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KATATONIA: Footage From London Concert Posted Online
SoundShock.co.uk has uploaded video footage (see below) of KATATONIA's November 3, 2009 performance at O2 Islington Academy in London, England. A mini-site for KATATONIA's eighth studio album, "Night Is The New Day", can be accessed at this location. It includes audio samples, downloads, album infor...November 5, 2009
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LAZARUS A.D. Added To ENSIFERUM Tour
Kenosha, Wisconsin-based thrashers LAZARUS A.D. have been added to ENSIFERUM's North American headlining tour as the replacement for EX DEO. This will mark LAZARUS A.D.'s first tour in the U.S. since playing Japan's Loud Park festival in October and will be followed by even more dates with Polish de...November 5, 2009
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TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer On SEVENTH VOID: Even 'The Haters On BLABBERMOUTH Like It'
BigMusicGeek.com recently conducted an interview with SEVENTH VOID/TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. Several excerpts from the chat follow below. BigMusicGeek.com: Stylistically speaking, how would you describe the music SEVENTH VOID creates? Do you feel that the doom metal or even doom rock mon...November 4, 2009
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KATATONIA Members Talk About Their Influences
RevolverMag.com has uploaded a video clip (see below) of KATATONIA members Anders Nyström (guitars) and Jonas Renkse (vocals) taking a trip to a local record store to talk about a few musical influences that played a significant role in writing the band's new album, "Night Is The New Day", as well a...November 4, 2009
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RISE TO ADDICTION To Release New Album Next Week
RISE TO ADDICTION — the British band which features in its ranks former BLAZE members John Slater (guitar) and Steve Wray (guitar) — will release its second album, "Some Other Truth", on November 13 via Mausoleum Records. The follow-up to 2007's "A New Shade Of Black For The Soul" was produced by Wr...November 3, 2009
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Dominator
Is Udo Dirkschneider the Lemmy Kilmister of German heavy metal? Not quite, as that title would probably go to SODOM's Tom Angelripper. In any event, the diminutive front man and vocalist is a German metal icon and worldwide legend that has proved his worth as a mainstay of the trad-metal scene and g...November 3, 2009
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The Great Cessation
Okay, first there was YOB, with songs longer than God's beard hair, creepy otherworldly vocals beamed in from some other planet, and riffing so slow and heavy it ground lesser music into sediment like a sonic glacier. Then the rhythm section left, and Mike Scheidt, being one of the most gracious dud...November 3, 2009
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Poisoned Legacy
This school of Danish death metal gets surprisingly little attention outside a rabid worldwide cult following. Its trademarks — super-heavy and chunky riffing delivered in a clean, immaculate tone, barbaric guttural barking vocals, tightly-controlled but blisteringly fast blasting — seem like hallma...November 3, 2009
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Rites of the Pentagram
As uttered at the end of "Decibel Ritual" by Mike Abominator (he of the Armageddon Vomits and Misanthropic Diatribes) "We are GRAVEHILL, we are death fucking metal!" By golly, they sure as heck are, albeit the thrashy old school variety, taking cues from a variety of sources, whether it is MASTER, D...November 3, 2009
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SWALLOW THE SUN Guitarist Joins Forces With Swedish Singer ALEAH In TREES OF ETERNITY
TREES OF ETERNITY is a brand new collaboration between Finnish guitarist Juha Raivio (SWALLOW THE SUN) and Sweden-based singer Aleah (whose ghostly voice also can be heard on the song "Lights on the Lake" off SWALLOW THE SUN's upcoming release, "New Moon"). The project has a unique sound that might...October 31, 2009
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LOCK UP, BEHEADED, ENEMY REIGN Confirmed For Holland's NEUROTIC DEATHFEST
LOCK UP, BEHEADED and ENEMY REIGN have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Neurotic Deathfest, set to take place April 30 - May 1, 2010 at 013 in Tilburg, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BEHEADED BENEATH THE MASSACRE BOLT THROWER CARCASS DEFEATED SANITY DR DOOM DYIN...October 30, 2009
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SAINT VITUS: European, West Coast Dates Announced
American doom legends SAINT VITUS have announcef the first of the confirmed dates for their upcoming February 2010 European tour featuring places that the band has never played or has not played in a very long time. A support band has not been chosen yet, but the preliminary dates are as follows: Fe...October 29, 2009
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BARREN EARTH: 'Our Twilight' Trailer Available
A trailer for "Our Twilight", the upcoming debut four-song EP from BARREN EARTH — the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI — can be viewed below. "Our Twilight" will be released on November 9 in Europe and November 17 in North Amer...October 29, 2009
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SWALLOW THE SUN: Another New Song Posted Online
"Lights on the Lake (Horror Pt. III)", a brand new song from Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track, which features a guest appearance by Aleah ofTREES OF ETERNITY on vocals, comes off the group's fifth album, "New Moon", which is sch...October 29, 2009
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CATHEDRAL: New Album Title Announced
Veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL will enter Chapel studios (THE DARKNESS, NAPALM DEATH, URIAH HEEP, WET WET WET, SIMPLE MINDS) in Lincolnshire, U.K. in November to record its ninth full-length album and second for the Nuclear Blast label. Entitled "The Guessing Game", the new CD will once...October 28, 2009
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