Danish metallers MERCENARY are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are MNEMIC, 1349, WITHERING SURFACE, THE DEFACED, ILLDISPOSED, SCARVE, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, ZYKLON, DARKANE and DOWNSET, among others. MERCENARY's third ...
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Danish modern thrash metallers MNEMIC are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are 1349, WITHERING SURFACE, THE DEFACED, ILLDISPOSED, SCARVE, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, ZYKLON, DARKANE and DOWNSET, among others. MNEMIC ...
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1349, the Norwegian black metal band featuring SATYRICON drummer Frost, are the latest act confirmed for the Aalborg Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place November 5-6 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The following bands are currently confirmed to perform at the festival: Friday, November 5: 17:00 - 17:30 SCAMP 18:00 - ...
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Swedish thrashers DARKANE have posted the following message on their web site: "DARKANE are pleased to announce they have been confirmed to play the infamous Aalborg Metal Festival in Aalborg, DK this year. The festival, which will take place on November 6, will also feature SCARVE, ZYKLON, ILLDISPOSED and THE DEFACED among others. "In studio ...
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ILLDISPOSED's new album, "1-800 Vindication", has entered the Danish album chart at position No. 85. It is the first time a death metal album has reached such a high position on the Danish chart. "1-800 Vindication" was produced by Ziggy and was mixed at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark, with producer Tue Madsen. A full-length ...
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Danish death metallers ILLDISPOSED will release their new album, "1-800 Vindication", in Australia on November 1 via Roadrunner Records. Japanese and North American release dates will be announced soon. In other news, the ILLDISPOSED track "Dark" (mp3) will be featured in the upcoming horror movie "Saw", due in theaters nationwide on October 29. ...
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Drowned Scream Records has set a September 24 release date for the AT THE GATES tribute album, "Slaughterous Souls - A Tribute to At The Gates". The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. TAETRE (Sweden) – "At the Gates" 02. GODHATE (Sweden) - "Kingdom Gone" 03. MÖRK GRYNING (Sweden) - "Neverwhere" ...
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Danish death metallers ILLDISPOSED have dropped off the upcoming DEATH ANGEL European headlining tour "due to financial problems with the promoter, Metallysee agency," according to an official statement from the band. A new European tour will be announced soon. ILLDISPOSED's new album, "1-800 Vindication", is scheduled for release on October 4 through Roadrunner Records Europe. ...
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Contrary to an earlier announcement, SCARVE will *NOT* be taking part in the upcoming European tour headlined by DEATH ANGEL. Joining the reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers will be WYKKED WYTCH, MERCENARY and ILLDISPOSED. Tentative dates are as follows: Dec. 03 - UK Dec. 04 - UK Dec. 05 - UK Dec. 06 - ...
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Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL will embark on a two-week European headlining tour beginning on December 3. Support will come from SCARVE, ILLDISPOSED and MERCENARY. So far the following dates have been announced: Dec. 18 - Tilburg, NETH @ 013 (only DEATH ANGEL, SCARVE) Dec. 19 - Antwerpen, BEL @ Hof Ter ...
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Sweden's 2TON PREDATOR have completed work on their fourth full-length album at Antfarm Studios in Århus, Denmark with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, ILLDISPOSED, MNEMIC, CATARACT). Two MP3 clips ("Diabolic" and "The Butchers Bill") from the upcoming CD are currently available for download at the band's official web site. The group, who were ...
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Danish metallers BEYOND TWILIGHT have dismissed widespread rumors that their upcoming album will feature the vocal talents of SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen. "The rumors spreading like wildfire about Russell Allen as new vocalist in BEYOND TWILIGHT were true for a while, but have now been cancelled," the group said in a statement. "Because of ...
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Danish "modern thrashers" MNEMIC have been forced to cancel their scheduled appearance at the Up From The Ground festival in Gmünden, Germany on Saturday (August 28). Drummer Brian "Brylle" Rasmussen "is becoming a father any time now, and needs to be with his family," the band write on their web site. "A fill-in for Brian ...
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Norwegian progressive metallers COMMUNIC have signed a six-album deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group's debut album will be recorded in October at Hansen studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, ANCIENT, MANTICORA, MERCENARY). An early 2005 release is expected. COMMUNIC's most recent recording was a three-song demo entitled "Conspiracy In Mind". ...
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Long-defunct Swedish thrashers AT THE GATES have launched a new official web site at this location. Included on the site are a bunch of rare photos, recordings and other memorabilia. One of the more melodic death metal bands to expand beyond Sweden and spread their sound across the world alongside peers such as ...
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Roadrunner Records Europe has set an October 4 release date for the new ILLDISPOSED album, "1-800 Vindication". Release dates for other parts of the world will be announced soon. As previously reported, "1-800 Vindication" was produced by Ziggy and was mixed at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark, with producer Tue Madsen. The Danish death metal ...
