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England's ELECTRIC WIZARD have always stood out from the doom masses because of the way their music reaches beyond mere drone and riff distortion, sending the listener tumbling into the depths of the group's strange, mind altering world. The release of 2004's "We Live" had some questioning the clean...

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SABBAT, ONSLAUGHT, AT WAR Confirmed For Germany's THRASH ASSAULT 2

SABBAT, ONSLAUGHT and AT WAR are among the confirmed bands for the Thrash Assault 2 festival, set to take place February 23, 2008 in Würzburg, Germany at Soundpark-Ost (ex-Rockpalast). The festival billing is as follows: SABBAT (UK) ONSLAUGHT (UK) PROTECTORS (SWE) AT WAR (USA) DESASTER (GER) GAMA BO...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, HATE ETERNAL: Complete Itinerary Available

Detroit-based extreme metallers THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER recently finished up dates in Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand and have just started the European leg of their tour, also featuring JOB FOR A COWBOY and THE RED CHORD. Shortly after the band returns from Europe, they will head out for a fu...

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IN BATTLE Announces New Session Drummer

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following update: "IN BATTLE announce new session drummer Tony Westermark, known from Sundsvall technical death metal band SOREPTION. "We are proud to announce that we have found this young and extreme talent drummer for our upcomming...

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SLAUGHTER: 'Tortured Souls' Box Set Due In December

Brazil's Marquee Records will release the "Tortured Souls" box set from the legendary Canadian death/thrash metla band SLAUGHTER. Acording to the label, the set features over four hours of pure '80s rage split into four CDs, containing demos, rehearsals, live tracks and the hard-to-find STRAPPADO al...

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ASSAILANT Putting Finishing Touches On Second Album

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),is putting the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled second album, tentatively due in early 2008 via Dockyard 1. The group will...

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ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH, DARK GRAVE: Concert, Interview Footage From Romania Available

Concert and interview footage with ANCIENT RITES, NECRODEATH and DARK GRAVE taken on November 17, 2007 at Live Metal Club in Bucharest, Romania can be found at MetalheadTV.com. ANCIENT RITES's latest album, "Rubicon", was released in May 2006 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2001's "Dim Carcosa"...

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Last Rites

Brooklyn's INHUMAN has been bouncing around the East Coast punk/hardcore scene since 1995 and has apparently gotten a significant level of acclaim for past releases. Based on a handful of spins of "Last Rites", said acclaim would seem to have been well deserved. "Last Rites" does not necessarily cha...

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AHRÁYEPH Featuring Ex-ANCIENT RITES Guitarist Signs With France's D-MONIC RECORDS

AHRÁYEPH, the goth rock/dark wave band led by former ANCIENT RITES guitarist Raf, has inked a deal with France's D-Monic Records for the release of the group's debut album, "Marooned On Samsara". The CD is tentatively due in March/April 2008. Commented Raf: "We're very pleased to announce our cooper...

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SHE SAID DESTROY: Video Footage Of New Song Posted Online

Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY have posted video footage of guitarist Bjørn Tor and drummer Torris performing an as-yet-untitled new song in the rehearsal studio. Watch the five-minute clip below. SHE SAID DESTROY is currently working on material for its sophomore album, "This City Spe...

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SCAR SYMMETRY, NOCTURNAL RITES, FREEDOM CALL Confirmed For Sweden's HOUSE OF METAL

SCAR SYMMETRY, NOCTURNAL RITES and FREEDOM CALL are among the confirmed bands for the House of Metal 2008 festival, set to take place February 15-16, 2008 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: SCAR SYMMETRY NOCTURNAL RITES FREEDOM CALL GOD AMONG INSECTS EASY...

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CELTIC FROST Mainman Ventures To 'The Godless Rural Settings Of HELLHAMMER's Rise'

CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "In the course of the past three weeks, while working on the manuscript of the HELLHAMMER book, I ventured twice to the godless rural settings of HELLHAMMER's rise in the early 1980s. I encountered an are...

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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, JOB FOR A COWBOY, THE RED CHORD: 'Viral Player' Available

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will team up with labelmates JOB FOR A COWBOY and THE RED CHORD for the Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour - The New X-Treme beginning on November 27 in Zürich, Switzerland. A "Viral Player" promoting the trek is available below. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER's new album, "Nocturnal...

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HELLHAMMER Demos To Be Officially Released

There exist countless HELLHAMMER demo bootlegs, but they all utterly fail to capture the true aura, to represent the band as it actually was. They have been compiled from dismal multi-generation copies of the original tapes, and they are invariably riddled with factual and historical errors or outri...

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THUNDERSTONE Checks In From The Road

Finnish melodic power metallers THUNDERSTONE have updated their "tour diary" with another entry from their current European trek with NOCTURNAL RITES. Bassist Titus Hjelm's latest posting reads as follows: "Another ’reunion' waited for us in Vienna. It was the first time there for us in four years....