September 07, 2003

You can now download the new DESTRUCTION video, ‘Desecrators (Of The New Age)’ at the band’s website, www.destruction.de. The track is pulled from the band’s forthcoming album, "Metal Discharge", due out through Nuclear Blast Germany on September 22nd and the first run will feature a limited bonus CD including demo material, cover tracks and an unreleased version of ‘Bestial Invasion’. The street date for North America is October 21st.

DECAPITATED have completed the recording of their new album, tentatively titled "The Negation", at Hertz Studio in Poland, with engineers Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski. Although all of the recording is completed, the band will not mix the album until they have completed a mammoth September tour of their homeland as part of a double-header with VADER. Bassist Martin reports that the new material is "very very strong", with a thick guitar sound. Among the titles set for inclusion are ‘The Negation’, ‘Long Desired Dementia’, ‘Three-Dimensional Defect’, ‘The Fury’ and ‘Sensual Sickness.’ DECAPITATED ‘s new album is due out in February 2004 through Earache.

MORBID ANGEL has officially been added to The Blackest Of The Black Tour, with DANZIG, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, DEVILDRIVER, BEHEMOTH and more. Conceived by Danzig frontman Glenn Danzig, The Blackest Of The Black Tour kicks off in Fall 2003 and promises to be the biggest, most extreme metal tour of the year. Stay tuned for tour dates and more info. The Blackest Of The Black Tour marks the beginning of Morbid Angel’s extensive worldwide tour in support of their new album, "Heretic", out September 23 in the US through Earache. As previously reported, the album will be available on a 2LP set and a limited edition 2CD set. In other Morbid Angel news, the band have completed the filming of their new video, ‘Enshrined By Grace’. Shot on location in Tampa, Florida, by acclaimed UK director Pete Bridgewater, all we know about the video thus far is that there is lots and lots of pyro! Look for ‘Enshrined By Grace’ to appear around the time of the release of "Heretic".