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MÖRK GRYNING, VILE, ILLDISPOSED and ETERNAL GRAY are among the bands featured on the upcoming AT THE GATES tribute album, "Slaughterous Souls - A Tribute to At The Gates", due in September through Drowned Scream Records and Goi Music. The complete track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. TAETRE (Sweden) – "At the ...
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Danish death metal veterans ILLDISPOSED have signed a worldwide publishing deal with the world's biggest music publisher, EMI Music Publishing. The group have completed the mixing process for their new album, "1-800 Vindication", at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark, with producer Tue Madsen and are preparing to shoot their first video for an as-yet-undisclosed track. ...
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Danish death metal veterans ILLDISPOSED have moved the mixing process of their new album, "1-800 Vindication", to the Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark, with producer Tue Madsen at the helm. Here's a statement from guitarist Jakob Batten: "After all we were very satisfied about Ziggy's job as producer. The mixing process just went ahead too ...
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Danish death metal veterans ILLDISPOSED have set "1-800 Vindication" as the title of their new album, tentatively due late summer through Roadrunner Records (Europe). The CD was produced by Ziggy and is currently in the mixing/mastering process. "1-800 Vindication" track listing: 01. I Believe In Me 02. Dark 03. Now We're History 04. When You ...
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MALEVOLENT CREATION and DOOMSWORD have cancelled their participation in the upcoming the Rock Hard Festival on May 28-30 at Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. MALEVOLENT CREATION are citing their booking agent's failure to book additional dates around the festival as the reason for their cancellation, while DOOMSWORD are blaming their guitarist's arm injury for their decision ...
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Germany's FLESHCRAWL are the latest act confirmed for the Party.San Open Air Festival, set to take place Aug. 12-14 in Bad Berka, Germany. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): CARPATHIAN FOREST CRYPTIC WINTERMOON DARK FUNERAL DISFEAR DISMEMBER ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM FLESHCRAWL GOLEM GOREROTTED GRAVE ...
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Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS have been confirmed for the Aarhus Fee Metal Festival, a two-day event scheduled to take place April 30-May 1 in Aarhus, Denmark. The complete lineup for the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): AS WE FIGHT BORN FROM PAIN CARPATHIAN FOREST COMPOS MENTIS DISMEMBER EXMORTEM HATESPHERE HORNED ALMIGHTY ...
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Danish death metal veterans ILLDISPOSED are the latest act confirmed for the Party.San Open Air Festival, set to take place Aug. 12-14 in Bad Berka, Germany. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows (in alphabetical order): CARPATHIAN FOREST CRYPTIC WINTERMOON DARK FUNERAL DISFEAR DISMEMBER ENDSTILLE ENSIFERUM GOLEM ...
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CloneMetal.dk is reporting that Danish death metal veterans ILLDISPOSED have signed a four-album deal with Roadrunner Records. The band will enter the studio in April/May with producer Ziggy to record their new CD, tentatively due this fall. Working songtitles set to appear on the album include "Incisive Souls", "Jeff", "Call In The Boys", ...
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Danish death metallers EXMORTEM will record the follow-up to 2002's "Pestilence Empire" in May/June at the Antfarm Studio (Aarhus, Denmark) with producer Tue Madsen. No title has been set for the album yet, but a few "working" songtitles are as follows: "Nihilistic Contentment", "Graveside Mourning Ritual" and "Parasite Paradise". According to the band, "The material ...
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ILLDISPOSED, RAUNCHY, MNEMIC, HATESPHERE and EXMORTEM have been confirmed for Aarhus Metal Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place April 30-May 1 at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark. Seven more acts will be announced during the coming weeks for the annual festival, which promises to be the "biggest" event of its kind in Denmark. ...
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Veteran Dutch thrashers DEAD HEAD will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark in January 2004 with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, INVOCATOR, HATESPHERE, etc) to begin recording their fourth full-length album for a late spring release through Cold Blood Industries. Download two recently recorded demo tracks: "Hateland" (mp3) and "Desire" (mp3). ...
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Belgian gory death metallers ABORTED will enter Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark in February 2004 with producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, ILLDISPOSED, INVOCATOR, HATESPHERE, etc) to record a new mini-CD, tentatively titled "Bloodfix". The follow-up to this year's "Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done" will contain three new songs, a reworked version of "The Sanctification ...
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ILLDISPOSED lead guitarist Jakob Batten cut his hand open last Sunday (September 7) while opening a bottle of beer with an empty bottle. Thankfully, the injury wasn't serious enough to affect the opening date of the band's upcoming European tour, which is scheduled to kick off on Friday, September 12 in Glauchau, Germany. Support at ...
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