Part 1 of the Contraband Candy's three-part Inferno festival special features three great interviews with Frost and Ravn of 1349, Obsidian C of KEEP OF KALESSIN and King ov Hell of GORGOROTH/SAHG. Included in the festival craziness are unique live clips and video plus original live gig photography by Contraband Candy's very own lens-babe, Maud ...
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Vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metal sensation CHTHONIC was recently interviewed by Germany's The Hard Way. Watch the chat below. As previously reported, CHTHONIC will record its as-yet-untitled fifth album between May 5 and June 3 at a studio in North Hollywood, California. Producing the effort will be ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously ...
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The Taiwanese symphonic black metal band CHTHONIC will record its as-yet-untitled fifth album between May 5 and June 3 at a studio in North Hollywood, California. Producing the effort will be ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with CRADLE OF FILTH, SAHG and BLEEDING THROUGH, among others. CHTHONIC completed the third and final ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, has issued the following update: "We have just returned from the 'Sahg II' European tour, having played some great shows across the continent. We toured along with headliner TROUBLE and GORILLA MONSOON, with whom we had many good ...
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Contraband Candy's Inferno festival trailer featuring interviews with King of GORGOROTH and SAHG, Nergal of BEHEMOTH, Maniac, once of MAYHEM and now with blackened doom-punks SKITLIV, the outrageous and controversial Kvarforth of SHINING and loads more can be viewed below. Inferno festival was held March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in ...
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Reactivated British extreme legends CARCASS have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: Main Stage: IN FLAMES IN EXTREMO CARCASS SIX FEET UNDER WINTERSUN OCTOBER FILE PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND SCHATTEN Second Stage: CATAMENIA MACHINEMADE GOD ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, have posted five songs from their sophomore album, the simply named "Sahg II", on their MySpace page. While the band's 2006 debut, "Sahg I", established the band as a force to be reckoned with in doom ...
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Norwegian metal band OCTAVIA SPERATI has been confirmed for the Lost Weekend festival on August 1 at Kollevaag in Askoey, outside of Bergen (Norway). "This is an outdoor festival in beautiful surroundings," says the group. "We played there in 2003, and we are really looking forward to be playing there again!" Other confirmed bands: AUDREY ...
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The organizers of the Metalcamp festival which is set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia have announced the running order for the main stage at this year's event, which celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2008. It is as follows: Friday, July 4: IN FLAMES IN EXTREMO SIX FEET UNDER WINTERSUN HEAVEN SHALL ...
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Norway's OCTAVIA SPERATI has issued the following update: "We are happy to announce that Danny Cavanagh from dream rockers ANATHEMA will be special guest to the band's shows in Doncaster and London on our tour in April. Danny will bring his guitar and play some classic ANATHEMA songs and covers in an intimate, acoustic setting. ...
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Norwegian metal band OCTAVIA SPERATI has issued the following update: "On our last UK tour, Jan-Åge Svendsen and Tom-Erik Svendsen, from the Bergen based band TEMPLE SLEEP, joined us due to the fact that our drummer Ivar's girlfriend, and our bass player, Trine, both were pregnant. We are now proud to tell you that both ...
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MP3.com is hosting the world premiere of "Pyromancer", the new video from SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE. The clip was shot on January 26-27 with director Asle Birkeland, who has previously created clips for ENSLAVED and AUDREY HORNE. According to the ...
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Norwegian metal band OCTAVIA SPERATI has scheduled the following UK dates: April 03 - (UK) 12 Bar, Swindon April 04 - (UK) Sawyers, Kettering April 05 - (UK) Leopard, Doncaster April 06 - (UK) Joiners, Southampton April 07 - (UK) Freebutt, Brighton April 09 - (UK) Barfly, London An e-card for OCTAVIA SPERATI's latest album, ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, have issued the following update: "New press photos are available for download in high resolution in the Gallery section. The photos include outtakes from the recent studio session, and one shot from one of the band's ...
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The new masters of doom, Norway's SAHG, are set to unveil their latest masterpiece, the simply named "Sahg II", on March 18 on Regain Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Ascent To Decadence 02. Echoes Ring Forever 03. From Conscious Sleep 04. Star-Crossed 05. Escape The Crimson Sun 06. Pyromancer ...
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Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with GORGOROTH bassist King ov Hell during this year's winter NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 17-20 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: What were the events that led to the split with ...
