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EMPEROR Needs Your Help

Legendary Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR are currently looking for photo material from the live reunion period and are asking their fans for help. Photographs are being collected for possible use in artwork for upcoming live recordings (to be announced). If you have photos of EMPEROR live on stag...

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KAMPFAR, PANTHEON I Confirmed For Czech Republic's DUNKELHEIT FESTIVAL

KAMPFAR and PANTHEON I are among the confirmed bands for the Dunkelheit Festival, set to take place August 29-30 at Club Flda in Brno, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AZAGHAL (FIN) DARKENED NOCTURN SLAUGHTERCULT (GER) ELITE (NOR) EWIG FROST (AUT) FLESHLESS (CZE) FROSTM...

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The Crossfire

HEAVEN SHALL BURN, FEAR MY THOUGHTS (one group that has upped the ante with each successive release) and the rest of that German pack of modern melo-death/thrash rippers have put out some worthy releases over the years. Nowadays it is feeling like the style has been done to death, or maybe I can onl...

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FROSTMOON ECLIPSE Releases Retrospective Collection Of Rare And Hard To Find Releases

Black metallers FROSTMOON ECLIPSE this week release "The Legacy" on God Is Myth Records. Specially packaged in a DVD case and designed to look like a weathered old leather-bound book, the CD contains tracks taken from hard-to-find and limited-edition MCDs and EPs, and includes previously unreleased...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: New Album Title Revealed; Concert DVD Planned

Legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has issued the following update from the road in South America: "I have the next few days off to get ready for our brutal four [shows] in a row (brutal only because I'm a wuss now and hate doing more than two in a ...

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WITCHBREED Completes Pre-Production With WALDEMAR SORYCHTA; Video Available

WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN),has completed the pre-production for its debut album, "Heretic Rapture", at Medusa Lab Studios with German producer Waldemar Sorychta (LACUNA COIL, THE GATHERING, SA...

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ECLIPSE ETERNAL Announces New Bassist

Canadian black metal band ECLIPSE ETERNAL has issued the following update: "We are proud to announce that Orcus, previously of PANZERFAUST, from here on forward will be our permenent bassist. This was an easy decision to make as he is an excellent bassist and a dedicated individual. We look foward t...

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DEAD HEAD: 'Kill Division' Reissue To Include Bonus Live Material

"Kill Division", the 1999 classic album from Dutch thrashers DEAD HEAD, will be reissued by Displeased Records later in the year. The new version of the CD will feature bonus live material. DEAD HEAD is preparing to enter the studio to record a new full-length CD, tentatively titled "Depression Tank...

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AMORPHIS Keyboardist Promises 'A Lot Of Surprises' On Next Album

Greece's Rockpages.gr recently conducted an interview with AMORPHIS keyboardist Santeri Kallio. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rockpages.gr: After the every successful "Eclipse" you have returned with "Silent Waters". With these two records you have created a certain style. Is this the way AMORPH...

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FALL OF SERENITY: Video Footage From Recording Studio Posted Online

German behemoth FALL OF SERENITY will release its fourth full-length album, "The Crossfire", in North America on May 13. But much has changed since we last heard from the death-thrash axe-slayers. After 2006's herculean "Bloodred Salvation", long-time bass player John Gahlert took over the microphon...

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Former MOONSPELL Bassist's WITCHBREED Working With WALDEMAR SORYCHTA

WITCHBREED, the female-fronted Portuguese metal band formed by bassist Ares (ex-MOONSPELL, DEEPSKIN) and guitarist Dikk (ex-DEEPSKIN),has issued the following update: "We are proud to announce WITCHBREED will officially begin the work for our debut album on 22nd April. WITCHBREED will enter MedusaL...

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A Conversation With IHSAHN

By: Scott Alisoglu After much speculation, Vegard "Ihsahn" Tveitan finally released a solo album called "The Adversary" in 2006, one that allowed him complete freedom to delve into the heavy metal influences that shaped the man, while still maintaining the mystical aura that defines EMPEROR's entire...

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ECLIPSE ETERNAL: 'Dragon Has Come' Video Posted Online

"The Dragon Has Come to Blot out the Stars", the new video from the Canadian black metal band ECLIPSE ETERNAL, can be viewed below. According to the group, the clip was shot during October/November 2007 by Dark Frame Pictures with director Adrian Kent and "was financed by the band and by Dark Frame...

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THROES OF DAWN To Headline Germany's HEIDENEI BENEFIZ FESTIVAL

Finnish dark metal band THROES OF DAWN will headline the Heidenei Benefiz Festival on April 6 at Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGRYPNIE DORN FJOERGYN FROSTMOON ECLIPSE LIFTHRASIL MIGHT OF LILITH UNLIGHT THROES OF DAWN For more information, visit w...

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SATHANAS Signs With PAGAN RECORDS

U.S. black/death metallers SATHANAS have inked a two-album deal with Pagan Records. SATHANAS' latest album, "Crowned Infernal", was released last September via Singapore's Pulverised Records. "Crowned Infernal" was recorded at InnerTube Studios in Ambridge, Pennsylvania with producer Nick Kucel. The...