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Omega
Welcome to the first truly great black metal album of 2008. AZAGHAL's "Omega" is an exceedingly well written, well rounded, and utterly devastating album from the Finnish horde. Heck, if you can understand Finnish lyrics, you'll really be in for a treat! Objectively speaking, I'd even put "Omega" a...March 24, 2008
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VELVET REVOLVER Hanging Backstage With ROBERT PLANT; Photo Available
VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum has posted the following message regarding the band's March 22 concert at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England: "After the last couple of days and all the craziness, [we] had a really cool surprise: Robert Plant [LED ZEPPELIN] came into our dressi...March 23, 2008
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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES To Release New Album In May
Italian gothic metal band THEATRES DES VAMPIRES will release its new album, "Anima Noir", on May 2 via Aural Music/SPV. The CD was recorded at the Temple of Noise studio in Rome with engineer Christian Ice. According to a press release, "Anima Noir" features "romantic lyrics, lyrical voices, strong...March 11, 2008
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'Millennium Tribute To Kiss': Cover Art Revealed
On April 1, Versailles Records will return to stores with "Lick It Up: A Millennium Tribute to Kiss" is the first all-star KISS tribute of the millennium, and featuring current/former members of SKID ROW, DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER, WHITE LION, WARRANT, PRETTY BOY FLOYD, KEEL, BRITNY FOX, ZEBRA, RATT...March 6, 2008
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Demon Entrails
What else can possibly be said about these legendary demos? Even if you're not as convinced as Tom G. Warrior and Martin Ain are of their avant-garde visionary genius, it's hard to deny that the tapes preserved here – primitive racket from depressed and morbid teens in a Switzerland bunker – set the...March 5, 2008
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IMMORTAL Confirmed For Belgium's GRASPOP METAL MEETING
Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BLEEDING TH...February 29, 2008
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'True Norwegian Black Metal' Book Due In May; More Details Revealed
American documentary photographer Peter Beste's book "True Norwegian Black Metal" will be issued on May 15 via Vice Books. In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal musi...February 26, 2008
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IMMORTAL Schedules Australian/New Zealand In-Store Appearances
Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL have scheduled the following Australian/New Zealand in-store appearances: Tuesday, March 11: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Melbourne Metal Mayhem 5/371 Flinders Street Monday, March 17: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sydney Utopia Records 233 Broadway Ultimo Wednesday, March 19: 5:...February 25, 2008
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IMMORTAL: More Live Footage Posted Online
MetalKult.com has posted two more live videos from IMMORTAL, including "One By One" and "Sons of Northern Darkness". The footage was captured when the Norwegian black metallers — guitarist Abbath, drummer Horgh, and AURA NOIR's Apollyon on bass — hit New York on their 7 Dates of Blashyrkh tour on Ju...February 20, 2008
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AURA NOIR Working On New Material
Bassist/vocalist Apollyon (real name: Ole Jørgen Moe) of the Norwegian black/thrash metal band AURA NOIR has issued the following update: "Yes, it's still studio action in my basement. It turns out we have so much material that we're going to release an EP or whatever first; probably a couple of mon...January 28, 2008
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THEATRES DES VAMPIRES: New Album Title Announced
Italian gothic metal band THEATRES DES VAMPIRES has set "Anima Noir" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this summer. The group will enter Temple of Noise studio in Rome shortly with engineer Christian Ice to begin recording the new CD. On March 19, 2007, THEATRES DES VAMPIRES released it...January 25, 2008
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Report: Bad Blood In BOSTON
The Boston Globe reports that since BOSTON singer Brad Delp committed suicide last March, relations among members of the multiplatinum act have become poisonous, as evidenced by a lawsuit filed by the band's mastermind, Tom Scholz, against Delp's ex-wife Micki and Connie Goudreau, wife of BOSTON gui...January 14, 2008
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ANIMUS MORTIS: Debut Album Details Revealed
Chilean horde ANIMUS MORTIS will release its debut album, "Atrabilis (Residues From Verb & Flesh)", on January 31 via Debemur Morti Productions. According to a press release, the CD contains "eight ethereal exhibits of shrill, desolate black metal laden with an eerie, dark ambience." "Atrabilis...January 4, 2008
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CELTIC FROST Mainman: The Fall Of A Year
CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "The weeks seemingly merged into one continuous, viscous current of day and night and information increasingly difficult to bear. Emotions decreased to slow-motion speed, he began to subsist in the dark,...December 23, 2007
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MIKE PATTON Lends Vocals To 'I Am Legend'; Prepares First Film Score
Mike Patton (ex-FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE and currently of PEEPING TOM, FANTOMAS and MONDO CANE, amongst others) steps into the world of film with "I Am Legend" and "A Perfect Place". Patton's shape-shifting vocals will be heard in movie theaters across the country this month as he lends his voice t...December 4, 2007
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