Black metal legends, Emperor, will release "Live Inferno," a CD and DVD set documenting their sold our reunion performances, on April 21 (April 16 in Europe). The set will come in several formats, including a double-CD, and CD or vinyl with DVD. Read more...

Before you plan your next vacation getaway to Norway, head on over to Metalkult.com to see a black metal travelogue featuring Mayhem's late guitarist Euronymous' former record store Helvete (now a bakery); one of the churches burned down by the Inner Circle in 1992; and the studio where Satyricon are recording their new album. And that's just part one. In the other three segments, members of 1349 take journalists to Oslo's most happening metal bars, Emperor/Zyklon drummer Trym lays down some ink at his tattoo place Imperial Tattoo and ex-Emperor frontman Ihsahn shares recording tips at Symphonique Studios.

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The correct answer to yesterday's Indecipherable Logo of the Day is:

f) Lesbian

Why would four dudes from Seattle call themselves Lesbian? "Because its name evokes pure, sexually charged freedom -- and that's what rock is all about." That comes from the band's own press release, not us, so you know it's got to be true.

The group's debut album, Power Hor, is an amalgam of various incendiary styles, including psychedelic, doom, thrash, black, progressive and classic metal, and the four lengthy songs on the disc stomp and lumber like a brontosaurus leveling a lesbian gym.

"Fans of bands like Neurosis, Emperor, Skullflower, Boris, Pelican, Sleep and Isis now have a band that amazingly sounds like a hybrid of all of those legendary groups." Again, that's the publicist's words, not ours. We simply cannot find words to describe this synapse-frazzling, genre-defying thunderstorm of broken glass, bile and beer.

Stream the whole record here and judge for yourself.

Fortunately, there's an endless supply of this stuff, so unless we see some serious complaints, we'll keep bringing it on. Today's entry is from a Norwegian black metal supergroup that features ex-members of Vintersong, Carpathian Forest, Havayoth, Solefald and Spiral Architect. No, it's not Dethklok. Here are your choices:

a) Rorbagas
b) Borknagar
c) Emperor
d) AC/DC
e) Sorknagas