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PSYCROPTIC Hard At Work On New Material

Tasmania's technical death metallers PSYCROPTIC are hard at work on material for the follow-up to their Nuclear Blast Records debut, "Ob(Servant)". The band continue the songwriting process right up until it embarks on a U.S. tour in October with Egyptian-themed deathers NILE, the ancient Roman-them...

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EDGUY Frontman Discusses AVANTASIA In New Video Interview

Spain's MSN/Rock Metal TV recently conducted an interview with EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet. The chat is now available for viewing below (courtesy of Rafabasa.com). AVANTASIA released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two sep...

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FLYLEAF: Video Interview Posted Online

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with FLYLEAF. Watch the chat below. FLYLEAF's latest album, "Memento Mori", sold 56,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on November 10, 2009 v...

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ROTTING CHRIST: Quality Enschede Footage Posted Online

Quality fan-filmed video footage of ROTTING CHRIST's April 29, 2010 performance at Atak in Enschede, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of "letthedeathmetalflow"). "Aealo", the new album from ROTTING CHRIST, sold around 400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD...

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HATE To Enter Studio In June

Polish extreme metallers HATE will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland on June 5 to begin recording their new album, "Erebos", for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. "Erebos", which comes from ancient Greek and means literally "deep darkness" or shadow, will contain at least nine new so...

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SKYFORGER Featured In BBC Latvian Music Special

Latvian pagan metal kings SKYFORGER are featured in a BBC special on Latvia's love of folk music. The band is captured live at a Latvian music awards ceremony and is interviewed by the BBC's correspondent Damien McGuinness. Watch the clip at this location. "Kurbads", the new album from SKYFORGER, is...

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ZOROASTER Completes Work On 'Matador'

Atlanta, Georgia's "psych metal" band ZOROASTER has completed work on its sophomore album, "Matador", for a July 13 North American release via E1 Music. Produced and engineered by Sanford Parker at Glow in the Dark Studios and The Living Room Recording in Atlanta, and mastered by Collin Jordan at Th...

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FORBIDDEN: New Album Title Announced

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN are continuing work on their new album, "Omega Wave", at Sonic Room/Audio Voyage Studios in Livermore, California. The CD artwork has been commissioned from Kent Mathieu (FORBIDDEN, EXODUS, AUTOPSY, EXHORDER). The album is being produced by FORB...

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NILE To Tour North America With EX DEO, PSYCROPTIC, KEEP OF KALESSIN

The reigning kings of technical, historically-themed brutality NILE will hit the road in North America as part of the second tour in support of their new album, "Those Whom The Gods Detest". Joining them will be the ancient Roman-themed arsenal EX DEO, Tasmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC, Norweg...

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SETHERIAL: 'Ekpyrosis' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Ekpyrosis", the sixth full-length album from Swedish black metallers SETHERIAL, can be viewed below (art by Bartosz Nalezinski). The CD is scheduled for release in May via Regain Records. Commented drummer Alastor Mysteriis, "The lyrical theme of 'Ekpyrosis' is about a metapho...

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ELUVEITIE Frontman Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball'

Vocalist Christian "Chrigel" Glanzmann of Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE was interviewed for the latest episode of "The Governor's Ball". You can now stream the program in two parts below. "Everything Remains (As It Never Was)", the new album from ELUVEITIE, sold around 1,600 copies in the United St...

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EX DEO To Tour Europe With BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED

EX DEO — the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono — will be on tour this summer with Polish death metal legends BEHEMOTH and DECAPITATED. The dates are as follows: June 20 - Clisson, France - Hellfest June 21 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar June 22 - Lisbon, Portugal - C...

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BRAIN DRILL: 'Beyond Bludgeoned' Video Available

"Beyond Bludgeoned", the new video from Santa Cruz, California technical death metalers BRAIN DRILL, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed in the middle of nowhere near Birds Landing close to the San Joaquin Delta/Rio Vista, California and was directed by Nikko DeLuna and shot by Justin Potter. "...

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EDGUY Frontman Discusses New AVANTASIA Album; Audio Available

Italian web site LineaRock recently conducted an interview with EDGUY/AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. AVANTASIA released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two sepa...

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AVANTASIA: More 'Wicked' / 'Angel' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project released its new epic masterpiece on April 3 as regular CDs ("The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon"),two separate double picture vinyls, and as a beautiful collector's edition with an AVANTASIA picture book. The deluxe box set features two CDs...