Another outfit
proving to be prolific are Portugal's finest, MOONSPELL,
who are looking at a quick follow up to their hugely successful, "THE
BUTTERFLY EFFECT", album. They are currently finishing writing for their
fifth studio album, entitled, "DARKNESS AND HOPE" which they hope to
begin recording in April at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland with HIILI
HIILESMAA (who's production credits include H.I.M., Apocalyptica and Sentenced).
Tracks already written include, "Firewalking", "Nocturna",
"Devilred", "Made Of Storm", "Than The Serpents In My
Arms" and "Ghostsong". According to frontman, FERNANDO RIBERIO
this fifth opus takes a long look into the bands long history, with nods to
unfinished works along the lines of "Irreligious" but with the bands
worldwide experience. Without spoiling the surprise they are looking to wrap it
all in an exquisite cloak of darkest ambience. Bombastic melodies, which will
make it the heaviest Moonspell album yet written.
AND OCEANS would
like to apologies for their no show on the recent MARDUK tour. Unfortunately
this was caused by logistical problems totally out of their control. The band
are dying to get over to the UK and are mightily pissed off about the
cancellation.
ENSLAVED
has now booked studio time for their upcoming album. They will enter the
legendary Grieghallen Studios on the 30th July, and the recording session ends
at 18th August 2001. The mixing will take place at the Duper Studios from the
27th August and ends at the 2nd September. The release is planned for October
15, 2001. In the meantime feel free to check out the "Members"-section
@ www.EnslavedUnion.com
where you'll find tons of info about all four members; R. Kronheim tells the
world how he sees it, Dirge Rep lets us into his chaotic universe, Grutle
Kjellson gives us a brief history of time and concept and finally Ivar Bjørnson
gives you some insight in his world. By the way, Dirge Rep has not quit
ENSLAVED. He has joined AURA NOIR as their full time drummer, but will do both
now. As a "thank you" to the fans / followers / listeners for the
massive support since the release of "Mardraum - Beyond the Within",
ENSLAVED will put up their entire "Yggdrasill" ('92) demo-tape on
their site, for you to download for free! This will be available from Friday
30th March 2001. Also included will be a mid- and a high-resolution image of the
original cover for the die hard historians! During the preparation for the
upcoming album, ENSLAVED has decided to make one extra song, exclusive just for
the visitors @ EnslavedUnion.com! This song will be recorded and released as
both a MP3 and a .WAV file on the site. Again; totally free of charge. Expected
net-release date is sometime during May 2001.
INCANTATION
Press Release, Wednesday March 28, 2001: Mike was re-admitted to the hospital
yesterday. It is undetermined if it's related to the stabbing or not. He woke up
to terrible pain in his stomach and upper abdomen, so he was rushed to the
emergency room, where they found that his pancreas count was 9 times what it
should be and he had to be admitted for at least 3 days. They done multiplies of
tests to figure out why his pancreas is inflamed. No word as of yet, but we are
told these things take time. We continue to keep vigilance for a complete
recovery.
At this point we would like to release this statement by Mike Saez regarding
Friday March 23: "I would really like to say thank you to all of the
people that have shown support and sent emails to me, and to my friend Chris
Shaw about the situation that occurred at The Voodoo Lounge this past Friday
night, March 23rd 2001, in Queens NY. Your support is extremely appreciated more
than you would ever know. After being in the hospital this weekend I was
released and am doing better. The great doctors at North Shore University
Hospital were able to reattach my muscle, my tissue, and sew my arm up. I am now
resting at home with many stitches. I can't play guitar or work out, but I am
looking forward to getting better so that we may play shows for all the people
that wanted to see us on this "World Of Darkness" tour, that due to
these circumstances, we could not continue to play. My best friend Chris Shaw,
whom I played with in my previous band (DEATHRUNE), was released from the
hospital today. He has some scars, but luckily is also expected to recover 100
percent. He also wishes to thank everyone that has shown concern for his well
being. Our other friend Peter Schultz is still in the hospital. He was stabbed
deep in the forearm and at the moment has no movement in his hand and arm. There
is no word when he will be released from the hospital. I have heard from friends
that there are a million different versions on the Internet of what actually
happened at the club. All that happened was I saw my friend Chris in a fight,
the club had no security whatsoever, and I ran over to break it up, I was then
stabbed in my arm. In my eyes I saw a person that paid to come in and watch us
play and another person who is a close friend of mine and figured I would try to
defuse the situation. Nothing else aside from that happened. I would like to
thank my fellow INCANTATION members for all there concern, and especially for my
metal brother Kyle Severn for running down the street practically almost butt
naked and catching the person responsible for all this. I would also like to
thank Rob Yench's sister Jennifer, and her boyfriend John for stepping in and
basically saving my life, and the VooDoo Lounge's bartender. Also thanks goes
out to anyone who was there that may have tried to help the situation in any
way." - Mike Saez
With the halt of the "World of Darkness" North American tour with
IMMOLATION and GOATWHORE the band is awaiting the news concerning Mike's current
situation and how long it will take before Mike can play guitar again? We like
to thank everyone who has expressed his or her support for Mike, Chris, Peter
and INCANTATION. The group at this point is keeping on schedule the tour dates
for the "Blasphemy In Brazil" tour with REBAELLION in Brazil beginning
in May. Though the band has previous performed in Chile, Argentina and Columbia
this is the first time we will be in Brazil. Our European dates are also still
on schedule for August. The group has been asked to perform at this years "Party.San"
Open Air festival in Bad Berka, near Weimar / Germany August 9-12. INCANTATION
will perform on Friday the 10th. This event will be the first time INCANTATION
has returned to Europe since 1997! Additional dates in Germany have been
announced and another festival in the Czech Republic is also being planned for
Saturday the 11th as well. For more info check out www.incantation.com.
Janna Saarenpää of THE CROWN will play the upcoming No Mercy Festivals as the
drummer of
GOD
DETHRONED. Of course Janne is
still in THE CROWN and he is not the new drummer of GOD DETHRONED. He just helps
them out at these shows!
