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Twelve Foot Ninja Posts New Tour Diary

Australian outfit Twelve Foot Ninja has just completed both a European and an American run of shows, which marks the band's first time conquering U.S. soil.

Twelve Foot Ninja has been teaming up with us at Metalunderground.com to chronicle the entire trek, and today the band releases a third and final tour update.

Check out this latest tour diary below, covering Illinois to New York, or you can also read the previously posted Part 1 and Part 2 of the road report series. More...

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Heretoir Announces LP Release

Heretoir has issued the following announcement about the LP release of the Substanz album:

"Finally we have some information on the long-delayed 'Substanz' LP for you! The LP version of 'Substanz' will come with a new artwork created by Irrwisch Artdesign who did a great job - you can see the LP cover art below!

"Unlike the CD version the LP will only contain the re-recorded version of '.Existenz.' while also featuring an exclusive LP bonus track, a cover of Austere's 'Just For A Moment!' The tracklist reads as follows:

Side A:
1. Aura
2. Erwachen Im Dunkel
3. Ein Schrey In Die Nacht
4- Verblasst

Side B:
5. Ausgeburt
6. Herbstwind
7. Snow Colours
8. Just For A Moment (exclusive bonus)

"The release of the 'Substanz' LP through Northern Silence Productions is set for February/March 2014. Detailed news on the exact release date and the different available versions of the LP will follow soon!" More...

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Bloodattack Posts Video Teaser

Germany's Bloodattack will release a new music video for "Mastaffe" on December 15th, 2013. A teaser trailer for the video can also now be viewed below. "Mastaffe" is taken off the "Alphakiller" album released via Bastardized Recordings.

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I Am Novelist To Release New Single

I Am Novelist has issued the following announcement about releasing a new single on December 8th:

"Finally we'll release our new single 'The Final Chapter' for free on Sunday, the 8th of December! Be stoked! It was produced and mixed by Bullseye Recording Studios, mastered by Joey Sturgis, with cover artwork by Upstart Media."

You can also check out the band's lyric video for "I.D.G.A.F." at this location.

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Free Nelson Mandoomjazz Announces Record Deal

Free Nelson Mandoomjazz has issued the following announcement about inking a deal with RareNoiseRecords:

"So we are finally ready to make the announcement, Free Nelson Mandoomjazz has officially become the latest artist signed to RareNoiseRecords!

"We are incredibly excited about this partnership and would urge all of you loyal fans to check out some of the other wonderful bands who we can now call label mates! We don't yet have an official release date but you can all expect our double EP, 'The Shape of Doomjazz to Come/Saxophone Giganticus' to be available early in 2014 with brand new recordings of our previously available work and this will be followed by a full debut album later in the year.

"We would like to thank all of our fans for supporting us so far and we hope that we can get the chance to play for you all sometime soon!" More...

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Absolution Streaming New Song

Australia's Absolution has released a new song online titled "Despotism," which is off the band's debut album due out in 2014.

The track was recorded at Electric Sun Studios by Shane Edwards and features a guitar solo done by Roman Koester. Give the song a listen below.

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Norther Drummer Joins Whorion

Whorion has checked in with this announcement about recruiting Heikki Saari from Norther on drums:

"Time to reveal last piece of the mystery, we proudly announce that Heikki Saari has been attached lines of Whorion as full time member.

"With this master behind drums, together we march towards to the cold and bitter end. Heikki's playing is known for bands such as Norther, Tuoni and Naildown. The bar has been raised, see the machine struggling through patterns of Whorion."

Heikki comments: "I am happy to announce, that from now on i will be working as a full-time member on Finnish Technical Death Metal group Whorion. See the news piece and my practice video below!" More...

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Gorod Recruits New Drummer

France's Gorod split with the band's drummer at the tail end of August, and now the band has recruited a replacement.

Although not yet ready to reveal the drummers name, Gorod has issued the following statement:

"This past Friday, we (the whole Gorod team) met our new drummer to plan things for 2014. Actually just a few gigs planned.... because we're now focusing on this: composition, pre-production, recording, and a new album!

"We also had a rehearsal with him...... ho dudes, this grooooove! Can't wait to introduce him to you soon with a nice video! Cheers!" More...

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Oblivion Streaming "Dead Silence" Cover

Poland's Oblivion has released a cover version of the theme song to the horror movie "Dead Silence," originally created by Charlie Clouser. Check it out below, or hear the original after the jump for comparison.

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Defrage Checks In From The Studio

Defrage has checked in from the recording studio with the following update about recording a new album:

"This is our second day in studio, we are working on our third album called 'Towards Endless 8.' Release date TBA in January 2014. Its going to be STORMY tonight here in cold Estonia, so it was the right time to move to the studio!" More...

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Sunday Old School: Satyricon

Given the somewhat hostile reaction of many people to Sunday Old School’s coverage of Christian rock superstars, Stryper last week, it seemed like a good idea to go in the complete opposite direction for the next column. So today, we will leave behind the sunshine of Orange County, California for the frostbitten plains of Norway, as Sunday Old School examines one of the most commercially successful black metal bands, Satyricon. The band began life in 1990 under the name Eczema, before deciding to adopt the black metal sound and style the following year and changed their name to Satyricon. Shortly after this switch, the band, consisting of founding drummer Exhurtum and bassist Wargod recruited vocalist and guitarist Satyr to the fold, although Exhurtum would be fired after the recording of their first demo, "All Evil," due to him being perceived as more interested in girls than kicking down grave stones, while Wargod departed to become a United Nations soldier. Satyr, along with fellow guitarist Lemarchand soon added a new member to the ranks in the form of drummer, Frost, who made his recording debut with Satyricon on their second demo, "The Forest is my Throne," which would be the last recognised recording Lemarchand made with the group before being fired, although he did record the guitars for their first full length album, "Dark Medieval Times," which was released in 1994 through Moonfog Records.

The record received a very favourable response and was quickly followed by a second album, "The Shadowthrone" only a few months later, which likewise was regarded very highly. The sophomore effort was also seen as a harsher approach to black metal, shedding the acoustic guitars and medieval influences of their debut and was also notable for Emperor member Samoth handling the bass guitar duties, although this would be his only contribution as a fully fledged member of the band. Since his departure, Satyricon has remained a duo in principle, consisting of Satyr and Frost, with a number of session musicians brought into to perform live and record, some of which have been quite high profile, such as Darkthrone member Nocturno Culto, who contributed guitars to the third Satyricon album, "Nemesis Divina" under another pseudonym, "Kvelduv." The third outing continued to see praise roll in and helped raise their profile as one of black metal’s highest quality acts. More...

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