Rating: 3/5
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Even though Blackguard ends on a high note, I don’t sense replay value overall. Perhaps invoking their regional history will help them find their voice, because otherwise it’s interchangeable.

On the heels of “The Obsidian Conspiracy”, and a recent headlining tour, NEVERMORE announces a monthlong trek leading Symphony X, Soilwork, Powerglove & Blackguard; followed by another tour of eight dates with the mighty Sepultura.

DEICIDE complete new album and announce a blasphemous headlining tour with BELPHEGOR, NEURAXIS, BLACKGUARD, and PATHOLOGY … sponsored by Bloody-Disgusting!

Polish extreme metallers HATE have been working on their new compositions for a over six months now. The band will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland just after their North American tour with Hypocrisy, on June 5, to begin recording their new album for a late 2010 release via Listenable Records. HATE have announced the title of their forthcoming material as Erebos, which comes from ancient Greek and means literally ”deep darkness or shadow.” The new album will contain at least nine new songs, which are said to be a fusion of blackened death metal, industrial and ambient sounds, deathcore [...read more]

The band will be playing their first dates for latest album Njord and will be joined by Kamelot and Blackguard.