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SONNE ADAM will return to European stages in May in support of the band’s latest release "Messengers Of Desolate Ways". This tour also includes SONNE ADAM’s first ever appearances in Sweden, Norway, Ireland and Italy. The album’s opening track ‘Hater Of Mankind’ can be checked out at this location. More SONNE ADAM at www.facebook.com/sonneadam
Century Media Records have signed Dutch Death Metallers THANATOS. "Even after being in ‘the business’ for so many years, we’re really excited to become part of the Century Media family, which is without any doubt one of the best and most important labels for metal today", comments THANATOS’ vocalist and guitarist Stephan Gebédi. "We can’t wait to start working on new material and it’s our intention to record an absolute Death / Thrash Metal monster to coincide with our 30th anniversary in 2014! We come from an era when there was no strict boundaries between Thrash and Death Metal which resulted in masterpieces like DARK ANGEL’s "Darkness Descends" and POSSESSED’s "Seven Churches" and it’s our mission to transport the legacy of those albums to 2014 and beyond…" More information about THANATOS you will find at www.thanatos.info or www.facebook.com/thanatos333
Chilean Death Metallers THORNAFIRE have signed a deal with F.D.A. Records. The band’s fourth full-length will be out in late 2013. A video statement (discussing their deal with F.D.A. Records and the addition of drummer Nikko Pagani to the line-up) can be checked out here. The band’s promotional video for the song ‘Malefactor Manifesto’ (from the band’s 2012 release "Eclipse Nox Coagula") can be found at this location. More information at www.thornafire.cl or www.facebook.com/thornafire
"Precis Innan Gryningen", the debut full-length from Swedish Death Metallers JUST BEFORE DAWN, will be released via Chaos Records on May 20, 2013 (the CD version will already be available on May 13, 2013). The album was mixed and mastered at Sufficiently Studios by Benny Moberg (MALFEITOR) and features no less than seven guest vocalists: Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, REVOLTING, DEMIURG), Jonas Lindblood (PUTEREAON), Ralf Hauber (REVEL IN FLESH), Mr.Hitchcock (ZOMBIEFICATION), Dennis Johansson, Gustav Myrin (BLOOD MORTIZED) and Tony Freed (GODHATE), as well as Rick Rozz (MASSACRE, DEATH), who contributed a guest solo to the track ‘Under Wheels Of Death’. The artwork was created by Daniel Devilish (ENTRAILS, SORCERY, BLOOD MORTIZED) and the complete "Precis Innan Gryningen" tracklist reads like this: ‘Precis Innan Gryningen’, ‘As Death Breaks The Surface’, ‘Under Wheels Of Death’, ‘Pulverised’, ‘Ten Megaton War Machine’, ‘Raped Soil’, ‘Slagfält Efter Slagfält’ and ‘The World Burning’. The opening track ‘Precis Innan Gryningen’ is currently streaming at this location and a promo clip for ‘As Death Breaks the Surface’ can be found here. All additional information you may find at www.facebook.com/justbeforedawntheycame
"The Crowning Horror", the fourth full-length album by Swedish Black Metallers PEST, will be released through Agonia Records on June 18, 2013 in Europe and July 09, 2013 in North America. It was mixed by Fred Estby (DISMEMBER / CARNAGE / NECRONAUT) at Gutterview Recorders and mastered by Andy Jackson (PINK FLOYD’s engineer, Grammy nominee) at Tube Mastering, UK. The release will be available as an 8 panel digipak CD, digitally and on vinyl (the first 100 copies on a solid, purple wax vinyl). The tracklist reads like this: ‘The Funeral Hours’, ‘A Face Obscured By Death’, ‘Volcanic Eyes’, ‘Devil’S Mark’, ‘Holocaust’, ‘The Abomination Of The God’, ‘Thirteen Chimes’, ‘Demon’, ‘The Crowning Horror’ and ‘Eternal Curse’. Prior to the album release a 7" EP entitled "Black Oath" (B-side ‘Morbid Revelations’) will be released worldwide on April 16, 2013. A limited version of this EP (bone white vinyl) is already sold out. For more info check out www.pest.se
‘Sacred Putrefaction’, the closing track from PUTRIFIED‘s upcoming mini album can be streamed at this location. The as of yet untitled mini album was mixed and mastered by Devo and Oskar at the Endarker Studio, Sweden. More information at www.facebook.com/pages/putrified/139314062811752
On June 10, 2013 Vic Records will release a twelve track album entitled "Sulphur Skies", by JOHANSSON SPECKMANN. As the name already reveals, this project consists of Rogga Johansson on guitars and bass (PAGANIZER / RIBSPREADER, THE GROTESQUERY) and Paul Speckmann on vocals (MASTER, DEATH STRIKE, ABOMINATION). The drums and production will be handled by Norwegian Brynjar Helgetun (THE GROTESQUERY, RIBSPREADER). You can check out a promo video at this location. More information at www.facebook.com/pages/lohansson-speckmann/225899484206206
Vic Records will also re-release MASTER‘s 1985 debut album on June 10, 2013 with a new painted cover art by Richard Schouten (ACHROSTICHON, PENTAGRAM, ABOMINATION), a new designed booklet with liner notes from Paul Speckmann and rare mid 80s MASTER pictures. A promo video for this release can be found here. All further info at www.facebook.com/pages/master/18521536017?fref=ts
ABORYM have posted a cover of IRON MAIDEN’s ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ at this location. The song appears on their upcoming double album "Dirty", which will be released as a jewel case, double digipak and gatefold double LP through Agonia Records on May 28, 2013 in Europe and June 11, 2013 in North America. While the first CD will feature completely new material, the second CD will include two completely re-arranged and re-recorded tracks from previous albums, covers of tracks by IRON MAIDEN, PINK FLOYD and NINE INCH NAILS, as well as a previously unreleased track. The band has also a second video teaser for "Dirty" here. The tracklist for "Dirty" reads as follows. CD 1: ‘Irreversible Crisis’, ‘Across The Universe’, ‘Dirty’, ‘Bleedthrough’, ‘Raped By Daddy’, ‘I Don’t Know’, ‘The Factory Of Death’, ‘Helter Skelter Youth’, ‘Face The Reptile’ and ‘The Day The Sun Stopped Shining’. CD2: ‘Fire Walk With Us’ (new version, originally released on “Fire Walk With Us”), ‘Roma Divina Urbs’ (new version, originally released on “Kali Yuga Bizarre”), ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’ (IRON MAIDEN cover), ‘Comfortably Numb’ (PINK FLOYD cover), ‘Hurt’ (NINE INCH NAILS cover) and ‘Need For Limited Loss’ (new track). More information about ABORYM at www.aborym.it and www.facebook.com/aborymofficial.
