(2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Belus is the seventh full-length album by the Norwegian black metal artist Burzum. The first studio album to be released after a near 11-year hiatus, it is expected to be released on March 8, 2010 via Byelobog Productions.

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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White Wizzard hails from Los Angeles CA. Tired of the same old down-tuned screamo metal that seems to be everywhere these days, Jon Leon formed White Wizzard in the summer of 2007. The goal was simple – to bring the songwriting, melody and good times back into metal and rock.

(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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High On Fire is a stoner metal band originally formed from the remnants of the legendary stoner band Sleep. Matt Pike, from Sleep, sings and plays guitar in High on Fire and founded the band with George Rice (bass) and Des Kensel (drums).

Snakes for the Divine is the fifth studio album by High on Fire.

Snakes For The Divine was recorded at The Pass Studios in Los Angeles with producer Greg Fidelman. The album cover art and track listing were revealed on the band’s Myspace page on January 6, 2010. Snakes for the Divine will be released on February 23 through E1 Music.

(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)

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Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene and one of the pioneers of the melodic death metal genre, along with In Flames and At the Gates.

(2 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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Trivium is an American Heavy Metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. The band has released four studio
albums, eleven singles and twelve music videos. Signed to Roadrunner Records, the band has attended major music festivals, including Ozzfest and the Download Festival.

Matt Heafy – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar (1999–present)
Corey Beaulieu – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, screaming vocals (live)(2003–present)
Paolo Gregoletto – bass guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)
Nick Augusto – drums, percussion (2010–present)

Their newest song `Shattering The Skies Above` is a return to their raw, metalcore style found on Ascendancy.`Shattering the Skies Above` was released exclusively to their fanclub (TriviumWorld) on Friday, Feburary 12, 2010. The song is expected to be released to the public on Monday, Feburary 15.

(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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Current line-up

Jon Oliva – Vocals, Keyboards (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Doctor Butcher)
Matt LaPorte – Guitar (Circle II Circle, Last Things, Midnight)
Tom McDyne – Guitar
Kevin Rothney – Bass (Circle II Circle)
John Zahner – Keyboards (Circle II Circle)
Chris Kinder – Drums (Circle II Circle)

(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Embryo were born in 2000 in Cremona. In 2001 the band recorded the first promo “The Source Of Hate”. After a widespred underground promotional campain with Kick Agency Promotion, the promo received positive reviews from fanzines, webzines , thus Embryo decided to record a promotional cd only for labels, magazines, webzines.The new release was a three-song cd recorded on June 30th 2002 at X-Studio in Bollate (Milan). In the same year the band had many gigs in Italy,Austria and Switzerland to promote the new songs and was among the finalists of the Transilvania Rock Contest.

Thanks to many positive feedback, Embryo decided to realize their first cd in 2005. The band signed a deal with Officina Rock on January 2006. The new album, called Chaotic Age, distributed by Masterpiece, it was out at the end of April; it was also reprinted by the russian label Mystic Empire in order to be distributed in the east European countries.
Chaotic Age has been succesfully presented on April 7th at Transilvania Live (Cremona), during the show with the legendary thrashers Necrodeath. It has also positive feedback in a lot of magazines (FLASH 85/100 , METAL HAMMER 7/10 …) and webzines (Metalitalia 7, Rockline 70/100, “Album Of The Month” on danish Metal Revolution etc…) and among MySpace users from all over the world!

After some gigs around the north of Italy the band faced new line-up issues and after the change of keyboards player Simone (just after the recording of Chaotic Age) the band replaced bass player Rospy and the drummer Reynoldz. The new players joined the band with enthusiasm and new ideas for the creation of new songs.
Between February and March 2009 Embryo entered in Fear Studio (Dgm, Gory Blister, Empyrios, The Modern Age Slavery …) to realized their second album “NO GOD SLAVE”, recorded and mixed by Simone Mularoni, and mastered by Gabriele Ravaglia.
In August Embryo signed a deal with the british label Rising Records (candidated as best metal label at the Hammer Golden Awards 2009).
In November James Payne joined the band as session drummer and in December Embryo realized the video of the song “No God Slave” directed by Salvatore Perrone.
“NO GOD SLAVE” will be out worldwide on 15th February 2010!
Stay Tuned!!

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ow, after three full length albums and over 250 shows in over 30 countries, Eluvetie is ready to conquer the rest of the world & unleash their latest Masterpiece: “Everything remains as it never was”
When the first ten years of the new millenium have passed, Chrigel and his gang will present the perfect ELUVEITIE album. It has everything their fans and not-yet-fans are asking for: fascinating ancient melodies and stories, bonebreaking, heavy but still danceable death metal and huge choruses that will appeal to all kind of metalheads. „Everything Remains“ simply continues where „Slania“ left off taking the bands fresh and unique sound to the next higher level.
And this album of course demanded the best treatment there is, so the band hired an army of legends to put the finishing touches to this masterpiece of folk metal: Tommy Vetterli (Kreator, Coroner, a.o.) to engineer and co-produce the album, Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Behemoth, Trivium, a.o.) to mix it and John Davis (U2, Led Zeppelin, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, a.o.) for mastering duties.

…and the new wave of folk metal goes on…

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Along with Kreator and Sodom, Destruction was considered at the top of the class of mid-eighties German thrash metal (and, personal opinion here, the best of the three), and by the time of 1988’s Release From Agony (the BNR choice for their best album), their unique brand of raw thrash had gained them worldwide appeal. But the tour following the release of Live Without Sense a year later found the band in turmoil, with internal dissent resulting in vocalist/bassist Schmier leaving the band (later to form Headhunter). The rest of the group soldiered on, eventually releasing Cracked Brain in 1990, but the album was poorly received and all was quiet on the Destruction front. But though the band had virtually disappeared from international view, in fact guitarist Mike was still plugging away, recruiting a new lineup and recording three self-financed albums in the mid-nineties, albums that are regarded as decent in their own right but lacking the true Destruction spirit. Finally, Mike and Schmier decided to work once again. Pared back to a trio as in the early days, the rejuvenated band recorded All Hell Breaks Loose in 2000, and to date the “new” Destruction have released several albums, most recently re-recording some older material, releasing them as Thrash Anthems.
Having toured internationally with performances at the Wave Gothic Treffen and Chorna Rada Charlotte s Shadow have performed with a broad range of bands including some notables like Clan of Xymox, The Cruxshadows, Nosferatu, Untoten and Soko Friedhof, The faces of Sarah and many more. The group are currently looking forward to their new schedule, which will include more live performance in even more countries and venues.

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Good God, Sweden and Finland seem to be quickly becoming the mecca for true metal. And keeping with that tradition is Dawn of Silence and their sophomore effort Wicked Saint or Righteous Sinner. Want a CD with fist pumping, head banging, double bass drums, down tuned bass, melodic vocals and a twin guitar attack? Then this is the CD for you.

Wicked Saint and Righteous Sinner could damn well make a best of 2010 list. Pick this one today. Crank your stereo just as loud as it will go, and get ready…

Hardrock Haven rating: 9/10