Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following report on their recent South American/Mexican tour: "The recent Central American tour was very well visited and the fans was truly dedicated. Especially in San Salvador and Guatemala city, although the security in the first mentioned city should have been better. Mexico was also great, at least ...
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Belgium's AFTER ALL have been announced as the openers at the Keep It True IV Festival warm-up show on April 1, 2005 at Pfarrkeller in Lauda, Germany. Also set to appear at the gig are MARTYR and two other, as-yet-undetermined acts. The Keep It True IV Festival is scheduled to take place April 2, 2005 ...
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Norwegian death metal trio AMOK, featuring Lava (AETERNUS, TAAKE) on guitar and drum programming, Necrocum (MYSTICUM) on vocals, and Iscariah (NECROPHAGIA, WURDULAK) on bass, are putting the finishing touches on their debut album, "Urinal Graveyard", due in early 2005 via the newly formed label Planet Satan Revolution. AMOK had previously recorded three demos (2001's "Sadistic ...
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Reunited California speed metallers AGENT STEEL have finished writing nine new songs for the follow-up to last year's "Order of the Illuminati", tentatively due in 2005. Songtitles set to appear on the as-yet-untitled CD are "Curse Reborn", "Hail to the Chief" and "Wash This Planet Clean" (sample mp3). The group plan on writing ...
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Swedish thrash titans THE HAUNTED are currently in the midst of a highly successful North American tour alongside DAMAGEPLAN and SHADOWS FALL. This is the first U.S. tour for original THE HAUNTED vocalist Peter Dolving, who recently returned to the fold on the band's highly acclaimed new album, "rEVOLVEr", released October 19 via Century Media. ...
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Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have inked a deal with the French label Season of Mist for the reissues of their first three albums: "Pentagram" (1994), "Antichrist" (1996) and "Under the Sign of Hell" (1997). All three will be re-released in January/February in a remastered, digipack version. It is not presently clear if Season of Mist ...
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Reunited British heavy metal legends SATAN, AGENT STEEL and TORCH are among the bands confirmed for Keep It True IV festival, set to be held April 2, 2005 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Koenigshofen, Germany. The complete list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: AGENT STEEL (USA) SATAN (UK) DEADLY BLESSING ...
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California-based "dark occult blackened death metal" act RESUSCITATOR will be performing a low-key show in mid-November, according to a posting on the group's web site. "Only to those on the mailing list will know where, when and with whom." In other news, the release of RESUSCITATOR's new album, "A Warrior's Death", has once again been ...
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Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following update regarding their recently completed European tour: "The European 'Twilight of the Idol' tour [was] a great success. Lots of people showed up at the gigs and GORGOROTH broke the venue record at two venues. Besides the technical problems at the show in Osnabrück, GORGOROTH delivered great ...
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Former MR. BIG/current RACER X guitarist Paul Gilbert will see his solo album, "Acoustic Samurai", released in Europe by Mascot Records in late October. The album features a compilation of songs previously recorded but now played on acoustic guitar together with LINUS OF HOLLYWOOD. Recorded in Tokyo's Hard Rock Café, the disc contains the following ...
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MARDUK will embark on a massive world tour beginning in December. The European portion of the trek, dubbed "Deathmarch 2004/2005", will be divided into two parts, with the first taking place in December and the second during spring 2005. Several dates for the second leg of the tour have been released by the group's booking ...
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Ustumallagam, vocalist of the Danish "black horror metal" act DENIAL OF GOD, recently spoke to the Damned In Black webzine about the group's upcoming plans. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: Damned In Black: Could you please start off by telling us what's been up with your band recently? Ustumallagam: "Everything ...
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Germany's Black Goat Productions have changed the projected title of the upcoming BATHORY tribute album to "A Tribute from the Hordes to Bathory" from the previously announced "Twilight of the Goats". "After talking to [BATHORY's record label] Black Mark I had to change the name of the 'Twilight of the Goats - A Tribute to ...
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OBITUARY members John Tardy and Trevor Peres, along with Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ex-BRUTAL TRUTH) and Danny Diablo (a.k.a. Lord Ezec of SKARHEAD/CROWN OF THORNZ) will be making guest appearances in the video for hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO's track "Empowered". The video shoot will take place on Saturday (Oct. 2) in New York City. "Empowered" ...
