Prior to the announcement this year of a second incarnation of FEAR FACTORY featuring Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares, the other half of the classic FEAR FACTORY line-up (guitarist Christian Wolbers and drummer Raymond Herrera) debuted their new band, ARKAEA, via Years in the Darkness. For the most part, ARKAEA is FEAR FACTORY [...]
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ARKAEA – Years in the Darkness
WINTERTHRALL – Stormraven
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One of the best underground bands from Southern California quickly follow up their debut album, Nightmares for the Sleepless, with the Stormraven EP. While their debut was relatively straight forward in its raging metal approach, Stormraven explores the more subdued, melancholic, and doomy side of the band. Opening track, “I,” sets the tone [...]
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Southern Lord to Release BORIS 7″ Vinyl Series of New Material
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BORIS is set to release a new 7″ series called Japanese Heavy Rock Hits. The series features three vinyl 7″s to be released over the next three months exclusively through Southern Lord.September: Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 1Side A: “8”Side B: “Hey Everyone”October: Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 2Side A: “H.M.A. – Heavy Metal [...]
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DIMMU BORGIR Drop Quick Update Regarding New Album
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Despite the recent lineup shakeup, DIMMU BORGIR are hard at work on their forthcoming new album. The band offered a quick update to assure their fans that they have suffered no setbacks:“We’re more than halfway into it at this point and to say we’re excited about this material would be an understatement! There [...]
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PELICAN Announce Full U.S. Tour
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PELICAN, who have kept busy this year with a whole lot of touring, will be embarking their own headlining U.S. tour that begins just days before the release of the band’s upcoming new album, What We All Come To Need. The band’s new album, and first for Southern Lord, comes out on October 27th. [...]
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VREID to Release Milorg October 27th; Touring U.S. in November
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On October 27th, 2009, Indie Recordings will be releasing VREID’s Milorg in North America with distribution and marketing duties handled by The End Records. Praised by both fans and critics across Europe, Milorg showcases a unique sound that fuses dark atmospheric sounds with raw, aggressive rock-infused black metal. Born out of the ashes of the [...]
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Variance Films to Release Black Metal Documentary, Until the Light Takes Us, Theatrically in November
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Variance Films has announced the acquisition of U.S. theatrical rights for Until the Light Takes Us, the acclaimed documentary from directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. The film, which is the first documentary to go behind the scenes of the black metal genre, will open November 20 in NYC at Cinema Village and in [...]
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GAMA BOMB to Give Away New Album for Free
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Irish thrashers, GAMA BOMB, will be entering the studio on September 15th to record their forthcoming album, Tales from the Grave in Space, which they will be giving away for free. The brand new studio album will then be available to download in its entirety, including artwork by artist Jeff Jordan (THE MARS VOLTA), [...]
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SATYRICON to Headline North American Tour
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Norway’s SATYRICON have announced a 24-city headlining tour of North America which kicks off September 25th in Baltimore, MD. Support will come from BLEEDING THROUGH, CHTHONIC, and TOXIC HOLOCAUST (through 10/10).SATYRICON frontman, Satyr, commented on the tour: “Finally…The way everyone greeted us in the states and Canada during our run in January, February and [...]
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Ex-DEAD KENNEDYS Vocalist Launches New Band, JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Ex-DEAD KENNEDYS vocalist, Jello Biafra, has joined forces with Ralph Spight (VICTIMS FAMILY, FREAK ACCIDENT, HELLWORMS), Jon Weiss (SHARKBAIT, HORSEY), Billy Gould (FAITH NO MORE), and Kimo Ball (FREAK ACCIDENT, CARNEYBALL JOHNSON, MOL TRIFFID, GRIDDLE) to form the new band, JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. The band’s new album, Audacity of [...]
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APESHIT Joins CircleTwitt, the New Metal Twitter Aggregator
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APESHIT has been added to CircleTwitt, a recently launched metal Twitter aggregator that provides metal fans a single place to get their metal news and tweets.Launched by Synhergy Entertainment and Lekberg Enterprises, the site gathers the latest tweets from metal personalities, bands, news sites, record labels, and more. Tweets are displayed in one convenient [...]
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DIMMU BORGIR Part Ways with Mustis and I.C.S. Vortex
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Norway’s DIMMU BORGIR have confirmed the departure of keyboardist Mustis and bassist/vocalist I.C.S. Vortex. The following statement was released by the band:“We regret to inform you that we have parted ways with both I.C.S. Vortex [bassist, clean vocalist] and Mustis [keyboards]. However, we do want to make it perfectly clear that the creative [...]
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ABYSMAL DAWN: Seek New Drummer; Begin Writing New Record
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Los Angeles, CA’s blackened-death metal force ABYSMAL DAWN recently returned home after an insanely long North American tour with GOATWHORE, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, DAATH and SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY. Vocalist/guitarist Charles Elliott gave a recap on the tour, talks about the writing process for the next record, and announce drummer search: “We’re back [...]
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DIR EN GREY to Release New DVD, entitled Average Blasphemy, on October 27th
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On October 27th, 2009, The End Records will release a brand new DVD from Japanese rockers DIR EN GREY. The DVD, entitled Average Blasphemy, is the first comprehensive collection of DIR EN GREY’s amazing music videos released in the United States. This disc includes the ten minute epic “Vinuska” and the MTV Headbanger’s Ball award [...]
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OBITUARY to Head Out on Tour with KRISIUN, GOATWHORE, THE BERZERKER, WARBRINGER
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Death metal vets OBITUARY are readying to embark on a North American headlining tour in support of latest long player Darkest Day, released via Candlelight Records this past June. The tour will kick off on September 3rd at The Rock in Tucson, AZ and pillage its way through a month’s worth of shows before coming [...]
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DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Checks in with Studio Update
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Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL are currently holed up in Abyss Studio with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) recording their as-yet-untitled new full-length, schedule for release in November via Regain Records.Said guitarist Lord Ahriman in a recent statement issued via the band’s official MySpace page: “It’s been a really tough and hectic schedule for us [...]
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KATATONIA’s Night is the New Day Set for Early November Release
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The release date for the new KATATONIA album has gone back slightly. Night is the New Day, is the Swedish masters of melancholy’s eighth studio album and their follow-up to 2006’s groundbreaking album, The Great Cold Distance. The new dates are November 2nd (Europe) and November 10th (North America).Another studio diary will follow shortly on [...]
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Peaceville Records Signs Finnish All-Star Band BARREN EARTH
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Peaceville Records is proud to announce the signing of Finnish prog death metallers, BARREN EARTH. With a line-up consisting of former members of prog/folk metal legends AMORPHIS, as well as current members of SWALLOW THE SUN, MOONSORROW and KREATOR, the band has been busy recording their debut album at the renowned Seawolf Studios in Helsinki, [...]
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Watch MUNICIPAL WASTE’s “Wrong Answer” Video!
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MUNICIPAL WASTE’s new music video for “Wrong Answer” has been released! The clip was filmed in New York City and was directed by David Brodsky (SUICIDE SILENCE, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER). The song is off the band’s new album Massive Aggressive, which was just released yesterday via Earache Records. Watch the uncensored [...]
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CRADLE OF FILTH to Release Biography, The Gospel of Filth, on Halloween
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The Gospel of Filth is an all-encompassing, coffee-table-sized book about the U.K.’s CRADLE OF FILTH, written by renowned music journalist Gavin Baddeley (Dissecting Marilyn Manson, Lucifer Rising) and the outspoken vocalist of the band, Dani Filth.Says Baddeley of the work, “The Gospel of Filth must be the most ambitious project I’ve ever undertaken. Exploring every [...]
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