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HELLHAMMER: New Audio Interview With TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Posted Online

Before they were creating proto-black metal in CELTIC FROST, guitarist/vocalist Tom Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain were members of seminal blackened thrash outfit HELLHAMMER. If you're a fan of CELTIC FROST, HELLHAMMER, or extreme metal in general, you should definitely check out HELLHA...
March 5, 2008
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HELLHAMMER: 'Demon Entrails' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Demon Entrails", a collection of the classic HELLHAMMER demos "Death Fiend", "Triumph of Death" and "Satanic Rites", has sold 667 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet sales *are* included in the SoundScan totals.) "Demon Entrails"...
March 5, 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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SHE SAID DESTROY: 'We're Nearing The End Of Our Studio Session'

Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY have issued the following update: "We're nearing the end of our studio session [for the sophomore SHE SAID DESTROY album]. Three weeks in and we've only got a small batch of vocals left before we begin mixing. The rough mix sounds amazing. "Not much else...
March 4, 2008
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ASSAILANT: Two New Songs Posted Online

ASSAILANT, the Umeå, Sweden-based band featuring guitarist Oscar Norberg ("little brother" of Emil of PERSUADER/SAVAGE CIRCUS fame and Nils Norberg of NOCTURNAL RITES),has posted two songs from its sophomore album, "Wicked Dream", on the group's MySpace page. Check out the tracks "A Day Tomorrow" a...
March 1, 2008
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GUILLOTINE Issues Recording Update

GUILLOTINE, the reunited Swedish thrash metal band featuring Nils Eriksson (bass) and Fredrik Mannberg (rhythm guitar) of NOCTURNAL RITES, has issued the following update: "So — Fredrik has finished about seven songs of guitar now [for the new GUILLOTINE album]...and everything sounds awesome! We ar...
March 1, 2008
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ANSUR: New Song Posted Online

A new ANSUR track, entitled "Phobos Anomaly", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Norwegian progressive extreme metallers' new album, "Warring Factions", due later in the year via Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Axiom" contains s...
February 27, 2008
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IN BATTLE Issues Songwriting Update

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following update: "Yesterday we started rehearsing material for the new album. We have 2.5 songs done, except for some vocal arrangements, and a ton of riffs and ideas. The new stuff sounds extremely intense, brutal, straight-forward....
February 26, 2008
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GUILLOTINE Begins Recording New Album

GUILLOTINE, the reunited Swedish thrash metal band featuring Nils Eriksson (bass) and Fredrik Mannberg (rhythm guitar) of NOCTURNAL RITES, has issued the following update: "A few days ago we started laying down the first few songs of drums and guitar for the [new GUILLOTINE album]. It feels amazing...
February 26, 2008
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OBTEST: New Album Details Revealed

Vilnius, Lithuania-based pagan metallers OBTEST have inked a deal with Osmose Productions for release of their new album, entitled "Gyvybes Medis". The CD will be distributed in music shops and via independent retailers worldwide, including Japan, Canada, Australia, USA and all of Europe. Ledo Takas...
February 26, 2008
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FREQUENCY: 'Compassion Denied' Artwork, Track Listing, Audio Samples Available

Swedish melodic metallers FREQUENCY will release their new album, "Compassion Denied", in March via Italy's Scarlet Records. The CD was recorded at Studio Mega (THE CROWN, LAKE OF TEARS, BESEECH) in Sweden and marks the group's first release with new singer Rick Altzi (AT VANCE, TREASURE LAND). The...
February 24, 2008
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HATRED To Film Live Video Next Week

HATRED, the band featuring Tim Clayborne (PAINMUSEUM) and Joe Joblonski (INHUMAN VOID),will shoot a live video on February 29 at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia. The footage will be used in the special features section of the band's new album, "Burning Paradise", due on May 29. The follow-up to...
February 22, 2008
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CELTIC FROST's TOM GABRIEL FISCHER Discusses HELLHAMMER; Audio Available

MetalKult.com has just posted a seven-question downloadable audio interview with CELTIC FROST/HELLHAMMER vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer. In the interview, Fischer talks about the details surrounding the creation of HELLHAMMER's seminal "Satanic Rites", "Death Fiend" and "Triumph of Death" de...
February 21, 2008
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ANSUR: 'Warring Factions' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ANSUR have set "Warring Factions" as the title of their follow-up to 2006's "Axiom", due later in the year via Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records. The CD contains seven songs with a total running time of 62 minutes. "Warring Factions" (cover artwork...
February 18, 2008
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ASSAILANT: 'Wicked Dream' Artwork Revealed

ASSAILANT, the Umeå, Sweden-based band featuring guitarist Oscar Norberg ("little brother" of Emil of PERSUADER/SAVAGE CIRCUS fame and Nils Norberg of NOCTURNAL RITES),will release its sophomore album, "Wicked Dream", on March 24 via Dockyard 1. According to a press release, the new CD "is not only...
February 18, 2008