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Destroyers from the Western Skies

Right or wrong, there was a time when those with using "black metal" and "elite" in the same sentence were referring to bands of a Scandinavian heritage, while those same folks snickered at the idea of a legitimate U.S. black metal world presence. Regardless of the questionable validity of the origi...

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Former GORGOROTH Drummer To Publish First Novel

Former GORGOROTH drummer Erlend Erichsen (who played on the "Incipit Satan" album) has finished work on his debut novel, entitled "Nasjonalsatanisten", which is scheduled to be released in October via Damm Forlag (major Norwegian publisher). The story of the novel is set in the early/mid-Nineties, w...

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RESUSCITATOR To Record New Album, Tour With ROTTING CHRIST

California-based "dark occult blackened death metal" act RESUSCITATOR will enter the studio on September 9 to begin recording their new album, "Crusades to Immortality". This release will contain two covers — ROTTING CHRIST's "Sign of Evil Existence" and SAMAEL's "Into the Pentagram". The band are a...

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Thor Against the World

One of those legendary 1980s types that no one you know actually seems to have ever have heard of, Jon Mikl Thor is some sort of Canadian bodybuilding heavy metal movie star. He's been working on a comeback for a few years now, releasing an album last year (the quasi-conceptual "Thor Vs. The Beastwo...

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H.I.M. To Tour U.S. With SKINDRED, FINCH

Finnish goth-metallers H.I.M. will be teaming up with SKINDRED and FINCH for a U.S. tour this fall. More information will be made available soon. As previously reported, H.I.M. will release "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" as the first international single off their upcoming CD, "Dark Light". It i...

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PLACE OF SKULLS To Enter Studio In August

PLACE OF SKULLS, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based band featuring former PENTAGRAM guitarist Victor Griffin, will enter Lakeside Studios studio on August 1 with producers Travis Wyrick and Mike Dearing to begin recording their third full-length CD, tentatively due in early 2006 via Exile On Mainstream...

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H.I.M. Frontman Gets Engaged; Finnish TV Documentary Posted Online

H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Jonna Nygren last weekend at the Finnish rock festival Ruisrock. Instead of giving each other the customary engagement rings, the couple tattooed their left ring fingers with the letters "DILLIGAF," which reportedly stands for "Do I l...

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H.I.M. Complete Work On 'Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly' Video

The Greek H.I.M. fan club DarkSecret Club recently conducted an exclusive interview with H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo, to be published in an upcoming issue of an international music magazine. Ville spoke for more than 25 minutes about the grup's upcoming album, "Dark Light", and offered new informatio...

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CRIMINAL Finalize Track Listing For 'Sicario'

Anglo-Chilean thrash extremists CRIMINAL, featuring former PENTAGRAM frontman Anton Reisenegger, have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Sicario", due in Europe on September 5 via Metal Blade Records. "Sicario" (a Spanish word for "assassin," most commonly associated with the hired ki...

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Firewood

The story goes that Sweden's WITCHCRAFT first began as a tribute to former 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS legend Roky Erickson and PENTAGRAM's Bobby Liebling. The self-titled debut album caused quite a buzz and if it's anything like "Firewood", I can understand why. Prior to actually hearing "Firewood", I wou...

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GORGOROTH And 1349: Updated European Itinerary Posted Online

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have released the updated itinerary for their upcoming European tour with 1349. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 02 - La Locomotive - Paris, FRA Nov. 03 - Mephisto - Barcelona, SPA Nov. 04 - Caragol - Madrid, SPA Nov. 05 - Stereo club - Alicante, SPA Nov. 06 -...

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RABIES CASTE/SOURVEIN Split 7" Finally Released

Dada Drumming has just announced the release of the long-awaited RABIES CASTE/SOURVEIN split 7". The included tracks were recorded by the bands in 2003 and 2002 respectively, and mastered in San Francisco by Billy Anderson in late 2004/early 2005. The record comes in an edition of 1,000 copies on fi...

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GORGOROTH: New Album Update

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have posted the following update on their official web site: "The recordings of the upcoming album, 'Ad Majorem Satanhas Gloriam', progress steadily. Infernus [guitar] and King [bass] have been in a studio in Spydeberg (Norway) for the past weeks where they have r...

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GORGOROTH: London Show Cancelled

According to a posting on the GORGOROTH web site, the promoters of the band's previously announced August 13 show in London have cancelled the gig "due to financial reasons." The group's next live appearance will take place on July 2 at the With Full Force festival in Leipzig, Germany. GORGOROTH rec...

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PICOROCO RECORDS Founder Passes Away

Eduardo "Picoroco" Navarrete, who is said to have been one of the most important figures in the South American metal music scene, was found dead in the bathroom of his mother's apartment Monday evening (May 23). The cause of death is presently unclear but it is presumed to be a heart attack. Picoroc...