Cogumelo Records
will finally release the first two albums by HEADHUNTER
D.C. on CD in May or June.
The CD will feature the band's '89 demo "Hell Is Here" as bonus!
In an interview with
Hidden Throne zine
DEFLESHED's
Gustaf revealed the following news:
"In June we'll record our
new album in Berno Studios for three weeks. It will be titled ''Royal
Straight Flesh'' and the music will definitely sound like Defleshed only that we
mix in a few heavier parts like for example on the ''Under The Blade'' album.
Yet there are a lot more songs to write, but I think ''Royal
Straight Flesh'' will disappoint no
one that liked us before..." To
read the complete interview, go to:
http://www.hiddenthrone.tk
HATE FOREST
have entered the studio on March 24 to record their third album. Musically it is
supposed to be in the vein of "Blood And Fire", but more epic.
Meanwhile, the band is working on the artwork for "The Gates", their
second album. "The Most Ancient Ones", their debut full-lenth, has
generated positive interest so that its first pressing is almost gone already.
The cassette format of "The Most Ancient Ones" should be ready in
about two weeks. You can find out more about this band and download an mp3 from
the following URL: http://www.supernalmusic.com/labels/supernal/hate_forest.htm.
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL
/ MAYHEM
split 10" picture disc will be released on May 27. The tracks from THE
MEADS OF
ASPHODEL are new ones, while the MAYHEM tracks are the only studio tracks MAYHEM
ever recorded in the studio with the classic line-up. The picture disc will be
limited to 500 copies. You can download an MEADS OF ASPHODEL mp3 from the
following URL: http://www.supernalmusic.com/labels/supernal/meads_asphodel.htm
Supernal Music have
a number of re-issues planed for this year, including BEHEMOTH's
"From The Pagan Vastlands", DEINONYCHUS
"Ark Of Thought" and MAYHEM
"Out From The Dark" picture disc.
DEW-SCENTED have
added Hendrik Bache as
a second guitar player to their touring line-up. The band's new
album "Inwards" has been out in Europe, America and Japan for some
weeks now. Additionally it has been licensed to Irond Records for a domestic
release in Russia. Make sure to visit the label's homepage in case you were
wondering on how to obtain the record over there: http://www.irond.ru
DEW-SCENTED is extensively
playing out live throughout the next couple of months, so make sure to check out
our tourdates section in order not to miss a show in your area.
The long wait finally seems to be over - the vinyl version of
PENTACLE's "Ancient
Death" MLP is supposed to be out in a couple of weeks.
If everything works out fine, the overdue POSSESSED
tribute
album will see the light of
day after all. Due to the fact that the label who original wanted to put it out
all of a sudden had disappeared from the face of the earth, frontman /
bassplayer Jeff Becerra most recently gave Dark Realm Records the
permission to release this tribute.
On
May 20th Peaceville Records will be releasing the following five albums on heavy
black vinyl: OPETH - "Still Life" (double
album / gatefold sleeve), ANATHEMA - "Alternative
4", DARKTHRONE - "A Blaze In The Northern
Sky", "Under A Funeral Moon" and "Transylvanian Hunger".
The ANATHEMA DVD "Visions Of A Dying Embrace"
(which contains all promo videos and a live in Poland performance), originally
scheduled for a March release, has now been put back to April 22nd - the same
day will see the release of MY
DYING BRIDE's
DVD "For Darkest Eyes" (it also contains all their promo videos and
a live in Poland performance plus extra live fan footage). Also out on April
22nd will be the band's live album "Voice Of The Wretched" (which
was filmed in 2001 at the "013" club in Holland).
AKERCOCKE are strongly rumoured to be included
in the Wacken line up this year.
Unique
Leader Records will release a VOMITORY
/ DIABOLIC split CD which consists of DIABOLIC's
"City Of The Dead" demo from '97 (plus two unreleased bonus tracks)
and VOMITORY's "1989-1999" release (which previously only came out
on picture LP). It contains two old VOMITORY tracks written back in '91 and
'92 (re-recorded), one track from their "Revelation Nausea" album
(recorded before the Metal Blade release), and covers by SODOM and NAPALM DEATH.
This split CD will come with a very cool cover art-work, big booklet, lots of
photos, lyrics and a short story from both bands.
ARCH ENEMY's
"Wages Of Sin" is out in
Germany on vinyl with a bonus track.
