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MINDGRINDER Part Ways With Drummer, Announce Replacement

Norwegian extreme metal band MINDGRINDER, featuring ex-SOURCE OF TIDE drummer/keyboardist Cosmocrator (on bass/vocals),have parted ways with drummer Dan. "His leaving has a mutual understanding within the band and is from the given circumstances the best solution for MINDGRINDER," reads a posting o...

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ZYKLON Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ZYKLON, the Norwegian band featuring former EMPEROR members Samoth (guitar) and Trym (drums),are the latest act to be confirmed for the 2005 edition of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 4-6 in Wacken. A complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival...

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CANDLELIGHT And REGAIN RECORDS Confirm Agreement For The Americas

Candlelight Records has announced a North American agreement with Sweden's Regain Records. The new partnership will see the marketing and distribution of all new and reissued catalog titles through Candlelight's growing stateside operation. The first scheduled release will be the new album from Swed...

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Armageddon's Evolution

It's getting to the point where I almost expect an album from a Polish extreme metal band to be of the utmost quality. The list is a long one: VADER, DECAPITATED, YATTERING, HATE, ESQARIAL, SPINAL CORD, SCEPTIC, BEHEMOTH, LOST SOUL, and the subject of this review, CRIONICS. "Armageddon's Evolution"...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS Complete Seven Songs For New Album

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),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have completed work on seven tracks f...

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Altered Genesis

It's one thing for a guy like Tchort (ex-EMPEROR, GREEN CARNATION, CARPATHIAN FOREST) to be involved in so many different extreme music projects, it's quite another for every one of them to be quality acts. Such is the case with the man's rabid American-style (read: Floridian) death metal band, BLOO...

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CRIONICS: U.S. Release Date Set For 'Armageddons Evolution'

Candlelight Records has set a March 8 U.S. release date for "Armageddons Evolution", the new album from Poland's CRIONICS. It is the second widely distributed full-length recording from the death/black metal band. With recording duties split between Cracow Lynx and Hertz Studios (DECAPITATED),track...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS: Headed For A 'Faster Approach'

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),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have posted the following message on...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS Begin Writing New Material

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),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have posted the following message on...

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MINDGRINDER Complete Work On Sophomore Album

Norwegian extreme metal band MINDGRINDER, featuring ex-SOURCE OF TIDE drummer/keyboardist Cosmocrator (on bass/vocals),have completed work on their sophomore album, "Riot Detonator", at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio (EMPEROR, ZYKLON, WINDIR),tentatively due this spring via Nocturnal Art Productions. Songt...

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ENSLAVED: 'ISA' Video Posted Onlne

ENSLAVED's video for the title track from their new CD, "ISA", has been made available for download at DigitalMetal.com (Windows Media, 61.3 MB). The video was directed by Asle Birkeland and "it really represents something new and exciting," the Norwegian extreme metallers write on their web site. "...

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BLOOD RED THRONE: Cover Of M.O.D. Classic Posted Online

Norwegian death metallers BLOOD RED THRONE, the brainchild of ex-EMPEROR bassist Tchort, have uploaded their cover of the M.O.D. classic "Hate Tank" at this location. As previously reported, BLOOD RED THRONE will release their new album, "Altered Genesis", on February 21 via Earache Records. Accordi...

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AMEN Singer Talks About SCUM And His Love For Black Metal

AMEN frontman Casey Chaos recently conducted an e-mail interview with ScandinavianMetal.Info about the group's recent lineup changes and his SCUM side project with current and former members of EMPEROR, ZYKLON, TURBONEGRO and MINDGRINDER. An excerpt from the interview follows: ScandinavianMetal.Info...

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GOD AMONG INSECTS: Future Plans Revealed

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),bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY),have posted the following message on...

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ENSLAVED, VREID: European Tour Dates Announced

ENSLAVED and VREID will be teaming up for a European tour beginning in early February. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Feb. 09 - Loppen – Copenhagen, DEN Feb. 10 - Rosenkeller – Jena, GER Feb. 11 - Lokschuppen - Rosenheim, GER Feb. 12 - Tor 3 - Osnabrück, GER Feb. 13 - Headbangers ...