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On April 19, 2013 Germany’s True Metal cult fanzine THAT’S METAL returns with a new issue (# 17). On 80 glossy pages you’ll get lengthy features about cult bands like OBSESSION, DEMON, HELSTAR, THUNDERHEAD, BANSHEE, ATTACKER, GOTHIC KNIGHTS, DAMMAJ or STEEL PROPHET and newcomers like POSSESSOR, AIR RAID, DEXTER WARD, SONIC PULSE, WALPURGIS NIGHT, TOMBSTONE, VOLTURE, ASGARD as well as a Rhett Forrester tribute. Long lost bands like XCEL, OVERLORDE SR, LECTRIC LEATHER, JACKAL, DRESDEN, SABOTAGE and ASTAROTH are also interviewed and current MANILLA ROAD Drummer Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth looks back on his involvement with cult acts like SAVAGE GRACE and GRIFFIN and his very first years as an underground Metal pioneer on TV’s open channel. As a special extra you’ll get a compilation CD (including a four page booklet) entitled "Metallic Commandments – Volume 1" that consists of ten songs, all of them unreleased on CD before. The magazine is entirely written in German and sells for 10 Euros (including CD) or 5 Euros (without CD) plus postage through mailorders like www.underground-power.de or thatsmetal@gmx.net. The mag will also be available at the official merchandise booth at the "Keep It True" Festival in Lauda-Koenigshofen on April 19 / 20, 2013. For all further info check out www.facebook.com/thatsmetalmagazine
F.D.A. Records will release vinyl editions (limited to 500 copies each) of OBSCURE INFINITY‘s "Putrefying Illusions" and DESERTED FEAR‘s "My Empire" on May 24, 2013. For more information or pre-order details go to www.fda-records.com.
On June 21, 2013 The Ajna Offensive will release ENTARTETE KUNTS, a collection of underground artwork written and curated by Dennis Dread. The book, that is going to feature nearly 400 full-color reproductions from 42 international artists on 340 pages, will be available in two editions: a 8.5” x 11” hardbound edition with debossed cover and dustjacket (limited to 400) and a 8.5” x 11” paperback edition with frenchflap cover (limited to 600). The foreword was written by Patrick Rosenkranz. Artists that will be included are: Nick Blinko (RUDIMENTARY PENI), Michel “Away” Langevin (VOIVOD), Ed Repka (MEGADETH), S. Clay Wilson (Zap Comix), Rob Miller (AMEBIX), Erik Danielsson (WATAIN), Kristian “Necrolord” Wåhlin (DISSECTION), Sean Taggart (CRUMBSUCKERS), Joe Petagno (MOTÖRHEAD), Jos. A. Smith (BATHORY), Bobby BeauSoleil (LUCIFER RISING), Dennis Dread (DARKTHRONE) and 30 more artists from around the world. For all further information check out www.theajnaoffensive.com
The NECROCCULTUS album "Encircling The Mysterious Necrorevelation" (from 2005) will be re-released through Razorback Records with the "Supreme Occult One… The Underworld Abhorrence" 7" EP (originally released by Blood Harvest Records in 2006) as well as the NECROPHOBIC cover ‘Unholy Prophecies’ at the end of the Summer.
Bloody Productions have just released "Of Martyr’s Agony and Hate", the second album of Spanish Death Metallers SCENT OF DEATH , as a limited edition (500 copies) 12" LP. In the upcoming months the label will also release the vinyl version of "Testimony Of The Abominable", the debut album of Spanish Black Metallers BALMOG (limited to 300 hand numbered copies, with the blood of the three band members). More info at www.bloodyproductions.com.
Cryptorium Records have just released a massive MEGA SLAUGHTER box. It includes a 2 CD digipak of the band’s one and only full-length album "Calls From The Beyond" (originally released via Thrash Records in 1991), on one CD and all the demos on the other. Also included is a 44 pages booklet full of pictures, flyers, never before seen photos and the bands entire story, spanning between 1987 and 1992, as well as a patch and a small poster of the new cover that was created by Joe Petagno (MOTÖRHEAD, NOMINON, ANGELCORPSE etc.), based on the original album cover. More info and ordering details can be found at www.cryptorium.se
“Under Sulphurous Skies” is the brand new single from Slovenian Heavy / Speed Metallers VIGILANCE, taken from the band’s upcoming album "Queen Of The Midnight Fire" which will be available on May 14, 2013 via Metal Tank Records. You can check out the new track at this location. VIGILANCE guitarist Gilian Adam comments: “After months of hard work, the album is finally done. Rok Zalokar did a great job and we are very much excited to finally give you a taste of what is to come. The gates have been opened, the torches have been lit. Follow if you dare.” For more information visit the label’s site at www.metaltankrecords.com
"Denouement", the debut full-length from UK’s blackened Death Metallers ABYSSAL will be re-released on CD (limited to 1000 copies) via Poland’s Hellthrasher Productions on April 02, 2013. A vinyl edition will follow in Autumn. The album was self-released by the band in January 2012 on hand-assembled CDs as well as digitally. The entire material is available for streaming at this location.
