LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler has commented on the the success of the band's new album, "Wrath", which sold around 68,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 (behind TAYLOR SWIFT's "Fearless") on The Billboard 200 chart.

LAMB OF GOD's previous album, "Sacrament", sold around 63,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release back in August 2006 to land at No. 8. This represented almost double the amount of records sold by its predecessor, "Ashes of the Wake", which registered a first-week tally of 35,000 in September 2004.

"Tonight we are in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tomorrow is the last show of the first leg o ...

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Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) — the former BURZUM mastermind who is currently serving a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches — will soon be a free man.

In September 2008, Vikernes's fourth application for parole was denied, but a couple of weeks ago he finally received the message he has been waiting for: after almost 16 years in prison, he will be released.

"I will have to report [to the parole officer] for one year — initially every two weeks, and then once a month," Vikernes told the Dagbladet newspaper.

Varg's mother, who last year wrote ...

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The verdict has been reached in the dispute over the rights to the GORGOROTH band name involving vocalist Gaahl, bassist King ov Hell and the group's estranged guitarist Infernus.

Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) filed a lawsuit against King ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) in September 2008 claiming that King (the sixth bass player in GORGOROTH's history) went behind his back in September 2007 and secretly applied for trademark protection of the GORGOROTH bandname and logo, which Infernus had been using since 1992.

A posting on Infernus' MySpace page reads as follows: "Oslo City District Court has today [Tuesday, March 10] delivered a verdict on the main question ...

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The cover artwork for "Show Your Colors", the new album from Finnish metallers AMORAL, can be viewed below. Due in Finland on May 6, the CD was recorded at Sound Supreme Studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

"Show Your Colors" track listing:

01. Random Words
02. Release
03. A Shade of Gray
04. Year of the Suckerpunch
05. Perfection Design
06. Sex N' Satan
07. Song for the Stubborn
08. Vivid
09. Gave Up Easy
10. Last October
11. Exit

"A Shade of Gray" and "Year Of The Suckerpunch" are both available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

"Year Of The Suckerpunch", the latest single from AMORAL, enter ...

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The new issue of Record Collector magazine features an extensive interview with Jason Mendonça of British progressive death metallers AKERCOCKE, conducted by writer Joel McIver. In the interview Mendonça discusses his large collection of rare vinyl, including several techno and drum 'n' bass releases hailing back to his pre-AKERCOCKE career as a DJ and producer.

Mendonça is pictured below with rare vinyl items from his collection, including the "vomit pack" issue of VIO-LENCE's "Eternal Nightmare" and the picture-disc LP of DARKTHRONE's "Soulside Journey", among others.

The magazine is available now from all U.K. and U.S. newsagents.

See www.recordcollectormag.com for more information.

AKERCOCKE's new DVD, "A Decade Of Devil Worship", will be released this summer via the Goat Of Mendes label.

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Athera (real name: Pal Mathieson), vocalist with Norwegian metal band SUSPERIA, was rushed into Akershus Universitetssykehus Hospital in Lørenskog, Norway on the morning of March 9 suffering from acute stomach pains and heavy bleeding. Initial tests revealed that the singer had suffered a heart attack caused by a damaged blood vessel. Athera is currently in the intensive care unit under close observation, while further tests are carried out. He is expected to remain hospitalized for the foreseeable future. At this moment, future plans, including touring commitments, remain unchanged until a full diagnosis of his condition has been confirmed.

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Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have been forced to cancel their previously announced April 13 concert at the Theatre Club in Tel Aviv, Israel "due to the fact that it became logistically impossible to deliver gear and backline to Israel and have it clear customs in time for the show," according to a posting on the group's web site. "The band hopes to be able to play in Israel later in the year when their schedule is less heavy time-wise, allowing sufficient time for freighting necessary equipment."

OPETH were the featured musical guests on February 9, 2009 on the "Nyhetsmorgon" program on Sweden's TV4. The band's two-song performance included the live debut of the track "Coil ...

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Anthony Chowanec of All Metal Music conducted an interview with drummer Aaron Weaver of Pacific Northwestern black metal eco-terrorists WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM on Wednesday, March 4. The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below.

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM will release its new album, "Black Cascade", this month via Southern Lord Recordings. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
02. Ahrimanic Trance
03. Ex Cathedra
04. Crystal Ammunition

It has been five years since WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM emerged from the rain-soaked Cascadian underground with a singular musical alchemy. The band's pre ...

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The Pulse of Radio reports: KORN and LIMP BIZKIT toured together several times during the late '90s, most notably on the first edition of KORN's Family Values tour, and the two bands were right at the forefront of the "nu-metal" movement at the time. But now that LIMP BIZKIT is reuniting after being on hiatus for several years, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis told The Pulse of Radio that his relationship with singer Fred Durst has been strained for a while. "I'm happy that they're gonna play, but I just hope Fred just isn't an ass like he usually is," he said. "We'll see what happens. Hopefully Fred's got it together, 'cause there was one time when Fred was a really cool guy. The fame hit and w ...

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Italian metallers SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE have completed work on their third album, tentatively titled "Mothra", at Planet Red Studios in Richmond, Virginia with producer Andreas Magnusson (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE AGONY SCENE, SCARLET, DUFRESNE, BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, SPITFIRE, TWELVE TRIBES). Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Forever, Works Just in Songs", "A Full View On Heaven", "Gamera I: Death Worship Era", "Gamera II: The So Called Northern Half", "What a Rockin' Heavy Metal Get-Up, Dude!"." The album will feature a guest appearance by BURY YOUR DEAD frontman Myke Terry on the track "Dim Shape In A Black Hole Life".

SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE last fall parted ways w ...

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