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ZONARIA Preparing To Enter Studio

Swedish death/black metal band ZONARIA has completed the songwriting process for its new album and will soon enter the Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) to begin recording the effort for a spring/summer release. C...

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GAIA EPICUS: 'Dark Secrets' Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian power metallers GAIA EPICUS are putting the finishing touches on their fifth album, "Dark Secrets", to be released this spring. The cover artwork for the CD will once again be created by J.P. Fournier. "Dark Secrets" track listing: 01. Beyond The Universe 02. Hellfire 03. Lost Forever 04....

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's Deal With E1 MUSIC To Cover Two Studio Albums

As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on January 6, E1 Music has now officially announced the addition of guitar icon Zakk Wylde's band BLACK LABEL SOCIETY to its rock and metal roster. The two-album deal covers North America exclusively. E1 Music VP of Metal Scott Givens comments on the deal: "Rarely...

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DAWN OF ASHES Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Los Angeles horror-inspired black/death metal band DAWN OF ASHES. DAWN OF ASHES is a band whose passion for intense and macabre imagery, music, and live performances will soon be seen by the metal masses when "Genocide Chapters" is unleashed in la...

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ABRUPTUM's IT Working On Book About His Life

IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä),the founder of the long-running Swedish black metal band ABRUPTUM, has issued the following update: "My final contribution to this 'non-extraordinary reality' will be a book about my life. For all these years I have chosen to stay silent, out of the 'spotlights' and now that...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Discusses THE DAMNED THINGS Side Project

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: Briefly, what is your view of the Dan Nelson [ANTHRAX singer 2007-2009] situation? To summarize? Caggiano: It just didn't work out....

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Confirmed: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Signs U.S. Deal With E1 MUSIC

Barbaranne Wylde, wife and co-manager of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY frontman Zakk Wylde, has confirmed that the band has inked U.S. deal with E1 Music, the label formerly known as KOCH Records (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on January 6). Tentatively due in June, the group's next album will be recorde...

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KATATONIA Guitarist: We Really Didn't Want To Make A Clone Of 'The Great Cold Distance' Album

U.K.'s Guitarist magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström of Sweden's KATATONIA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitarist: You collaborated with a musicians outside the band, keyboard player Frank Default, for this album ["Night Is The New...

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RISE TO ADDICTION Parts Ways With Bassist

Bassist Joel Graham has left RISE TO ADDICTION — the British band which features in its ranks former BLAZE members John Slater (guitar) and Steve Wray (guitar) — and has joined British thrashers EVILE. RISE TO ADDICTION states, "It's a real shame, but Joel's replacement is already in rehearsals, so...

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RAVEN Signs U.S. Deal With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN has inked a deal with Metal Blade Records for the U.S. release of its new album, "Walk Through Fire". The CD, which came out in Japan in March 2009 via King Records, was recorded at the Assembly Line Studios with engineer/mixer Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FA...

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DEMON HUNTER To Release 'The World Is A Thorn' In March

Seattle-based Christian metallers DEMON HUNTER will release their new album, "The World Is A Thorn", on March 9. The band's fifth album follows the landmark documentary "45 Days", last year's "Live In Nashville" collection and a catalog of landmark releases that have made the band one of the most im...

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LEPROUS To Once Again Serve As IHSAHN's Backing Band

Norwegian progressive metal upstarts LEPROUS will once again serve as legendary EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn's backing band for his upcoming appearances at the Wacken Open Air and Brutal Assault festivals in Germany and the Czech Republic, respectively. LEPROUS's debut album, "Tall Poppy Syndrome", was r...

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'Twilight' Heartthrob No Longer Involved With 'Lords Of Chaos' Movie Project

According to the Houston Chronicle, the preliminary buzz that Jackson Rathbone (the teen heartthrob from "Twilight") would play Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the BURZUM mastermind who served a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Eu...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Rumored To Have Signed U.S. Deal With E1 MUSIC

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY is rumored to have inked a U.S. deal with E1 Music (formerly KOCH Records) for the release of the band's next album. Tentatively due in June, the CD will be recorded during January/February at guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde's new studio, which was built by Zack Fagan of Under The...

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'Behind The Suit And Tie' Documentary Preview Clip Available

A preview clip from the upcoming heavy metal documentary "Behind The Suit And Tie" can be viewed below. Through a series of interviews with players from both indie and major labels, "Behind the Suit and Tie" "will showcase the truth of how the music industry is being affected by the downward spiral...