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Chile’s Proselytism Records are going to release a split CD with the two participants AFTER DEATH (USA) and UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN (Chile) around April 2010. UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN’s vinylversion of "People Of The Monolith" should be available through Blood Harvest Records soon, too.
BESTIAL DEATH‘s "Suicide Of The Immortal" demo is finally out now through Israhellbanger Records. Here’s the label’s official press statement: "After being buried and forgotten for 25 years, one of the most evil and uncompromising sounding Death / Thrash demos ever is unleashed by Israhellbanger Records in the classic tape format, as it should have been done in 1986, when it was recorded! These 3 young Israeli maniacs created a demo that makes "Morbid Visions" sound like "Arise"! "Suicide Of The Immortal"’s music can be compared to what such classic South American bands as VULCANO, PARABELLUM and PENTAGRAM used to play back then. Expect 5 chaotic rituals of blasphemy that now sound even stronger, after being mastered for the first time!" For more info and ordering information contact www.israhellbanger.com
On January 28, 2011 Cyclone Empire will release "The Esoteric Order", the debut full-length by Swedish Deathers PUTERAEON. The complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Storms Over Devil’s Reef’, ‘Graverobber’, ‘Coma’, ‘Experience Zombiefication’, ‘Whispers Of The Dead’, ‘Dead Once More’, ‘The Innsmouth Insanity’, ‘The Plague’, ‘The Extraordinary Work Of Herbert West’, ‘Re-Animation’ and ‘The End Of All’. A limited first editition digi-CD will feature the two additional bonus tracks ‘Castle Of Despair’ and ‘Into The Deep’. More PUTERAEON info at www.myspace.com/puteraeon666
Pulverised Records have signed Polish Death Metallers ULCER. Formed in 2006, ULCER consists of present and past members from Blaze Of Perdition, Squashed Bowels, Deivos and Abusiveness, recorded 2 demos in 2006 and a debut full-length album entitled "Serpent Trinity" in 2007. The follow-up album to "Serpent Trinity" will be entitled "Grant Us Death", is currently in the works and expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2011. More information on the album artwork and tracklisting will be announced soon. More info at www.myspace.com/ulcerdeathmetal
Finnish CORPSESSED have been signed by Dark Descent Records for the CD release of their self-titled debut EP. Scheduled for an early 2011 release, the EP features six tracks of old school Death Metal in the vein of Entombed, Incantation, Deicide, Immolation and GRAVE. Selected tracks from the EP have been posted on the band’s official myspace site www.myspace.com/corpsessed. A video for the song ‘Altar Of Worms’ can be viewed at this location.
Swedish Death Metallers EVOCATION will join AMON AMARTH on their upcoming European tour with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER as the support act. For the exact dates, go here.
The Black Metal two-piece HAT (Norwegian for Hatred) are releasing "Vortex Of Death", the band’s second full-length and follow-up to last year’s "The Demise Of Mankind", this month via Abyss Records. www.officialabyssrecords.com
MIASMAL from Sweden have started recording their first full-length album which will be released around April on 12" by Detest Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records and on CD by Dark Descent Records. The band will tour the US in May – June this year. A repress of the band’s demo on 12" is currently available from Detest Records and Nuclear War Now! Productions. More info about MIASMAL’s upcoming release and tour dates are to be found on www.detestrecords.com or via email from detestrecords@gmail.com
Phil Kennemore, bassist for US Hardrockers Y&T, unfortunately lost his fight against lung cancer yesterday, January 07, 2011. Rest in peace Phil!
On February 13, Chilean Death Metallers THORNAFIRE will share the stage with PESTILIENCE, VULCANO and nearly 40 others as part of the Macabre Fest II in Concón on the coast of Chile. In preparation for the festival, THORNAFIRE will join Chilean Death / Thrashers PENTAGRAM for a pair of shows in Santiago and the port city of Valparaiso. Regarding the anticipated follow up to 2009’s "Vorex Deconstrucción", THORNAFIRE guitarist Victor Mac-Namara states: "Currently we are writing music a little different than what we have done in the past. It’s a variation, but still true to our underground Death Metal underground roots. I’m drawing concepts for the album artwork. We hope to have this released by 2012." The band’s video for ‘Deconstruccion’ can be viewed at this location. The clip was filmed, produced and edited by Daniel Duarte (a member of the fellow Chilean Death Metal act EXECRATOR) in a professional TV studio in Santiago. ‘Deconstruccion’ was previously described by THORNAFIRE bassist / vocalist Alexis Munoz as a "futuristic song inspired by the religious and social decline experienced in the current era Eon oh Hourus." The song comes off THORNAFIRE’s second album, "Vorex Deconstrucción", which came out in July 2009 via Ibex Moon Records. www.myspace.com/thornafire
Scottish ‘Blood Metallers’ ACHREN have been confirmed to perform at the 2011 Wacken Open Air festival on the Metal Battle stage. The band also filmed their whole Bloodstock Open Air set for release on DVD in January 2011 and their as yet untitled album is now complete and ready for a spring release in time for further Summer Festival appearances. To find out more please check out www.achren.com
