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LIFELESS Signs To IBEX MOON RECORDS

Germany's LIFELESS has inked a deal with Ibex Moon Records for the release of the band's sophomore effort. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to "Beyond the Threshold of Death" will be made available in early 2010. There are also plans for a worldwide re-release of "Beyond the Threshold of Death" through...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Talks 'Gospel Of Filth'

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH was interviewed by Mark Morton of Examiner.com about "The Gospel of Filth: A Black Metal Bible", the new book written by Dani and renowned music journalist Gavin Baddeley ("Dissecting Marilyn Manson", "Lucifer Rising"). An exce...

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RATT Frontman Discusses Upcoming Album; Video Available

Artisan News Service recently conducted an interview with Stephen Pearcy (vocals) of Californian rockers RATT. The chat can be viewed at this location. RATT has set "Infestation" as the title of its new album, due in March 2010 via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. The band's first studio CD in 1...

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NILE's KARL SANDERS Interviewed By ROCK MY MONKEY

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. A trailer for NILE's new album, "Those Whom The Gods Detest", can be viewed below....

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BENEDICTION: Footage From This Past Weekend's HELLFIRE Festival Posted Online

Video footage of long-running Birmingham, U.K.-based extreme metallers BENEDICTION performing the song "The Grey Man" at the Hellfire II festival on November 7, 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham, England can be viewed below (courtesy of Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). BENEDICTION will tour...

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WYKKED WYTCH Seeking New Lead Guitarist

Florida-based extreme metallers WYKKED WYTCH are currently holding auditions for a permanent lead guitarist for the band's new album and future tours. If interested in auditioning, send a bio, photos, and links to examples of your playing (audio and video clips). Contact the band at www.myspace.com/...

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MESHUGGAH, MNEMIC To Perform At DANISH METAL AWARDS

MESHUGGAH and MNEMIC are among the acts who will perform at the next installment of the Danish Metal Awards, set to take place January 16, 2010 at Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark. The awards event will offer the attendees a chance to experience four Danish acts. Once the show comes to an end, the Sw...

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NOCTIS IMPERIUM: 'Imperium' EP Available For Streaming

Venezuelan black/death metal horde NOCTIS IMPERIUM is streaming its brand-new EP, "Imperium", on the group's MySpace page. Featuring a MORBID ANGEL cover ("Maze of Torment") and four original compositions of vicious extreme metal, "Imperium" is a harbinger of war and a venomous taste of what fans ca...

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KALMAH's New Album Due In January/February

Finnish metallers KALMAH have completed work on their sixth album for a January/February 2010 release via Spinefarm Records. The CD, which has a working title of "12 Gauge", was recorded between June and August 2009 at Tico Tico studio in Kemi, Finland and was mastered at the Cutting Room in Sweden....

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NACHTMYSTIUM Confirmed For Holland's ROADBURN Festival

Illinois-based extreme metallers NACHTMYSTIUM have been confirmed for for next year's Roadburn festival, set to take place April 15-18, 2010 at the 013 and Midi Theatre venues in Tilburg, Holland. The band's show — which will take place on Saturday, April 17 — will pan hard towards NACHTMYSTIUM's mo...

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A Taste of Extreme Divinity

Gather 'round, ye children and punters with short memories, and recall a time when HYPOCRISY was the flagship band of their label, and Peter Tägtgren wasn't the go-to producer for Europe's most extreme bands, but just a guy who liked aliens and ridiculously catchy (but brutal) death metal tunes. Go...

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Esoteric

In the "it's a small world" department, Sweden's SKYFIRE take a good portion of the European metal scene, stuff it into a blender, and serve the results up extra smooth on the aptly-named "Esoteric". Equal parts melodic death metal, neo-classical, prog, black, and power metal (depending on everyone'...

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Former CELTIC FROST Mainman's TRIPTYKON Mixing Debut Album

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update: "This past Tuesday, I returned to Woodshed Studio in Bavaria, Germany, for the third time since we began studio work on TRIPTYKON's debut album, 'Eparistera Daimones', in summer. While briefly bac...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'

Vocalist Angela Gossow of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket". Listen to the program in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Gossow interview begins around the one-h...

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CRYPTOPSY, Ex-MORBID ANGEL Members To Join Artist NADER SADEK For 'B'doun O'mr (Ageless)'

Egyptian-born/New York-based visual artist Nader Sadek (known for his onstage creations for Mayhem's 2009 tour and SUNNO)))'s recent live events) will bring his latest work, "B'doun O'mr (Ageless)" to the stage of Santo's Party House in New York City on Saturday, November 21 (doors at 7:00 p.m., sho...