DIMENSION ZERO's new album, "Silent Night
Fever" is available in Europe on vinyl.
According to DRAGONLORD's official discussion board,
Steve DiGiorgio left the band and Derrik Ramirez is officially their new bassist.
MYRKSKOG are in the studio recording their second
album. Drums have been completed, with guitar and vocals now in the works.
NIGHT IN GALES have parted ways with Massacre Records.
The band's new album, "Necrodynamic", will be released soon in North
America through Skyscraper Music.
DYING FETUS guitarist Bruce Greig has left the
band.
CRADLE OF FILTH have just confirmed that they will
be playing a secret warm-up show just before their appearance at Ozzfest UK
2002. Full details will be announced on April 2nd. Meanwhile, the Cradle Of
Fear film has been passed uncut by the UK censors, and will be released on DVD
on April 8th. In other news, the band will release a new compilation through
Music For Nations called "Lovecraft & Witchhearts" in mid-May.
FINNTROLL are currently on their way to Moscow
for a gig with IMPALED NAZARENE. Vocalist Katla wasn't able to make the trip
due to complications involving a tumor on his vocal chords - he's replaced by
Tapio Vilska (SETHIAN, ex-DARKWOODS MY BETROTHED, ex-NATTVINDENS GRAT, ex-WIZZARD).
BEHEMOTH's Nergal has issued the following update
on the bands forthcoming new album, "The new album title is "Zos
Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)". We plan to record it in June and July in
the same studio and with the same engineer we worked with last time. We've already
composed main themes for eight new songs. The new sound is really massive and
heavy. Some new song titles: 'Horns Of Baphomet', 'As Above So Below', 'Conjuration
Of Sleep Daemons' and 'No Sympathy For Fools'." Behemoth are scheduled
to perform live at Germany's With Full Force Festival on July 5th - 7th.
ABADDON INCARNATE will support DESECRATION on their
upcoming tour. Dates kick off on April 17th at Inferno in Prague, Czech Republic
and wrap up on June 2nd at Giros in Belfast, Ireland.
MOURNING BELOVETH will enter the studio on April
22nd to record their new album, "My Sullen Sulcus". The band are aiming
for a fall release.
SEAR BLISS have nearly finished recording their
new album, due out later this year through Red Stream.
URGRUND's "The Graven Sign" will be out
through Baphomet on March 22nd.
FOREST OF IMPALED's new album, "Forward The
Spears", will be out soon on Red Stream. The band now includes only two
original members, guitarists Adrian and Marek. The band line-up also features
Duane Timlin (drums) and Markus Kolar (bass). They will soon announce their
new vocalist.
WURDULAK and GORELORD
are currently recording in a Norwegian studio for the "Creature Feature
Series (Part 2)", to be released this spring through Red Stream.
ABAZAGORATH's first release since 1998 will be
"The Spirit Of Hate For Mankind", to be released on Blood Fire Death
Records / Red Stream. The two track EP will include a poster.
KHOLD's new album, "Phantom", is out
through Moonfog on April 15th. A joint release party for Khold and RED
HARVEST will take place on April 20th at John DEE in Oslo, Norway. In
addition to the bands, DARKTHRONE's Fenriz will DJ throughout the night. Doors
open at 9pm.
Earache have reissued two USURPER albums, "Visions
From The Gods" and "Necronemesis", both containing unreleased
bonus material and new packaging.
