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Traitors
MISERY INDEX is one well-oiled machine that consistently releases great albums. Its style of grindcore/crust-infused death metal is second to none and the quartet just keeps getting better, whether in the studio or on the stage. The last album, "Discordia" upped the ante with more dynamic songwritin...October 6, 2008
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Hundre a Gammal
Arguably the world's leading exponent of stripped-down, mid-paced, groove-inherent Norwegian black metal not named DARKTHRONE, KHOLD makes a welcome return after several years' hiatus with "Hundre a Gammal". This band's stock in trade is deceptively simple dirge, barren and bleak skeletons of songs...October 6, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Announces Session Musicians For BLACKEST OF THE BLACK TOUR
Due to a recent addition to his family, DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Galder (real name: Thomas Rune Andersen) will not be able to join his bandmates on the Blackest Of The Black tour alongside headliners DANZIG. States DIMMU guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud): "We have some new, temporary p...October 1, 2008
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JADED HEART Preparing To Enter Studio
German melodic hard rock masters JADED HEART are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2007's "Sinister Mind". According to the band, "The new material sounds very fresh. It embraces all the different trademarks of JADED HEART. It is a continuation of 'Sinister Mind' and...September 30, 2008
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Death Metal Illustrator MIKE HRUBOVCAK To Take Part In NYC Gallery Show Tomorrow
Mike Hrubovcak, vocalist for the bands MONSTROSITY and VILE and death metal illustrator/album cover artist for such groups as MORTICIAN, SINISTER, GRAVE, AVULSED, CATTLE DECAPITATION, XXX MANIAK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER and BRAIN DRILL, and his company VisualDarkness will be part of an art gallery s...September 25, 2008
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MEDEIA's 'Cult' Lands On Finnish Chart
"Cult", the second full-length album from the Finnish "alternative death metal" act MEDEIA, has entered the official chart in the band's country at position No. 28. "Cult" was released on September 17 through Fullsteam Records. The CD, consisting of eleven "gloomy, hard-hitting yet still melodic att...September 24, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR Singer, Fiancée To Attend Los Angeles Screening Of 'The Invaluable Darkness'
DIMMU BORGIR frontman Stian Tomt Thoresen (a.k.a. Shagrath) and his fiancée Christina Fulton (Nicolas Cage's 41-year-old ex-girlfriend) will attend the exclusive, advanced screening of footage from DIMMU BORGIR's "The Invaluable Darkness" DVD on Tuesday, September 30 at 10 p.m. at the Steve Allen Th...September 23, 2008
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Death Metal Illustrator MIKE HRUBOVCAK Launches Online Poster Art Store
Mike Hrubovcak, vocalist for the bands MONSTROSITY and VILE and death metal illustrator/album cover artist for such groups as MORTICIAN, SINISTER, GRAVE, AVULSED, CATTLE DECAPITATION, XXX MANIAK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER, BRAIN DRILL, and others, has launched an online poster art store of his album c...September 17, 2008
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MEDEIA To Release New Album This Week
Finnish "alternative death metal" act MEDEIA will release its second full-length album, "Cult", on September 17 through Fullsteam Records. The CD, consisting of eleven "gloomy, hard-hitting yet still melodic attacks of alternative death metal," will be made available in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Hol...September 16, 2008
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DIMMU BORGIR DVD Footage Slated For Los Angeles Premiere
On September 30 at 10 p.m. at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles, fans of Norwegian black metal will have the unique opportunity to attend an exclusive, advanced screening of footage from DIMMU BORGIR's "The Invaluable Darkness" DVD, a three-disc package of 2 DVDs plus a bonus audio CD scheduled...September 15, 2008
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Cornerstone of the Macabre
Three albums in and France's PHAZM have the death 'n' roll thing down to a science. Not only that, but they've managed to incorporate a range of rock 'n' roll styles into their dirty, downtuned brand of metal without any of it coming off contrived. The sinister sounds that permeate the music make th...September 8, 2008
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ENSLAVED Guitarist Discusses New Album
Metal Experience recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ivar Bjørnson of the Norwegian Viking metallers ENSLAVED. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Metal Experience: Now to the new album. Why the album title "Vertebrae"? Ivar: It has a pretty bizarre story behind it. I was starting...September 6, 2008
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SOTHIS Prepares To Film Video
Los Angeles-based black metal band SOTHIS will film a video for the title track of its recently released Candlelight Records debut album, "De Oppresso Liber". The clip will be shot in Los Angeles with director Joe Suarez, who has previously worked with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AS I LAY DYING and EVANESCEN...September 4, 2008
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SWORN AMONGST Added To European 'Thrashing Like A Maniac Tour'
Hull thrashers SWORN AMONGST have been confirmed as openers for the GAMA BOMB / BONDED BY BLOOD European tour. After a successful U.S. trek, the Thrashing Like A Maniac Tour will now invade Europe, featuring Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB and young L.A. shredders BONDED BY BLOOD. With barely a couple of...September 2, 2008
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SINISTER: South American Tour Cancelled
Dutch death metallers SINISTER have been forced to cancel their previously announced South American tour. According to the band, "We asked the promoters many times to send us the info about the flight tickets but we NEVER received any answer, so we cannot take the chance to go there and be there wit...August 10, 2008
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