July 28, 2010
Canadian blackened Death Metallers ADVERSARIAL have inked a deal with Dark Descent Records to release their debut full-length "All Idols Fall Before The Hammer". It will be released on August 15 with a 12 page poster fold insert which includes artwork by fellow Canadian artist, Danille Gauvin. Pre-orders have already started at www.darkdescent.net. More info at www.myspace.com/adversarialmusic
"Silence Is Complete", the first official full-length album from Sweden’s BIRCH MOUNTAIN, is available as a free download from their myspace page www.myspace.com/birchmountain or directly here or here. BIRCH MOUNTAIN is a re-awakened Death Metal project originating from the EGYPT project back in ’92 featuring Janne Rudberg Björkenfjäll (EXCRUCIATE, MORPHEUS, MASTICATION, EXHUMED) and Mattias Parkkila (BLOOD MORTIZED, MALFEITOR, STIGMATA). Check out their myspace page for further information.
With the closing of the "Campaign Of Death Metal Purity" tour GRAVEHILL would like to announce that Matt "Hellfiend" Harvey (EXHUMED, DEKAPITATOR, REPULSION, CRETIN) has officially joined the band as their permanent guitarist. Harvey will already contribute to the final writing process of GRAVEHILL’s next album "When All Roads Lead To Hell". Plans are to enter Trench Studio’s with John Haddad near Thanksgiving to do all the tracking and then finish with Ryan Butler at Arcane Digital Recording for all mixing and mastering. Jeff Zornow, who already did GRAVEHILL artwork for the "Campaign Of Death Metal Purity" tour, will also be on board again for the visuals. In ralated news GRAVEHILL have been added to the ENTHRONED and DESTROYER 666 Los Angeles tour date at the Ultra Violet Lounge in Los Angeles August 14, 2010 and the Ramona Theater in Ramona (San Diego) California August 15, 2010, as well as the October 15, 2010 date at The Galaxy Theater with IMMOLATION and VADER. More info at www.myspace.com/gravehill666
EX DEMENTIA have added a new guitarist to their line-up. Here’s the official statement of the band: "All of us in EX DEMENTIA are proud to announce and welcome a new asshole to EXD… Matt Peterson! Matt is a long-time friend, and an even better lover. Who is Matt? And what will be left of him? Well, he’s our new lead guitarist. And what will be left of him? Fuck you, don’t take it so literal. It’s a movie reference, dick. So we would like you to give him a warm welcome the way every EX DEMENTIA fan has… By getting drunk at our shows and yelling "YOU SUCK!" from the back of the bar." More info at www.exdementia.net