EVIL INCARNATE's
Deathgasm Records debut CD "Blackest Hymns Of Gods Disgrace"
is being licensed by Morbid Records for Europe. Because of that the band's
European tour is being re-scheduled until the European release in September. The
US tour in the fall is set to be with BLOODSTORM and ABHORRENCE (Brazil). EVIL
INCARNATE will furthermore appear on upcoming tributes to TWISTED SISTER
and DESTRUCTION on Dwell Records. Witchhammer Productions will re-release a
cassette version of "Blood Of The Saints" (the CD version is
still available from Deathgasm). T-shirts for the debut CD will also be
available in a few weeks from Deathgasm, EVIL INCARNATE and Relapse Records. The
band will be auditioning potential drummers soon for the upcoming tours and the
creation / recording of their next CD. If you're interested call: (847)-731-2056
OPETH
are gearing up for their debut North American tour in support of their new
album, "Blackwater Park". The band will be be touring there for two
months and will headline two festivals, Metal Meltdown III and the New England
Metal & Hardcore Festival during that time. The tour kicks off on April 6th
with a slot at Metal Meltdown III in Asbury Park, NJ, followed by a series of
dates with AMORPHIS and SHADOW'S FALL from April 7th in Toronto through April
14th in Worcester, MA at the New England Metalfest. On April 20th, Opeth team up
with NEVERMORE, ANGEL DUST and GOD FORBID in Vancouver, BC. The trek with these
bands runs through May 20th when the tour wraps up in San Jose, CA. For more
tour details go to: www.opeth.com.
IMMORTAL
have canceled their appearance at the With Full Force Festival and have now been
added to the line-up of bands performing at the Metal Dayz Festival in
Switzerland on August 3rd - 5th.
LIMBONIC ART's
Volume 1-4, a four CD set, is out through Hammerheart on March 25th. The set is
limited to 5000 copies and includes six vinyl bonus tracks.
Norway's Voices Of Wonder have released a limited edition version of ULVER's
new album, "Perdition City", on March 25th. This set comes with a 40
page booklet.
NECROPHOBIC
guitarist David Parland has been replaced by Johan Bergebäck (MORPHEUS).
SPV Records and Osmose
Productions have inked a deal
to bring the entire Osmose catalog to the U.S., effective immediately. Osmose
has recently signed five new acts: HOUWITSER, IMPIETY, DIVINE DECAY, ARKHOM
INFAUSTUS and DOMAIN. SPV Records will have exclusive rights to the releases.
"We are looking forward to bringing Osmose to the USA," said Manfred
Schütz, Managing Director of SPV. "Hervé has worked hard to build Osmose
into one of the best Black Metal labels in the world and we are excited about
working with such a dedicated individual".
Iscariah from IMMORTAL has a new side project that goes by the name WURDULAK.
The band also features Maniac (MAYHEM) and Killjoy (NECROPHAGIA). The project's
debut CD will be recorded in Trondheim, Norway in March.
MÖRK GRYNING
have returned. The band members have kept a low profile due to other obligations
with different bands. With their new album, "Maelstrom Chaos", they
have decided to give Mörk Gryning full priority and turn the project into a
band. Tracks to appear on the album include: 'Templars', 'The Darkness Within',
'Dodens Skald (The Scald Of Death)' and 'The Menace'. They also have a new
guitarist, Avatar. The new album will be released in August through No Fashion.
Bassist Kelly Conlon (DEATH, MONSTROSITY) has joined VITAL
REMAINS.
SOILWORK
keyboardist Carlos Del Olmo has left the group. According to Carlos, "I've
had many thoughts about the touring life, and I found out that I'm not the
touring kind of guy."
After years of silence, Sweden's DIMENSION
ZERO, featuring IN FLAMES
guitarist Jesper Strömblad and ex-In Flames axeman Glenn Ljungstrom, have
decided to make their first full-length album. The CD is tentatively scheduled
to be recorded in August 2001 and issued in early 2002.
Guitarist JAMES MURPHY
has relocated to Florida after a several-year stint in the San Francisco Bay
Area, and is apparently talking about reforming DISINCARNATE with original
vocalist Bryan Cegon, who sang on the group's sole CD, 1993's "Dreams Of
The Carrion Kind".
MISTELTEIN
are currently in the Berno Studio recording their second full-length album,
"Completion".
According to the CHILDREN
OF BODOM website, www.childrenofbodom.net,
the band will not tour the U.S. in April since Jaska and Henkka are busy with
school. The band are negotiating a new tour for America.
DESTRUCTION
recently canceled a gig in Venezuela. On their website, www.destruction.de,
the band apologized to their fans in Brasil and anticipated a return to the
country by the end of the year.
The following is a statement from
ABATTOIR's
Steve Gaines, "I am quite sure that some of you may have heard that we were
playing at Salon Riviera on Friday March 30th. Unfortunately, we have to cancel
this appearance. Here's the story: We are right in the middle of our next album,
and every energy we have is being focused on the recording. To change focus
would put us about three weeks behind, not to mention the recording time is
already paid for and non-refundable, by the way, the recording is going
extremely well. It kind of sucks, as we were looking forward to it. Above all,
we apologize for the inconvenience this causes to everyone at Quadrivium who
sponsor these events, and everyone at Salon Riviera in Huntington Park, and we
hope to reschedule our show in late May, if they will have us. This is the ONLY
venue in Los Angeles to feature and promote thrash, death, grindcore... you
know, all of that good stuff that we who know better crave. Check out their
website www.quadriviumlabel.com.
We hope to have a more thorough update on the recording in the coming weeks, and
a reminder about the Classic Metal Fest in Michigan. Again, our apologies to
everyone. Just know that the cancellation is for a good reason and we owe you
one. Until next time... stay Metal."
Andy Sneap
(www.andysneap.co.uk)
has posted the following update on Backstage Studios. "ARCH
ENEMY is now finished their
"Wages Of Sin" album and pretty killer it is too. Anyone who is
already familiar with the band is in for a big surprise once the album is out.
Now they have a new vocalist, it kind of reminds me of CARCASS at times -
definitely worth checking out. I'm currently just starting work with KREATOR,
we are tracking the drums and bass near Hanover at Area 51 Recording Studios.
This is run by Tommy Newton who did a lot of work on the early HELLOWEEN stuff,
he also played guitar in the band VICTORY which I find quite an odd name for
anything coming out of Germany. (Good job Germans are renowned for their great
sense of humor!). Tommy is a great guy to work with and we always end up
stealing ideas from each other. His studio is very geared towards the metal side
of things so it makes my life very easy. We are then doing the rest of the album
at Backstage throughout February and into March. Other things coming up: Metal
Blade want me to mix the new SIX
FEET UNDER album in Florida,
early April. TESTAMENT
are re-recording the classic tracks from their first few albums with their
current line-up plus Alex Skolnick doing his solos. We will be mixing that in
early May at Backstage. Mid May through until the end of June sees Mr. BLAZE
BAYLEY and band once again working at Backstage on a new album to be released
September 2001. And then we have an all new TESTAMENT
album throughout July. We are also looking at an ideal new location for the
studio, which will make it fully residential and pretty damn awesome to say the
least. We are just waiting on planning consent, so fingers crossed, there will
be some news on that within the next update."
