Behemoth Productions has announce the signing of France's HINDVIR. Formed in 2003 in Toulon, HINDVIR plays "furious black metal with touches of epic interludes and a strong pagan concept," according to a press release. Though the band has [its] own personality and attitude, they will [likely appeal to] all the WINDIR and ENSLAVED fans out ...
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Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have completed their new video for the track "Prometherion", shot by acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH). The clip is a frenetic, savage performance based video that perfectly showcases the band's unrelenting energy and uncompromising vision. Click here for a sneak peek as to what insanity awaits. ...
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Although no official announcement has yet been made, Miami, Florida-based hard rock band BLACK TIDE (formerly RADIO) appears to have been granted a main-stage slot at this year's Ozzfest beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois. As you may recall, BLACK TIDE was originally tapped to replace CIRCUS DIABLO on Ozzfest's second stage, but ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH performing the song "Demigod" on July 27, 2007 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado has been posted on YouTube. Watch the clip below (courtesy of Chris Erben Productions). BEHEMOTH's new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first-week sales of ...
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HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has issued the following update: "It's been a while since I checked in and I wanted to let everyone know that Ozzfest has been absolutely amazing and we can not thank everyone enough. "This is our fifth time on Ozzfest and we all agree that this year is by far the ...
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Atlanta's DAATH has issued the following update: "I'm sitting in a hotel room in Denver right now. I should be in Oklahoma City tonight, and Kansas City tomorrow, but I'm not. I'm in Denver and I'm fucking pissed about it. I'm not the only one that's pissed about it. "We've been getting lots of mail ...
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Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH have now undoubtedly proved that they are one of the leading forces in metal today as their highly acclaimed new album, "The Apostasy", debuted at #149 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with first-week sales of around 5,000. This entry also marks Century Media's fifth highest The Billboard 200 debut. ...
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The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending July 22, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable): (HED)P.E. - "Insomnia": 5,400 (#138) BEHEMOTH - "The Apostasy": 5,000 (#149) NILE - "Ithyphallic": 4,600 (#162) ...
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Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have issued the following update: "We still have a few festivals to go before we start our insane fall program. We have a couple of headliner shows here and there, and then we will play main support for mighty BEHEMOTH in Poland. And then we have been confirmed as support for DIMMU ...
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A teaser for BEHEMOTH's "Prometherion" video has been posted at this location. The clip was shot on July 18 with acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH) in Los Angeles. Look for it everywhere early next month. Soren states: "Somewhere between the ideal of heaven and reality of hell falls the new BEHEMOTH ...
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Excellent-quality video footage of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH performing their new song "Prometherion" live at the Croatian Cultural Center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on July 13, 2007 has been posted at Abort TV. BEHEMOTH shot a video for "Prometherion" with acclaimed director Soren (ALL THAT REMAINS, UNEARTH) on July 18 in Los ...
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After only a handful of Ozzfest performances, Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH are already being hailed as this year's breakthrough artist due primarily to their unrelenting energy, savage brutality and uncompromising vision. The group go onstage at 4:15 p.m. everyday in the direct support, non-rotating slot right before second stage headliners HATEBREED, so fans can ...
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German pagan black metallers HELRUNAR will team up with BEHEMOTH, ABORTED and DISPARAGED for a string of German dates in September. The details are as follows: Sep. 19 - Berlin, GER - K17 Sep. 20 - Würzburg, GER - AKW Sep. 21 - Lichtenfels, GER - Stadthalle Sep. 22 - Essen, GER - Turock Sep. ...
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South Dakota's NODES OF RANVIER has been on a steady rise for several years now, each release a better, more refined one, up to and including 2005's "The Years to Come". Though metalcore in general, said album is still closer to the metal side of the line, the band delivering some seriously thrash-inflected riffs and ...
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The Ozzfest 2007 tour officially kicked off Thursday (July 12) in Auburn, Washington. One of the bands performing on the festival's second stage is Polish extreme metal outfit BEHEMOTH, whose frontman Nergal has checked in with the following report: "It's just started and I can tell you it feels great! "Yesterday [July 11] we spent ...
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Larry Rodgers of The Arizona Republic reports: Ozzfest organizers, headed by Ozzy Osbourne's manager and wife, Sharon, and global concert behemoth Live Nation, seem undeterred by the lack of big-name involvement this year. "The spirit of this tour was to allow the working families and the loyal fans whose financial obligations don't allow ...
