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HELLOWEEN: '7 Sinners' First-Week Sales Revealed

"7 Sinners", the 13th studio album from German power metallers HELLOWEEN, sold around 1,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, d...

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IN FLAMES Catalog Finds New North American Home At GOOD FIGHT MUSIC

Good Fight Music is the new North American label home for the classic IN FLAMES catalog, starting with "The Jester Race" through "Soundtrack To Your Escape". These titles, which until now have been unavailable in the marketplace, will be back on music retailers' shelves and available at digital stor...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's 'Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa' Cracks U.S. Top 100

"Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa", the new album from British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, sold 5,800 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 99 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder", opened with a little over 11,000 copies back...

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A Day On The Road With ENTOMBED

ENTOMBED/ex-SATYRICON bassist Victor Brandt recently made a two-day visit to Warwick headquarters in Markneukirchen, Germany between show dates during ENTOMBED's European tour with the mighty VOLBEAT. Victor had all the enthusiasm and wonder of a child in a sweet factory the minute he stepped inside...

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ABYSMAL DAWN: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Los Angeles, California's ABYSMAL DAWN will release its new album, "Leveling The Plane Of Existence", in North America on February 1 via Relapse Records (February 7 in the U.K.; February 11 in Germany, Benelux; and February 14 in the rest of Europe). The drums for the follow-up 2008's "Programmed To...

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DECIBEL's 'Black Metal Hall Of Fame' Special Issue Now Available

Decibel magazine presents a "Black Metal Hall Of Fame" special issue featuring eight tales from black metal's vast crypt. The Decibel "Hall Of Fame" provides the definitive stores behind the making of extreme music's most important albums. Each month the expanded stories (upwards of 5,000 words) inc...

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KATAKLYSM Announces North American Tour

Montreal-based extreme metallers KATAKLYSM have announced the North American leg of their "Spread the Venom 2010 - 2011 World Tour". Joining them will be groove-laden death shredders ALL SHALL PERISH, technical/progressive death masters DECREPIT BIRTH, Sumerian Records' touring juggernaut CONDUCTING...

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ILLDISPOSED To Enter Studio In January

Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED will enter the studio on January 8, 2011 to begin recording their as-yet-untitled new album for a March release via Massacre Records. ILLDISPOSED's last CD, "To Those Who Walk Behind Us", entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 32. T...

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CRADLE OF FILTH To Resume Work On Orchestral Album Next Month

British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will return to the studio in December to resume work on their next project, an orchestral album titled "Midnight In The Labyrinth", which, according to vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey, will "reinvent" tracks from the band's first four albums and include "full so...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Video Interview With Drummer GUS RIOS

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with drummer Gus Rios of Florida death metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION when they played at The Half Penny Pub in Syracuse, New York on August 26, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the Syracuse concert. MALEVOLENT...

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ARCH ENEMY's DANIEL ERLANDSSON At Spain's TAM TAM DRUMFEST; Video Available

Video footage of ARCH ENEMY/CARCASS drummer Daniel Erlandsson's November 7, 2010 drum clinic at the Tam Tam Drumfest in Sevilla, Spain can be viewed below. In a recent interview with Maximum Rock Mag, ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow stated about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the ban...

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Former EMPEROR/ZYKLON Guitarist Discusses THE WRETCHED END Project In METAL ASSAULT Interview

"Ominous", the debut album from 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) — was released on on October 25 through Samoth's own imprint label, Noct...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION's 'Shocking' New Video Released

"Slaughterhouse", the new video from Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION, can be viewed at Bloody-Disgusting.com. The too-shocking-for-YouTube clip was filmed in Florida and Central City Studios in Los Angeles with up-and-coming director Chris Cullari (WESTLAND, THE APPRECIATION POST)....

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SODOM Mainman Is 'Very, Very Satisfied' With Band's New Album

Jens Lundell of Swedish web magazine CriticalMass.se recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. CriticalMass.se: You're going to release a new album called "In War And Pieces"...

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ADVENT OF BEDLAM Signs With MICELI RECORDS

Costa Rica-based metallers ADVENT OF BEDLAM (formerly DECEMBER'S COLD WINTER) have inked a deal with the Dutch record label Miceli Records. A "new version" of the band's latest album, "Behold The Chaos", will be made available via Miceli in the near future. The CD was recorded at Cavan Studio with p...