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“Heimkehr”, the seventh full-length of Germany’s Pagan Black / Death Metallers MINAS MORGUL, will be released via Trollzorn on April 23, 2021. A lyric video for the track ‘Weltenfall’ is already available at this location. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Prolog: Sturm Aus Ost’, ‘Heimkehr’, ‘Niedergang’, ‘Stein Um Stein’, ‘Teufel’, ‘Weltenfall’, ‘Totenschiff’, ‘V. F.’, ‘Dein Erwachen’ and ‘Epilog: Tiefe Narben’. More MINAS MORGUL info you will find at www.facebook.com/minasmorgul
Italian Metal Punks BUNKER 66 have just premiered another track from their upcoming fourth album “Beyond The Help Of Prayers”. You can check out ‘The Rite Of The Goat’ at this location. The previously revealed album tracks ‘The Blackest Of Omens’ and ‘To The Gates Of Death / Lair Of The Profaner’ can still be streamed here and here. “Beyond The Help Of Prayers” will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. More BUNKER 66 info you will find at www.facebook.com/bunker66
On June 30, 2021 Signal Rex will release the third album from Portuguese Black Metallers RUACH RAAH, “Misanthropic Wolfgang”, on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Ceremonial Flagellation’, ‘Bones Return To Soil’, ‘Luciferian Legions’, ‘Misanthropic Wolfgang’, ‘Filthy Spirit Underground’, ‘Scythe Of Human Generis’, ‘Skulls Cracked’, ‘Inhale The Smokes Ov Hate’ and ‘Satan My Master’. The album opener is already available for streaming at this location. For all further band information please visit www.facebook.com/ruach-raah-776783862403149
Italy’s Death Metal three-piece SEPOLCRO has inked a deal with Everlasting Spew Records. The band’s debut full-length will be released later this year. Until then you can check out their previous releases at this location. More about SEPOLCRO at www.facebook.com/sepolcrodeathmetal
Canadian Death Metallers DISEMBODIMENT will release their debut EP “Mutated Chaos” on cassette tape format via Caligari Records on May 06, 2021 (the CD and digital editions will be released via Everlasting Spew Records). The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Ceaseless Discharge’, ‘Transcendent Upheaval Of Unholy Graves’, ‘Mephitic Gunk Of Putrified Limbs’, ‘Sickening Abominations Terrorizing At Night’ and ‘Below The Mind Of Morbidity’. You can already stream ‘Mephitic Gunk Of Putrified Limbs’ over here. For all further info please visit www.facebook.com/disembodimentdeath
Swedish Thrashers INSANE have just premiered the track ‘At Dawn They Die’ at this location. It is taken from the band’s upcoming second album “Victims”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘The Sword’ and ‘Sinister Night’ can still be checked out here and here. For more info please visit www.facebook.com/insanesweden
Massachusetts based Death / Thrashers LED TO THE GRAVE have been signed by Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The band’s new EP “Pray For Death” will be released on May 07, 2021 on CD, cassette and digital formats. You can already listen to the EP track ‘No Salvation’ over here. All additional LED TO THE GRAVE information you will find at www.facebook.com/ledtothegrave
On June 04, 2021 Spread Evil Productions will release “I-III”, the debut album from Finnish Black Metallers T.O.M.E., a mysterious entity whose membership is rumored to include veterans of the Finnish Metal underground. You can check out the album track “I” here. The album is the first in a continuance of albums featuring three songs, with “IV-VI” to follow, then “VII-IX” etc. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/spreadevilproductions
