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Walk Through Fire
Yet another veteran band from the storied New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM),England's RAVEN stood apart from the herd for their outrageous image and a style called "athletic rock" that at times bordered on unhinged. While classics like "Wiped Out", "All For One", and more commercially access...May 9, 2010
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LOCK UP: Italian Dates Postponed
Grindcore supergroup LOCK UP — featuring AT THE GATES frontman Tomas Lindberg, Anton Reisenegger of PENTAGRAM and CRIMINAL on guitar, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury and ex-DIMMU BORGIR and TESTAMENT drummer Nick Barker — has been forced to cancel its previously announced April 23-24 shows in Ital...April 21, 2010
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NACHTMYSTIUM: 'Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II' Trailer Available
A video trailer for "Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II", the upcoming album from Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM, can be viewed below. Due on June 8 via Century Media Records, the CD was recorded at Volume Studios (RWAKE, MINSK, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, PELICAN) in Chicago with producer Sanfor...April 16, 2010
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PLACE OF SKULLS Guitar Stolen
PLACE OF SKULLS, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based band featuring former PENTAGRAM guitarist Victor Griffin, has issued the following update: "Bad news on the DEATH ROW/CHURCH OF MISERY Euro tour. A guitar was stolen from DEATH ROW/PLACE OF SKULLS guitarist Victor Griffin in Vienna, Austria on April 7t...April 13, 2010
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NACHTMYSTIUM: New Album Track Listing Revealed
Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM, led by mastermind Blake Judd, will release their new album, "Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II", on June 8 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at Volume Studios (RWAKE, MINSK, LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, PELICAN) in Chicago with producer Sanford Parker...April 6, 2010
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LUDICRA/HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE's JOHN COBBETT Seeks Financial Aid For Uninsured Surgery
After more than a decade of being U.S. black metal's best-kept secret, LUDICRA finally got a dream offer to play main support to Norwegian legends MAYHEM. Then, approximately sixty days prior to the tour launch, MAYHEM pulled the plug. Against all odds, LUDICRA was able to book a full U.S. tour — 31...April 6, 2010
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THORNAFIRE Films 'Deconstruccion' Video
Chilean death metal act THORNAFIRE recently shot a video for "Deconstruccion", a track which bassist/vocalist Alexis Munoz describes as a "futuristic song inspired by the religious and social decline experienced in the current era Eon oh Hourus." The clip was filmed, produced and edited by Daniel Du...April 3, 2010
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The Ritualist
If you listened closely you might have heard critical rumblings about an outstanding new heavy/doom metal band called HOUR OF 13 that released a monumentally impressive self-titled debut album in 2007 on Shadow Kingdom Records. It was an underground success story that garnered little attention initi...March 28, 2010
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LOCK UP Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Grindcore supergroup LOCK UP — featuring AT THE GATES frontman Tomas Lindberg, Anton Reisenegger of PENTAGRAM and CRIMINAL on guitar, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury and ex-DIMMU BORGIR and TESTAMENT drummer Nick Barker — has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival,...March 17, 2010
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PENTAGRAM's BOBBY LIEBLING Says He Blew Millions On Drugs
JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with legendary PENTAGRAM frontman Bobby Liebling. A couple of excerpts follow below. On playing his hometown: "When you live somewhere, people say, 'Wow, it's gonna be great! The hometown crowd!' No. It's going to be empty because they take fo...March 16, 2010
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Chile's PENTAGRAM Completes First Studio Recording In Over 20 Years
Chile's death metal legends PENTAGRAM have completed their first studio recording in over 20 years. During their European tour in the summer of 2009, the band recorded the track "Demented" — which was written in the '80s but didn't make it onto either of PENTAGRAM's groundbreaking demos — at HVR Stu...March 11, 2010
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PLACE OF SKULLS: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed
PLACE OF SKULLS, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based band featuring former PENTAGRAM guitarist Victor Griffin, has finished recording its fourth album, "As A Dog Returns", at Lakeside Studios in the group's hometown. The band states, "We're still putting the final touches on production and then mastering...March 10, 2010
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NAPALM DEATH Bassist Talks New LOCK UP Material
Grindcore supergroup LOCK UP — featuring AT THE GATES frontman Tomas Lindberg, Anton Reisenegger of PENTAGRAM and CRIMINAL on guitar, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury and ex-DIMMU BORGIR and TESTAMENT drummer Nick Barker — is preparing to enter the studio to record new material to be included on a...February 26, 2010
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Tomb Coven
The thing about "Tomb Coven" from SKELETAL SPECTRE is that had it been released on one of the "bigger" or less cult/underground metal labels it would no doubt have been played up as one of the year's premiere doom/death metal releases, complete with associated propaganda about those "old-school" qua...February 23, 2010
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NIRVANA 2002 Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST
Swedish death metal outfit NIRVANA 2002 (a.k.a. N2002),the highly underrated yet influential band which only released a series of demos and splits during their existence through the late '80s and early '90s, has been confirmed this year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30, 2010 at Son...February 22, 2010
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