September 22, 2016

French Death Metallers BENIGHTED have just finished recording their new full-length at Germany’s Kohlekeller Studio. According to the band it will be their "most brutal and sickest work of violence yet". The release is scheduled for early 2017 via Season Of Mist. For more info and updates visit www.facebook.com/brutalbenighted

As most of you will probably have heard already, former BOLT THROWER frontman Karl Willetts has officially confirmed in the meantime that the band has definitely split-up. In an interview with Metal Hammer magazine he said: “Yes, I can confirm that BOLT THROWER are definitely over for good. There will be no reunion tours etc… no compromise.” Willetts fronts the band MEMORIAM now. They are currently in the studio to record their debut full length for Nuclear Blast Records. More information at www.memoriam.uk.com

New York City based technical Death Metallers CRATOR have just released their debut full length "The Ones Who Create: The Ones Who Destroy". It is now streaming in its entirety over here. The band features ORIGIN / ANGELCORPSE drummer John Longstreth and ORIGIN / SKINLESS vocalist Jason Keyser. The line-up gets completed by guitarist Jeff Leifer (TENTACLES, FOAMING AT THE MOUTH) and session bassist Colin Marston (GORGUTS, KRALLICE). "The Ones Who Create: The Ones Who Destroy" was recorded at The Thousand Caves in Queens, New York. It was produced by guitarist Jeff Leifer and engineered and mastered by session bass player Colin Marston. A promo video for the song ‘The Judge On War’ can be checked out at this location. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘The Ouroboros Is Broken’, ‘The Judge On War’, ‘The Ones Who Create, The Ones Who Destroy’, ‘The Great Stagnation’, ‘The Sixth Genocide’, ‘The Noble Lie’, ‘The Collective’, ‘The Echo That Conquers Voice’ and ‘The Unquiet Sky’. More about CRATOR at www.facebook.com/cratorus