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ESP Unveils SLAYER 'Reign In Blood' Guitar

Back in 1986, SLAYER released its landmark album "Reign In Blood" that helped shape the sound of metal for decades to come. 25 years later, it's high time to give that album the credit its due, and ESP is doing just that with the limited-edition Slayer-2011 guitar. Limited to just 250 guitars worldw...

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THORNAFIRE: 'Deconstruccion' Video Released

"Deconstruccion", the new video from Chilean death metallers THORNAFIRE, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed, produced and edited by Daniel Duarte (a member of the fellow Chilean death metal act EXECRATOR) in a professional TV studio in Santiago. "Deconstruccion" was previously described by THO...

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PENTAGRAM Comments On METAL BLADE Deal

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on Novemeber 2, Metal Blade Records has now officially announced the signing of the legendary doom metal act PENTAGRAM. The band, now entering its 40th year anniversary, will release a full-length album titled "Last Rites", in the spring of 2011 featuring all-new t...

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EARTHEN GRAVE Nominated For CHICAGO MUSIC AWARD

Chicago-based metal band EARTHEN GRAVE has been nominated in the "Best New Entertainer" category at the 30th-anniversary edition of the Chicago Music Awards (CMA) — the first time a metal band has been nominated in the category. The CMAs honor and feature the best of Chicago entertainers in pop, cla...

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SATYRICON Returns To Live Stage In Russia; Photos, Video Footage Available

Russia's Darkside e-zine has uploaded high-quality photos of SATYRICON's December 11, 2010 concert at Orlandina Club in St. Petersburg. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Repined Bastard Nation 02. The Wolfpack 03. Now, Diabolical 04. Forhekset 05. Black Crow On A Tombstone 06. Filthgrinder 07....

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SAMAEL To Reveal New Album Title Later This Month

Swiss industrial black metallers SAMAEL will reveal the title of their new album on December 21. Three weeks after returning from Germany where the band spent time going over every new song with longtime collaborator Waldemar Sorychta (MOONSPELL, LACUNA COIL, TIAMAT, GRIP INC.),SAMAEL entered the s...

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Blood of the Pentagram

Typically speaking, minimalism in metal either works or it doesn't and it usually has just as much, if not more, to do with the imagines conjured, the morbid feelings unearthed, and an aroma of toxicity. GRAVEWURM has been around long enough (1990, to be exact) to make it work to a sufficient, if no...

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1349 Drummer: 'We Are Pushing The Level Of Ambition All The Time'

The Scream Queen recently conducted an interview with drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers 1349 and SATYRICON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Scream Queen: How do you believe 1349 is perceived through the eyes of your fans? Frost: I think that we...

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Norway's DEVIL Signs With SOULSELLER RECORDS

DEVIL, the Norwegian heavy doom rock band featuring members of VESEN, RIKETS CRUST, CEASE.AND.DESIST, FUCK YOU ALL and FAUSTCOVEN, has inked a deal with the Dutch label Soulseller Records. The quintet's full-length debut is tentatively due next year. DEVIL, which hails from the Norwegian city Nes (i...

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DØDHEIMSGARD, EXHUMED Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival

Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD and California's EXHUMED have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Inferno festival, set to take place April 20-23, 2011 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALCEST ATHEIST AURA NOIR DØDHEIMSGARD EXHUMED...

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LOCK UP: New Song Posted Online

Extreme metal supergroup LOCK UP has uploaded the first new piece of music in eight years, a track titled "Life of Devastation", to the band's official MySpace page. The song is set to appear on a split seven-inch single with MISERY INDEX early next year.

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ARGUS Signs With CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC

Cruz Del Sur Music has inked a deal with Pennsylvania's ARGUS for the release of the band's new album, entitled "Boldly Strides The Doomed". ARGUS was formed in 2007 and features Bruce Balich of PENANCE fame on vocals. They released their self-titled debut album on Shadow Kingdom Records in 2009, wh...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Schedules Quebec City Signing Session

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will take part in a signing session this coming Thursday, November 25 at Pentagram, an independent metal-only store in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, starting at 1:30 pm. Everyone attending the signing session will have to show his/her ticket for that night's BLIN...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Talks 'The Vinyl Conflict' (Video)

Counting down to the band's 30th anniversary, SLAYER's Kerry King sat down and talked about "The Vinyl Conflict", the band's high-end, limited edition vinyl box set that was just released. Representing SLAYER's entire American Recordings catalogue, "The Vinyl Conflict" begins with 1986's genre-defin...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: 'Every Last Drop' Video Released

"Every Last Drop", the new video from Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM, can be viewed below. (***WARNING***: The video is graphic.) The clip was filmed on July 24-25 in Brooklyn, New York with Jimmy Hubbard and Seldon Hunt, and was edited by Alan Dubin (ex-KHANATE, GNAW); special FX mak...