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VENOM Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

British black metal pioneers VENOM have parted ways with guitarist Mykvs (a.k.a. Mike Hickey; ex-CARCASS, CATHEDRAL). "Personal unavoidable commitments in the U.S. have forced Mykvs to announce that he cannot commit 100% to VENOM's 2007 schedule," the band writes in a statement. A new guitarist by t...

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Former EXHUMED Guitarist Re-Launches BEREAVE Project

Former EXHUMED guitarist Mike Beams has launched a one-man project called BEREAVE. According to Beams, "BEREAVE is a project that was started in '93 as a three-piece doom band. We were trying to recreate CATHEDRAL's 'Forest of Equilibrium' and WINTER's 'Into Darkness' pretty much. We never got anyth...

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CATHEDRAL: Greek Show Postponed

Veteran British doom/stoner band CATHEDRAL has been forced to postpone its previously announced February 25 performance in Athens, Greece due to guitar player Garry Jennings sustaining a broken thumb and wrist from a cycling accident. A new date for the concert has not yet been announced. CATHEDRAL'...

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'Earache Extreme Metal Racing' PlayStation 2 Game Due In February

Calling all extreme metal fans and gamers: the time has finally come for you to strap yourself into the driving seat for the release of the world’s first exclusively death metal- and grindcore-themed PS2 game. "Earache Extreme Metal Racing" will finally hit the shelves on Friday, February 2, 2007. T...

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SOLEMNITY: Limited-Edition Vinyl Containing BATHORY Cover Due Next Week

Germany's SOLEMNITY has set a January 11 release date for its limited-edition 10-inch vinyl containing a classical version of BATHORY's "One Rode to Asa Bay" backed with a cover of LIZZY BORDEN's 'There will be Blood Tonight'. SOLEMNITY recorded "One Rode to Asa Bay" with the help of the Bamberg Sym...

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Reunited CEREBAL FIX To Headline U.K.'s C**TSTOCK FESTIVAL

Reunited British punk/thrash crossover band CEREBRAL FIX will headline Birmingham, England's Cuntstock Festival 2007, set to take place February 27, 2007 at Scruffy Murphy's. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CEREBRAL FIX THEOKTONY CHEMICAL VOMIT ODIUM INCARNATE TRENCHHEAD 03/09/39 ISCA...

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Cancer Benefit For Minnesota Rock/Metal Music Icon To Be Held Next Month

Earl Root has been a staple of the rock and metal community in Minnesota for over twenty years. He is most known as the once owner of Root Cellar Records, which recently closed last year as well as the DJ of KFAI's "Root of All Evil" metal music show on Saturday nights. He also owns ...

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ANATHEMA Announces More Finnish Dates

British metallers ANATHEMA have added two dates in Finland prior to their appearance at the Helldone Festival 2006. The details are as follows: Dec. 28 - Klubi – Tampere, FIN Dec. 29 - Lutakko - Jyvaskyla, FIN Dec. 30 - Tavastia - Helsinki, FIN (Helldone) Also scheduled to appear at the Helldone Fes...

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LEAVES' EYES Guitarist Checks In From Nebraska

LEAVES' EYES guitarist Thorsten Bauer has checked in from the group's North American tour as the support act for BLIND GUARDIAN: "I am writing to you from Nebraska, just on the way to the next show in Minneapolis. Two days ago we have still been in Mexico playing at the Monterrey Metal Fest. It was...

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AMORPHIS: PROVINSSIROCK Performance To Air On Finnish TV

AMORPHIS' performance at this year's Provinssirock festival in Finland will be broadcast on Yle TV2 on December 3. A repeat airing is scheduled for December 6. Following their appearance at Helldone Festival on December 30 at Helsinki's Tavastia Club, AMORPHIS will head up north to Oulu, Finland for...

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SOLEMNITY Records Classical Version Of BATHORY Song For Upcoming Vinyl Release

Germany's SOLEMNITY recently teamed up with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra to record a classical version of BATHORY's "One Rode To Asa Bay". The song was recorded at the Ulmer Münster Cathedral in Ulm, Germany, which is said to be the highest Catholic church on earth. "THIS was the place to call on...

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MONTERREY METAL FEST Pre-Party Final Details Revealed

The official 2006 Monterrey Metal Fest pre-party will be held on Friday, November 17, 2006 at the Cafe Iguana in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico with mini-sets from the following bands: JOE STUMP HYDROGYN BLUDGEON VAINGLORY FORLORN VALE HERENWEN SOULS ON FIRE BLACKSMITH PENTAGRAM The cost of the ticke...

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Psalm 9

Black sheets of raining doom rock cascade down, Old Testament prophecies come true in vengeful bursts of fire, and the bastards indeed pay! TROUBLE should have knocked the world on its ass in 1984 with this low-budget slab of creepy, ethereal metal, a distillation of the gloom of prime SABBATH, the...

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CELTIC FROST Bassist: 'Revolutionary Music Is Made By Young People, And I Am Not Young Anymore'

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On "Monotheist", CELTIC FROST's first album of new material since 1990's "Vanity/Nemesis": "Some have said we didn't get heavy enough...

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AMORPHIS Schedules New Year's Eve Gig In Finland

Following their appearance at Helldone Festival on December 30 at Helsinki's Tavastia Club, AMORPHIS will head up north to Oulu, Finland for a New Year's Eve party at Club Teatria. Other bands scheduled to appear at Helldone include H.I.M., CATHEDRAL, ANATHEMA, DIABLO, KATATONIA, BLAKE, 45 DEGREE WO...