Blackenedfest with Black Metal legends Mayhem is set to kick off on may 21st to June 15th. Swedish Black Metal veterans Marduk will be there as well along with Death-grinders Cephalic Carnage and Cattle Decapitation. Opening is Prosthetic records blackened death metal prospects Withered.

Withered come out of Atlanta Georgia and they are not an easy band to listen to at first, it’s an acquired taste, but once you get used to their sound, it’s hard not to listen and have a love/hate relationship with their music. Their latest release Folie Circulaire was released June 24th of last year.
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Just when you thought a Norwegian Black Metal band would be afraid of nothing, Mayhem have been forced to cancel tour dates due to the outbreak and potential pandemic of swine flu.
All I can say is that the bird flu didn’t stop Watain from butchering pigeons and smearing the blood on themselves for a show.
Word is that they are going to try to reschedule. In the meantime they will still be headlining Blackened Fest with Marduk, Cephalic Carnage and Cattle Decapitation.
 

In 1996 Dwell Records released a tribute album to Celtic Frost titled In Memory Of Celtic Frost. Who knew some years later they would reunite just to disband (Sort of) again this year. The remaining band members say they are still a band, but can we really call them Celtic Frost without Thomas Gabriel Fischer?
In Memory Of Celtic Frost has some of the best songs by Celtic Frost covered by some of the greatest Metal, Black Metal and Death Metal bands. Bands such as Mayhem, Emporer, Grave, Opeth and Slaughter, just to name a few. If you’ve ever been …read more

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Ultimate-Guitar.com recently had the chance to interview Norwegian Black Metal Legends Mayhem. They talk mostly of musical taste and equipment used so don’t expect Satan to come up much or at all in this interview. These are very brief excerpts. Click the link at the bottom to read the entire interview.
UG: Do you feel it is necessary and also important to have a broad taste of various music genres in order to grow as a guitarist?