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D'ESPAIRSRAY Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Japanese "cult" band D'ESPAIRSRAY (web site) have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CELTIC FROST...

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Former ELITIST Head Honcho Slams EARACHE RECORDS

Former Elitist Records head honcho/founder Lee Barrett has accused former partners Earache Records of shady business practices and has blamed Earache for indirectly causing the demise of Elitist. Read Barrett's two separate online postings detailing some of his experiences dealing with Earache and t...

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WE And THE DOGMA Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norwegian quartet WE and Italy's THE DOGMA have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CELTIC FROST CH...

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PHAZE I Featuring SOILWORK, LYZANXIA Members: Debut Album Due In May

PHAZE I, the new project featuring brothers-in-crime David and Frank Potvin (LYZANXIA) and longtime friend Dirk Verbeuren (SCARVE, SOILWORK),have inked a deal with Scarlet Records. The band have just completed work on their self-titled debut album for a May 22 release. The CD was mastered by Peter...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS: 'Zombienomicon' Release Date Announced

Threeman Recordings, the label co-owned by members of ENTOMBED, has set an April 17 release date for the new album from GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL),guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE),...

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WRATHAGE: Live DVD Now Available

Finnish black metallers WRATHAGE have released a live DVD, entitled "Black Fucking Zodiac". "The DVD includes WRATHAGE's live video from the Jalometalli metal festival with headliners such as DISSECTION, ENTOMBED and EXMORTEM," according to a press release. "WRATHAGE opened up the festival 19th of A...

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DARK FUNERAL: Polish Gigs Cancelled

DARK FUNERAL's previously announced headlining shows in Poland have been cancelled due to the current "political situation" in the country, according to a posting on the band's web site. Commented the Polish promoter Mariusz Kmiolek of Massive Music: "We are sorry to inform that DARK FUNERAL, NAGLFA...

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ZYKLON To Complete Mix Of New Album This Week

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),are scheduled to enter Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden this week to complete the mix of their much-anticipated third album, entitled "Disintegrate". The CD was recorded at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway and...

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Exclusive Interview With EMPEROR Frontman IHSAHN

Rumblings of a forthcoming solo album from Ihsahn have been heard ever since the disbanding of EMPEROR in 2001, perhaps even before. That it would take five years for the album to finally see the light of day speaks more to the man's busy schedule than any kind of purposeful delay. Never one to sit...

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DARK FUNERAL: Brazilian Release Date Set For 'Attera Totus Sanctus'

Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL will be releasing their new album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", in Brazil on March 10 via Hellion Records. As previously reported, Regain Records will be releasing picture-disc and gatefold-LP versions of "Attera Totus Sanctus", on February 20. More information is ava...

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SCORPIONS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Long-running German hard rockers SCORPIONS have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CELTIC FROST CH...

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MYSTIC CIRCLE Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

According to their record label (Dockyard 1),German "dark Satanic metal band" MYSTIC CIRCLE have have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEI...

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EMPEROR, DARKTHRONE, MAYHEM Interviewed For BBC RADIO 1 Special: Audio Available

Norwegian black metal legends EMPEROR, MAYHEM, DARKTHRONE and DIMMU BORGIR were among the artists interviewed for the "The Rock Show in Norway" special which aired on BBC Radio 1's "Mike Davies' Rock Show". Listen to the show at this location. ...

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NEGLECTED FIELDS To Release 'Splenetic' In April

Latvian technical death/black masters NEGLECTED FIELDS will be issuing their third CD, entitled "Splenetic", in April through Aghast Recordings. Described as "the missing link between latter-period DEATH and EMPEROR," the album was recorded in part at Astia studio in Finland, while the entire produc...

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CATHEDRAL, SCUM, DISMEMBER, NIGHTRAGE Among Confirmed Bands For Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL

The organizers of the Inferno Festival officially announced the complete lineup for this year's event during a kickoff party at John Dee in Oslo Friday night (Feb. 3). The final schedule for the festival, which will take place April 13-15 at the Rockefeller Music Hall and John Dee venues in Oslo, No...