February 06, 2014
Los Angeles based Metallers HELLION will release a 2-disc anthology entitled "To Hellion And Back" through HNE / Cherry Red Records on April 1, 2014. The first 1,000 copies will be autographed by the band’s singer, Ann Boleyn. "To Hellion And Back" features a collection of fan favorites, hard-to-find recordings and previously unreleased tracks. The cover artwork was created by Gaetano Di Falco and inspired by a photography of P.G. Brunelli. HELLION’s new tracks were produced by Ken Scott, who has already been working on albums from THE BEATLES, SUPERTRAMP, DAVID BOWIE, MISSING PERSONS and KANSAS. The complete tracklist of "To Hellion And Back" reads like this: ‘Backstabber’, ‘Driving Hard’, ‘Don’t Take No For An Answer’, ‘Break The Spell’, ‘Up From The Depths’, ‘Run For Your Life’, ‘Get Ready’, ‘Witching Hour’, ‘Screams In The Night’, ‘Upside Down’ (Guitar Solo) / ‘The Hand’, ‘Bad Attitude’, ‘Tower Of Air’, ‘Nevermore’, ‘Exciter’, ‘The Evil One’, ‘Breakdown’, ‘The Black Book’, ‘Living In Hell’, ‘Stormrider’, ‘Demon Attack’, ‘Resurrection’ / ‘Will Not Go Quietly’, ‘Shit (Is Gonna Hit The Fan)’, ‘Dead And Gone’, ‘Dream Deceiver’ and ‘Hell Has No Fury’. HELLION’s current line-up includes drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, Geoff Tate’s QUEENSRŸCHE, DIO, DIO DISCIPLES), keyboarder Scott Warren (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL), bassist Bjorn Englen (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) and lead guitarist Maxxxwell Carlisle. HELLION will tour Europe in 2014 and is expected to appear at a number of major festivals. For more information and updates check out www.hellion.us or www.facebook.com/hellion.official
American Doom / Deathers ENCOFFINATION will release their third full-length “III – Hear Me, O’ Death (Sing Thou Wretched Choirs)” in mid 2014 on Selfmadegod Records. The album, that was recorded in various sessions throughout 2013 (the drums at Universal Sound in San Diego, California, and the rest at Graf Yairden in Atlanta) is currently being mixed and the following songs will appear on the album: ‘Charnel Bowels Of A Putrescent Earth’, ‘Cemeteries Of Purgation’, ‘Crowned Icons’, ‘Mould Of Abandonment’, ‘Rotting Immemorial’ and ‘From His Holy Cup Drink; Come Death’. More info at www.facebook.com/templeofencoffinment
On March 31, 2014 Blood Harvest will release a 7" EP from Chile’s CEREMONIAL. It will be entitled "Ars Magicka" and the tracklist reads like this: ‘The Cloud Upon The Sanctuary’, ‘A.·.R.·.C.·.’, ‘Havohej’ and ‘Tribulations’. All further info at www.bloodharvest.se
"Violence And The Macabre", the first full-length from Philippines based DOWN FROM THE WOUND in seven years (and the band’s follow-up to their 2007 debut "Agony Through Rituals Of Self Purification") is now available via www.comatosemusic.com. For more info on DOWN FROM THE WOUND check out www.facebook.com/pages/down-from-the-wound/255844915511