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SHINING Frontman Interviewed At U.K.'s INFERNAL DAMNATION FESTIVAL VI
Contraband Candy's René Ackermann conducted an interview with vocalist Niklas Kvarforth of Swedish black metallers SHINING at the Infernal Damnation Festival VI on May 9 at the Camden Underworld in London, England. Watch the chat below. SHINING recently returned to the Slaughterhouse studios to begi...July 16, 2009
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By the Light of the Northern Star
"By the Light of the Northern Star" is such a grand declaration of the melodic and, dare I say, uplifting end of Viking/Pagan metal. I just can't seem to get enough of it lately. TYR is a band that has taken its often proggy and lengthy approach to composition and condensed it into a more ...July 13, 2009
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SHINING Confirmed For Holland's ASHES TO ASHES…DOOM TO DUST Festival
Swedish black metallers SHINING have been confirmed for the Ashes To Ashes…Doom to Dust Chapter IV festival, set to take place Sunday, September 6 at the Cultuurfabriek Hall of Fame in Tilburg Holland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SHINING (SWE) ALKERDEEL (BEL) BUNKUR (HOL) FUNERALI...June 30, 2009
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ANDREW LILES Joins MANIAC's SEHNSUCHT
Andrew Liles (NURSE WITH WOUND, THE VORTEX VAULT, CURRENT 93),one of the world's most respected experimental musicians, is collaborating with Maniac (SKITLIV, BOMBEROS, ex-MAYHEM),one of the icons of black metal, to on SEHNSUCHT, the ambient/noise project launched by the vocalist following his dep...June 30, 2009
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SHINING Returns To The Studio
Swedish black metallers SHINING have issued the following update: "SHINING has once again entered the Slaughterhouse [studios] to begin work on 'Shining VII'. The seventh album will take a different direction from that taken on the sixth (which incidentally we have been told will be released on the...June 28, 2009
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SHINING Signs With INDIE RECORDINGS
Swedish black metallers SHINING have inked a deal with Norway's Indie Recordings for the release of two full-length albums and the first-ever DVD from the band. Commented SHINING frontman and creator Niklas Kvarforth: "SHINING has reached a stage now where we have a considerable following that is gr...June 24, 2009
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SKITLIV/Ex-MAYHEM Singer Interviewed; Audio Available
Horus Bones of Beyond The Dark Horizon recently conducted an interview with former MAYHEM singer Maniac, who currently fronts his own black/doom band, SKITLIV. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. SKITLIV's long-awaited album, "Skandinavisk Misantropi", will be released later th...June 21, 2009
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SAVIOURS Begins Recording New Album
Rampaging Oakland, California metal quartet SAVIOURS has entered San Francisco's Lucky Cat Recording Studios with producer Phil Manley (of TRANS AM/THE FUCKING CHAMPS) to begin work on the follow-up to its critically acclaimed sophomore LP, "Into Abaddon". Set for an October 13, 2009 release, the as...June 17, 2009
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Bloodstained Endurance
Another hard-driving, bombastic effort from TRAIL OF TEARS, "Bloodstained Endurance" features the return of soprano vocalist Cathrine Paulsen whose sonorous voice lifts those beautiful melodies to the heavens and provides a perfect contrast to the melo-death muscle and Ronny Thorsen's growls. The re...June 15, 2009
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THE LEGION: 'A Bliss To Suffer' To Receive U.S. Release In September
Swedish black/death metallers THE LEGION, who feature in their ranks former MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, will release their third album, "A Bliss to Suffer", in North America on September 1 via Listenable Records. "A Bliss to Suffer" was entirely produced by the bandmembers themselves at Art De...June 12, 2009
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GOREAPHOBIA Added To MASTER Tour
Due to a recent turn of events, reunited cult favorites GOREAPHOBIA will be replacing PATHOLOGY on this summer's Slaves to Society U.S. tour featuring death metal legends MASTER and Ibex Moon Records labelmates DREAMING DEAD. This trek across the States, the band's first in over 17 years, will be mo...June 10, 2009
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STRATOVARIUS: 'Polaris' First-Week Sales Revealed
"Polaris", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.) The CD landed at position No. 57 on the Top New Art...June 3, 2009
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STRATOVARIUS' 'Polaris' Lands On Finnish, German Charts
"Polaris", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS, entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 2 and has moved down to No. 4 in the CD's second week of release. The album also debuted on the German Media Control chart at No. 55. "Polaris" was released in...May 28, 2009
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STRATOVARIUS Keyboardist Featured In 'The Right To Rock' Podcast
TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #81),featuring an interview with keyboardist Jens Johansson of Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS. The chat lasts approximately 45 minutes and can be heard at this location. "Polaris", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOV...May 27, 2009
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BRUJERIA Replaces DAATH At Germany's PARTY.SAN OPEN AIR Festival
Extreme metallers BRUJERIA — whose current touring lineup includes CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker (a.k.a. El Cynico) on bass, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erdlandsson (a.k.a. El Podrido),and NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury (a.k.a. Hongo) on guitar — have replaced DAATH on the billing of this y...May 26, 2009
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