Xtreem Music has just re-released NECROPHAGIA‘s “Ready For Death” on CD, LP (limited to 500 copies, 100 splatter, 200 black) and cassette (50 copies). The material was recorded 35 years ago and originally supposed to be the band’s first album, but it was censored and rejected. In 1990 a vinyl only bootleg edition came out and in 2000 the songs were featured on a compilation CD. This is this first official release now, which comes with the original cover (and alternative inside), original tracklist, along with notes, lyrics, photos and old artwork. A full album stream is available at this location. For ordering details please visit www.xtreemmusic.com. For all further NECROPHAGIA info check out www.facebook.com/necrophagiaofficial
Sliedrecht, the Netherlands based brutal old school Death Metal five-piece SEPIROTH will release their third full-length “Condemned To Suffer” via Petrichor in June 2021. It was mixed and mastered by Mendel bij de Leij and the artwork was created by Roberto Toderico (ASPHYX, SOULBURN, SINISTER, VOMITORY). You can already check out a first lyric video for ‘Embedded Defects’ over here. The band’s line-up features members of SEVERE TORTURE, TOXOCARA and SICK OF STUPIDITY. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/sepirothnl
Indonesian Death Metallers DETRITIVOR have just released a guitar playthrough video for ‘Morbid Sanity’ at this location. The track appears on the band’s debut album “Scattered Remnants”, which was recently released via Brutal Mind. All additional DETRITIVOR info is available at www.facebook.com/detritivordeath
Reanimated Belgian Doom / Deathers GATEWAY have just premiered the title track of their upcoming comeback EP “Flesh Reborn”over here. It will be released on May 07, 2021 via Chaos Records. The previously revealed ‘Slumbering Crevasses’ can still be streamed at this location. The complete “Flesh Reborn” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Hel’, ‘Slumbering Crevasses’, ‘Rack Crawler’ and ‘Flesh Reborn’. More about GATEWAY at www.facebook.com/gatewaydeathdoom
“Eternal Flame”, the third album from Portuguese Black Metallers ARMNATT, will be released via Signal Rex on May 28, 2021 on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘The Ancient Path’, ‘Darkness Embrace’, ‘All In Ruins’, ‘Black Moon’, ‘Magestic Shadows’, ‘Dark Moon Rising’, ‘Eternal Flame’, ‘Immortal Might’, ‘Hordeland’ and ‘What Once Was’. You can already stream ‘Darkness Embrace’ at this location. More ARMNATT info you will find at www.facebook.com/armnatt
On June 04, 2021 Spread Evil Productions will release the self-titled debut album from Finnish blackened Progressive Metallers CRIMSON DIMENSION. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Crimson Dimension’, ‘Black Mass’, ‘Age Of Awakening’ and ‘Valon Hylkäämä’. The album opener can already be checked out over here. For all further band info please visit www.facebook.com/crimsondimensionofficial
German Black / Speed Metal Punks LUCIFUGE have just premiered the track ‘Black Light Of The Evening Star’ at this location. It will appear on the band’s upcoming fourth album “Infernal Power”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Dying Victims Productions. The previously revealed album tracks ‘Leviathan Arise’ and ‘Infernal Power’ can still be streamed here and here. The complete tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Infernal Power’, ‘Leviathan Arise’, ‘Black Batallions’, ‘Temples Of Madness’, ‘Heresy Shall Remain’, ‘Beneath The Eyes Of The Black’, ‘Black Light Of The Evening Star’, ‘The Doors Of Hell May Shake’, ‘Good As It Is (GISM cover) and ‘Midnight Sun’. More about LUCIFUGE at www.facebook.com/lucifugeblackmetal
On May 28, 2021 Werewolf Records will release the self-titled debut full-length from Finnish Black Metallers VRITRAHN-WERWOLF on CD and vinyl LP formats. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘End Of The Ages’, ‘Silver Aurora’, ‘Lord Of All Evil’, ‘…To Perish In The Silence’, ‘Death Torments’, ‘Blasphemous Metal’, ‘Sacrament’, ‘Crucifucked (S.S.)’ and ‘Starlight Throne Of The Eclipse’. You can already stream ‘End Of The Ages’ and ‘Death Torments’ at the label’s Bandcamp site: https://vritrahn-werwolfvritrahn-werwolf.bandcamp.com.
