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Ashspawn

With a career that stretches back to the early '90s, ENTHRONED are one of European black metal's most enduring bands. Permanently entrenched in occultism and extremity, they have produced a handful of albums over the years that have been sturdy benchmarks for the genre's militant wing. Fast, furious...

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Winter Mass

Metal fans will be arguing about how black metal is defined until the end of time. Few genres have such unerring potential to polarize and divide, even at this late stage in its development. But if furious pedants can agree on anything, it should be that the best black metal often comes from Norway...

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EMPEROR To Be Joined By MORTIIS And FAUST For 2026 BEYOND THE GATES Festival Performance

Norway's Beyond The Gates festival has announced the first batch of bands for the 2026 edition, Chapter XIV. It's been a busy few days in the Beyond The Gates headquarters. The 2026 edition, which will be the fourteenth installment of the festival, is gradually taking shape. The mighty EMPEROR will...

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The Wolf and The King

The dark magic of the Norwegian black metal scene in the late '80s and early '90s will never truly be replicated. Like all revered musical eras, it grew from a confluence of circumstances that still exist in memory, but that have zero chance of being repeated in the same way. But of all the bands th...

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1349 To Release 'The Wolf And The King' Album In October

Norwegian black metallers 1349 will release their eighth full-length album, "The Wolf And The King", on October 4, 2024 via Season Of Mist. In celebration of the announcement, the band is now unleashing the furious new single "Shadow Point" along with a haunting performance video. The clip was direc...

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HIGH ON FIRE Announces May 2024 U.S. Tour

HIGH ON FIRE has announced U.S. headlining tour dates in support of the band's upcoming album, "Cometh The Storm". The spring trek will launch on May 4 in Orlando, Florida and feature support from Venezuelan post-rock outfit ZETA and Massachusetts crossover crew HIGH COMMAND. HIGH ON FIRE comments:...

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KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, IRON MAIDEN And SLIPKNOT To Headline 2023 Edition Of France's HELLFEST

KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, IRON MAIDEN and SLIPKNOT will headline next year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place June 15-18, 2023 in Clisson, France. Also scheduled to appear are DEF LEPPARD, PANTERA, HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, PORCUPINE TREE, AMON AMARTH, ALTER BRIDGE and WITHIN TEMPTATION, among many others....

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Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven

It's hard to believe that GOATWHORE has been doling out its evil hymns for a quarter century. The unit is poised to release the follow-up to 2017's banger "Vengeance Ascending", closing the longest gap between its albums. "Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven", album number eight, is GOATWHORE's fi...

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GOATWHORE Announces 'Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven' Album

Extreme metal veterans GOATWHORE will release their new album, "Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven", on October 7 via Metal Blade Records. Unquestionably GOATWHORE's strongest, most accomplished album to date in sound, concept, and execution, "Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven" emits 47 desol...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says 'It Was Kind Of Hard' For BOBBY GUSTAFSON To Be Involved In New VIO-LENCE EP

By David E. Gehlke VIO-LENCE quietly, if not unceremoniously, bowed out in 1993 after the less-than-enthusiastic response to "Nothing To Gain". The album was perpetually delayed under a fog of creative squabbles and record company issues — usual roadblocks for the San Francisco Bay Area thrash bands...

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Reunited Original Lineup Of PUYA Is Working On New Music

The original lineup of Puerto Rico's Latin metal pioneers PUYA has begun tracking some new material. The band has reunited with frontman Sergio Curbelo and has added percussion from Oscar Santiago (ex-ILL NIÑO). The new songs will be engineered by Jarrett Pritchard (1349, GOATWHORE) while Chris "Zeu...

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DEAN Relaunches 'Dime Razorback Rust' In Tribute To 'DIMEBAG' DARRELL ABBOTT

Dean Guitars has relaunched a true original with the Dime Razorback Rust electric guitar, which pays tribute to the late legend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Originally introduced as a limited U.S. custom run, the Dime Razorback Rust joins other signature Dimebag guitars in Dean's Artist Series. Offerin...

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MAYHEM Drummer HELLHAMMER TO Sit Out 'The Decibel Magazine Tour'

Due to a severe shoulder infection caused by osteoarthritis that has plagued Hellhammer for quite some time now, the MAYHEM drummer will, unfortunately, not be able to perform with his bandmates on "The Decibel Magazine Tour". According to MAYHEM, Hellhammer "has been working with a physiotherapist...

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SATYRICON's FROST Says SATYR 'Has Become One Of The Greatest Composers' In Black Metal Today

Dead Rhetoric's Kyle McGinn recently conducted an interview with drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: Looking back on "Rebel Extravaganza", what were your intentions for the album when writing it? Fr...

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1349 Releases Music Video For 'Dødskamp'

Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have released the official music video for the song "Dødskamp". The track was originally recorded in conjunction with the Edvard Munch museum and will appear on the band's new record, "The Infernal Pathway". The clip, which was filmed and edited by Carl Eek Torgers...