December 30, 2002

A couple of days ago Rob Urbinati got together with his former SACRIFICE bandmates Gus Pynn and Scott Watts and jammed some old SACRIFICE stuff… In an email we received from Rob, he stated that "… it was fun, even though we all had trouble remembering the stuff…"

IMMORTAL, VADER, CHILDREN OF BODOM and TAAKE are confirmed for the forthcoming Inferno Festival, which takes place at Rockefeller Music Hall / John Dee in Oslo, Norway on April 17-19, 2003.

INCANTATION are set to embark on a seven-date Australian tour in June 2003.

SUIDAKRA are looking to record their next album in April at Stage One Studio in Bühne, Germany with producer Andy Classen.

THY PRIMORDIAL are scheduled to enter Abyss studios with producer Tommy Tägtgren next summer to record their sixth album.

THORNSPAWN are currently working on their next album, "Sanctified By Satan’s Blood", which is supposed to be recorded at Morrisound Studios in Florida. The following tracks are already written: ‘Sanctified By Satan’s Blood’, ‘Occult Black Death’ and ‘God Of Unholy Battalions’. The band’s debut album "Blood Of The Holy, Taint Thy Steel" will be re-released through Osmose with new coverart by underground artist Ereshkigal in black mat digi-pack and the "Empress From The Realms Of Blasphemy" EP as bonus tracks.