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One listen to "rEVOLVEr", the fourth album in six years from Sweden's prolific THE HAUNTED, and it's clear why they did the not-so-subtle capitalization in the middle of the title. The band is trying to stretch out their sound somewhat, by varying tempos and moods more than ever before, while also bringing back original singer ...
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BBC News is reporting that QUEEN, fronted by gay icon Freddie Mercury, has become the first rock act to receive an official seal of approval in Iran. Western music is strictly censored in the Islamic republic, where homosexuality is considered a crime. But an album of QUEEN's greatest hits was officially released in Iran on ...
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Gemma Tarlach of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed the Ozzfest 2004 traveling festival when it hit East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday (August 14). An excerpt from her review follows: "Opening the main stage with his boogie-based biker metal BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, Zakk Wylde was one of several artists who dedicated a song to ...
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MANTAS, the new band featuring former VENOM guitarist Mantas and ex-ATOMKRAFT/VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition" Dolan, have uploaded photos from the group's recent appearances at the London Underworld and Earthshaker festival in Germany. Check them out: Earthshaker, Underworld. Regarding their performance at the Earthshaker Fest 2004, the band write on their web ...
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A Chilean black metal fan killed an Italian Catholic priest two weeks ago, slitting his throat just after the priest had finished giving Mass at Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral (photo#1, photo#2). Horrified churchgoers heard Father Faustino Gazziero (photo#1, photo#2, photo#3) scream as he was attacked, but ...
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A bunch of photos from legendary NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) band SATAN's one-off reunion show Friday (August 6) at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival have been posted online at this location (courtesy of Germany's Bright-Eyes.de). SATAN's classic "Court In The Act" lineup (including BLITZKRIEG singer Brian Ross and SKYCLAD's Graeme ...
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Italian police have arrested three more members of a Satanic black metal sect, "Beasts of Satan", after accusing them of ordering the murder of at least five young people in the Milan area since 1998. Paolo "Ozzy" Leoni (photo#1, photo#2), 27, Eros Monterosso (photo), 27, and Marco Zampollo (
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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet recently answered several questions for the group's official web site regarding the band's recent tour, the upcoming DVD and the group's next studio album. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Q: The fans have been asking so here it goes — will there be an EDGUY DVD sometime soon? Tobias Sammet: ...
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You should never judge a book by its cover, of course. Neither then, should you judge a band like HECATE ENTHRONED by the intricacy of their album cover art, which depicts angels and demons sparring mightily in the heavens above a sleepy countryside scene. As a piece of gloomy illustrative work, this is pretty impressive ...
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Rob Zombie has teamed up with DPS Film Roman, an IDT Entertainment Company, to produce an animated feature based on his Spookshow International comic book "El Superbeasto". Anchor Bay Entertainment, also an IDT Entertainment company, will handle domestic video distribution. IDT Entertainment Sales will be responsible for international distribution. Zombie will serve as executive producer ...
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SLAYER frontman Tom Araya recently spoke to the Denver Westword about his band, his voice, prison letters, child rearing, God, world music and exploiting Satan for fun and profit. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Westword: Do you still get letters from incarcerated people? Tom Araya: "Yeah. They're pretty out there. It's like ...
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The following is an excerpt from Muck Raker's "Losers of the Week" column in the Arizona Republic: "On July 3, Tuba City became the site where the name of the former lead singer of THE MISFITS was officially synonymous with mud. After bumping several opening bands in order to play his set two ...
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MINISTRY's video for the track "No W" has been posted online at this location (courtesy of RollingStone.com). "No W" comes off the band's latest CD, "Houses of the Molé", available now on Sanctuary Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Animositisomina" was recorded at El Paso's Sonic Ranch studios and marks the group's first release ...
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HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH, METHEDRAS, VANGUARD and ENGINE OF PAIN have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany. The following is a list of acts currently scheduled to appear at the festival: AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH ANTHRAX ARCH ENEMY ASTRAL DOORS BAL-SAGOTH BRAINSTORM ...
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Peter Popham of The New Zealand Herald reports: Italian authorities plan to exhume at least two more bodies in the investigation into Satanic rites, heavy metal and human sacrifice that has kept the nation agog for three weeks (Story#1, Story#2). At least three murders are already pinned on the ...
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