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Why Are Extreme Metal Vocals So Grotesque And Indecipherable?
Will York of The San Francisco Bay Guardian writes: Why are extreme metal vocals so grotesque and indecipherable? Newcomers to the genre often wonder about this — that is, why metal bands spend so much time composing intricate music and detailed lyrics only to go and "ruin it" with those awful guttu...July 14, 2004
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DARKTHRONE: 'Sardonic Wrath' Track Listing Revealed
Despite DARKTHRONE guitarist/vocalist Nocturno Culto's (a.k.a. Ted Skjellum) previously published claims that the group's new CD would contain nine tracks, the promotional copies of "Sardonic Wrath" that have been distributed to the media include seven tracks with a total running time of 26 minutes...July 7, 2004
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Prepare To Begin Recording New CD
SYSTEM OF A DOWN are preparing to enter the studio to begin recording their next album, tentatively due later this year through American/Columbia Records. The as-yet-untitled set will be the follow-up to 2001's "Toxicity", which bowed at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 3.3 million copies in...July 7, 2004
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DARKTHRONE: 'Sardonic Wrath' Cover Art Posted Online
The young Italian artist Lorenzo Mariani (MARDUK, ABORYM) has released the drawing which will be featured as the cover art for the new DARKTHRONE album, "Sardonic Wrath", tentatively due in September. Check it out here. Commented DARKTHRONE guitarist/vocalist Nocturno Culto (a.k.a. Ted Skjellum). "L...July 6, 2004
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Norway's Black Metal Elite To Pay Tribute To BATHORY Mastermind
A number of well-respected Norwegian black metal musicians will gather to perform a selection of classic BATHORY songs during Norway's Hole In The Sky Festival as a tribute to the group's mastermind Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg, who passed away earlier this month. So far, the following musicians have...June 23, 2004
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AURA NOIR To Release New Album In August
Norwegian thrashers AURA NOIR will release their long-awaited new album, "Merciless", in late August on Tyrant Syndicate Records. Tyrant Syndicate Records is a new label started by Nocturno Culto of DARKTHRONE, and it is a division of Peaceville/Snapper Records. The AURA NOIR album will be the first...June 23, 2004
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DARKTHRONE: 'Sardonic Wrath' Due In September
Norwegian black metallers DARKTHRONE will release their new album, "Sardonic Wrath", in September through Moonfog Productions. Cover artwork will be designed by young Italian artist Lorenzo Mariani, who has previously worked with MARDUK and ABORYM, among others. " 'Sardonic Wrath' is finished, it wi...June 3, 2004
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MISERY INDEX, DISBELIEF Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
MISERY INDEX and DISBELIEF have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany. The following is a list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival: AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ARCH ENEMY ASTRAL DOORS BAL-SAGOTH BRAINSTO...March 28, 2004
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SATAN's 'Court In The Act' Lineup To Reunite For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
Legendary NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) band SATAN will reunite in their original "Court In The Act" lineup (including BLITZKRIEG singer Brian Ross and SKYCLAD's Graeme English and Steve Ramsey) for a one-off performance at the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004...March 21, 2004
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Soundtrack To Your Escape
Is it just a failure on our part to grasp the evolving essence of this Swedish phenomenon, or are IN FLAMES simply not as groundbreaking as they're made out to be? Without a doubt, around the time of their epic for the new millennium, "Clayman", they were something to behold beyond the norm — a ...March 2, 2004
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RAUNCHY, DIONYSUS, MNEMIC Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
RAUNCHY, DIONYSUS, MNEMIC and MYSTIC PROPHECY are the latest bands confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany. The following is a list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival: AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ARCH ENEMY B...February 24, 2004
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SATYRICON, DARKTHRONE's NOCTURNO CULTO Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR
SATYRICON will play a very special exclusive set with Nocturno Culto of DARKTHRONE at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany. The list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ARCH ENE...February 20, 2004
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Spanish Black Metallers GODÜS To Release Debut Album In March
Spanish black metallers GODÜS have inked a deal with Xtreem Music. Formed in 2000 as a side-project of members of WORMED and NÜLL, GODÜS are said to play "raw, mystic and extreme black metal" with influences from bands like ISVIND, JUDAS ISCARIOT, DARKTHRONE and ZYKLON-B. After releasing their debut...January 16, 2004
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SATYRICON, DARKTHRONE, GORGOROTH To Be Featured In Black Metal Documentary
SATYRICON, DARKTHRONE and GORGOROTH will be featured in an upcoming documentary about the Norwegian black metal scene The initial footage for the film will be shot at the upcoming Hole In The Sky festival, a three-day event set to take place August 28-30 in Bergen, Norway. No further information is...August 27, 2003
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SATYRICON Announce First Hometown Gig In Over A Year
Norway's SATYRICON have announced their first hometown show in over a year at Rockefeller in Oslo on Thursday, October 2. Scheduled to make a guest appearance at the gig is DARKTHRONE's Nocturno Culto, who will perform a couple of DARKTHRONE classics with SATYRICON. DARKTHRONE's Fenriz will DJ, and...August 9, 2003
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