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Sunday Old School: Ancient

Hey, what's this... I'm not Diamond Oz! Sorry folks, he's out this week, so I'm here to take over Sunday Old School. Today we're headed back in time all the way to the early '90s and mythical Norway, birthplace of second wave black metal and much diabolical full moon mysticism.

During that hallowed time in metallic history would emerge a black metal group called Ancient, which over the years mixed a lot of melody into the BM sound, utilizing memorable atmospheric interlude tracks and a gothic, vampiric vibe.

That would all arrive a good deal later though, as Ancient's beginnings are more rooted in the classic, raw black metal that would become so well known among the giant names like Emperor, Immortal, Mayhem, Burzum, and so on.

Beginning with just band founder Apahzel and vocalist Grimm, the first full-length Ancient release was “Svartalvheim,” which has everything you could want from a '94 black metal metal album, complete with breathing fire in a Norwegian forest!

Much like with the more well known Cradle Of Filth, there is a small but vocal subsection of the fan-base who feels this earliest, more kvlt release (along with the subsequent “Trolltaar” EP) is really the only era of the band worth hearing. Whether you agree with that assessment or not, “Svartalvheim” is easily a classic old school black metal opus, including the fuzzy production and frozen and gloomy atmosphere. If early '90s Norwegian BM is your thing, this is a forgotten classic worth checking out.

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Coffin Dust Streams Full New Album

Philadelphia-based cemetery metal unit Coffin Dust - which features within its repugnant ranks former Exhumed bassist Matt Slime - today disentombs the vile fruits of the "Everything Is Dead" full-length.

Out now on Unholy Anarchy Records, "Everything Is Dead" was recorded and mastered by Ryan Reed at Creep Records Recording Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and delivers seven tracks of deliciously abhorrent death thrash including a cover of Slayer's "Metal Storm/Face The Slayer." Check out a full stream of the complete album below. More...

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Here Comes The Kraken Releases NSFW Video

Here Comes The Kraken just released a new (super NSFW) video for "Rattus," which will probably get taken down by YouTube any second now, so watch it while you can.

The clip was created by Blast Vision and is available below, now with moar bewbz and even some full-on tribbing! You can catch Here Comes The Kraken live on these dates:

5/13 - McAllen, TX @Sofie's Saloon
5/14 - Corpus Christi, TX @Boneshakers
5/15 - Fort Worth, TX @Tomcats West
5/16 - Houston, TX @Walters
5/17 - Bryant, AR @M.F. Metal Music
5/19 - Nashville, TN @The End
5/20 - Florence, AL @The End Theatre
5/21 - Spartanburg, SC @Groundzero
5/22 - Richmond, VA @25 Watt
5/23 - Philadelphia, PA @The Voltage Lounge
5/25 - Hartford, CT @Webster Underground
5/26 - Queens, NY @Blackthorn 51
5/27 - Albany, NY @Trickshots
5/29 - Pittsburgh, PA @The Smiling Moose
6/1 - Indianapolis, IN @Emerson Theater
6/2 - Crest Hill, IL @Bada Brew
6/3 - Cudahy, WI @The Metal Grill
6/4 - Omaha, NE @Lookout Lounge
6/5 - Kansas City, MO @The Riot Room
6/6 - Denver, CO @The Roxy Theater
6/7 - Salt Lake City, UT @The Loading Dock
6/9 - Seattle, WA @Studio Seven
6/10 - Bend, OR @3rd Street
6/11 - Santa Rosa, CA @Arlene Francis Center
6/12 - Los Angeles, CA @White Oak Music

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Wasteland Announces Lineup Changes

Croatian black metal outfit Wasteland just checked in with this announcement about lineup c hanges within the band:

"We have some bad and good news. This year we have lost two of our members. First Wardog left the band because of some shit between us and now Defiler left the band because he did not have enough time for Wasteland (due his other obligations).

"We wish them all the best in future... Good news is return of Orkenwolf in Wasteland on guitar after long 5 years. Welcome back old friend!"

If you missed it, you can hear the band's entire previous album "Slava Palim Ratnicima" at this location. More...

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For I Am King Posts New Single

For I Am King just released a new single titled "Breathe The Fire," which can be heard below and comes off the"Daemons" album, due out June 17th via Redfield Records. Pre-orders are up here and the track listing is as follows:

1. Black Death
2. Breathe The Fire
3. Lost In Divinity
4. the Crone
5. Tantalus
6. Interlude
7. Hades
8. Des-Troy
9. Faust
10. We Must Obey

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First Live Footage Of AC/DC With Axl Rose Posted

First live footage of AC/DC performing "Shoot To Thrill" with Guns N’ Roses’ vocalist Axl Rose can be seen below. The clip was shot yesterday May 07th, at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras, Portugal. As reported earlier Axl Rose has taken over for the band’s upcoming 2016 live commitments, with Brian Johnson forced to step down or risk permanent hearing loss.

You can now check out the clip below:

AC/DC's current setlist reads as follows: More...

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