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MANOWAR To Release New Single, Full-Length Album

MANOWAR will relerase a brand new single, "The Sons Of Odin", on February 27, 2006. This 10-minute epic, in classic true metal style, sets the perfect tone for the impending release of the yet-untitled full-length album, scheduled for April 3, 2006. Entitled "The Sons Of Odin", the upcoming CD will...

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CANDLELIGHT To Debut DAYLIGHT DIES Track This Weekend

Candlelight Records will debut a sample from the first track from "Dismantling Devotion", the new album from DAYLIGHT DIES. "A Life Less Lived" will be available beginning 9:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, January 22. Bring your browser to www.candlelightrecordsusa.com. Four years in the making, the near hou...

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MONSTROSITY: New Lineup Revealed

Long-running Florida-based death metallers MONSTROSITY have announced their lineup for the upcoming "Triumph in Black" European tour, which is scheduled to kick off late March. Replacing guitarist Tony Norman (currently in MORBID ANGEL/TERRORIZER) and vocalist Jason Avery are Mark English and Brian...

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THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH To Release Debut Album In April

Sacramento, California metal outfit THE ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH will release their self-titled, nine-song debut on April 25 via Goodfellow Records. Featuring members of WILL HAVEN and ODDMAN, the band play "a haunting, punishing concoction of sludge/doom metal with maniacal, over-the-top vocals that w...

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SILENTIUM: New Album Samples Posted Online

Dynamic Arts Records has set a January 27 Finnish release date (March 24 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland) for the new album from Finnish atmospheric doom metallers SILENTIUM, entitled "Seducia". The CD is the sequel to the "Frostnight" single, which came out in October. According to a Dynamic Arts...

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Heavy Metal Documentary 'A Headbanger's Journey' To Hit Theaters Next Month

Seville Pictures has announced that "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", directed by Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Jessica Joy Wise, will be released on February 24 across Canada. The documentary follows Sam Dunn, a professional anthropologist, long-time heavy metal fan and practitioner through his own ba...

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GREEN CARNATION: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Norway's prog masters GREEN CARNATION are headed back to North America for a full tour starting February 24. Support at all shows will come from BEYOND THE EMBRACE. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 24 - Broadway Joes - Buffalo, NY Feb. 25 - Valentines - Albany, NY Feb. 26 - Cabot St. - Chicaopee...

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Maleficus

In a world where straight-up death metal seems to be on a race to blast-beating oblivion, it takes dedication to stick doggedly with a rhythmic, midtempo, song-oriented style. Perhaps this is why, despite ten years of persistence in the underground and props from fellow metal travelers, this America...

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MAEL MÓRDHA: World's Only Gaelic Doom Metal Band Prepare For Regional Assault

Acclaimed Irish metal act MAEL MÓRDHA have announced a four date mini-tour of Ireland which will see the illustrious, battle-clad outfit play shows in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. Special guests on the tour include fast-rising Dublin thrashers MASS EXTINCTION and acclaimed Cork-based black met...

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YOB Call It Quits

Eugene, Oregon-based doom metal band YOB have called it quits. An official statement from the group's founding member Mike Scheidt reads as follows: "I regret to say that YOB is disbanding after almost 10 years of existence. The time we spent with YOB exceeded our wildest expectations and hopes and...

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SOLITUDE AETURNUS, VENI DOMINE Confirmed For Germany's DOOM SHALL RISE IV Festival

U.S. doom masters SOLITUDE AETURNUS and Sweden's VENI DOMINE have have been confirmed for the Doom Shall Rise IV festival, set to take place March 31-April 1 at the Chapel in Göppingen, Germany. Doom Shall Rise is the world's biggest annual event exclusively dedicated to doom metal. The festival bil...

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THE PROPHECY: U.K. Tour Dates Announced

Yorkshire doom metallers THE PROPHECY are continuing to focus on home turf this year with a series of gigs announced for 2006. The band intend to cover as much of the U.K. as possible this year in preparation for their forthcoming album, "Revelations", which is expected later in 2006. Upcoming THE P...

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Human Failures

The split release format is a great idea for so many reasons. Most obviously, if you're a fan of one band, you may get turned onto the other, of course. There's also something to be said for using up that dead space on a CD, instead of putting out a four-song EP that, no matter ...

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The Unquiet Sky

As the cosmic whirring and acid-trip drone of four-and-a-half minute instrumental opener "No Able Fires" fills the air, it's a cinch that smooth crooning and hardcore breakdowns won't be following. In fact, INDIAN moves right into a nine-and-a-half-minute crawl called "Ration" that sets the tone for...

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VITAL REMAINS To Make Rare New England Appearance With GLEN BENTON

VITAL REMAINS will be making a rare New England appearance featuring Glen Benton of DEICIDE on lead vocals on January 28 at The Living Room in Providence, Rhode Island. The group's lineup will also feature Ralph Santolla (DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) on lead guitar, Dave Suzuki on drums and Ron Green...