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DRAGONLORD and COVERED CALL have cancelled their participation in the upcoming European tour by Chicago doom legends TROUBLE. Replacing them on the bill are Norway's SAHG and Germany's GORILLA MONSOON. Apr. 08 - ITA Bologna Estragon Apr. 09 - ITA Treviso New Age Apr. 10 - SWI Zürich Rohstofflager Apr. 11 - BEL Vosselaar Biebob ...
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Reactivated British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALESTORM APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BEHEMOTH BIOMECHANICAL BRAINSTRORM CATAMENIA CELTIC FROST DARK FORTRESS DEAD BEYOND BURIED DRONE ELUVEITIE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FINNTROLL GORILLA MONSOON HATE HEAVEN SHALL ...
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German melodic death metal outfit MISERY SPEAKS has been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALESTORM APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY BEHEMOTH BIOMECHANICAL BRAINSTRORM CATAMENIA CELTIC FROST DARK FORTRESS DEAD BEYOND BURIED DRONE ELUVEITIE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FINNTROLL GORILLA MONSOON ...
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The new masters of doom, Norway's SAHG, are set to unveil their latest masterpiece, the simply named "Sahg II", on March 18 on Regain Records. While the band's 2006 debut, "Sahg I", established the band as a force to be reckoned with in doom metal, "Sahg II" proves the band's staying power. Taking inspiration from ...
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ARCH ENEMY and TEXTURES have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: IN FLAMES WINTERSUN HEAVEN SHALL BURN CATAMENIA OCTOBER FILE MACHINEMADE GOD HATE ALESTORM PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND SCHATTEN Saturday, July 5: APOCALYPTICA CELTIC FROST ...
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DEAD TO THIS WORLD — the speed/thrash/black metal project led by former IMMORTAL bassist Iscariah — has revealed the lineup of musicians that will take part in the group's upcoming appearance at the the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. It ...
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KORPIKLAANI, ELUVEITIE, OCTOBER FILE, DEAD BEYOND BURIED and BIOMECHANICAL have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: IN FLAMES WINTERSUN HEAVEN SHALL BURN CATAMENIA OCTOBER FILE MACHINEMADE GOD HATE ALESTORM PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND SCHATTEN Saturday, ...
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GORGOROTH and GOREFEST are among the newly announced bands for the Inferno metal festival, set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway. The complete festival billing is as follows: Club Day - Wednesday, March 19: Garage: GALLHAMMER INSENSE Blå: SAHG KÄTHE KOLLWITZ John Dee: VREID IN ...
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MORBID ANGEL, SOILWORK, FEAR MY THOUGHTS, MISERY SPEAKS, MACHINEMADE GOD and SYBREED have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, July 4: IN FLAMES WINTERSUN HEAVEN SHALL BURN CATAMENIA MACHINEMADE GOD HATE ALESTORM PENITENZIAGITE STAUB UND SCHATTEN ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, will film a video for the song "Pyromancer" — taken from the group's forthcoming second album, "Sahg II" — on January 26-27 with director Asle Birkeland, who has previously created clips for ENSLAVED and AUDREY HORNE. According to ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, have unveiled the cover artwork for their forthcoming second album, entitled "Sahg II". The artwork was created by renowned graphic wizard Martin Kvamme (cover artist for TURBONEGRO, FANTOMAS, TOMAHAWK, DARKTHRONE, and many more) and can be viewed at ...
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AUDREY HORNE, the Norwegian hard rock/post-grunge band featuring members of ENSLAVED, I and SAHG, will release its second album, "Le Fol", in continental Europe on February 25. The CD was recently nominated in the "Metal" category at the 36th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards). The largest and oldest Norwegian music ...
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Scotland's ALESTORM has been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ALESTORM APOCALYPTICA BEHEMOTH BRAINSTORM CATAMENIA CELTIC FROST DARK FORTRESS FINNTROLL HEAVEN SHALL BURN HELLOWEEN IN FLAMES KATAKLYSM MERCENARY MINISTRY MYSTIC PROPHECY PERISHING MANKIND RAGE SAHG SKYFORGER SUBWAY TO ...
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SAHG, the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE, have been confirmed for the Metalcamp festival, set to take place July 3-9, 2008 in Tolmin, Slovenia. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: APOCALYPTICA BEHEMOTH BRAINSTORM CATAMENIA CELTIC FROST DARK FORTRESS FINNTROLL HEAVEN SHALL BURN HELLOWEEN ...
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