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Swedish guitarist Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear, Starbreaker, Last Tribe) has finished laying down his parts for the forthcoming solo album from Ralf Scheepers of German power metallers Primal Fear. According to a posting on the Primal Fear web site, “Magnus delivered his guitar parts on some songs of the album and did a killer job

Originally rumours had surfaced in July that Snowy Shaw had joined Dimmu Borgir after quitting Therion on 7th July but he stated to Blabbermouth directly that the rumours were false and he had not joined the band. Though only two days ago, 24th August, it was officially announced that he would replace ICS Vortex as

‘Gateways,’ the first single from the new album ‘Abrahadabra’ by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, is available for purchase in Europe on iTunes at this location: http://bit.ly/cpOaNz from Friday, August 20th on and in North America on Tuesday, August 24th. ‘Abrahadabra’ will be released in Germany on September 24th, in the rest of

Dimmu Borgir are preparing for the launch of their new album ‘Abrahadabra’ on 27th September throughout Europe and having already teased and released the artwork for the album, the official track listing can be seen below. Dimmu Borgir singer/songwriter Shagrath shares the following about the new album

The artwork created for the new Dimmu Borgir album ‘Abrahadabra’ by German artist / painter / graphic designer Joachim Luetke (Arch Enemy, Kreator, Sopor Aeternus) has been uploaded to the band’s MySpace page. The word “abrahadabra” (which roughly translates into “I will create as I speak”) first publicly appeared in Chapter III of Liber AL

The third of four portions of the new artwork for the as-yet-untitled Dimmu Borgir album has been uploaded to the band’s MySpace page. When asked if there’s a connection between the image on the new album and the character from Death Cult Armageddon, German artist / painter / graphic designer Joachim Luetke (Arch Enemy, Kreator,

Unvieling their artwork one part at a time until all four pieces are shown, Dimmu Borgir have released part 2 of their new artwork

Following the same process as Murderdolls, Dimmu Borgir are releasing their artwork in sections with the first available below. Joachim Luetke (Arch Enemy, Kreator, Sopor Aeternus), German artist / painter / graphic designer who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, lends his disturbing talents to the new Dimmu Borgir album. When

Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir have announced the launch of the first leg to their ‘Darkness Reborn World Tour’ for their upcoming new album with Korn in Europe. States guitarist/songwriter Silenoz: “We really look forward to finally start the touring cycle in support of our new monster! Special thanks to Jonathan and Korn

Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir proudly announce their collaboration with Norwegian composer and Berklee College of Music summa cum laude alumnus Gaute Storaas in addition to the 51 members of KORK (the Norwegian Radio Orchestra) and the 38-member Schola Cantorum Choir for their as-yet-untitled new album. To date, over 101 musicians have lent

Indian blackened death metal outfit Demonic Resurrection have released a new video for the song The Unrelenting Surge Of Venegeance, from their new album ‘The Return To Darkness’. Check the video out below

2009 has been an incredible year for rock music in general, regardless of which style you’re into. The year has been a particularly special one for live music, and to illustrate this I’ve devised an in-depth rundown of my favourite gigs of the last twelve months. Enjoy!