Perth, Australia based Black Metallers SEANCE OF will release their debut album “The Colour Of Magick” on CD and vinyl LP formats via Signal Rex on June 21, 2021. It was mastered by MOONSORROW’s Henri Sorvali at Trollhouse Studio. The track ‘4’ is already available at this location. For more information please visit www.facebook.com/signalrec
Russian Black Metallers PASSÉISME will release their debut full-length “Eminence” on June 11, 2021 via Antiq on CD, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. A teaser for the album can already be checked out here. The full “Eminence” tracklist reads as follows: ‘Chant For Tribulation’, ‘Chant For Harvest’, ‘Chant For Austerity’, ‘Chant For Insolence’, ‘Chant For Parade’, ‘Chant For Splendour’ and ‘Chant For Enlightenment’. More PASSÉISME info you will find at www.facebook.com/passeismebm
Swedish Black Metallers ÅSKOG have just released an animated lyric video for their new single ‘Tid’. You can check it out right here. The band’s debut full-length “Varþnaþer” will be out on May 12, 2021 via Grind To Death Records (CD) and Leviaphonic Records (digital). A vinyl and cassette release will follow on June 25, 2021 via Corrupted Flesh Records. ‘Vinter’, the first single of the album, was released last month at this location. For all additional information visit ÅSKOG at www.facebook.com/askog666
Greek blackened Death / Thrasher KARMA VIOLENS have just self-released their newest album “Mount Of The Congregation” digitally. It was recorded at Symbolic Π Studios and produced and mixed by Costas Papadopoulos. The mastering was done at Hertz Studios and the artwork was created by Remedy Art Design (EVERGREY, SUFFOCATION, OCEANS OF SLUMBER). A full album stream is available here. All further KARMA VIOLENS info you will find at www.facebook.com/karmaviolens
Denver, Colorado based blackened Death Metal quartet NOCTAMBULIST has signed to Willowtip Records and will release their sophomore album “The Barren Form” on July 02, 2021 on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats. It was recorded, mixed and mastered at Juggernaut Audio in Denver Colorado in Summer 2020. The album’s first single ‘Depletion’ is already streaming at this location. Here’s the complete “The Barren Form” tracklist: ‘Exordium’, ‘Depletion’, ‘Infinitesimal’, ‘Engulfed’, ‘Contrivance’ and ‘Dissolution’. More about NOCTAMBULIST at www.facebook.com/noctambulist303
‘Radioactive Madness’ and ‘Slaughterchild’, two new tracks from Swedish Grinders BIRDFLESH, are now available for streaming at this location. They will appear on the band’s upcoming new 13 track EP “All The Miseries”, which will be released via Everlasting Spew Records on May 26, 2021 (American distribution will be handled by Haunted Hotel Records). The EP will also feature 11 additional live bonus tracks. You can follow BIRDFLESH at www.facebook.com/birdfleshgrind
Austin, Texas based Death Metallers CATHEXIS will release their debut full-length “Untethered Abyss” on June 25, 2021 on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Willowtip Records. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Horizonless Realm Of Mechanical Retribution’, ‘Given To The Colony’, ‘Harrowing Manifestation’, ‘Red Hook’, ‘Library Of Babel’, ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’, ‘Isolated Malevolence’ and ‘Reanimated Kin’. The album’s first single ‘Mortuus In Perpetuum’ is already streaming over here. All additional CATHEXIS information is available at www.facebook.com/cathexistexas
California based Doom / Deathers CIVEROUS have been signed by Everlasting Spew Records. More news about their debut album will follow later this year. You can already check out some of their previous releases at https://civerous.bandcamp.com
