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DE PROFUNDIS Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

London, U.K.-based progressive doom metal band DE PROFUNDIS has parted ways with bassist Aleksej Obradovic due to "musical differences." Additionally, Aleksej's job commitments would have made it very hard for the group to do any touring or perform live on a regular basis. A replacement bass player...

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BARONESS, SAVIOURS, UFOMAMMUT Audio Streams From ROADBURN Available

For those who didn't get to attend Roadburn festival 2009 and for those who did, but want to relive it, Holland's major media network Vpro 3voor12 has posted on-demand audio streams for your listening pleasure. The acclaimed performances of BARONESS, SAVIOURS and UFOMAMMUT, alongside those of BOHREN...

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OLD MAN'S CHILD: Another New Song Posted Online

Norwegian melodic black metal band OLD MAN'S CHILD, which is led by guitarist/vocalist Galder (also in DIMMU BORGIR),has posted another new song, "Ferden Mot Fienden's Land", on on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off OLD MAN'S CHILD's new album, "Slaves Of The World", which is scheduled f...

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CANDLEMASS, SEVENTH VOID Members To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show'

CANDLEMASS/SOLITUDE AETURNUS vocalist Robert Lowe and SEVENTH VOID/TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly will be the featured guests on this weekend's (May 16) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:00 p.m. EST and 3:00 a.m. EST at ww...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Parts Ways With Drummer

Finnish doom metallers SWALLOW THE SUN have issued the following update: "There is no easy way to phrase this, so let's get straight to the point: due to a mutual decision Pasi Pasanen [drums] will no longer be playing with SWALLOW THE SUN. Pasi, as one of the founding members, has been an integral...

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YOB: 'The Great Cessation' Details Revealed

Reunited "cosmic doom metal" band YOB has completed work on its new full-length album, "The Great Cessation", for a July 14 release via Profound Lore Records. Long respected as one of doom metal's finest and most potent bands, YOB creates mastodonic, mind-bending music. "The Great Cessation" was rec...

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IRON FIRE's STEENE To Play Guitar For SATURNUS

Vocalist Martin Steene (IRON FIRE, FORCE OF EVIL) will play guitar for Denmark's melodic doom metal masters SATURNUS for two Spanish shows in September. Says Martin, "It's a pleasure to be a part of a band that I have been a fan of for years and can't wait to get out and play some gigs ...

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GWAR Re-Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the re-signing of the mighty GWAR. Pictured below is Metal Blade owner and CEO Brian Slagel and GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus holding the carefully crafted document that spells DOOM for the human race. Untold legions of slaves are already laboring without pause to...

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CANDLEMASS: 'Death Magic Doom' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Death Magic Doom", the new album from Swedish/Texan doom legends CANDLEMASS, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 79 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by ne...

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CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU, CYNIC Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

CANDLEMASS, SAHG, ABSU and CYNIC are among the newly confirmed bands for the Hole in the Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest X),set to take place August 26-29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Tuesday, August 25 - Hole in the Sky: Incoming SAHG KVELERTAK DER...

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GORGOROTH To Play Special Tribute Set At Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

After a two-year absence from the live arena, Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH — led by guitarist Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) — will headline the last night of the 10th-anniversary Hole in the Sky metal festival on August 29, 2009 in Bergen, Norway, with none other than U.S. doom legends P...

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DARK FILTH FRATERNITY Changes Name To DFF, Begins Work On New Material

DARK FILTH FRATERNITY, the Finnish alternative/progressive band headed by Panu Willman (ex-BEFORE THE DAWN, ENTWINE),has officially changed its name to DFF. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, "DFF has started working on its third studio album. Panu has been hard at work putting ide...

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ASPHYX: New Song Posted Online

Reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals),Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals),Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — has posted a new song, "Scorbutics", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's comeback album, "Death...The Brutal Way", which is sch...

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SAHG To Support WHITESNAKE In Norway

SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, will support WHITESNAKE on May 25 at Arenum in Bergen, Norway. SAHG is currently working on its third album, tentatively due in October via Indie Recordings. Commented vocalis...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: More 'Doomsday Derelicts' MCD Details Revealed

Battle Kommand Records has announce the label's first in-house CD release in over a year: the brand new MCD from Chicago's purveyors of psychedelic blackened metal NACHTMYSTIUM, entitled "Doomsday Derelicts". The release was arranged in cooperation with Century Media Records, NACHTMYSTIUM's home lab...