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HEADHUNTER D.C. will contribute a song to the upcoming "Tribute To MORTEM" compilation album. Even in spite of some previous bad experiences regarding tribute albums (i.e. Possessed and Necrovore) the band is going to enter the studio soon to record the song ‘Summoned To Hell’ from the "The Devil Speaks In Tongues" album. The invitation came from Peruvian Heavier Records, the label who’s in charge of the tribute and who are also responsible for the "Demonios Atacan Los Angeles" live CD. Scheduled for a late 2008 / early 2009 release it will come in a very limited edition of only 500 copies. In related news pictures of HEADHUNTER D.C.’s July 5th show in Recife, PE with POSSESSED and SADISTIC INTENT have been posted at www.myspace.com/headhunterdc. The band’s new official website www.headhunterdc.net is supposed to be online end of this month / beginning of August.
California Grinding Death Metal act SEPSISM have been signed by Displeased Records. Expect the new full-length late 2008. With producer DeeDee (recorded with SLAYER, currently helping Rick Ruben finalizing the new METALLICA album) the band is currently recording to produce another brachial pounding slab of brutality. www.myspace.com/sepsism1
ACHERON have signed with Displeased Records. The band is currently finalizing the new material, to be recorded within the coming months. Expect the new full-length "The Final Conflict: Last Days Of God" in early 2009. www.myspace.com/acheron
Legendary Canadian Power Metallers DEATH DEALER have a two-song live 7" included exclusively with the brand new issue of Snakepit magazine. The band also has their 1983 15-song demo released as a double LP by Les Fils Du Metal Records / High Roller Records. A never-before-released 1982 demo will also be included. A CD version of that 1983 demo will be out via Greece’s Sonic Age Records and feature a previously unreleased video clip for ‘The Faddist’ as a bonus. A 2CD, live recorded at the ‘WallOFSound Club’ is coming for the end of 2008 on Marquee Records. DEATH DEALER was part of a new metallic wave in the mid-’80s but due to certain circumstances they never managed to achieve the success they deserved after recording two albums. For all further information don’t hesitate to contact vocalist André Larouche at the following email address: coerciontokill@hotmail.com
Kolony Records have signed Italy’s Death Metal band DOMINANCE. DOMINANCE is due to enter the studio this fall to record the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album "Anthems Of Ancient Splendour", released back in 1999. The upcoming as of yet untitled album will consist of 9 tracks in the band’s typical style. For further details check out www.kolonyrecords.com
The book ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SVENSK DÖDSMETALL is available now. As mentioned earlier in this newssection it features 218 A4-pages full of information about Swedish Death Metal between the years 1988-1992. Looking at the most important bands in 53 detailled interviews and plenty of articles about probably all bands back in these days this is a must-have for all Death Metal historians and can be purchased for 40 € (Europe) or 45 € (Rest of the world). For further details how to order this book check out www.myspace.com/nicolacostantini. Email: nicola.costantini@gmail.com
Gentle Exhuming Records is a small underground music forge born with the "Death Metal resurgence" of 1990 / 91. From the very beginning they promoted a little number of infamous artists. Their goal is to reach as many people as possible, therefore they send stuff throughout the world, to get reviews, interviews & distribution deals. Gentle Exhuming Records is now looking for distribution deals for its latest release, Mortal Fungus "Back To The Lombrosary". Mortal Fungus plays Death Metal from the cryptic realms since 1991 (see their website www.mortalfungus.com). Gentle Exhuming Records can provide a master on CD-audio and printed slim CD-covers. They don’t want to exchange money, they support the practice of bartering just to cover postage expenses. No lucrative purposes. Gentle Exhuming Records on MySpace www.myspace.com/gentleexhumingrecords
The third annual DESTROYING TEXAS FEST will take place in Houston, Texas on Saturday November 22 with headliners INQUISITION and BLOODSTORM, plus NECROHOLOCAUST, GNOSTIC, BAPHOMETS HORNS, NODENS, ADUMUS, TO SCALE THE THRONE and OBEISANCE. More info you may find at www.myspace.com/destroyingtexasfest
Very soon, the HEADBANGERS OPEN AIR, one of the most cult underground Metal festivals is going to open its gates once more. From July 24 – 26, 2008 Metal fans from all over the world will experience an enormously relaxed atmosphere, great music and good North German beer (plus: in case you’re coming over for the W-O-A: why not come one weekend earlier anyway? Tickets for 35,- € are still available). Joining the "biggest Metal barbecue" in the world will be legends such as DEADLY BLESSING, LETHAL, SWEET SAVAGE, DÉTENTE (with Hellion’s Ann Boleyn on vocals), DESTRUCTOR, AXEHAMMER, WILD DOGS or NEW EDEN as well as treats like PICTURE, SODOM, BLAZE BAILEY (with loads of MAIDEN tracks in his setlist), BEEHLER (ex-EXCITER) and – according to the band – the last DEATH SS show ever! For more info (running order, etc.) check out our "tourdates" section or www.headbangers-open-air.de
CEREKLOTH is a new band featuring members from VICTIMIZER, KARNARIUM, CHURCH BIZZARE and PAGAN RITES. They recorded 3 songs that will end up on the "Pandemonium Prayers" EP for Blood Harvest Records sometime soon. Be prepared for some raw Death Metal in the old school way.
Kansas City based Death / Thrash Metal band ARES KINGDOM has released "Firestorms And Chaos", a CD collection of early singles and demos through NWN! Productions. Copies are available directly from the band through their official website www.areskingdom.com and linked from their myspace page www.myspace.com/areskingdom. In June 2008 the Ares Kingdom played three California dates on the Blood of the Damned tour with Angelcorpse, Gospel of the Horns, Holocaust Wolves of the Apocalypse, Cemetery Urn and Sanguis Imperem. The band extends its thanks to organizer Chris Wood and the other bands for the most devastating tour the US has seen in years. In September 2007 the band released the "Failsafe" 12" single, a limited edition 12" featuring a reworked version of ORDER FROM CHAOS’ ‘Imperium’, as well as a cover of Detente’s ‘Vultures In The Sky’. The band is currently finishing work on their as-yet-untitled second album and is slated to begin recording at Very Metal Sound later this year.
Sweden’s KARNARIUM will enter the studio this weekend to record their first ever full-length album (in their 10 years of existence). The album will be released later this year (both on LP and CD) through Bloodharvest Records. www.myspace.com/karnarium
The unholy HATESPAWN / DEAD CONGREGATION split 7" is in the final stages of development. This will be unleashed upon the masses in early Fall by Enucleation Records (www.enucleationrecords.com). It will be limited to 1000 copies. You can already check out a photo of the cover artwork here.