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FUNERAL Signs With INDIE RECORDINGS

Indie Recordings has announced the signing of the masters of doom FUNERAL. With three albums and an EP under its belt, FUNERAL has grown to be one of the leading doom bands in Europe. Having sold more than 8,000 copies of its previous CD, "From These Wounds", on Tabu Recordings, there is no doubt FU...

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ORDOG Signs With VIOLENT JOURNEY RECORDS

Finnish doom metal band ORDOG has inked deal with Violent Journey Records. The group's new album, "When the Life Is Too Short for Learning to Live", will be released later in the year. Formed in 2005, ORDOG's debut album, "Crow And the Storm", came out through the French label Ostra Records. "When t...

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THE GATES OF SLUMBER: Another New Song Posted Online

Indianapolis, Indiana-based doom metal band THE GATES OF SLUMBER has posted another new song, "Ice Worm", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Conqueror", which will be released in North America on May 27 via Profound Lore (I Hate in Europe). The CD was recorded at Volu...

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SOULFLY: 'Conquer' Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for SOULFLY's new album, "Conquer", can be viewed at this location (artwork by Android). "Conquer" is scheduled for release on July 29 via Roadrunner Records. SOULFLY members Max Cavalera (guitar/vocals),Joe Nunez (drums),Marc Rizzo (guitar),and Bobby Burns (bass) entered Porch...

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W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'I Feel Really Bad For New Musicians'

Aedan Siebert of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: The Metal Forge: What do you think you'd be doing now if you weren't a rock musician? Blackie: "I'd be doing some sort of form of it, because this is ...

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MY DYING BRIDE, PRIMORDIAL Confirmed For Holland's ASHES TO ASHES... DOOM TO DUST III

MY DYING BRIDE and PRIMORDIAL are among the confirmed bands for the Ashes To Ashes... Doom To Dust III festival, set to take place September 7 at 013 in Tilburg, Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMEN RA BLUTCH BUNKUR DROTTNAR FUNERALIUM GRIFTEGARD INDUSTRIAL PASSAGE KONGH KRUX...

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KRUX To Perform At Holland's DOOM TO DUST Festival

KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levn, ex-ENTOMBED drummer Peter Stjrnvind, guitarist Jrgen Sandstrom (also in THE PROJECT HATE, ex-ENTOMBED/GRAVE),OPETH/ex-ARCH ENEMY guitarist Fredrik kesson, and keyboardist Carl Westholm, will perfo...

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CARNIVORE Reissues To Include Bonus Demo Tracks

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release two albums from CARNIVORE the self-titled debut album (1986) and "Retaliation" (1987) on May 19 in Europe (July 8 in the USA via MVD). Each limited-edition digipack title (limited to 2,000 copies) will contain three bonus demo tracks and will be made a...

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HIM: Two Songs From 'Digital Versatile Doom' DVD Posted Online

Finnish "love metallers" HIM have posted two preview videos from their forthcoming CD/DVD "Digital Versatile Doom: Live at the Orpheum Theatre". Due on April 29, the live portion of the DVD was recorded/filmed at the band's November 14-15, 2007 concerts at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Accordi...

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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Pulls Out Of BORIS, TORCHE Tour

"Due to personal reasons," Pacific Northwestern black metal eco-terrorists WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM have pulled out of their previously announced North American tour with BORIS and TORCHE. The trek will still go ahead without WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM's sound is influence...

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TESTAMENT Singer To Guest On Tonight's 'Black Night Meditations'

Vocalist Chuck Billy of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal legends TESTAMENT will be interviewed live tonight at 10:00 p.m. on the "Black Night Meditations" radio show on WSCA 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. "Black Night Meditations" is a four-hour metal radio show that focuses on black,...

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For many reasons, it's hard to talk objectively about the work of Chuck Schuldiner and DEATH. For one, the man was taken from us far too early, leaving many musical pathways still untraveled. There's also the fact that his legacy, the arc of his creativity from "Scream Bloody Gore" to "The Sound of...

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EERIE To Record Four-Song Demo In July

VANMAKT's Gorgoth (a.k.a. Tais) has issued the following update on his Swedish gothic/doom metal project EERIE: "I have just talked to our label and at the moment they are having some troubles. So we have decided to not record a full album this summer since we dont know if it will be released. Inste...

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CANDLEMASS: 'Lucifer Rising' EP To Include Two New Tracks

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS are currently recording a new EP, "Lucfer Rising", for a tentative Septeber release via Nuclear Blast Records. It will include two brand new tracks "Lucifer Rising" and "The White God" plus a whole bunch of live tracks from the previous tour. A new album will be...

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SAHG Issues Post-European Tour Update

SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, has issued the following update: "We have just returned from the 'Sahg II' European tour, having played some great shows across the continent. We toured along with headliner TROUBLE and GORI...