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• Dark Funeral - exit drummer

  Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have issued the following message from leader Lord Ahriman: Recently, you could read about Nils “Dominator” Fjellstrom's departure from AEON due to personal/private reasons. Today we can confirm that he’ll no longer be part of Dark Funeral either. And just like Aeon, we won’t comment on this subject any further. With that being said, I/we see no reason to waste any time here. Besides a new vocalist, we are currently looking for a new drummer too. If you do believe that you have what it takes for the job, please send us a brief introduction a...

• Procession - new album detailed

  Chilean doom metallers PROCESSION will release their new album, "Destroyers Of The Faith", in October. It will be made available on vinyl via High Roller Records and as a digi-CD through Doomentia Records. The cover artwork was created by Claudio Botarro and can be viewed below. "Destroyers Of The Faith" track listing: 01. Hyperion 02. Destroyers Of The Faith 03. The Road To The Gravegarden 04. Chants Of The Nameless 05. Tomb Of Doom 06. White Coffin According to a press release, "Destroyers Of The Faith" contains "46 minutes of total doom metal armageddon!" ...

• Evocation - new album detailed

  Swedish death metallers EVOCATION have issued the following update: "We are exhausted and we are grumpy but we are very happy as well. This means that we are finally done with our third full length album which we entitled Apocalyptic. We are very, very satisfied with the final result and we are proud to say that - fucking hell, we did it even a third time! As we speak the album is already in our record company’s hands, still the one and only Cyclone Empire. Now we are breathing some air to gain new power and strength to conquer the world even more, we are aiming at tours, festivals and c...

• Blasphemer - new EP

  Italian blast machine BLASPHEMER strikes back with "Devouring Deception". Long awaited follow up to the 2008 technical opus "On the Inexistence of God". This new EP delivers a blasphemous assault against all that is pure and holy. Includes a sick cover version of BROKEN HOPE's "I Am God" plus a CD-ROM bonus video of "Kuru, Laughing Death"! Blasphemer has also signed a contract extension with Comatose Music to release their next full length CD! www ...

• Infected Flesh - sign w/ Comatose Music

  INFECTED FLESH from Spain has just signed a deal with Comatose Music to release their third full length album titled "Concatenation of Severe Infections" in late 2011. Writing is currently underway and expected to be completed in mid 2011 with recording sessions soon to follow. With the band's recent addition of Seth Van de Loo from SEVERE TORTURE on drums, you can expect a vicious barrage of brutal death metal with grinding riffs, immense blasting, and bestial guttural vocals executed with surgical precision. www ...

• Overkill - European tour

  Belgian metallers AFTER ALL will appear on the upcoming Killfest 2011 tour, alongside thrash legends OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION and HEATHEN. Dates for the trek include: March 3 - London, UK - O2 Islington Academy 4 - Köln, Germany - Essigfabrik 5 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall 6 - Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn 7 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp 8 - Zürich, Switzerland - Volkshaus 9 - Milano, Italy - Live Club 10 - Wörgl, Austria - Komma 11 - Budapest, Hungary - Petofi Hall 12 - Brno, Czech Republic - Fleda 13 - Warsaw, Poland - Stodola 15 - Berlin, Germany - ...

• Aeon - exit drummer, seek replacement

  AEON guitarist Daniel Dlimi (Souldrainer) has announced the departure of drummer Nils Fjellström (who is also in Dark Funeral, In Battle and Sanctification) through the following message: "Our drummer, Nils Fjellström has decided to leave the band on a very short notice. The reason for this is personal/private and Nils has chosen not to speak his mind out to the public about this. We will respect his wish not to do so, and therefore we will not reveal any details nor answering questions about this. As you may know, this is not the first time Nils is out of the band, but it's most certain...

