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As you may have read "Doom Of The Occult" by NECROS CHRISTOS became album of the year in our Voices From The Darkside "Best Of 2011" poll. The band was very honoured by that and sent in the following statement: “We would like to send our sincere regards to all of you out there, who let "Doom Of The Occult" became the album of the year 2011 at Voices From The Darkside. We`re absolutely amazed by that decision while being more than thankful for all the great support we got according to the album. In further news, we`ll start rehearsing new songs this year for the 3rd and final NECROS CHRISTOS album entitled "Domedon Doxomedon", released in years to come. Also, we shall perform some excellent shows this year, so we hope to see as much of you out there as possible. The grand NECROS CHRISTOS bestoweth its blessings unto you, stay tuned to the Metal of Death!” – Mors Dalos Ra
The upcoming re-release of the classic MEGA SLAUGHTER album "Calls From The Beyond" will be delayed. The album was just about to go to printing when suddenly some forgotten pictures and new material from the old days were found. This was considered too important not to be featured in the booklet of the album whereas the release was immediately brought back to be reworked. The booklet will now feature over 40 pages of material from the band. As the booklet will contain more than 40 pages it can no longer fit into a normal jewel case, therefore the release will become a double digipak with a massive booklet. If everything goes well, the album will hopefully be out in February or March, further info about a release date will be posted on www.cryptorium.se when the time comes.
"The Chills", the debut full-length from HORRENDOUS, is now available through Dark Descent Records. To commemorate the release Dark Descent Records and BrooklynVegan.com have posted a full-album stream at this location. "The Chills" was rRecorded, mixed and mastered by HORRENDOUS guitarist / vocalist Damian Herring (FATHER BEFOULED, UNDEAD CREEP, CORPSESSED, etc) at Subterranean Watchtower Studios and features cover art from Raul Gonzalez Gonzalez (DECEASED, MORBUS CHRON, ATARAXY, etc.). Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘The Womb’, ‘Ripped To Shreds’, ‘Altars’, ‘The Somber (Desolate Winds)’, ‘The Chills’, ‘Fleshrot’, ‘The Ritual’, ‘Fatal Dreams’, ‘Sleep Sickness’ and ‘The Eye Of Madness’. More info at www.myspace.com/horrendousdeathmetal
Dark Descent Records will release the complete discography from the American Science Fiction / Fantasy Death Metal act TIMEGHOUL on CD for the very first time. The band started out as DOOM’S LYRE in 1987 but recorded no material before changing their name to TIMEGHOUL in 1991. The CD, which is a one-time limited edition pressing, will be entitled "1992 – 1994 Discography" and features the band’s two demos from 1992 ("Tumultuous Travelings") and 1994 ("Panaramic Twilight"). Artwork was supplied by Mark Riddick and the release comes as a six-panel digipak with matte finish and an eight-page booklet with lyrics and additional notes. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Rain Wound’, ‘The Siege’, ‘Gutspawn’, ‘Infinity Coda’, ‘Boiling In The Hourglass’ and ‘Occurrence On Mimas’. You can check out the track ‘Occurrence On Mimas’ from 1994’s "Panaramic Twilight" demo at this location. More info at www.timeghoul.com, www.facebook.com/timeghoul, www.darkdescent.net
Issue # 4 of IGNOMINIOUS TORMENTS zine is out now and features interviews with CHRISTICIDE, GRIMA MORSTUA,SUPPLICIUM, VORTEX OF END, BLAKULLA, PROCLAMATION, BLOODY SIGN and NAPALM DEATH plus various articles and reviews (44 A4 pages pages in total, written in English). It sells for 5,- € (in France) / 6,- € (rest of the world), postage included. Contact: ignominious.torments@gmail.com
On January 24, 2012 Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release "Devour All You See", the debut album from FISTHAMMER. The band hails from Philadelphia and plays extreme yet melodic technical Death Metal. Here’s the complete tracklisting: ‘Intro’, ‘Razor Waves’, ‘Aten: Fear The Obliteration Of Earth’, ‘Kull The Conqueror’, ‘Bullet Rape’, ‘Berzerkers’, ‘Doom Of The Gods’, ‘Harvest’, ‘Zombocalypse’, ‘Cross The Lines In Blood’ and ‘The Resurrection Of Bastet The Devourer’. You can reserve a copy for only $10 including shipping at www.facebook.com/Fisthammer
CASKETGARDEN‘s fourth album "The Estrangement Process" will be released beginning of 2012. The record comes out first as a HammerWorld February 2012 attachement CD (with simpler, incomplete cover art). The international release (full booklet, jewelcase) follows via Nail / Hammer Records and their distribution partners in March 2012. You can already pre-order CASKETGARDEN’s "The Estrangement Process" as an optional white or black t-shirt + CD bundle for 10 € (13 $) + shipping until January 15, 2012. The T-shirt comes with a Grindesign pattern (AS I LAY DYING, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, GWAR T-shirts) and is strictly limted to 100 pieces. Details and pre-order at this location. The band has already published two songs (‘They’ and an advance mix of ‘Unlike’) here and here. The album was recorded at M and SuperSize Recording Studios in Hungary, produced by Zoltán Varga and Balázs Tóth, mixed and mastered by Zoltán Varga (ABSURDITY, BLIND MYSELF, SUBSCRIBE, BRIDGE TO SOLACE, etc) at SuperSize Recording.
