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After years of total unavailability, Displeased Records will reissue SACRED REICH‘s 1993 album "Independent" on March 15, 2010. The re-release will feature upgraded layout, to-the-point remastering plus the following 5 bonus tracks: ‘A Question’, ‘Let’s Have A War’ (FEAR cover) and ‘Who’s To blame’ (all 3 from the "A Question" EP), ‘Big Picture’ (MDC cover) and ‘Crawling’ [radio edit] (both from the "Crawling" EP). It will be available as a limited edition digipak (2000 copies, incl. a free patch) and jewel box (the first 500 will also include the free patch). For more info and pre-orders go to www.displeasedrecords.com.
Ventura, CA Death Metal band FATALIST is searching for a vocalist. The following statement is from guitarist / vocalist Neil Burkdoll: "FATALIST is looking for a singer. We need someone who can handle the vocals from the debut album "The Depths Of Inhumanity" and be able to add a new spin to the formula as well. The singer needs to be able to practice at least once a week and be able to perform live as well. Transportation and a good attitude are required. Message us on Myspace for more information. www.myspace.com/fatalist666, www.fatalistband.com."
NECROWRETCH‘s second demo "Necrollections" is now available through Aural Offerings Records. More info at www.auralofferings.com
Spanish Dark Blasphemies Records have signed Helsinki’s old school Death Metallers FROM CASKET. The band will shortly record their debut full-length which is scheduled for a late 2010 release. More info at www.myspace.com/fromcasket
BLOOD REVOLT, featuring J Read and Vermin of AOA / REVENGE, with A.A. Nemtheanga from PRIMORDIAL handling vocal duties, will enter the studio in January to record their debut for Ireland’s Invictus Productions. Expect an April / May release.
Gene Palubicki is busy laying the groundwork for the upcoming APOCALYPSE COMMAND yet to be titled full-length. Assisting in the recording will be CJS and VK of DIOCLETIAN. Black / Death Metal in the vein of SARCOFAGO’s "INRI" is what is to be expected.
NEGATIVE PLANE will enter the studio shortly to record their second album "Stained Glass Revelations", the follow-up to their "Et In Saecula Saeculorum" debut album (released via Ajna in 2006). European dates are being planned and touring possibilities are currently being discussed for later 2010.
Canada’s TYRANTS BLOOD will shortly see their second full-length album "Crushing Onward Into Oblivion" unleashed by Invictus. Numerous pressing plant issues have held the album up, which has been paid for in full for months now. Expect a musical mixture of POSSESSED, SADUS, MORBID ANGEL, DESTRUCTION and MORBID SAINT.
WITCHRIST will release their debut full-length album in early 2010 through Invictus Productions.
DIOCLETIAN are in the process of demoing material for their second full-length "War Of All Against All". The band is also set to release some split EPs on various other labels. They are also planning a tour of Europe and the USA in 2010.
SANGUIS IMPEREM will record their debut, yet to be titled full-length for Invictus in early / mid 2010. On the heels of the soon to be released split 12" with NOCTURNAL BLOOD, expect more brutal Death Metal militancy from this US quartet.
The official street dates for the upcoming re-issue album of Swedish Death Metallers MY OWN GRAVE have been set as 19th of January 2010 for North American territories and 27th of January 2010 for European territories.
Ibex Moon Records (www.ibexmoonrecords.com) have signed California’s Black / Thrashers GRAVEHILL (www.myspace.com/gravehill666). The label will first of all re-release the band’s 2009’s debut full-length "Rites Of The Pentagram" on 12" vinyl (with a special packaging, strictly for die-hard collectors) and CD (including the 5 song "Metal Of Death / Advocation Of Murder And Suicide" EP, complete with new packaging). The vinyl edition will be out in February / March 2010, the CD will follow in the Spring. GRAVEHILL’s sophomore record "Pravus Tyrannis" will once again be recorded at Trench Studios with engineer John Haddad. Some songtitles set to appear on the album are ‘Unholy Executioner’, ‘Suffer No Man To Live’, ‘When All Roads Lead To Hell’, ‘Devil Worshiper’ and ‘War Prayers’. The release is planned for the Summer of 2010. In early 2010 Relapse Records will furthermore release a strictly limited Death Metal vinyl 7" EP series, featuring one band per side. The first one will feature GRAVEHILL and CARDIAC ARREST. This exclusive release features the GRAVEHILL song ‘Of Wolves And Wickedness’, recorded during the "Metal Of Death / Advocation Of Murder And Suicide" EP session. The EP series will eventually see a CD release as well. Check out www.relapse.com for more details.
