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Works Will Come Undone

It is funeral doom with a touch of class and it's a long one. Sit back and prepare for two whole tracks and 73 minutes of sadness. And you know what? San Francisco's ASUNDER does the genre proud on "Works Will Come Undone". Far more than just belly crawling (ok, there is a lot of ...

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ROSE TATTOO: Funeral For Former Bassist To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for former ROSE TATTOO bassist Ian Rilen — who passed away on October 30 after a battle with bladder cancer — will be held on Saturday, November 4 at 11:00 a.m. at the Melbourne High Memorial Hall in Alexandra Avenue, South Yarra, before a private ceremony for family. Ian's wake wil...

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FUNERAL Founding Member CHRISTIAN LOOS Dead At 31

Tabu Recordings has announced that recently signed Norwegian cult doom band FUNERAL has just lost one of its two founders. Guitarist Christian Loos was found dead in his flat on Saturday, October 28. He was 31. FUNERAL had recently got back on its feet — emerging from a four-year hiatus after the pa...

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Guitarist RON JARZOMBEK Issues Update On BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER

Guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) has posted the following update on the progress of BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal project also featuring bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE) and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS): "The BLOTTED SCIENCE recordings are...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'Being 20 Something Was The Stupidest Time Of My Life'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "Imagine sitting in a damp basement filled with the stink of mold, cigarette smoke, shitty lights, black or dark red walls, sticky floors and an atmosphere of slight stress and marijuana dazed indifference. Yea,...

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Ex-SUM 41 Guitarist's BROWN BRIGADE Signs With AQUARIUS RECORDS

BROWN BRIGADE, the new metal band featuring ex-SUM 41 guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh and his cousin Vaughn Lal (bass),has inked a deal with Aquarius Records. The group is currently "finishing up lyrics and practicing for the studio," according to a posting on its web site. "The album should be o...

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FRANKIE BANALI's 'Now' And 'Then' Drum Kits

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has posted the following message on his official web site: "I bought my first Ludwig drum set with a 14 X 26 bass drum when I was 18 years old. I was working after school giving lessons to younger drummers at Brown's Music store in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I saved ....

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Debut EP Release Date Set

Candlelight Records has set a January 23 North American release date for ABIGAIL WILLIAMS' "Legend". The limited-edition five-song EP is the territory's formal introduction to the Phoenix-based extreme metal band and coincides with the band's first national American tour; the band participating on C...

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SATHANAS To Enter Studio In December

Long-running U.S.-based death/black metallers SATHANAS will enter Innertube studios in December to begin recording their next album, entitled "Crowned Infernal". Artwork will be handled by Necrolord, who previously worked with EMPEROR on their "In the Nightside Eclipse" LP and DARK FUNERAL on the "S...

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DARK FUNERAL's First Visit To Chile Since Priest's Murder Creates Controversy

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL played Chile on October 7, 2006 — the group's first visit to the country since the murder of an Italian Catholic priest in Santiago in 2004 at the hands of a self-proclaimed DARK FUNERAL fanatic. Despite numerous complaints and petitions to stop the show from goi...

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SOLEFALD: New Album To Arrive In November

SOLEFALD, the Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band consisting of Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln, will release its much-anticipated new album, "Black for Death: An Icelandic Odyssey Part 2", on November 14 (on day earlier internationally) through Season of Mist. The track li...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Forced To Drop Off U.K. Tour

Phoenix, Arizona-based band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS has issued the following update: "For those of you who have not yet heard, our drummer, Zach Gibson, injured his wrist during the show in Edinburgh, forcing us to drop off of the remaining dates with BRING ME THE HORIZON. We tried everything in our power...

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FUNERAL Signs With TABU RECORDINGS

Norwegian cult doom band FUNERAL has inked a deal with Tabu Recordings. Following a three-year hiatus and a personnel reshuffle caused by bassist Einar Frederiksen's untimely passing in 2002, FUNERAL continue the doom-spreading crusade that once earned them the label of "most depressing band in the...

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KITTIE: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE has set "Funeral for Yesterday" as the title of its new album, due on February 20, 2007 via the group's own Kiss of Infamy record label. Check out the cover artwork for the CD at this location. KITTIE's new CD was recorded at Retromedia Studio in Red Bank, ...

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THE ACCURSED To Release 'Seasons Of The Scythe' On Halloween

It's very fitting that the extreme metal quintet THE ACCURSED should release their full-length debut, "Seasons of the Scythe", on Halloween. After all, this is a band that signed their recording contract in blood — their own blood. "They really did sign in their own blood," admits Screaming Ferret W...