Singapore based Death Metal newcomers ADARRAK have just released a video for ‘Bereft’, the first single from their forthcoming debut album “Ex Oriente Lux”, at this location. Ex – MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman contributed a guest guitar solo to the song. The album will be released on May 27, 2021 via Satanath Records (physical) and Blood Blast Distribution (digital). It was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studios and features the following songs: ‘Final Ethos Demise’, ‘Into The Abyss’, ‘Mettle’, ‘Bereft’, ‘Withering’, ‘Through The Fabric Of Time’, ‘Beneath The Vault Of The World’ and ‘Fire Will Cleanse’ (Instrumental). Teaser videos for the songs ‘Mettle’ and ‘Withering’ are available here and here. For more ADARRAK info check out www.facebook.com/adarrakband
SciFi Death Metallers UNIVERSALLY ESTRANGED have just premiered ‘Despoiling Souls Of Flesh Across The Galaxy’ over here. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Reared Up In Spectral Predation”, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via Blood Harvest Records. The previously revealed ‘Teeming With That Of Unknown Origin’ can still be streamed at this location. The full tracklist of the album reads as follows: ‘Intro’, ‘Despoiling Souls Of Flesh Across The Galaxy’, ‘The Visitor’, ‘A Thing, Oozing In’, ‘Sentient Meatsack’, ‘Teeming With That Of Unknown Origin’, ‘Internecine Psychic Bloodletting’, ‘Reared Up In Spectral Predation’, ‘Interlude’ and ‘Blistered Under The Blue Illusion’. More UNIVERSALLY ESTRANGED at https://universallyestranged.bandcamp.com
On May 14, 2021 Hells Headbangers will release “Nightmare Necropolis”, the second album from Finnish Death Metallers CADAVERIC INCUBATOR, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later this year. The track ‘Sickly Obsessed’ can already be checked out here. The following tracks will appear on “Nightmare Necropolis”: ‘World Necrosis’, ‘Blood Lust’, ‘Necropolis’, ‘Sarcophagidae’, ‘Sickly Obsessed’, ‘Through The Flesh’, ‘Frenzied Hatred’ and ‘Coffin Defiler’. Eric Cutler of AUTOPSY contributed a guest solo on ‘Frenzied Hatred’. For all additional CADAVERIC INCUBATOR info please visit www.facebook.com/cadaveric-incubator-1537299173162374
“Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie”, the seventh full-length from French Black Metal duo AUTARCIE, will be released on April 30, 2021 via Purity Through Fire on CD, A5 digipak, vinyl LP and cassette tape formats. The album will feature the following tracks: ‘Prélude’, ‘Nation’, ‘France Profonde’, ‘Regnum Francorum’, ‘Le Bardit Des Hardis’, ‘Gladio Vivere, Gladio Morietur’, ‘Apogée.Ivresse.Agonie’ and ‘Postlude’. A special album trailer can be watched over here. More info at www.purity-through-fire.com
Irish melodic Black / Deathers FOR RUIN have just released a 4-track digital-only EP entitled “Relapse” today. It is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and all other common streaming platforms. The tracklist of the EP reads as follows: ‘Devout’, ‘Only The Dead’, ‘In Vain’ and ‘Bastion’. ‘In Vain’, the first single from the EP, was already released on March 17, 2021. The artwork comes from Ken Coleman (MORBID ANGEL, THE CRANBERRIES etc). Lyric videos for the single and all EP tracks can be found at the band’s YouTube channel. For all additional information please visit www.facebook.com/forruin
“The Final Revelation Of Abaddon”, the debut album of Italy’s ancient Death Metallers RIEXHUMATION, will be released via Lavadome Productions on May 28, 2021 on CD, cassette and digitally. The cover artwork was created by Roberto Toderico. The following tracks will be featured on it: ‘Intro’, ‘Inbreeding A Final Form In The Flesh’, ‘Take The Throne Of Enlil’, ‘Conflagration Mantra’, ‘Manifestation Of The Horned-Head Presence’, ‘Ascension XIV’, ‘The Vectorcvlt’, ‘Embrace Nihility’ and ‘Triumph Of Perfect Darkness’. You can already check out the album track ‘The Vectorcvlt’ at this location. All further RIEXHUMATION information you will find at www.facebook.com/riexhumation
