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BEHEMOTH Forced To Pull Out Of Finnish SONISPHERE Festival
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been forced to drop off the Finnish installment of the Sonisphere festival on August 7 due to health issues. It is unclear if any more of their European festival dates will be affected by this. More details are expected to be released over the next few days. BE...August 5, 2010
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BEHEMOTH To Release 'Evangelia Heretika' DVD
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release their second DVD, "Evangelia Heretika", this fall. More details, such as the DVD content, video clips, and pre-order information, will be made available in the coming weeks. Commented BEHEMOTH vocalist/guitarist Adam "Nergal" Darski: "We've been through...August 4, 2010
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BEHEMOTH, WATAIN: North American Tour Dates Announced
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will team up with the Swedish black metal act WATAIN for a North American tour, dubbed "Lawless States Of Heretika", in November/December. Support on the trek will come from WITHERED and BLACK ANVIL. Commented WATAIN: "This will be WATAIN's first (North American) to...August 3, 2010
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WATAIN: Mexican Dates Cancelled
Swedish black metallers WATAIN have issued the following update: "Due to reasons entirely out of the bands control, the promotor has decided to cancel the three shows in Mexico, meant to take place this weekend. "We want to underline that this decision has nothing to do with WATAIN whatsoever. We we...July 30, 2010
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WATAIN Frontman Interviewed At France's HELLFEST
Metal Sickness conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN prior to the band's June 18, 2010 performance at Hellfest in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. WATAIN's fourth album, "Lawless Darkness", entered the official chart in Sweden at...July 28, 2010
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Apocalypse Sun
There is something special about this Colorado black metal outfit. You can hear it from the opening notes of "I am I" to the fading ring of "Fount of Nighted God-head" from NIGHTBRINGER's "Apocalypse Sun". It is over an hour's worth of USBM and Scandinavian black metal blending that is conventional...July 27, 2010
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WATAIN Poster Silk-Screen Printed Using Real, Human Blood
Steven Heller of PrintMag.com's "The Daily Heller" reports that the poster (see below) for the Swedish black metal band WATAIN was designed by the Paris-founded, New York-based designer Metastazis and was silk-screen printed using real, human blood. Metastazis says his studio is "dedicated to the mo...July 25, 2010
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ASPHYX: 'Live Death Doom' DVD Trailer Available
"Live Death Doom", the new DVD and CD from the reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX, will be released through Century Media Records on the following dates: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Friday, August 27 Spain, Italy : Tuesday, August 31 Sweden, Finland, Hungary: Wednesday, September 1 Rest Of...July 21, 2010
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ASPHYX To Release 'Abomination Echoes' 7" Box Set
On July 9, reformed Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX will release the "Abomination Echoes" deluxe seven-inch box set exclusively through CMDistro.com. Featuring artwork from Ketola (WATAIN, KAAMOS),the set contains six seven-inch EPs, including: * "Enter The Domain" demo * "Crush The Cenotaph" demo...July 1, 2010
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WATAIN To Tour Scandinavia With REPUGNANT, RAM
Swedish black metallers WATAIN have issued the following update: "In September, prior to the massive 'Reaping Death Tour' in Europe, WATAIN shall embark on a Scandinavian crusade. The performances shall also be empowered by the reborn force of REPUGNANT, as well as heavy metal tyrants RAM on some of...July 1, 2010
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WATAIN Frontman Says RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Is In A Really Good Place Right Now'
Australia's The AU Review recently conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The AU Review: Being from Australia, we're quite isolated from the black metal scene. From what I see, bands from Norway and Sweden seem...June 28, 2010
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WATAIN Taking Black Metal 'To The Next Level'
Brendan Crabb (a.k.a. Spiritech) of PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: "Lawless Darkness" has been out for a few weeks now. What has the reception been like that you've...June 26, 2010
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WATAIN's 'Lawless Darkness' Lands On Swedish Chart
"Lawless Darkness", the fourth album from Swedish black metallers WATAIN, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 26 and dropped to No. 37 the following week. "Lawless Darkness" sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at...June 23, 2010
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France's HELLFEST: Photos Posted Online
News blog Musica Metal has uploaded a number of photos (courtesy of Stefano Cremaschi) from this year's Hellfest, which took place last weekend (June 18-20) in Clisson (France). Over 100 bands — including ALICE COOPER, KISS, TWISTED SISTER, SLASH, IMMORTAL, MOTÖRHEAD, GODFLESH, ARCH ENEMY, DEVIN TOW...June 23, 2010
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The Extra...
It is great to see a band like LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH on a big league label like Metal Blade. The last album I reviewed from the Los Angeles-based act was "The Golden Plague" on underground label Blackmetal.com. That disc showed a lot of potential in a thrashy black metal attack that relied on ir...June 20, 2010
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