In January
2002 the creative core of Chilean extreme metallers CRIMINAL,
Anton Reisenegger (guitar, vocals) and Rodrigo Contreras (lead guitar), decided
to relocate to England. Since the rest of the band were not willing to make
this move, new members had to be recruited. It is now official that Zac O’Neil
(drums), Rob Eaglestone (bass) and Mark Royce (keyboards / samples) have joined
the CRIMINAL organization. Rob (a.k.a. Robin Graves) was the last remaining
original member in CRADLE OF FILTH before leaving the band in April 2001. Zac
could last be heard on the EXTREME NOISE TERROR album "Being And Nothing",
to which he contributed most of the writing. He was also active in FAILED HUMANITY
and as a touring drummer with CHRISTIAN DEATH. Mark had been recording and touring
with ENTWINED and PRIMARY SLAVE. CRIMINAL have been at the forefront of South
American Metal since the mid 90s. Their third and latest album "Cancer"
(2001, Metal Blade) received excellent reviews from the European press, securing
them a slot at the Wacken Open Air 2002, as well as appearances on several other
major festivals this summer. "It’s really cool to have Zac, Mark
and Rob in the band", comments Anton. "Their musicianship is
just amazing, and adding digitally generated noise to the CRIMINAL sound will
definetely take it to the next dimension. It is like a fresh start for us, and
we feel ready to take on Europe now!" Rob had the following to say:
"After ten years of being associated with CRADLE OF FILTH, I decided
that I needed a change of band chemistry plus some time to regain my enthusiasm
towards music generally. I’m really looking forward to promoting CRIMINAL's
fresh approach to what some people would call Old School, but what others might
revere as something challenging amidst an ocean of new Metal wank." The
new line-up is currently busy writing material for a new album, tentatively
scheduled for autumn 2002.
Bassplayer Iscariah has left Norway's IMMORTAL.
Here's his official press statement: "Well, so this day came to an end
despite its long and joyful hours. The statement I doubted would be written
for a long time is here, and if you asked me directly why, I would not be able
to give you a direct answer... because there is no definite reason why. I have
basically followed my instincts and my gut feeling and come to the conclusion
that I am leaving Immortal. This band has basically been my life for 3 years,
and it feels like some strange divorce is being processed. The band is getting
bigger and with that follows complete dedication to the force. If not, you are
bound to fall on your ass. To prevent this event, I quit. It is of my beliefs
that if you have a single doubt, then leave. Do not try to shape the band to
your benefit. I am not retiring. I just want to do what feels right for ME.
At this point I am still involved in several other bands, which I am willing
to push far. Also a new cult act, which I now have joined, should be announced
shortly elsewhere. However, none of the acts has anything to do with my departure.
A new bass player has been recruited for Immortal, and he will be attending
to the upcoming European tour and beyond. We are very optimistic about his skills
and dedication, so I am sure he will be permanent. The band itself will announce
within the coming days who he is. I hail my brothers of this cult and I wish
them the best of luck for the coming future events. Also not to forget, I want
to raise my glass to all you maniacs out there who supports this cult! All hail
Immortal! On behalf of myself, Iscariah"
With the release of their
upcoming new 7" "Humade
Me Flesh" on April 8,
Germany's PROFANITY
will include a CD-R version of the same material. This CD-R will only be
available along with the 7" (strictly limited to 200 hand numbered copies)
for 5Euro (instead of 4Euro for the 7" alone). The band decided to do that
because of the fact that many fans obviously don't own a record player (anymore).
For all further details contact: tom@profanity.de
If you're following the extreme
underground movement a little bit longer already, you will most certainly be
aware of DOOM
and ELECTRO HIPPIES,
two bands from the UK, that started out around the same time as NAPALM DEATH,
CARCASS, BOLT THROWER and the likes. With their Punk / Crust / (old) Hardcore
attitude they not necessarily fit into our musical concept (apart from their
extremity), but have been influential enough to still get a mention here. DOOM
were in fact the first band to get signed by Peaceville Records, while ELECTRO
HIPPIES' original line-up still featured Jeff Walker on vocals, who went on to
CARCASS after the band had recorded / released a demo and a 12" single.
Most recently Peaceville Records have released digi-pack CD's of both bands that
feature a lot of their classic recordings. "Total Doom" by DOOM
comes up with 37 tracks, taken from their "War Crimes - Inhuman Beings"
album from 1988, the 1989 "Bury The Debt - Not The Dead"
split-album with Swedish NO SECURITY and the "Police Bastard" EP.
The ELECTRO HIPPIES disk is entitled "The Only Good Punk" and
features 40 songs in total. In particular that is their 1987 debut "The
Only Good Punk... Is A Dead One", the "Electro Hippies -
Live" album from 1989 and their contributions to the Peaceville
compilations "A Vile Peace" and "Hiatus". So,
if you're also into the early Crust / Hardcore / Punk kinda stuff you definitely
should give these two releases your attention. Further info: www.peaceville.com
HORRID,
Italy's most Swedish sounding Death Metal act, will release an anthology CD
entitled "Evil's Birth 1989-2002" in May. It contains the band's
"Blasphemic Creatures" MCD, their second demo "You Are Mine",
three unreleased live songs ('Obscurity', 'Mephistophelian Chaos' and 'The Period
Of Deep Thought') and 'Winds Of Procreation' (Live) from their 7".
