As you might now, heavy metallers Raven will release a covers album entitled Party Killers as well as a new album with original material. Now, we have new details of both releases. First, you can hear three samples of the covers "Cockroach", "Take Me Bak 'Ome" and "Fireball" from the covers album below. The band has also revealed the cover of ExtermiNation that will drop through SPV Records in 2015.

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British metallers Raven have announced recently that they are planning to release a covers album entitled Party Killers as well as a new album with original material. The band just revealed the tracklist of the upcoming covers album which can be seen below. For the record, this album will only be available through November 28th via their Kickstarter campaign which can be found here.

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British NWOBHM band Raven has been working on their upcoming original album called ExtermiNation, slated for an early 2015 release. It has been five years since the last opus released by this band, Walk Through Fire has seen the light of day. As a bonus, the band has found the time in the pre-production sessions for the new album to record several covers for a covers album entitled Party Killers. Although no more details have been revealed until now, we can expect to hear covers like "Ogre Battle" from Queen as well as "In For The Kill" from Budgie.

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"Eye Of Existence", a brand new song from U.K. black metallers Primitive Graven Image can now be streamed in the video below. The track comes off the band's third album Psychededlic Episodes - Observations On Death And Deathlessness, freshly released on September 3rd via Envenomation Records.

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Maltese gothic/doom metal band Weeping Silence recently secured a deal with Ravenheart Music Records. The band posted the following on their Facebook page: "We are pleased to announce that Weeping Silence has signed a record deal with Ravenheart Music Records for the release of the forthcoming album entitled For The Unsung. The release is scheduled for autumn 2012."

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Metal Blade Records press release:

Metal Blade Records announces the signing of epic heavy metallers Raven Black Night from down under!

Raven Black Night formed in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia to start their campaign to bring their traditional metal sound to a worldwide audience. After numerous gigs throughout their home country they recorded and released their debut album Choose The Dark in 2005.

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Swedish doom metal legends Count Raven have sadly announced they will not perform on Hellfest Open Air this afternoon (June 19th). This due to the fact that band member Dan Fondelius was brought to the hospital on Wednesday due to gastro intestinal condition. Doctors declared that due to the symptoms, he will have to undergo a complete medical exam and that he is in no condition to perform.

The band had with eager anticipation looked forward to attend Hellfest. Though the band thanks everyone who worked to get them there very much, and wishes them all good luck with the festival.

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Event:	Hellfest Open Air 2010

Influential bassist Paul Raven passed away on the 20th of October. A message posted on the MySpace page of his latest project Mob Research states:

"Mob Research founder and bassist Paul Raven passed away today Saturday 20th October, apparently from a heart attack. The cause of the attack is currently unknown. He had just arrived in Europe to commence recording with his friends Treponem Pal.

Raven was the charismatic bass player for Killing Joke for many years, also Prong and most recently Ministry and Mob Research. He was a great friend to many and a legendary bass player. We shall all miss Paul incredibly. When we have more information on his untimely passing and cause of death we will let you know. We are still in a state of shock. We understand the funeral services will be held in England. Any messages of condolence are welcomed.

We love and miss you man... "

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Open Grave Records has partnered with BlackMetalonline.com to stream the debut album from UK Black Metallers Primitive Graven Image "Traversing The Awesome Night" in its entirety. The CD will stream from April 22 to May 7.

"Traversing The Awesome Night" will be released in the US on April 24, with a European release scheduled for May 7 on Open Grave Records.

"Traversing The Awesome Night" tracklisting:

01. Bringer of Dark and Light
02. None Shall Stand
03. Design
04. Fear and Fire
05. The Journey to the Forest
06. As I Wander
07. Earth's Wrath
08. Battleride
09. Victorious
10. The Shriek of Death

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Greek Black Metallers Ravencult have announced a deal with Dark Essence Records. The band have inked the deal with the Norwegian record label in time for their next release. The release will be their debut album 'Temples Of Torment'. The album will be released on the 26th of March, 2007.

Here is the track list for the album:

01. The Sigil Of Baphomet
02. In Times Of Demise
03. Onslaught Command
04. Blessed In Heresy
05. Commence The Burning Of Heavens
06. The Nightsky Codex
07. Utter Cold Void
08. The Needles Of Truth

More information including the cover art will be posted soon.

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Dan Fondelius, frontman of the Swedish doom metal legend Count Raven, has parted ways with bassist Tommy 'Wilbur' Eriksson and drummer Christer 'Renfield' Petersson after reuniting with them after a five year hiatus in 2003. The replacements are Fredrik Jansson and Jens Bock respectively. The official statement of Fondelius:

"Count Raven has after two and a half years decided to go through some changes. There are a number of reasons for this: The main one's due to problems working in one direction, due to lack of interest and bad communication. Another one is simply that the old magic wasn't there anymore. This is not a new thing, it happens to a lot of bands that reunite, and for some reason they can't find that old mojo working.

In order to keep the old Raven-magic, we have some new people in the band who have the ability to keep that very magic. And that's the main thing. You got to stay true to your music, your fans and to your dream! The guys that will help out to make this dream work and who are replacing Wilbur and Renfield are: Fredrik Jansson (ex-Abramis Brama) on bass, and Jens Bock (ex-Doomsday Gouvernment) on drums. We have already finished the set-list for the Bang Your Head-Festival, and it will include a few surprises.
Also we are rehearsing on new material for a possible new album, and so far it sounds extremely promising. We want to thank everybody that believed in us in the past, as well those that do now. We won't let you down!
The Raven flies on..."

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HI!! here's some "snippets" of a few of the songs we are working on - these are home demos but at least you get an idea of what we are up to - more to follow!!!
cheers,
john

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