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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Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL performing the song "Stigmata" on June 19, 2010 at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be viewed below. "Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus", the new album from DARK FUNERAL, was released in North America on January 26, 2010 via Regain Records. The CD, which was made available in ...
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"Cynic Paradise", the new album from PAIN — the Swedish band featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren — sold around 300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. "Cynic Paradise" was made available in North America on June 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. The North American version of the LP features an ...
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Robert Williams of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrash metallers OVERKILL prior to the band's April 26, 2010 concert at Emo's in Austin, Texas. Watch the chat below. OVERKILL has announced the second leg of its Killfest 2010 tour. The trek ...
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The "Metalopolis" show, hosted by former WHITE ZOMBIE drummer Ivan de Prume, on Portland, Oregon's Rock 101.1 FM KUFO radio station, has filed a video report from the recently completed first leg of the "Killfest" tour, featuring headliners OVERKILL alongside VADER, GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER and EVILE. The report, which includes performance footage as well as ...
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On May 13, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Peter Tägtgren of Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY when the band played the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California. You can now listen to the chat below. As previously reported, the May 24 concert featuring HYPOCRISY, SCAR SYMMETRY, HATE, ...
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On May 13, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Per Nilsson of Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY when the band played the House Of Blues in West Hollywood, California as the support act for HYPOCRISY. You can now listen to the chat below. "The Iconoclast", the ...
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Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR will enter Abyss Studios in Pärbly, Sweden on June 19 with producer Peter Tägtgren (IMMORTAL, CELTIC FROST, HYPOCRISY, DIMMU BORGIR) to begin recording the band's as-yet-untitled new album for an early 2011 release via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented BELPHEGOR mainman Helmuth: "A new challenge. We're high on fire and ...
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"Feast Of Flesh", the debut album from 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 — will be re-released on vinyl, with the first 99 copies including a limited-edition seven-inch single, "Scissored", containing three brand new ...
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More behind-the-scenes footage from ZONARIA's recently completed European tour with DARK FUNERAL can be viewed below. ZONARIA has entered the Abyss studio in Sweden with producer Jonas Kjellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY, SONIC SYNDICATE, HYPOCRISY, CENTINEX, CARNAL FORGE) to begin recording its new album for a fall/winter release. ZONARIA vocalist/guitarist Simon Berglund previously stated about the upcoming ...
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Polish extreme metallers HATE will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland on June 5 to begin recording their new album, "Erebos", for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. "Erebos", which comes from ancient Greek and means literally "deep darkness" or shadow, will contain at least nine new songs, which are said to be a ...
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The May 24 concert featuring HYPOCRISY, SCAR SYMMETRY, HATE, BLACKGUARD and SWASHBUCKLE at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin will be streamed live via TheRaveLive.com beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. To access the free live concert stream: 1) Click on this link 2) Click on the "Free Signup" button at the upper right of ...
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"The Iconoclast", the new video from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, can be viewed below. The clip, which features cameo appearances by Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and Martin Stahl (SILENT LANE), was directed by Denis Goria, a popular French photographer who previously worked on HYPOCRISY's "Weed Out The Weak" and PAIN's "Monkey Business" ...
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