On March 28
AMON AMARTH
will make an appearance on TV3 in Sweden. The
TV-show is called "Baren" (The Bar) and is a so called "Docu-Soap".
This show is broadcasted nationwide,
and has been one of the more popular
"Docu-soaps" in Sweden the last couple of years. Sins of Omission,
who are
joining Amon Amarth on their European tour, will play this show as well.
"Diabolical
Desolation", the new album by Sweden's CENTINEX
is out now in Europe, except in Sweden due to distribution problems. But things
have been cleared up in the meantime so the album should be available over there
as well within the near future. The U.S release-date has been postponed to April
30th. In ralted news, the band has ended their collaboration with First Contact
Agency, so if you're interested in booking Centinex you should get in touch
with them directly. www.centinex.org
After months
of delays, SATYRICON will begin mixing their new
album this week in Denmark with Jeff "Critter" Newell (MINISTRY, GUNS
N¹ ROSES) and Satyr at the healm.
IMPIOUS
have replaced drummer Ulf Johansson with Mikael Norén.
Displeased Records will release MENTAL HORROR's "Proclaiming
Vengeance" album on March 25th.
The Art Of Sickness European tour featuring CRYPTOPSY,
HAEMORRHAGE, PROFANITY
and SPAWN kicks off on April 12th at Die Scheune
in Lachheim / Markt Taschendorf, Germany. The dates wrap up on May 5th at K17
in Berlin, Germany
AMON AMARTH are
in the middle of writing new material for their upcoming album, set to be recorded
in August at Berno Studios in Malmoe, Sweden. The album is yet to be named but
tracks to appear on the release include 'Bloodshed', '..And Soon The World Will
Cease To Be' and 'Vs. The World'. The band are currently planning a European tour...
CANNIBAL CORPSE came in at #11 on the Billboard Independent
Music Chart, for the first week of release of "Gore Obsessed". The band
will embark on their first US tour in support of the album headlining the Spring
Neck Break 2K2, which kicks off on March 29th. Cannibal Corpse will also be doing
an in-store signing in San Diego CA at Blue Meanie Records. The in-store will
take place between 3 - 4pm on April 23rd. "Gore Obsessed" entered the
German Top 100 at #71.
GOREAPHOBIA's
original members from the first demo Alex Bouks, Henny Piotrowski and Craig
Smilowski are together again for the first time since 1990. Their rather Black
Metal-ish sounding frontman "No One" went on to other projects. Ever
since they have been working on new material, which will be in the vein of the
first demo - "...short, fast, to the point and catchy" . The
band even decided to scrap all of the songs from their "Return To The Shadowlands"
2001 promo to restart with brandnew material. We'll keep you posted.
Dark Realm Records
has obtained North
and South American rights to re-release "Violence And Blasphemy" from
Polish Death / Black Metallers WITCHMASTER.
The album is scheduled for an April 2002 release. During
the same month Dark Realm Records will reissue PENTACLE’s
"Ancient Death" CD with an added bonus track for this exclusive North
American release. http://sadisticintent.net/realmreleases.html
They also have copies of
the "Reaching The Veil Of Death" MCD from America’s Death Metal artist
THE CHASM
available for trade now.
Here's
another update on the happenings in the SADISTIC
INTENT camp: "For the past few months Bernie Versailles
(studio / engineer) has been
occupied recording not just one, but two full length records with his own
groups (Agent Steel / Engine). Therefore, SADISTIC INTENT has not been in the
studio since October, 2001. Regardless, it is imperative for the band that
Dark Realm Records must continue and it certainly has been busy in that
aspect... Nevertheless, the fact is Bernie also has other projects so
unfortunately we expect more delays (hopefully not as long as this last one!),
but he has agreed to get back on task with SADISTIC INTENT by late March and
make it a priority. The session has already been through so many set backs
that we anticipate things can only get better! Relatively speaking, there is
not a lot of re-tracking left so if all goes as planned, the recording
should be done by the summer. After that, it will be up to Necropolis
Records to schedule a release date.