According to ENTOMBED's
website, www.entombed.net,
the band have agreed to do a set for a performance at the Royal Opera Hall in
Stockholm, in a show called Unreal Estate. Their set, that includes the band, 30
ballet dancers and a 10 year old kid, will be the third and final set of the
overall show. It will be a live 45 minute performance, featuring new and
specially written full-on Entombed material, whilst two choreographers called
Bogdan Szyber and Carina Reich will get the ballet performing around the band.
Seven or eight of these shows will take place in February 2002. Meanwhile, the
band are once again at Polar Studios in Stockholm, working with Producers Nico
Elgstrand and Stefan Boman. 12 songs are being recorded, and the current working
title for the album is "Morning Star". Also, Entombed have had to
cancel their U.S. tour plans for March. They plan to schedule dates as soon as
they can.
DIMMU BORGIR's new album,
"Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia", entered the German Album charts
at #16, making it the highest-charting Black Metal album of all time. The album
entered the Austrian charts at #23, the Dutch charts at #84, and the Finnish
charts at number #11. The album is out in Japan on April 25th. This edition
includes the bonus track 'Burn In Hell' and a 28 page color booklet. The first
pressing will also include a sticker and a second enhanced CD.
INCANTATION
Press Release, Sunday March 25 2001: INCANTATION would like to issue the
following statement concerning the incident at the Voodoo Lounge in Queens NY on
Friday March 24. This was the 2nd night of the "World Of Darkness"
tour with IMMOLATION and GOATWHORE and was to be a 4-week run across the U.S.
from March through April. However, INCANTATION was forced to end the tour due to
the series of events that occurred that night. First off, during the show the
tour van was broken into and most of the bands personal belongings were stolen
along with most of the tour shirts that the band had with them at the time. This
was a setback, but the band put it behind them and prepared for the performance
of the evening. After the INCANTATION set, vocalist / guitarist Mike Saez was
injured while trying to separate a friend and another individual from fighting.
Mike was stabbed in the arm, slicing the biceps, skin and tendon and was rushed
to the hospital. Mike's injury has put the band's tour schedule on hold until it
is determined the severity of his injury. Already we are told this injury
without complications will take several weeks to heal. Without Mike able to play
guitar at the moment, this prevents INCANTATION from touring at this time Chris
Shaw of NY Death Metal band DEATHRUNE, Mike's friend and former band mate was
stabbed seven times in the back and received a massive slash to the face that
ran from the ear to chin long. At this moment Chris lies in critical condition
at North Shore Hospital in New York. Another show attendee also was cut in the
attack and has lost the feeling in his hand due to the deep slash into the
forearm. There was an overwhelming amount of police response and the show was
abruptly ended without IMMOLATION playing. The suspect attempted to flee but was
apprehended by Kyle Severn who chased the individual and held him till police
arrived. Incantation sends its deepest condolences to the Shaw family and hope
for a speedy recovery. Incantation would also like to express our sympathy to
the other injured individual as well. Finally, we would like to offer our
apologies to our tour mates IMMOLATION and GOATWHORE, the club promoters, our
booking agent and the all the supporters of INCANTATION for disappointment we
all share in this senseless act of pathetic stupidity. INCANTATION
CENTURIAN
have finished all nine songs for their upcoming new CD, which will be called:
"Liber ZarZax". Some song titles are: 'Colosseum Of Blood', 'Heading
For Holocaust' and 'Speech Of The Serpent'. In April, May and June the band will
enter one of the best Dutch studios to record the album, which will be released
through Listenable Records in September. On May 12 Centurian will start playing
live again. The new line-up is supposed to be very well prepared, and the band
motivated more than ever before. Check out our
tourdates
section for already confirmed dates or visit their updated website www.CenturianChaos.com
for the latest details.
WORLD WAR III RECORDS
have announced their first releases. Here's the first bunch that will see the
light of day soon: HATE
–
"Holy Dead Trinity" (for more info on HATE go to: www.hatesatanic.org),
BELFEGOR
(POL) – "The Kingdom Of Glacial Palaces", FOG
(US) – "Through The Eyes Of Night…" (for more info on FOG
go to:
www.geocities.com/darkhorizon666),
CENTINEX -
"Hellbrigade" (licensed for the US market - further info at: www.centinex.com)
and AVULSED
–
"Stabwound Orgasm" (US release with bonus tracks -
further info at: www.avulsed.com)
MALEVOLENT CREATION's
U.S. Tour has been postponed till late July through August. Upon returning from
their European tour on March 1st, vocalist Brett Hoffmann was arrested at U.S.
Customs at Miami's airport for a warrant for his arrest dating back to 1995 for
a violation of probation charge. This will see Hoffmann serving 60 days in a
Florida jail. Without Hoffmann the band obviously cannot tour. The band will
reschedule this tour for the summer, and promise it will be crushing!! For the
first time they will play material from all of their 7 releases, and will be
recording most of the shows for an up coming Live Album. Promoters and bands
wanting to be involved with this upcoming U.S. Tour should contact John Finberg
at FirstRowTalent@aol.com
or (818) 694-3131.
KULT OV AZAZEL's
debut release for Arctic Music, "Triumph Of Fire" is finally ready to
be released on March 27th. The 11-song assault of cold, grim, fast and deadly
Black Metal was recorded at Studio 13 with producer / engineer Jeremy Staska
(Malevolent Creation, HatePlow, Divine Empire etc.), so you can expect a
top-notch production.
After returning from their European Tour, HATEPLOW
is currently writing music for their follow up to last year's "The Only Law
Is Survival" and the material is said to be even faster and leaning towards
a more grindcore sound. Also, a new bassist has been brought into the band after
the departure of bassist Doug Humlack (who apparently disappeared before the
bands European Tour in February). Taking over bass duties will be Julian
Hollowell (AKA - Xaphan-guitarist for black metal band Kult Ov Azazel). Julian
did a great job filling in on bass for the European tour and will now become a
permanent member.
