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Distractive Killusions

"Distractive Killusions" is the sound of a band at the top of its game. Featuring drummer Daray (VADER) and vocalist/guitarist Orion (BEHEMOTH),Poland's VESANIA found a groove on 2005's "God the Lux", a symphonic black metal album that is heavy on the atmosphere, but "Distractive Killusions" sees t...

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GRAVE Signs With REGAIN RECORDS

Long-running Swedish death metallers GRAVE have inked deal with Regain Records. The band is currently working on material for its eighth studio album, tentatively due next spring. As previously reported, GRAVE will play a special 20th anniversary set consisting of material from the band's early albu...

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DECAPITATED: More Information Revealed About Polish Tribute Concert

DECAPITATED's MySpace page has been updated with the following message: "Next Sunday [December 2] will be the concert that we had sent the word about recently, dedicated to the memory of DECAPITATED's drummer —Witold 'Vitek' Kieltyka — in Krzysztofory club in Cracow [Poland]. Let it be known that al...

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TESTAMENT Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: DESTRUCTION VADER OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: JORN LANDE BELPHEGOR...

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Sworn Vengeance

On 2005's "Fall of the Despised" The Netherlands' SEVERE TORTURE took their U.S. style death metal to a new level, bettering the songwriting and infusing its music with more groove. "Sworn Vengeance" sees the band maintaining that quality level and mixing things up just a pinch more. Loads of crunch...

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MELECHESH Pulls Out Of Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL, BELPHEGOR Steps In

Mesopotamian metal masters MELECHESH have cancelled their participation in the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Replacing them on the bill will be Austrian black/death metal titans BELPHEGOR. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: OBIT...

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GOATWHORE And SICKENING HORROR Added To IMMOLATION Tour

New Orleans' GOATWHORE and Greece's SICKENING HORROR have been added to the upcoming European tour featuring IMMOLATION and MELECHESH. The trek is scheduled to kick off mid-March. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. On March 8, IMMOLATION will perform at the Metalmania Festival 2008 in Ka...

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HATE: New Album Track Listing, Cover Art Revealed

Polish extreme metal band HATE has finalized the track listing for its new album, "Morphosis", due in early 2008 via Listenable Records. The CD was mixed in July/August at Hertz Studio in Poland by Wieslawski Bros. (VADER, DECAPITATED). According to a press release, "HATE's previous album, 'Anaclasi...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Confirmed For Poland's METALMANIA Festival

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has been confirmed for the 2008 installment of the Metalmania festival. The 22nd edition of the festival — the biggest metal event in Central-Eastern Europe — will take place on March 8, 2008 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. The billing is shaping up as follows: MEGADETH...

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KONKHRA: 'Hail To The King' Video Being Planned

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA recently finished re-recording their long-awaited new album, "Nothing Is Sacred", after encountering technical difficulties which forced them to scrap some of the previously completed early tracks. Two songs from the CD — "Religion is a Whore" and "Hail to the King"...

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VADER Confirmed For Serbia's LEGACY FESTIVAL

Polish death metal veterans VADER have been confirmed for the Legacy Festival, set to take place May 30-31, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: May 30, 2008: OBITUARY DARK FUNERAL VADER DESTRUCTION THRESHOLD May 31, 2008: FINNTROLL JORN LANDE AMORPHIS MELECHESH...

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And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw

Many death metal bands have been heard discussing a steadfast dedication to a music and lifestyle rarely accepted by those in the mainstream and that is afforded little support outside traditional media outlets. Few of those bands have been able to persevere long enough and truly starve for their ar...

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CLAUSTROFOBIA To Support BRUJERIA In South America

Brazilian death-thrashers CLAUSTROFOBIA will share the stage with BRUJERIA for two South American gigs in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 7 and São Paulo, Brazil on December 8. Brazilian death metal icons KRISIUN will join them in Buenos Aires. CLAUSTROFOBIA is closing a very active year marked...

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GRAVE To Play Special '20th Anniversary' Set In Spain Next Month

Long-running Swedish death metallers GRAVE will play a special 20th anniversary set consisting of material from the band's early albums on December 21, 2007 at Sala Zero in Tarragona, Spain. Also appearing on the bill will be the black metal band BETWEEN THE FROST. A flyer for the show can be viewed...

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS: New Live Recording Posted Online

North American black metal band ABIGAIL WILLIAMS recently posted a live recording of its first show since reforming earlier in the fall. The concert took place in the group's new home — Cleveland, Ohio — at Peabody's Downunder opening for friends ENSLAVED, THE FACELESS, ARSIS, and THE AGONIST. Check...