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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....

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SHE SAID DESTROY: New Album Title Announced

Guitarist Anders "Ugmod" Bakke of the Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY has issued the following update: "We more or less finished writing our next album this summer and since then we've been rehearsing the songs. That's the reason for lack of updates and the rather sparse amount of gigs...

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NOCTURNAL RITES: München Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers NOCTURNAL RITES performing the song "Call out to the World" on November 2, 2007 in München, Germany can be viewed on YouTube. NOCTURNAL RITES' latest album, "The 8th Sin", recently landed on the Japanese album chart at position No. 68 (No. 28 on "interna...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD: New Song Posted Online

A new ELECTRIC WIZARD song, entitled "The Chosen Few", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the British doom veterans' sixth full-length studio album, "Witchcult Today", which is scheduled for release in Europe on November 12 via Rise Above Records (November 20 in the U.S...

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LORD BELIAL Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Swedish black/death metallers LORD BELIAL have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31 - August 2, 2008 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: IRON MAIDEN (headliners) CARCASS HATEBREED CHILDREN OF BODOM AVANTA...

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NOCTURNAL RITES: Lenzburg Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers NOCTURNAL RITES performing the song "Not the Only" on October 27, 2007 in Lenzburg, Switzerland can be viewed on YouTube. NOCTURNAL RITES' latest album, "The 8th Sin", recently landed on the Japanese album chart at position No. 68 (No. 28 on "internation...

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NOCTURNAL RITES: Gothenburg Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish metallers NOCTURNAL RITES performing on September 7, 2007 at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden can be viewed below. NOCTURNAL RITES' latest album, "The 8th Sin", recently landed on the Japanese album chart at position No. 68 (No. 28 on "international" chart). A...

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IN BATTLE: Footage From CD-Release Party Posted Online

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have posted fan-filmed video footage from their September 1, 2007 hometown CD-release gig at Pipeline. Watch the clip below. As previously reported, IN BATTLE will support MARDUK on their Balkan tour in 2008, with stops in such countries as Austria,...