ARCTIC MUSIC
is in negotiations with France's Listenable Records to release new music from
the bands DERANGED, ABORTED and CENTURIAN. It also looks like the label will be
releasing the debut CD from Greece's HOMO IRATUS entitled "Human Consumes
Human." As soon as more news come in, and everything is worked out, mp3's
will be available on their website www.arcticmusicgroup.com.
ARCTIC MUSIC is still looking for new brutal talent, so all worthy bands should
submit their promotional material to: Arctic Music Group, PO Box 23519, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33307, USA
SLAYER
are currently working on their forthcoming album at Warehouse Studios in
Vancouver with producer Matt Hyde. One of the working titles for the record is
"Soundtracks Of The Apocalypse". 17 songs have been written and the
band are currently working on 14 to be included on the record. The remainder
will be used as bonus tracks or for use with a future EP. Tracks include:
'Threshold', 'Disciple', 'Addict', 'Exile', 'Payback', 'Seven Faces', 'Godsend
Death', 'New Faith', 'Deviance', 'Scarstruck', 'Here Comes The Pain' (a reworked
version of the WCW tune), 'Gore Point' and Warzone'. Frontman Tom Araya is
presently laying down his vocal tracks. Guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman
and drummer Paul Bostaph have finished their parts. Watch for the album to drop
in the spring, most likely May. In June Slayer co-headline a North American tour
with PANTERA and STATIC X opening. As for the Slayer box set - DON'T hold your
breath. Both box sets are currently on hold and maybe released next year at the
earliest.
According to IN
FLAMES official website, www.inflames.com,
the band are currently in the studio, mixing the upcoming live album that was
recorded during their Japanese tour in 2000. The album has the working title
"The Tokyo Showdown" and should be released at the beginning of this
Summer. At the same time they are working hard on new material for the next
album. More details about "The Tokyo Showdown" and the next
full-length album will be posted at the website soon.
THE BERZERKER
will join forces with DYING
FETUS, GORGUTS
and SKINLESS
a North American tour that kicks off on March 16th at Obsessions in Randolph,
NJ. The dates wrap up with an appearance at the New England Metal And Hardcore
Festival in Worcester, MA on April 14th.
SYMBYOSIS
have a new website. For info on the band's touring schedule, exclusive tracks
and much more, go to: www.symbyosis.net
CRYPTOPSY
were recently awarded the Best Metal Act award by the Montreal International
Music Initiative (MIMI). The band's tour with CANDIRIA, POISON THE WELL and
ORIGIN will be taking them across the U.S., then back up through Canada.
KATAKLYSM
have a new website address: http://www.kataklysm.net.
The new site will include exclusive audio tracks, photos, news, tour dates, bios
and more.
Sweden's KATATONIA
release their new album, "Last Fair Deal Gone Down", on May 8th
through Peaceville. The album was produced by the band.
NILE
will tour the East Coast beginning on April 5th in Atlanta, GA. The two-week
tour wraps on April 15th in Arlington, VA.
KILLJOY
has been busy as of late, and according to him, it is now official that,
"Philip Anselmo has been given a release to use his real name for our
upcoming bands including EIBON, VIKING CROWN, ENOCH, AMICUSS and, of course,
NECROPHAGIA. This means there is no more Anton Crowley, not that is was much of
a secret before anyway. Speaking of EIBON we recently recorded a few more songs
and hope to finish recording our debut before year's end." Regarding
RAVENOUS, Killjoy has this to say, "RAVENOUS and Hammerheart have both
agreed on not doing a second release together, we parted ways on an extremely
good basis. A new deal for RAVENOUS will be announced very shortly and we plan
to record our new release to be titled "Blood Delirium" in May through
June. There is also the possibilty of doing some European shows early this
summer opening for AMEN."
Anders Nystrom (aka Blackheim) is set to release the latest DIABOLICAL
MASQUERADE album, "Death's
Design". Originally it was supposed to be a score for a film, but the
film's plans have fallen through. Here is a direct statement from Blackheim
himself... "In coincidence with Diabolical Masquerade's brand new
album "Death's Design", here's a brief statement to clear some smoke.
The whole happening is of pretty complex and confusing nature, so I'll just cut
things short and straight for now. Unfortunately I must bring you all some bad
news as things did not turn out the way we hoped, or anyone else involved in
this production for that matter. The new album was going to be nothing but a
score to a horror movie and to be a real surprise to all fans of Diabolical
Masquerade. For the worse, plans and ideas went down the gutter one after
another and in the end the whole movie project eventually landed on ice.
However, mine and Dan's three monthly amount of hard work was finished before
the decline of the project, but ended up without value and "lost" with
its copyrights in the hands of the production company. After several months of
negotiation, Avantgarde Music was granted to license the soundtrack as an
independent release and a commercial follow-up to "Nightwork". We're
now proud to see our part of this project DID make it in the end, however, in a
let's say "daring" direction that it was initially planned to be. Just
think about it, we're probably the first in the world having released a
soundtrack to a film that can't be seen, so who can blame us for not taking
"originality" to new heights?!? On mine and Dan's behalf, it's
important to stress though, that no matter how much this album will be promoted
as the follow-up to "Nightwork", it's still released in the true, raw
and un-edited motion picture soundtrack it was made to be. 61 tracks on the
album pretty much speaks for itself and needless to say, this is aimed at a
"mature" audience and advised as restricted to non-adults." Blackheim,
March 2001. For full song samples on "Death's Design" go to: www.mp3.com/diabolicalmasquerade.
BEHEMOTH
will no longer join the MARDUK tour which is set to start on March 21st.
Nevertheless, the band has been confirmed for the Wacken festival in Germany and
will most likely take part in more summer festivals.
NECROPHAGIA
have officially signed the contract with Moonfog to release their next album,
Harvest Ritual.
DIMMU BORGIR's
"Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia" is out in Japan on April 25th.
This edition includes the bonus track 'Burn In Hell' and a 28 page color
booklet. The first pressing will also include a sticker and a second enhanced
CD.
EMPYRIUM
have finished the recordings for their new album, "Weiland". The album
combines a folklore
theme with Classical music and elements of Prog-Rock. The album, likely to be a
limited edition 3 CD set, will be released in mid to late 2001 through Ember
Music.
TENHI
will release a new MCD, airut:ciwi, in a special limited handmade cardboard
package.
PARAGON OF BEAUTY recently
recorded their new album, Comfort Me - Infinity, at Markus Stock's Klangschmiede
Studio E.
