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HAIL OF BULLETS: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled

HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen — has set "On Divine Winds" as the title of its second full-lengt...

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XERATH: 'False History' Video Released

"False History", the new video from U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's debut album, "Xerath I", which was released on May 25, 2009 via Candlelight Records. The CD was mixed in France by Brett Caldas-Lima (CYNIC). An e-card...

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INTERMENT: 'Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy' U.S. Release Date Announced

Reactivated Swedish old-school death metallers INTERMENT will release their debut album, "Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy", in North American on August 31 via Pulverised Records. The CD, which came out in Europe on August 2, was recorded at Erebos Studios with Peter Bjärgo (TYRANT, CRYPT OF KERBEROS)....

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ATHEIST Parts Ways With Bassist

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have completed work on their long-awaited fourth album, "Jupiter", for a tentative November release via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and will be mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIV...

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OBSCURA/PESTILENCE Bassist To Emigrate To Italy

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (OBSCURA, PESTILENCE),known for his signature six-string fretless playing in progressive death metal, will emigrate from Holland to Italy (Rossiglione) due to "significant changes" in his private life. Thesseling, who currently resides in Amsterdam, emphasizes t...

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Into the Crypts of Blasphemy

I can't say I was surprised that an album of true blue old school Swedish death metal released on Pulverised came across so well, aurally speaking. The dedicated operators of the Singaporean label have keen ears for that sort of thing, AXIS POWERS' effort from last year an example that comes immedia...

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HAIL OF BULLETS Completes Recording Second Album

HAIL OF BULLETS — the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen — has completed work on its as-yet-untitled second full-length al...

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MOONSPELL, ENDSTILLE Confirmed For Holland's EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING

MOONSPELL and ENDSTILLE have been confirmed for the Eindhoven Metal Meeting, set to take place December 17-18, 2010 at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Meanwhile, KATATONIA has been forced to cancel its appearance at the event. Due to the success of the previous installment of the festiva...

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ACROSS THE SUN Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Portland, Oregon melodic metal act ACROSS THE SUN has inked a deal with Metal Blade Records. ACROSS THE SUN has spent the last four years touring across the U.S. and promoting its three EPs: "This War" (2006),"Storms Weathered" (2008),and the band's most recent effort, "Pestilence & Rapture" (...

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XERATH To Enter Studio In November

U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH have issued the following update: "We're still busy finalizing the music for our second release and were still completely stoked with the new material. "Not trying to sound over-confident but multi-platinum awards have ALREADY been awarded...

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DEMONIC RESURRECTION: 'The Return To Darkness' E-Card Available

An e-card for "The Return To Darkness", the third album from Mumbai, India-based metallers DEMONIC RESURRECTION, can be accessed at this location. The was released independently by the band in January and will be made available on July 12 via Candlelight Records. "The Return To Darkness" track listi...

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ESSENCE Completes Work On Debut Album

Up-and-coming Aalborg, Denmark-based thrashers ESSENCE have completed work on their debut album, "Lost in Violence", at Medley Studios (ARTILLERY, PRINCE, RADIOHEAD, MARY J. BLIGE, KELLY CLARKSON, THE CARDIGANS) in Copenhagen. The CD was produced and mixed by Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes, Dave Musta...

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STARGAZER Completes Work On New Album

Australian avant-garde occult death metal band STARGAZER will release its sophomore effort and first full-length album in five years, "A Great Work Of Ages", in late August via Profound Lore Records. The follow-up to 2005's "The Scream That Tore The Sky" is described in a press release as "complex,...

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FINNTROLL, SAMAEL, ROTTING CHRIST Confirmed For Holland's EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING

FINNTROLL, SAMAEL, ROTTING CHRIST, VARG, ALCEST, CARACH ANGREN, GORATH, METSATÖLL and NOTHNEGA have been confirmed for the Eindhoven Metal Meeting, set to take place December 17-18, 2010 at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Due to the success of the previous installment of the festival (wh...

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HORNED ALMIGHTY: New Album Mastered

Danish black metallers HORNED ALMIGHTY have issued the following update: "After weeks of hard work, the new album was finally finished last Thursday and we now have the master CDs in our hands. Nine tracks (36 minutes) of unrelenting bastardized black thrashing hell-metal in the proud HORNED ALMIGHT...