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Thunderball

One inescapable fact about the wonderful and frightening musical world of the MELVINS, is that you can absolutely, definitely shove your expectations up your pipe. Instinctively disinclined to do the obvious, to repeat themselves, or to kowtow to others' notion of what this amorphous and legendary b...

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MELVINS 1983 Announce New Album 'Thunderball'

MELVINS 1983, the raw and unfiltered incarnation of the legendary band featuring Buzz Osborne and original MELVINS drummer Mike Dillard, will return with "Thunderball", its first full-length album in four years, on April 18 via Ipecac Recordings. "'Thunderball' is the third MELVINS 1983 record we've...

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MANES Signs With DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS

Norway's MANES has inked a deal with Debemur Morti Productions. The band is preparing two different releases which should be out in the coming months. Comments the group: "We're very exited about this cooperation with Debemur Morti. "Very. "In a world where most labels only see misfortune due to thi...

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Reactivated MANES Completes Work On New Album

Norwegian alternative band MANES, which is described on as "a hybrid of jazz, trip-hop, electronica and metal," has resurfaced. The group's lineup from the "Vilosophe"-album era has completed work on the follow-up to 2007's "How The World Came To An End" and has made a new song, "Blanket Of Ashes",...

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CHTON Completes Work On Sophomore Album

CHTON, the Norwegian death metal band featuring Torstein Parelius (MANES),is seeking a suitable record label to release its recently completed sophomore album, "The Devil Builds". The CD was recorded and produced at Morningstar Studio with Arnt Obsidian Grønbech (KEEP OF KALESSIN, SATYRICON) at the...

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SHINING Frontman Interviewed At Finland's FIREBOX METAL FEST (Video)

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with vocalist Niklas Kvarforth of Swedish extreme metallers SHINING when the band played the Firebox Metal Fest on September 30 in Seinjoki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. Kvarforth has announced details of the upcoming release of a solo project that will...

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SHINING Frontman Announces Details Of Solo Release

Niklas Kvarforth, founder and frontman of Swedish extreme metallers SHINING, has announced details of the upcoming release of a solo project that will chart fifteen years of his often controversial musical career. "Fifteen Years Of Absolute Darkness", scheduled for release via Spinefarm Records on D...

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DØDHEIMSGARD: New Interview With VICOTNIK Available

A new audio interview with guitarist/vocalist Vicotnik of Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG) conducted by Greece's Metalpaths can be streamed using the audio player below. A text version of the chat is available at this location. Interview (audio):

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TODTGELICHTER Signs With CODE666

Code666 has announced the signing of the Hamburg, Germany-based metal band TODTGELICHTER. The group's new album, "Angst", will be released on December 3 in a very special "City-Map" limited edition. The CD will also be available as a standard jewel case version. Commented the band: "After negotiatio...

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DØDHEIMSGARD Is Back!

Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG) has been rejoined by vocalist Kvohst (a.k.a. Mat McNerney) and is currently working on material for a new album. According to a posting on the group's MySpace page, "Vicotnik [guitar, vocals] and Kvohst have turned a thousand burdens into 30 new tunes and texts. Once they...

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Black Metal Artwork Exhibition To Be Held During Norway's INFERNO Festival

Trine + Kim Design Studio has been creating album artwork since 1999, and during this year's Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway it will exhibiting a selection of its designs for black metal and neo-black metal artists, including cover art for MAYHEM, DARKTHRONE, ULVER, DØDHEIMSGARD, IHSAHN, SHINING, S...

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KKOAGULAA Signs With AURAL MUSIC

KKOAGULAA, the multimedia, multidimensional project formed by Ccernn (a.k.a. Tor-Helge Skei, a.k.a. Cernunus) after his departure from MANES, has inked a deal with Aural Music. The group's full-length debut, "Aurum Nostrum Non Est Aurum Vulgi", will be released in late February and will be preceded...

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MANIFEST Announces New Bassist

Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST have announced the addition of bassist Johnny Wangberg (GRIFFIN, WATTAMEZZ) to the group's ranks. MANIFEST writes in a press release, "Kenneth Einarsen left the band in November 2008 and we have been working on finding a replacement for the last couple of months. It feel...

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MANIFEST To Tour Norway With CRIMES OF PASSION, JORN

Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST have issued the following update: "We are finally going to play in the western parts of Norway again! This time we join forces with CRIMES OF PASSION, JORN and a couple of local bands. There will be two shows each day, one all-ages show at 18:00 - 21:00 and one for adult...

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MANIFEST: 'Chemical Solution' Video Posted Online

"Chemical Solution", the new video from Norwegian thrashers MANIFEST, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's most recent album, "Hedonism", which came out in Norway on December 3, 2007 via Morningstar Records. The follow-up to 2005's "Half Past Violence", "Hedonism" was recorded at Spi...