OF THE WAND AND THE MOON
have licensed their new album, "Emptiness:Emptiness:Emptiness", for Germany, Austria and Switzerland through Voices Of Wonder.
BETHLEHEM
just started the recordings for their new album, "Schatten aus der
Alexander Welt".
KHOLD
is the name of a new Moonfog signing. They are a new Norwegian band who play
grim Black Metal - early nineties Norwegian sound, real heavy and catchy. The
band is Oslo based and are all musicians with long experience from other
projects. They have just recorded their debut for Moonfog, "MasterPiss of
Pain".
Itlay's MONUMENTUM
are working on their new album, "Ad Nauseam".
The Philippines' I.P.N
Productions will unleash a
compilation CD this coming April. 18 bands gathered for this release including:
ANCIENT CEREMONY, BLOOD STAINED DUSK, COVEN CURSE, HORDES OF NEBLAH, KRUGER,
LEGACY, MANIAC BUTCHER, MEINARDUS, MITHRAS, NOCTUM, NOCTURN , REX INFERNUS,
SATHANAS, TIDES OF DARKNESS, UNEARTHLY, VINTERSEMESTRE and VORPHALACK. The disc
runs for 77 minutes and includes a 20 page booklet with killer artwork done by
Erick Neyra of GOAT SEMEN. This CD will be pressed on a limited hand numbered
666 copies. For more on this release check out http://ipnproduction.cjb.net
PHOBIA
have inkes a deal with Necropolis / Deathvomit Recording. The band plan on
recording an album for a late Summer / Fall release. "We're all excited to
be working with Necropolis / Death Vomit. It's nice to see a label that hasn't
lost sight of what's important." remarked bassist Bruce Reeves.
CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN
are preparing to release their new album, "The Genocide Machine".
ALASTIS
release a new album, Unity, through Century Media on March 19th.
Maquiavel Music Entertainment has signed LUX
OCCULTA. Their forthcoming
album is called "The Mother And The Enemy" and the band is set to
enter Studio 333 in Poland with producer Bartek Kuzniak in late March after two
Lux Occulta members will be back from supporting to VADER's Polish National Tour
with their project DECAPITATED.
Tokyo's DEFILED
will perform at the New Jersey Metal Meltdown on the weekend of April 6th and
7th.
ROTTING CHRIST's
second album, "Non Serviam", is being re-released with a different
cover. You can order the album from Sleaszy Rider at sleaszyrider@yahoo.com
or by calling +30944-904163.
VENOM's
"Archive" album is out on March 26th. The CD includes a mix of live
and studio material from the band's career. The tracklisting: 'Speedkilling', 'Flatline',
'Bloodlust', 'Into The Fire', 'Kissing The Beast', 'Shadow King', 'Insane', 'Cicilised',
'Parasite', 'Trinity MCMXLC 0530', 'The Ark', 'Crucified', 'Need To Kill',
'Tribes', 'Skool Daze', 'Countess Bathory', 'Harder Than Ever' and 'Wolverine'.
AKERCOCKE
have been signed by Peaceville Records. The
bands second full length studio album entitled "Goat Of Mendes",
recorded at their own ‘Goat Of Mendes’ Studio, will be out in May, and the
release will be supported by some live appearances in the UK and Europe. Plans
are already underway for the next leg of the Peacefest shows of which Akercocke
will feature high on the bill.
Chief Spires,
bassist of NILE,
has parted ways with the critically-acclaimed band upon return from their
European headlining tour. Spires cites creative differences as the reason for
the split and wishes to thank all the NILE fans worldwide for the years of
support. NILE will soon announce a replacement and upcoming summer tour plans.
NILE wishes Spires the best in any of his future musical endeavors.
THE DEAD PIT
is the title of a compilation CD that was released in co-operation by Dead
Again Records and Prick Productions. It features tracks by BRAINCHOKE,
GOREROTTED, BRUTAL INSANITY, BEEF CONSPIRACY, REGORGE, INHUMATE, AGATHOCLES,
DROGHEDA and many more. You can purchase copies for £5 each, either from
INFECTED DISARRAY, 7 Symmons Close, Rayne, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5TL, UK or you
go to the Dead Again website for this and many more brutal releases. www.deadagain.fsnet.co.uk,
e-mail: kolobos@deadagain.fsnet.co.uk
ATHEIST's
back catalogue will be re-issued through France's Seasons Of Mist Records
early this summer, starting with "Piece Of Time", followed by 1992's
"Unquestionable Presence", and then finally "Elements"
with a live album slated for a early 2001 release, and hopefully later in 2001
a brand new ATHEIST record. There will also be a new official website going up
soon, so watch the current website
www.homestead.com/atheist
for more details on that! Check out singer Kelly Shaefer's new band
nEURoTiCa, you can download for free here
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/45/neurotica.html
INFACTED DISARRAY
will enter Orchard Studios in
Northampton on March 31st to record a 3 track promo as a prelude to their
first full length CD for release in October 2001. MP3's have been added to
their website, along with lyrics and tabulature. Go to:
http://infected.fsnet.co.uk
THE CROWN
are
proud to announce that the new vocalist in The Crown is noone less than Tomas
Lindberg (ex-At The Gates). Here's what guitarist Marko Tervonen has to say:
"I hope that this are good news for you, cause it sure as hell are
good news for us... The BEST possible singer next to Johan. We'll
record one hell of an album later this year (most likely during fall). And it
will crush EVERYTHING!!! It's time to dominate the WORLD!!!"
AETERNUS
is currently mixing their new album "Ascention Of Terror" in
Grieghallen with their producer Pytten.
ALAS
have finished all the pieces for their debut-album "Absolute Purity Vol.I".
The last remaining part will be the cover-artwork that needs to be 200% fitting,
since this album is supposed to set new standards in the fields of Metal with
female vocals.
ANCIENT RITES
have finished their new album "Dim Carcosa". It's supposed to feature
an ultimate combination of Black, Death and Heavy Metal with
keyboard-orchestration.
CRUACHAN's
new album was
co-produced by Shane MacGowan (of The Pogues). The single 'Ride-on' even
features Shane on a few vocal lines. The full album "Folk-lore" can be
expected in August.
DIABOLIC
have finished their second album "Subterraineal Magnitude". Fans of
high quality Tampa Death Metal will certainly not be disappointed.
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
guitarist Eumel has an injury on his hand (similar to Demonaz of
Immortal).
DISMEMBER
will hit the studio in the summer-time to record their first album for
Hammerheart Records.
EXMORTEM
will release their new album "Berzerker Legions" in May.
