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NÅSTROND To Release 'Muspellz Synir' In January

Swedish black metallers NÅSTROND will release their fourth, "Muspellz Synir", in January via Debemur Morti Productions. According to a press release, the CD "is the aural epitome of decrepit death, the soundtrack to life's dying embers or perhaps a burial at sea. Here, the sinister Swedes tap into a...

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OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT, GRAVE DIGGER Confirmed For Portugal's LAGOA BURNING LIVE

OBITUARY, ROYAL HUNT and GRAVE DIGGER are among the confirmed bands for the the second edition of the Lagoa Burning Live festival, set to take place July 25-27, 2008 at Estombar-parque de ferias in Algarve, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANCESTRAL ANCIENT RITES ANGRA ANGRIF...

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THEUDHO Signs With DET GERMANSKE FOLKET

Blackened pagan metallers THEUDHO have inked a deal with the German label Det Germanske Folket, the home of such acts as ANGANTYR, HEL, RIGER, MYRKGRAV and DANTALION. The group's third full-length album is scheduled for release in the spring. Also planned are reissues of the band's first two albums...

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IN BATTLE: Working Title For New Album Announced

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have set "Flames & Death" as the working title of their fifth album. According to the band, five songs have already been completed for the effort, which will be recorded next year at Epidemic Productions in Sundsvall. The new material will be "fu...

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED: 'Feel The Blade' Track Listing Revealed

Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED have announced the track listing for "Feel the Blade", a reissue of the the "Elegy for the Weak" CD originally released under the band's previous moniker OCCULT. Due on January 4, 2008 via Massacre Records, the new version of the LP will contain two new songs tha...

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MINDGRINDER: Norwegian Dates Announced

MINDGRINDER, the Norwegian extreme metal band featuring ex-SOURCE OF TIDE drummer/keyboardist Cosmocrator (on bass/vocals),has scheduled the following dates: Dec. 20 - Last Train - Oslo, Norway Dec. 28 - Mølla - Knogsberg, Norway MINDGRINDER earlier in the year posted pre-production recordings of t...

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PAGAN ALTAR, MELECHESH, DENIAL OF GOD Confirmed For Germany's HELLS PLEASURE Festival

PAGAN ALTAR, MELECHESH and DENIAL OF GOD are among the confirmed bands for the Hells Pleasure 2008 festival, set to take place July 18-19 at Motocross-Strecke in Pößneck, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: PAGAN ALTAR MELECHESH DENIAL OF GOD FARSOT HELLISH CROSSFIRE OPHIS NOCTUR...

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DREAM THEATER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2007

Members of DREAM THEATER, OPETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH, SOULFLY and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are among the Roadrunner Records artists whose favorite albums of 2007 have been posted on the Roadrunner web site at this location. A few musicians' selections can be found below. Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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Witchcult Today

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"...