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ENSLAVED Announces Video Contest Winners

The members of Norway's renowned progressive/psychedelic black metal band ENSLAVED have announced the winners of their first-ever video contest. Fans around the world were asked to create and submit a video for the track "Ethica Odini" from the band's Billboard-charting new album "Axioma Ethica Odin...

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DESULTORY's 'Into Eternity', 'Bitterness' Albums To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks

Deluxe editions of the "Into Eternity" and "Bitterness" albums from reunited Swedish death metallers DESULTORY will be made available via Singapore's Pulverised Records. Initially released via Metal Blade Records in 1993 and 1994, respectively, each record represents an important contribution to Swe...

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HELHEIM: New Song Available For Streaming

"Dualitet og Ulver", a brand new song from Norway's HELHEIM, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the "Åsgards Fall" mini-CD, which will be released in Norway on October 25 via Dark Essence Records and in the rest of the world on November 1. The six-track mini-C...

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HELHEIM: 'Dualitet og Ulver' Video Teaser Available

Norway's HELHEIM has released a short teaser for the video for the track "Dualitet og Ulver" ("Duality and Wolves") which was filmed to coincide with the upcoming release of the "Åsgards Fall" mini-CD. "Dualitet og Ulver" tells the story of the two wolves of Nordic legend, Hati and Skoll, who try to...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Interviewed In London (Video)

Faye Coulman of SoundShock.com conducted an interview with Ivar Bjørnson of Norwegian progressive/psychedelic black metallers ENSLAVED when the band played at the Forum in London, England on September 21, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. "Axioma Ethica Odini", the eleventh studio album from E...

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ENSLAVED: 'Axioma Ethica Odini' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Axioma Ethica Odini", the eleventh studio album from progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED, sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 16 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-sellin...

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WINTERUS Signs With LIFEFORCE RECORDS

Battle Creek, Michigan-baseed black metal outfit WINTERUS has inked a deal with Lifeforce Records. The band will enter the studio on December 1 to begin recording its full-length debut, "In Carbon Mysticism", for an early 2011 release. Lead singer Christopher Erich Neu will handle the production and...

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FIRST BLOOD To Release 'Silence Is Betrayal' In November

San Francisco, California's FIRST BLOOD will release its sophomore album, "Silence Is Betrayal", on November 9 on Bullet Tooth, the new headquarters of Josh Grabelle from Trustkill Records. Featuring 15 songs of musical devastation and lyrical condemnation, FIRST BLOOD's new CD "relights the flame a...

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DIMMU BORGIR's 'Abrahadabra' Enters Norwegian Chart At No. 2

"Abrahadabra", the ninth album from Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 2. DIMMU BORGIR's previous effort, "In Sorte Diaboli", debuted on the Norwegian chart at No. 1 back in May 2007 — marking the first time a b...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Ozzy Years' Box Set Due In November

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward — four names that resonate throughout rock's recorded history as clear and sublime as the haunting bell that tolls the opening to their eponymous debut album from 1970. Collectively, they formed BLACK SABBATH and forged the most haunting and hypnot...

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HELHEIM: 'Åsgards Fall' Mini-CD Details Revealed

HELHEIM, one of Norway's oldest Viking metal bands, recently shot a video for the song "Dualitet Og Ulver" ("Duality And Wolves") in the mountains surrounding the band's hometown of Bergen. The track is said to have been written about Hati and Skoll, the two wolves of Norsk legend who attempt to swa...

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ENSLAVED, ANACRUSIS, IN SOLITUDE Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

ENSLAVED, ANACRUSIS and IN SOLITUDE have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place June 10-12, 2011 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AGENT STEEL ANACRUSIS ENFORCER ENSLA...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Discusses 'Axioma' Album In New Interview

Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: "Vertebrae" was so well received, so how did you not only adapt to its suc...

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ENSLAVED's 'Axioma Ethica Odini' Track-By-Track Breakdown - Part 7

In the seventh of nine installments, bassist/vocalist Grutle Kjellson and rhythm guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metallers ENSLAVED offer a track-by-track commentary on the songs that will appear on the band's new album, "Axioma Ethica Odini", which...

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ENSLAVED Members Discuss Upcoming Tour

Progressive/psychedelic Norwegian black metal band ENSLAVED will soon be returning to the western hemisphere as direct support for fellow countrymen DIMMU BORGIR. The 32-date "Darkness Reborn World Tour" across the U.S. and Canada launches on Friday, November 5 in Worcester, Massachusetts and ends T...