• Devilstone OA - upset religious community

  Lithuanian metal music festival Devilstone Open Air 2010 - which took place last July in the little town of Anyksciai - has gained a serious amount of criticism from the religious community. The Prosecution Service even started a pre-investigation whether or not the festival has provoked religious disunion. According to an official press release, the festival has been highly acclaimed by its target fans and the broad society... except for the religious community of the town. Recently a group of local Catholics and the Dean of the local church publicly expressed their opponent attitude towar...

• Profetus - sign w/ Weird Truth Productions

  Weird Truth Productions has announced the signing of Finnish funeral doom metal group PROFETUS for their new upcoming full-lenght album in 2011. Profetus - formed their career in 2006 - has become one the strongest names in extreme doom metal, forging their work in the vein of Finnish funeral doom tradition, the likes of Skepticism, Thergothon and Unholy. www ...

• Grave - exit bassist

  Swedish death metal veterans GRAVE have parted ways with bassist Fredrik Isaksson "due to personal reasons and issues." Fredrik played his last show with GRAVE in late July at the Eisenwahn festival in Germany. Commented the band: "There is no bad blood between us [and Fredrik] and we thank him for all the years with GRAVE and wish him luck with whatever he may do in the future. His immediate replacer is Tobias Cristiansson (DISMEMBER) who already did a couple of gigs with us the past weeks in Colombia and Finland. Tobias lives, breathe, eat, sleep and shits metal and we are very confident ...

• Taake - vinyl re-issues, tour

  Nattestid and Bjoergvin, the first two albums from TAAKE, are once again available on vinyl thanks to Bergen-based Dark Essence Records, who are re-releasing these much sought after collector’s items. Nattestid was first released eleven years ago, and Bjoergvin eight years ago, and both were limited to a pressing of 500 copies. The 2010 editions will come with new artwork and gatefold covers, and will include an A2 poster. Both albums will be limited to 500 copies available world-wide. Long recognised as one of the bands that define the essence of true Norwegian black metal, with its icy...

• Manegarm - exit bassist

  Swedish vikings of MÅNEGARM have parted ways with bassist and long time member Pierre W. The band will not look for a replacement since Erik G will handle both vocals and bass on future recordings and live performances. For more info visit Myspace.com/manegarm ...

• Ulcerate - new album detailed

  Auckland, New Zealand-based metallers ULCERATE are currently in the studio working on their third full-length album - and second for Willowtip Records - titled The Destroyers Of All. To document the recording, Ulcerate has created a special website that includes a making-of blog, photographs, and video clips. The site will continuously be updated until the release of the album . The Destroyers Of All tracklisting: 'Burning Skies' 'Dead Oceans' 'Cold Becoming' 'Beneath' 'The Hollow Idols' 'Omens' 'The Destroyers Of All' Ulcerate's The Destroyers Of All will be availa...

• Cerebrum - Polish tour

  Greece's CEREBRUM, TEHACE and SARATAN have joined SADIST, VIRGIN SNATCH and CRIONICS for a Polish run of the Beware Of Your Neck 2010 Tour. The tour will kick off on September 30th in Rzeszow, Poland and will roll over its nine biggest cities, with two additional dates in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Cerebrum will play songs from the Spectral Extravagance album. Drums on this album were recorded by George Kollias of NILE. During the upcoming tour his parts will be taken over by Jakub 'Cloud' Chmura (THY DISEASE). Beware Your Neck tour dates are as follows: September 9 - Rzesz...

• Dark Funeral - exit bassist

  Bassist B-Force has left Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL. The band's guitarist, Lord Ahriman, said in a statement, "I wish to thank [B-Force] for the six fantastic years he'd been with us on bass. It's been a pleasure indeed working together." Commented B-Force: "After six awesome and crazy years with DARK FUNERAL, I have decided to leave the band. It's my own decision to leave one of the best band/friends in the world, but I feel that I need to move forward in life and do something else music-wise. There are absolutely NO hard feelings between me and DARK FUNERAL. We are and will cont...

