March 22, 2011
Chris Reifert (AUTOPSY, ABSCESS, DEATH, THE RAVENOUS) has contributed a foreword to the upcoming 744-page hardcover book METALION: THE SLAYER MAG DIARIES, by Jon Kristiansen. Reifert’s connection to the Norwegian Slayer Mag dates to the late 1980s, when he and Kristiansen regularly exchanged demo cassettes and handwritten letters through the mail between California and Norway. "Ask anyone who was around and into underground Metal way back when", begins Reifert, "and they will certainly mention Slayer Mag when discussing classic deathly literature… as you read it, I think you’ll enjoy being transported back in time to the early years of Death Metal." Part anthology, part memoir, and years in the making, METALION includes over 600 reproduction pages from every issue of Slayer Mag, spanning from the early 1980s through 2010. In addition, author Jon Kristiansen recounts his life’s story, from alienated outsider to central figure in Norwegian Black Metal to world-weary Metal survivor. The book also features over 100 rare photographs, including two color sections and a portrait gallery of photographs taken by Kristiansen himself. The book will be available June 06, 2011, wherever books are sold, and is available for preorder now with two bonus limited patches from www.bazillionpoints.com. More info at www.metalionbook.com
‘Iron Doctrine Of The Antichrist’, a new track taken from the upcoming "Path Of The Inverted Trinity" 7" EP (to be released by Hells Headbangers), has just been uploaded to the IMPIOUS BAPTISM website. J. is currently working on the layout and will send all production parts to the label in the coming weeks. To download the track click here. The 2nd pressing of the "Seventh Seal of Abominable Extermination" Demo MMX is currently sold out, but a third pressing is in the works and will be available shortly. In the meantime you may check out the band’s current distributors for availability. A few shirts with the demo design are still available through the IMPIOUS BAPTISM website. Check the news page for ordering information. Additional info at www.myspace.com/impiousbaptism.