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IMMORTAL, AURA NOIR Confirmed For Norway's INFERNO Festival
IMMORTAL and AURA NOIR have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Inferno festival, set to take place April 20-23, 2011 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. Tickets go on sale today (Monday, August 2). The Inferno metal festival has become a true black Easter tradition for...August 2, 2010
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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Setlist For EXODUS Tour Revealed
Florida-based death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION will kick off the "March Of Brutality" tour with headliners EXODUS on August 16 in Portland, Oregon. Also appearing on the bill are HOLY GRAIL and BONDED BY BLOOD. MALEVOLENT CREATION is in the middle of a two-week headlining run, which will be follo...July 30, 2010
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NEAERA: First Studio Webisode Released
The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for "Forging The Eclipse", the fifth album from German extreme metallers NEAERA, can be viewed below. "Forging The Eclipse" is scheduled for an October 22 release via Metal Blade Records. The drum trac...July 30, 2010
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DEATH OF DESIRE: 'ANTIhuman' Artwork Unveiled
German extreme metallers DEATH OF DESIRE, whose recording lineup includes MAYHEM drummer Hellhammer (a.k.a. Jan Axel Blomberg),have unveiled the cover artwork for their upcoming debut album, "ANTIhuman". According to the band, "The main idea for the cover art was designed by [guitarist] Morbid and...July 30, 2010
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SKELETONWITCH Guitarist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT
On July 29, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Scott Hedrick of Athens, Ohio extreme metallers SKELETONWITCH. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. SKELETONWITCH will take part in this year's edition of Ozzy's Osbourne's travelling festival,...July 30, 2010
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ENSLAVED: 'Axioma Ethica Odini' Bonus Tracks Explained
Norwegian psychedelic post-black metal band ENSLAVED will release its new album, "Axioma Ethica Odini", in Europe on September 27 and in North America on September 28. The CD's cover artwork was created by the Norwegian artist Truls Espedal, who has painted every ENSLAVED album cover since 2001's "M...July 29, 2010
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MUSHROOMHEAD: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled
Cleveland, Ohio art-metal collective MUSHROOMHEAD will release its long-awaited seventh studio album, "Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children", on September 28 via Megaforce Records. As one of the leaders of the alterna-metal movement since its inception in 1993, MUSHROOMHEAD is one of the more unique...July 28, 2010
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EXTREME Frontman Contributes Song To 'The Barrel of A Gun' Film
Vocalist Gary Cherone of reunited Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME is contributing a song to the upcoming film "The Barrel Of A Gun", written about the controversy surrounding Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted in the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner. The film's director, Tigre Hill,...July 28, 2010
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The Panic Broadcast
SOILWORK has been used as a reference for so many years now when critics describe the oodles of often generic metalcore and melodic death metal bands that base their songs on aggressive verses and cleanly sung choruses that one almost forgets that the Swedes are the stalwarts of the style, not the a...July 27, 2010
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Noise Chaos War
There are few metal journeyman that continue to work so hard for so little year and year and still manage to wake up every morning with the sole intent of devoting 100 percent effort into writing, recording, and/or performing the best thrash metal possible. That is Katon W. DePena to a "T". The road...July 27, 2010
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All American Death Cult
Remember when people thought AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE and SCRAPE and PROFESSIONAL MURDER MUSIC were a good idea? Me too, but a few more therapy sessions and I should have it blocked from my mind. That is, unless bands like Cleveland's RIKETS insist on dredging up the worst, most overproduced excesses of...July 27, 2010
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Ritual Executions
If you consider yourself any kind of extreme metal buff, then surely you are aware of the reputation Australia has gained for itself over the years as a hotbed of savage black, death, and war metal. Hell, it's more than savage; it is usually reckless, filthy, and goddamned deranged. Consider a cross...July 27, 2010
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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Interviewed In Maldives
Haveeru conducted an interview with vocalist Angela Gossow of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY last week prior to the band's first-ever appearance in Maldives. Watch the first part of the chat below. (Note: The second part of the interview has not yet been made available.) ARCH ENEMY was...July 27, 2010
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VOLBEAT: 'Beyond Hell/Above Heaven' Track Listing, Artwork Unveiled
Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT will release their fourth album, "Beyond Hell/Above Heaven", in Germany on September 10 and in most parts of Europe on September 13 via Vertigo/Universal. The CD was once again recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen. The cover art...July 27, 2010
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SADISTIK FOREST: 'The Attempt' Video Released
"The Attempt", the first video from Oulu, Finland-based death metallers SADISTIK FOREST, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by Sami Kokkonen and Toni Hiltunen, who have previously worked with a number of leading Finnish metal acts, including TURMION KÄTILÖT, VERJNUARMU and 2 TIMES TERROR. The...July 27, 2010
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