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ENSLAVED, ANACRUSIS, IN SOLITUDE Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

ENSLAVED, ANACRUSIS and IN SOLITUDE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place June 10-12, 2011 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AGENT STEEL ANACRUSIS ENFORCER ENSLA...

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PENTAGRAM, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT, SOLSTICE Confirmed For HAMMER OF DOOM 5

PENTAGRAM, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT and SOLSTICE are among the confirmed bands for the Hammer Of Doom 5 festival, set to take place April 16, 2011 at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: PENTAGRAM (USA) WHILE HEAVEN WEPT (USA) SOLSTICE (UK) BLOOD FARMERS (USA) ATLA...

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SOILENT GREEN, PLACE OF SKULLS, ALCEST, IN SOLITUDE, BLOOD CEREMONY Confirmed For ROADBURN

SOILENT GREEN, PLACE OF SKULLS, ALCEST, IN SOLITUDE, BLOOD CEREMONY and GHOST have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Roadburn Festival, set to take place from Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional After...

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PROCESSION Confirmed For Germany's HAMMER OF DOOM 4 Festival

Chile's PROCESSION is the final confirmed band for the Hammer Of Doom 4 festival, set to take place October 23, 2010 at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. The festival billing is now as follows: SOLITUDE AETURNUS (USA) IRON MAN (USA) PLACE OF SKULLS (USA) SORCERER (SWE) JEX THOTH (USA) GRIFTEGARD (SWE)...

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JOE SATRIANI To Appear In 'Moneyball' Movie

Guitar legend Joe Satriani has issed the following update: "Last week I spent the day at Oakland Stadium with Brad Pitt and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. They're filming a movie called 'Moneyball' about the Oakland A's. I was asked me to re-create my 2002 season opener National Anthem for the film. It lo...

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JOE SATRIANI To Release 'Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards' In October

Joe Satriani, one of rock music's most renowned electric guitarists, has announced details of his highly anticipated 14th studio album, "Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards". The album will be made available in the U.S. on October 5 (one day earlier internationally) via Epic Records. On "Black Swans An...

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ELLIOTT'S KEEP Completes Work On New Album

Dallas metal doom trio ELLIOTT'S KEEP has finished recording its sophomore album, "Sine Qua Non". Weighing in at an hour of epic metal doom, the CD "delivers ELLIOTT'S KEEP's signature heavy riffage, varied time signatures and diverse vocals styles," according to a press release. ELLIOTT'S KEEP reco...

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WOE To Release 'Quietly, Undramatically' In October

Candlelight Records has set an October 12 North American release date for "Quietly, Undramatically", the new album from WOE. Recorded at Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, New Jersey with additional tracking completed at frontman Chris Grigg's BS1 in Philadelphia, the CD is the first to feature a ful...

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Ascending in Triumph

I hope you've no desire to experience anything related to adrenaline rushes or fits of OCD-driven housecleaning rage because "Ascending in Triumph" will offer you no help whatsoever in that regard. Sixty-three minutes of generally slow — though not funereally plodding — doom majesty is what NOX AURE...

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MONGO NINJA Releases Sophomore Album

MONGO NINJA, the punk/metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; BLOOD TSUNAMI, SCUM, ABORYM, EMPEROR),released its sophomore album, "No Cunt For Old Men", on May 31 via Indie Recordings. The CD was recorded and mixed in a 48-hour period by Ruben Willem (Haust) at Caliban Studios in...

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SACRIFICE's 'Crest Of Black' To Be Released On CD For First Time

"Crest Of Black", a masterpiece of Japanese heavy metal by SACRIFICE, will finally be available on CD for the first time in July. "Crest Of Black" was originally released in 1987 on Explosion Records, then home for bands like SABBRABELLS, DOOM and JURASSIC JADE, in a limited quantity of 1,000 copies...

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Garden of Worm

A lot of what makes doom resonate with fans are the feelings created through the monolithic riffs and atmospheric shivers created through melancholic and/or dread-inducing vocals and the lurking rhythms. In that sense, some bands nail it when it comes to the indefinable, you-know-it-when-you-feel-it...

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ACHERON Officially Laid To Rest; Festival Appearances Cancelled

After 22 years of existence, black/death metal band ACHERON has officially calledit quits. The group has released five original full-length albums, three mini-CDs, one covers CD and a number of other underground releases. Commented mainman Vincent Crowley: "After a 22-year run, I am finally putting...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS Guitarist: DIO Was 'A True Professional And A Model Human Being'

Guitarist John Perez of long-running Texas doom metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "Like most everyone I know, I am in a great state of sadness. "Ron...

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The Great Northern Revisited

Variety is not essential when it comes to grindcore, nor is it even expected, particularly when the speedometer reaches face-melt or when the band hits that indefinable sweet spot that turns ordinary average Joes into knife-wielding psychopaths. Sweden has covered both ends of the spectrum in a mann...