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VOODOO GODS, the project featuring current and former members of such bands as MORBID ANGEL, MANOWAR and BEHEMOTH, will release its debut EP in August. According to the group's official bio, VOODOO GODS was founded under the name SHRUNKEN HEAD in Tampa, Florida in early 2001 by Alex von Poschinger, Tony Norman (ex-MORBID ANGEL, MONSTROSITY, ...
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NEVERMORE bassist Jim Sheppard was forced to miss the band's July 7 appearance at the Evolution Festival in Firenze, Italy due to scheduling conflicts. Replacing him at the gig was ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera. Check out pictures from Metalpics.ch. Also available are photos of some of the other bands ...
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Australia's Undercover News recently caught up with OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Zakk Wylde to ask him about this year's Ozzfest, which is being staged as a free show. On the topic of this year's event being free, Zakk said, "You never question your mother [referring to Ozzy's wife and Ozzfest founder Sharon Osbourne — Ed.]. So ...
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Patrick Douglas of The Culture Shock recently conducted an interview with BEHEMOTH mainman Adam Michal Darski (a.k.a. Nergal). A few excerpts from the chat follow: The Culture Shock: Tell me what you're feeling right now with the new album set to come out in the U.S. in a couple of weeks and the ...
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Mexican black/death metal band EVILHEART recently entered the studio to record its second full-length album, "Storm of Annihilation". The CD will be mixed and mastered at Florida's Mana Studios (CANNIBAL CORPSE, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) during the last week of August by Brian Elliott. The cover of the album is being designed by Niklas Sundin ...
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SOLACE OF REQUIEM, an old-school and technical death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, is looking for a guitarist to learn their number tablature for seven songs to be recorded with Andy Classen (KRISIUN, BELPHEGOR, ROTTING CHRIST, GRAVEWORM, SINISTER) at Stage One studio in Germany this October. Upon hiring, the guitarist would also be obligated ...
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U.K. crust act EXTINCTION OF MANKIND has been confirmed to appear at the Obscene Extreme festival in Czech Republic this summer alongside the likes of BRUTAL TRUTH, BEHEMOTH and ROTTEN SOUND. The open-air music festival which will take place July 5-7 in Trutnov, Czech Republic will also feature appearances by INHUMATE, GENERAL SURGERY, GRAVE, BIRDFLESH, ...
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SEPULTURA, SAMAEL, RAGE, KREATOR, SICK OF IT ALL and BEHEMOTH are among the confirmed bands for Hunter Fest, a two-day event set to take place July 7-8 in Szczytno, Poland. The festival billing is as follows: Saturday, July 7, 2007: SEPULTURA SAMAEL HUNTER KAT & ROMAN KOSTRZEWSKI CALIBAN EKTOMORF ACID DRINKERS HURT VIRGIN SNATCH TOTEM ...
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Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com report: This week, a Polish anti-sect organization dubbed "The All-Polish Committee for Defense Against Sects" released a list of artists it claims "promote Satanism" or "encourage murder and animal sacrifice" with their music. The group plans to distribute the list to a number of ...
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Michal Stangret of Poland's Metro reports that a Polish anti-sect organization calling itself the All-Polish Committee for Defence against Sects has compiled a list of artists who allegedly "promote Satanism" through their music. The list, which will be distributed to various Polish officials in July, will likely result in the artists becoming registered ...
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Montreal metallers DESPISED ICON are currently on the road with THE RED CHORD, ALL SHALL PARISH, SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY and THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD. The group has checked in with the following update: "This tour has been going amazing. It's so much fun hanging out our friends and meeting new ones every ...
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When Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne and the world's largest live music company, Live Nation, announced in February their plans to stage the 2007 Ozzfest as a free show, some industry people said it would never work. Today Ozzfest yet again has made history, as the fans clearly have spoken. Over the past four days, tickets ...
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Metalhead.ro has posted a "raw and uncut" video interview with BEHEMOTH frontman Nergal at this location. This interview is different from the recently released MetalHeadTV.com special, featuring video interviews and rare live footage, which can be accessed here. BEHEMOTH has made its new track, "Prometherion", available for streaming exclusively at
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DESPISED ICON's new video for the track "In the Arms of Perdition" will make its "Headbanger's Ball" debut this Saturday, June 9 on MTV2 at 11:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. PST. The clip was shot by director Jean-Philippe Bernier and emphasizes the band's frantic live intensity. Click here to access the new e-card and ...
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