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ABSCESS: 'Horrorhammer' Artwork, Release Date Revealed

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...

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Black Metal-Inspired Exhibitions To Open In Amsterdam This Friday

This coming Friday, February 16, the de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, Holland will open two exhibitions that could be of interest to the lovers of heavy metal, black metal, and grindcore: "Steven Shearer - Steven Shearer" and "Erik Smith - The Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling", both on view from F...

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'Metal: The Definitive Guide' Book Due In April

Garry Sharpe-Young's next book, a 608-page, 600,000-word treatise simply titled "Metal: The Definitive Guide", will be published in the U.S. on April 28 by Backbeat Books. Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST provided the foreword. He wrote, in part, "From its beginnings out of Birmingham, England in the lat...

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Fucking Your Creation

Get ready for some howling black metal from Greece! One-man band DODSFERD is the project of Wrath and "Fucking Your Creation" is sure to be mentioned as one of the year's best black metal albums. Talk about a man that takes the hellish spew of the early Norwegian masters seriously! The album has got...

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Former ANCIENT Vocalist LORD KAIAPHAS Launches New Black Metal Project

Former ANCIENT vocalist Lord Kaiaphas has launched a new black metal solo project called THOKKIAN VORTEX. According to a press release, "the music is similar to the older material from Norwegian bands such as DARKTHRONE, LIMBONIC ART, GORGOROTH, SATYRICON, BURZUM, etc. There are also some orchestral...

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SCHIZO Signs With SCARLET RECORDS

Long-running Italian metallers SCHIZO have inked a deal with Scarlet Records. The group's new album, "Cicatriz Black", is scheduled for release in March. Production duties were handled by SCHIZO themselves, while the mastering was taken care of by Peter In De Betou (MARDUK, MESHUGGAH). Cover artwork...

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ABSCESS To Release Long-Awaited New Album In March

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...

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OBLITERATION Begins Recording Debut Album

Norwegian death metallers OBLITERATION have entered the studio to begin recording their debut album, due later in the year via Tyrant Syndicate Productions, the label headed up by DARKTHRONE guitarist/vocalist Nocturno Culto. Hailing from Kolbotn (just outside Oslo),OBLITERATION consists of the fol...

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The Darkest Storm

Formed in 2003, the black metal of Greek band WINTERDEMONS is at once a traditional slab of iniquity that takes its cues from the Scandinavian originators, yet offers just a little bit more for the discerning listener. "The Darkest Storm" is full of traditional black metal harmonies and rhythmic bat...

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OBLITERATION To Enter Studio In January

Tyrant Syndicate Productions, the label headed up by DARKTHRONE guitarist/vocalist Nocturno Culto, has announced the signing of Norwegian death metallers OBLITERATION. Hailing from Kolbotn (just outside Oslo),the band will enter the studio in January to begin recording its debut album. OBLITERATION...

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Gateway

The cold grey album cover of "Gateway" from Finland's PESTIFEROUS speaks volumes of the pitch-black metal in store for the listener. Few would mistake PESTIFEROUS for one of the genre's great ones, but many should applaud the band's better than average assault, which features more than just DARKTHRO...

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VORKUTA Signs With PARAGON RECORDS

Hungarian black metallers VORKUTA have inked a deal with Paragon Records. According to a press release, "VORKUTA play a cold and desecrating form of black metal, at times attaining the atmosphere of 'Blood, Fire, Death'-era BATHORY as well as the traditional style of black metal found on DARKTHRONE'...

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SVARTAHRID: New Album To Feature Guest Appearance By DARKTHRONE's NOCTURNO CULTO

Norwegian black metallers SVARTAHRID have inked a three-album deal with Soulseller Records. The group's new album, "Sadness and Wrath", features a guest appearance by DARKTHRONE's Nocturno Culto in the song "Intensjon: Krig!" and is scheduled for release this winter. SVARTAHRID is: Finn Tore Kjaersg...

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DARKTHRONE: New Single To Include Exclusive Bonus Track

On November 23, Norwegian black metallers DARKTHRONE will release their new single, "Forebyggende Krig", on numbered 7" vinyl, limited to 2,000 copies. This offer is online only and a real collector's gem. The single features the title track on side A, which is lifted from their latest masterpiece,...

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eBay Banning Sale Of Black Metal Albums?

Paula Hogan of MANIC Music & Distribution and Candlelight Records USA has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to report that "eBay is [allegedly] currently starting a ban on black/extreme metal. A few of our vendors who have sizeable eBay stores are now finding their items pulled down by eBay directly. T...