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RUDRA: New Album Title Announced

Singaporean metallers RUDRA have set "Brahmavidya: Immortal I" as the title of the third album in their trilogy. According to the band, the CD will contain "11 tracks, and is well on its way to completion, with drums and guitars already tracked, and recording shall be completed by the end of April."...

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UNLEASHED: 'As Yggdrasil Trembles' First-Week Sales Revealed

"As Yggdrasil Trembles", the tenth full-length album from Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 85 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new an...

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AVANTASIA Lands On German Chart

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...

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WATAIN: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

Swedish black metallers WATAIN will release their fourth album, "Lawless Darkness", on June 7 via Season Of Mist. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Death's Cold Dark 02. Malfeitor 03. Reaping Death 04. Four Thrones 05. Wolves Curse 06. Lawless Darkness 07. Total Funeral 08. Hymn to Qay...

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ZOROASTER: New Song Performance Clip, Studio Footage Posted Online

Video footage of Atlanta, Georgia's "psych metal" band ZOROASTER performing a new song, "Ancient Ones", on March 18, 2010 at Hoek's Death Metal Pizza in Austin, Texas can be viewed below. ZOROASTER recently entered Living Room Studios (MASTODON, THE BLACK LIPS) in the band's hometown to begin record...

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THORNAFIRE Films 'Deconstruccion' Video

Chilean death metal act THORNAFIRE recently shot a video for "Deconstruccion", a track which bassist/vocalist Alexis Munoz describes as a "futuristic song inspired by the religious and social decline experienced in the current era Eon oh Hourus." The clip was filmed, produced and edited by Daniel Du...

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SETHERIAL: 'A World In Hell' Video Released

"A World In Hell", the new video from Swedish black metallers SETHERIAL, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's sixth full-length album, "Ekpyrosis", which will be released in May via Regain Records. Commented drummer Alastor Mysteriis, "The lyrical theme of 'Ekpyrosis' is about a metaph...

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SKYFORGER: Another New Song Posted Online

"Kurbads", the new album from Latvian pagan metal kings SKYFORGER, is scheduled for release in Europe on April 26 and in North America on May 11 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded at the Latvian studio Lauska with the group's own bagpipe player, Kaspars Barbals, handling engineering duties...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS: 'I Am One Of The Luckiest Musicians I Know'

Epiphone.com recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR guitarist/mainman Jeff Waters. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Epiphone.com: Tell us about your early days. When and how did you start playing guitar? Jeff: I started playing guitar when I was around 7 years old. My mothe...

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UNLEASHED: New Audio Interview With ANDERS SCHULTZ Posted Online

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with drummer Anders Schultz of legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. UNLEASHED's tenth full-length album, "As Yggdrasil Trembles", will be released in the U.S. on April 6 via N...

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As Yggdrasil Trembles

There are a long list of surefire signs a band has reached the mature, elder-dog stage of their life, and are no longer going to dazzle you with innovation or throw you any curveballs. Dropping references to their classic song titles in their new lyrics is a big one, and UNLEASHED played that card a...

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Obliteration Ritual

Here is another example of an album title that could not be more fitting to the music. On "Obliteration Ritual", Toronto's NUCLEARHAMMER conducts an exercise in front to back morbid black/death ritualizing that seeks first to decimate and only after to offer some form of understanding of the bleak r...

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FLYLEAF: 'Missing' Video Released

"Missing" the new video from FLYLEAF, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Memento Mori", which 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 via A&M/Octone, t...

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UNLEASHED: Another New Song Posted Online

Another new UNLEASHED track, "This Time We Fight", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Swedish death metal veterans' tenth full-length album, "As Yggdrasil Trembles", which is due on March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast Records. The C...

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ROTTING CHRIST: 'Aealo' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Aealo", the new album from Greek extreme metallers ROTTING CHRIST, sold around 400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 144 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined...