follow...

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Former DEEP PURPLE Bassist's Tribute Shows Being Rescheduled

According to a posting on the Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, former PURPLE bassist Nick Simper's previously announced tribute shows to DEEP PURPLE's original lineup — which were supposed to be held in Austria and Germany during November with the Austrian rock band NASTY HABITS — are in t...

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STORMHAMMER Recruits Former BENEDICTUM Keyboardist

German power metallers STORMHAMMER have recruited former BENEDICTUM keyboardist Chris Morgan. In other news, STORMHAMMER guitarist Manny "Maniac" Ewender underwent surgery of his right shoulder, but he has already started already playing guitar again. Bassist Horst Teßmann had to get an operation of...

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CELESTY: New Album Title Announced

Finnish power metal band CELESTY has issued the following update: "CELESTY will release their fourth full-length album on March 11, 2009 through the Finnish Spinefarm Records. The album bears the name 'Vendetta', and Samu Oittinen began the mixing of the album in the beginning of December. It is a d...

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MAYHEM, WATAIN, DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For Germany's KINGS OF BLACK METAL Festival

MAYHEM, WATAIN and DARK FUNERAL are among the confirmed bands for the Kings of Black Metal festival, set to take place on April 18, 2009 at Hessenhallen in Giessen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: MAYHEM WATAIN TAAKE DARK FUNERAL LORD BELIAL HELLSAW MATHYR NECROS CHRISTOS NIF...

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TORTURE DIVISION: Christmas Single Released

TORTURE DIVISION — the new Swedish death metal project featuring guitarist Lord K. Philipson (THE PROJECT HATE, GOD AMONG INSECTS, ex-LEUKEMIA),bassist/vocalist Jörgen Sandström (VICIOUS ART, THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED, GRAVE) and drummer Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson (VOMITORY) — has released a Ch...

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APOSTASY Begins Recording New Album

Vocalist Fredric Edin of the Swedish black metal act APOSTASY has issued the following update: "After almost three years, we can now give you the news that we have started recording our third full-length album. The drums are now in recording progress, and two of the coming songs 'Gods Assassin' and...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: DVD Taster Available

U.K.-based heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) filmed his December 13, 2008 concert at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland for an upcoming DVD, titled "Live In Z7". According to a posting on Blaze's web site, "There was also an extra little suprise we will show when it is ready... so...

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SOULGRIND Signs With FEMME METAL RECORDS

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),has inked a deal with the new U.K.-based record label Femme Metal Records. The band's ninth album is tentatively due in late 2009. SOULGRIND's latest CD, "Pakana", was released in Febru...

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AC/DC Frontman Signs Book Deal To Release Collection Of Thoughts And Anecdotes

Gerry Galipault of HeraldTribune.com recently conducted an interview with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Black Ice", AC/DC's first album in eight years, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in its debut week and has since topped 1.6 million in the United Sta...

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LORD Begins Recording New Album

Australian metallers LORD have commenced the recording process for the follow-up to 2007's "Ascendence" album, entitled "Set In Stone". Commented LORD mainman Lord Tim: "Work has finally started on the next LORD album! This album has a lot to live up to, as 'Ascendence' was very well received and we...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: Pratteln Photos Available

Quality photos of BLAZE BAYLEY's (ex-IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) December 13, 2008 concert at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland can be found at Metalchroniques. Blaze reportedly dedicated the song "While You Were Gone" to his wife/manager Debbie Hartland, who died in late September after suffering a brain hem...

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Art of Extermination

I was not quite sure what to think of DEVAST's "Art of Extermination" upon the first few spins of the disc. Beyond any deep musical examination, it is intriguing to think that this kind of swirling tech-death savagery originated from North Africa of all places. But getting to the point, "Art of Exte...

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Tweak'd Out, Strung Up...

Hey, Meteor City's back! Good to see the nameplate under new management, still flying the flag for the unrepentantly shaggy, heavy-lidded and riff-tastic. EIGHTEEN WHEELS BURNING is a hard-livin', hard-touring stoner rock band risen from the long-cold ashes of THE WANT, who did a record on Southern...