Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has set "Blood Magick Necromance" as the title of its ninth full-length studio album, due on January 14, 2011 in Europe and on February 8, 2011 in the U.S. via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Peter Tägtgren (IMMORTAL, CELTIC FROST, HYPOCRISY, DIMMU BORGIR) at his Abyss ...
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Norwegian old-school black metallers KAMPFAR have set "Mare" as the title of their new album, due on March 25, 2011 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Heimgang" album was recorded at Abyss studios in Pärlby, outside Ludvika, Sweden with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN). "Heimgang" (said to be "the connection between the underworld and ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers NORTHER have entered Astia Studios with producer Anssi Kippo (CHILDREN OF BODOM) to begin recording their sixth full-length album, "Circle Regenerated", for an early 2011 release via Century Media Records. The third in a series of video reports from the studio can be viewed below. Check out photos from the studio ...
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Finnish melodic death metallers NORTHER have entered Astia Studios with producer Anssi Kippo (CHILDREN OF BODOM) to begin recording their sixth full-length album, "Circle Regenerated", for an early 2011 release via Century Media Records. The second in a series of video reports from the studio can be viewed below. Check out photos from the studio ...
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A number of Swedish metal musicians came together to record and release a song as a way of raising awareness and taking action on the topic of bullying and harrassment in schools. Members of such renowned metal bands as MESHUGGAH, NIGHTWISH, SOILWORK, EVERGREY and CLAWFINGER have joined forces in SWEDEN UNITED, a one-off project whose ...
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Schitzophonic, a Sydney, Australia-based media production company, conducted an interview with OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni and vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth before the band's September 25, 2010 concert at Sydney's Metro Theatre. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. OVERKILL's latest album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first ...
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A number of Swedish metal musicians came together to record and release a song as a way of raising awareness and taking action on the topic of bullying and harrassment in schools. Members of such renowned metal bands as MESHUGGAH, NIGHTWISH, SOILWORK, EVERGREY and CLAWFINGER have joined forces in SWEDEN UNITED, a one-off project whose ...
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OVERKILL's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and BONDED BY BLOOD's Jose Barrales were interviewed by host Victor M. Ruiz for the latest episode of the "Mars Attacks" podcast. You can now stream the podcast using the audio player below. OVERKILL's new album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
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MONSTER MAGNET, NAPALM DEATH, PESTILENCE, KATATONIA, IMMOLATION, AMORPHIS, ILLDISPOSED, MACABRE and STUCK MOJO are among the confirmed bands for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place November 5-6, 2010 at Studenterhuset in Aalborg, Denmark. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 100 KNIFES INSIDE AMORPHIS BY THE PATIENT CHAINFIST CROCELL DAWN OF ...
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A number of Swedish metal musicians have come together to record and release a song as a way of raising awareness and taking action on the topic of bullying and harrassment in schools. Members of such renowned metal bands as MESHUGGAH, NIGHTWISH, SOILWORK, EVERGREY and CLAWFINGER have joined forces in SWEDEN UNITED, a one-off project ...
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Guitarist Lord Ahriman of Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL has issued the following update: "Recently, you could read about Nils 'Dominator' Fjellström's departure from AEON due to personal/private reasons. Today we can confirm that he'll no longer be part of DARK FUNERAL either. And just like AEON, we won't comment on this subject any further. ...
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Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM will embark on their first-ever tour of South Africa at the end of October. Main support on the trek will come from the South African melodic death metal outfit RIDDARE AV KODEN. Each show will also feature a number of local support acts, including WARTHANE, AGRO, PLEDGE DEFIANCE and HAGGIS & ...
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Norwegian old-school black metallers KAMPFAR are putting the finishing touches on the material for the follow-up to 2008's "Heimgang" album. The band will soon enter Abyss studios in Pärlby, outside Ludvika, Sweden with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) to begin recording the CD for a spring 2011 release. "Heimgang" (said to be "the connection between ...
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OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION and HEATHEN will team up for the 2011 European "Killfest Tour". The dates are as follows: March 03 - London, UK - O2 Islington Academy March 04 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik March 05 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall March 06 - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn March 07 - Frankfurt, Germany - ...
