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OBLITERATION, INSENSE Sign With INDIE RECORDINGS

Norway's Indie Recordings has announced the signing of two "extraordinarily talented and promising acts," OBLITERATION and INSENSE. OBLITERATION is a young death metal band from Kolbotn, Norway — a small place just outside Oslo known to produce great metal bands such as DARKTHRONE, AURA NOIR and LAM...

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NAPALM DEATH To Record 'Mystery Song' Later This Month

Guitarist Mitch Harris of U.K.'s extreme metal pioneers NAPALM DEATH has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "NAPALM DEATH has just confirmed a studio date later this month for a mystery song! . . . It's [got] nothing to do with the new [NAPALM DEATH] album [and] it's not a cover song...

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Drummer MARCO MINNEMANN To Play On PSYAXIS Debut

Up-and-coming progressive metal band PSYAXIS from Tampa will enter Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 7 to begin recording its debut album. Sitting behind the drum kit during the sessions will be acclaimed drummer Marco Minnemann (KREATOR, NECROPHAGIST, EPHEL DUATH, JOE SA...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Speaks Out On Being Dropped From Suffolk 'Icon' Race

Metal Hammer magazine spoke with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH earlier today after Dani was dropped from the race to be named one of the top 10 icons of the U.K.'s Suffolk county despite receiving the most votes in an online poll. The Suffolk Icons site was...

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SINISTER: 'Altered Since Birth' Box Set Detailed

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will release an exclusive box containing the full discography of one of the best death metal bands around — Holland's SINISTER — on February 14 in Poland, February 21 in Europe and April 5 in the USA. Entitled "Altered Since Birth", the set contains eight studio album...

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Updated: CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Dropped From 'Icon' Race After Getting Most Votes

According to Express.co.uk, vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH has topped the race to be named one of the top 10 icons of the U.K.'s Suffolk county. The Suffolk Icons site was launched by Choose Suffolk, a partnership aimed at putting the county "on the map." Th...

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DREAMING DEAD Announces Addition Of Lead Guitarist STEPHANIE PICKARD

Los Angeles-based extreme metal band DREAMING DEAD has announced the addition of lead guitarist Stephanie Pickard to the group's ranks. She and DREAMING DEAD singer/guitarist Elizabeth Schall form the most shredding female guitar tandem in metal today. Pickard studied with Bruce Bouillet and Paul Gi...

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DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Announces Album Title

Los Angeles-based extreme metal band DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS has set "Satánico Dramático" as the title of its first full-length album, set for worldwide digital release on February 23, 2011. "Satánico Dramático" is the follow-up to 2005's "Day Of The Dead" EP, which was mixed by Roy Z. (ROB HALFORD, JUDA...

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LECHEROUS NOCTURNE To Enter Studio In May

South Carolina-based extreme metal band LECHEROUS NOCTURNE will enter Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 8 to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled "Myth Manifest". Producing the CD will be Jarrett Prichard of death metal legends EULOGY. LECHEROUS NOCTURNE will supp...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist JAMES LOMENZO To Perform With JEFF YOUNG's SOULS ON 11

Bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, WHITE LION) will join SOULS ON 11 — the new project featuring former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young and one of America's true organic voices, Schascle "Twinkle" Yochim — on stage this Friday, January 7 at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles for "some sp...

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EXODUS To Open For IRON MAIDEN In Chile

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS will open for the legendary British heavy metal act IRON MAIDEN on April 10, 2011 at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. Comments EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt: "We had two shows left on the Thrashfest [European] tour [with KREATOR and DEATH ANGEL],...

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BREATHLESS: 'Thrashumancy' Due Next Month

Spanish thrash metal newcomers BREATHLESS will release their debut album, "Thrashumancy", on January 15, 2011 via Xtreem Music. A press release from Xtreem states: "With a classic thrash [sound], BREATHLESS's intentions are no other than creating an intense-yet-catchy style with influences that some...

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BEHEMOTH Named 'Artist Of 2010' By Polish Portal

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have been named "Artist Of 2010" by the readers of one of the biggest Polish portals, Onet.pl. Commented BEHEMOTH's leukemia-stricken guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski: "Well, let me start with saying that most probably no one takes such polls very seriously....

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Lebanon's KAOTEON Signs With OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS

Lebanese extreme black/death metal band KAOTEON has inked a deal with Osmose Productions. The group's full-length debut, "Veni Vidi Vomui" (which translates to "I came, I saw, I vomited"),was recorded and mixed inside the bullet-scarred walls of Beirut at Mixdown Studios while the mastering was han...

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INFERNAEON: New Video Interview

Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with Brian Werner and Steven Harger of of Floridian extreme metallers INFERNAEON. You can now watch the chat below. INFERNAEON filmed a video for their cover of METALLICA's "Creeping Death" with director (and "Jackass" collaborator)...