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SATYRICON: Songwriting Update

Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON have posted the following message on their official web site: "Continuing the new way of writing and working on song arragements in remote places, Satyr just returned from another session held in a cabin by the sea on Norway's second biggest populated island. Now...

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MYNJUN: New Demo In The Works, Debut Release Available For Download

MYNJUN, the Stockholm, Sweden-based death metal band featuring former and current members of such acts as CENTINEX, IMPERIOUS, COERCION, WORLD BELOW, AMARAN and BOOK OF HOURS, are putting the finishing touches on their second demo, "Receding Strengths", tentatively due in late February/early March....

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MSNBC: DARKTHRONE A Better GRAMMY Choice?

LAMB OF GOD, CONVERGE, SATYRICON and — DARKTHRONE? Those are the unlikely alternate Grammy nominees suggested to MSNBC recently by "Sound of the Beast" author Ian Christe. "Then again," Christe told the Microsoft-backed news network, "DARKTHRONE already refused their nomination for the Norwegian ver...

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SATYRICON To Begin Recording New Album This Summer

Vocalist Satyr of the Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON has posted the following message on the band's web site: "I just returned from a week-long stay at a cabin far up in the mountains with my good friend Snorre from THORNS. We set up recording equipment and worked very focused with our new albu...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN Sign With TABU RECORDINGS

Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN, featuring Obsidian C. (a.k.a. Arnt Grønbech, also a touring guitarist for SATYRICON) on guitars/bass/synth, have signed a new record deal with the Norwegian label Tabu Recordings, a division of Tuba Records. "We have great belief in this label and they als...

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Is Metal Dangerous? DIMEBAG's Murder Blackens Music's Reputation

Katie Vrabel of ValleyAdvocate.com reports: The onstage murder of DAMAGEPLAN guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott on Dec. 8 turned a spotlight on the metal community. The former PANTERA guitarist was shot shortly after his new band hit the stage Dec. 8 at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio. He and...

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SATYRICON Guitarists Released On Bail; New Court Hearing To Be Scheduled

SATYRICON guitarists Steinar Gundersen and Arnt Gronbech, who are charged with giving a fan a date-rape drug and sexually assaulting her in a tour bus following a Dec. 15 concert in Toronto, have been released from Canadian jail on bail of CAD $50,000 each (approx. $41,000). The two guitarists, who...

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Lawyer: SATYRICON Guitarists Will 'Vigorously Defend Themselves' Against Rape Charges

Betsy Powell of the Toronto Star has issued the following report: Two touring musicians with the Norwegian black metal band SATYRICON are scheduled to make a Christmas Eve appearance at Old City Hall via video after being charged with giving a fan a date-rape drug and sexually assaulting her in a to...

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SATYRICON Guitarists: We Are Innocent

According to the Norwegian newspaper VG Nett, the attorney representing the two SATYRICON guitarists charged with dosing a fan with a date-rape drug and sexually assaulting her following a concert in Toronto is hoping to get the musicians released on bail on December 30. Apparently, their criminal r...

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Canadian Media Reports On SATYRICON Rape Charges

Canada's National Post has issued the following report: Two guitarists with a Norwegian hard-core metal band known for painted faces and Satanic imagery have been arrested in Toronto for allegedly dosing a fan with a date-rape drug and sexually assaulting her. Toronto police say the incident took pl...

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SATYRICON Guitarists Charged With Rape, Facing 10 Years In Prison

SATYRICON guitarists Steinar Gundersen and A.O. Gronbech were arrested and charged in Canada for drugging and raping a woman in the band's tour bus after a concert in Toronto. "I can confirm that the Norwegian consul in Toronto has been in contact with the arrestees, and followed up by, among other...

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SATYRICON Frontman: DIMEBAG's Killer Was Product Of American Society

SATYRICON frontman Satyr recently spoke to the FourteenG webzine about the murder of DAMAGEPLAN/ex-PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, his EIBON project with Philip Anselmo and the American music scene, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: FourteenG: Relative t...

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SATYRICON: Remainder Of U.S Tour Cancelled

The remainder of SATYRICON's U.S. tour has been cancelled, according to several industry sources. No reason was given for the cancellation. Affected dates are as follows: Dec. 15 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Dec. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Dec. 18 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium (WAAF show) Dec. 1...

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INFERNAL MAJESTY Explain U.S. Tour Cancellation

Canadian metallers INFERNAL MAJESTY have confirmed in an online posting that they have withdrawn from the SATYRICON/3 INCHES OF BLOOD U.S. tour. "Due to personal reasons, INFERNAL MAJESTY have had to cancel the SATYRICON U.S. tour," the posting reads. "3 INCHES OF BLOOD will now be the direct suppor...

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SATYRICON Drummer Discusses The Fine Art Of Black Metal

SATYRICON drummer Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad recently spoke to Ferrante's Power Equipment about the origins of the black metal genre and the band's musical influences, among other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Ferrante's Power Equipment: Who are some of your personal favorit...