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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...

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MONSTER MAGNET, NAPALM DEATH, PESTILENCE, KATATONIA Confirmed For AALBORG METAL FESTIVAL

MONSTER MAGNET, NAPALM DEATH, PESTILENCE, KATATONIA, IMMOLATION, AMORPHIS, ILLDISPOSED, MACABRE and STUCK MOJO are among the confirmed bands for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place November 5-6, 2010 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follo...

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ENSLAVED's IVAR BJØRNSON Interviewed By INFERNAL MASQUERADE

Infernal Masquerade webzine recently conducted an interview with songwriter and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson of the Norwegian psychedelic post-black metal band ENSLAVED. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Audio samples of all nine tracks that are set to appear on "Axioma Ethica...

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DIMMU BORGIR To Tour North America With ENSLAVED, BLOOD RED THRONE

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR will embark on a 32-date North American tour in November/December. Support on the trek will come from countrymen ENSLAVED and BLOOD RED THRONE, plus DAWN OF ASHES from Los Angeles. Confirmed tour dates are as follows: Nov. 05 - The Palladium - Worcest...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist: 'Black Metal Will Never Again Be The Same As It Was Back In The '90s'

ThrashHits.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Galder (real name: Tom Rune Andersen) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThrashHits.com: Having just heard the [new DIMMU BORGIR album "Abrahadabra"], it seems safe to say...

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ENSLAVED Announces Fan Video Contest

Norway's renowned progressive/psychedelic black metallers ENSLAVED have launched a worldwide fan video contest for the track "Ethica Odini", off their new album, "Axioma Ethica Odini". States guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson: "We wanted to do something else for the album video this time around. "T...

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GRAVDAL To Debut New Bass Player At HOLE IN THE SKY

Classically trained musician Christina Sandsengen (pictured below) will make her debut appearance on bass for Norwegian black metallers GRAVDAL at this year's Hits For Kidz event at Bergen, Norway's Hole in the Sky festival on August 28. With a Bachelor's Degree in classical guitar from the Norwegia...