A DECADE IN THE GRAVE (1987 – 1997) is the title of an upcoming book concerning the old underground Thrash / Death / Grind / Black Metal scene in Greece. The title is taken from the legendary album of SADISTIC NOISE, as a tribute to Nick "Flesh" Tagalos (RIP), who was one of the forefathers of extreme music in Greece. The book will include interviews with old bands, biographies, photos, flyers, interviews from old zine editors, a long introduction concerning the birth of extreme Metal in Hellas and more… For more information, questions or whatever you can contact thrashodeath@gmail.com
HEADHUNTER D.C. has just been confirmed in the cast of Metal Open Air Festival which will took place in the city of São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil, on April 20, 21 and 22, 2012. HEADHUNTER D.C.’s show at M.O.A. will be part of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the band, who’s about to release their 5th studio album entitled “…In Unholy Mourning…” via Mutilation / Eternal Hatred Records for the Brazilian territory – planned to be a January 2012 release. The international acts confirmed for the festival until this moment are EXODUS, DESTRUCTION, OBITUARY, GRAVE DIGGER, BLIND GUARDIAN, ANTHRAX and OTEP, while ATTOMICA, KRISIUN, TORTURE SQUAD, UNEARTHLY, OBSKURE, DROWNED, SHAMAN and ANDRÉ MATTOS are among the national artists already confirmed besides HEADHUNTER D.C.. Vocalist Sérgio “Baloff” Borges says: "Hail! We are proud and honored for having been confirmed at Metal Open Air Festival 2012! It is not only about a victory of ours, but of a whole nation of Northeastern and Brazilian head / deathbangers in general, who called for a band representing the pure, brutal and unholy old school Death Metal Underground at a big festival like this, 100% free from trends and fashions, a national band that has crossed all those years in an extremely active way and always defending and honoring the cause of true Death Metal, heavy, dark and brutal as it was born to be. So, be assured that HEADHUNTER DEATH CULT will be there representing all of you, Death Cult followers, with the flag of Death Metal in hands and blood in the eyes! Thank you all and see you at Metal Open Air Metal celebrating the 25 years of HEADHUNTER D.C. together with us! Unholy brutality 100% guaranteed! All Hail!!!” More info about the festival here: www.metalopenair.com
The results of our BEST OF 2011 readers poll are online now! Go here, to check out the results!
The vinyl version of CRUCIAMENTUM‘s "Engulfed In Desolation" is out now on Nuclear Winter Records as well. For more details check out www.nuclearwinterrecords.com
FUNERUS will be joining GOREAPHOBIA, ACHERON and MUTANT SUPREMACY tomorrow night (December 17, 2011) when they step in as a last minute replacement for FUNEBRARUM at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY. For more info on the show go here. FUNERUS’ latest album, "Reduced To Sludge", is currently streaming in its entirety at this location.
