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With a new album, 'Underworld Regime,' out via Prosthetic Records on April 13, Ov Hell, the black metal pairing of Gorgoroth's King ov Hell and Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath, aren't committing to touring ... just yet. "We are looking into the possibility of playing a few select shows with Ov Hell," King told Noisecreep...

King ov Hell -- one of the greatest black metal nom de plumes in the genre's sordid history -- is not only busy with Ov Hell, his project with Dimmu Borgir singer Shagrath, which just released 'Underworld Regime' via Prosthetic. King has his mitts in many pots and is staying musically solvent...

1349 guitarist Archaon has contributed leads to the upcoming third album by Italian melodic black metal band Nefarium, 'Ad Discipulum,' which is scheduled for release on May 11 on Agonia Records. The disc features new drummer Garghuf (ex-Gorgoroth, Enthroned) and also includes guest vocals by Mortuary Drape frontman Wildness Perversion...

Members of Gorgoroth and Dimmu Borgir under one roof? That's a black metal match fostered in the deepest recesses of hell. It was probably conceived in Satan's bed itself. Just don't call it a 'supergroup,' because that would be terribly 'mainstream...

Ov Hell was originally intended to be a Gorgoroth record/project, but extended legal battles over the rights to the Gorgoroth name, which occurred between bassist King ov Hell, singer Gaahl and guitarist Infernus, who has continued on with the band while King and Gaahl have moved on...

Little more than a year ago, former Gorgoroth frontman Gaahl came out of the closet, revealing to the metal world that he's gay. Now he's being honored for his courage and for his contributions to the gay community in Bergen, Norway. According to reports, Gaahl was named 'Homosexual of the Year' last week during the annual Bergen Gay Galla ...

Musicians are a pretty unstable bunch. Dig deep enough and there'll be plenty of skeletons in their collective closets. Open the door of ex-Emperor frontman Ihsahn's Symphonique studio in Norway, and there's an actual dangling skeleton the musicians there call by name...

The recent casting of Kristian 'Gaahl' Espedal, the former frontman for Gorgoroth and God Seed, in a state-funded musical has stirred up controversy in Gaahl's Norwegian homeland because of comments the black metal maestro made several years ago about the church burnings that were commonplace during the early Norwegian black metal era...

On Christmas Eve, with all the stores and restaurants closed (except Chinese restaurants, of course) and all the TV channels broadcasting lame holiday specials, what could be more heartwarming than metal? Gorgoroth and Cephalic Carnage are fine, but over the next two days we recommend you check out some holiday songs recorded especially for the season...

We were dusting off the bookshelves around the Noisecreep offices the other day and came across a volume called 'Ask the 'Creep.' Yep, we're bringing back the Ask the 'Creep feature, and today's topic is both complicated and theoretical: is black metal art...