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Former DIMMU BORGIR Bassist/Vocalist I.C.S. VORTEX Completes Work On Solo Debut

Former DIMMU BORGIR bassist/clean vocalist I.C.S. Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) has completed work on his debut solo album. Entitled "Storm Seeker", it contains 11 tracks and 45 minutes of "groovy hooks and signature clean vocals," according to the musician. "Brewed in a dirty metal pot, ingredi...

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ANVIL Frontman Discusses 'Anvil Aid' Christmas Campaign With Swedish Radio Station (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL was interviewed by Bandit Rock, the biggest rock radio station in Sweden, about the Facebook campaign launched by ANVIL's Swedish fans to put the band's classic song "Metal On Metal" at the top of Sweden's single chart in t...

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KVELERTAK, GHOST Added To HELSINKI METAL MEETING

KVELERTAK and GHOST have been confirmed to perform at next year's edition of the Helsinki Metal Meeting, set to take place February 17-19, 2011 at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. February 17 is Industry Day, featuring a seminar at Virgin Oil Co., with the Finnish Metal Expo scheduled to take...

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TETRAFUSION: 'Monologue' Video Released

"Monologue", the new video from Louisiana-based progressive metallers TETRAFUSION, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's sophomore album, "Altered State", which was released on October 12 via Nightmare Records. The Fairfield Studios-directed clip was filmed in Shreveport, Lousiana with...

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XERATH: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH entered Foel Studio (PORCUPINE TREE, NAPALM DEATH, ELECTRIC WIZARD, PRIMORDIAL, PAUL ROGERS) in Wales at the end of November to begin recording their sophomore album for an early 2011 release. The CD will be mixed and mastered by Jacob Han...

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THE MAN-EATING TREE: New Song Available For Free Download

THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — has made a new song, "Vultures", available for free download at this location. Commented guitarist Janne Markus: "'Vultures' is actu...

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In a day and age when nothing is hard to find, and the most obscure and forgotten acts from my youth are given deluxe reissue treatment, it's hard to comprehend a band like Germany's HARMFUL being so relentlessly ignored on these shores. One of their albums, 2003's "Sanguine", got released here via...

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'Mean Deviation' The Prog Metal 'Bible'; Free Sample Chapter Available

Bazillion Points is offering a free download extract of "Chapter 5. Passing the Threshold" from the newly-released and already acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner. The PDF download is available at this location. After tracing the origins of progres...

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AVA INFERI: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

AVA INFERI, the Portugal-based band whose lineup includes Norwegian guitarist Rune Eriksen (a.k.a. ex-MAYHEM guitarist/songwriter Blasphemer),will release its fourth album, "Onyx", on February 14 (February 15 in the U.S.) via Season Of Mist. The track listing is as follows: 01. Onyx 02. The Living...

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OPETH To Enter Studio In January

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will enter Atlantis studios (formerly Metronome studios) in Stockholm on January 31, 2011 to begin recording their tenth album for a fall 2011 release via Roadrunner Records. Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, KATATONIA, PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH) will engineer the effort whil...

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ORPHANED LAND: Quality Bochum Footage Available

Quality video footage of Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND performing the song "Olat Hatamid" on November 28, 2010 at Zeche in Bochum, Germany on during the band's tour with AMORPHIS can be viewed below (courtesy of Orphaned Disciples). ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 c...

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ORPHANED LAND Interviewed By France's NRV-TV (Video)

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND were recently interviewed by France's NRV-TV. You can now watch the chat below. ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 concerts at Reading 3 in Tel Aviv, Israel will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD release. The band w...

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KATATONIA Interviewed On AUX's 'Hard' (Video)

Sweden's KATATONIA was interviewed for an episode of "Hard" on the AUX music channel out of Canada when the band played in Toronto, Ontario on September 13, 2010 with ORPHANED LAND. The segment can now be viewed below. KATATONIA kicked off its North American tour — dubbed "Night Over North America"...

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ORPHANED LAND Interviewed On AUX's 'Hard' (Video)

Israeli progressive folk metal masters ORPHANED LAND were interviewed for an episode of "Hard" on the AUX music channel out of Canada when the band played in Toronto, Ontario on September 13, 2010 with KATATONIA. The segment can now be viewed below. ORPHANED LAND's December 9 and December 10 concert...

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THE MAN-EATING TREE: Hannover Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of THE MAN-EATING TREE — the atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE — performing the song "Of Birth For Passing" on November 9, 2010 at Musikzentrum in Hannover, Germany can...