Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Aftermath Norway!!

Two AFTERMATH MUSIC, NORWAY releases in stock now!

ASTRIAAL (Australia) "Renascent Misanthropy" DIGIPAK CD

Australias premier Black Metal band that delivers over 40 minutes of fierce blasting sections, interspersed with haunting acoustic passages and melodic leads to invoke a unique atmosphere seldom found in this form of extreme art. Featuring an epic orchestral overture ("The Funeral Procession" as the intro) by Tharen from Austrian Black Metal pioneers ABIGOR and DARGAARD!

"Renascent Misanthropy" realises the vast potential that ASTRIAAL have displayed from their 1998 inception, building on the Blackened coviction of 2000's "Summoning the Essence of Ancient Wisdom" MCD, through to the supreme opulence the acclaimed precursor to the album, 2002's "Deception Revelation". Years of prevalent touring (supporting OPETH, MAYHEM, DESTRUCTION, INCANTATION, PUNGENT STENCH, etc.) have honed ASTRIAAL to their sonic peak, enabling the band to execute a performance rarely captured on a debut-album.

The sound and production of "Renascent Misanthropy" is far superior to that of it's predecessors, courtesy of a rich analogue recording and exceptional digital mix; overseen by one of Australia's most prominent and talented engineers, Lachlan Mitchell. With mastering of the album completed at Australia's premier mastering facility, Sony's Studio 301 in Sydney, ASTRIAAL now have the package to excel on the world stage.

With the unveiling of "Renascent Misanthropy", ASTRIAAL vow to continue their reign as Australia's highest profile Black Metal band of the New Millenium. Five years in the conjuring: ASTRIAAL's spiritual dawn of misanthropy is now upon us in the form of "RENASCENT MISANTHROPY"!

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FUNERAL ORCHESTRA (Sweden) "Feeding the Abyss (Hand-#'ed./999)" DIGIPAK CD

"Slow shalt be the whole of the law"

Ritualistic funereal Blackened Doom! The bizarre creation of THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA consists of 2 male and 2 female adepts of Doom, producing the most darkened Doom that has ever come from Gothenburg, Sweden! Melancholy, majestic, slow-burning darkness with grim Blackened vocals, crawling militaristic precision drums, hallucinogenic proto-psychedelic guitar riffage, and subliminally pounding bass guitar foundation!
10 Songs; 69 minutes! Hand-numbered / 999 limited-edition DIGIPAK CD; import (released August 2003) from Aftermath, Norway!

* Background info:
THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA was summoned in 2002 to create Apocalyptic Trance Ritual DOOM

Debut promo ritual "We Are The End" was released by Eternal Dark Prod in 2003 anno DOOM

Aftermath Music was selected to release the full-lenght debut "Feeding The Abyss" and bring the world more DOOM.

* Warning:
These audial rituals of distorted suffering, pain and doom needs total concentration and total darkness.

posted by Sexyweb @ 5:05 PM  

Monday, August 30, 2004

New Arrivals Today

* XASTHUR "Suicide In Dark Serenity (with Bonus Sticker!)" VINYL LP
* VILLAIN "Time Machine" DOUBLE VINYL LPs
* STEEL PROPHET "Eyes of the Prophet / Visions Past" VINYL LP
* AZAGHAL "Of Beasts and Vultures" VINYL LP
* DECAYED "Book Of Darkness" VINYL LP
* OLD PAGAN "Tecknotschtiklan" VINYL LP
* IMPIOUS HAVOC "At the Ruins of the Holy Kingdom" VINYL LP

posted by Sexyweb @ 11:54 PM  

Friday, August 27, 2004

Elite Black Metal NEW ARRIVALS and RESTOCKS just received from: Total Holocaust, Sweden; and Moribund Cult!

As usual (aaarrrggghhh!), "Limited Quantities Only" available for this last weekend of AUGUST 2004!

3 NEW ARRIVALS from Total Holocaust Records, Sweden:

VARGLEIDE (Forest; Russian NSBM) "When only ashes and scorched earth are left behind" CD (THR055CD)
Blazebirth Hall has many bands under their wings, one of them was VARGLEIDE which actually is the band that was formed from the burning ashes of FOREST, whom have done some releases under the iso666 record label! There's no holding back in the sound of VARGLEIDE's barbaric shouted vocals (similar as on LUCIFUGUM "...Back To Chopped Down Roots" CD), all sung in Russian, stunning songwriting, that resembles early Black Metal classics of DARKTHRONE, STRID, and early MANES! Yet, still distinctly carrying on an elite soul of it’s own. Limited to an assault of only 1000 copies made; import CD (6 songs; 34 minutes) from Total Holocaust Records, Sweden, and Stellar Winter, Russia.
* "VARGLEIDE is a proud member of The Pagan Front; The Pagan Front: A Hammer of National Socialist Black Metal Underground!"

XASTHUR "Suicide In Dark Serenity +Bonus Track!" CD (THR056CD)
Previously released on VINYL MLP through Bestial Onslaught Records; but now finally available on CD, with one bonus song, in form of a 17-minute long Reherasal track from the "Nocturnal Poisoning" session, that carries an even more desperate and soul grinding sound then the original version had! Carefully remixed and remastered (2004). Import CD from Total Holocaust Records, Sweden.
"...And now has got the sound that makes the whole sky come down on you, with it’s totally crushing bleak, depressive and emotional shaprened dagger against your exposed aorta. Let the blood flow, let Xasthur in..." -- H./THR

XASTHUR "To Violate the Oblivious" CD (THR059CD)
New full-length CD! from XASTHUR. Spanning over 50 minute in length, and contains all new material recorded in 2004! 8 tracks in total + 1 intro! Malefic’s best effort to date without a doubt. Import CD from Total Holocaust Records Sweden.
"The best way to describe it, would be to not compare it to anything at all, since this album carries it’s own identity and sound. The only thing that one can say, is that this is an album you wont sit smiling through, this is a trip to the darkest of minds, and inner hysteria, embrace the madness, give in for those thoughts that has been tormenting you. Embrace death..." -- H./THR


+ 2 NEW ARRIVALS (and some essential RESTOCKS) from MORIBUND:

MERRIMACK (France) "Obsecrations To The Horned" CD
LEVIATHAN (USA) "Tentacles Of Whorror" CD
LEVIATHAN (USA) "The Tenth Sublevel of Suicide" CD
AZRAEL "Into Shadows Act II: Thru Horned..." CD
GRAND BELIAL'S KEY "Mocking Philanthropist" CD
JUDAS ISCARIOT "Thy Dying Light" CD+
JUDAS ISCARIOT "Distant in Solitary Night" CD
JUDAS ISCARIOT "The Cold Earth Slept Below..." CD
NOCTURNUS "Nocturnus" MCD
XASTHUR "Telepathic with the Deceased" CD

* Good luck, and happy hunting!
E.M. / Archon SET-Eblis

posted by Sexyweb @ 4:41 PM  

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Our e-mail Newsletter for August 27, 2004

Hails BLACKMETAL.COM List Member,

This week we feature New Arrivals and Restocks from Century Media, Mercenary Music and much more!


HOT NEW ARRIVALS IN STOCK NOW:

* HEGEMOON / RUNES OF DIANCEHT (Nokturnal Mortum) "(split)" CD
* SLAYER (Norway) "Issue #17" MAGAZINE
* WATAIN "Casus Luciferi" CD
* WATAIN "Rabid Death's Curse + Bonus Track!" CD
* ANVIL (Attila/Korog, Orcustus, Goatsnake, Khanate, Thorrs Hammer, Place of Skulls, Saint Vitus, Obsessed, Probot) "Issue# 2 (with Bonus Enhanced disc!)" MAGAZINE +CD
* DAWN "Slaughtersun + Naer Solen Gar Niber For Evogher +Bonus Trx!" DOUBLE-CD
* GRAVE (Coercion, Therion) "Fiendish Regression + 2 Bonus Trx!" CD
* XASTHUR "Telepathic With The Deceased" CD
* 1349 (Satyricon) "Beyond the Apocalypse" CD
* SOLITUDE AETERNUS "Into the Depths of Sorrow (reissue) + Bonus Trx!" CD
* INFERNUM (Capricornus, Graveland, Lord Wind, Thors Hammer, Veles) "Taur Nu Fuin (reissue on Supernal, UK)" CD
* BROCAS HELM "Defender of the Crown" DIGIPAK CD
* ANAL BLAST "Battered Bleeding Bitch (+ Bonus Live Trx!)" CD
* INTRUDER "Live To Die... Relived (+ 7 Bonus Trx!)" DOUBLE-LP HEAVY BLUE-COLOURED VINYLS
* DIMMU BORGIR "Death Cult Armageddon (Ozzfest edition)" LARGE POSTER
* RUFFIANS (Vicious Rumors, Villain) "Ruffians (Ltd.-Ed.)" HEAVY RED-COLOURED VINYL LP
* ARAGORN "Noonday - The Aragorn Anthology" CD
* CHAOSBREED (Amorphis, Black League, Gandalf, Sentenced) "Brutal (+2 video-clips, & Bonus compilation disc!)" DOUBLE CD
* DECEASED "Fearless Undead Machines (reissue)" DOUBLE-LP VINYLS
* KING DIAMOND "The Puppet Master" VINYL LP
* TERRORIZER "Issue #122" MAGAZINE +CD
* TERRORIZER "Issue #121" MAGAZINE +CD
* IN FLAMES "Colony" CD
* HAMMERFALL "Legacy of Kings (Deluxe Edition - import!)" CD
* CROWN, THE "Crowned Unholy" CD +DVD
* TYRANTS REIGN "Tyrant's Reign" CD
* INTRUDER "Live To Die... Relived + 6 Bonus Trx!" CD
* SIX FEET UNDER "Live With Full Force" CD +DVD
* SLAUGHTER (Canada) + Chuck Schuldiner (Death) "Fuck of Death" VINYL LP
* DEVILS WHOREHOUSE (Marduk) "Revelation Unorthodox" VINYL LP
* BLESSED DEATH "Destined For Extinction + 7 Bonus Trx!" CD


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NEW ARRIVALS NOW AVAILABLE at BLACKMETAL.COM for 8/27/04:
(check http://www.blackmetal.com for up-to-the-minute availability)

MORE RECOMMENDED HOT NEW RELEASES IN STOCK:

ABIGOR "Nachthymnen + Orkblut- Retaliation" CD
ABSCESS (Autopsy, Hexx, Ravenous) "Thirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh (rarities: demos, 'vinyl-only', + 'previously-unreleased' tracks!)" CD
AGATHODAIMON "Serpent's Embrace" CD
ALGOL / SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY "Whispers from an Empty Room (split)" CD
APOKALYPTIC RAIDS "Return Of The Satanic Rites" CD
AUTOPSY "Dead As Fuck" CD
AVENGER "Godless" CD
BAHIMIRON "Hunting Down the Weak (RED-coloured)" VINYL EP
BATHORY "Jubelium III" VINYL LP
BATHORY "Requiem" VINYL LP
BLACKMETAL.COM CLOCK "BAPHOMET: GOAT OF MENDES" WALL CLOCK
BORKNAGAR "Epic" CD in SLIPCASE
CARPATHIAN FOREST "Skjend Hans Lik" VINYL LP
CRUACHAN "Pagan" CD
CULT OF CATHARSIS / OPUS FORGOTTEN "(split)" DIGIPAK CD
CULT OF DAATH "Logo" VINYL STICKER
CULT OF DAATH "Razor War (LTD. 'DIEHARD' Edition +PATCH, STICKER & POSTER!)" VINYL PIC-DISC EP
CULT OF DAATH "Under the Cover of the Triumphant Holocaust" CD
DAEMONLORD "End Of An Era, The" VINYL LP
DARK FUNERAL "De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine" DOUBLE-LP PIC-DISC VINYLS
DARKEST HOUR "The Mark of the Judas *(SALE: $9.99 only!)" VINYL LP
DEATHSPAWNED DESTROYER (Bloodthirst, Impious Havoc) "First Bestial Butchery" CD
DEFINITION SANE (Lucifugum) "Psychodelirium" CD
DEMON REALM "A Legend Of Power" CD
DERKETA (Nunslaughter) "Goddess of Death" CD
DIMMU BORGIR "Death Cult Armageddon *(OzzFest 2004 Edition with Bonus Disc!)" DOUBLE-CD in SLIPCASE
EXORDIUM (Finland) "Exordium" MCD
FALL TO YOUR KNEES PISSING (Clandestine Blaze, Black Mass Of Absu, Apoptose, Winterblut, Incriminated, Ares Kingdom, Exterminate, Deathchurch) "FTYKP issue# 4" ZINE
FINNTROLL "Nattfodd" CD
HATE FOREST "Battlefields" CD
HATE FOREST "Purity" CD
HELLBOUND / DESPITE "(split)" CD
IMPIOUS HAVOC "At the Ruins of the Holy Kingdom" VINYL LP
INCRIMINATED / TUSKA "Ten Hail Marys (split)" CD
INFERNAL MAJESTY "One Who Points To Death" CD
INFERNAL WAR / WARHEAD (Poland) "Explosion" CD
INIMICAL / SECT "The Other Gods / Wrath of the Lost (split)" CD
LEAVES' EYES (Atrocity, Theatre of Tragedy) "Lovelorn" LTD ED DIGIBOOK CD
LEVIATHAN (Sweden) "Far Beyond the Light" CD
LUCIFUGUM "Stigma Egoism" CD
MAGISTER "(self-titled)" CD
MALDOROR KOLLECTIVE "New Era Viral Order (+ Bonus remix by MZ.412)" CD
MASOKISMI "Hapeallinen Siveysoppi" CD
MASSEMORD "Obscura Symphonia" CD
MERCY (Candlemass) "Underground" CD
MIRROR OF DECEPTION "Mirrorsoil" CD
MUST MISSA "Ma Ei Talu Valgust" CD
NEBEL TORVUM "Fallen Leaves Forgotten" PRO-CDR
NOW "Nowia" CD
NUNSLAUGHTER / CENTINEX "(split)" VINYL EP
PROCREATION "Rebirth Into Evil (1990) / Coming of Hate (1991) + POSTER!" VINYL LP *on Nuclear War Now! Records
REVENGE "Logo" VINYL STICKER
RUNEMAGICK "On Funeral Wings" CD
SABBAT "Logo" VINYL STICKER
SABBAT "Sabbatical Satanachrist Slaughter" T-SHIRT
SABBAT (Japan) "Hamaguri Resurrection" VINYL EP
SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I. +Bonus Trx! +POSTER & Large Booklet!" VINYL PICDISC LP
SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I. / Logo" VINYL STICKER
SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I. Set of 4 (full-color pinbacks)" LARGE PHOTO-BUTTONS
SATYRICON "Volcano + Bonus Video-clip!" CD
SEAR BLISS "Glory & Perdition" CD
SIN ORIGIN "Night Aeternal" CD
SIN ORIGIN / VELONNIC SIN "Beyond the Cemetery Gates / Daemonized Dreams (split)" CD
SYKDOM (Norway) "Intet Liv (Anti-life)" CD
THERION "Lemuria + Sirius B (2 separate albums in 1 set!) LTD-ED. IMPORT!" DOUBLE-CD DIGIPAK
THROES OF DAWN "Quicksilver Clouds" CD
V/A (Anarazel, Battalion, Misery's Omen, Myrddraal, NUCLEAR WINTER, STRIBORG, etc) "PESTILENTIA AUSTRALIS" CD
VON "Satanic Blood Angel" POSTER
WITCHES HAMMER (pre- Blasphemy) "Canadian Speed Metal" POSTER

For more New Arrivals go to:
http://www.blackmetal.com/new.html

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RESTOCKS NOW AVAILABLE at BLACKMETAL.COM for 8/27/04:
(check http://www.blackmetal.com for up-to-the-minute availability)

Many featured RESTOCKS have very special LOWERED PRICES but are available in LIMITED QUANTITES - so hurry!

* BEHERIT "Drawing Down the Moon" CD
* FROST (Anaal Nathrakh) "Cursed Again" CD
* ENTHRALL "Subterranean Movement" CD
* MELECHESH (Absu) "Sphynx" CD
* PENTAGRAM (Chile) "Reborn 2001 +Bonus Videoclip!" DIGIPAK CD
* KOVENANT (COVENANT, Norway), THE "Animatronic" CD
* SAMAEL "Eternal" VINYL LP
* DARKTHRONE "Transilvanian Hunger (Ltd-Ed.) +Bonus interview videoclip!" DIGIPAK CD
* DIMMU BORGIR "Stormblast" PIC DISC VINYL LP
* MAYHEM "Deathcrush (reissue)" PIC-DISC VINYL LP
* EMPEROR "IX Equilibrium" CD
* EMPEROR "Anthems To the Welkin at Dusk (Re-Mastered) +Bonus Trx!" CD
* EMPEROR "Emperor + Wrath of the Tryant" CD
* IMMORTAL "Sons Of Northern Darkness" CD (in Jewel-Case)
* THERION "The Crowning of Atlantis" CD
* IRON ANGEL "Hellish Crossfire + Bonus-Trx!" CD
* BATHORY "The Return..." CD
* BATHORY "Under the Sign of Black Mark" CD
* BATHORY "Blood Fire Death" CD
* BATHORY "Twilight of the Gods" CD
* BATHORY "Hammerheart" CD
* BATHORY "Jubileum (Best Of...) Vol. I" CD
* BATHORY "Nordland I" CD
* BATHORY "Nordland II" CD
* BURZUM "Hlidskjalf (USA Version)" CD
* CRADLE OF FILTH "Vempire" PIC DISC VINYL LP
* CRADLE OF FILTH "Principle of Evil Made Flesh" PIC DISC VINYL LP
* EDGE OF SANITY "Nothing But Death Remains" CD
* ENSLAVED "Live Retaliation +6 Bonus Trx!" DVD
* ENSLAVED "Frost" CD
* ENSLAVED "Blodhemn" CD
* ENSLAVED "Monumension + HOV Bonus Trk. (LTD. Osmose import!)" CD in SLIPCASE!
* ENSLAVED "Viking Ligr Veldi" CD
* GREEN CARNATION "Journey To The End Of The Night" CD
* IMMORTAL "Pure Holocaust" CD
* LEGION, THE (MARDUK) "Unseen To Creation" CD
* STYGGMYR "World Massacre" CD
* ANGEL CORPSE "The Inexorable" CD
* BEHEMOTH "Conjuration" DIGIPAK CD
* RUNEMAGICK "Requiem of the Apocalypse (enhanced!)" CD+
* DISSECTION "Somberlain, The" CD

AFTER FOREVER "Decipher" DOUBLE-LP VINYLS
AGATHODAIMON "Chapter III" CD
ALGHAZANTH "Subliminal Antenora" CD
ALTAR "Ego Art" CD
ALTAR "Youth Against Christ" CD
ANAAL NATHRAKH "Codex Necro, The" CD
ANGEL CORPSE "The Inexorable" CD
ANNIHILATUS "Blood & War" CD
ANTON LAVEY (Church of Satan) "SATANIC MASS" CD
ASGAROTH "Red Shift" DIGIPAK CD
AUBERON "The Tale of Black" CD
BATHORY "Blood Fire Death" CD
BATHORY "Blood On Ice" VINYL LP
BATHORY "Destroyer Of Worlds" VINYL LP
BATHORY "Hammerheart" CD
BATHORY "Jubileum (Best Of...) Vol. I" CD
BATHORY "Jubileum (Best Of...) Vol. I" DOUBLE-LP VINYLS
BATHORY "Nordland I" CD
BATHORY "Nordland II" CD
BATHORY "Octagon" VINYL LP
BATHORY "The Return..." CD
BATHORY "Twilight of the Gods" CD
BATHORY "Under the Sign of Black Mark" CD
BEHEMOTH "Conjuration" DIGIPAK CD
BEHERIT "Drawing Down the Moon (original import!)" CD
BETHZAIDA "LXXVII" CD
BURNING INSIDE (Acheron, Black Witchery, Death, Control Denied) "The Eve of the Entities" CD
BURZUM "Hlidskjalf (USA Version)" CD
CALL, THE (AD HOMINEM, Germany) "The Call" MCD
CENTINEX "Hellbrigade" CD
CRADLE OF FILTH "Principle of Evil Made Flesh" PIC DISC VINYL LP
CRADLE OF FILTH "Vempire" PIC DISC VINYL LP
CULT OF DAATH "Razor War" VINYL EP
DARK AT DAWN "Crimson Frost" CD
DARK SANCTUARY "De Lumierre et d'Obscurite" DIGIPAK CD
DARKTHRONE "Transilvanian Hunger (Ltd-Ed.) +Bonus interview videoclip!" DIGIPAK CD
DIABOLICUM (Dissection, Setherial, Enslaved) "The Dark Blood Rising" CD
DIMMU BORGIR "Death Cult Armageddon" STICKER
DIMMU BORGIR "Stormblast" PIC DISC VINYL LP
DISSECTION "Somberlain, The" CD
DR. SHRINKER "Grotesque Wedlock" CD
DRUDKH (Hate Forest) "Forgotten Legends" CD
EBONY TEARS "Evil As Hell *(original import version from Sweden!)" CD
EDGE OF SANITY "Nothing But Death Remains" CD
EMPEROR "Anthems To the Welkin at Dusk (Re-Mastered) +Bonus Trx!" CD
EMPEROR "Emperor + Wrath of the Tryant" CD
EMPEROR "IX Equilibrium" CD
EMPEROR "In the Nightside Eclipse (+2 BONUS TRACKS!)" CD
ENSLAVED "Blodhemn" CD
ENSLAVED "Frost" CD
ENSLAVED "Live Retaliation +6 Bonus Trx!" DVD
ENSLAVED "Monumension + HOV Bonus Trk. (LTD. Osmose import!)" CD in SLIPCASE!
ENSLAVED "Viking Ligr Veldi" CD
ENTHRALL "Subterranean Movement" CD
FROST (Anaal Nathrakh) "Cursed Again" CD
GORGOROTH "Antichrist" CD
GORGOROTH "Pentagram" CD
GORGOROTH "Under the Sign of Hell" CD
GREEN CARNATION "Journey To The End Of The Night" CD
HELLKULT (Azaghal, Wyrd) "The Collection" CD
IMMORTAL "Pure Holocaust" CD
IMMORTAL "Sons Of Northern Darkness" CD (in Jewel-Case)
IMMORTAL FATE "Beautiful (red vinyl!)" RED-VINYL LP
IN AETERNUM "The Pestilent Plague (Gatefold!)" VINYL LP
IRON ANGEL "Hellish Crossfire + Bonus-Trx!" CD
KOVENANT (COVENANT, Norway), THE "Animatronic" CD
KRIEG (Judas Iscariot, Weltmacht) "Church, The" MCD
KRIEG (Weltmacht) "Destruction Ritual" CD
LEGION, THE (MARDUK) "Unseen To Creation" CD
MASSEMORD (Norway) "Skogen Kaller" CD
MAYHEM "Deathcrush (reissue)" PIC-DISC VINYL LP
MELECHESH (Absu) "Sphynx" CD
MOR DAGOR (Belphegor) "Human Execution" CD
NAGLFAR (Sweden) "Ex Inferis" CD
NOCTURNAL RITES "Sacred Talisman" CD
NOKTURNAL MORTUM "Goat Horns" CD
OLD PAGAN "Menschenverachtung" CDR
OPERA IX "Maleventum" DIGIPAK CD
OPERATION WINTER MIST "Winter Warfare II" CD
PENTAGRAM (Chile) "Reborn 2001 +Bonus Videoclip!" DIGIPAK CD
PRIMAL FEAR "Nuclear Fire + Bonus Track! (import!)" CD
RUNEMAGICK "Requiem of the Apocalypse (enhanced!)" CD+
SALTUS "Slavonic Pride" VINYL LP
SAMAEL "Eternal" VINYL LP
SATHANAS "Black Earth (1996)" CD
SATHANAS "Thy Dark Heavens (2001)" CD
SEAR BLISS "Forsaken Symphony" CD
SEAR BLISS "Grand Destiny" CD
SHINING (Mayhem) "III - Angst" CD
SLAYER "God Hates Us All" DIGIPAK-CD
STRIBORG "Misanthropic isolation / in the Heart of the Rainforest" CD
STRIBORG "Nocturnal Emissions / Nyctophobia" CD
STYGGMYR "World Massacre" CD
THERION "The Crowning of Atlantis" CD
ULVER "Madrigal of the Night (Nattens Madrigal)" CD
UNCREATION'S DAWN *(Northern Heritage, Finland!) "Deathmarch Over... +Bonus Trx.!" CD
V/A (Annihilatus, Bloodhammer, Clandestine Blaze, Incriminated) "Primitive Finland" CD (Flat)
VON "Logo / Pentagram" Cloth PATCH
VON "Satanic Blood Angel" CD
WASP (W.A.S.P.) "Crimson Idol" CD


For more Restocked Items go to:
http://www.blackmetal.com/restocks.html

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VINTAGE ANNEX:
Don't forget to check our VINTAGE ANNEX for hard to find & OOP NWOBHM,
Heavy Metal, Death Metal and more vintage metal-related items! Looking
for a specific out of print album? Try our VINTAGE ANNEX today!
(check http://www.blackmetal.com/vintage/ for up-to-the-minute availability)

RECENT ADDITIONS to VINTAGE ANNEX for 8/27/04:

* ANVIL "Metal On Metal" VINYL LP
* ANVIL BITCH "Rise To Offend (used: NM)" VINYL LP
* ATLAIN "G.O.E. + Bonus Trx.!" CD
* BUFFALO "Volcanic Rock" 180gm VINYL LP
* BUFFALO (Australia) "Dead Forever" 180gm VINYL LP
* CAPITALIST CASUALTIES "Disassembly Line" VINYL LP
* CULPRIT "Guilty As Charged +3 Bonus-Trx!" CD
* DAMIEN (Ohio) "Every Dog Has Its Day (used: VG+/EXC.) WHITE-LABEL promo!" VINYL LP
* DAMIEN OMEN II "A Black Mass - Original Soundtrack *(NEW / SEALED!)" VINYL LP
* DED ENGINE "Ded Engine (NEW, Sealed: punched)" VINYL LP
* DOKKEN "Back For The Attack" CD
* DOKKEN "Beast From The East" CD
* EMERALD "Iron On Iron" CD
* ENGLISH DOGS "All The World's A Rage" CD
* ENGLISH DOGS "Bow To None" CD
* ENGLISH DOGS "I've Got A Gun - Live" CD
* EXPLOITED, THE "Troops of Tomorrow" VINYL PIC DISC
* FATES WARNING "Parallels" CD
* FIFTH ANGEL "Time Will Tell (used: EXC./NM) gold-stamped promo" VINYL LP
* HEATHEN "Recovered" CD
* HELLION "The Live Uh Oh Album (autographed!)" CD
* INTRINSIC "Intrinsic *(used: NM; gold-stamped promo)" VINYL LP
* INTRUDER "A Higher Form Of Killing" CASSETTE*
* JUDAS PRIEST "Electric Eye" DVD
* MORIFADE "Possession of Power" CD
* NERGAL / PSF "(split)" VINYL EP
* PILEDRIVER "Metal Inquisition" CD
* RAVAGE "Wrecking Ball *(NEW / Sealed!)" VINYL LP
* RIISTETYT "As Prisoner Of State" VINYL LP
* RIISTETYT "Skitsofrenia" VINYL LP
* RUNAWAYS "Cherry Bomb" VINYL LP
* TATTOO "Blood Red *(New / Sealed)" VINYL LP
* TORTURE (USA) "Terror Kingdom" VINYL LP
* TT QUICK "Metal Of Honor *(New / Sealed)" VINYL LP
* VENDETTA "Brain Damage *(Used: EXC+) promo" VINYL LP
* W.A.S.P. (WASP) "Live... In The Raw *(NEW / Sealed) gold-stamped promo" VINYL LP
* WARLOCK (Doro Pesch) "True As Steel (Used: VG/EX)" VINYL LP
* WRATHCHILD AMERICA "Climbin' the Walls (used: EXC.) promo" VINYL LP

For more Vintage Annex items go to:
http://www.blackmetal.com/vintage/

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BOOK ANNEX:
Don't forget to check our BOOK ANNEX for hard-to-find occult classics new and
old! We are adding new books almost daily - so check back often!
(check http://www.blackmetal.com/bookannex/ for up-to-the-minute availability)

RECENT ADDITIONS to the BOOK ANNEX for 8/27/04:

* LIGUORI, MICHAEL (VELONNIC SIN) "Thrones of Magic: Nightmoor Fantasy" Paperback BOOK
* Anton LaVey "The Devil's Notebook" Paperback BOOK
* DuQuette, Lon Milo "MAGICK OF ALEISTER CROWLEY - A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema" Paperback BOOK
* I. REGARDIE "GOLDEN DAWN (Complete in One Volume)" Paperback BOOK
* Nikolas Schreck "SATANIC SCREEN, THE - An Illustrated Guide To the Devil In Cinema" Paperback Book
* Lady Sheba "The Grimoire Of Lady Sheeba" HARDBACK BOOK
* Pat & Chris Zalewski "Z-5 Secret Teachings of the Golden Dawn" Paperback Book
* Arthur Edward Waite "Book Of Spells (Wordsworth UK import edition!)" Paperback Book
* Cicero, Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero "MAGICIAN'S ART - RITUAL USE OF MAGICAL TOOLS" Paperback Book
* Ed Fitch "A GRIMOIRE OF SHADOWS - Witchcraft, Paganism & Magick" Paperback BOOK
* Denning, Melita & Phillips, Osbourne "FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH MAGICK" Hardback BOOK
* Konstantinos "GOTHIC GRIMOIRE * (DISCOUNT SALE!)" Paperback BOOK
* Arthur Edward Waite "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot" Paperback Book

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++++++++METAL NEWS++++++++

~ WINDIR: Final CD Details Revealed ~
Norwegian black metallers WINDIR will be joined by Vegard Bakken, the older brother of the band's late frontman Terje "Valfar" Bakken, during their final concert on Friday, September 3 at the Rockefeller Arena in Oslo, Norway. "Vegard wants to honour his brother's memory by doing some of the singing this evening," reads a posting on the group's web site. "Cosmocrator will also be joining WINDIR again and [doing] some of the clean vocals." The band will perform the show as a tribute to the singer, who tragically passed away in January.

WINDIR's final CD, a two-disc set entitled "Valfar, ein Windir", is scheduled for release on September 3 through Tabu Recordings. The first CD will include new material, unreleased material, tribute songs from other bands and live tracks, while the second CD will be a compilation of the music made by Valfar. It will include tracks spanning the group's entire careeer - from the first demo, "Sognariket", to the last album, "Likferd". All proceeds from this CD will go directly to Valfar's family.

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~ DARKTHRONE's FENRIZ Explains Lack Of American Bands On 'Black Metal' Compilation ~
DARKTHRONE's Fenriz recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna website about his upcoming compilation of "the most influential and most unholy sounding tracks" of the black metal genre, due on September 20 through Peaceville Records. Entitled "Darkthrone's Fenriz Presents… The Best Of Old School Black Metal", the album features classic contributions from the likes of VENOM, BATHORY, SODOM, HELLHAMMER, BURZUM and MAYHEM backed up by sleeve notes from Fenriz providing an insight into each track, its relevance to him and its impact on the scene in general.

"It was my idea," Fenriz said of the collection. "As I am very interested in music generally, I of course find various compilations very helpful. It is a sturdy way to get to know a new musical style, to let a veteran guide you. I have always been making compilations for friends, arranged thrash metal nights etc, but the number one dream was to release a guide like this upon newer generations that are curious about what we black metal maniacs of the nineties listened to for our inspiration. And any others. If I can make one soul get into TORMENTOR after hearing my compilation, my work is already done".

Asked what criteria he used to select the tracks for the compilation, Fenriz responded, "I select from personal taste, experience, respect, diversity, and the fact that the style on this compilation is what you need to embrace to understand black metal. Otherwise, you are baking a cake without flour".

With regards to why American bands, such as SLAYER, have been excluded from the compilation, Fenriz said, "GOATLORD was impossible to track down - a very common problem concerning compilations. You can't always get what you want, as the ROLLING STONES sing. Larry Lalonde is sceptical about spreading the old vibes of POSSESSED to the black metal crowd, so we had to let that one go. SLAYER's first album is definitely an inspiration, but I rather prioritise them for my (eventual) thrash metal compilation. NECROVORE would be difficult to track down. VON should have been included. But as you see, suddenly half the CD would have been American bands. And that was not what we mostly listened to".

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~ Former EMPEROR Drummer Faust Talks About Passing Of BATHORY Legend QUORTHON; Upcoming Projects ~
Former EMPEROR drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun has answered a number of fan questions via his official web site. Several excerpts follow:

On the passing of BATHORY frontman Quorthon:

Faust: "Anyone who have had a relationship to extreme music in one form or another will have come across the death of Quorthon, the mastermind of Swedish forefathers BATHORY. After his death, the hailing texts have been many. I will not be one of those who glorifies Quorthon and say how much he has meant to me. I never liked idolizing people. I happened to love the music of BATHORY and the creepy and eerie aura that surrounded the band, but to idolize is not for me. Anyway, there is no doubt that one of the originators of the true black metal movement has died. As a result of this I will appear in an all-star (!) cover band on the Bergen Hole in the Sky festival in August. Featuring people like Samoth, Apollyon, Grutle, Satyr, Abbath, Gaahl, Nocturno Culto and Ivar it is clear that it will be an honourable moment to perform the old BATHORY classic tracks."

On upcoming projects:

Faust: "I am still striving to get myself occupied musicwise. I am tired of people announcing different projects and name dropping the biggest stars just to get a 15 minutes of attention themselves. I don't care about 'stars' as long as I know I cooperate with a bunch of good guys. The era of rock- and metal stars ended with the 80ties."

On the possibility of a reunited EMPEROR with him in it:

Faust: "I don`t think so. Firstly, a reunion in itself is unlikely to happen. Secondly, if a reunion should happen by any chance it would be more right that it would be Trym because he can after all play the entire set of EMPEROR classics. Me, I can just do the tracks I participated on. Sometimes it`s better to let sleeping dogs still sleep. Why concentrate on the past when there is so much happening now?"

On whether he will become a full-time member of any other black metal projects:

Faust: "It's unlikely I will take part in a 100% black metal project, since the music and lifestyle doesn`t excite me as it once did. However, I like dark music with a twisted approach so something in the similar lines would be likely."

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~ DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Rejects 'Sellout' Accusations ~
DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz recently spoke to The Grand Rapids Press about the group's main-stage slot on this summer's Ozzfest and their status as the most visible representative of the European black metal scene. Several excerpts from the interview follow:

On criticism from their peers that they've sold out:

Silenoz: "It was never the intention or motivation to make money on the music, or we would never have played this style of music. That in itself is a huge achievement. Other people can bitch and moan as much as they want, but we're here, and they're not, so they can all (expletive) off."

On recording "Death Cult Armageddon" (2003) with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, prompting comparisons to movie soundtracks as grandiose as John Williams' "Star Wars":

Silenoz: "We take pride in the traditional black metal attitude and mythology, but we have never been really a straightforward black metal band. Ever since we started, we always felt like underdogs, and that's good motivation to not sound like anyone else.

"We've always felt that, whatever we come up with that sounds cool, we use it and try to incorporate it with the traditional stuff as well.

"As we evolve, everything gets more and more varied -- and that's good, especially for us as musicians, because it's more challenging."

On DIMMU BORGIR's lyrical approach:

Silenoz: "It's cool that people have their own opinion about (the subject matter), and ask questions about it. Especially with the religious aspect of the world -- people just go along with whatever is said and told, and don't ask questions about things. Especially in Scandinavia and Norway, we've had Christianity shoved down our throats for 1,000 years, and, for some of us, that's something we feel is totally wrong."

On being signed to an "indie", the Germany-based metal label Nuclear Blast Records:

"We'd rather be a priority at a smaller, independent, full-on-metal label than at a major label that doesn't have the same (worldwide) distribution. We're really happy with where we are at the moment."
~ DIMMU BORGIR Singer Shagrath Says Jumping Up And Down On Stage Is Not Right Way To Play Metal ~
DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath recently spoke to Jeff Brinn about the group's participation in this year's Ozzfest and the band's general view of their standing in today's music scene. Several excerpts from the interview follow:

Jeff Brinn: With the release of the new Ozzfest edition of "Death Cult Armageddon", you guys have a blistering cover of a BATHORY song. Was Quorthon (the late lead singer of BATHORY) a huge influence on DIMMU BORGIR?

Shagrath: "Not directly influenced, but we are fans of BATHORY, we have always been into BATHORY, at least most of the band. We did a cover song to pay our tribute to BATHORY, of course, but we never directly took inspiration from BATHORY. We have always been a band that, even if we have favorite bands, we don't try to copy our favorite bands. We always go our own direction. So many people make mistakes when they start a band, they try to sound like or try to copy their favorite bands and that is not the right way to go. That's all the reason for our success is basically because we have always been a band that doesn't listen to what people say, we don't give a fuck; we do our own thing. Like it or hate it, either way we don't care."

Jeff Brinn: Do you think your genera of music has gotten as big as it will get in the states or is there a lot of potentional still to be a larger force in metal?

Shagrath: "There's a lot of potentional still. The difference between us and a lot of other black metal bands from Europe is that I don't think so many bands want to come to the States because you have to work so hard. You have to start from scratch playing some of the worst clubs ever, no showers, no food, nothing, driving around in vans. It's very hard for bands to come over. We did it, we worked our way up and that is what you have to do to sell records in the States. I think a lot of bands in Europe are happy where they are, I don't think they concentrate on the American market so much. Our music has potential but black metal is more of a European thing and I don't think it is easy for Americans to understand. It's hard to explain but it is such a big difference from Europe and America in black metal. Black metal is a very serious thing in Europe, in America people are into different styles of music like HATEBREED. Jumping up and down on stage and saying 'Fuck you' is not the right way to go when you play metal in my opinion."

Jeff Brinn: Do you feel that there is some what of a competitive edge between DIMMU BORGIR and CRADLE OF FILTH?

Shagrath: "A lot of people say that, and feel that, but it's just not the case. I think the reason that is said is because we are one of the only bands doing what we do on a more professional level; we tour a lot and spend a lot of time working with our music compared to other bands. Sound, concept and lyrical wise we are two different bands, it's like night and day so you can't really compare our music to CRADLE OF FILTH."

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~ CRADLE OF FILTH: U.S. Tour Dates Confirmed ~
According to Pollstar.com, CRADLE OF FILTH have lined up the following U.S. dates in October:

Oct. 15 - Ottawa, ON @ Capital Music Hall
Oct. 16 - Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
Oct. 17 - Quebec City, QC @ Capitol Theatre / Cabaret
Oct. 18 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus (formerly Warehouse)
Oct. 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest Club
Oct. 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave / Eagles Club
Oct. 23 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Oct. 24 - Saint Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Oct. 26 - East Peoria, IL @ East Peoria Convention Center
Oct. 27 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
Oct. 29 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Oct. 30 - Detroit, MI @ State Theatre

CRADLE OF FILTH's new album, "Nymphetamine" (roughly translated as the druggish beast-like addiction to beautiful, classical women) is scheduled for release on September 28 through Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to last year's "Damnation and a Day" was produced by ANTHRAX guitarist Rob Caggiano, who has previously worked with the group during the mixing stage for "Damnation...". Mixing duties were handled by Colin Richardson (FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH).


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posted by Sexyweb @ 9:53 PM  

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Multiple/Miscellaneous Labels' (including Century Media) Shipments Arrived Today!

New Releases in stock now!

HAMMERFALL "Legacy of Kings (Deluxe Edition - import!)" CD
CHAOSBREED (Amorphis, Black League, Gandalf, Sentenced) "Brutal (+ Bonus compilation CD!)" DOUBLE CD
DECEASED "Fearless Undead Machines (reissue)" DOUBLE-LP VINYLS
KING DIAMOND "The Puppet Master" VINYL LP
TERRORIZER "Issue #122" MAGAZINE +CD
TERRORIZER "Issue #121" MAGAZINE +CD
SLAUGHTER (Canada) + Chuck Schuldiner (Death) "Fuck of Death" VINYL LP
GRAVE (Coercion, Therion) "Fiendish Regression + 2 Bonus Trx!" CD
ANAL BLAST "Battered Bleeding Bitch" CD
ARAGORN "Noonday - The Aragorn Anthology" CD
BROCAS HELM "Defender Of The Crown" DIGIPAK CD
CROWN, THE "Crowned Unholy" CD +DVD
DEVILS WHOREHOUSE (Marduk) "Revelation Unorthodox" VINYL LP
INTRUDER "Live To Die...Relived + 7 Bonus Trx!" DOUBLE LP VINYLS
INTRUDER "Live To Die... Relived + 6 Bonus Trx!" CD
RUFFIANS (Vicious Rumors, Villain) "Ruffians (Ltd.-Ed.)" VINYL LP
SIX FEET UNDER "Live With Full Force" CD +DVD
TYRANTS REIGN "Tyrant's Reign" CD

Plus LOTS of RESTOCKS including:

BATHORY
CRADLE OF FILTH
DARK FUNERAL
DAWN
ENSLAVED
EMPEROR
IMMORTAL
SATYRICON
BEHEMOTH
MELECHESH
FROST
GREEN CARNATION
BORKNAGAR
AGATHODAIMON
DESTRUCTION
IN FLAMES
KOVENANT
1349
SAMAEL
DARKTHRONE
LEAVE'S EYES

.... and more!!

posted by Sexyweb @ 11:00 PM  

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Mercenary Music Shipment Arrived Today

* NEW from Mercenary Musik (Los Angeles) USA:

MALDOROR KOLLECTIVE "New Era Viral Order" CD

Ritual Black Metal!

Third album from the Cult Italian Kollective (formerly known simply as MALDOROR), a massive extreme metal electrocution that is impossible to label: an opus of overloaded post-metal eccentrically infected with harsh industrial beats, ritual Dark-Ambient tissues, hypnotic EBM bas- lines melted on Black Metal machinery made up of inhuman trance-like riffs and schizoid vocals. This is neither for last-time vamp posers, not for trendy clowns of the extreme, nor for "satanic" blustering freaks. Radical, innovative, and outstanding! The aesthetic was strongly influenced by names such as Kenneth Anger, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Phil Hine (Chaos Magick / Illuminates of Thanateros), and the social LaVeyan experience. The album is a concept work on the fundamental Liber Al vel Legis seen through the metaphor of CONTAGION: the disease, the viral effect and the impending of a new possible epidemic as the endemic reaction of our race in new aeon post-industrial social deflagration.

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* RESTOCKS:

SHINING (Mayhem) "III - ANGST" CD
Suicidal Black Metal from Sweden

The originators of suicidal Black Metal propaganda, SHINING are the gun pointed at your forehead and what differs SHINING from other likewise (though ineffective) bands is the fact that they do have access to the ammunition: suicide-fixated, utterly negative monotony under the dictatorship of Kvarforth. SHINING exist merely to cause damage and destroy your well-being! Suicide, self-destruction and the abuse of the human flesh and mind. The main purpose for SHINING is to fanatically deprave the listeners with their musical and lyrical propaganda, to embrace the sub-culturistic youth with suicidal happiness! Drums are played by Hellhammer from the legendary MAYHEM and KOVENANT.

SHINING, the third, stands as a monument to all the misery around us, a needle injecting the purest into your arm! Let Self-destruction Blossom!
* Re-edition CD from Mercenary Musik.

DIABOLICUM - The Dark Blood Rising CD
ANAAL NATHRAKH - The Codex Necro CD

posted by Sexyweb @ 4:09 PM  

Monday, August 23, 2004

"RESTOCK" from STRIBORG arrives from Australia!

Once again, a super limited quantity of STRIBORG "Nocturnal Emissions / Nyctophobia" CD has arrived from Australia and now listed in our "RESTOCK" section; hails to Tasmanian Devil SIN-NANNA!
* important note: Only a few copies of "Misanthropic Isolation / In the Heart of the Rainforest" CD by STRIBORG are still available-- get 'em while you can!

*PLUS: more SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I." PIC-DISC LP are back in stock again (see "NEW ARRIVALS" page) after being temporarily "sold out" over the weekend. Don't know how much longer we can keep getting these cult essentials, so do not wait too much longer before finally ordering... "buy now, or cry later"...

posted by Sexyweb @ 6:02 PM  

Thursday, August 19, 2004

BMC Newsletter 8/20/4

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ABIGOR "Nachthymnen + Orkblut- Retaliation" CD
ABSCESS (Autopsy, Hexx, Ravenous) "Thirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh (rarities: demos, 'vinyl-only', + 'previously-unreleased' tracks!)" CD
ALGOL / SHROUD OF DESPONDENCY "Whispers from an Empty Room (split)" CD
AMMIT "Mass Suicide / Steel Inferno + 3 Bonus Trx!" CD
ANCIENT GODS / INFINITUM OBSCURE "(split)" CD
ANIMUS HERILIS "Salvatio Regni" VINYL EP
ARCHANDRIA "Winter Shine of Victory" CD
ASMODEUS "Phalanx Inferna" CD
ATOMIZER "The Only Weapon Of Choice" VINYL LP
AUTOPSY "Dead As Fuck" CD
AVENGER "Godless" CD
AZAGHAL / SAEL "None Shall Escape" VINYL EP
BAHIMIRON "Hunting Down the Weak (RED-coloured)" VINYL EP
BESTIAL MOCKERY "Evoke the Desecrator" CD
BLACKMETAL.COM CLOCK "BAPHOMET: GOAT OF MENDES" WALL CLOCK
BORKNAGAR "Epic" VINYL LP
CAPRICORNUS (Graveland, Thor's Hammer) "Alone Against All" CD
CARINOU (Algaion, Puissance, Octinomos) "Bound" DIGIPAK CD
CARNAL FORGE "Aren't You Dead Yet? +2 BONUS LIVE VID CLIPS" CD
CARPATHIAN FOREST "Skjend Hans Lik" VINYL LP
CHAOSBREED "Brutal +2 'Vinyl-Only' Bonus Trx! (LTD. Numbered / 500)" 180Gm. VINYL LP
CRAFT "Terror Propaganda" CD
CRUACHAN "Pagan" CD
CULT OF CATHARSIS / OPUS FORGOTTEN "(split)" DIGIPAK CD
CULT OF DAATH "Logo" VINYL STICKER
CULT OF DAATH "Razor War (LTD. 'DIEHARD' Edition +PATCH, STICKER & POSTER!)" VINYL PIC-DISC EP
CULT OF DAATH "Under the Cover of Darkness (original 1st-Edition demo!)" CASSETTE
CULT OF DAATH "Under the Cover of the Triumphant Holocaust" CD
DARKEST HOUR "The Mark of the Judas *(SALE: $9.99 only!)" VINYL LP
DEATHSPAWNED DESTROYER (Bloodthirst) "First Bestial Butchery" CD
DECAYED "Remnants... Of A Past" 180GM. VINYL EP
DEFINITION SANE (Lucifugum) "Psychodelirium" CD
DEMON REALM "A Legend Of Power" CD
DERKETA (Nunslaughter) "Goddess of Death" CD
DIMMU BORGIR "Death Cult Armageddon *(OzzFest 2004 Edition with Bonus Disc!)" DOUBLE-CD in SLIPCASE
DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY (incantation) "Prelude to Apocalypse (reissue) +3 Bonus Trx!" CD
DOOMSHINE "Thy Kingdom Come" CD
ELITE (Norway) "Kampen" CD
ENDSTILLE "Fruhlingserwachen" CD
ENDSTILLE "Operation Wintersturm + POSTER!" VINYL LP
EVILDEAD (Abattoir Agent Steel) "Annihiliation of Civilization + Rise Above BONUS TRX!" CD
EVISCIUM (Rottrevore) "Underneath the Buried" CD
EXORDIUM (Finland) "Exordium" MCD
FALL TO YOUR KNEES PISSING (Clandestine Blaze, Black Mass Of Absu, Apoptose, Winterblut, Incriminated, Ares Kingdom, Exterminate, Deathchurch) "FTYKP issue# 4" ZINE
FINNTROLL "Nattfodd" CD
HAGGARD "Eppur Si Muove" CD +DVD (PAL)
HATE FOREST "Battlefields" CD
HATE FOREST "Purity" CD
HEGEMOON / RUNES OF DIANCEHT (Nokturnal Mortum) "(split)" CD
HELLBOUND / DESPITE "(split)" CD
IMPIOUS HAVOC "At the Ruins of the Holy Kingdom" VINYL LP
INCRIMINATED (Satanic Warmaster) "Kings of Misery" CD
INCRIMINATED / TUSKA "Ten Hail Marys (split)" CD
INFERNAL WAR / WARHEAD (Poland) "Explosion" CD
JAG PANZER "Chain of Command (Ltd-Ed. Remaster) +Bonus trk." CD
LUCIFUGUM "Stigma Egoism" CD
LUCIFUGUM (Ukraine) "...Back to Chopped Down Roots" CD
MAGISTER "(self-titled)" CD
MALEFICIA (Bloodhammer) "Songs of the Nightbreed" CD
MASOKISMI "Hapeallinen Siveysoppi" CD
MASSEMORD "Obscura Symphonia" CD
MIRROR OF DECEPTION "Mirrorsoil" CD
MORBOSIDAD "Cojete A Dios Por El Culo" VINYL LP
MYRDDRAAL "Falling Sky" CD
NEBEL TORVUM "Fallen Leaves Forgotten" PRO-CDR
NECROPHAGIA "Goblins Be Thine" DIGIPAK CD
NECROPHAGIA "Goblins Be Thine" VINYL LP
NOW "Nowia" CD
NUNSLAUGHTER / CENTINEX "(split)" VINYL EP
PATHS OF POSSESSION / DARK FAITH "Crypt Of Madness (split)" CD
PIT MAGAZINE "Issue #47" MAGAZINE
POSSESSED "Agony In Paradise" CD
PROCREATION "Rebirth Into Evil (1990) / Coming of Hate (1991) + POSTER!" VINYL LP *on Nuclear War Now! Records
REVENGE "Blood Division" POSTER
REVENGE "Logo" VINYL STICKER
RUNEMAGICK "Darkness Death Doom" DIGIPAK CD
RUNEMAGICK "On Funeral Wings" CD
SABBAT "Logo" VINYL STICKER
SABBAT (Japan) "Fetus" SHAPED COLOURED-VINYL EP
SABBAT (Japan) "Hamaguri Resurrection" VINYL EP
SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I. / Logo" VINYL STICKER
SARCOFAGO "I.N.R.I. Set of 4 (full-color pinbacks)" LARGE PHOTO-BUTTONS
SEAR BLISS "Glory & Perdition" CD
SHADE EMPIRE (Finland) "Sinthetic" CD
SIN ORIGIN "Night Aeternal" CD
SOLITUDE AETERNUS "Into the Depths of Sorrow (reissue) + Bonus Trx!" CD
SPEAR OF LONGINUS "TYONS (The Yoga of National Socialism)" VINYL LP
SYKDOM (Norway) "Intet Liv (Anti-life)" CD
TANKARD "Beast Of Bourbon" CD
THROES OF DAWN "Quicksilver Clouds" CD
UNRESTRAINED "Issue #24" MAGAZINE
V/A (Anarazel, Battalion, Misery's Omen, Myrddraal, NUCLEAR WINTER, STRIBORG, etc) "PESTILENTIA AUSTRALIS" CD
V/A (Arch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Gathering, Holy Moses) "Missbehaviour" CD +DVD
VENEDAE (Poland) "Decade of Slavonic Supremacy" CD
VENEDAE (Poland) "Siedem Kamiennych Oblicz (+ Bonus Graveland cover-version!)" CD
VICTIMIZER "Communist Crusher" VINYL EP
VON "Satanic Blood Angel" POSTER
WALHALLA "Pure Fucking Finnish Mayhem" LONG SLEEVE SHIRT
WITCHES HAMMER (pre- Blasphemy) "Canadian Speed Metal" POSTER
WOODS OF BELIAL "Deimos XIII" CD


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RESTOCKS NOW AVAILABLE
at BLACKMETAL.COM for 8/20/04:

(check here for up-to-the-minute availability)
Featured Restocks for this week:

Many featured RESTOCKS have very special LOWERED PRICES but are available in LIMITED QUANTITES - so hurry!

ABRUPTUM (Marduk) "Casus Luciferi" CD
AGATHODAIMON "A Higher Art of Rebellion" CD
AGATHODAIMON "Blacken the Angel" CD
AGATHODAIMON "Chapter III" CD
ALGHAZANTH "Subliminal Antenora" CD
ANGELRIPPER, ONKEL TOM (Sodom) "Ein Strauß bunter Melodien" CD
ANNIHILATUS "Blood & War" CD
ANTON LAVEY (Church of Satan) "SATANIC MASS" CD
ARMAGEDDA "Only True Believers" CD
AUBERON "The Tale of Black" CD
AVE SATHANAS (Norway) "Religion of Pity" CD
BLASPHEMY "Live Ritual - Friday the 13th (plus 15 Bonus Trx!)" CD
BLOODBATH "Breeding Death" MCD
BLOODBATH "Resurrection Through Carnage" CD
BLOODHAMMER / INCRIMINATED "(split)" CD
BORKNAGAR "Empiricism" CD
BORKNAGAR "Olden Domain" VINYL LP
BURNING INSIDE (Acheron, Black Witchery, Death, Control Denied) "The Eve of the Entities" CD
CALL, THE (AD HOMINEM, Germany) "The Call" MCD
CARNAL FORGE "Please ... Die!" CD
CENTINEX "Hellbrigade" CD
CHILDREN OF BODOM "Hate Crew Deathroll" CD
CHILDREN OF BODOM "Hatebreeder" CD
CULT OF DAATH "Razor War" VINYL EP
DARK AT DAWN "Crimson Frost" CD
DARK SANCTUARY "De Lumierre et d'Obscurite" DIGIPAK CD
DARK SANCTUARY "L'etre las - l'envers du miroir" CD
DAWN "Slaughtersun + Naer Solen Gar Niber For Evogher +Bonus Trx!" DOUBLE-CD
DEKAPITATOR (Exhumed) "We Will Destroy...You Will Obey!!!" CD
DESASTER "A Touch of Medieval Darkness (New vers.)" CD
DESASTER "Hellfire's Dominion" CD
DESASTER "Stormbringer" MCD
DIMMU BORGIR "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" CD
DIMMU BORGIR "Spiritual Black Dimensions" CD
DIMMU BORGIR "Stormblast" CD
DISASTROUS MURMUR "...And Hungry Are the Lost" CD
DISSECTION "Somberlain, The" CD
DISSECTION "Storm of the Lights Bane / Where Dead Angels Lie" DIGIPAK CD
DR. SHRINKER "Grotesque Wedlock" CD
DRUDKH (Hate Forest) "Autumn Aurora" CD
DRUDKH (Hate Forest) "Forgotten Legends" CD
EMPEROR "Emperor + Wrath of the Tryant" CD
EMPEROR "IX Equilibrium" CD
EMPEROR "In the Nightside Eclipse (+2 BONUS TRACKS!)" CD
GORELORD / WURDULAK (Bloodthorn, Immortal, Mayhem, Necrophagia) "Creature Feature Vol. 2" MCD
GORELORD / WURDULAK (Mayhem, Immortal, Necrophagia, Bloodthorn, Cabal) "Creature Feature (split)" MCD
GORGOROTH "Antichrist" CD
GORGOROTH "Destroyer" CD
GORGOROTH "Incipit Satan" CD
GORGOROTH "Pentagram" CD
GORGOROTH "Under the Sign of Hell" CD
HELLSPAWN "Lords Of Eternity" CD
INFESTDEAD "Hellfuck/Killing Christ" DIGIPAK-CD
JUDAS ISCARIOT "Dethroned Conquered & Forgotten" MCD
JUDAS ISCARIOT "Heaven In Flames" CD
JUDAS ISCARIOT "To Embrace The Corpses Bleeding" CD
MARDUK "Infernal Eternal" DOUBLE CD
MARDUK "Obedience + Bonus Trx!" CD
MOR DAGOR (Belphegor) "Human Execution" CD
MORGAIN "Sad Memories of Fairies" CD
NAGLFAR "Sheol" CD
NOKTURNAL MORTUM "To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire" CD
NORTHER "Mirror Of Madness +BONUS VID" CD
OLD PAGAN "Menschenverachtung" CDR
OPERATION WINTER MIST "Winter Warfare II" CD
PRIMAL FEAR "Nuclear Fire + Bonus Track! (import!)" CD
PRIMORDIAL "A Journey's End (original Misanthropy UK import!)" CD
RUNEMAGICK "Requiem of the Apocalypse (enhanced!)" CD+
SAMAEL "Ceremony Of Opposites / Rebellion" CD
SHADOWS OF SUNSET "Reflection From Afar" CD
THY PRIMORDIAL "Where Only the Seasons Mark the Paths of Time" CD
TWIN OBSCENITY "For Blood, Honour and Soil" CD
ULVER "Madrigal of the Night (Nattens Madrigal)" CD
UNHOLY "Gracefallen" CD
V/A "Firestarter" CD
V/A (Afflicted, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Luciferion, METALLICA, Ceremonial Oath, Crystal Age, Flegma) "METAL MILITIA: TRIBUTE TO METALLICA (Swedish import!)" CD
V/A (Annihilatus, Bloodhammer, Clandestine Blaze, Incriminated) "Primitive Finland" CD (Flat)
VON "Satanic Blood Angel" CD
WARLUST "Trench War *(O.O.P.!)" CD
WASP (W.A.S.P.) "Crimson Idol" CD
XASTHUR "Suicide In Dark Serenity (with Bonus Sticker!)" VINYL LP


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HALLOWS EVE "Monument (USED: EXC+ / NM)" VINYL LP
HAVE MERCY "Armageddon Descends (Combat Boot Camp)" VINYL MLP
HEATHEN "Recovered" CD
JACK THE RIPPER "Back On The Attack" VINYL LP
JUDAS PRIEST "Electric Eye" DVD
JUDAS PRIEST "Sin After Sin" VINYL LP
KING DIAMOND "Fatal Portrait (remastered)" CD
LEWD, The (Metal Church, Sick Pleasure, Code of Honor) "Lewd Conduct in a Public Place" VINYL LP
LITA FORD "Dangerous Curves" CD
MORIFADE "Possession of Power" CD
NITRO "O.F.R. *(NEW / Sealed)" VINYL LP
RAGE "Secrets in a Weird World (Remastered) +5 Bonus Trx!" CD
RAGING SLAB "(self-titled)" CD
RAVAGE "Wrecking Ball *(NEW / Sealed!)" VINYL LP
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED "Dillinger's Alley" CASSETTE
RIISTETYT "As Prisoner Of State" VINYL LP
RUNAWAYS "Cherry Bomb" VINYL LP
SAINT "Time's End *(NEW / Sealed!)" VINYL LP
SANCTUARY "Refuge Denied" CD
SCORPIONS "Blackout" CD
SERPENT RISE "(self-titled)" CD
SEXORCIST / EXTREME SMOKE 57 "(split)" VINYL EP
STEEL VENGEANCE "Prisoners" LP
SWORD "Metalized (NEW / Sealed; hole-punched)" VINYL LP
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TOXIK "World Circus (Used: EXC./NM)" VINYL LP
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VIRUS (Uk) "Force Recon *(Used: EXC/NM) +Promo Sheet!" VINYL LP
VITAL DUO "Ex Tempore" CD
VIXEN / Marty Friedman (HAWAII, MEGADETH) "The Works" CD
W.A.S.P. (WASP) "Live... In The Raw *(NEW / Sealed) gold-stamped promo" VINYL LP
WARLOCK (Doro Pesch) "True As Steel (Used: VG/EX)" VINYL LP
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++++++++++++++++++++ METAL NEWS ++++++++++++++++++++++
~ DARKTHRONE's FENRIZ Presents "Best Of Old School Black Metal" ~
Snapper Music has set a September 20 release date for "The Best Of Old School Black Metal", a compilation consisting of "the most influential and most unholy sounding tracks" of the black metal genre as selected by DARKTHRONE's Fenriz.

"Cult heroes such as SARCOFAGO and TORMENTOR lurk amongst tracks from originators VENOM and BATHORY," according to a posting on the Snapper web site. "The second wave of black metal is well represented by BURZUM, MAYHEM and SAMAEL, whilst the inclusion of AURA NOIR and NATTEFROST, the latest exponents of quality black metal, make this a collection that no fan of ferocious metal should be without."

Fenriz personally selected all these tracks, and the accompanying booklet features extensive notes giving his insight into each song, its relevance to him and its impact on the scene.

"Darkthrone's Fenriz Presents ...The Best Of Old School Black Metal" track listing:

01. BLASPHEMY - "Winds of the Black Godz"
02. SARCOFAGO - "Satanic Lust"
03. CELTIC FROST - "Dawn of Megiddo"
04. NATTEFROST - "Sluts of Hell"
05. MERCYFUL FATE - "Evil"
06. SODOM - "Burst Command Til War"
07. TORMENTOR - "Elisabeth Bathory"
08. AURA NOIR - "Blood Unity"
09. DESTRUCTION - "Curse the Gods"
10. SAMAEL - "Into the Pentagram"
11. BULLDOZER - "Whisky Time"
12. MAYHEM - "The Freezing Moon"
13. HELLHAMMER - "The Third of the Storms"
14. BURZUM - "Ea, Lord of the Deeps"
15. VENOM - "Warhead"
16. BATHORY - "Dies Irae"

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~ Chilean Black Metal Fan Kills Priest, Attempts Suicide: Nation In Shock ~
A Chilean black metal fan killed an Italian Catholic priest two weeks ago, slitting his throat just after the priest had finished giving Mass at Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral.

Horrified churchgoers heard Father Faustino Gazziero scream as he was attacked, but most did not actually see the killing as the priest had already walked away from the altar.

"I only saw when people took the knife away from the [attacker], but I clearly heard the Father's cries," a man who identified himself as Raul told the Santiago daily La Tercera.

Authorities identified the assailant as Rodrigo Orias Gallardo, 25. Orias (online photos show him posing with MARDUK in Chile) smeared his face with the victim's blood and then stabbed himself several times in the chest and neck with the same knife, several witnesses said.

Orias, who admitted that he made the 1,900-km journey to Santiago from his parents' hometown of Coyaique with the intention of murdering a priest, was rushed to a hospital and underwent surgery. He was under arrest.

He was reportedly not under the effect of drugs or alcohol at the time of the July 24 attack.

Police have recovered inverted crosses, goats' horns and a number of heavy metal albums from Orias' rented apartment in Santiago.

Chile is a devoutly Roman Catholic country and the killing is seen as a direct attack on the Church.

The Chilean media is said to be in shock over the incident and has focused on finding a connection between the killing of Father Gazziero and Orias' devotion to black metal bands like DARK FUNERAL and MARDUK. Several recent TV programs have featured discussions about sects, Satan and Satanic metal, generating the kind of media frenzy unseen in Chile since the Church banned IRON MAIDEN from performing in Santiago almost a decade ago due to the band's "demonic" overtones.

Orias, who had a pentagram branded on the left side of his chest (covering his heart) and several other Satanic symbols tattooed on his body, reportedly asked DARK FUNERALsinger Emperor Magus Caligula during the Swedish black metal band's visit to Santiago last year to burn an inverted cross on Rodrigo's arm with a cigar, a "mark" which he later planned to make into a tattoo.

Over the course of the last few days, several churches in Chile have been vandalized and others have received anonymous letters and phone calls threatening to kill more priests during the coming weeks.

Father Bernardino Zanella, the vicar responsible for the Servites in Santiago, told the Missionary Service News Agency that "the phenomenon of Satanism in Chile, as in other countries of the world, is growing strongly. Numerous groups are active in the country, especially in the cities, although in recent years their presence has also spread to minor urban centers."

To date, these groups "had limited themselves to desecrate and commit acts of vandalism in sacred places and cemeteries, but it never happened that they attacked persons," the Servite added...

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~ DIMMU BORGIR Thrown Off Air For Using Profanity ~
DIMMU BORGIR were promptly escorted from the premises after using profanity during a live radio interview Wednesday afternoon (August 18) for commercial rock radio station WMMS-FM (100.7) in Cleveland. The Norwegian black metal act were in town to promote their appearance on the main stage of Ozzfest at the Blossom Music Center in Cleveland on Thursday, August 19.

The incident in question occurred shortly after the start of the interview with WMMS midday host, Maxwell. While responding to a question from the DJ regarding JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford's sexuality, DIMMU BORGIR vocalist Shagrath and guitarist Silenoz stated that the controversy surrounding Halford's homosexuality is "fucking bullshit" and that it was an honor to play on the same stage as JUDAS PRIEST. Maxwell proceeded to declare the interview over at that moment and cut to a commercial. During the commercial break, Maxwell and station management ordered the band to leave WMMS studios. After coming back from commercial, the DJ insulted DIMMU BORGIR on the air, urging Ozzfest attendees to throw rocks and other items at the stage during their set on the main stage Thursday.

The band is claiming that the boundaries of what they could say on the radio were not explained to them by station management before the interview, and that they had no idea what was considered unsuitable language for American radio. At this time, there is no indication that any action will be taken by WMMS's corporate parent, Clear Channel Communications.

DIMMU BORGIR are currently performing on the main stage of this year's Ozzfest in support of their 2003 release, "Death Cult Armageddon", which has sold over 65,000 copies in the U.S. to date.

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~ VENOM Are Tracking Their 'Heaviest Songs' For New Studio Album ~
British black metal pioneers VENOM are currently in the studio recording their new album, tentatively due in early 2005. "They are recording the heaviest songs from their demo sessions for their next opus," reads a posting on the band's official web site.

VENOM's current incarnation consists of mainman Conrad "Cronos" Lant alongside drummer Antton and latest addition, guitarist Mykus.

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~ DISSECTION: Stockholm Show Gets Upgraded ~
Due to overwhelming demand, reactivated Swedish death metallers DISSECTION's much-anticipated comeback show in Stockholm has been moved from Klubben to Lilla Arenan, according to the band's booking agency, Skrikhult. The gig, which is scheduled to take place on October 30, will also include a performance by DEATHSTARS, the Swedish band featuring former DISSECTION drummer Ole Öhman and guitarist Emil Nödtveidt (brother of DISSECTION leader Jon).

As previously reported, DISSECTION are currently in the studio with a full lineup, working on their first studio recording since 1995's classic album "Storm Of The Light's Bane". The first single and video is scheduled for release in September 2004.

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~BORN TO MURDER THIS WORLD: The Making Of An Extreme Metal Supergroup ~
Acclaimed Hungarian black metal vocalist Attila Csihar (ABORYM, ex-TORMENTOR, ex-MAYHEM) is tentatively planning on teaming up with Mick of ANAAL NATHRAKH, Shane Embury of NAPALM DEATH, Necrobutcher of MAYHEM, and former CRADLE OF FILTH/DIMMU BORGIR drummer Nick Barker in a brand-new project called BORN TO MURDER THIS WORLD, the singer revealed in a recent interview with the Swedish webzine Metalheart.se. Csihar added that it is not yet certain that the project will ever see the light of day, but that plans for the collaboration have existed for some time.

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posted by Sexyweb @ 10:44 PM  

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

New Arrivals from EASTSIDE, POLAND

A shipment from EASTSIDE, POLAND arrived today at BLACKMETAL.COM!

* ARCHANDRIA "Winter Shine of Victory" CD
* HEGEMOON / RUNES OF DIANCEHT (Nokturnal Mortum) "(split)" CD
* INFERNAL WAR / WARHEAD (Poland) "Explosion" CD
* NOW "Nowia" CD
* VENEDAE (Poland) "Decade of Slavonic Supremacy" CD
* VENEDAE (Poland) "Siedem Kamiennych Oblicz" CD

posted by Sexyweb @ 7:03 PM  

Sunday, August 15, 2004

Aftermath, Norway Shipment With MORE on the Way!

Hot new releases from Aftermath Music, Norway are now in stock including:

CULT OF CATHARSIS / OPUS FORGOTTEN (split) DIGIPAK CD
RUNEMAGICK "Darkness Death Doom" DIGIPAK CD
RUNEMAGICK "On Funeral Wings" CD
RUNEMAGICK "Requiem of the Apocalypse" (enhanced!) CD+

Restocks back in include:

AZAGHAL / TUNDRIDA "Omenne (split)" VINYL EP
HIN ONDE "Songs of Battle" CD
NON SERVIAM "Play God" EP

posted by Sexyweb @ 1:01 AM  

Friday, August 13, 2004

Shipment from Necroharmonic Arrives Today

BLACKMETAL.COM received a shipment from Necroharmonic Records today. In stock now:

* DERKETA "Goddess of Death" CD
* DISCIPLES OF MOCKERY "Prelude to Apocalypse" CD
* ABSCESS "Thirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh" CD


Restocked today were the AUTOPSY "Dead As Fuck" CD, and DR. SHRINKER "Grotesque Wedlock" CD.

posted by Sexyweb @ 10:59 PM  

Metal News For Friday the 13th

~ DARKTHRONE Launch new Record Label ~


DARKTHRONE members Nocturno Culto and Fenriz have teamed up with the U.K.'s Peaceville Records to form their own label, dubbed Tyrant Syndicate Productions.


Commented Nocturno Culto: "Tyrant Syndicate Productions is a result of a collaboration with Peaceville on the one hand and Fenriz and myself on the other. The general running of the label has fallen on me, mostly as I'm much more involved in technology than Fenriz, and besides, I want to do it. When the Peaceville people were interested in setting up a label for us, our mind began to circle around what to do with what can be called our extended music-related freedom, and we soon had a plan.


"We are aiming for exclusive releases only. We want high-credibility underground bands, both known and unknown. Time is working FOR US now, and we have all the time in the world. Tyrant Syndicate Productions will prove to the metal community that we have the ability to release what is supreme metal. The first band we have signed is AURA NOIR from Oslo, with their new album 'The Merciless'. This masterpiece will be an indication on the quality-level we are aiming for, and therefore it's our responsibility to follow things up after this release. Since our releases go through the usually Peaceville channels, the result will be a high-quality, well-distributed product that will have great impact wherever you can get these products. And luckily, there are still loads of great metal-acts left in the world...."


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~ BELPHEGOR: 'Lucifer Incestus' Deemed Too Offensive For German Market ~

Due to the offensive nature of the lyrics and illustrations found within BELPHEGOR's latest CD, "Lucifer Incestus", the Bavarian Youth Welfare Services has put forth a proposal to ban the release. This procedure, which is currently awaiting approval by the Federal Inspection Authority for Youth Endangering Media in Bonn, Germany, will result in an "indexing" of the album - "a blatant form of censorship that declares it illegal, takes it off the market, and prevents further sales in its current packaging," according to an official statement from the Austrian death/black metal band. Consequently, the album (both the limited edition 8-page digpack and the regular jewel case edition), complete with its lavishly elaborated booklet and published lyrics, will be taken off the German market in the very near future.


BELPHEGOR have started rehearsing and writing material for their fifth full-length album, tentatively due in March 2005 through Napalm Records. Drummer Torturer, who had left the group in December 2003, is said to once again be working with the band and will appear on "some new songs" on the upcoming CD.


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~ DAVID VINCENT Rejoins MORBID ANGEL ~

Bassist/vocalist David Vincent will be rejoining MORBID ANGEL for their rescheduled tour of South America following the departure - for the second, and apparently final, time - of the group's most recent frontman Steve Tucker. "MORBID ANGEL and World Management would like to thank Steve Tucker for his contribution on several MORBID ANGEL records as well as multiple great tours," reads a posting on the group's web site. "We all wish him well and are sure he will succeed in his new endeavors."


Tucker had the following to say regarding his decision to leave the group:

"After many problems and much discussion with the people around me, the people I trust, I have decided it is necessary for me to step away from MORBID ANGEL. It has been a long trip with a lot of great shows and I have made many friends along the way. The MORBID ANGEL fans that not only accepted me, but reveled in my being a part of the band, have been the greatest thing about my time in MORBID ANGEL, they are the reason I came back to the band.


"There are many reasons for me leaving the band, personal reasons, musical reasons and very logical reasons. All of which will stay between me and the band. MORBID ANGEL existed many years before I came along and will for many more I am sure.


"I have enjoyed playing with some great musicians and touring with some great bands and meeting some incredible people all over the world. To all these people I say 'Thank You' and we will meet again.


"I am not done with the music business by any means, I will now be moving into other areas of the business, things I have always enjoyed, but didn't have time for. I will be moving into much more recording, production and management...


"Again, thank you to all of the fans for 8 years of making my hour and a half of stage time so brilliant!!!


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~ CARNAL FORGE Announce New Singer ~

Swedish thrashers CARNAL FORGE have announced the addition of singer
Jens C. Mortensen (LEECH, ex-REVOLVER, SLAPDASH) to the group's ranks. Mortensen joins the band as the replacement for Jonas Kjellgren, who left CARNAL FORGE earlier in the month after a seven-year, five-album stint with the group.


CARNAL FORGE's new studio album, "Aren't You Dead Yet", was released earlier this week in the U.S. through Century Media. 12 songs were recorded and mixed at Studio Underground for the follow-up to last year's "The More You Suffer", with the new material being described by guitarist Jari Kuusisto as "[picking] up from where the last album stopped. The new songs are a little bit more aggressive, but all of you that liked our previous albums won't get disappointed."


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~ Former MARDUK, DARK ANGEL Members To Join Forces In New Project ~

Former MARDUK members Legion (a.k.a. Erik Hagsted, vocals) and B.War (bass) will be joining forces with guitarist Jim Durkin (DREAMS OF DAMNATION, ex-DARK ANGEL) in a new death metal project. The band, which will be based out of Los Angeles, is "only a recording project, on paper at this point," Durkin said. "I wrote a song for them, but we have not done anything yet. I look forward to making music with them. But my main focus is and always has been DREAMS OF DAMNATION. Everything revolves around DREAMS OF DAMNATION for me."


A name for the group has not yet been determined.


B.War quit MARDUK earlier this year to move to Los Angeles (from Sweden) to be with his family. Legion and his family will also be relocating to Los Angeles later this year.


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~ German Black Metallers NARGAROTH Announce One-Off Show ~

German black metallers NARGAROTH will perform a special, last-minute, one-off show at Baroeg in Rotterdam, Holland on Friday, August 20. Also set to appear are LUGUBRE and TARIA. A flyer for the show can be viewed at:

http://www.uniqueleader-europe.com/nargaroth.jpg


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~ SEAR BLISS To Release DVD Later This Year ~

Hungarian black metallers SEAR BLISS filmed their 10-year anniversary show in Budapest in February 2004 for an upcoming DVD, tentatively due later in the year. The group have just issued their fourth full-length album, "Glory and Perdition", through Red Stream, Inc. The follow-up to 2002's "Forsaken Symphony" was recorded at the HSB studio and features a guest appearance in a couple of tracks by former MAYHEM/TORMENTOR vocalist Attila Csihar. An album release show is scheduled for September 10 in Budapest, to be followed by a Dutch mini-tour.


With regards to Attila's involvement with the new record, SEAR BLISS bassist/vocalist András Nagy recently told Metal Coven webzine, "Attila is a longtime friend of mine. I always loved his extreme voice. I think he is definitely the most unique vocalist in this genre. I always planned to invite him to do some vocals for SEAR BLISS. We asked him to contribute to the 'Grand Destiny' and 'Forsaken Symphony' albums too but he wasn't available at that time as he has many projects abroad and he was always busy with them but this time it came true and the result is just perfect."

posted by Sexyweb @ 2:16 PM