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ENSLAVED: 'Hordanes Land' Reissued

"Hordanes Land", the legendary 1991 debut from Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED, was re-released by Candelight Records on February 17. It was originall issued in 1993 as half of the EMPEROR / ENSLAVED split which has since gone on to become a historically important extrem...

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Stormlegion

Featuring in its ranks veterans of bands like USURPER, CIANIDE, and CORPSEVOMIT, Chicago's KOMMANDANT keeps it tremolo picked and blast beaten on "Stormlegion". Black metal with subtle dirty thrash undertones is the soup of the day. While the straightforward, no-frills approach has its merits, the s...

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LEPROUS Signs With SENSORY RECORDS

Sensory Records has announced the signing of Norwegian progressive metal upstarts LEPROUS. The group's debut album, "Tall Poppy Syndrome", was recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge Studio and The Abyss in Pärlby, Sweden during August 2008 and is scheduled for release in Apr...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI To Release 'Grand Feast For Vultures' In April

BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR),will release its sophomore album, "Grand Feast for Vultures", in Europe on April 27 and in the U.S. on May 5 via Candlelight/Nocturnal Art Productions. The follow-up to...

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CRYPTOPSY, Ex-MORBID ANGEL, KRALLICE Members To Jam With Egyptian Artist In NY Museum

Egyptian artist Nader Sadek's new performance piece, B'doun Wag'h (a follow-up to the exhibition "Faceless" in 2007),provocatively incorporates Middle Eastern design, death metal music, and Darfur activism. Death and black metal musicians Steve Tucker (formerly of MORBID ANGEL),Flo Mounier (CRYPTO...

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SATYRICON Drummer: 'We Have The Most Ingenious Songwriter In This Whole Genre Of Music'

Arielle Castillo of New Times Broward-Palm Beach recently conducted an interview with drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of the Norwegian black metal band SATYRICON. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. New Times Broward-Palm Beach: The last time SATYRICON toured the United States was in...

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SANCTIFICATION: 'Black Reign' Cover Artwork Revealed

The cover artwork for "Black Reign", the forthcoming full-length album from SANCTIFICATION, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of GOD AMONG INSECTS, IN BATTLE and SOULDRAINER, can be viewed below. SANCTIFICATION's current lineup consists of Tomas Elofsson (guitar) and Mark...

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STAROFASH Completes Work On 'Ulterior' Soundtrack

Heidi Solberg Tveitan (a.k.a. Starofash) — better known as the wife of EMPEROR's Vegard Tveitan (a.k.a. Ihsahn) — has completed work on the soundtrack to the Irish film "Ulterior" by writer/director Jason Mehlhorn. Says Heidi: "With this being my first soundtrack, I was faced with quite a few challe...

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EMPEROR, VED BUENS ENDE, ARCTURUS Triple Tribute Due In April

Russian underground production team Aspherical Asphyxia is compiling a triple tribute to EMPEROR/VED BUENS ENDE/ARCTURUS entitled "Old Crown, New Spawn". According to a press release, contributing artists will offer not only covers of renowned songs, but also reveal their own material as well. "Old...

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Former CELTIC FROST Frontman: TRIPTYKON's Debut CD Will Be Dark, Heavy, And Fiercely Unique

Former CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update on his current TRIPTYKON project: "We played CELTIC FROST's 'Babylon Fell' for the first time with TRIPTYKON yesterday evening. I last performed this song with CELTIC FROST on the tour to support the 'Into The Pandemoni...

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CANDLEMASS: 'Death Magic Doom' Artwork Unveiled

Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS will release their new album, "Death Magic Doom", on April 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. If I Ever Die 02. Hammer Of Doom 03. The Bleeding Baroness 04. Demon Of The Deep 05. House Of 1000 Voices 06. Dead Angel 07. ...

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SANCTIFICATION: New Drummer Needed

SANCTIFICATION, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of GOD AMONG INSECTS, IN BATTLE and SOULDRAINER, may be forced to cancel its appearance at this year's installment of the House Of Metal festival — set to take place February 27-28 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden — due to "...

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Former EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN To Support OPETH In Oslo Only

Former EMPEROR vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn's MySpace page has been updated with the following message: "A previous announcement confirmed that Ihsahn would support OPETH for the majority of shows on their forthcoming Norwegian tour in March. However, more detailed production planning has revealed tech...

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CANDLEMASS Mainman EDLING: This Is The Best Album We Have Done Since 'Nightfall'

Swedish doom legends CANDLEMASS will release their new album, "Death Magic Doom", on March 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented bassist/main songwriter Leif Edling: "I'm happy to announce that the new album is mixed, mastered…done! It contains eight killer tracks and the name of it is 'Death Magi...

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Author Discusses 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' Book

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with British journalist/author Joel McIver. Topics of discussion included McIver's new book, "The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists", DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton's foreword, the possibility of a DEICIDE autobiography, and plans to release a biog...