• Gorgoroth - European tour

  In November 2010, Norway's GORGOROTH will embark on what will be the second leg of the Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt tour in Europe, following the nine dates of the tour which took place in April this year. Comments Infernus: "We're totally excited about this! To get the opportunity to extend the Quantos Possunt-tour into other European territories which we did not have time for in April. As of now, we aim at doing this as the second out of three in total. This also coincides with the beginning of a new chapter for us in terms of booking-agency, as I last week made up my mind and ...

• Krisiun - to headline Brutal Domination tour

  Poland's Massive Music have issued the following tour update: "Today we have a very good news for all European death metal maniacs. One of the most violent and brutal acts of Brazilian scene namely KRISIUN are gearing up to invade Europe again! Three brothers Alex, Max and Moyses have just confirmed their headlining appearance on the upcoming The Brutal Domination Tour 2010 which starts off on October 20. This four weeks tournee will cover all regions of Europe (the tour schedule will be announced soon). Support will only come from bands at least as brutal as the main act. Their unholy nam...

• Dimmu Borgir - Snowy Shaw rejoins Therion

  Just one day after confirming that he has been tapped by Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex on the band's upcoming ninth album, "Abrahadabra", and world tour, Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) has announced his departure from the group and return to Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION. www ...

• Abysmal Torment - former drummer passes

  Drummer Wayne Vella, formerly of Maltese death metallers ABYSMAL TORMENT, was tragically killed in a construction accident just days ago. Wayne Vella drummed for the band from 2001-2008. www ...

• Red Harvest - split up

  According to a posting on the official MySpace page of Norwegian metallers RED HARVEST, the band officially split up in May 2010. The group states, "We want to thank all the people that have supported us through the years." RED HARVEST celebrated its 20th-anniversary with a special concert in Oslo at the Spacebunker in October 2009. RED HARVEST's latest studio album, "A Greater Darkness", was released in February 2007 via Season of Mist. The follow-up to 2004's "Internal Punishment Programs" was recorded at Multimono Studio. RED HARVEST released a live DVD, "Harvest Bloody Harvest", o...

• Behemoth - Nergal diagnosed with leukemia

  BEHEMOTH frontman and lead guitarist Nergal's illness has been confirmed to be leukemia. According to the Polish news site TVP, the disease has advanced to the point where chemotherapy can no longer be an effective treatment and can only be cured through a bone marrow transplant. Within the country of Poland, there are only 100,000 donors out of a population of 38,192,000. Nergal's fiance Doda has already donated her bone marrow but it's unknown if her bone marrow will provide a DNA match. Other Polish artists are currently organizing concerts to help raise awareness of Nergal's condit...

• The Project Hate - sign w/ Season Of Mist

  Sweden-based death metallers THE PROJECT HATE have inked a new deal with Season Of Mist. An update from Lord K. Philipson reads as follows: So, what is this about then? Let’s see… Obviously there’s a label in this world realizing there’s some fuckin' potential in what we do, being ready to take the risk in today’s illegal downloading dilemma, meaning they want to release the next album of The Project Hate MCMXCIX. The fact that there are still record companies around who try their hardest to get the best music out there absolutely astonishes me. This means we will get a proper re...

• Dimmu Borgir - Snowy Shaw joins officially

  Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have now confirmed that they have tapped Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (real name: Tommie Helgesson; THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs) on the band's upcoming album, "Abrahadabra", and world tour. ICS Vortex and keyboardist Mustis (real name: Øyvind Mustaparta) were fired from DIMMU BORGIR in August 2009. The remaining members of the band issued a statement at the time downplaying the impact that ICS Vortex and Mustis...

• Against the Plagues - working on new album

  Chicago-based multinational extreme-metal act AGAINST THE PLAGUES have begun working on new songs for their as-yet-untitled second album. Commented co-founder Varyen Chylinski: “I am very excited to announce that we are currently working with the songs for new album! We have six songs almost finished and another two in progress. Next month we will start recording them as a pre-production material and as soon as we have them ready we will expose some of them on our website. We are working with new music in our practice room in Chicago and as I see after several rehearsals, new songs are m...

