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MORGANA LEFAY: Basic Guitar Tracks Completed For New CD

Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY recently entered Soundcreation studio in Bollnäs, Sweden to begin recording the follow-up to 2005's "Grand Materia", tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007 via Black Mark Records. According to a posting on the band's web site, "The basic guit...

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MOONSPELL Nominated For MTV's 'Best Portuguese Act' Award

According to a posting on MOONSPELL's official web site, the band has been nominated in the "Best Portuguese Act" category at the MTV awards. "Tomorrow [Tuesday, Sept. 19] there will be a press conference where MTV is going announce it," the posting reads. "It's the first time a metal or heavy rock...

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Former MAYHEM Frontman's SKITLIV Project: Audio Samples Available

SKITLIV, the new doom/black metal project of former MAYHEM vocalist Maniac, has posted two songs on its official MySpace page. The first, "Densetsu" (the Japanese for "legend") is a rehearsal track, while the second, "Valley Below", is a rough mix, with drums and additional guitars still to be added...

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DEVILDRIVER: 'The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand' Special Edition Details Revealed

Roadrunner Records has announced the details of the "special edition" of DEVILDRIVER's "The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand" CD, which is being reissued on October 31. The album will contain the following: Disc 1: CD 01. End Of The Line 02. Driving Down The Darkness 03. Grinfucked 04. Hold Back The Day 05....

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Greenland

Braving the frozen tundra, fighting to survive treacherous arctic conditions, the Viking settlement of Greenland was no picnic, and new arrivals' unwillingness to seek assistance from the Inuit on the ice fishing techniques didn't help the food situation. What in the hell am I talking about? Ask gui...

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Stigmata High-Five

Beginning as guitarist/founder Topon Das' one-man experimental grindcore project in the late 90s, Ottawa, Ontario's FUCK THE FACTS arrives with its Relapse debut, "Stigmata High-Five". After a slew of releases, including a handful of full-lengths (not the least of which is the grindcore-with-dance-b...

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REVEREND BIZARRE, MOURNING BELOVETH Confirmed For BELGIAN DOOM NIGHT IV

REVEREND BIZARRE, MOURNING BELOVETH, THE GATES OF SLUMBER and MIRROR OF DECEPTION have been confirmed for the Belgian Doom Night IV festival, set to take place Saturday, November 4 at The Frontline in Ghent, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: REVEREND BIZARRE (FIN) MOURNING BELO...

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KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE Members Join Forces In FIREGOD: Record Deal Announced

FIREGOD, the new Swedish/Danish "all-star" project featuring Hal Patino (bass; KING DIAMOND),Snowy Shaw (drums; ex-KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL),Mike Wead (guitar; KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) and Simon Johannsson (guitar; MEMORY GARDEN, FIFTH REASON),has a inked a two-album deal with Vic Records. Th...

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THE ETERNAL Parts Ways With Bassist

Acclaimed Australian atmospheric/gothic/doom metal band THE ETERNAL have parted ways with bassist James Hunt. "It is with a heavy heart that I must announce my retirement from THE ETERNAL," Hunt writes in a statement. "For the last three years I have worked obsessively alongside Mark [Kelson, guitar...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Begins Work On New Studio Album

Arizona-based metal quintet JOB FOR A COWBOY has resumed the songwriting process for its first full-length release, tentatively due next spring via Metal Blade Records. In the meantime, the band will preview some of the new material at three California shows which are scheduled to take place at the...

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NICK CATANESE Says 'Shot To Hell' Is 'The New Beginning' Of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

Deb Rao of Glam-Metal.com reports that the Hard Rock Café in Pittsburgh hosted a very special BLACK LABEL SOCIETY "Shot to Hell" listening party with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nick "Evil Twin" Catanese on September 5. The event included a very special induction of the ET signature Washburn guita...

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AMON DIN: New Song Posted Online

Serbian death metal act AMON DIN has uploaded a new song, entitled "Doom of the Centuries", to its MySpace page. The track comes off the group's upcoming album, "Where the Dreams No longer Exist", which is currently being mixed for a tentative early 2007 release. Mastering duties will be handled by...

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Portugal's THANATOSCHIZO In Pre-Production Mode

Portuguese avant-garde maniacs THANATOSCHIZO are scheduled to begin pre-production today (September 10) of five new songs for their as-yet-untitled fourth album, tentatively due next summer. The pre-production recordings will take place at Wagner Studios in Chaves, Portugal (drums) and in the band's...

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CATHEDRAL Confirmed For Japan's LOUD PARK 06 Festival

According to a posting on CATHEDRAL's official web site, the veteran British doom/stoner band has been confirmed for the Loud Park 06 festival, set to take place October 14-15, 2006 at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Halls 9-11 in Tokyo, Japan. The festival billing is now shaping up as f...

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IRON MAIDEN: Orchestral Tribute To 'Piece of Mind' Due This Month

Vitamin Records has set a September 19 release date for the IRON MAIDEN tribute album "The Hand of Doom Orchestra Plays Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind: The Orchestral Tribute". A description of the project on the Vitamin web site reads as follows: "Amongst the dust and debris of time and trends, IRON M...