The title track from the upcoming new ASPHYX album “Deathhammer” can be checked out at this location. The band has published the following comment about the song: “To us this song is 100% real Death Metal! It’s heavy, aggressive and it simply can’t get more in your face than this. This song is composed by just a few shredding riffs which stick in your brain like a buzz-saw, vocals so angry that it could be a declaration of war, relentlessly pounding drums and a bass that roars like a tank. We are very proud of this song since it shows our view on real Death Metal: how we’ve always seen it, how we feel it and how we want it to be! Martin already roared a clear statement in the very beginning of this song: THIS IS TRUE DEATH METAL, YOU BASTARDS! And so it is!” The album will be released on February 27, 2012 (Europe) and February 28, 2012 (North America) via Century Media Records. Axel Hermann (www.axel-illustrator.de), has once again provided the artwork for the album. Recorded at The Mörser Studio as well as at Harrow Studio with engineer Harry Wijering, “Deathhammer” was mixed and mastered in Sweden by Dan Swanö, who previously worked with the band on “Death…The Brutal Way” as well as on the “Live Death Doom” release. The album’s complete tracklisting reads as follows: ‘Into The Timewastes’, ‘Deathhammer’, ‘Minefield’, ‘Of Days When Blades Turned Blunt’, ‘Der Landser’, ‘Reign Of The Brute’, ‘The Flood’, ‘We Doom You To Death’, ‘Vespa Crabro’ and ‘As The Magma Mammoth Rises’. In related news, ASPHYX will perform a very special “full album setlist” concert at today’s Eindhoven Metal Meeting at the Effenaar club in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where the band will be playing their complete “The Rack” album for its 20th anniversary of release. Most recently, ASPHYX have been announced to appear at the next edition of Summer Breeze Festival, taking place from August 16 – 18, 2012 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. More details can be found here. A live version of ASPHYX’s ‘Death The Brutal Way’ song (taken from the “Live Death Doom” DVD 2010 release) was launched online here. For all further ASPHYX news check out www.asphyx.nl or www.facebook.com/officialasphyx
Desert Thrashers REBIRTH have launched a campaign on Kickstarter.com, a funding platform for creative project, to raise funds for the completion of their forthcoming album, "From The Ashes, Arise". Vocalist / lyricist Marshal "Fucking" Beck (REIGN OF VENGEANCE) issued the following statement regarding the campaign: "I’ve decided that if the extreme Metal community does not step up in getting this REBIRTH album completed that we are going to re-write what we’ve already recorded and make it sound like an even more commercialized version of 5 FINGER DEATH PUNCH, LIMP BIZKIT and LINKIN PARK. I will then make sure to advertise it to the world as being an extreme Metal album. Our past releases have had over 2 million downloads with only 200 of them paid for. Do your part and we’ll do ours. Watch the video here." More REBIRTH info at www.facebook.com/Rebirthmetal
Florida Doom / Death band DRUID LORD recently released a split 7" EP with SKELETAL SPECTRE on Horror Pain Gore Death Records. The track is titled ‘Dark Age Sorcery’. Both bands have exclusive artwork and one original song. DRUID LORD’s artwork was handled by Ilsa’s drummer Joshy. This is an extremely limited release on dreary purple wax. To order contact Horror Pain Gore Death Records at hpgd.comoj.com/store/hpgd035.html. DRUID LORD have also just completed recording two original songs for their upcoming EP "Druid Death Cult". The recordings were done at Blakk Magik Studios. The tracks clock in at 6 minutes each. Artwork is being handled by horror / gore artist Mark Riddick. Expect an early 2012 release on Doomentia Records.
F.D.A. Records will be releasing “The Spell of Damnation”, the debut full-length by Mexico’s OMINOUS CRUCIFIX, on January 13, 2012 in Germany and February 06, 2012 for the rest of the world. The tracklist reads like this: ‘Third Day Resurrection’, ‘Putrid Purity’, ‘Primitive Sin’, ‘Defiling The Altars Of An Absent God’, ‘Secular Omens Of Doom’, ‘Church Of Death‘, ‘The Spell Of Damnation’ and ‘Repulsive Sanctification Of The Absurd’. A promotional video for the album can be seen here. Pre-orders are being taken now for 1000 digipaks, each of which includes a bonus sticker. The first 50 sold also come with an embroidered patch. Visit this location for more information. For all further details check out www.myspace.com/ominouscrucifix
Belgium’s Black Metallers ENTHRONED have signed a deal with Agonia Records for two full-length releases. The band recently finished recording their follow-up album to "Pentagrammaton" (out on Regain Records in 2010). It is expected to be released in early 2012 and will be entitled "Obsidium". The band’s current line-up is: Nornagest – vocals & guitars, Neraath – guitars & effects, Phorgath – bass & vocals and Garghuf – drums (Noens – live guitar). www.facebook.com/pages/ENTHRONED/126142654307
Southern California Death Thrashers SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER are seeking a record label to release their next full-length album, the follow-up to their split release with Oklahoma City’s ENFUNERATION. Interested labels can contact Steve Worley at sacrificial2000@gmail.com. More info at www.facebook.com/sacrificialslaughter
Gunshyassassin.com has recently teamed up with Dark Descent Records and HORRENDOUS to debut the track ‘The Womb’ from the band’s forthcoming album "The Chills". The CD follow-up to the twice-pressed "Sweet Blasphemies" cassette, "The Chills", is set for a January 2nd, 2012 release. To check out the exclusive premier of ‘The Womb’ visit this location. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by HORRENDOUS guitarist / vocalist Damian Herring (FATHER BEFOULED, UNDEAD CREEP, CORPSESSED, etc) at Subterranean Watchtower Studios and features cover art from Raul Gonzalez Gonzalez (DECEASED, MORBUS CHRON, ATARAXY, etc.). www.myspace.com/horrendousdeathmetal