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MAYHEM Parts Ways With Guitarist

MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer (a.k.a. Rune Eriksen) has decided to leave the legendary Norwegian black metal band. His statement on the matter reads as follows: "It is with these written words that I hereby retract myself from my position as the guitar player of MAYHEM. "The main reason beh...
April 22, 2008
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MAYHEM: Australian Tour Postponed

Due to the recent amendments of the entertainment visa requirements set by the Australian Immigration Department, Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM will not be able to get their visas approved in time for their scheduled Australian and New Zealand tour dates (which were slated to take place late May)...
April 17, 2008
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SLAUGHTER Reissues Due Via METAL MIND

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release the two albums from the legendary Canadian band SLAUGHTER "Strappado", the debut album from 1986 featuring an extremely brutal combination of death and trash metal, spiced with some punk and hardcore influences; and "Not Dead Yet/Paranormal", the compi...
April 17, 2008
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Photographer Discusses 'True Norwegian Black Metal' Book; Audio Available

A podcast interview with American documentary photographer Peter Beste about his book "True Norwegian Black Metal", his initiation into the black metal cadre, his background as a photographer and some of his most memorable experiences hanging with heroes, villains and legends of the genre is availab...
April 7, 2008
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Voyage.../Dawn of the End

Sometimes all it takes is a monolithic riff, a rumbling pace, and smoke-damaged vocal to float one's boat. Some might even say an hour's worth of it is even better. Such is the case with RUNEMAGICK's "Voyage to Desolation/Dawn of the End", and in this writer's opinion, that's a good thing. Eighteen...
April 5, 2008
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The Visual Art Of CELTIC FROST's TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Now Available

Alternatively subject to passionate controversy or revered as one of the most influential and revolutionary musicians of the past two decades, HELLHAMMER and CELTIC FROST singer/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer's creative and intriguingly enigmatic mind has helped shape the face of modern extreme metal...
April 3, 2008
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MAYHEM Frontman: 'Music Is A Lot More Than Simply Playing Some Notes'

Burning Misery recently conducted an interview with MAYHEM frontman Attila Csihar. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Burning Misery: You must be very eager to be on the road at last after having to wait so long because of injury related stuff (drummer Hellhammer broke an arm last year). Att...
April 2, 2008
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GLOOMY GRIM Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival

Finnish black metal project GLOOMY GRIM has been confirmed for this year's Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 14-16 at the Jaromer Army Fortress in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGNOSTIC FRONT ALL SHALL PERISH BEHEADED BEHEMOTH CARCASS CEPHALI...
March 19, 2008
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SCULPTURED: An In-Depth Interview With DON ANDERSON

By: Scott Alisoglu We've not heard from SCULPTURED since 2000's acclaimed "Apollo Ends" album. But it's not like head honcho Don Anderson (guitars, vocals) has been twiddling his thumbs. In addition to the steady climb of his other band AGALLOCH (The End Records),which included an increasing number...
March 11, 2008
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GLOOMY GRIM: 'Under The Spell Of The Unlight' Artwork, Release Date Revealed

Anticulture Records has set a May 26 release date for "Under the Spell of the Unlight", the new album from the Finnish black metal project GLOOMY GRIM. Check out the cover artwork at this location. According to a press release, "It all began in 1984 as HELLSTORM. Agathon (vocals) got his first influ...
March 10, 2008
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HELLHAMMER: New Audio Interview With TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Posted Online

Before they were creating proto-black metal in CELTIC FROST, guitarist/vocalist Tom Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain were members of seminal blackened thrash outfit HELLHAMMER. If you're a fan of CELTIC FROST, HELLHAMMER, or extreme metal in general, you should definitely check out HELLHA...
March 5, 2008
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HELLHAMMER: 'Demon Entrails' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Demon Entrails", a collection of the classic HELLHAMMER demos "Death Fiend", "Triumph of Death" and "Satanic Rites", has sold 667 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet sales *are* included in the SoundScan totals.) "Demon Entrails"...
March 5, 2008
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Arson Anthem

Holy bleeding fuck! Call it a New Orleans supergroup if you want, but screamer Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD) and guitarist Philip Anselmo (PANTERA, SUPERJOINT RITUAL) won't be able to hear you — they're too busy cranking their amps to 12 and laughing gleefully as every needle in the recording studio sp...
March 5, 2008
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Demon Entrails

What else can possibly be said about these legendary demos? Even if you're not as convinced as Tom G. Warrior and Martin Ain are of their avant-garde visionary genius, it's hard to deny that the tapes preserved here – primitive racket from depressed and morbid teens in a Switzerland bunker – set the...
March 5, 2008
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MAYHEM: Birmingham Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM performing the song "Ancient Skin" Tuesday night (February 26) at the Barfly in Birmingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of "daveingham"). Revolution-Music.dk conducted an interview with MAYHEM singer Attila Csihar at the Royal Me...
February 28, 2008