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RESURRECTED Confirmed For Switzerland's MOUNTAINS OF DEATH Festival

Long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED have been confirmed for the ninth edition of Switzerland's most extreme metal festival, Mountains Of Death, set to take place August 21-22, 2009 in Muotathal, Switzerland. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ASPHIXATION (DE) BENEATH THE MASS...

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MELECHESH: Footage From Dubai's SANDSTORM FESTIVAL Posted Online

Video footage of the Sumerian thrashing black metal act MELECHESH performing at the SandStorm Festival 2009 on May 2 at Chi club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates can be viewed below. Also appearing on the bill were BILOCATE from Jordan and Lebanese extreme metal band KAOTEON. MELECHESH is currently im...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT Talks DEAN GUITARS; Video Available

Dean Guitars has posted an interview (see below) with Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS) conducted earlier this year while Amott was on tour in the U.S. with CARCASS. Amott discusses his new signature Tyrant V series and signature "Tyrant" DMT pickup made in the USA. The first two Century Media rel...

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CARPATHIAN FOREST's VRANGSINN Previews Track From A WASTE OF TALENT Project

A WASTE OF TALENT, one of the projects of producer and CARPATHIAN FOREST bass player Vrangsinn (also of NATTEFROST, SECHT),is streaming "Machines Kept Pumping Blood From Earth", a track from the band's next album, on MySpace. Entitled "The Last Remains of Humankind", the concept effort is set in a...

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SIGHT OF EMPTINESS: New Album To Be Mastered By JENS BOGREN

Costa Rica-based melodic extreme metal band SIGHT OF EMPTINESS has tapped Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, SOILWORK, BLOODBATH, KATATONIA, SYMPHONY X) of Örebro, Sweden's Fascination Street Studios to master the band's upcoming second album, "Absolution of Humanity". Commented the group: "Having Jen...

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EXODUS: 'Assorted Atrocities' DVD Trailer Available

A one-minute trailer for "Assorted Atrocities", the forthcoming EXODUS three-disc DVD/CD set, can be viewed below. Due late summer, the package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a 105-minute documentary following the band through the last five...

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BEHEMOTH Frontman Stepping Out With Polish Pop Star

Several Polish tabloids are reporting that Adam "Nergal" Darski, the 31-year-old guitarist/vocalist of extreme metallers BEHEMOTH, has been photographed stepping out with 25-year-old Polish pop singer Doda (real name: Dorota Rabczewska). In 2000, at the age of 16, Rabczewska became the vocalist of t...

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VARG VIKERNES Is A Free Man!

Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh),the former BURZUM mastermind who was convicted of murdering MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) in August 1993 and setting fire to three churches, is a free man. "I can confirm that I have been released from prison," Vikernes told Norway's Da...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE Talks Horror Movies With FANGORIA MUSICK; Video Available

Fangoria Musick's Sam Zimmerman spent some time at the May 8, 2009 No Fear Energy concert at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City talking to fans about music, horror, and booze — capping it off with an exclusive interview with Richmond, Virginia thrashers MUNICIPAL WASTE — a band so into horror, t...

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BEHEMOTH Mainman Discusses 'Evangelion'; Audio Available

Metal Hammer Presents... Subterranea recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH. You can listen to the chat in two parts below. BEHEMOTH will release its ninth full-length studio album, "Evangelion", on August 7 in Europe via Nuc...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Interviewed On Australia's 'The Racket'; Audio Available

Guitarist Paul Allender of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH was recently interviewed by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "The Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the chat in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: The first part of the Allender interview begi...

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Chile's PENTAGRAM: More Reunion Dates Announced

Long-defunct extreme metal pioneers PENTAGRAM from Chile will reunite one last time in 2009 for a Chilean tour and several shows in Europe. The band's lineup will include three original members — Anton Reisenegger (guitar/vocals, also in CRIMINAL),Juan Pablo Uribe (guitar) and Eduardo Topelberg (dr...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman On Satanic Lyrics, Longevity And Politics

Christopher Porter of Washington Post Express recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below Washington Post Express: Do you wish more extreme metal bands sang about real-world politics...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: New Album Artwork Unveiled

Glendale, Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY will release their highly anticipated sophomore album, "Ruination", on July 7 via Metal Blade Records. The 10-song follow-up to 2007's "Genesis" was tracked at AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (THE BLACK DAHLIA MU...

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BURZUM Mastermind To Be Portrayed By 'Twilight' Heartthrob In 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie

Jackson Rathbone, the teen heartthrob from "Twilight", has reportedly agreed to play Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting...