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Reunited Emperor To Headline Inferno Festival

Influential Norwegian extreme metal outfit EMPEROR will reunite for the 2006 edition of the Inferno Festival, set to take place April 13-15 in Oslo, Norway, it was announced Friday night at Scream Magazine's 15-year anniversary event at the Rockefeller in Oslo..

EMPEROR split up on a high note following the release of 2001's "Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire..." The members have since concentrated on other bands such as ZYKLON and PECCATUM.

In addition to headlining the 2006 edition of Norway's Inferno Festival, influential Norwegian extreme metal outfit EMPEROR will perform at next year's Wacken Open Air, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. Other bands confirmed for the three-day event include CHILDREN OF BODOM, SOILWORK, SUBWAY TO SALLY, IN EXTREMO and DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER.

Commented EMPEROR members Ihsahn, Samoth and Trym in a statement: "Greetings, metalheads of the world! We are proud to announce that EMPEROR will headline Wacken Open Air 2006. Join us, as we re-enter the nightside to chant anthems of equilibrium, fire and demise!"

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Kittie Turned Away At US Border

"Dave and Morgan Lander were turned back at the US-Canadian border just a few moments ago. This makes the appearance at Chicago’s Windy City Invitational extremely unlikely to occur at this point. The problem that necessitated the turn around should be resolvable before the Detroit show on the 15th. The band expresses its deepest apologies and we will keep you posted with more information and details as we are made aware of them"

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Ill Nino's New Video Online

ILL NINO's new video for the track, "What You Deserve", has been posted online at this location. "What You Deserve" comes off the band's new album, "One Nation Underground", released recently through Roadrunner Records.

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Trivium Frontman Checks In From The Road

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has checked in with the following message to all their UK fans:

"Thank you all so much, our first ever headlining tour has been off the fucking charts - amazing - the tour has been sick! holy shit! we can't express enough how much the support means to us and truly how much fun we have had.

I don't even really know what to say other than - goddamn do the British know their metal.

I'm talking great moshing, air guitar-ing solos, soccer chants "TRIVIUM" "TRIVIUM" "TRIVIUM" thrown in, great pits, meeting as many people as humanly possible - all of it - it's been rad.

The crappy part about all of it... is that it's about to end, only 1 more show then the UK/Northern Ireland part of the ASCENDANCY TOUR comes to an end.

We plan on being back in the UK/Northern Ireland in March of '06 and by the looks of it next March will be sicker than the ASCENDANCY Tour, can't wait!!

Then we're off to Europe and back to reality supporting ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK in Europe, we are definitely looking forward to seeing our European friends - here we come.

Then it is off to Japan - we can't wait to finally meet our Japanese friends and have some fun seeing what they are capable of - we have heard great things about the Japanese and their love of metal.

Thanks again for all the kind thoughts, emails, comments and support - we'll see you soon."

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As I Lay Dying To Tour w/ Norma Jean and Others

As I Lay Dying have booked a tour with Norma Jean, Madball and A Life Once Lost, here's the stops:
November 26th Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
November 27th Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
November 28th Norfolk, VA - The Norva
November 29th Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
December 3rd Buffalo, NY - Sphere
December 06th Cleveland, OH - Odeon
December 08th Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
December 09th Sauget, IL - Pops
December 13th Denver, CO - Odgen Theatre
December 14th Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
December 16th Seattle, WA - El Corazon
December 17th Portland, OR - Loveland
December 18th San Francisco, CA 2 Slims
December 19th Anaheim, CA - House of Blues

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Rob Zombie's Super Hellbilly Deluxe In December

Rob Zombie is plotting a December 06th release date through Geffen for his "Hellbilly Super Deluxe" CD/DVD set. As previously reported, the set features expanded artwork plus a DVD that includes a video for every song on the album ("Hellbilly Deluxe").

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Evergreen Terrace, The Chariot Tour Dates

Dates for the upcoming Evergreen Terrace, The Chariot, and Underminded tour have been announced. Here's the latest:

11/1 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star
11/3 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
11/4 Montclair, NJ @ Bloomfield Ave. Cafe
11/5 Providence, RI @ The Livingroom
11/6 Syracuse, NY @ Club Tundra
11/7 Quebec City, QC @ L'Anti
11/8 Montreal, QC @ El Salon
11/9 London, ON @ The Embassy
11/10 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
11/11 Detroit, MI @ Alvin's
11/12 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
11/14 DeKalb, IL @ The House
11/17 Denver, CO @ Rock Island
11/19 Boise, ID @ The Venue
11/23 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/27 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza
11/29 Las Vegas, NV @ The Clubhouse
11/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
12/1 San Diego, CA @ Epicentre
12/2 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction

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Despised Icon Shoot Video

Despised Icon recently shot a video for the track "The Sunset Will Never Charm Us." The video was directed by Philippe Bernier (A Perfect Murder) and will likely make its network debut in late-October.

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Curl Up And Die Cancel Tour

Earlier this week Curl Up And Die officially cancelled their tour with Still Remains, which was to run through this weekend. No explanation was provided, other than to say that the group "sends their apologies and apprieciates your understanding." There are rumors abound that the band has broken up. However, there has been no official announcement on this thus far.

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Dillinger Escape Plan Stay On Relapse

The Dillinger Escape Plan have confirmed that they will stay on the Relapse label for their next album, thereby fulfilling contractual obligations. However, this will almost certainly be the last DEP record for the label. The band intend to take a break at the end of the year, and then spend six or seven months working on songs for the new album.