Swedish Death Metallers VOMITORY have finished the recordings of their eighth studio album entitled "Opus Mortis VIII". Comments the band: "On Sunday, December 19th, we completed the work on the eighth VOMITORY album that we have entitled "Opus Mortis VIII". It’s our eighth musical work of death, so we think it’s a very fitting title and we have some nice things going on artwork-wise for this one. Producer and studio owner Rikard Löfgren has done a tremendous job to get the best sounding VOMITORY album to date – no competition! We are so fucking happy with the result. The production is absolutely top-notch and the material offers diversity and dynamics that you haven’t quite heard from VOMITORY before. You will get 14 songs altogether and roughly 54 minutes playing time." "Opus Mortis VIII" will be released in the spring of 2011. More info and updates at www.myspace.com/vomitoryswe
French Death Metallers BLOODY SIGN decided to split up after 15 years of existence. Bassist / vocalist Hagend left the band in early December, which lead Ilmar and Kalevi, the founders of the band, to dissolve, rather than looking for a replacement. The band’s third album "Chaos Echoes" has recently been released on gatefold LP by Blood Harvest Records. www.myspace.com/bloodysign
Metal Mind Productions will release an exclusive 9 CD + DVD SINISTER boxset entitled "Altered Since Birth". The booklet will contain a full biography based on an exclusive interview, the band’s complete discography, lyrics to all songs and a selection of archive photos. The cover artwork was done by the well known Polish graphic designer Graal. In detail the box includes the following: CD 1 – "Demo-Nica" (demo compilation), CD 2 – "Cross The Styx" (+ live bonus tracks ‘Epoch Of Denial’ and ‘Cross The Styx’), CD 3 – "Diabolical Summoning" (+ live bonus track ‘Sadistic Intent’), CD 4 – "Hate" & "Bastard Saints" (+ live bonus track ‘To Mega Therion’), CD 5 – "Aggresive Measures" (+ live bonus tracks ‘Into The Forgotten’ and ‘Enslave The Weak’), CD 6 – "Creative Killings" (+ live bonus track ‘Bleeding Towards The Wendigo’), CD 7 – "Savage Or Grace" (+ live bonus track ‘Barbaric Order’), CD 8 – "Afterburner" (+ live bonus tracks ‘The Grey Massacre’, ‘Men Down’, ‘Altruistic Suicide’ and ‘Afterburner’), CD 9 – "The Silent Howling" and the DVD "Prophecies Denied". The release date is set for February 14 in Poland, February 21 in Europe and April 05 in the USA.
Spain’s OMISSION have finished the recordings for their second full-length album "Merciless Jaws From Hell", which will be released through Xtreem Music on January 15, 2011. The band suffered a few line-up changes since the release of the debut album "Thrash Metal Is Violence" in late 2009. The new album was recorded by the two remaining members Patillas (guitars / vocals) and Marco (guitars), with the addition of new bass player Surt and with AVULSED’s drummer Riky playing the entire recording as session member, as the band is still searching for a steady drummer. "Merciless Jaws From Hell" was recorded between August – October and the tracklist reads as follows: ‘Erotic Nightmares’, ‘A Field Sowed Of Coffins’, ‘Northmen Wrath’, ‘We Are The Dead’, ‘Architects Of Fear’, ‘Fuckin’ Alone’, ‘The Light In My Dark’, ‘Here We Stand’, ‘Day Of Your Death Arrives…’, ‘You Can’t Hide’ and ‘Ianus Rex Infernorum’. The track "We Are The Dead" is currently available for streaming through the band’s official myspace page www.myspace.com/omissionthrashmetal
NOCTEM have uploaded a "making of" from their last video ‘Divinity’ at this location. It includes backstage footage and recording sessions day by day. ‘Divinity’ was directed by Miguel Angel Font Bisier, the "Making of…Divinity" was edited and recorded by Jose Alcaraz, who also worked with the band on the ‘Across Heracles Towards’ video.
ARTILLERY is currently working on the follow-up to their highly acclaimed album "When Death Comes" (2009) at Medley Studios, Denmark. The new album is entitled "My Blood" and will be released by Metal Mind Productions in March 2011. So far ARTILLERY recorded 14 songs – 10 brand new tracks, a remake of ‘Ain’t Giving In’ (from 1992’s "Mind Factory" demo) and 3 bonus tracks which are all new versions of timeless classics from the 1985’s album "Fear Of Tomorrow" (‘The Eternal War’, ‘The Almighty’ and ‘Show Your Hate’). Soren Adamsen, ARTILLERY’s vocalist and producer of the album, revealed a few titles of the new tracks. He also described the lyrics for those tracks: "’The Great Satan’ – it’s a song about the decadence of the western society and evil empires all around the world. ‘Monster’ – a song about serial killers. None in particular. ‘Death Is An Illusion’ – a track about life and death. ‘The End Of Eternity’ – dealing with depression and thoughts about starting a new life. ‘Mi Sangre’ – it’s about my son. It’s a 7 and a half-minute song, almost an epic endeavor. ‘Concealed In The Dark’ – two words – David Sharp. Go search for it on the internet, it’s an interesting story. ‘Dark Days’ – it’s about the change in the climate. ‘Warrior Blood’ – a song about fighting. Soldiers, prize-fighters, people who are struggling with deadly diseases." Guitarist Michael Stützer adds: "The sound is a bit more heavy than it was on "When Death Comes". The music is a mixture of our previous albums "When Death Comes" and "By Inheritance", with a slight touch of "Terror Squad" and "Fear Of Tomorrow" with some oriental pieces." The release date of "My Blood" is set for March 09, 2011 in Japan (via Kings Records), March 21, 2011 in Europe and April 05, 2011 in USA (via MVD). Full details to be announced soon.
In early 2011 Dark Descent Records will release a split EP by Chile’s DEMONIC RAGE and American FATHER BEFOULED. It will be available on colored and black 7" vinyl and features artwork by Paul Ledney. For further details check out www.darkdescent.net or www.fatherbefouled.com
Venezuela’s NOCTIS IMPERIUM have recently released a video for the song ‘Unus In Nihil’ from their Abyss Records debut "Nihil". "Nihil" was released in August of 2010 and features Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, et al.) on drums. More information at www.myspace.com/noctisimperium or www.officialabyssrecords.com