INCANTATION will return to the stage at Urbana, IL’s Canopy Club for the Central Illinois Metal Fest. "The sickest fest in the Midwest" will take place on July 23-24, 2010 and also feature Ibex Moon Records label mates ACHERON. Guitarist, vocalist, and Ibex Moon chief John McEntee had this to say about the special performance: "It will be great once again to play the mighty Central Illinois Metal Fest. We played a few years back and the reaction was overwhelming. Of course, it’s an honor to play the fest again. We are planning to make this a very special performance of our "Diabolical Conquest" album. This will be our first time playing every song off the album live during one set. It’ll be a great opportunity to see us play some songs we haven’t played in quite some time. The Central Illinois Metal Fest is always a great time and extremely well organized. CIMF is definitely one of North America’s premier metal fests and we are proud to again be a part of it. Thanks to the CIMF staff for giving us this opportunity." For more info check out www.myspace.com/centralillinoismetalfest. "Also, we will be playing the Stonehenge Festival in Holland on July 31st. This will be our first time playing the Stonehenge Festival and it definitely is an honor to be part of it. We’ve heard a lot of good things about the fest from our friends and bands that have played it, so we are definitely looking forward to it." More info on that you’ll find at the official website www.stonehengefestival.nl
Norwegian Black Metallers DEN SAAKALDTE have recruited Anders Kobro, long time drummer with CARPATHIAN FOREST, to their ranks to replace the departing Uruz. Kobro, will join the band with immediate effect, and begin rehearsing for next years’ live appearances and upcoming recording sessions. Originally founded as a solo project by guitarist Sykelig in 2006, DEN SAAKALDTE’s line up now includes Niklas Kvarforth (SHINING, SKITLIV) on vocals, Seidemann (1349, PANTHEON I) on bass, Kvebek (PANTHEON I, ex-1349) on guitars, and Honey Lucius (DHG) on synths and effects. The band recently inked a deal with Pulverised Records for the release of the second full-length album, due out in 2010, and new material is currently being prepared. Also due for release shortly on Aesthetic Death Records, are two versions of DEN SAAKALDTE’s "Øl, Mørke Og Depresjon", which was originally released in early 2008 on Eerie Art Records. The new versions will be available on CD in digipak format, and on LP in a gatefold edition, limited to 500 copies. Both versions will include bonus tracks not previously available, with artwork designed by DEN SAAKALDTE’s Sykelig. The same goes for the double LP edition of "All Hail Pessimism", soon to be released in 500 limited copies by Temple Of Darkness Records. This edition will also include an exclusive cover of PENTAGRAM(US)’s ‘Wheel Of Fortune’. For all further info, check out the band’s official myspace site www.myspace.com/densaakaldte
Pure Steel Records from Germany has just released an ultimate version of the SABBAT "Charisma" album. It’s the English version of the legendary "Karisma" LP, previously unavailable on CD format. Except brand new artwork (painted by the legendary Chris Moyen) and 3 exclusive bonus tracks. The package also includes an additional bonus disc, with the "25 Years Of Black Fire – A Tribute To Sabbat" compilation, which features the following bands / tracks: SABBAT (Japan) – "Black Fire" (original version), BATALLION (Chile) – "Mion’s Hill", DEATHHAMMER (Norway) – "Black Metal Vulcano", GUERRA TOTAL (Brazil) – "Hellfire", HOLY DEATH (Poland) – "Flower’s Red", KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR (Spain) – "Satan Bless You", LABATUT (Brazil) – "Kamikaze Bomber", MORDANT (Sweden) – "Rage Of Mountains", SERPENT SAINTS (Denmark) – "Darkness And Evil", STIGMA (Holland) – "Bird Of Ill Omen", SUPERCHRIST (USA) – "Black Magical Circle Of Witches" and METALUCIFER (Japan) – "Bloody Countess (Japanese Version)". The package is limited to only 1000 units and was produced, compiled and mastered by Bart Gabriel, editor in chief of the famous Hard Rocker magazine. More information at www.puresteel-records.com and www.myspace.com/sabbatofficial
HEADHUNTER D.C.‘s "God’s Spreading Cancer…" will officially be released on January 19, 2010 in North America by Ibex Moon Records with 4 bonus tracks (3 live tracks, recorded in December 2008, exclusive for the Ibex Moon release, and the NECROVORE cover ‘Slaughtered Remains’). The band is currently in the final stages of writing songs for their next album, scheduled to be recorded in the first quarter of 2010, while finalizing the production of a double CD celebrating their 20 years only with rare materials of the group. The re-issue of "Punishment At Dawn" (their second album from 1993) via Cogumelo Records, as well as a tribute to MORTEM from Peru (for which the band contributed a cover of ‘Summoned To Hell’) should both be out soon as well. More info: www.headhunterdc.net, www.myspace.com/headhunterdc, www.myspace.com/ibexmoonrecords.
