September 27, 2009

Greek’s VARATHRON is finally back with a new album "Stygian Forces Of Scorn" via Death To Mankind Records. The CD includes 3 bonus tracks and a full color 16 pages booklet, while the LP edition comes with a gatefold cover on clear vinyl, limited to 500 copies. Also out on the same label is "Crippled Messiah", the second full length by American WITCH TOMB. The band is being described as "bestial unholy Black / Death Metal in the impure tradition of Profanatica, Blasphemy, Necrovore, Possessed and similar ones." The LP edition comes in a gatefold cover on transparent red vinyl, limited to 500 copies. You can check out sound samples at www.deathtomankind.com/label/samples.php

After five years of silence, Poland’s WITCHMASTER is back with a new studio album entitled "Trücizna" (Polish for "poison"). It will be released worldwide on CD as well as LP by Agonia Records and in the US by Ibex Moon Records under exclusive license from Agonia on November 10th. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Trücizna’, ‘Self-Inflicted Divinity’, ‘Total Annihilation’, ‘Road To Treblinka’, ‘Two-Point Suicide’, ‘Back To The Bunker’, ‘Bred In Captivity’, ‘Black Scum’ and ‘Trücizna’ (demo version). WITCHMASTER has parted ways with drummer Inferno due to his growing commitments to his mother band BEHEMOTH. His replacement is Bastek, who is also a member of SPINAL CORD and has played with HELL-BORN and DEVILYN. Furthermore, Reyash, the original WITCHMASTER bassist, has rejoined the band. He also plays with INCANTATION and VADER. For more info check out www.myspace.com/wearewitchmaster