MACABRE
will re-release their legendary "Gloom" album (re-mastered and with
exclusive bonus songs) during this Summer. Check them out at Dynamo.
MONSTROSITY
will release a double-CD called "Enslaving The Masses" in August. It
will feature a live-CD and a CD with obscure tracks from demos, 7"'s
etc.
PRIMORDIAL
will re-releases "Imrama" and "A Journey's End" with the
original design and re-mastered. A new album will follow in Autumn 2001.
REBAELLIUN
have recorded their new album "Annihilation" in Stage One Studio with
producer Andy Classen (Krisiun, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter).
SATARIEL
is ready to record and have chosen Daniel Bergstrand as producer in Studio
Underground (this combination brought us Darkane's "Rusted Angel").
In April SEVERE
TORTURE will tour in the US.
SINISTER
will record "Creative Killings" right after they return from their
April tour.
THRONEAEON
have finished their album "Neither Of Gods". Swedish Death Metal with
a touch of US Death Metal, very well executed and recorded in Studio Underground.
CRADLE OF FILTH have
announced that the first release to come out of their new imprint label
AbraCadaver, will be their own new studio project, "Bitter Suites To
Succubi". This will be the band's first release since 2000's "Midian",
which has taken Cradle Of Filth's total world-wide sales over 1 Million units,
and charted in the UK, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland and debuted at
number 30 in Germany. The project will feature four completely new songs, plus a
cover of the SISTERS OF MERCY classic, 'No Time To Cry' as well as three
complete re-workings of 'The Black Goddess Rises', 'Summer Dying Fast' and 'The
Principle Of Evil Made Flesh' from the band's legendary albums "Vempire -
Dark Faerytales in Phallustein" and "The Principle Of Evil Made
Flesh". The complete tracklisting will be announced shortly. The album,
produced by Cradle Of Filth and mixed by John Fryer also features the acclaimed
string quartet APOCALYPTICA, famed for their classical renditions of METALLICA
compositions. The cover art for the studio project comes from the amazing JK
Potter, who not only designed cover art for Clive Barker, JG Ballard and Isaac
Asimov, but also the stunning images for Cradle Of Filth's 'Midian' album. The
artwork will also include individual portraits coming from John Coulthart -
better known for his illustrations of HP Lovecraft stories. To celebrate the
launch of AbraCadaver, Snapper Music will film Cradle Of Filth's appearance at
the legendary Nottingham Rock City on Easter Saturday, the 14th of April, for a
worldwide netcast and later release on DVD and Video. Their only other visual
release "PanDaemonAeon" maintained 7 weeks in the Billboard Video
Chart. The netcast will be broadcast from April 15th (times to be confirmed) in
association with rock and metal portal Rocktribe.com. The netcast will be
viewer's first chance to see and hear the brand new songs before their release
on "Bitter Suites To Succubi". "Bitter Suites To Succubi"
will be released on May 29th 2001.
Here's some news
straight from the hand of ANCIENT:
"The band is hard at work in GroM's studio writing and rehearsing the
material for the new album which will be released in October this year. The work
so far seems to be extremely promising! The new songs are coming out much much
heavier, complex and technical than in the past and it will definitely be the
best ANCIENT album ever making your heads bang and your hearts burn for sure! So
keep your patience up! The band has confirmed and booked the recording of the
new album in Andy Larocque's (King Diamond) prestigious Los Angered studios in
Gothenburg, Sweden. ANCIENT will enter the studio on May 2nd. The band was
supposed to record at The Abyss studios but there were numerous schedule and
time problems involved so the great Los Angered studios were selected instead.
Some of the lyrics have already been written for the album by Aphazel, GroM and
Deadly Kristin... so you can expect a title within the next month."
WITCHERY have
launched their own website www.witchery.org
to promote their forthcoming and long awaited third full length album for
Necropolis Records. Band leader, and brand new Swedish grammy winner, Patrik Jensen (also of THE
HAUNTED) had this to say about what the
band has been up to since the release of their seminal "Dead, Hot &
Ready" album in 1999, which is also found on the bands' website:
"First of all, we are very sorry to say that we have lost founding member
/ drummer Mique. Mique had recently become a father and also
experienced a very promising career move, which made him come to the
conclusion that he had had enough. We thank him for the years he stuck with
the band and we wish him the best of luck. A permanent replacement has
been found in Martin Axe (of Nifelheim / Satanic Slaughter fame) and he will
be handling the duties on the upcoming 3rd full-length album. Ah... yes.... a
new full length album from Witchery. We entered Berno Studio on January
29th and we finished it up on the 10th of February. We're aiming for a
release early this summer. There's no definite album title yet, but
we are using the name "It's An Early Grave..." at the moment.
This specific title refers to how incredibly hard it is to get
everyone together to pull off a new album or to tour... So, to get this
new album done we've been forced to work around the clock during the few days
we had at our disposal... and we are VERY happy with how it turned out
and we're very anxious to get this album into YOUR HANDS...!" The
tentative songtitles for WITCHERY's third album are as follows...
(in no specific order): Wicked, Omens, None Buried Deeper, Inquisition, Called
For By Death, Bonemill, The Storm, Shallow Grave, Unholy Wars and Hearse Of
The Pharaohs (Guest appearance by Hank Sherman, Mercyful Fate).
CRADLE OF FILTH have
announced that their April 14th gig at Nottingham Rock City will be broadcasted
worldwide from www.rocktribe.com.
The performance will furthermore be released on DVD and video in September. It
will include the full concert, an uncut explicit promo video, exclusive pictures
and artwork, extensive backstage footage and interviews. The band have also
confirmed that they are to play two, as yet untitled, brand new songs from their
forthcoming release, "Bitter Suites To Succubi", which will be
released on the band's new label imprint, AbraCadaver on London based
independent Snapper Music (release date: May, 29 - 2001). The Webcast will
feature freaks, stilt-walkers and performers from the notorious Circus Of
Horrors, and a spectacular finale of blood and fire. Cradle Of Filth's movie
'Cradle Of Fear' (which was directed by Alex Chandon), is due for
release via the Internet only in March 2001. The Internet release is due to the
explicit nature of the movie, which is not deemed suitable for a certificate in
the UK.
The members of MELECHESH
recently got together in the Netherlands (Proscriptor flew in from USA and
Moloch from France) to film a video clip in support of their upcoming Osmose
release "Djinn", which will be released on March 26.