On the subject of recordings, SADISTIC INTENT has decided to release the
cover of 'The Exorcist' by the legendary Death Metal gods
Possessed, featuring Jeff Becerra on vocals!!! It is a complete honor for
SADISTIC INTENT to have collaborated with such an important and pioneering
artist of the Death / Black Metal scene! To simply put it (for those who know
Metal history!), the voice behind albums such as "Seven Churches"
and "Beyond The Gates"!!! The song has been recorded for a couple
years now and finally it shall be released by the cult German label, Iron
Pegasus Records! It will be a limited edition picture disc 7" EP, also
featuring the re-recorded classic (originally written in 1988!) SADISTIC
INTENT song entitled 'Morbid Faith'! This is an exclusive version
and not the same one featured on the "Thrashing Holocaust"
compilation by
Necropolis Records. Further information on "The Exorcist / Morbid Faith"
as it comes along...
As far as the Web Lair updates, some new photo’s have been added to the Off
Stage Photo Galleries. Some of them include members of Possessed,
Slayer, Destruction, Morbid Angel, Immortal, Dissection, Enslaved, In
Aeternum and several others! More photo's will be added in the near future.
In other news, SADISTIC INTENT just recently returned from a couple of shows
in New Jersey and New York with Destroyer666, Nun Slaughter, Bloodstorm
& others! We would like to thank all of those who helped make these
events possible and last but not least, to the diehards who were present at
The Destruction Festivals! The next appearance will be in Los Angeles at The
Hell Fest 2002. This is the first L.A. show in well over a year for
SADISTIC INTENT! It also marks the end of an era for the band with it's
current line-up. After being a member of the group for over a decade, Vince
Cervera has decided to "move on". It was a mutual understanding
and now we would like to take this moment to wish him luck. As far as the
future of SADISTIC INTENT, we already have a promising guitar player in mind
and will begin rehearsing shortly after The Hell Fest. Once again, another
obstacle but it will not stop us! Embracing the unholy spirit, it shall only
make us stronger..."
After they parted ways with Hammerheart Records, Danish extreme Death Metal
lunatics EXMORTEM
have just been signed by
Osmose Productions. The band
is looking forward to record their new album during the summer.
The PENTACLE
gig that was planned on March the 23rd in Flensburg got canceled. Somehow
the place was double booked and the gig cannot take place anymore. But there's
also some good, PENTACLE related news. The band's releases "The
Fifth Moon", "Rides The Moonstorm" and "Ancient Death"
will all be released on tape by Witchhammer Prod. from Thailand. It
will be on sale this summer. The
vinyl version of "Ancient Death" will
also be available very soon. The official PENTACLE homepage address has
been changed : http://www.metalprovider.com/pentacle
THRONEAEON
are very sad to announce that the shows in Gothenburg and Stockholm this
weekend have been cancelled.
Their
drummer is unfortunately sick with pneumonia.
VADER
have
just finished the recordings to their newest album “Revelations”.
During the session the band got help from LUX OCCULTA's Ureck, who contributed
the intro and several keyboard backdrops. During the 200-hour session the
band laid to tape 14 tracks and a cover of MORBID ANGEL's 'Immortal Rites'.
The tracklisting reads like this: 'Son Of Fire', 'As The Fallen Raise',
'Lukewarm Race', 'Nomad', 'The Code', 'Revelation Of Black Moses', 'Torch
Of War', 'Grand Traveller', 'Epitaph', 'Wolftribe', 'Whisper', 'When Darkness
Calls', 'Devotion' and 'Angel Of Death'. The album was recorded at Red Studio,
where “Litany” and “Reign Forever World” were created
as well. The entire graphic side of the project – the cover artwork
for all formats, posters, ads – was handled, as usual, by Jacek Wisniewski.
“Revelations” will have several release dates. The earliest has
been reserved for Japan, where fans will b able to listen to the album released
by Avalon / Marquee Inc. on May 22nd. Five days later, on May 27th, Metal
Mind will release the album in Poland. June 2nd will mark the world-wide
release for Europe and the USA. To make each of these editions unique, the
band decided to supplement each edition with a bonus track. The basic Polish,
European and American versions of “Revelations” will feature 9
tracks: 'Epitaph', 'Torch Of War', 'Nomad', 'Grand Traveller', 'The Code',
'Wolftribe', 'Devotion', 'Whisper' and 'Revelation Of Black Moses'. The
Japanese version will have two bonuses: 'Angel Of Death' and 'As The Fallen
Rise'. Metal Blade are also planning to release a digi-pack edition with
the 'Lukewarm Race' bonus while Metal Mind will supplement theirs with 'Son
Of Fire'. Metal Mind are also set to release the limited box containing
the CD, a T-shirt, a sticker or a badge, and a poster. It is also possible
that the American edition will feature, as extra bonus material, the “Reign
Forever World” material, which has not been released in the States
yet.
