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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...

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SATYRICON At Serbia's EXIT Festival; Video Available

Video footage of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON's July 15, 2007 performance at the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia has been posted on YouTube. Watch the three-and-a-half-minute clip below. Guitarist Schoft of the brutal Dutch death metal band BRUTUS has reportedly been tapped by SATYRICON as...

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EMPEROR: New Video Interview And Live Footage Available

MetalKult.com has posted a new video interview with EMPEROR's Ihsahn in which the Norwegian black metal singer/guitarist talks about a range of topics, including the motivation behind his group's early diabolical image, his feelings on EMPEROR guitarist Samoth and ex-drummer Faust's incarcerations a...

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SATYRICON Recruits BRUTUS Guitarist

Guitarist Schoft of the brutal Dutch death metal band BRUTUS has reportedly been tapped by Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON as the group's new touring guitarist. Schoft has already played three shows with the group in Mexico and is preparing to join them for the upcoming summer festival appearanc...

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SATYRICON: Mexico City Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of SATYRICON's June 8, 2007 concert in Mexico City has been posted at YouTube. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Walk The Path Of Sorrow 02. Filthgrinder 03. Now, Diabolical 04. Du Som Hater Gud 05. The Rite Of Our Cross 06. Repined Bastard Nation 07. The Pentagram Bur...

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SATYRICON Performs In Mexico; Audio Of Press Conference, Photos Available

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON played three shows in Mexico this past weekend: June 8 (Mexico City),June 9 (Monterrey) and June 10 (Guadalajara). 1,450 metalheads witnessed the group's performance in Mexico City, which featured the following setlist: 01. Walk The Path Of Sorrow 02. Filthgrinde...

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Geographically Challenged SATYRICON Is 'Excited As Hell' To Be Playing 'South America'

Geographically challenged Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON will play three shows in Mexico in June. The band comments: "Finally we are going to South America! We had lined up shows in other countries than Mexico too, but due to circumstances beyond SATYRICON's control, Mexico is the only country...

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It's Official: DIMMU BORGIR Is First Black Metal Band To Top Norwegian Album Chart

DIMMU BORGIR has entered the Norwegian album chart at No. 1 with its latest effort, "In Sorte Diaboli" — the first time a black metal act has ever topped a national album chart anywhere in the world. SATYRICON's "Now, Diabolical" and DIMMU BORGIR's last release, "Death Cult Armageddon", previously r...

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PETER CRISS' 'Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park' Vest, Robe Being Auctioned

An original vest and robe worn by KISS drummer Peter Criss during the making of the 1978 "Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park" movie are being auctioned via eBay. This Peter Criss "Phantom" vest (auction page) originally came from the Vinnie Gonzales collection in the early '90s. Gonzales reportedly...

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Will DIMMU BORGIR Be First Black Metal Band To Top Norwegian Album Chart?

Four years ago, DIMMU BORGIR's album "Death Cult Armageddon" was beaten to the top spot on the Norwegian album chart by the Norwegian "Idol" winner Kurt Nilsen. Now the Norwegian symphonic black metallers band are looking at what might be their first-ever No. 1 when their new CD, "In Sorte Diaboli",...