Minnesota and death metal, is that a real thing up north? If Oak Pantheon has anything to say about it Minnesota and death metal will be become synonymous. Their newest creation to be out on a young upstart label out of the New York area...

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Returning to Bloodstock for a fourth time, Evile are old hands at this, although today’s performance comes with a twist as the band steps into the breach to fill a void left by Deicide, a much heavier, nastier band than themselves. The band showed no...

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Co-authored by Steve Fallows The Headliner Alice Cooper The final day of Bloodstock sees the grand master of shock rock take to the stage to show everyone else how its done. You can expect beheadings, hangings, poisoning and all manner of other gruesome forms of...

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Abnormality is an intense and brutal death metal band from the U.S. Their debut album “Contaminating The Hive Mind” was recently released and has been getting favourable reviews in the metal underground. Rhythm guitarist Jeremy Henry took the time to talk about the album and...

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Another week, another batch of EP’s from bands ranging from the relatively unknown to the downright obscure to get through. That makes it sound like it’s a bit of a chore to listen to all of these hopeful young scallywags and their (sometimes) first forays...

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Taking their cue from early Death and Carcass, Italian death metal crew Beyond the Gates follow up their “Soul Crisis” mini-album with this full-length effort that showcases a more technical progression to their music. But is that really a good thing? Whilst technical death metal...

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I remember when Florida meant death metal, period. To a west coast kid in the early 90s the state was a frighteningly evil peninsula. Floridian duo Never To Arise do their part to restore this tradition to currency on “Hacked to Perfection”. This record explodes...

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Let Decibel magazine hurl your weekend into a sonic maelstrom of brutality with a full stream of “Undead”, the forthcoming new studio offering from death metal monarchs Six Feet Under. Scheduled for North American release on May 22, 2012 through Metal Blade Records, “Undead” was...

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Vorkreist are yet another extreme metal band from France, in this case a black metal band with death metal overtones. I have to say, over the years there has been some significantly talented bands coming out of the country. Whatever they are putting in the...

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The Black Dahlia Murder have announced a mammoth 21 date UK tour which kicks off with two shows at The Underworld in London on January 11th and 12th, 2012.

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Dubai’s death metal stars Nervecell will close out the year in style as support to Morbid Angel on their European tour this November/December.

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Deicide is about to unleash their latest album upon mankind. "To Hell With God" is is a very solid album in line with "The Stench Of Redemption" and "Till Death Do Us Part". Enough reason to have a friendly chat with Steven Asheim, drummer and the band’s principle song writer.

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Deicide are a band notorious for their satanic and vehemently anti Christian lyrics, but even more for their long tradition of gig cancellations. I always found Glen Benton’s long tirades against anything God related rather comical, but I guess it’s an integral part of the...

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Blind Guardian, Deicide, Death Angel, Mercenary, Obscura and October File confirmed for Metalcamp 2011

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