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GRAVE DIGGER Frontman Completes Work On THE FYREDOGS Debut

THE FYREDOGS, the German rock and roll band fronted by GRAVE DIGGER vocalist Chris Boltendahl, has completed work on its debut album at the Comude Studios in Cologne, Germany. Entitled "Hellfyre Rock 'n' Roll", the CD will released on March 12 via Golden Core / Zyx Music. According to a press releas...

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BLOOD OF KINGU Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

BLOOD OF KINGU, the project forged in 2005 by Ukrainian black metal legend Roman Sayenko (HATE FOREST, DRUDKH, DARK AGES),Thurios (ASTROFAES, DRUDKH, HATE FOREST),Krechet (DRUDKH, ASTROFAES) and Yuri (DRUDKH, LUTOMYSL),has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. The band's new album, "Sun In The H...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET In Writing Mode

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, is currently writing material for its fourth album, tentatively due later in the year. Lindstrand states, "Yesterday, the 3rd of January we kinda woke up after a couple of months of silence an...

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Sub Atris Caelis

Like the real estate mantra "Location! Location! Location!" when it comes to Latin American death metal (or black metal for that matter) it is all about "Atmosphere! Atmosphere! Atmosphere!" It is one of the (and has been on previous releases) identifying characteristics of "Sub Atris Caelis" from T...

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PURIFIED IN BLOOD Mixing New Album

Norwegian metallers PURIFIED IN BLOOD are currently in Seattle, Washington mixing their new album with Matt Bayles (MASTODON, ISIS, BOTCH) for an early 2010 release. PURIFIED IN BLOOD's most recent album, "Reaper of Souls", was released in the U.S. in June 2006. The band, which was previously hailed...

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SARKE Confirmed For Holland's ROADBURN FESTIVAL

SARKE, the Norwegian band featuring Sarke (KHOLD, TULUS, OLD MAN'S CHILD, SENSA ANIMA) and Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE),has been confirmed for the Tom Gabriel Warrior-curated Only Death Is Real event during Roadburn Festival 2010 in Tilburg, Netherlands on Friday, April 16. SARKE's music and lyrics...

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GALAR: New Album Details Revealed

Norwegian black-folk metallers GALAR will release their sophomore album, "Til Alle Heimsens Endar", on March 1, 2010 via Dark Essence Records. The CD, whose title is taken from Snorri Sturluson's history of Norwegian kings, "Heimskringla", and means "until the ends of all worlds," will consist of th...

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SOULGRIND: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The Tuoni Pathway" — the ninth album from SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya) — can be viewed below. "The Tuoni Pathway" is scheduled for release in April 2010 via U.K.'s Femme...

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CATHEDRAL, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY

CATHEDRAL, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and DEAD CONGREGATION have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI),set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway. Tickets go on sale today (Friday, December 4). A limited number of four-day passes will only...

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...Of Mountains...

Far be it from me to say that metal bands must continually reinvent the wheel. Derivation is generally not an issue — a good song is a good song and a good riff is a good riff, regardless of the influential reference points. It is only when an act pays tribute in either a soulless ...

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ULVER Issues 2009 Recap

Progressive Norwegian black metal band ULVER has issued the following update: "This has been a foreign year. "Our first gig after Lillehammer was at the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic early August. A strange thing, with a crowd of about 10,000 people — so many at a loss — and severe m...

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EMBASSY OF SILENCE: New Song Available For Streaming

The title track from the forthcoming debut album from the Finnish atmospheric rock/metal band EMBASSY OF SILENCE, entitled "Euphorialight", was aired yesterday (Thursday, November 26) on the Finnish national radio, Yle-X, on a program called "Metalliliitto". You can now listen to the entire show for...

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MUSTAINE: 'The Music Industry As We Know It Will Probably Be Gone Within The Next Five Years'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Thank you so much for all of your terrific input, comments, requests, suggestions, and just plain out all-around support for Megadeth Radio. "We are making tremendous progress wi...

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EMBASSY OF SILENCE Completes Work On Debut Album

Finnish atmospheric rock/metal band EMBASSY OF SILENCE has completed work on its debut album, "Euphorialight", for a tentative early 2010 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was recorded over the summer and fall at the D-studio in Klaukkala, Finland under the supervision of Jarno...

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BRAND NEW SIN: 'Distilled' EPK Available

An Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for "Distilled", the fourth full-length and first independent album from the Syracuse, New York-based hard rock band BRAND NEW SIN, can be viewed below. The CD's first single with Kris Wiechmann (guitarist, principal songwriter and lyricist) on lead vocals, entitled "Su...