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.

You can check out the Blackenedfest Tune Widget here, instead of me posting it again.

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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.

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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 a fan of Celtic Frost or Black/Death Metal, then give In Memory Of Celtic Frost a listen. It’s a great tribute album. My favorite track is Enslaved’s cover of Procreation Of The Wicked and I was stoked to hear Sepultura cover it on the Blood Rooted album in 1997. Track list after the fold.

1. Morgion – Innocence And Wrath / The Usuper
2. Enslaved – Procreation Of The Wicked
3. Slaughter – Dethroned Emporer
4. Mayhem – Visual Aggression
5. Inner Thought – Morbid Tales
6. Sadistic Intent – Return To The Eve
7. Cianide – Dawn Of Maggido
8. Divine Eve – Visions Of Mortality
9. Grave – Mesmerized
10. Apollyon’s Sun – Babylon Fell
11. Opeth – Circle Of The Tyrants
12. Closedown – Danse Macabre
13. Emporer – Massacra
14. 13 – Triumph Of Death

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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?

Blasphemer: I really do believe that is of importance, yes. When I started out it was only metal (of course!) but as I grew, in both age and skills, the wider the influences went. These days I can listen to almost anything, as long as it has this often quoted “quality stamp”. I listen everything from Industrial and militant music of Cold Meat Industry, Renaissance/Medieval tones, Celtic/Folk, 70..s prog through synth goth and devastating Funeral Doom. There are so much interesting vibes and musical colours out there. Grab it and open your mind. Also the more “educated” you are, or more open minded, the more interesting the music you create tends to be as well, at least in these ears.

UG: What tuning are you using for the new album? There are speculations that you tune down to C.

Blasphemer: No, its simply the tone of the world; C. Both for Ava Inferi and Mayhem.

UG: It seemed as if solos were almost forbidden in black metal’s early days, meaning tapping or even certain sweeping techniques. Do you feel that this not only constricts the player but also the music?

Blasphemer: Yeah, I believe so. But then again, its all about the desired atmosphere. I have used a few sweeps in my time, but only for the purpose of the riff. Not to show off.

Read the rest of the interview here: Mayhem: Orchestrated Chaos In Black

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