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essence reveals detail of new album

Essence is a Danish Thrash Metal band. It is intent on narrowing the gap between the poppy energy of The Offspring and the youthful vehemence of early Metallica and Slayer on its third album. The album will be called Prime and the lucky label releasing it in the beginning of October is Finland’s very own Spinefarm Records. Tracklist: 01. Refuse To Exist 02. Thunder Prayer 03. No Sleep ’Till Def…

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abbath debuts at tuska this weekend

It’s on! This weekend Abbath, the legendary frontman of the now dead Norwegian Black Metal band Immortal, will appear at Tuska Open Air Metal Fest in Finland with his new band, Abbath! Joined by King and Creature, members of the Norwegian Black Metal band God Seed, Abbath wows to premier a brand new song called “Fenrir Hunts” at Tuska. I am sure many cannot wait! Rejoice, for the king has…

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demonical and hypothermia headline fest and they want you there

The old and new will clash together when Swedish Death Metal tyrants Demonical and Post-Black Metal wanderers Hypothermia headline Sick Midsummer Festival in Scharnstein, Austria in the first weekend of July. The bands are eager to see you there so check out the video below for further information but hurry up because the winners will be announced next Monday.…

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battle metal masters turisas announce winter tours

It seems Christmas will come early this year for fans of Metal you can dance like a Morris dancer to, as Battle Metal band Turisas will rage through Latin America in October. In November the band will lay waste to its homeland with label mates Barren Earth. So get your shoes out and practice those moves!

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krakow - blood is god (new music) Experimental Post-Metal is the path many old timers in Black Metal choose to tread these days. Judging by the music…

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year of the goat - the emma (new music) With The Unspeakable, Year of the Goat's second album, soon to be released through…

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urðun's demo soon available on cassette

//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=2804581802/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=333333/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ A while back I wrote about Urðun and the release of the band’s demo, Horror & Gore. It seems the Portuguese label Signal Rex was impressed with the music as the label will be releasing a cassette version on 21 july. Next shows: 1 august – Norðanpaunk

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myrkur to play roskilde festival

If you hadn’t noticed Denmark’s most talked about Black Metal band, Myrkur, will play at the Roskilde Festival this year. Check out the song below if you are unfamiliar with the band’s music and if you want to read a bit about the band check out this interview. Myrkur’s debut album will be released through Relapse Records in two months. Next shows: 4 july Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark 22…

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dead lord reveals album cover, plans to decimate europe

Hakim Krim, singer of Dead Lord, says the band’s next album will contain… 10 songs of solid no-bogus, face-melting, twin-guitar, smart-rock action. Well, it has a cover to match! Heads Held High will be out through Century Media on 21 august. Next shows: 09 july Stoned From The Underground Festival, Erfurt-Stotternheim, Germany 31 july – 1 august Fest I Logen, Småländska Dädesjö, Sweden 13-15…

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arabrot release ep, stream it and tour north america

The mad Norwegian avant-rock scientists in Årabrot are very busy men. They don’t waste time, they create it. That’s why they are releasing their new You Bunch of Idiots EP through Fysisk Format, streaming it at Invisible Oranges and about to head out on a tour right through North America. All at the same time! Next shows: 24 june O’Brien’s Pub, Boston, MA 26 june The Depot, York, PA 27 june Now…

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muck touring the uk in november

The diabolical dirt-rock band Muck will be touring the United Kingdom later this year with Superheaven and Every Time I Die. Check out the poster below for further information and the song below that for music that makes your ears bleed. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/83374920"…

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churchhouse creepers working on debut Akureyri's stoner groove rock band of the ages, Churchhouse Creepers, is working on it's debut album and hoping for a release later this summer.

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wolfheart unleashes the first teaser for upcoming album (video)

wolfheart unleashes the first teaser for the upcoming album

Wolfheart is not just the former name of Iceland’s Wormlust. It’s a living, breathing organism created by Tuomas Saukkonen, formerly of Before The Dawn, Dawn Of Solace and Black Sun Aeon amongst others. On August 21 the band will release it’s second album, Shadow World, through Spinefarm Records. Check out the first teaser here below and see if this is something you might like.…

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konkhra talks about sound at copenhell

Devilution posted this video, of Konkhra at this year’s Copenhell festival, on it’s Facebook page so I thought I might share it with you, in case you like hearing bands talking about more than beer.

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beneath at húrra (live video) We can't all go downtown Reykjavík every time Beneath is playing there. Lucky us, then, that the band just put this live video online!

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ghost - majesty In a couple of months the new Ghost album, Meloria, will be released through Spinefarm Records…

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malign - a sun to scorch Malign plays Black Metal. It has done so since 1994. This is the band's first song in thirteen years.