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2012: METAL IN THE FORGE (Part 1)
December and 2011 are both over, and with the end of the last month, it’s time to round up what we saw over the last 30 days about forthcoming albums. We usually try to post these updates on the first...
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NCS NEWS ROUND-UP: ASPHYX, HIGH ON FIRE, 7 HORNS 7 EYES, AND BEHEMOTH
Quite a few news items were delivered to the NCS Island today via carrier pigeons, which are our preferred mode of news transportation. Unfortunately, a few of the pigeons dived left when they should...
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TUNE-UP: NEW JAMS FROM HOUR OF PENANCE, ENTHRONED, HIGH ON FIRE, FOUL BODY...
Lots of new music relevant to my interests debuted yesterday. Because it interests me, I presume that it will interest you, because of course if something is interesting to me it will necessarily...
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HIGH ON FIRE: “DE VERMIS MYSTERIIS”
(Our guest groverXIII (ex-TNOTB) reviews the new album by High On Fire, which is out now on eOne Music.) I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to review High On Fire’s De Vermis Mysteriis for a...
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IN THE NEWS: DAMNATION FEST, A NAPALM SAMPLER, HIGH ON FIRE, AND KRALLICE
Here are some things I saw while having my morning coffee. Wonder what the rest of the day will bring? DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2012 This thing is scheduled to go off in Leeds (UK) on November 3. Festival...
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SEEN AND HEARD: GOATWHORE, HIGH ON FIRE, AEON, GENERAL SURGERY, FURYBORN
This is another daily collection of things I saw and heard this morning that I thought were worth sharing. It’s heavy on the death metal, because the death metal is heavy on me. GOATWHORE This is a...
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OUR LIST OF 2012′S MOST INFECTIOUS EXTREME METAL SONGS: PART 21
Welcome to Part 21 of our list of the year’s most infectious extreme metal songs. In each installment, I’ve been posting at least two songs that made the cut. For more details about what this list is...
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ROADBURN 2013 VIDEOS ONLINE
The 2013 edition of the Roadburn Festival took place over the last four days, from Thursday, April 18, to Sunday, April 21, 2013, in Tilburg, The Netherlands. There’s a dude whose web moniker is...
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TOURISM: HIGH ON FIRE AND KVELERTAK TO CLOBBER NORTH AMERICA LATER THIS YEAR
Here’s a bit of tour news that put a smile on my face: This morning Scion A/V announced that High On Fire will be touring North America beginning November 10 with direct support on all dates from...
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HIGH ON FIRE: “SLAVE THE HIVE”
Scion A/V does it again. Today they’ve made available for free download a new single by High On Fire. Entitled “Slave the Hive”, it’s the first new HoF music since De Vermis Mysteriis (2012). The...
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HIGH ON FIRE: NEW ALBUM, NEW SONG, NEW TOUR
Lots of news about High On Fire and new HoF music today. First, we received a reminder that the band’s new album, Luminiferous, will be released on June 16 via eOne Music. It was recorded at Salem,...
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HIGH ON FIRE: “LUMINIFEROUS”
(In this post Wil Cifer reviews the new album by High On Fire.) I caught these guys back in 2004ish when Planesmistakenforstars opened for them, and I grew to appreciate this band more as their...
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TOURISM: THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR 2016 — ABBATH, HIGH ON FIRE,...
We just received the announcement of the line-up for the 2016 edition of THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR, and it’s a blockbuster: Running from mid-March to mid-April next year, the fifth installment of...
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SEEN AND HEARD (PART 1): MARYLAND DEATHFEST XV, ASPHYX, OPETH, MEGADETH, AMON...
Ten days have passed since the last time I put together a round-up of news and recommended new music, which is an unusually long gap. Perhaps needless to say, trying to catch up is out of the...
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