After triumphantly headlining the annual Wacken Open Air festival and completing recent capacity performances in America, EMPEROR has announced two additional performances for 2006. On Saturday, October 7, EMPEROR will headline the fifth annual Motstoy Festival in the band's hometown of Notodden. Formed in 2002 by local youth and supportive arts organizations, this year's festival ...
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MOTÖRHEAD, ATHEIST, EMPEROR, MORBID ANGEL, ORPHANED LAND, GAMMA RAY and METAL CHURCH are among the bands whose performances at this year's Wacken Open Air festival (which took place this past weekend in Wacken, Germany) were professionally filmed and made available online at Streaming.Wacken.com. Live footage by the following acts is available at the ...
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Candlelight Records has announced the online premiere of "Lies That Bind", the first video from DAYLIGHT DIES. Beginning 9:00 a.m. EST tomorrow (August 9) fans can view the video at both label and band MySpace pages (video will be available for streaming and additionally available for downloading by right-clicking and saving ...
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Candlelight Records has set an October 31 U.S. release date for the EMPEROR guitar tabulature book, titled "Scattered Ashes: Decade of Emperial Wrath". The 132-page oversized book featuring foreword and transcriptions by vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn includes original tabs for thirteen EMPEROR classics contained on the band's 2003 compilation of the same name. "In my experience as ...
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Candlelight Records has announced its second North American label tour package. Set to kick off January 9, "Candlelight II: Phoenix Rising" will feature the long-awaited stateside return of DARK FUNERAL (Sweden), ENSLAVED (Norway) and introduce newcomers ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (USA). The tour will visit 20-plus cities before concluding on February 4. DARK FUNERAL guitarist/founding member Lord ...
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British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Thornography", due on October 16 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Nymphetamine", "Thornography" was recorded at Lincolnshire, England's Chapel studios with producer Rob Caggiano (BLEEDING THROUGH, ANTHRAX) and was mixed at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England by Andy Sneap ...
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Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have confirmed a headlining date at Jaxx in West Springfield, Virginia on January 9, 2007. Support at the gig will come from ENSLAVED and ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. Additional dates are expected to be announced soon. As previously reported, a live recording of DARK FUNERAL's set from their recent European tour (recorded ...
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A live recording of DARK FUNERAL's set from their recent European tour (recorded by P3 Live on February 2, 2006 at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden) was broadcast on the Swedish national radio channel P3 last night (July 27). For those who missed it, the show will be streamed for seven days — until August 3 ...
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PHAZE I, the new project featuring brothers-in-crime David and Frank Potvin (LYZANXIA) and longtime friend Dirk Verbeuren (SCARVE, SOILWORK), has posted a video for the song "Screams of Dying Dogs" at www.phaze-1.com. The clip was shot in May 2006 in the Paris area by French director Guillaume Pin. "The video shoot took place ...
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The makers of the documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" are seeking information about metal scenes in different countries for their follow-up film, "Global Metal", which will explore the global spread of heavy metal music and culture. "The goal of this film is to discover what is happening in metal scenes around the world," say co-directors ...
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Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following update: "After the enormously successful tour in 2003, which resulted in the highly acclaimed live album, 'De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine', DARK FUNERAL is once again ready to embark on tour throughout South America. This time the band will bring their full stage show (same ...
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One of the two winners of the "Be An EMPEROR Roadie for a Day" contest organized by Candlelight Records USA and Metal Maniacs magazine has posted an extensive account of the experience on his official MySpace page. Stefan R., who was selected to be the roadie for EMPEROR's New York City show on July 14 ...
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Former EMPEROR and current SCUM/BLOOD TSUNAMI drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust) has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I would like to [announce] that Oslo thrashers BLOOD TSUNAMI have joined forces with Stu Manx from Norwegian rockers GLUECIFER (R.I.P.). Stu is BLOOD TSUNAMI's new bassist and the spirit in the TSUNAMI camp is good ...
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A comprehensive review (complete with more than 40 photos) of EMPEROR's performance at the Key Club club in Hollywood, California on Sunday, July 16 has been posted online at this location. The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Into The Infinity Of Thoughts / The Burning Shadows Of Silence / ...
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TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 82 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a 30-minute interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with AMEN mainman Casey Chaos. Interview topics include AMEN, SCUM, TURBONEGRO, SATYRICON, EMPEROR, DARKTHRONE, THE DAMNED, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, HEADBAND, Shannon Larkin, Iggy Pop, and Casey's ...