VADER's
Reign Forever World album is available in Japan with four bonus tracks. The
exclusive tracks are: 'North' (live), 'Forwards To Die' (live), 'Creatures Of
Light & Darkness' (live) and 'Carnal' (live).
Original SABBAT
members Martin Walkyier (vocals), Frazer Craske (bass) and Simon Jones (guitar)
will reunite at the Bloodstock 01 UK Metalfest in Derby, UK. They'll be joined
by newly recruited Jay Graham (drums) and Pete Wadeson (guitar) to perform as
RETURN TO THE SABBAT.
NIGHT
IN
GALES
new album, Necrodynamic, hits stores on March 26th through Massacre Germany.
ORIGIN
will be on tour with CRYPTOPSY
and CANDIRIA
from March 15th through April 12th, hitting all major U.S. cities.
MARDUK
have finally obtained proper North American distribution. Having made a move
last year from Osmose to their own Blooddawn Productions via Regain Records,
Century Media is licensing the group's latest album, La Grande Danse Macabre.
Produced by Tommy Tägtgren at Abyss Studios, the album showcases ten tracks of
brutal black metal. Century Media have also licensed Marduk's double live
Infernal Eternal and the Obedience EP with exclusive bonus tracks. Both were
released last year overseas. Since the band never officially released an album
in America, they were never able to tour America. Century Media have already got
the band scheduled to hit the road in May with DEICIDE. La Grande Danse Macabre
will be out on May 15th, Infernal Eternal and Obedience will be released on
April 17th. Tour dates will be announced soon.
BLOOD DUSTER's new album,
Cunt, will be out this year through Relapse.
ARCH
ENEMY's
website, www.archenemy.net,
has posted details on the band's new album. Wages Of Sin was produced by Fredrik
Nordstrom and Michael Amott and was mixed by Andy Sneap. The tracklisting: 'Enemy
Within', 'Burning Angel', 'Heart Of Darkness', 'Ravenous', 'Savae Messiah', 'Dead Bury Their
Dead', 'Web Of Lies', 'The First Deadly Sin', 'Behind
The Smile', 'Snow Bound' (inst.) and 'Shadows And Dust'. The album will be out
in Japan on April 25th and later in Europe and the U.S. Arch Enemy's Michael
Amott commented some of the tracks: "We felt that 'Enemy Within' is a good
opening song as it's got a little soft piano intro, that slowly grows into a
crescendo. This is actually the first time we have used any sort of intro, on
our old albums it's always been a case of hitting someone as hard as you can
without warning... this time we give you a warning - THEN we hit you! The song
itself is quite complex and has a lot of different tempos and riffs going
on...not exactly a hit single... but it's 100% Arch Enemy. 'Burning Angel' is
based around a riff and melody that I came up with while visiting my parents one
day... the melody just came to me suddenly and luckily there was a guitar around
so I could work it out on the spot... Chris came up with the verse riff and
there it was - some songs come together quickly like that! In the rehearsals we
threw in a big solo spot for me, it's rather a long solo by our standards and I
tried to keep it melodic and memorable. The lyrics deal with something that's
been written about a lot in metal, witchburning in the dark ages, but I tried to
write from the perspective of the woman being burnt and add a different flavor
to it. Our new vocalist really went for it on this one in the studio and
delivered some ripping vocals that really give the song another dimension. 'Ravenous' is one of the albums most intense and brutal
songs, both musically
and lyrically. This one goes for the throat and just won't let go! From the
schizophrenic intro riff through the slaughtering double bass drum attack of the
verse to the catchy chorus with some madman solos thrown in for good measure.
It's a sick and twisted rollercoaster ride! It's probably going to be the first
video off the album. 'The First Deadly Sin' is probably the song on the album
that has the most obvious death metal roots and therefore sounds a little bit
like something off our first album, fast and furious thrash/death is something
that'll always be a part of the Arch Enemy sound!"
SKINLESS release their
Relapse debut, Foreshadowing Our Demise, on March 20th. A limited edition
picture disc version will be available soon on Morbid Records.
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED are
currently recording the basic tracks for Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope, their
upcoming full-length on Relapse. Artwork for the release will come courtesy of
legendary tattoo artist Paul Booth (SIX FEET UNDER, TODAY IS THE DAY).
DECEASED
will be in the studio from March 15th - 22nd to record a new EP, Behind The
Mourner's Veil, set to be released this July. The tracklisting: 'It's Alive',
'The Mausoleum', 'Slow Infection', 'Victims Of The Masterplan', 'Zombie Attack',
'Plunging To Megadeath', 'Reaganomics' and 'Deathrider'. The band's Up The
Tombstones Live album has been licensed by Pavement for release in the U.S.
BONGZILLA will be entering
the studio shortly to begin recording their second Relapse album, Gateway.
The release of IMPALED's
Choice Cuts album will be delayed due to a squeamish manufacturing plant. The
manufacturer deemed the cover artwork too disgusting and offensive to work with.
Guitarist and vocalist Sean 'Bloodbath' McGrath stated: "It's always been
my dream to make underpaid factory workers curse my name while shaking their
tiny fists in the air. Today my dream has come true." Adorned with images
of a woman's legs and a baby whose throat is about to be cut, this cover is
sick. The album hasn't even hit stores, and the censors are already at it again.
The album features new material from the vinyl only split with ENGORGED, tribute
compilation tracks from the IMPETIGO and CARCASS tributes, unreleased versions
of songs from their debut album and the underground classic demo recordings for
the first time ever on CD.
CEPHALIC CARNAGE
are about to enter the studio to record tracks for a new 3" CD and various
7" singles.
Wicked World / Earache artists GANDALF
get ready to drop their second album Rock Hell on March 20th. The label
characterizes this Finnish foursome as "an unholy union of AC/DC and At The
Gates." However, music journalists the world over seem to have differing
thoughts, which frustrates drummer Nalle Osterman. "Many people have
compared Gandalf to In Flames. With the first record, Deadly Fairytales,
reviewers in Finland compared it to Sentenced, Swedish people compared it to In
Flames and British people compared it to Carcass. It's kind of funny, if you
take all three of those bands, they are all completely unique to themselves. You
can't say that one sounds like the other. If you mix those three, you have in
some people's eyes, us. We never went in to write music that would copy anyone
else. We write in our own style. If it sounds like In Flames it's just
coincidental, it was not intentional. It must have something to do with the
vocals and maybe some of the melodies mixing with hard riffs. For the record,
I'm not a big fan of In Flames. Recently I was in Sweden, in Gothenburg and In
Flames was playing. That was the first time I can say that I enjoyed In Flames.
