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SCARECROW To Tour With FUELED BY FIRE

San Francisco-based metal merchants SCARECROW, who feature in their ranks frontman Matt Harvey (EXHUMED),will embark on their first tour, a two-week Western U.S. stint with fellow California thrashers FUELED BY FIRE, from December 7 to December 18. Commented Harvey: "We're definitely fucking psyche...

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SAATTUE Completes Work On Debut Album

Finnish metallers SAATTUE have finished mastering their debut album, "Jäähyvästi", at Finnvox studios in Helsinki with Minerva Pappi. The CD was recorded at D-Studios in Klaukkala, Finland and includes "seven tracks of gloomy and heavy 'saattometal,'" according to a press release. "Jäähyvästi" track...

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AFM RECORDS To Release 'All For Metal', 'Heart Breakers' Compilations

On November 30, and December 7, AFM Records will release two compilations which will include several AFM highlights. The first compilation, a DVD/CD box set titled "All For Metal" (due November 30),contains many video clips of the AFM artists as well as some rare live video material. The CD will in...

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Ex-MAYHEM Frontman MANIAC's SKITLIV Recruits New Drummer

Former SHINING drummer Ted has joined the ranks of SKITLIV, replacing Canadian drummer Trish. He is currently rehearsing with the band ready for the upcoming December tour with SHINING and HELLSAW. Drum duties on the recently announced limited-edition mini-CD will be carried out by Ivar, who played...

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VIRGIN BLACK: 'Requiem – Fortissimo' Track Listing, Sample Available

The End Records has set a February 19, 2008 release date for VIRGIN BLACK's "Requiem – Fortissimo", the much-anticipated follow-up to 2007's "Requiem - Mezzo Forte". On its latest album — the second instalment of a trilogy — VIRGIN BLACK exhumes the death/doom vibe of early PARADISE LOST and MY DYIN...

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AXXIS: New Song Posted Online

German metallers AXXIS have posted the title track of their new album, "Doom of Destiny", on their MySpace page. Due in Europe on November 19 (November 16 in Germany) via AFM Records, the CD is the band's first record with new guitarist Marco Wreidt. The track listing for the album is as follows: .....

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Former WARHORSE Guitarist Todd Laskowski Rejoins SIN OF ANGELS

Rhode Island doom metal act SIN OF ANGELS has been rejoined by guitarist Todd Laskowski (WARHORSE, AS HEAVEN TURNS TO ASH). Todd was part of the group's original lineup, along with drummer Ray McCaffrey, and was instrumental in crafting the band's current sound. Commented McCaffrey: "Todd left the b...

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HIM To Utilize DVD Footage To Cut 'Bleed Well' Video

Finnish "love metallers" HIM will be using the live footage filmed during the band's DVD shoot on November 14-15 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles to cut a music video for single "Bleed Well". As previously reported, HIM will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockli...

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CEPHALIC CARNAGE To Perform Special Doom Set At ROADBURN FESTIVAL

Hypersonic grindcore freaks CEPHALIC CARNAGE have been confirmed to play the Roadburn Festival on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at the 013 Club in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The band won't perform its unusual and uncompromising marijuana-induced grind. Instead, CEPHALIC CARNAGE is going to drone out at Ro...

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CATHEDRAL, WITCHCRAFT Members To Guest On SIRIUS SATELLITE's 'Bloody Roots'

CATHEDRAL/ex-NAPALM DEATH frontman Lee Dorrian, who also runs UK's Rise Above Records, and protégé Magnus Pelander of Rise Above recording artists WITCHCRAFT will guest on the "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack on Tuesday, November 13 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The program will be re...

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HIM: Los Angeles Concerts To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

HIM's November 14-15 concerts at the Orpheium Theatre in Los Angeles will be filmed for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due next year. November 14 is sold out, but you can still claim your place in HIM history on November 15 at the Orpheum Theatre while tickets last. Get your tickets while you still ca...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD: New Song Posted Online

A new ELECTRIC WIZARD song, entitled "The Chosen Few", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the British doom veterans' sixth full-length studio album, "Witchcult Today", which is scheduled for release in Europe on November 12 via Rise Above Records (November 20 in the U.S...

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Burning the Born Again… A New Philosophy

Talk about the sound of perseverance… SATAN'S HOST have been around in one form or another since 1977, if the record label can be believed! Having at one point featured JAG PANZER's Harry Conklin in their ranks, the band later veered off from a power metal direction into a more blackened, caustic de...

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Ill Innocence

Never underestimate the power of primitivism. THE STOOGES had it, DARKTHRONE has it, SUNNO))) has it, HELLHAMMER had it…you know the list. In each of those examples though, there is far more at work than a stripped down sound and a primal essence; it is indeed a matter of finding the sweet spot or f...

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PLANET GEMINI Releases New LP For Free

Long-standing underground doom metal band PLANET GEMINI has released its ninth studio album via the group's official web site. The LP, entitled "Cauldron of Fuzz V: Sometimes it Comes Back", consists of seven songs (six new original PLANET GEMINI tracks and one cover of a PENTAGRAM song) and clocks...