• Ironwood - new album detailed

  Australian progressive folk metal band IRONWOOD have announced that their sophomore album will be mixed and mastered by music legend Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH, NIGHTINGALE). The album, entitled Storm Over Sea, is slated for a late 2010 release. Vocalist/bassist Henry Lauer comments: “This album is a huge evolution from our first effort. We’ve fully assimilated our progressive, acoustic, and metal influences into a concise, yet epic and evocative, whole.” Inspired by the majesty of the ocean, and featuring dizzying technicality, rich vocal harmonies, and the introducti...

• Demonical - to enter studio

  DEMONICAL, the Swedish death metal band featuring past and present members from CENTINEX, GRAVE, REGURGITATE, INTERMENT, AMARAN, WORLD BELOW and DELLAMORTE, will enter Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, UNANIMATED, DESTRÖYER 666) in Alvik, Sweden in mid-September to begin recording its as-yet-untitled third album for an April 2011 release via Germany's Cyclone Empire Records. The CD will be supported by a full European headlining tour and several summer festival appearances. DEMONICAL's second full-length album, "Hellsworn", was released in May 2009. The follow-up to 2007's "Servants of the Unl...

• Conquest Icon - complete line-up

  After releasing the debut album "Hellspire", CONQUEST ICON takes no rest. In August 2010 the whole line-up was completed, and is as follows: Andy Blakk - guitar, vocal Cyprian - bass Empherion - vocals Herr Blastphemer - guitar Th0rn - drums Conquest Icon is working on new tracks for the split planned for early 2011, called "We Are The Ancients". Bands which will participate in this release, are: Empheris, Conquest Icon, Purifier, Descender and Wraith. Complete line-up means the opportunity to present Conquest Icon's music on stage. More info soon... ...

• Haemorrhage - working on new album

  Madrid, Spain's HAEMORRHAGE has started recording their new full-length album and follow-up to 2006’s Apology For Pathology. The yet-untitled album will see an early 2011 release via Relapse, with additional album details to be announced shortly. Haemorrhage has been confirmed as one of the headliners at this year’s NRW Deathfest, being held next month in Germany. Haemorrhage will headline the Saturday (September 18th) date of the fest with MALIGNANCY closing out day one (September 17tj). www ...

• Horned Almighty - new album detailed

  Danish black metallers HORNED ALMIGHTY will release their new studio album, "Necro Spirituals", in Europe on October 25 via Candlelight Records. Recorded in May-June 2010 and mixed and mastered by Jacob Bredahl (HATESPHERE, KOLDBORN) at Dead Rat Studios, the CD is "comprised of the strongest and most fierce material written in the band's eight-year existence," according to a press release. "Yet again, crushing all doctrines and rules with their 'don't-give-a-shit' take on black metal, as a testament to all that is extreme." "Necro Spirituals" track listing: 01. Necro Spirituals 02. Foun...

• Taake - European tour

  Norway's Dark Essence Records has announced the dates for its 2010 tour, which will feature four artists from its roster — TAAKE, HELHEIM, VULTURE INDUSTRIES and SULPHUR. The trek is due to start on October 28 for eleven dates and this year aims to cover some of the countries and cities which most of the bands involved have rarely, if ever, played in. Dark Essence Records 2010 tour dates: Oct. 28 - Glazart, Paris, France Oct. 29 - Korigan, Luynes/Marseille, France Oct. 30 - TBC, Switzerland Oct. 31 - Carlito's Way , Milano, Italy Nov. 01 - Pieffe Factory, Gorizia, Italy Nov. 02 -...

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• Dark Funeral - exit drummer
• Procession - new album detailed
• Evocation - new album detailed
• Blasphemer - new EP
• Infected Flesh - sign w/ Comatose Music
• Overkill - European tour
• Aeon - exit drummer, seek replacement
• Devilstone OA - upset religious community
• Profetus - sign w/ Weird Truth Productions
• Grave - exit bassist