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BLOOD TSUNAMI Replaces OLD At Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR),has replaced German thrashers OLD on the billing of the Hole in the Sky festival, set to take place August 22-25 in Bergen, Norway. Commented Faust: "We really look forw...

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SHINING, MONOLITHIC Confirmed For HOLE IN THE SKY Kick-Off Party

SHINING (Norwegian jazz/metal/fusion/avantgarde group; not to be confused with the Swedish black metal band),MONOLITHIC and LASSE MARHAUG have been confirmed for the Hole in the Sky festival kick-off party on Tuesday, August 21 at Garage in Bergen, Norway. This year's Hole in the Sky festival will...

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'A Vulgar Display Of Power' Author, Officer JAMES NIGGEMEYER To Attend INDIANAPOLIS METAL FEST

Rock author, writer and photographer Chris A. has been invited to sign copies of his new book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa" at the Indianapolis Metal Fest One on September 22, 2007. The book details the people and the events leading to the horrific on-stage mur...

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RAMMER: New Song Posted Online

Toronto-based thrashers RAMMER posted a track from their forthcoming "Siege of Madness" album, entitled "Obliteration: WWIV", on their MySpace page. According to the band, track is "just a taste of the wild mayhem and sheer brain pulverizing thrash anthems coming your way." In other news, the group...

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BATTLETORN On Hiatus

New York City thrash duo BATTLETORN is currently on hiatus following guitarist/singer Omid's move from New York to Nashville. BATTLETORN played a "farewell to NYC" show on June 16 at the Rock Star bar, which resulted in general mayhem, and original singer Beverly even joined the band for six songs....

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MAYHEM: First Part Of New Documentary Posted Online

The first part (out of five) of the sequel to the acclaimed Norwegian/Swedish documentary "Cult of Aggression", focusing on the Norwegian black metal pioneers MAYHEM, has been posted on the band's official web site: Stream, Download (Windows Media, 25 MB). Entitled "Pure Fucking Mayhem", the new doc...

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SALEM: Video Footage From Tel Aviv Signing Session Posted Online

Israeli extreme metal pioneers SALEM recently took part in a signing session at the UFO store in Tel Aviv. Watch video footage at YouTube. SALEM released its new album, "Necessary Evil", in Europe on June 4 via Season of Mist (one day later in North America). According to the group, the new material...

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TESTAMENT, MAYHEM, IGNITE Confirmed For Sweden's MALMÖFESTIVALEN

TESTAMENT, MAYHEM, DWARVES and IGNITE are among the confirmed bands for the 2007 edition of Malmöfestivalen, set to take place August 17-24 in Malmö, Sweden. Taking place across 15 stages in the centre of Malmö, this is the city's biggest free festival of the year which attracts some 1.4 million rev...

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PITIFUL REIGN Signs With PUNISHMENT 18

Italian label Punishment 18 has announced the signing of up-and-coming U.K. thrashers PITIFUL REIGN. The band will enter the studio in fall/winter 2007 to record the new album for an early 2008 release. Label spokesperson Marita Mirabella said, "I first saw PITIFUL REIGN at the ANNIHILATOR fan party...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Issues Update

KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood has issued the following update: "Back in sunny and way-too-HOT Florida for 10 short days before heading back to Italia! "The shows in the Netherlands, Russia and Spain were amazing for us. Starting with the Fields of Rock in the Netherlands. "We arrived on the fe...

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SIGH Frontman: 'I Hate 99 Percent Of The People On This Earth'

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports: Mirai Kawashima, the frontman for Japanese experimental black-metal band SIGH, is pissed. He's not mad that the band's U.S. dates with MAYHEM were canceled when MAYHEM drummer Hellhammer broke his hand, or that SIGH's U.S. headlining shows were nixed because they wer...

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GORGOROTH Frontman Guests On SKITLIV Track; Audio Available

GORGOROTH vocalist Gaahl has made a special guest appearance on "Hollow Devotion", a new track from SKITLIV, the doom/black metal project of former MAYHEM frontman Maniac. Gaahl contributes a chilling spoken intro and outro to the track, both of which were specially written for him. An unmastered ve...

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BOLD, BURY YOUR DEAD, MAYHEM Pull Out Of Germany's WITH FULL FORCE Festival

BOLD, BURY YOUR DEAD and MAYHEM have cancelled their participation in the 2007 edition of With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany. Newly added to the bill is Belgium's THE SET UP. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in...

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THERION, MAYHEM Confirmed For Israel's DISTORTION FESTIVAL

Swedish symphonic metallers THERION and Norwegian black metal pioneers MAYHEM has been confirmed for the Distortion Festival 2007, set to take place on August 30 in the "Israeli fairs center" in Tel-Aviv, Israel. More band confirmations and ticket information will be published on www.metalist.co.il...

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OZZFEST Tickets From MONSTER ENERGY Drink

Word in the metal world is that Ozzfest is sold out. But don't despair our metal-minions because Monster Energy Drink has a secret stash of free Ozzfest tickets. Take your devil horns to the nearest store and look for the specially marked Monster Energy 4-packs and 8-packs. "We're stoked to still be...