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Into the Night

Heavy Artillery Records just keeps on delivering the goods. After a run of righteous vintage thrash albums, the label has now unleashed one in the traditional heavy metal vein, albeit a disc with a significant speed metal element. On "Into the Night", Sweden's ENFORCER stomp on the gas pedal and rac...

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Profano Ad Regnum

The year 2008 is one marked by a resurgence of not just retro thrash, but old school, doomy death metal. We have seen superb releases from Australia's IGNIVOMOUS (vinyl releases at that),Norway's EXECRATION, Sweden's NECROVATION, and Greece's DEAD CONGREGATION, while Seattle's DRAWN AND QUARTERED b...

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Fulfill the Curse

Doom acts have by and large not been a staple of the Razorback Records roster; that distinction has gone mainly to old school, gory death, thrash, and to some extent grind. However, two of the three new releases have fit the doom mold: the macabre psychedelic doom swirl of ACID WITCH's "Witchtanic H...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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DORO Celebrates 25th Anniversary With SCORPIONS, OVERKILL, Ex-NIGHTWISH Members

Doro Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set last night (Saturday, December 13) at the 20,000-capacity ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by DORO...

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IMPELLITTERI To Release 'Wicked Maiden' In January

IMPELLITTERI will release its long-awaited new album, "Wicked Maiden", in Japan on January 21, 2009 via Victor Entertainment. The CD, which had the working title of "Good and Evil", was mixed in Vancouver, British Columbia with Greg Reely (DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, etc.) and is "by far the most ama...

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KATAKLYSM Frontman Checks In From The Road

Vocalist Maurizio Iacono of Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM has issued the following update from the band's current European tour with MORBID ANGEL, MARDUK, KEEP OF KALESSIN and ARSIS: "We are more than half way done at this point. Today we are in beautiful Vienna, Austria and having been here se...

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MOONSPELL: 'Lusitanian Metal' DVD Trailer Available

A three-minute trailer for "Lusitanian Metal", the long-awaited new DVD from Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL, can be viewed below. The two-disc effort is being released via Century Media Records on the following dates: Italy: Friday, December 5 Spain, Portugal: Tuesday, December 9 Germany, Austria, S...

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ARMORED SAINT Working On New Studio Album

Veteran California metallers ARMORED SAINT have issued the following update: "Due to the nature of vague speculation albeit created by your authors here, ARMORED SAINT are officially announcing that they’ve begun writing new songs for a new record due in 2009. "The band lineup is as it was on 2000's...

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DAATH Records Medley Of CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL, DYING FETUS; Audio Available

While in the studio recording their new album "The Concealers", the members of DAATH decided to record a medley of classic death metal songs by CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL and DYING FETUS. The resultant recording — which also features JOB FOR A COWBOY's Jonny Davy on vocals — is entitled "Fecal Fi...

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SILENTIUM: 'Amortean' Pushed Back To January

"Amortean", the fifth album from Finnish atmospheric doom metallers SILENTIUM, has had its release date pushed back to the end of January. The cover artwork for the CD can be viewed below. SILENTIUM's new album was recorded at a studio in central Finland with the multi-talented mainman of WALTARI, K...

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NAPALM DEATH Covers DESPAIR's 'Outconditioned'; Audio Available

British grindcore pioneets NAPALM DEATH recently recorded a cover version of DESPAIR's "Outconditioned" for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which was released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at this location. The all...

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ATREYU: Video Interview With DAN JACOBS Available

Angel of Metal conducted an interview with guitarist Dan Jacobs of the California-based rock band ATREYU in late October in Manchester, England. Watch the five-minute chat below. ATREYU's latest single from its current album, "Lead Sails Paper Anchor", is called "Slow Burn". Singer Alex Varkatzas to...

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AIRBOURNE: New Video Interview With DAVID ROADS Available

Angel of Metal conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist David Roads of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE on November 8, 2008 at the Academy in Manchester, England. Watch the 10-minute chat below. AIRBOURNE in September cancelled its participation in the "Volcom 2008" tour featuring MOTÖRHEAD, VA...

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KULT OV AZAZEL: 'Destroying The Sacred' Artwork Unveiled

Floridian black metallers KULT OV AZAZEL have unveiled the cover artwork (see below) of their new album, "Destroying the Sacred", which will be released in March 2009 via Arctic Music. "Destroying the Sacred" was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida between October 28 and No...