Matti Riekki’s book, “North From Here – The Sentenced Story”, will be released in English via Svart Records in July 2021 in a gold foil-stamped hardback edition, just as the Finnish language first edition. Matti Riekki is a music journalist specialising in Heavy Rock, known as the host of the late national radio show Metalliliitto and the longstanding Editor-in-Chief of Finnish Heavy Metal magazine Inferno. Pre-order details and more info is available at www.svartrecords.com
Canadian Death Metal trio OBVURT has just released their debut EP “The Beginning” via Brutal Mind. A guitar playthrough video for the song ‘Scars Of War’ demonstrates the accomplished playing of guitarist / vocalist Philippe Drouin, who was forced to learn to play left-handed after an accident in 2016 left him unable to continue picking with his right. You can check out the video at this location. OBVURT consists of Philippe Drouin (ex – UNBREAKABLE HATRED, ex – VITIATED), Olivier Pinard (CATTLE DECAPITATION, CRYPTOPSY) and Samuel Santiago (AGONY, ex – GOROD). In August 2020 the band recorded their first EP “The Beginning” with Christian Donaldson (CRYPTOPSY) at The Grid Productions. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Prelude Dm’, ‘Osteophyte’, ‘The First Light’, Obverted’, ‘Scars Of War’ and ‘The End’. The layout and artwork was created by Jon Zig. More about OBVURT at www.facebook.com/obvurt
On May 21, 2021 Saturnal Records will release “Death To Traitors”, the fifth album from Turkey based melodic Black Metallers SABHANKRA, on CD format. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Call To Arms’, ‘Burn Down Their Halls’, ‘Death To Traitors’, ‘Heavens Are Fake’, ‘I Came This Far For Nothing’ and ‘Awakened In The Dark’. The album opener is already available for streaming over here. More SABHANKRA info you will find at www.facebook.com/sabhankraband
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Italian Punk Rock / Grind / Noisecoretrio DUKOV for the release of their new EP “Death Is Ok”, which will be out on April 30, 2021 on CD and digital formats. The tracklist reads as follows: ‘RBMK’, ‘Cockroach Boy’, ‘Body Horror’, ‘Die When You Die’ (GG ALLIN cover), ‘Dukov’, ‘Advice’, ‘Peones Of Death’, ‘Soviet Psycho’ and ‘I Had A Fucking Stagedive At My Cousin’s Bar Mitz Vah’. You can already listen to the track ‘Peones Of Death’ at this location. For all further details please visit Horror Pain Gore Death Productions at www.facebook.com/horrorpaingoredeath
Czech Death Metallers SNĚŤ have just premiered the track ‘Zamrzlý Vrch’ at this location. The song features guest vocals by David Mikkelsen (UNDERGANG, PHRENELITH, ULCEROT, WORMRIDDEN). It is the second track to be revealed from the band’s upcoming debut full-length “Mokvání V Okovech”, which will be released on May 14, 2021 via Blood Harvest Records on CD and vinyl LP formats. The cassette version will be handled by Lycanthropic Chants in Europe and Headsplit Records in the US. The previously revealed ‘Kůň Kadaver’ can still be streamed over here. The full tracklist of the album reads like this: ‘Útes Mrtvol’, ‘Kůň Kadaver’, ‘Princip Křížení’, ‘Demon’, ‘Zamrzlý Vrch’, ‘Folivor’, ‘Sakrofag’ and ‘Vesmírná Saliva’. For all additional SNĚŤ information please visit www.facebook.com/snet6666
Polish blackend Doom Metallers NEKKROFUKK are streaming their fourth album “Mysterious Rituals In The Abyss Of Sabbath & Eternal Celebration Of The Blakk Goat” in its entirety at this location now. It was released via Putrid Cult yesterday. More NEKKROFUKK at https://nekkrofukk.bandcamp.com
Grindcore duo ANIMAL SCHOOLBUS will release a 2021 remix of their “Going To Grammy’s House” album via Lawnmowerjetpack Records tomorrow. The music was written and recorded by multi-instrumentalist Charlie Sad-Eyes (CRAWL BELOW) and features the surprisingly brutal vocals of his 9-year-old daughter Princess Beast. The album was mixed by Dave Kaminsky at Studio Wormwood and mastered by Ryan Williams at Augmented Audio. You can stream the album track ‘I Can Do One-Handed Cartwheels’ over here. More info you will find at www.facebook.com/animalschoolbus
