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DIMMU BORGIR: 'In Sorte Diaboli' Certified Gold In Norway

DIMMU BORGIR's latest album, "In Sorte Diaboli", has been certified gold in the band's home country of Norway for sales in excess of 15,000 copes. DIMMU BORGIR is said to be the first metal band in Norway to shift than 15,000 units of a single release. The staff of Indie Distribution presented DIMMU...

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USURPER: 'Threshold Of The Usurper' Reissue To Include Bonus Tracks

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the "Threshold of the Usurper" CD, Chicago's now-defunct band USURPER has teamed up with Finnish label Primitive Reaction to reissue this classic effort. "Threshold..." was originally released in 1997 on Necropolis Records and quickly became one of the band's...

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EMPEROR On Appear On 'Metalocalypse' This Weekend; Video Available

During EMPEROR's final visit to the U.S. this past summer, vocalist Ihsahn, guitarist Samoth and drummer Trym stopped by Titmouse Studios, the creative team behind Adult Swim's popular late-night cartoon "Metalocalypse" in Los Angeles. "Dethfashion", the episode featuring characters portrayed by the...

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DIMMU BORGIR Honored In 'Metal' Category At Norway's ALARMPRISEN

Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR were honored in the "Metal" category at Alarmprisen 2007 (Alarm Awards) on Saturday, October 27 at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway. The group had finished performing at Nuclear Blast's 25 anniversary festival in Stuttgart, Germany and was backstage when it found...

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The Machinations of Dementia

Most fans of virtuoso shredders are surely familiar with the "other" Texas guitar god Ron Jarzombek and his work in WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, and GORDIAN KNOT. Yeah, the guy's got a devoted following among the tech-heads. The mad scientist's new invention from deep within the confines of his diabolic...

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SATYRICON To Perform At Norway's ALARMPRISEN

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON will perform several songs at the opening of the Alarmprisen 2007 (Alarm Awards) on October 27 at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway. The group's most recent album, "Now, Diabolical", has been nominated in the "Metal" category at the annual event along with the latest...

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AMAROC: Demo Tracks Posted Online

Norwegian extreme metal band AMAROC has posted several demo tracks on its MySpace page. According to the group's official bio, AMAROC is the shared vision of the highly ingenious gentlemen Per Valla and Ole Alexander Myrholt. Both otherwise occupied in different artistic constellations but with an i...

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DIMMU BORGIR, SATYRICON Nominated For Norway's ALARMPRISEN

DIMMU BORGIR and SATYRICON are among the nominees in the "Metal" category of the Alarmprisen 2007 (Alarm Awards),set to be held on October 27 at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway. The complete list of nominees in the "Metal" category is as follows: DIMMU BORGIR - "In Sorte Diaboli" SATYRICON - "Now Dia...

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SATYRICON: Video Interview With SATYR Available

A 10-minute video interview with SATYRICON frontman Satyr conducted on July 15, 2007 at the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia by Thea (Teodora Bahun) of the TV show "Demo_NS" on RTV Panonija can be viewed below. Fan-filmed video footage of SATYRICON performing the song "The Pentagram Burns" at this...

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MY KINGDOM MUSIC Launches NEW DAWN Division

Italy's My Kingdom Music has launched a new division called New Dawn. According to a press release, it "will include releases of young and talented bands which deserve your attention and that surely in the next future will spread their name over the musical scene. "Here are our first bands to be inc...

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USURPER Founder Explains Decision To Call It Quits

Guitarist/founder Rick Scythe of Chicago's USURPER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to split up: "As some of you may have heard, the band I formed over 13 years ago is now over. I wrote nearly all the music and most of the lyrics. I came up with the lyrical and artwor...

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USURPER Parts Ways With Drummer, Cancels European Tour

Chicago's USURPER has issued the following update: "USURPER European tour for this fall has been canceled. Unfortunately, between a lineup change and taking care of securing a new record deal the band will be focusing on getting a new album done before they play live. Usurper plans on hitting the ro...

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EMPEROR Video Guitar Lesson And Tablature Download Available

MetalKult.com has posted a new video guitar lesson and interview with EMPEROR guitarists Ihsahn and Samoth. The video was shot in New York City when the Norwegian black metal legends came to America for a brief tour this past June. In this in-depth lesson, the guitarists show how to play some of the...

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SATYRICON: More BRUTAL ASSAULT Live Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON performing the song "The Pentagram Burns" at this year's Brutal Assault festival, which took place August 9-11 at the Old Army Fortress Josefov in Jaromer, Czech Republic (Jaromer is situated 130 km east of Prague, 20km north from Hrade...

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SATYRICON Extends ROADRUNNER Deal

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have issued the following update: "We will return to Fredrikstad [Norway] Septemer 29. More shows scheduled for this coming fall will be announced in the next few weeks. The shows this [past] weekend at Brutal Assault [Czech Republic] and Sziget [Hungary] festival...