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Former MAYHEM Stage Designer SPACEBRAIN Joins Forces With MANIAC

Sculptor Rene M. Hamel, whose extraordinary stage sets were a prominent feature of MAYHEM's performances, has joined their former vocalist Maniac in his new doom black metal project SKITLIV. Aside from designing SKITLIV's stage sets, Hamel, better known by his working name Spacebrain, will also be i...

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Prominence and Demise

It has been around three years since Norway's WINDS released its third album, "The Imaginary Direction of Time". That may seem like a long duration between albums, but if you've immersed yourself in the act's lush, classically infused compositions, then you understand that this is a band for which t...

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NEW RENAISSANCE RECORDS Seeks Bands For New 'Speed Metal Hell' Compilation

New Renaissance Records, the record label which claims to have coined the term "speed metal," is looking for new bands for their first compilation album in twenty years. In the early 1980s New Renaissance Records released the first American recordings of SEPULTURA, MORBID ANGEL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM,...

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Ex-MAYHEM Frontman MANIAC To Guest On 'Hell On Heels' Radio Show

Former MAYHEM vocalist Maniac, whose new band SKITLIV is attracting considerable interest from all quarters, will make a guest appearance on the Oslo-based Radio Tango show "Hell on Heels" on Friday, August 31 between 17:00 and 18:00 CET. The program will feature tracks from the forthcoming SKITLIV...

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L.A. GUNS: Santa Ana Concert To Be Webcast

One of the most legendary and well-respected rock bands to ever come out of the Los Angeles area, L.A. GUNS, will make their performance at the Galaxy Theater, located in Santa Ana on August 31, 2007 one that can be experienced by everyone across the country….even without being there. Webcastia of H...

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MANIAC's SKITLIV Confirms Tour Dates With GALLHAMMER

SKITLIV, the band headed by former MAYHEM vocalist Maniac, has confirmed the dates for its upcoming tour with Japanese all-girl act GALLHAMMER. Originally slated to join GALLHAMMER for four shows, SKITLIV has been added to two more dates in Belgium and the Netherlands. This will be the first time th...

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SIRIUS' 'Roots Bloody Roots' Celebrating SLAYER's 'Raining Blood'

Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack radio program "Roots Bloody Roots", hosted by "Sound of the Beast" author Ian Christe, will celebrate the 21st anniversary of SLAYER's classic 1986 album "Raining Blood" on August 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET. The show is described as follows: "SLAYER's amazing thrash anth...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: The Festival Season Is Over

Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update: "In true DARK TRANQUILLITY fashion, Bloodstock [Open Air in the U.K.] and Summer Breeze [in Germany] were ravaged last weekend, spelling an end to the festival season of 2007. This was probably our most active summer...

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Exclusive: A Conversation With WINDS' ANDY WINTER And CARL AUGUST TIDEMANN

By: Scott Alisoglu The music of Norway's WINDS is not something that is easily classified. What one can say about it though is that it is magnificently composed and breathtaking in its delivery. Challenging, yet often soothing, melodic, yet unconventional, WINDS' combination of classical music, prog...

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MINISTRY: 'End Of Days Countdown Video #3' Posted Online

MINISTRY has posted the "End of Days Countdown Video #3" on its YouTube channel. Watch the clip below. MINISTRY mastermind Al Jourgensen has revealed the band's lineup for its final tour, which is expected to kick off early next year. It is as follows: Al Jourgensen - Vocals Jimmy DeGrasso (MEGADETH...

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HECATE ENTHRONED: London Date Announced

U.K. black metallers HECATE ENTHRONED have scheduled the following dates: Sep. 21 - Camden Bar Monsta - London, UK Dec. 07 - Islington Academy - London, UK (w/ MAYHEM, SAMAEL) Dec. 15 - Stadthalle - Werl, Germany (w/ NILE, BELPHEGOR) HECATE ENTHRONED's most recent album, "Redimus", was released in M...

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SALEM: HELLFEST Video Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Israeli extreme metallers SALEM performing the song "Resentment" on June 23, 2007 at Hellfest in Clisson, France has been posted on YouTube and can be viewed below. In other news, SALEM drummer Nir Nakav has launched his own web site where SALEM drum notation can be found...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Drummer TOMMY LEE Says He's 'Over' Rock Music

Clubplanet.com recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Clubplanet.com: Tommy, was there a moment where you first fell in love with electronic music, and is there a split between rock and dance fans who come to see you DJ? Tommy Lee: At...

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ENSLAVED's GRUTLE KJELLSON To DJ At HOLE IN THE SKY Kick-Off Party

Grutle Kjellson of ENSLAVED will be the guest DJ at the kick-off party for this year's installment of the Hole in the Sky festival, which takes place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. According to a posting on the festival web site, Grutle "will play his favourite prog records before and after LASSE M...

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TOMMY LEE 'Delights' Ottawa Fans

The Ottawa Citizen reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee blasted into Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Monday (August 13),arriving fashionably late at the Tila Tequila club in the Byward Market where he played DJ for a delighted capacity crowd of fans. Lee, who is on tour with DJ Aero on the pair's Ele...