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CHILDREN OF BODOM, EMPEROR, W.A.S.P. Confirmed For Finland's TUSKA Festival

CHILDREN OF BODOM, EMPEROR and W.A.S.P. are among the confirmed bands for the Tuska open-air festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands on three stages will perform over the course of three days. In addition to this, a couple of dozen bands ....

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ORPHANED LAND Taking Break From Live Shows To Focus On Writing

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND is taking a six-month break from live shows in order to focus on writing its new album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR". The CD will be produced by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, BLACKFIELD, OPETH) and is tentatively scheduled for release in 2008. Commented vocal...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI: Album Track Posted Online

BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR),has posted a new song, entitled "Evil Unleashed", at this location. The track comes off the group's upcoming debut album, "Thrash Metal", due on March 19 via Nocturnal A...

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BORKNAGAR Bassist Joins THORNBOUND

Norwegian bassist Erik Tiwaz (a.k.a. Tyr; BORKNAGAR, EMPEROR, SATYRICON) has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "Just got recruited for the bassist position in THORNBOUND a couple of months ago, along with drummer Asgeir Mickelson [SPIRAL ARCHITECT, BORKNAGAR]. THORNBOUND had just releas...

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DARK FUNERAL, ENSLAVED: Poughkeepsie Show Cancelled

DARK FUNERAL and ENSLAVED were forced to cancel their scheduled appearance at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York tonight (Saturday, February 3) after their tour bus broke down. Two two opening bands — one of them being ABIGAIL WILLIAMS — still performed, but to an almost empty venue. The Chance re...

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'Global Metal' Documentary Expected In September

According to Metal Israel, the makers of the documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" have set a tentative September 2007 release date for their follow-up film, "Global Metal", which will explore the global spread of heavy metal music and culture. "The goal of this film is to discover what is hap...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS To Record New Album In The Summer

GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL),guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),has issued the following update: "We...

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SATHANAS, BESTIAL MOCKERY, CRUCIFER, THRONEUM To Team Up For Four-Way Split CD

Long-running U.S.-based death/black metallers SATHANAS will release a four-way split CD with Sweden's BESTIAL MOCKERY, Virginia's CRUCIFER, and Poland's THRONEUM via Time Before Time Records. More information will be made available at www.time-before-time.com. SATHANAS previously announced plans to...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'I Carry Incredible Hatred For My Mother'

In a candid, 5,000-word interview with Guitar World magazine (web site) (March 2007 issue, on sale now),CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer recounts the shocking details of his troubled youth, explains how music and the guitar became an outlet for his loneliness and aggression, and talks abou...

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EMPEROR Concert Tickets To Go On Sale Next Week

The first wave of tickets for the recently announced EMPEROR concerts will go on sale Monday, January 22 exclusively via Enter the Vault. Bring your browser to www.enterthevault.com for pricing and availability. General tickets will go on sale via Ticketmaster and normal ticket agencies/box offices...

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PROSTHETIC RECORDS To Re-Release THE FUNERAL PYRE Full-Length

Prosthetic Records will re-release the latest full-length CD from Los Angeles' THE FUNERAL PYRE on March 20, 2007 through a licensing deal with Bay Area indie label Creator Destructor. Originally released last year through Creator Destructor, "The Nature of Betrayal" sees the band "channeling melodi...

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EMPEROR To Return To America

After triumphantly headlining the annual Wacken Open Air festival in Germany and four capacity performances in America last summer, Norwegian black metal pioneers EMPEROR have announced their return to the United States for three encore appearances this spring. "We have made a decision to return to...

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BLOOD TSUNAMI Featuring Former EMPEROR Drummer: Debut CD Due In March

Nocturnal Art Productions has set a March 19 release date for the debut album from BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, ex-EMPEROR). The CD, aptly titled "Thrash Metal", was recorded at Lion Heart Studios in Oslo with e...

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ZYKLON Frontman Lays Down Vocals On KILL ALL Demo; Audio Available

ZYKLON vocalist/bassist Secthdamon recently recorded a guest appearance on the three-song demo from the Norwegian thrash band KILL ALL, entitled "Urge to Annihilation". Check out the tracks "Hatecrime", "Coldblooded Revolution" and "Hunting the Deceiver" on KILL ALL's official MySpace page. Accordin...

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Ex-CONTROL DENIED Singer Is Determined To Fulfill CHUCK SCHULDINER's Last Wish

Former CONTROL DENIED singer Tim Aymar has issued a response to statements and accusations made by Guido Heijnens, owner of the now-defunct Dutch record label Hammerheart Records (which was "resurrected" for a short while under the Karmageddon Media banner) regarding the fate of the unreleased secon...