IMPRECATION will release their long-awaited first full-length "Satanae Tenebris Infinita" through Dark Descent Records on June 25, 2013. The cover art was created by Chris Moyen and the album tracks ‘Blood Dominion’ and ‘From Beyond The Fiery Temples’ are currently streaming at this location. The complete "Satanae Tenebris Infinita" tracklist reads like this: ‘Blood Dominion’, ‘From Beyond The Fiery Temples’, ‘Hosanna Ex Inferis’, ‘The Coils Of Eden’, ‘Chapel Of Rotting Flesh’, ‘Rancid Blood On Blackened Thorns’, ‘Of The Black Earth’ and ‘Carrion Winds Of Golgotha’. In the early 90s the band released a couple of demos and an EP followed by a compilation of material in 1995 titled "Theurgia Goetia Summa" on Repulse Records (which was reissued several times later on). More info at www.facebook.com/pages/imprecation/194725213915960
On June 25, 2013 Finnish Black / Death Metallers LANTERN will release their debut full-length "Below" via Dark Descent Records on CD, black and red vinyl. The artwork for the album was created by Alexander Brown (VORUM, MITOCHONDRIAN) and the track ‘Entrenching Presences’ is currently streaming at this location. Here’s the full tracklist: ‘Rites Of Descent’, ‘Revenant’, ‘Entrenching Presences’, ‘Manifesting Shambolic Aura’, ‘Demons In My Room’, ‘Below’ and ‘From The Ruins’. More information at www.lantern.ws or www.facebook.com/lantern666
On April 26, 2013 Blood Harvest Records will release a new 4 track 12" MLP by Mexico’s Death Metallers NECROCCULTUS, entitled "Solemnelohim, Bringer Of Death" which originally was supposed to be released as two separate 7" EPs by Blood Harvest and the now defunct Detest Records respectively. A full stream of "Solemnelohim, Bringer Of Death" can be found at this location. Band contact: necroccultus@yahoo.com.mx
"He Who Invokes Decadence", the second full-length by German Death Metallers SEPTEMBER MURDER, will be released on June 17, 2013 (Europe) and June 18, 2013 (rest of the world). The album was recorded at Schmiedeberg 7 Studios with Jens Martinek and mastered by Peter Neuber (NASUM, VOMITORY, PRIMORDIAL) at Mega Wimp Sound Studios. The artwork was once again created by Christian Herzer from GUULarts. Here’s the complete tracklist of the album: ‘Under Severed Skies’, ‘Two Culprits, One Oath’, ‘Among Vultures’, ‘From Adoration…’, ‘…To Deterrence’, ‘May Conviction Force Reckoning’, ‘In Celebration Of Mankind’s Wretchedness’ and ‘He Who Invokes Decadence’. A streaming of the single "Among Vultures" can be found at this location. More information at www.facebook.com/smofficial
"A Call From Beyond The Grave", the debut full-length by Canadian Black Metallers BURIALKULT, was just released through Blood Harvest Records. It was recorded at Cenotaph Studios in Victoria, BC between December 2012 and January 2013 and mastered by Hayden Cyr. The cover are was created by Mark Riddick. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Hossana In The Depths’, ‘By Satan Possessed’, ‘Blasphemous Infuneral’, ‘Throne Of Disease’, ‘Eternal Satan’, ‘Filth’, ‘A Call From Beyond The Grave’, ‘I Am Torment’, ‘Spell Of Black Torment’, ‘Provocations’, ‘Necrotormentor’ and ‘Desecrate The Temple’. A full album stream can be found at this location. More information at www.facebook.com/burialkult
Pulverised Records have signed Bangladesh based Death / Thrashers ORATOR. The band commented on this as follows: “We are presently working on new songs and we look forward to reveal them on our second album through Pulverised Records. More announcements on the upcoming album will follow in the course of time. ORATOR forms this mighty pact with Pulverised Records to bring their old school Death Metal Aghori cult to a whole different level of existence both locally and internationally. The band therefore looks forward to a long and successful relation with the mighty Pulverised Records." ‘Gnosis Stained Khadga’, a track taken off the latest ORATOR album "Kapalgnosis", has been posted here. All further info you will find at www.facebook.com/pages/orator/320273501690?fref=ts