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ENSLAVED Wins Norwegian 'GRAMMY' In 'Metal' Category

ENSLAVED was honored with the Spellemann award (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Award) in the "Metal" category for the band's "Ruun" album, which came out in May 2006 via Tabu Recordings (Candlelight in the U.S.). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show was held earlier tonight (Sa...

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OVERKILL: Falling Speaker Cabinet Results In Abbreviated Set

Jay Nedry, owner of Jaxx nightclub in West Springfield, Virginia where OVERKILL performed a headlining set last night (Friday, January 26) and is scheduled to play again tonight, has posted the following statement on the venue's web site: "Jaxx apologizes for the unfortunate situation that occurred...

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Gloria

It's been a while since we've been given a front-row seat as a band self-destructs this spectacularly. MORGOTH going from bleak death metal to KILLING JOKE in the mid-1990s… the "black metal to weird industrial" metamorphosis of bands like MAYHEM and COVENANT a few years later… and of course, loomin...

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GORGOROTH Documentary In The Works

Peter Beste of Vice Films is currently in Norway making a documentary about vocalist Gaahl of the black metal band GORGOROTH. The resulting footage will appear on a Vice DVD with several other related segments. The first pressing of this DVD is 100,000 units, and will be distributed in all major mus...

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GORGOROTH Singer Released From Norwegian Prison

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's official web site, the group's frontman, Gaahl, was finally released from prison last month after being jailed since the spring of 2006. Gaahl was sentenced to 14 months in prison in February 2005 for beating a 41-year-old man and threatening to drink his blood....

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ENSLAVED, KEEP OF KALESSIN Comment On Norwegian GRAMMY Nominations

Tough, uncompromising characters with superb (and eclectic) taste in music obviously make up this year's Spellemann metal jury. The news that three out of four nominations in the metal category — ENSLAVED for "Ruun", KEEP OF KALESSIN for "Armada" and BENEA REACH for "Monument Bineothan" — have sent...

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ENSLAVED, GORGOROTH, KEEP OF KALESSIN Nominated For Norwegian 'GRAMMY'

ENSLAVED, GORGOROTH and KEEP OF KALESSIN are among the artists that have been nominated in the "Metal" category at the 35th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show will be held Saturday, January 27 at the Thalia The...

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THE LIVING FIELDS Completes Work On Debut Album

THE LIVING FIELDS, the Chicago-based band featuring Chad Walls (ex-BRODEQUIN, PUSTULATED) and Jon Higgs (MONSTERWORKS),has completed work on its self-titled debut album. Two years of sporadic collaboration have resulted in seven songs that cover a wide range of styles and emotions, from the crushin...

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AETERNUS: New Audio Interview With ARES Posted Online

A short audio interview with AETERNUS mainman Ares, conducted recently by MoonTroll of the Slovenian radio show "Metalogenetika" (broadcasting via Radio M.A.R.S),has been posted online at www.myspace.com/metalogenetica. "Metalogenetika" airs Wednesday nights between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Rad...

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PARADOX To Carry On As Duo

Long-running German metallers PARADOX parted ways with guitarist Fabian Schwarz, drummer Chris Weiss and bassist Andi Siegl during the recording sessions for the band's fourth album, "Electrify", due in early 2007 via AFM Records. However, "the recordings are not affected by this," the rest of the g...

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IZZY STRADLIN Talks About Touring With AXL ROSE's 'New' GUNS N' ROSES

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin's official web site, ChopAway.com, has been updated with a new interview with Izzy. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow: Q: You recently released four albums on iTunes ("Ride On", "River", "On Down The Road", "Like A Dog"). Do...

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EXODUS Frontman: What I Did On My Summer Vacation

After EXODUS toured Europe and returned home this summer, drummer Paul Bostaph hit the road with TESTAMENT, and singer Rob Dukes simply hit the road. Here's an update from the newly crowned Road King: "After our last tour, which was fucking insane but the stories are great - everything from cops rai...

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NOUMENA: Internet EP Released

Finnish melodic death metallers NOUMENA have issued the following update: "We have released a digital EP entitled 'Triumph and Loss'. On the eve of the new full-length this is a serious appetizer. The title song of the EP is taken from forthcoming album 'Anatomy of Life'. Other five tracks are previ...

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FATES WARNING Reissues Due In October

On October 9 (three days earlier in Germany),Metal Blade Europe will reissue a couple of the finest FATES WARNING titles from their catalogue — "Disconnected/Inside Out" (double CD) and "A Pleasant Shade Of Grey" (CD+DVD). Both titles will be released on mid-price and will include bonus tracks. The...

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NOUMENA Completes Work On New Album

Finnish melodic death metallers NOUMENA have completed work on their third full-length album, "Anatomy of Life", tentatively due late October via Spikefarm Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Absence" was recorded and mixed at Savonlinna's Sundi Coop studio by Tuomo Valtonen and was mastered at Finnvo...