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Two low-quality clips of Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR performing at the Key Club club in Hollywood, California on Sunday, July 16 have been posted online at YouTube.com: Video#1, Video#2. As previously reported, EMPEROR arrived on U.S. soil for the first time in years one member short. Due to continued delays via ...
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Legendary Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR performed to energetic capacity audiences at New York City's B.B. King Blues Club July 13 and July 14 without guitarist Samoth due to previously reported immigration delays (as exclusively reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on July 13). Despite continued efforts from representatives in both the United States and the band's ...
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Two short, low-quality clips of Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR performing at the B.B. King Blues club in New York City on Friday, July 14 have been posted online at YouTube.com: Video#1, Video#2. The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Into The Infinity Of Thoughts / The Burning Shadows ...
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According to one concert attendee, Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR performed the following set during their July 13 concert at B.B. King Blues club in New York City: 01. Into The Infinity Of Thoughts 02. The Burning Shadows Of Silence 03. Cosmic Keys To My Creations & Times 04. Thus Spake The Nightspirit 05. An Elegy ...
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Norwegian black metal legends EMPEROR arrive on U.S. soil for the first time in years one member short. Due to continued delays via the U.S. Immigration Services, guitarist Samoth is currently awaiting approval for legal entry into the United States. The process for the band's arrival started months ago and despite daily calls from both ...
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Like to lift things? Find yourself often humming EMPEROR tunes in the shower? Well now's your chance to play roadie for a day for the Norwegian black metal lords! The roadie for the day would be for the July 14 show at B.B. King club in New York City and the July 17 appearance at ...
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DAYLIGHT DIES drummer Jesse Haff has issued the following update: "We spent a scorching hot and humid weekend filming the video for 'Lies that Bind' recently in abandoned building complex a few hours from here. The filming included playing inside a filthy and decaying room, entire walls on fire and lasted until 1 or 2 ...
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Candlelight Records has announced exclusive autograph signings/in-stores for the upcoming EMPEROR shows. The concerts, announced early December 2005, have been met with much excitement. Two of the performances are already sold out (July 14 at B.B. King and July 16 at Key Club). Fans are urged to purchase their tickets if they plan to attend ...
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Guitarist Olav Kristiseter of the Norwegian extreme metallers MANNGARD is planning on releasing his debut novel through a well-known Norwegian publisher later in the year. According to a posting on Kristiseter's MySpace profile, "early readers have called [the book] a 'shocker.'" MANNGARD re-released their debut album, "Circling Buzzards", in February via Nocturnal Art ...
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DAYLIGHT DIES will film their first-ever video this coming weekend for the song "Lies That Bind" from their latest album, "Dismantling Devotion", now available via Candlelight Records. Set to be filmed outside the band's base of Raleigh, North Carolina, the Ramon Boutviseth-directed clip will feature the full band with local actors in a plot that ...
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MORTAL SIN, DEZPERADOZ, FASTER INFERNO (featuring Tyson Schenker, son of Michael Schenker), and C O R have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY ATHEIST BATTLELORE BLOODTHORN ...
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On July 27, beginning at 9:03 p.m CET, a live recording of DARK FUNERAL's set from their recent European tour (recorded by P3 Live on February 2, 2006 at Klubben in Stockholm, Sweden) will be broadcast on the Swedish national radio channel P3. The show will be streamed at www.sr.se/p3 (click on the ...
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An exclusive interview with Carl Michael Eide (CADAVER, AURA NOIR) will be broadcast on this week's edition of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus", airing Wednesday (June 14) between 20:00 (8:00 p.m.) and 22:00 (10:00 p.m.) on P3. The show is also available on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. With an off-beat sense of humour ...
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Seminal avant-garde metal pioneers CELTIC FROST played their first show in over 15 years on Monday, May 29 at Remise in Wil SG, Switzerland. The group's setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Totengott (Intro) 02. Procreation (Of the Wicked) 03. Ground 04. Dethroned Emperor 05. The Usurper 06. Jewel Throne 07. Ain Elohim ...
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Abacus Recordings has announced the signing of PURIFIED IN BLOOD. The band's new album, "Reaper of Souls", will be released in the U.S. on June 27. Hailed by many as the most exciting act to emerge from Norway since TURBONEGRO, PURIFIED IN BLOOD combines blazing riffs and solos with controversially political lyrics. One might say ...
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