Ustumallagam (DENIAL OF GOD) and Charlie Taylor (INFERNAL DEATH, ex – LETHAL AGGRESSION) have joined forces and formed a monster known as CORPSE SLUMBER. The music of this Danish / American band is slow, repetitive and torturous Doom / Death, while the lyrics mainly deal with subjects like death, insanity and the end of man. The recordings of the as of yet untitled album will start in mid January 2010. The band is looking for a label. www.myspace.com/corpseslumber
"Grenzgänger", the new album by Germany’s MEMBARIS, will be released in the first quarter of 2010 through Articaz. Besides one demo and a split release with WEIRD FATE it is the third full-length record in the band’s 10 year career. Guitarist B.: "This time we really wanted to know how far we can go with our vision. As we totally created this beast by our own, we were able to leave all boundaries behind that distorted our music in the past. We wanted to create something that is not easy to follow, nor to understand. We wanted to draw pictures people from the ordinary world wouldn’t enjoy to look at." The music on "Grenzgänger" is being described as chaotic, aggressive and cold, yet melodic Black Metal with ambient / noise elements in the vein of the Scandinavian originators of these genres. The album features German and English lyrics dealing with astronomy, fatalism, the idea of eternity and the fragility of life. Artwork was supplied by the Fina Krüger, who has contributed her own vision to each of the songs. The track ‘Realisation Of The Demon’ will be available at the myspace websites of MEMBARIS and Articaz. www.myspace.com/seelenmacht, www.myspace.com/articaz
For those who missed the already sold out first issue of DOWNTUNED & MORBID the situation is not desperate as Belgian Detest Records are going to reprint issue # 1 next month. According to Fenriz from DARKTHRONE "it’s the best Death Metal mag I have ever read" (quote: blogsection of www.myspace.com/downtunedandmorbid). Who dares to disagree with Mr. Fenriz? No information about the concrete numbers of the reprint but hopefully enough for all of those who missed this gem. It will sell for 4 € + shipping and should be available within the next 3-4 weeks. Check out www.detestrecords.com for updates.
The upcoming demo "Rituals Of The Grotesque" by Turkish old school Death Metal band BURIAL INVOCATION will be released on CD by Dark Descent Records and on tape by Skeleton Plaque Records. Both is planned in early 2010. For further information about this newcomer check out www.myspace.com/burialinvocation
MASTER have recently completed recording their upcoming new full-length entitled "The Human Machine". The mixing process is still currently underway, and an expected date for the album mastering should begin on December 30, 2009. States MASTER founder / frontman Paul Speckmann: "MASTER are in the studio mixing, and mastering soon. Things are going very well at the moment. We hope to finish this in the next few days. I am very happy with the way things have turned out and it will be killer to finally have a CD released once again on a professional label such as Pulverised. Things look very good on the horizon with Brazil and European tours coming soon. See you on the road my friends." MASTER are scheduled for a Brazilian tour in mid-January 2010, followed by 2 back-to-back European tours in support of the upcoming new album "The Human Machine". More details and announcement will be made soon on the European tours.
Israelian old school Death Metal band SONNE ADAM are about to release their 7" EP "Armed With Hammers" soon through German Imperium Productions. The label recently signed the band and the deal contains the release of the mentioned "Armed With Hammers" 7" EP, another 7" EP which was already recorded in 2008 (which is called "The Sun Is Dead") and their upcoming first full-length recording both on CD and LP. In the meantime you should check out www.myspace.com/sonneadam and listen to the songs as appetizers for their upcoming releases.
On January 13, 2010, INCANTATION and DIVINE EVE will hit the road in Europe as part of the Vengeful Scapegoat tour with HATE, NOCTUM and NERVE. The tour will provide INCANTATION an opportunity to promote their new, limited edition 7" picture EP, "Scapegoat". The EP features previously unreleased tracks from the "Primordial Domination" recording sessions and will be limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies. INCANTATION drummer, Kyle Severn, has issued the following statement regarding the tour: "We are especially excited to finally after many years and several tours to finally be able to tour Europe with dual guitarists to play INCANTATION music the way it was written and recorded and to make this the strongest line up we have ever had. With the current touring line up consisting of guitarist / vokills John McEntee and Alex Bouks (Goreaphobia) guitars, Chuck Sherwood (Blood Storm) on bass and myself Kyle Severn on drums. We will be dominating Europe to support our newly released limited 7" EP titled "Scapegoat". It has been several years since I personally have toured Europe with INCANTATION. I’m long overdue, and with this line up it will be the heaviest tour ever!!! Joining us on the tour will be HATE from Poland and DIVINE EVE from Texas (USA). I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off a new year!! I would also like to announce that I will be playing drums for fellow label mates the almighty Tex-Death Metallers DIVINE EVE. Join us in Unholy Blasphemy as we kill posers across European soil January 2010!!!" For DIVINE EVE, not only will they be touring in support of their long-awaited "Vengeful And Obstinate" EP, but this will mark the first time in well over a decade that these old-schoolers have played live. The band had the following to say about their participation: "DIVINE EVE is very proud to announce our first live performances in over 14 years! They will be executed on our first European tour ever, in early 2010 with INCANTATION, and HATE. In support of our 4 song EP "Vengeful And Obstinate" a prelude to our debut full-length to be made available on Ibex Moon Records TBA. We are very eager to perform in many places we have long held friends, comrades, fans, fellow bands, and old tape traders! Unfortunately, Matt Killen is unable to participate on this tour so Kyle Severn (INCANTATION) has volunteered his skills in Matt’s place behind the drum kit. Handling bass guitar duties will be Scott Cooksey, a long time loyal comrade and quite suitable live member to complete DIVINE EVE for this tour. We look forward to Riding the Wings of Armageddon into Europe in 2010." You will find the tourdates here.