You can already download PROFANITY's
coverversion of TERRORIZER's 'Fear Of Napalm' (Mp3 - 2,5 MB!) from the band's
website http://www.profanity.de
The track will appear on their upcoming 7" "Humade
Me Flesh", which is supposed to be out on April 8, 2002.
MARDUK's
"Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered" album is out in Japan
through Pony Canyon. This version includes five bonus tracks: 'Glorification
Of The Black God' (remix), 'Total Disaster', 'Sex With Satan', 'Sodomize The
Dead' and 'The Return Of Darkness & Evil'.
The Japanese edition of IN
FLAMES' "Colony"
album is now available in Europe through Megarock. It includes two bonus tracks,
'Clad In Shadows '99' and 'Man Made God'.
DISSECTION
are reissuing their "Storm Of The Lights Bane" album through Nuclear
Blast. It will now include the "Where Dead Angels Lie" EP as a bonus.
NECRONOMICON
have re-released their '99 debut, "Pharoah Of Gods", worldwide through
Unique Leader Records.
TESTAMENT's
"First Strike Still Deadly" album is out now in Japan with an exclusive
feature, Thrash Of The Titans - Documentary Footage, only available in Japan.
The following classic VENOM
albums will be reissued with bonus tracks: "Black Metal", "Welcome
To Hell" and "At War With Satan".
MARDUK
have parted ways with longtime drummer Fredrik Andersson and have replaced him
with Emil Dragutinovic. The band will soon start working on their 8th album.
DARK
FUNERAL
will soon announce a string of North American tour dates.
EWIGHEIM,
the new band featuring Yantit (EISREGEN) and Allen B.Konstanz (THE VISION BLEAK),
will release their debut album, "Mord Nicht Ohne Grunde", in this
month. Download the MP3 song 'Ein böser Scherz' now at www.prophecy.cd.
HATE
FOREST's
"The Most Ancient Ones" album will be released on March 25th through
Supernal Music. The album is a reworking of the demo / live rehearsal,
"The Curse", previously released on cassette through Kolovrat / Nawia
Productions. Rerecorded in 2001 with the new line-up, this explosive studio
version is twice as fast as the original. The tracklisting: 'To The Thickets
And Swamps', 'The Most Ancient Ones', 'Inmost Winter', 'Black Forest', 'The
Elders', 'Darkness', 'The Night Of Winter Solstice' and 'The Curse'.
Finland's BLACK
DAWN
(consisting of members of AND OCEANS and ROTTEN SOUND) have been forced to alter
their name due to a cease and desist order from a rap group of the same name.
In the US, the band will now be known as THE TRUE BLACK DAWN.
MOTÖRHEAD,
VOIVOD
(with original singer Snake) and RAZOR
will be performing at the Docks in Toronto on April 27th.
DIE
APOKALYPTISCHEN
REITER
have signed a multi-album deal with Nuclear Blast.
Plans are in the works to bring HYPOCRISY
over for their first North American tour.
LOCK
UP
have added Barry Savage (ex-CANCER) as a second guitarist for live performances.
According to bassist Shane Embury, "This is just for live purposes to
make our sound heavier." Lock Up will play the Inferno festival in
Oslo, Norway on the 30th of March and the Hutsfeld festival in Sweden in June
followed shortly thereafter with a trip to Japan. The band will return to Europe
to play Wacken and With Full Force.
BLOOD
RED
THRONE
have put together a MCD, "Affiliated With The Suffering", due out
in late April or early May. The release will feature three songs from the unreleased
"Deathmix 2000" promo, one track from "Monument", one unreleased
track from the "Nordic Metal II" compilation and a cover version of
MASSACRE's 'Cryptic Realms'. The band are currently writing material for their
second album and will begin recording in May. Also, BRT have a new drummer,
Espen "Beist" Antonsen. For more info go to: www.get.to/bloodredthrone.
