June 23, 2002
It’s official KREATOR and DESTRUCTION are coming back to North America on the Hell Comes To Your Town 2002 Tour. CEPHALIC CARNAGE and December complete the bill. It is scheduled to begin on September 12th and run until October 15th.
KRISIUN will be on the road in Europe with VADER and DECAPITATED for 5 – 6 weeks, beginning in late August. For more info go to: www.krisiun.com.br
LOCK UP‘s performance at the Hultsfred Festival on June 13th was a complete success. Fueled on the World Cup results of the day before and numerous cans of Red Bull, the band tore through a 20 song set in around 40 minutes, recorded for a radio broadcast and filmed for the festival website the crowd seemed to enjoy every minute.
HATE ETERNAL will be on the road this summer for the In Their Darkened Shrines Tour, a coast-to-coast US tour with NILE, ARCH ENEMY and ORIGIN. The dates kick off on July 6th at the Cotton Club in Atlanta, GA and wrap up on August 11th at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
INSISION have confirmed that they will be playing with IMMOLATION on their UK dates: December 8th – Rio’s in Bradford and 9th – The Garage in London
ARMAGEDDON‘s third record, "Three", is out in Japan. The band features ARCH ENEMY guitarist Christopher Amott and drummer Daniel Erlandsson.
Rumors suggest that despite incarceration, a new DISSECTION album will eventually surface, with Bard Faust on drums
CENTINEX will see their past four albums reissued through Candlelight. The titles, "Bloodhunt", "Hellbrigade", "Malleus Maleficarum" and "Reborn Through Flames" will be released through the label on September 17th.
NAGLFAR‘s hard to find debut, "Vittra", is available now through Century Media
OBSCENE EULOGY have inked a deal with Killjoy’s Baphomet Records.
Drummer Musa has left EPICEDIUM for family reasons. The band is looking for a very experienced and reliable replacement now. If you are interested or if you know of a good drummer, please get in touch with the band at: EPICEDIUM, c/o Bruno Galletta, Alt Schwanheim 12, 60529 Frankfurt, Germany, Phone/Fax: ++49-(0)69/355510, em@il: epicedium@rmn.net, Homepage: welcome.to/epicedium