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Reunited IMMORTAL At Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL; More Video Footage, Photos Available

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL made their return to the live stage on Friday, April 6 as the headliners of this year's Inferno Festival, which took place April 5-7 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee in Oslo, Norway. Watch a dozen video clips of the band's performance on YouTube....

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SOILWORK To Begin Recording Vocals For New Album

Swedish metallers SOILWORK are continuing work on their new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has issued the following update on the recording process: "We rigged up two more control rooms and started to record the bass and keyboards, simultaneously with the guitars. S...

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MY DYING BRIDE Guitarist Talks About Songwriting Process For 'A Line Of Deathless Kings'

Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with MY DYING BRIDE guitarist Hamish Glencross. A few excerpts follow: On the band's latest epic, "A Line Of Deathless Kings": "We worked hard on 'A Line Of Deathless Kings', so it's great that people are finally able to hear it. We...

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Reunited IMMORTAL Makes Live Debut At INFERNO FESTIVAL; Video Footage, Photos Available

Reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL made their return to the live stage on Friday, April 6 as the headliners of this year's Inferno Festival, which took place April 5-7 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee in Oslo, Norway. Watch a couple of video clips of the band's performance on YouT...

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BATHORY Cover Featuring ASTARTE Frontwoman; Audio Available

A cover of BATHORY's "Equimanthorn" by the Serbian black metal band BETHOR, featuring a special guest appearance by ASTARTE bassist/singer Tristessa, has been posted on the official ASTARTE MySpace page. The song appears on BETHOR's recently released tribute to BATHORY, "The Return of Darkness and E...

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MACHINE HEAD's DEMMEL Wants To Make 'Timeless Songs' People Will Listen To In 20 Years

Michelle LaRose of Garage Radio magazine recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel. A couple of excerpts follow: Garage Radio: Can you tell us a little bit about your brand new album "The Blackening" that just came out this week? Demmel: Yeah. "The Blackening", eight so...

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KATAKLYSM To Unleash 'The Heartbeast' On Upcoming Tour

During the upcoming Invaluable Darkness tour (also featuring DIMMU BORGIR, UNEARTH and DEVILDRIVER),KATAKLYSM guitarist J-F Dagenais will sport the brand new Washburn custom-made "Heartbeast" V-shaped guitar. KATAKLYSM will also be showcasing Randall cabinets and the brand new T2 guitar amp head. C...

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THE DUSKFALL Featured In 'The Darkness' Video Game

Swedish metallers THE DUSKFALL have issued the following update: "We are extremely honored and excited!!! We will be featured in an action video game created for PS3 and Xbox 360, entitled 'The Darkness'. We have been choosen for a part in the game where the gamer can watch videos through a TV set....

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DARK THE SUNS Scraps Album Recordings, Plans To Re-Record CD

Finnish atmospheric metal outfit DARK THE SUNS has decided to scrap the recently completed recordings (at Studio Dreamhouse) for its debut album, "In Darkness Comes Beauty", and re-record the entire CD from scratch at Studio Watercastle. As a result, the album's projected release date (through Fireb...

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TESTAMENT: First 100 Copies Of 'Live At The Independent' DVD To Include NICK BARKER Autograph

The first 100 copies of the new TESTAMENT "bootleg" DVD, "Live at the Independent" (view cover here),to be sold via the band's official web site will include an autograph by the group's new drummer, Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH). "Live at the Independent" was filmed on January 27,...

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Winds of War

Really now, who wouldn't chuckle at the notion of a black metal band naming itself KULT? I sure did. And then I listened to the debut album, "Winds of War", and the laughter came to a screeching halt. I'm almost of the mind now to think that it is a most apt moniker for an ...

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SABBAT, ENTOMBED Confirmed For Ireland's D.O.D. FESTIVAL

Reunited British thrashers SABBAT and Sweden's ENTOMBED have been confirmed for this year's D.O.D. Festival (formerly Day of Darkness),which will be held at Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland. This year's event takes place over two days — on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 — and is expected to be th...

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DIMMU BORGIR To Tour Europe With AMON AMARTH

Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR will embark on a European headlining tour in October/November. Dubbed "The Invaluable Darkness Tour 2007", the trek will feature Sweden's AMON AMARTH in the direct-support slot. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 23 - Amsterdam - Paradiso (NL) Sep. 24 - Tilbu...

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ANGELCORPSE Taps Former CATTLE DECAPITATION Drummer For Upcoming Tour

ANGELCORPSE has tapped J.R. Daniels (ex-CATTLE DECAPITATION) to play drums on the band's upcoming U.S. tour. The dates are as follows: May 09 - Station 4 - Minneapolis, MN (w/ TERATISM, KOMMANDANT) May 10 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (w/ CIANIDE, KOMMANDANT) May 11 - Peabodies - Cleveland, OH (w/ CE...

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CANDLEMASS Confirmed For Ireland's D.O.D. FESTIVAL

Swedish doom metal titans CANDLEMASS will play their first-ever Irish show at this year's D.O.D. Festival (formerly Day of Darkness) at Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland. This year's event takes place over two days on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 and is expected to be the biggest of its kind ever...