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BEHEMOTH, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

BEHEMOTH and ORPHANED LAND have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: BEHEMOTH DARK FUNERAL DARK TRANQUILLITY DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER HYPOCRISY OBITUARY...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

Long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AKERCOCKE ATTICA RAGE...

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Night Is the New Day

Every time KATATONIA has graced us with one of their more recent albums, we've all gushed about how it's the most lush and realized version yet of their bleak, lonely vision, and how it's going to be so impossible to top it next time they drag their maundering carcasses back into the studio. You'd t...

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El Rostro de la Muerte

Not to be a total dick, but what's more gruesome, the picture on the front of this CD or the one on the back? Just joshin' — it's kinda nice to hear '80s thrash metal, made in 2009, and played by dudes who weren't eating zweiback and shitting their Garanimals to "The Smurfs" when the ...

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Wormwood

MARDUK hit pay dirt with 2007's "Rom: 512", thanks to the deft balancing of songwriting dynamics and feral black metal intensity. It was a game changer for the legendary band and although fans will always have their favorites (it seems "Panzer Division Marduk" gets mentioned in every single review,...

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SEPULTURA Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 19-21, 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DARK FUNERAL DARK TRANQUILLITY DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER HYPOCRISY OBITU...

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NIGHTWISH Singer Performs With THE RASMUS On Finnish TV; Video Available

NIGHTWISH frontwoman Anette Olzon joined the Finnish rock band THE RASMUS this week on the Finnish TV show "Ne Salmiset" to perform THE RASMUS' new single, "October & April". The performance was broadcast earlier today (Saturday, November 28) on Finland's MTV3 and can be viewed below (a separate...

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KATATONIA Guitarist Discusses 'Night Is The New Day' Songwriting Process

David E. Gehlke and George Pacheco of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with KATATONIA guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: Reports indicated you hit writer's block when compiling material for the new album. If that was t...

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EXODUS: 'Shovel Headed Tour Machine' Trailer Available

Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for "Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. The package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a documenta...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'We're Not Gonna Make You Wait Three Or Four Years For A Record'

Matthew Lambert of Impact magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Impact: Your newest album is called "Pray for Villains". What does this mean to you and could you expand up...

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BORKNAGAR: 'Universal' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

The cover artwork for "Universal", the new album from Norway's BORKNAGAR, can be viewed below. Due on February 22, 2010 through Indie Recordings, the effort will be made available in four different formats: regular jewelcase CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc),CD box with extras and gatefol...

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WHITE WIZZARD Confirmed For U.K.'s HAMMERFEST II

Los Angeles traditional metal heroes WHITE WIZZARD have been confirmed for next year's Hammerfest II festival, set to take place March 11-13, 2010 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, North Wales, United Kingdom. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AKERCOCKE ATTICA RAGE BELLIGERENCE CARS ON F...

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ORPHANED LAND: First 'ORwarriOR' Trailer Posted Online

Israel's progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND will release their highly anticipated fourth studio opus, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR", in Europe on January 25, 2010 and in the U.S. on February 9 via Century Media Records. Mixed by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, OPETH),who is also resp...

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Former EMPEROR Guitarist SAMOTH Launches THE WRETCHED END

THE WRETCHED END, the new Norway-based band featuring guitarist Samoth (EMPEROR, ZYKLON) and bassist Cosmo (MINDGRINDER) alongside Swedish drummer Nils Fjellström (DARK FUNERAL, IN BATTLE, AEON),has entered the studio to begin recording its as-yet-untitled debut album for a 2010 release. A vocalist...

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DARK FUNERAL: New Album To Receive U.S. Release In January

"Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus", the new album from Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL, will be released in North America on January 26 via Regain Records. The CD, which is being made available in most European countries between November 18 and November 27, was recorded at Abyss Studio in Grangärde, S...