French Pagan Black Metallers HANTERNOZ have just premiered the track ‘Vieille Nasse Crevée’ at this location. It is the second to be revealed from the band’s upcoming third album “Au Fleuve De Loire”, which will be released on May 03, 2021 via Antiq. The previously revealed ‘A Cul De Grève’ is still available for streaming over here. More about HANTERNOZ at www.facebook.com/hanternoz-pagan-de-bretagne-144124245602843
Scottish Black Metallers IFRINN have just premiered the track ‘Caledonian Black Magick’ at this location. It is the title track of the band’s upcoming new mini album, which will be released on April 30, 2021 via The Sinister Flame. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Caledonian Black Magick’, ‘Silent Seas Of Sorcery’ and ‘Stellar Zephyrs’. More about IFRINN at www.facebook.com/ifrinnofficial
On May 14, 2021 UK based Death Metallers GRAVE MIASMA will release their new album “Abyss Of Wrathful Deities” on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats via Dark Descent Records (US) and Sepulchral Voice (Europe). The artwork was created by Ars Moriendee (DRAHG). The tracklist reads as follows: ‘Guardians Of Death’, ‘Rogyapa’, ‘Ancestral Waters’, ‘Erudite Decomposition’, ‘Under The Megalith’, ‘Demons Of The Sand’, ‘Interlude’, ‘Exhumation Rites’ and ‘Kingdoms Beyond Kailash’. An official music video for the album track ‘Rogyapa’ can already be watched over here. For all further information check out www.facebook.com/gravemiasma
Indonesia based blackened Speed / Thrash Metallers SPELLFORGER are streaming their debut EP “Upholders Of Evil” in its entirety at this location now. It will be released on April 02, 2021 via Personal Records. All additional SPELLFORGER info is available at www.facebook.com/spellforger.band
Finnish Black Metallers SIELUNVIHOLLINEN will release their fourth album “Teloituskäsky” on April 02, 2021 via Hammer Of Hate. It will feature the following tracks: ‘Tulen Kaste’, ‘Murtunut Peili’, ‘Varjot’, ‘Kahleidenkatkoja’, ‘Noitavaino’, ‘Teloituskäsky’, ‘Hukkuneet’ and ‘Usvan Tuoma’. A full album stream you will find over here. More about SIELUNVIHOLLINEN at www.facebook.com/sielunvihollinen
The English language edition of “The Necromancer Of Rock: The Origins Of Death SS (1977-1982)”, the paperback book by Steve Sylvester with Gianni Della Cioppa, will be released via The Ajna Offensive on April 30, 2021. On its 224 pages it tells the story of DEATH SS and features images from every step of the band’s early history, 16 of those in full color. In addition to Steve Sylvester’s story and version of the history of the band, the book also includes interviews with all living members from the time of the “First Seal” (Danny Hughes, Thomas “Hand” Chaste, Claud Galley and Paul Chain), along with remembrances of the contributions from Aldo Polverari and Sanctis Ghoram. The book was translated into English by Alberto Brandi and the design and layout was done by Alejandro Tedín. For more info visit www.theajnaoffensive.com or www.facebook.com/theajnaoffensive
Belgian Death Metallers SLITHERING DECAY will release their debut full-length “Aeons Untold” via Testimony Records on May 21, 2021 on CD, vinyl (100 transparent afterglow and 100 black copies) and in digital versions. It was mastered by Dan Swanö (including a special FDR version for the vinyl) and the cover art was created by Wesley Dewanckel. The following tracks will appear on it: ‘Metaphysical Iconoclasm’, ‘Bloodstained Tears’, ‘Orgy Of Flesh’, ‘Embedded In Hollowness’, ‘Internal Dismay’, ‘Psychotic Ecstasy’, ‘Verminous Flood’, ‘Resurrected In Chaos’, ‘Doomsday Prayer’ and ‘Blood Unforeseen’. The album opener can already be streamed at this location. All additional SLITHERING DECAY info you will find at www.facebook.com/slitheringdecay
Last year’s self-titled 5 song demo from French Doom / Deathers ROTTEN BRAIN has just been released on cassette via Nekrassious Tapes as “ROTTEN BRAIN – Demo 2”. It was originally only available digitally. A full demo stream is available at https://nekrassioustapes.bandcamp.com. For more details and possible trades contact mattlablatt@lilo.org.