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Eden Maine Go On Indefinite Hiatus

UK metal/hardcore/rock band Eden Maine have announced plans to go on an indefinite hiatus. Here's a statement from the group:

"Things haven't quite gone according to plan for us, despite awesome reviews for 'To you the first star' and 3 amazing months touring the UK and Europe, it's taken its toll on us financially forcing us to cancel any plans we had including a North American release. When you do so much off of your own back, follow the dream and take chances sometimes you just have to be realistic and for our own collective sanity we've taken this decision to take the strain off each other and get things straight. This isn't Eden Maine splitting up; this is just us going away for a while. We will still be getting together to write a new record, so we may just surprise you when you least expect it. Also, look out for other projects from each of us. It's a good time for us to experiment with other ideas and tread paths we may not have gone down as Eden Maine. We also hope to put the video for 'Cold Light' online in the near future. It was put together some time ago now but contains so many of the great times we've had together on tour that we'd like to share it with you."

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Watch A Dozen Furies' 'The Cycle' Video Online

A Dozen Furies are out with the video to their new single 'The Cycle', from the album 'A Concept From Fire'. You can watch it online at their official website, ADozenFuries.com.

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Sepultura Post New Studio Report And Video Footage

Sepultura's webmaster has posted the following at the band's official website:

"Studio Report #6

8:30 PM, my cell phone rings, Andreas calling:

Me - "Hey Alemão!"
Andreas - "Hey man, can you come to the studio tonight?"
Me - "Sure.. what's up?"
Andreas - "We're recording the Horns today!"
Me - "I'm on my way!"

As a result, probably the most unexpected of the reports, download the video here. (Windows Media, 22MB).

This week they'll also record the Cellos, more guitar solos and finish the vocals. Keep checking."

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Metal Church To Begin Recording New Album

Metal Church have completed writing songs for their next album. While guitarist/founder Kurdt Vanderhoof is on the road with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the rest of the band is in rehearsal, with the entire outfit due to enter the studio in January to begin recording. The new album is expected to be released in April 2006.

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Exodus Guitarist On The Classic Metal Show

Exodus guitarist Gary Holt is set to guest on The Classic Metal Show this Saturday, October 1st. He'll be talking about the new album, "Shovel Headed Kill Machine", due out on October 4th via Nuclear Blast. An on-air listening party for the new album is also scheduled.

The Classic Metal Show can be found here and airs from 9pm - 3pm EST each Saturday.

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This Week In Metal: September 29th, 2005

Top 10 Albums:

1. Opeth - Ghost Reveries, Last Week #1, Weeks on Chart 2
2. BTBAM - Alaska, Last Week #2, Weeks on Chart 2
3. Hypocrisy - Virus, Last Week #8, Weeks on Chart 2
4. Every Time I Die - Gutten Phenomenon, Last Week #4, Weeks on Chart 2
5. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine, Last Week #3, Weeks on Chart 2
6. Fear Factory - Transgression - Last Week #7, Weeks on Chart 2
7. Chimaira - Chimaira, Last Week #5, Weeks on Chart 2
8. Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma Last Week #6, Weeks on Chart 2
9. Biohazard - Means to an End, Last Week #9, Weeks on Chart 2
10. YOB - The Unreal Never Lived, Last Week #10, Weeks on Chart 2

As you can see Opeth is still holding strong among the top of the albums chart, a second straight week at #1 has Ghost Reveries looking great as their new album. Nothing new to the top 10 this week unfortunatly, they just shuffled around. There are however, some noteable new commers looking to enter next week, including God Forbids new effort, A Constitution of Reason, as well as A Dozen Furies - A Concept of Fire. Between the Buried and Me held strong at #2, but it looks like they may just be stuck peaking there. Hypocrisy was the big jumper this week comming from #8 to #3, and the bottom dweller of the week was Arch Enemy falling 2 spots to #5.

Top 10 Singles - (Last Week) (On Chart)

1. God Forbid - Chains of Humanity -- 1
2. Jacknife - Surrender Never -- 1
3. Matthew K Heafy - The End -- 1
4. Darkest Hour - This Will Outlive Us 9 2
5. Throwdown - We Will Rise -- 1
6. Byzantine - Taking Up Serpants -- 1
7. The Abscense - Necropolis 5 2
8. Every Time I Die - Guitarred and Feathered 3 2
9. BTBAM - Selkies -- 1
10. Soilent Green - Forgive and Regret 2 1

This singles chart jumps around alot more then the albums do, as of course its based on whats currently being played on the metal \m/ airwaves around the area. Only 4 songs remained on the chart this week, with alot of newcommers including God Forbids first single Chains of Humanity, which will see a video soon this week. Matthew K Heafy of Trivium had his RoadRunner all-star track all over the place and surprizingly was third most played this week in metal. Darkest Hour is still remaining strong and currently on the road everyday in support of their new album. Byzantines new album has been out a few weeks and is slowly gaining a big following, the album which carries the same name as the single can be heard all over metal satellite radios. Soilent Green is noticeable hanging on for the second week in a row, despite dropping 8 spots.

And thats all for this week in metal, keep the horns high \m/
Negatyve One

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A Perfect Murder Replace Vocalist

As a result of "some inner problems", A Perfect Murder will not be doing their previously announced September 30th - October 16th Canadian tour with their current vocalist, Kevin Randel. Instead, the group look to have recruited Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis, Freya fame to handle the vocals on the tour. A short posting from the band on the matter can be found here

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