VADER's video for the song "Sword of the Witcher", which was recorded exclusively for a video game called The Wicher, has been posted online at the Polish web site Wirtualna Polska.

Commented the band: "The story of The Witcher is set to realm of best-selling fantasy saga by the same title, conjured to life by < ...

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MetalKult.com has posted rare live videos from a 1988 performance by DEATH. The videos were shot on October 23, 1988, at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, during a show with RAVEN,

A new CHILDREN OF BODOM track, entitled "Tie My Rope", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the forthcoming "Viva La Bands, Vol. 2" album, which is scheduled for release on September 4 via Ferret Music/Filthy Note Records/

In his position as one of the world's leading pop culture icons and most acc ...

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SYMPHONY X's video for the song "Serpent's Kiss" has been posted on MySpace. The track comes off the New Jersey progressive metallers' new CD, which sold around 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Paradise Lost" first-week chart p ...

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Another new DARKEST HOUR track, entitled "Stand and Receive Your Judgment", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the Washington D.C.-based metallers' new album, "Deliver Us", due on July 10 via Victory Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's "Undoing Ruin" was recorded at the Warehouse in Vancouver, Canada.

"Deliver Us" track listing:

01. Doomsayer (The Beginning of the End)
02. Sanctuary
03. Demon(s)
04. An Ethereal Drain
05. A Paradox with Flies
06. The Light at the Edge of the ...

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DESPISED ICON's new video for the track "In the Arms of Perdition" will make its "Headbanger's Ball" debut this Saturday, June 9 on MTV2 at 11:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. PST. The clip was shot by director Jean-Philippe Bernier and emphasizes the band's frantic live intensity. Click here to access the new e-ca ...

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"Collateral Defect", the latest album from Italy's premiere gothic-tinged black metal act GRAVEWORM, is now available for streaming at MP3.com. The album will be up until Sunday, June 3 and will be released in North America on June 5 via Nuclear Blast Records.

"Collateral Defect" was recorded at Sta ...

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GORGOROTH's video for the song "Carving a Giant" has been posted online at this location.

The "Carving a Giant" clip made its debut on MTV Norway's "Headbanger's Ball" last Sunday, May 20. The track comes off GORGOROTH's latest CD, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", which was released last year via Sweden's Regain Records.

An in-depth report on the "Carving a Giant" video shoot is available at

PARADISE LOST's new album, "In Requiem", is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. The CD stream will only be available for one week.

"In Requiem" will be released on June 5 in North America (May 21 in most of Europe) via Century Media Recors. An e-card for "In Requiem" has been made available at this location. The e-card includes three tracks from the CD — "Never for the Damned", "Ash & Debris" and "The Enemy", the latter of which has just been release ...

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SAXON's video for the song "If I Was You" has been posted at YouTube. The track comes off the British heavy metal legends' latest album, "The Inner Sanctum", which was released in early March.

SAXON is the subject of this coming Tuesday's (April 10) "Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith" documentary series on U.K.'s Channel 4 in which legendary Live Aid and Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith attempts "to help revive the fortunes of six entertainment businesses in desperate need of a boost, and set them back on the path to the big time." His task ...

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