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MAYHEM: Banned In Malaysia

Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM have posted the following message on their official web site: "MAYHEM have been BANNED in Malaysia so the date at Kuala Lumpur on the Asian Legions tour is cancelled but all other dates in Asia remain the same. There has also been another show added to the 'Live' sec...

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Norway's AMOK Putting Finishing Touches On Debut Album

AMOK, the Norwegian death metal quartet featuring Lava (TAAKE, ex-AETERNUS) on guitar, Necrocum (MYSTICUM, ABORYM) on vocals, Iscariah (NECROPHAGIA, ex-IMMORTAL, WURDULAK) on bass and Stanley on drums, are putting the finishing touches on their debut album, "Necrospiritual Deathcore". The CD, which...

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'Scandinavian Rock & Metal' Two-Volume Book Set Due In Early 2006

RockDetector.com is publishing a two-volume book set, "Scandinavian Rock & Metal", in the first quarter of 2006. The books cover all styles of rock and metal from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. In the now-expected Rockdetector style, executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young covers each band's h...

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WINDS To Begin Recording Their 'Most Progressive And Technically Challenging' Album

Norway’s progressive metal act WINDS — comprised of singer Lars Eric Si (KHOLD),guitarist Carl August Tidemann (ARCTURUS),keyboardist Andy Winter (AGE OF SILENCE) and Jan Axel Von Blomberg (ARCTURUS, MAYHEM) — will be entering the studio this week for continued work on their as-yet-untitled follow...

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VENOM Frontman On New Album: I Wanted To Re-Create What Original Band Was All About

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the subject of the detractors, fans who believe the only "real" VENOM includes Mantas and Abaddon: Cronos: "Look, VENOM has over the years had so m...

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SADUS: Live Video Posted Online

SADUS' live video for the track "Through the Eyes of Greed" has been posted online at the group's fan site www.valleyofdrybones.tk (Quicktime required, 39 MB). The clip was shot last year in Santiago, Chile during the band's 2004 Hemp Fueled Tour. As previously reported, a brand-new SADUS track, ent...

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VINNIE PAUL's Attorney: 'Inadequate Security' At Columbus Club Led To DIMEBAG's Death

Attorney Gerald Leeseberg, who represents "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's brother/bandmate, DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul, DAMAGEPLAN tour manager Chris Paluska and drum tech John Brooks, has confirmed to MTV.com that the trio have filed a lawsuit against the Columbus, Ohio, club where Dimebag was kille...

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DIMEBAG Tribute To Air Online This Wednesday

"Midweek Mayhem", an online metal program that airs weekly from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST on KWTF Worldwide, will feature a two-hour, unedited and uncensored tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on Wednesday, December 7. The show will include music from Dimebag's re...

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GENERAL SURGERY Prepare To Record 'Left Hand Pathology'

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Just to let you know, the time is drawing near. That's right, we're entering the studio to record our first full-length album which we cleverly enough have entitled 'Left Hand Patholo...

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IN FLAMES, SEPULTURA, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY Members Reveal Their Favorite Albums Of 2005

In the December/January issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up, a number of heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005. Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA): BIOHAZARD – "Means to an End" CLAUSTROPHOBIA – "Fulminant" EXODUS – "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES): NINE...

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MAYHEM's Concert In Malaysia To Be Investigated By Authorities

Malaysian National News Agency Bernama has issued the following report: A government backbencher Wednesday asked the government to probe into how the black metal MAYHEM music concert, said to be worshipping the devil, were allowed to hold a concert in Backroom, Kuala Lumpur on Feb 4, next year. Datu...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND To Tour U.S. With OPETH?

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND are in talks to possibly open for OPETH on their upcoming U.S. headlining tour beginning in February 2006. No further details are currently available. DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND recently completed work on their new studio album, "Synchestra", tentatively due in the spring. The making of...

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IRON MAIDEN: 'Death On The Road' U.K. Release Date Announced

IRON MAIDEN have now confirmed the U.K. release date of their much anticipated DVD release "Death on the Road" for February 6, 2006 through EMI Records. This will initially be available as a limited-edition special digipack. The DVD package contains the full performance of their "Dance of Death Tour...

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ABORYM: Another New Song Posted Online

The title track from ABORYM's upcoming CD, "Generator", has been posted oline at www.myspace.com/aborym666. As previously reported, the song "A Dog-Eat-Dog World" has been made available for download at this location. Both cuts come off the Italian black metallers' fourth album, "Generator", due on...

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Complications (EP)

Picking up where last year's "Acceleration" left off, avant-garde supergroup AGE OF SILENCE release this three-song teaser, a sort of mini concept album about, and I'm not making this up, a shopping mall in Hell (not an entirely unfamiliar concept as we reach the season of holiday consumer frenzy!)....