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The final billing for Kings of Black Metal is complete with war black metalers Kommandant (USA), closing the line-up for this year’s edition, set to take place in april’s 20th, 2013, at – Stadthalle – Alsfeld (Hessen), Germany. The deutsch black metal event final bill looks as follow: Carpathian Forest Tsjuder Nocturnal Depression Archgoat Ragnarok [...]

One month before the event starts, Amplifest organization announced the final line up for this year’s edition. About new bands, portuguese doomsters Process of Guilt and Black Bombaim and american Oxbow avant-garde duo are the new major attractions. Barn Owl is set to perform the only gig of Friday at Cinema Passos Manuel, and late [...]

Norwegian veterans Enslaved have finally released their latest album entitled “Riitiir”. The band’s 12th album is out today and is also one of the most anticipated releases of the second semester of this year. Ivar Bjørnson, guitarist and founder of Enslaved commented: “It has been only two years since we last released an album (“Axioma Ethica Odini“], and [...]

Swedish Black Metal band Shining will be releasing their eighth full length album on the 29th of October. This will be their second album to be released through Spinefarm Records, a sub-label of Universal Music Group. A trailer for “Redefining Darkness”, the eighth full-length album from Swedish extreme metallers Shining, can be seen below. Kvarforth commented on the fact that this [...]

After having informed that this year’s edition of Metal GDL would not count with some of the major names firstly announced (Benediction or Dew Scented, for example), the Alentejo organization confirmed at last the festival for 2013. It would be the first Metal GDL indoor edition after six open air events. Italian technical death metalers [...]

  Infernus from the Norwegian legendary band Gorgoroth has fired Pest, the vocalist. The band commented: “Out of respect for and loyalty to Gorgoroth’s audience and collaborators, Infernus has kicked Pest out of the band, effective immediately. This after Pest informed the band that he would not be prioritizing doing the upcoming Latin American tour [...]

Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in a prison colony. Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, were handed the sentence by a judge in Moscow amid a wave of protests around the world. The three [...]

Canadian dark post rockers masters GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR are set to headline this year’s edition of AMPLIFEST. Among the first names announced are also the Belgian doomsters AMENRA, dark jazzers BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE, italian new sludge masters UFOMAMMUT, folk psychadelic rockers SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE and heavy space rockers WHITE HILLS. [...]

During a show in Indianapolis, while the band was playing the initial riff of the song “Wasted Years”, Bruce Dickinson lost his patience with a fan. Bruce shouted: “Oh, for fuck’s sake, the baldguy in the white shirt, you’ve been texting for the last fucking three songs… you’re a wanker!” You can watch this scene [...]

Swedish Katatonia have a sample of their song “Lethean” streaming on the video teaser for their upcoming tour. “Dead Ends Of Europe” tour is scheduled to present the band’s latest album “Dead End Kings” which is scheduled to be released on August 27/28. Previously there has been released a lyrics video for the song “Dead Letters“. [...]

Vagos Open Air 2012 has published the time schedule for the artists that will play in this year’s edition: Ticket store opening – 14H00 Opening of the gates – 15H00 August 3rd: 17H00 – DISAFFECTED 17H45 – NORTHLAND 18H45 – ELUVEITIE 20H15 – ENSLAVED 22H00 – ARCTURUS 00H00 – AT THE GATES 01H30 – NASUM August 4th: 17H00 – MINDLOCK 17H45 – CHTHONIC 18H45 [...]

 Jon Lord passed away on Monday (July 16) at age 71 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Lord, who was known for his keyboard virtuosity and his reinvention of the Hammond B-3 organ sound, co-wrote such PURPLE classics as “Smoke On The Water” and “Child In Time”, among others. Lord and drummer Ian Paice [...]

Swedish Black Metallers Marduk will join forces with Immolation for a tour covering the European continent. Named “Serpent Sermon Tour”, name taken from Marduk’s latest album, it will start in August and will extend until October. There is one date scheduled for Portugal, in Lisbon, at September 20th. You can view the flyer below:   [...]

New Zealand death metal stars Ulcerate have been robbed during their first US tour. The band published the following update on their facebook page: “We had our van broken into in New York last night at our accom. We’ve lost all our guitar gear (preamps, effects units), some drum equipment, stage banner and all of [...]