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Remember the book "Swedish Death Metal"? Another book dealing with the Swedish Death Metal scene around 1990 called ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SVENSK DÖDSMETALL is currently being printed and about to be released in the next couple of weeks, quoting the words from Nicola Costantini (author). He began to work on this book in the end of 2005 and it deals with the most known and probably most unknown Swedísh Death Metal acts between 1988-1992 exclusively and will talk about the demo-period of their career. Plenty of interviews with all important names of the scene telling stories of this era added with articles about most likely all existing Swedish Death Metal bands back then. The book is professionally printed on 218 black and white A4 pages and captures the true old school fanzine-spirit with cut & paste layout and will sell for 40 €. Watch out for this next gem of underground memorability! More information on www.myspace.com/nicolacostantini.
Argentina’s Disembodied Records are going to release a limited slipcase CD edition of the latest RESURRECTED album "Endless Sea Of Loss" in South America. Next to the regular album songs there will be some remastered bonus-tracks of the band’s demo days and some live video footage. The band is furthermore currently working on the as of yet untitled follow up to "Endless Sea Of Loss". Recordings will start in October this year with a release scheduled for spring 2009. RESURRECTED are also confirmed for this year’s NRW Deathfest which takes place at the AZ Bahndamm in Wermelskirchen / Germany on Friday, September 19th (the band will hit the stage at 6:30 P.M.). For all further info check out www.resurrected.net
UK extreme Metal pioneers BOLT THROWER have issued the following update: "We’ve spent the last year trying to write songs for a new album, planning to go into the studio this summer. Unfortunately, after a lot of thought, we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the recording indefinitely. We know everybody says that their new album is better than their last, but with us we really believed that. From day one we made it clear that we’d stop recording when we felt we’d written the ultimate BOLT THROWER album; we just never knew when that would be. We kind of took for granted that each release would get better and better. But we have realized now that our last release, "Those Once Loyal", turned out to be that album, and basically the new stuff we have written just doesn’t match up to it. We have a lot of pride in our back catalogue, and we refuse to turn into one of the many bands (like the ones we grew up listening to) who end up releasing crap, and we’re also not prepared to compromise by instead releasing an album of cover versions or a ‘best-of’ album. Sorry to disappoint those of you looking forward to hearing new BOLT THROWER songs, but we always said that we would never release anything we weren’t happy with or that, in our view, didn’t at least match up to our previous work."
Swedish BOMBS OF HADES, featuring ex-members of such cultbands as GOD MACABRE / MACABRE END, ABHOTH and TRIBULATION, finished the recordings of their first EP called "Carnivores". The plan is to release this EP in early fall this year and will feature the songs ‘Necronomicus Kanth (Hounds Of Hell)’, ‘Twisted Decay’, ‘Slaughter The Dead’, ‘Disrespect Their Bones’ and ‘Coffin’. The guys are currently negotiating with some labels. Check out www.myspace.com/bombsofhadesmusic to find the most up-to-date news and some songs in rough mix versions.
Alex Okendo of Colombia’s MASACRE has started up a solo project entitled MORBID MACABRE. According to Alex "it sounds like the oldscool South American Death Metal, a lot like old sarcofago or old old sepultura." For more info, you can contact him at alexokendo@hotmail.com.
Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling of OBSCURA and PESTILENCE fame has signed an endorsement deal with Warwick in Germany. Known for his fretless six-string bass playing in the death metal scene, Thesseling will be using the instruments as German death metallers OBSCURA wrap up recordings for their second album which will be produced by Victor Bullok (Dark Fortress, ex-Celtic Frost). For further information visit www.jeroenthesseling.com or www.warwick.de.
The new SHINING album will be entitled "VI / Klagopsalmer" and feature the following tracks: ‘Vilseledda Barnasjälars Hemvist’, ‘Plågoande O’Helga Plågoande’, ‘Krossade Drömmar Och Brutna Löften’, ‘Fullständigt Jävla Död Inuti’, ‘Ohm – Skoj Att Leva’ and ‘Total Utfrysning’. To be released by Osmose Productions in a not too distanced future.
Some of you will probably have noticed by now, that we made complete fools of ourselves by launching a VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE myspace site as well after all now… Well, our opinion hasn’t changed: we still think that myspace sucks, but as a lot of bands / labels prefer that to promote themselves we decided to join the hype: www.myspace.com/voicesfromthedarkside. By the way: we are still in need of reliable and motivated contributors, so get in touch!!!
Spanish Temple Of Darkness Records are currently preparing CD releases of MORDICUS "Dances From Left" (re-issue) and PSYCHOPATHIC TERROR‘s "230204", as well as the LIE IN RUINS "Architecture Of The Dead" MCD. After that releases of SUMMONING, SHINING and OLD FUNERAL as well as some other deals are in the works. Look out for great things to come at www.templeofdarknessrecords.com or www.myspace.com/temple_of_darkness.
Just in time for their West Coast USA shows ANGELCORPSE have added Kelly McLauchlin (of PESSIMIST / UNHOLY GHOST / DIABOLIC) as the 2nd guitar player to their line-up. The dates are: June 13 – San Marcos, CA, June 14 – Los Angeles, CA, June 15 – San Francisco, CA, June 17 – Portland, OR and June 18 – Seattle, WA. All shows are part of the "Blood Of The Damned" tour which also includes GOSPEL OF THE HORNS, CEMETARY URN and ARES KINGDOM, among other extreme bands.
Displeased Records have finally received the master tapes for the official reissues of the first two DEATHROW albums. The material is currently getting remastered. "Satans Gift" (also known as "Riders Of Doom") will have the SAMHAIN (pre-DEATHROW) 1985 debut demo as a bonus, while "Raging Steel" will have SAMHAIN’s 1986 second demo as a bonus. Release: Fall 2008
Here’s an official statement from INCRIMINATED: "INCRIMINATED R.I.P. (1997-2008). Yes, eleven years is a long enough time for a band as ugly and fucked-up as INCRIMINATED. With releases like "The Promise Of Worse To Come" or forthcoming Northern Heritage release "Death Noise", we have reached the all time low as even the filthiest sewers have a bottom. There is no more to do or say with this concept, so Death is the only option. We would like to say cheers to all our previous members, those individuals who believed in us all the way and of course those who never understood why anyone would voluntarily do such demented noise as we did."
AGATHOCLES are finishing up the recordings for their new full-length to be issued through Displeased Records. The album is entitled "Grind Is Protest" and supposed to be even more brutal and in your face than its predecessor, "Mincer".
In a statement sent today to the Earache offices, