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French SIDEBLAST are currently busy working on new material. Right now they are recording and mixing a brand new song for one edition of Cyclone Empire’s split 7" series "Imperial Anthems". The partner band for this split vinyl is already fixed… According to the label "it will be a band everyone into that music will know and mostly also love." The band is also writing songs for their second album, which is scheduled for a late May / early June release. SIDEBLAST will also be playing this year’s Summer Breeze Open Air in Dinkelsbühl / South Germany. For all further info check out www.myspace.com/sideblast.
GLORIA MORTI are in the studio since November 2009, still working on new songs for their upcoming album. Everyone is invited to visit their homepage www.gloriamorti.com where a studio blog is posted and where you can follow the progress of their work.
DEMONICAL‘s Martin Schulman has issued the following statement on behalf of the "Accession To The Throne Tour 2010" tour-package: "We are very sorry to inform that we have been forced to cancel the scheduled show in Zagreb, Croatia, on Thursday February 25th featuring DEMONICAL, DEATHBOUND and MY OWN GRAVE. We are unable to arrange and obtain in time the documents and permissions needed for entering a non-EU country, hence we have no other option than to cancel the show. We are deeply sorry for this and the possible inconvenience it might cause to the fans and Bosko at Migrena Promotions (the Croatian promoter)."
MEGADETH founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has announced the return of original bassist David Ellefson (1983-2002) to the group. This reunion is appropriately timed to MEGADETH’s upcoming "Rust In Peace" 20th anniversary tour which kicks off on March 01 in Spokane, WA. At these shows, MEGADETH will play their 1990 album "Rust In Peace" in its entirety, in addition to other MEGADETH favorites. "This shows the power of brotherly love and forgiveness", Mustaine says. "David Ellefson belongs in MEGADETH. Next we are going to show you the power of getting your asses kicked… HARD!" David Ellefson concurs: "This is a huge moment for all of us, band and fans alike. It is a great celebration of the music from one of the biggest landmark albums of our career." Ellefson will join Mustaine and MEGADETH band members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar) on tour in support of the group’s current CD "Endgame". "We’d like to thank James Lomenzo for several years of loyal service on the bass, and wish him the very best", Mustaine adds. For more information on MEGADETH, go to: www.megadeth.com
PAGANIZER have been forced to cancel all planned and upcoming live-activities due to major line-up problems… Rogga Johansson himself explains the situation: "We have been forced to cancel upcoming festivals as well as single gigs, and also a minitour with the French band AFFLICTION GATE wich was planned in May. Reason is that the drummer and bass player decided – previously agreeing to do the gigs – to leave their engagements. Of course they are fired and no longer in the band. Replacements will come at a later time as always with this band, but for now we must cancel all plans made so far for this year. PAGANIZER apologizes to promoters and bands involved, but the remaining members are as surprised and disappointed about this idiot-behavior as anyone else."
The first edition of Cyclone Empire’s brandnew "Imperial Anthems" split 7" vinyl series is about to be released in the beginning of March 2010. Vol.1 will feature DEMONICAL (with the unreleased English version of their "Hellsworn" track ‘Götter des Nordens’, now be called ‘Gods Of The North’) and PAGANIZER (with the especially composed and recorded new track ‘The Cyclone Empire’).
EXUMER will co-headline the Thrash Attack Festival in Sofia Sofia / Bulgaria on April 0 1, 2010 with fellow L.A. Power Thrashers SAVAGE GRACE. It is EXUMER’s first time playing live in Bulgaria and the tour start of the band’s "European Ignition Tour 2010". EXUMER has not appeared live since last year’s "5 Nights Of Fire" mini-tour. This year’s tour has a similarly intense routing and the band will appear for 7 shows in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Norway within 10 days. Vocalist Mem V. Stein: "We ended up on yet another whirlwind tour schedule where we play a bunch of countries in a short time. However, we have the opportunity to play in places we have never played before like Italy, Norway and Bulgaria. Last year’s tour was a fantastic experience despite the hectic schedule and the overwhelmingly positive response from the fans proved us right. We are keeping the band intentionally off the road so our fans can treasure the EXUMER live-experience. These European shows and few others in North and South America scheduled for later in the year will be all for 2010, making it special events for everyone involved." You can check out the exact tourdates here.
EVOCATION just posted a brandnew "European Plague" tour-clip. The music is from ‘Razored To The Bone’ off their 2008 album "Dead Calm Chaos". Here’s an official statement from the band: "Hi there folks! Finally we managed to cut together a video of all the footage we managed to take during the amazing European Plague Tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE, DYING FETUS and OBSCURA. If you attended some of the shows and hanged around us there is a good chance you are also caught on tape! Thank you all for coming to the shows around Europe, hope you enjoy the video." You can check out the video here.
To support the release of their upcoming fourth album "Monumentomb" (to be out on March 23rd through Deathgasm Records) Swedish NOMINON will hit the stages again in May. Spanish GRAVEYARD will join them on those dates, with additional support acts to be announced later. Check out our tourdates section for more details.
BURIAL INVOCATION‘s "Rituals Of The Grotesque" demo CD is available through Dark Descent Records now. Check out the review section for further details about this release. Besides this CD Dark Descent Records printed a limited number of both black and white BURIAL INVOCATION logo t-shirts. These shirts sell for $13 USD plus shipping for the black and $11 USD plus shipping for the white shirt. Inquire at darkdescentrecords@gmail.com. The CD can be purchased directly from the Dark Descent Records website at www.darkdescent.net
16 years after their last release Florida’s Death Metal legend KILLING ADDICTION are about to release a new CD via Xtreem Music. "Fall Of The Archetypes" includes 6 new songs plus 5 bonus tracks from the band’s 1994 split cassette release "Dark Tomorrow". Later on, still undetermined, the band’s 1993 debut album "Omega Factor" will also be re-issued through Xtreem Music, along with their "Necrosphere" 7"EP (from 1991) and "Legacies Of Terror" demo (from 1990) as bonus. The release of "Fall Of The Archetypes" is planned for the first days of March 2010. In the meantime, you can already check out some new sound samples at the band’s official MySpace site www.myspace.com/killingaddiction.
HIMINBJORG is have announced a new album on their own label European Tribes. "Chants D’hier, Chants De Guerre, Chants De La Terre" (Songs Of Yesterday, Songs Of War, Songs Of The Earth). It is dedicated to the struggle for the survival of European Pagan cultures, and said to be a continuation of the 1st demo "Hedning" and the album "Haunted Shores". It also features a new version of the song ‘Lonely’ (from "Haunted Shores"). The CD will be exclusively available on the band’s website and through Adipocere Records.
Detest Records are still keeping themselves quite busy. Here’s a little update on their latest activities. A very limited picture disc version of MIASMAL‘s self-titled demo 2008 is now available, the band’s first 7" will be released within 1,5 months by the label as well. KRYPTS‘ "Open The Crypt" demo will be released on 12" by Detest Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records within 3 weeks. The GRAVEHAMMER 7" is about to go to press and will be released in 1,5 months. PUTRID‘s second demo tape will be released within 3 weeks. Detest Records will also reprint the recently released and sold old Death Metal zine DOWNTUNED & MORBID within 2 weeks. ENTRAPMENT from the Netherlands signed with Detest Records. Their first demo tape will be released in April. More info about Detest Records and the aforementioned bands are to be found on www.detestrecords.com
Italy’s UNDEAD CREEP will start recording their full-length album in May / June, to be released by Dark Blasphemies Records (Spain) and Dark Descent Records (U.S.) later this year. Check out the band’s official Myspace site www.myspace.com/undeadcreep666 for sound samples of their demo.
BLOODY SIGN‘s third full-length album "Chaos Echoes" is in the pressing right plant now and should be out in February 2010 via Blood Harvest Records in Europe, followed by a digi-sleeve version with different artwork for the US market to be released by Ibex Moon Fecords in early 2010. A gatefold LP version will be unleashed in Spring time, through Blood Harvest as well. Two new songs have been added to the band’s myspace page www.myspace.com/bloodysign now. A picture of the frontcover and other parts of the artwork, created by artist Stefan Thanneur, can be seen at the blog section of www.manifeste.net. The album’s track listing reads like this: ‘Intro’, ‘Chord Temple’, ‘Down To Hell’, ‘For The Unknown’, ‘Voice From The Depths – bass interlude’, ‘The Call’, ‘Primordial Sound’, ‘Symphony Of Bones – drum interlude’, ‘Words Of Death’, ‘Khordê’s Funerals – guitar Interlude’, ‘Tongues Of Shadows’ and ‘Outro’.