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IN GRIEF Signs With BOMBWORKS RECORDS

Bombworks Records has announced the signing of newcomers IN GRIEF. The band's seven-song, 45-minute debut, "Deserted Soul", will be released in early 2009. Hailing from Norway, IN GRIEF plays its own brand of extreme metal which can best be described as atmospheric progressive death metal. Each song...

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One with Filth

Easy on the ears this is not. The music of Sweden's CROWPATH has never been confused with "Sounds of the Rain Forest". The band's nerve wracking ways continue on new full-length, "One with Filth", ensuring that followers will still experience befuddlement over attempts to accurately describe the ext...

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Into the Night

Heavy Artillery Records just keeps on delivering the goods. After a run of righteous vintage thrash albums, the label has now unleashed one in the traditional heavy metal vein, albeit a disc with a significant speed metal element. On "Into the Night", Sweden's ENFORCER stomp on the gas pedal and rac...

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Your Drug of Choice

Here we have the (eighth? ninth? do we count that remix album?) full-length effort of muscled down, grown up thrash metal from these Swiss scene veterans (anyone remember POLTERGEIST, besides me and whoever empties the dumpsters at Century Media?). GURD may have zero profile here in the States, but...

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The Fathomless Mastery

Swedish "superstar" death metallers BLOODBATH have been the critical darlings of extreme metal for quite some time now, even more so since the release of the "Unblessing the Purity" EP and the "The Wacken Carnage" CD/DVD. At least some of that has to do with the now widely accepted role of OPETH's M...

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TO-MERA Begins Writing New Material

TO-MERA — the U.K.-based dark progressive metal band fronted by former WITHOUT FACE vocalist Julie Kiss — has issued the following update: "Well, 2008 is pretty much wrapped up for us, but here's a sneaky peek into what 2009 holds in store for camp TO-MERA. "The first event of note will be a prog sp...

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GIGANTOUR 2009: First Rumored Acts

AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE are rumored to be in talks to take part in next year's North American Gigantour — the acclaimed traveling heavy music festival launched by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. No official announcement has yet been made regarding the lineup of the fourth editi...

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COBALT Completes Work On New Album

Colorado-based avant-garde extreme metal outfit COBALT has completed work on its new album, "Gin", for a March 17, 2009 release via Profound Lore Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Eater of Birds" sees COBALT "forge a markedly darker and rougher edged path, carving out a surreal outburst of intense s...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Confirms Guitarist Split, Prepares To Enter Studio

Vocalist Jonny Davy of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY was recently interviewed by Way Too Loud! A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Way Too Loud!: You're working on a new album. Can you tell me what stage your in right now? Jonny Davy: We have half the record, ...

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SUFFOCATION: Video Interview With FRANK MULLEN Available

Vocalist Frank Mullen of the legendary New York extreme metal outfit SUFFOCATION was interviewed by Metal's Darkside in September during the band's Exhumed To Consume tour with CARCASS. Watch the chat at this location (Quicktime required). SUFFOCATION recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records...

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ILLDISPOSED Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Danish extreme metallers ILLDISPOSED have inked a new deal with Massacre Records. The band's new album is tentatively scheduled for release on August 29, 2009. It will be available as jewel case CD, limited digipack with bonus material and strictly limited box set with exclusive t-shirt. Commented t...

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DÉTENTE: More West Coast Dates Announced

Reunited California-based metallers DÉTENTE — featuring vocalist Ann Boleyn (HELLION) and guitarist Michael Carlino (FEAR OF GOD) alongside original DÉTENTE members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) — have lined up the following dates: Dec. 13 - The Black Castle...

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DEICIDE, VITAL REMAINS: First U.S. Dates Revealed

Florida-based death metal veterans DEICIDE and VITAL REMAINS will team up for a package tour in early 2009. The two bands will bring their infamous live performances to major markets across the United States in February. Support on all dates will come from ORDER OF ENNEAD — the Florida extreme metal...

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EISREGEN Extends Deal With MASSACRE RECORDS

German, lyrically extreme, dark metal band EISREGEN has re-signed with Massacre Records for four more albums. Additionally, EISREGEN will release a double live album called "Bühnenblut - Live in Leipzig" in May 2009. "Knochenkult", the seventh album from EISREGEN, entered the Austrian chart at posit...

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Taiwan's CHTHONIC Completes Work On New Album

Asian symphonic black metal band CHTHONIC, which made international headlines by championing Taiwanese democracy from the Ozzfest and Wacken Open Air stages last summer, has finished recording its new concept album, "Mirror Of Retribution", in Los Angeles with producer (and ANTHRAX guitarist) Rob Ca...