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Bassist B-Force has left Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL. The band's guitarist, Lord Ahriman, said in a statement, "I wish to thank [B-Force] for the six fantastic years he'd been with us on bass. It's been a pleasure indeed working together." Commented B-Force: "After six awesome and crazy years with DARK FUNERAL, I have decided ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of DARK FUNERAL's final performance with vocalist Magnus "Masse" Broberg (a.k.a. Emperor Magus Caligula), which took place on August 21, 2010 at the Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, can be viewed below. Broberg announced his departure from DARK FUNERAL last month, explaining that "my life has taken a new turn lately, ...
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Singapore-based Pulverised Records has announced the re-signing of horror/gore death metallers BONE GNAWER — the Swedish-American collaboration featuring MASSACRE/ex-DENIAL FIEND growler Kam Lee, Rogga Johansson from PAGANIZER/RIBSPREADER, Morgan Lie from NAGLFAR/HATE AMMO and Ronnie Bjornstrom of RIBSPREADER/HATE AMMO. Commented Lee of the new album deal and the band's upcoming recording: "It feels good to be ...
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Episode 4 of "Talking Metal Pirate Radio" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL. You can now watch the chat below. OVERKILL's new album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position ...
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New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will re-release their "Immortalis" album and "Live at Wacken Open Air" DVD on October 5, 2010 via eOne Music. This will be a CD/DVD combo release with three new unreleased live tracks: * Within Your Eyes (from "Relix" CD) * Blood and Iron (from "Feel The Fire" CD) * ...
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The Croatian Metal And Rock portal conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Petri Lindroos of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM at this year's installment of the Metalcamp festival, which was held July 5-11, 2010 in Tolmin, Slovenia. You can now watch the chat below. ENSIFERUM last year filmed a video for the song "Twilight Tavern" with director ...
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Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 14, 2011 European release date for the as-yet-untitled ninth full-length studio album from the Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR. The CD is being laid down in five different recording sessions and should be completed by the beginning of October. BELPHEGOR began recording its new album on June ...
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Bunch.tv has uploaded video footage of OVERKILL's July 4, 2010 performance at the Devilside festival in Essen, Germany. Watch the clip below. OVERKILL has announced the second leg of its Killfest 2010 tour. The trek will consist of stops in markets where the band has not been in a long time, including several dates in ...
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Vocalist Magnus "Masse" Broberg (a.k.a. Emperor Magus Caligula) of Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL has released the following statement: "I would like to inform all of our fans that on Saturday, August 21, at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany, I will be doing my last show with DARK FUNERAL. "Naturally, I have 'mixed feelings' ...
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Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will join "Talking Metal"'s John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl on tonight's (Monday, July 19) all-new edition of "Headbangers Ball". The episode will air at 3 a.m. EST (technically Tuesday morning, July 20) on MTV2. For more information, go to this location. OVERKILL has ...
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Greek extreme metallers SEPTICFLESH are hard at work on material for their new album, tentatively due in early 2011. The recording process is scheduled to begin in August at the band's own newly built Devasoundz studios in Athens. Once again the orchestral parts will be recorded in Prague under the guidance of Chris Antoniou (CHAOSTAR). ...
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Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Cynic Paradise", the latest album from PAIN, sold around 300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Cynic Paradise" was made available in North America ...
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Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL on July 3 at the thirteenth annual Tuska festival in Helsinki. Watch the chat below. OVERKILL has announced the second leg of its Killfest 2010 tour. The trek will consist of stops in markets where the band ...
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On May 26, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren. You can now listen to the chat below. "Cynic Paradise", the latest album from PAIN, sold around 300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Cynic Paradise" was made available in North ...
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Chuul.net conducted an interview with bassist Mikael Edlund of Swedish extreme metallers HYPOCRISY at this year's Hellfest, which took place June 18-20 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. HYPOCRISY's February 27 concert at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria was filmed for an upcoming DVD release. "A Taste ...
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OVERKILL and EXODUS will team up for the "Thrash Domination 2010" mini-tour of Japan in September. Support at all shows will come from veteran Japanese metallers OUTRAGE. The dates are as follows: Sep. 17 - Osaka, Japan - Shangri-la Sep. 18 - Kawasaki, Japan - Club Citta Sep. 19 - Kawasaki, Japan - Club Citta ...
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