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Metal Martyr

December 1st, 2008

Contest Winners

Alright, the contests for last month are over and here are the winner.
The winner of the Opeth signer guitar pick is Alex Rochon and the winner of the All That Remains Overcome CD is Giles.
I’ll send them out this week.
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November 25th, 2008

Opeth And Immortal Vinyl Box Set

Viva Hate Records has announced that a they will be releasing an Opeth and Immortal wooden box vinyl set. They are currently taking reservations for the Opeth set, which contains only the Candlelight Records albums. They are no longer taking reservations for the Immortal Box set.
The Opeth Box contains
- 6xLP set of the following three […]

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November 21st, 2008

Bloodbath: The Masterless Fathomrey

Yeah, I’ve been drinking a bit tonight. But not that much, I just thought this album sounded funny that way. Seriously, there is nothing funny about Bloodbath’s latest release The Fathomless Mastery. Aside from Opeth, Mikael Akerfeldt does a sick job in Bloodbath. I think he goes more balls out with the death metal […]

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November 14th, 2008

Contest Reminders

Just a reminder that I am running two contests right now. One for a signed/used guitar picked from Opeth’s Fredrik Akesson, and the other for a copy of All That Remains soon to go gold album, Overcome. Click on the links below and enter the contest.
Win A Signed Guitar PIck From Opeth’s Fredrick Akesson
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November 13th, 2008

Opeth Burden Video

Check out Opeth’s new video for Burden off of the Watershed album. I love this song. Mikael’s voice is amazing. I love the heavier stuff but I wouldn’t mind an entire album that sounded like this.

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November 11th, 2008

New Releases For 11/11/08

On DVD
Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes
Warrant - They Came From Hollywood
Vision Of Disorder - Dead In New York
On CD
Light This City - Stormnchaser
Adversary - Singularity
Dir enGrey - Uroboros
Six Feet Under - Death Rituals
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
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November 7th, 2008

Win An Opeth Signed Guitar Pick

Up for giveaway is a guitar pick used and signed by Fredrik Akesson from Opeth. It doesn’t look like much of a signature but it was the best he could do. Contest entry is simple. All you have to do is enter a comment and you are entered. I will pick a winner at random […]

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November 3rd, 2008

Interview Exclusive: Opeth’s Fredrik Akesson

So before the Opeth show I had a chance to sit down with Fredrik Akesson currently of Opeth and formerly of Arch Enemy. Really cool guy and a great guitar player. My interview was scheduled for 5:30 to 5:45 so I left the hosue about 4:30 because it takes about a half hour to […]

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October 28th, 2008

Today’s North American Releases 10/28/08

Holy crap, there is so much stuff coming out today. On a side note, before I get started the new (and last from the bad) Light This City Stormchaser will be coming on November 11th. I got a review copy the other day and I’m really diggin it. I’ll write up a review later in […]

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October 26th, 2008

Opeth Show Review And Photos

Friday’s Opeth show at The Lincoln Theater was sold out. I got there about an hour and a half before doors to get an interview with Fredrik Akkeson of Opeth (I’ll transcribe that and get it up in a day or so). There were ticket holders and non-ticket holders waiting to get in so […]

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