They have a few good songs like 'Episode 666' and 'Goliaths Disarm Their Davids'.
I think we are in a different direction than In Flames, they may have the same
influences as us."
VILE will hit the studio in
April to record their new album, Depopulate.
REGURGITATE will soon issue a
limited edition picture disc version of Carnivorous Erection on Morbid Records.
They will also release a new split 7" single with Japan's REALIZED on
Stuhlgang Records.
According to digitalmetal.com, BORKNAGAR
will record their yet-to-be titled album at the end of May. The band is set to
work on their fifth full-length with co-producer Borge Finnstad at Fagerborg and
Top Room studios. Finnstad handled the production duties for MAYHEM's Grand
Declaration of War. "I look forward to working with Borge Finnstad because
he seems to be very professional and we have the best recording facilities
available," said ringleader Oysten G. Brun. "Production wise we'll
head for the best to date possible!" The new album is also the first
release with newcomers Tyr (bass) and Vintersorg (vocals). "I am exited in
the sense that it will be a great recording session," Brun confirmed.
"I am fully convinced that the constellation will result in a killer
album!" There are a myriad of new forces in the Borknagar camp, but Brun
reaffirmed that the album will still retain the essence of Borknagar.
"Nobody should be afraid that we'll do a sudden change of style or
something," the guitarist said. "Compared to Quintessence it will be a
bit more diverse. There will be a bit more of everything really. I think the new
album will be slightly more epic than Quintessence, and a bit more complex as
well. But how the final result comes out in the end of the day, we have to see
as well."
MORBID
ANGEL,
now on tour with PANTERA, will head to the U.K. in April for a club run between
the 11th and 15th.
ARCHAEAN
HARMONY
have released a new album, Nihility Mundane Soul. For more on the band check out
http://www.darkmetal.com/archaean
DYING
FETUS
will be touring the U.S. this March and April with support from SKINLESS and
GORGUTS.
EXHUMED's
Slaughtercult album will be re-issued this Summer as a limited edition saw-blade
shaped CD containing a bounus track. The upcoming Japanese version of
Slaughtercult will be re-named Slaughtercult... Fester Forever. It contains four
bonus tracks and completely new artwork.
NASUM will tour Sweden,
Norway and Denmark in March with THE HAUNTED and NINE as part of Close Up
magazine's Close Up Made Us Do It Tour. A limited LP version of the band's Human
2.0 album is out now on Sweden's Distortion Records. The Japanese edition of the
album has been renamed Human 2.01 due to it containing the tracks from their
recent split 7" with WARHATE as bonus tracks and altered artwork.
ANATA will release their
second album, Dreams Of Death And Dismay, through Relapse this May.
MORTICIAN will be on the No
Mercy Festivals tour. The European jaunt also includes MARDUK, VADER, GOD
DETHRONED, SINISTER, MYSTIC CIRCLE, ...AND OCEANS and BAL SAGOTH. The band's
forthcoming album, Domain Of Death, will be out on April 17th. A limited edition
picture disc version will also be available.
AEGRIMONIA have lost their
new vocalist, Mijnheer Massakre. The band are currently looking for a new
singer.
ENTHRONED will release their
new album, Armoured Bestial Hell, this March. The band plan to tour in May and
June with support from RAGNARAK.
MAUDLIN OF
THE
WELL
have finished the recording sessions for their new double CD for Dark
Symphonies. They will begin mastering the new material immediately with a
release date set for early Spring.
MYSTIC CIRCLE release their
new album, The Great Beast, on March 26th through Massacre. It will be available
on CD and limited edition vinly LP.
According to digitalmetal.com,
THORIUM
are gearing up to record their second album, Unleashing The Demons, this Summer.
"It's faster, more brutal and much more insane, but still with a twist of
melody," said frontman and WITHERING SURFACE vocalist Michael H. Andersen.
"So far we have around nine new songs ready, which will not dissapoint the
fans of our debut Ocean Of Blasphemy!" According to the band's website, the
album will be recorded at Exponent Studio in Slovakia and will include a CANCER
cover, 'Cancer Fucking Cancer'.
YATTERING will be recording
their new album next month at Red Studio in Poland. It will be produced by
VADER's Piotr Lukaszewski. Watch for it later this fall on Relapse in the U.S.
and Season Of Mist in Europe.
OPETH
are gearing up for their debut North American tour, in support of their new
album, Blackwater Park, out on March 13th. The band will be in North America for
two months and will take in two festivals, New Jersey's Metal Meltdown 3 on
April 6th and the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA. on
April 14th, as well as their tour with AMORPHIS and NEVERMORE. The regular dates
with Amorphis and SHADOWS FALL kick off after Metal Meltdown on April 7th at the
Kathedral in Toronto, Canada and run through April 13th in Cleveland, OH.
Following the New England Metalfest, the gigs start up again on April 22nd at
The Showbox in Seattle, WA. This leg of the tour, with Nevermore, God Forbid and
Special Guests, wraps up at The Cactus Club in San Jose, CA on May 20th. For
more info go to: www.opeth.com
The Japanese edition of NASUM's
Human 2.0 album includes four bonus tracks exclusive to that edition. The tracks
are: 'And You Were Blind To What Lay Beyond', 'Stolen Pride', 'Silent' and 'Losing
Faith'.
Vulture
Entertainment will be re-releasing the very limited "Reincremation"
demo by SUFFOCATION,
for the first time on CD. The Reincremation demo first surfaced in late 1989,
and after only 1.000 copies distributed it was never seen again. "Reincremation"
will be remastered at Morrisound Studio's in Tampa, Florida by Steve Heritage,
and will include an enhanced version of it's original artwork courtesy of Travis
Smith (Suffocation, Skinlab, Death). Reincremation will also include live
bonus tracks. For further info check out: http://www.vultureent.com
ANCIENT RITES
recently finished the recordings for their long-awaited follow-up to
their outstanding Fatherland-album. The new album was recorded and mixed in
Spacelab Studios in Germany. The new album is titled "Dim Carcosa"
and features 11 tracks. Some of the songtitles are 'Victory Or Valhalla (Last
Man Standing)', 'North Sea', '(Ode To Ancient) Europe', 'On Golden Fields (De
Leeuwen Dansen)' and of course the title-track 'Dim Carcosa'. Release of the
album is scheduled for May 21st.
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