Asgeir Mickelson Departs Sarke

Asgeir Mickelson has announced via a brief statement on his official Facebook page and on the Sarke page that he has parted ways with the Norwegian band.

This news has led some fans to wonder if this means a return to Spiral Architect (check out the FB comments below). Mickelson has also slowly been working on his all-star project God Of Atheists, which features appearances by ICS Vortex, Ihshan, Trym, and Carl August Tidemann.

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Dagger Of Betrayal Posts Full Album Online

Greece's Dagger Of Betrayal has uploaded the entire "Paradox Hive" debut album online for streaming, which can be heard in the player below. The album's track listing is as follows:

1. Collapsing Skies And Drained Seas
2. Griefseeker
3. Paleness
4. Scourge
5. Pitch Black
6. Resonance
7. Dead Cascades
8. Retribution
9. The Art of Exhumation More...

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Toxicmaze Streaming Full EP

Newly formed Brazilian thrash outfit Toxicmaze has made the full "Visions Of Death" EP available online for streaming. Check it out through the YouTube player below, or you can find more info on Toxicmaze at Facebook here.

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Disentomb Releases New Video

"Vultures Descend" comes from the Disentomb's new album, "Misery," which is available for pre-order at this location. The album's track listing is as follows:

1. The Genesis of Misery
2. An Edifice of Archbeastial Impurity
3. Abominations Created Through Divinity
4. The Promethean Altar
5. Vultures Descend
6. Pyres Built From their Severed Wings
7. Chthonic Gateways
8. Megaliths of Despair
9. Forced Adornment of The Funerary Crown
10. Sentinels of The Bleak

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Love.Might.Kill Posts New Video

Love.Might.Kill has a new video clip out now for "Addicted To The Night," which features Andi Deris from Helloween.

The video was directed by Stefan Ellerhorst & Philip Heyelmann and can be seen below.

Love.Might.Kill will release new album "Super Distortion" in the Spring of 2015, with further details forthcoming.

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Mist Signs Record Deal

Ljubljana, Slovenia's all-female doom group Mist has signed with Soulseller Records. The ambitious young band released a first demo recording simply titled “Demo 2013” in November of last year, which can be heard below. The band also states:

"The past few months we have been working on an EP, which is to be released this Winter, so we are really excited to have been offered a deal from Dutch label Soulseller records. We are looking forward to start a new chapter on our musical path and taking everything to the next level."

Soulseller Records also comments: "Formed in July 2012, Mist name legendary bands such as Black Sabbath, Pentagram, Candlemass, Coven, Saint Vitus and others as their key influences. They have already received positive reviews, radio airplay and had the chance to support bands such as Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Helstar, Officium Triste, Ophis and Cauchemar.

"The band have already toured Austria, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and will hit the road again in Autumn, including performances at Malta Doom Metal Festival and the renowned Hammer Of Doom Festival in Würzburg, Germany." More...

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Sunday Old School: Danzig

In some ways, being part of a hugely influential band can be a real hindrance to a person’s future endeavours. Many times they’ll be unable to escape from the shadow of their past glory, though there are some musicians who have bucked the trend and gone on to find success again. Dave Grohl is one such well known example, as is former Misfits frontman Glenn Danzig, who was able to triumph with his eponymous band. Danzig began life in 1986 when Glenn Danzig’s band at the time, Samhain, performed what was billed as their final show in New York. In the audience that night was producer, Rick Rubin, who approached the singer about taking part in a supergroup he was looking to put together. Danzig wouldn’t take part in another band without bassist, Eerie Von and eventually, two other members of Samhain, John Christ and Chuck Biscuits (also formerly of Black Flag and D.O.A.) were brought into the fold. Despite consisting entirely of Samhain members, the group decided to change their moniker to Danzig, given their shift in musical direction.

They wasted little time in getting to work on material and in 1988, released their self-titled debut album, which remains their best selling album. The record contained the single, "Mother," the video of which was banned by MTV for it’s provocative imagery, specifically the ending sequence which featured a chicken being supposedly sacrificed, with an inverted cross then being drawn in the animals blood. Three other music videos, "She Rides," "Am I Demon" and "Twist of Cain," the last of which featured Metallica frontman, James Hetfield performing uncredited backing vocals, were made to promote the album and helped the record reach its popular status. More...

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