Heaven and Hell Records will be releasing the complete recorded works from North Carolina Death Thrashers FALSE PROPHET on CD as part of their Lost Relics collection. The whole material was re-mastered by Jamie King at The Basement Studios in Winston-Salem, NC. The CD will include the "Sign Of The Cross" demo from 1989, the "Second Death" full-length from 1991 and the "Infernal Hierarchy" 7" EP from 1993. Video footage of the band playing live at Snookers in Raleigh, NC in 1993 has been posted here.
‘Extrinsic Pathway’, the title track of the upcoming debut full-length from Austin, Texas based Death Metallers MORGENGRAU, has been posted at this location. The album will be released on April 02, 2013 through Blind God Records. More info at www.facebook.com/pages/morgengrau/112541632142818
Eldritch Lunar Miasma Records, in conjunction with Dybbuk Records, has released a DECREPITAPH / HUMILIATION split 7" EP entitled "The Carnal Slumber / Enemy’s Perimeter". It is limited to 500 copies (100 green and 400 black) and pressed on 42-gram vinyl with a four panel folder. A preview is currently streaming at this location. Additional info at www.eldritchlunarmiasma.com, www.decrepitaph.com or www.humiliation.my
US Death Metallers BLOODSOAKED will be touring in Europe for the Rotting In Europe 2013 Tour in April. Joining BLOODSOAKED will be Bay Area Melodic Deathers SHORT FUSE, Dallas-based blackened Death Metallers PSYCHIATRIC REGURGITATION, Boston Thrashers BLACK MASS and Chicago Death Metallers HATE STORM ANNIHILATION. BLOODSOAKED has just posted a brand new demo track entitled ‘Devouring’ on their Bandcamp page. The song is a demo version of a track from the band’s forthcoming album, "Devouring Abomination", due out later this year on Comatose Records. More info at www.bloodsoaked.net or www.facebook.com/bloodsoaked666
Israel’s Death Metallers MORBID TENDENCY have made their new EP "Eon Of Cycling Death" available through their bandcamp page for free streaming, download and a "name your own price" purchase. The band’s line-up currently consists of Alex (PROMISCUITY, ex – SONNE ADAM) on vocals, guitars and bass, as well as Tom (SONNE ADAM) on drums. The EP was recorded in early 2013 and the band is currently searching for a label, to release it on physical format. Interested labels can contact the band at alexmorbidtendency@gmail.com
Canadian Black Metallers WILT will be playing a couple of shows at the end of March / early April 2013 in support of the upcoming, limited edition, vinyl release of their self-titled debut album. Originally released in October of last year as a digital download, "Wilt" is now being offered as a 180 gram white vinyl 12", strictly limited to 300 copies and available for pre-order at wiltmanitoba.bandcamp.com. A purchase of the vinyl edition comes with an immediate download of the album. For more information visit www.facebook.com/wiltmb
At their record release party in Santa Ana, CA on March 16, 2013 ANGER AS ART were joined onstage by Mark ‘The Shark’ Caro (ABATTOIR), Betsy Bitch (BITCH) and Sin Quirin (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS) for the album’s two bonus tracks ‘Rage And Retribution’ and ‘Speed Kills’, as well as classics from ABATTOIR (‘Screams From The Grave’) and BITCH (‘Skullcrusher’). A video of ANGER AS ART performing ‘SkullCrusher’ with Betsy Bitch and Sin Quirin has been posted at this location. A video of ‘Screams From The Grave’ with Mark ‘The Shark’ Caro can be checked out here. ANGER AS ART has been confirmed for the Dokkem Open Air Festival on June 21 – 22, 2013 in Dokkum, Freisland, NL and will be appearing alongside TESTAMENT, ICED EARTH, CRYPTOPSY and many more. The band is currently booking additional dates in Germany, France, Holland and Belgium. More information at www.angerasart.com or www.facebook.com/angerasart
PENTAGRAM CHILE have completed the recordings of their debut album “The Malefice”. It was recorded both in Sade Studios in Santiago, Chile and HVR Studios in Suffolk, UK. The album will be out around June / July and the first edition will also include re-recordings of classic 80s demo songs. The tracklist reads like this: ‘The Death Of Satan’, ‘La Fiura’, ‘The Apparition’, ‘Horror Vacui’, ‘Spontaneous Combustion’, ‘Grand Design’, ‘Sacrophobia’, ‘Arachnoids’ and ‘Prophetic Tremors’. PENTAGRAM CHILE will be playing live at the Live Evil Fest 2013 (www.liveevilfestival.org) on October 18 – 20, 2013 at The Garage in London. More PENTAGRAM CHILE at www.facebook.com/pages/pentagram-chile/78253131363
