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EXUMER Confirmed For Germany's METROPOLE RUHR FESTIVAL

German thrashers EXUMER have been confirmed for next year's Metropole Ruhr Festival, set to take place April 4, 2010 in Oberhausen, Germany. The event will feature some of the most influential cult thrash and power metal bands from the 1980s, hailing from Germany, Canada and the USA. On the heels of...

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DIVINE EVE: Touring Lineup Revealed

Reformed old-school death/doom metallers DIVINE EVE will play thier first live shows in over 14 years as part of the European tour in January 2010 with INCANTATION and HATE. Commented the band: "We are very eager to perform in many places we have long held friends, comrades, fans, fellow bands, and...

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ENTHRONED Begins Recording New Album

Belgian black metallers ENTHRONED have issued the following update: "The recording session of 'Pentagrammaton' [the new ENTHRONED album] has started! The drums are almost finished and I must say that Garghuf (ex-GORGOROTH) is doing an amazing job!! 'Pentagrammaton' is on the way to give you one of E...

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ILLNATH Recruits New Drummer

Danish melodic black metallers ILLNATH have recruited a new drummer. However, "due to some practical and legal circumstances, we can't [reveal] his name," the band says in a statement. ILLNATH parted ways with drummer Danni Lyse Jelsgaard in August. The band's third album, "Three Nights in the Sewer...

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DIVINE EVE To Release Split Single With VEX

Reformed old-school death/doom metallers DIVINE EVE will release a split seven-inch single with VEX through Horror Pain Gore Death Productions in January 2010. One of the most crushing death/doom metal bands ever to emerge, DIVINE EVE has returned with its first new material since 1994! Musically in...

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SENTINEL BEAST Pulls Out Of Germany's THRASH ASSAULT 4 Festival

Reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrashers SENTINEL BEAST have cancelled their appearance at the at the Thrash Assault 4 festival, which will be held on November 14, 2009 at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. According to the festival organizers, the band was forced to call off its performance d...

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Dominator

Is Udo Dirkschneider the Lemmy Kilmister of German heavy metal? Not quite, as that title would probably go to SODOM's Tom Angelripper. In any event, the diminutive front man and vocalist is a German metal icon and worldwide legend that has proved his worth as a mainstay of the trad-metal scene and g...

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Rites of the Pentagram

As uttered at the end of "Decibel Ritual" by Mike Abominator (he of the Armageddon Vomits and Misanthropic Diatribes) "We are GRAVEHILL, we are death fucking metal!" By golly, they sure as heck are, albeit the thrashy old school variety, taking cues from a variety of sources, whether it is MASTER, D...

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ASSASSIN To Headline Japan's TRUE THRASH FEST

Reactivated German thrashers ASSASSIN will headline the True Thrash Fest on March 27-28, 2010 in Osaka, Japan. Also scheduled to appear are AT WAR (USA),WARPATH (U.K.) and several to-be-announced Japanese bands. ASSASSIN will perform on both days. ASSASSIN recently parted ways with drummer Frank Ne...

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PARADOX Replaces FUELED BY FIRE At Germany's THRASH ASSAULT 4 Festival

FUELED BY FIRE has cancelled its appearance at the Thrash Assault 4 festival, which will be held on November 14, 2009 at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. Replacing them on the bill will be veteran German metallers PARADOX. The final lineup is: SODOM LEGION OF THE DAMNED DARKNESS NECRONOMICON ROOT PAR...

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'SPV- 25 & Alive' Compilation Due This Month

SPV Records has set an October 30 German reelase date (November 2 in the rest of Europe) for "SPV- 25 & Alive", a special sampler for a special year. In 1984, SPV and Steamhammer were founded. Steamhammer immediately signed two influential bands — SODOM and DESTRUCTION — and SPV finalized distri...

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SODOM Frontman Releases 'Buer i.W.' Book

Bassist/vocalist Thomas "Angelripper" Such of veteran German thrashers SODOM has completed work on a book named "Buer i.W.". According to a posting on the band's MySpace page, "The book is about the changes in Tom's hometown Buer. Buer is one of the most beautiful parts of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, wh...

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PRIMORDIAL Frontman Issues Update On Concert DVD, Upcoming 'Spirit' Reissue

Vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL has posted a lengthy update on the band's official web site. A few excerpts from his message follow below. On PRIMORDIAL's forthcoming concert DVD, which was filmed on January 24, 2009 at the Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland:...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE In Milan: Video Footage, Photos Available

Fan-filmed video footage of CANNIBAL CORPSE performing the song "I Cum Blood" on October 13, 2009 in Milan, Italy can be viewed below. Photos of the sold-out concert at Club Alcatraz are available on the news blog Musica Metal. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Evisceration Plague 02. The Time...

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BLOOD DUSTER, TRAP THEM, JUCIFER Confirmed For MARYLAND DEATHFEST

BLOOD DUSTER, TRAP THEM, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN, TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, JUCIFER, MALIGNANCY, DEFEATIST, SURROUNDINGS, ROTTENNESS and THE COMMUNION have been confirmed for next year's Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-30 at Sonar in Baltimore. The festival billing is shaping up as fol...