Displeased Records'
homepage is up now at www.displeasedrecords.nl.
Partial MP3's of 16 songs are available for download now. Bands include: INTERNAL
SUFFERING, PHOBIA and NINNGHIZHIDDA.
On March 12th, Season Of Mist release AGRESSOR's
"The Spirit Of Evil" MCD. The disc is strictly limited to 1,000 copies.
CANNIBAL
CORPSE's
"Gore Obsessed" album is out now in Japan with the bonus track 'Compelled
To Lacerate' (live).
The first annual Gothenburg
Death Fest takes place on
June 1st at Gamlestadens Medborgarhus in Gothenburg, Sweden. Acts on the bill
include: CENTURIAN, INIQUITY, CONVENT, IMPURE, DEEPRED, HOUR OF PENANCE,
INSISION, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, IMMERSED IN BLOOD, KAAMOS, VISCERAL BLEEDING
and OBSCURA. For more info on the festival go to: www.come.to/brutalgbg.
For ticket info go to: http://www.bengans.se.
BOLT
THROWER
have been confirmed for this year's With Full Force festival, scheduled to take
place between July 5th and July 7th near the town of Leipzig, Germany.
MALEVOLENT
CREATION's
tour begins on March 13th at Trillians in Newcastle, England. The dates wrap
on April 8th at Hyde Park in Osnabrück, Germany. Support on the tour comes from
KATAKLYSM and CATASTROPHIC.
The US pressing of AETURNUS'
"Ascension Of Terror" album will be available in March. The band have
opted not to renew with Hammerheart and are seeking a new label.
DEMIGOD
drummer Seppo Taatila has left the band due to work and family commitments.
SINISTER
have canceled plans for their US tour in April. Other dates in Greece, Poland,
Portugal and The Netherlands are still a go.
CALLENISH
CIRCLE's
singer, Patrick, has issued the following, "Last Friday we had the CD
release party for our new album, "Flesh-Power-Dominion", in the Fenix
Club in Sittard, Holland. It was a very big success, between 300 and 350 people
visited the show. At the moment we are planning a lot more warm-up shows before
the European Tour (with Amon Amarth / Vomitory) that starts at the end of April."
For more info and latest news check: www.callenish-circle.com
THRONEAEON will appear on the upcoming Morbid Angel tribute with the track
'The
Lion's Den' - out soon through Hellspawn Records. Some new mp3 tracks can be
found at www.mp3.com/throneaeon
California's
INSANITY have finally
finished the recordings for the follow-up to their legendary "Death After
Death" release and are currently working on the mixes. The band is looking
for a new drummer, so if you're interested to join, don't hesitate to get in
touch with them at: insanity@blacklungproductions.com
On their way home from a New York show with DESTROYER 666, SADISTIC INTENT and
NUN SLAUGHTER last Sunday night, BLOOD
STORM's Deyaxulgaat, Axarcuth
and 3 of the band's road crew members got into a car wreck. Even though they had
to stay at the hospital over night everyone is now back home and recovering fine.
Our best wishes go out to all of them.
DEATH's
"Scream Bloody Gore", "Leprosy", "Spiritual Healing",
"Human" and "Individual Thought Patterns" have been reissued
on vinyl in Germany by Century Media.
Supernal will reissue the following titles this year: BEHEMOTH's
"From The Pagan Vastlands", DEINONYCHUS'
"Ark Of Thought" and MAYHEM's
"Out From The Dark" picture disc.
BEHEMOTH's
Nergal has revealed that the band's upcoming sixth album will be called "Zos
Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond)". Recording is scheduled for June at Hendrix
Studios in Lublin, Poland with a release planned for fall through Avantgarde.
Tracks to appear on the release include: 'Conjuration Of Sleep Daemons', 'No
Sympathy For Fools', 'Agape' and 'The Essence Of Eye'.
LIMBONIC ART's
new album will be called "The Ultimate Death Worship". Songs to appear
include: 'Funeral Of Death' and 'Towards The Oblivion Of Dreams'. The band will
finish recording over the next few weeks before moving on to post-production.
On his upcoming tour, MORTIIS
will play on April 12th at The Clink in England. The venue was the oldest prison
in England which is now a museum, but is opening its doors to stage this very
special event.