In May / June 2013 Cyclone Empire Records will re-release the full discography of Swedish Melodic Death Metallers A CANOROUS QUINTET as a double CD, entitled “The Quintessence”, with a massive booklet and extensive liner-notes. The “Silence Of The World Beyond” album from 1996 will feature the following bonus tracks: ‘Silence Of The World Beyond’ (Live), ‘Reflections Of The Mirror’ (2012), ‘Dreamcloud’ (2012 – unreleased) and ‘Welcome To Your End’ (2012 – unreleased). The 1998 “The Only Pure Hate” album will additionally come up the tracks ‘Land Of The Lost’ and ‘Revert To Life’ (both from a 1997 demo) as well as the complete "As Tears” demo from 1995 (‘Through Endless Illusions’, ‘The Joy Of Sorrow’, ‘When Happiness Dies’ and ‘Strangeland’). www.cyclone-empire.com
In May 2013 GOD DETHRONED‘s “The Grand Grimoire” and “Bloody Blasphemy” albums will be re-released on vinyl through Cyclone Empire Records. Both will be limited to 500 copies each, pressed on red (“The Grand Grimoire”) and blue (“Bloody Blasphemy”) 180g vinyl, with a gatefold sleeve including rare photos and liner notes by Henri Sattler. www.facebook.com/goddethronedofficial
FACEBREAKER have posted two parts of a studio report at the following locations: Part I and Part II. The new album is entitled “Dedicated To The Flesh” and planned to be released in May / June 2013. Here’s the tracklist: ‘Meat Freak’, ‘Dedicated To The Flesh’, ‘Catacomb’, ‘Zombie Flesh Cult’, ‘Mutilator’, ‘Nuclear Outbreak’, ‘Hellmaster’, ‘Carving For Brains’, ‘Swarm Of Zombies’, ‘Legions Of Doom’, ‘World Cremation’ and ‘Tomb Of The Hungry Dead’. All additional information you may find at www.facebook.com/pages/facebreaker/113329752016270
Italian Death Metallers NERVECIDE have just released their debut album "Impermanence". It is available for free streaming / download at the following locations: www.reverbnation.com/nervecide, http://nervecide.bandcamp.com or www.facebook.com/nervecide
ENTHRONED will play live for the first time ever in Poland. The band will be back on stage for two selected shows in Wroclaw And Kraków. More ENTHRONED at www.facebook.com/frater.silurian
"Behold Almighty Doctrine", the third full-length from US Death Metallers LECHEROUS NOCTURNE, is out now through Unique Leader Records. An exclusive stream can be found at this location. For more info check out www.lecherousnocturne.net or www.facebook.com/lecherousnocturne
On April 02, 2013 Blind God Records will release "Extrinsic Pathway", the debut full-length from Austin, Texas based Death Metallers MORGENGRAU. The album was recorded at Amplitude Media in Austin, Texas and mixed and mastered at Endarker Studio, Sweden by Magnus (Devo) Andersson of MARDUK. The full tracklist reads like this: ‘Extrinsic Pathway’, ‘Antithetical’, ‘The White Death’, ‘Inner Self’, ‘Choking Grove’, ‘Grave Of Lies’, ‘Chemosh Enlighten’ and ‘Polymorphic Communion’. You can listen to the album track ‘Antithetical’ here. MORGENGRAU will make their New York City debut at the Martyrdoom Fest on June 28, 2013. More band information at www.facebook.com/pages/morgengrau/112541632142818
‘Dominate The Rotten’, a track from "Manifested Darkness", the forthcoming new album from REVEL IN FLESH, is currently streaming at this location. The CD and digital download will be released on April 12, 2013 by F.D.A. Records. The LP version features an additional bonus track and will be out on April 26, 2013. The album was mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio by Dan Swanö and the artwork was created by the Spanish artist Juanjo Castellano. More at www.revelinflesh.jimdo.com or www.facebook.com/pages/revel-in-flesh/304228902958414
ACHERON will start recording their new album “Kult Des Hasses” in Cleveland, Ohio on April 12, 2013. Guitarist Ricktor Ravensbruck (WOLFPACK 44, ELECTRIC HELLFIRE CLUB, WOLFEN SOCIETY) will contribute some leads to the album and the artwork will be created by Timo Wuerz. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Daemonum Lux’, ‘Satan Holds Dominion’, ‘Raptured To Divine Perversion’, ‘Jesus Wept’, ‘Thy Father Suicide’, ‘Misanthropic Race’, ‘Whores And Harlots’, ‘Asphyxiation (Hands Of God)’, ‘Concubina Do Diabo’ and ‘Devil’s Black Blood’. The release of “Kult Des Hasses” is scheduled for Spring 2013 through Listenable Records. All additional information at www.facebook.com/legion.acheron