HATE
FOREST's
forthcoming album, "The Most Ancient Ones", will be released on March
25th through Supernal Music. The band will release another album, "The
Gates", later this year through Miriquidi Records. Also, their "Scythia"
album will be released by Red Stream in digi-pak format with bonus tracks in
April or May. Hate Forest have also made available 7" versions of 'Blood
And Fire' and 'Ritual' in extremely limited editions through Sombre Records
and Miriquidi Productions respectively. More info on the band and downloadable
MP3's are available at: http://www.supernalmusic.com/labels/supernal/hate_forest.htm
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL
will release a split 10" picture disc with MAYHEM
later this year. You can download an MP3 from the band at: http://www.supernalmusic.com/labels/supernal/meads_asphodel.htm
DAWNFALL's
second album (recorded seven years ago), "Drei Raume", will be out
soon through Supernal Music.
According to TotalRock, VENOM
frontman Cronos has been badly injured in a climbing accident. He will be out
of action for several months with injuries to his neck, muscles and tendons.
DIVINE
RAPTURE
will soon cover 'World Of Shit (The Promised Land)', to be featured on a MORBID
ANGEL tribute album, "Tyrants From The Abyss", alongside tracks from
ZYKLON, VADER, KRISIUN and other bands. The album will be released by Sweden's
Hellspawn Records this spring. Due to Morbid Angel's plans and Erik Rutan's
extremely packed schedule, Divine Rapture will enter the studio end of May /
early June instead of in March as originally reported.
TotalNews reports that MALEVOLENT
CREATION
have canceled their show at London's Garage on March 10th due to unforeseen
circumstances.
MYRKSKOG
will hit the studio on March 15th to record the follow up to "Death Machine".
Frontman Destructhor says the album will be "faster and more brutal".
A limited edition German version of CANNIBAL
CORPE's
"Gore Obsessed" album comes in a special DVD sized digipack. It's
available through Metal Blade's webshop at http://shop.metalblade.de/
or by sending $15 US (world) / 16 Euro (Europe) in cash (this includes postage
and packaging) to this address: Metal Blade Records, DVD-Size, P.O.Box 1332,
73054 Eislingen, Germany
DARKANE
are set to begin recording their third album at Sweden's Dug-Out Studio with
producer Daniel Bergstrand. The drums will be recorded there and then the guitars
and bass will be recorded in the Darkane studio in Helsingborg. The vocals and
mixing will take place in early April at Dug-Out. The band hope to release the
album in August.
EXODUS,
featuring vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza, are confirmed for this year's
Wacken Open Air festival, scheduled to take place August 2nd - 3rd in Wacken,
Germany.
The official DIABOLICAL
website is back online, updated and with a new layout. It is still under heavy
construction, but most of the stuff is already there. Go to: http://come.to/diabolical
SLAYER
are confirmed for the Bang Your Head festival, which takes place in Balingen,
Germany on June 28th and 29th.
According to TotalNews, NAPALM
DEATH
are to play a one-off show at London's ULU on April 12th. The show is to be
filmed for a DVD.
HATE
ETERNAL
have confirmed that they will enter Dimensional Sound Studio in Tampa, Florida
on March 1st to record their new album, "King Of All Kings", as a
three piece, led by founder member Erik Rutan, with Jared Anderson on bass and
vocals and Derek Roddy on drums. Despite Rutan's and Anderson's commitments
with MORBID ANGEL, Hate Eternal have promised full scale touring on both sides
of the Atlantic once the album is released.
CATASTROPHIC
will be in Europe from March 13th to April 8th with IMMORTAL, HYPOCRISY, VADER,
DISBELIEF, DESTROYER 666, OBSCENITY and KATAKLYSM on the No Mercy Festival.
Catastrophic will be playing songs from last years "The Cleansing"
along with some new songs, which are "all fast" according to Trevor
Peres. This is different from his previous material, where as he has never written
music that require blast beats. Some new songs include 'The Day The Earth Died',
'Infinities Children', 'Dismal', 'Apathy's Warm Embrace' and 'Malice Belief'.
A live version of 'Infinities Children', recorded at their show in Hollywood,
is available at www.metalblade.com.
Earache artists CADAVER
INC.,
RABIES
CASTE
and HATE
ETERNAL
are all scheduled to perform at this year's New Jersey Metal Meltdown festival.
For more info go to: www.metalfest.com
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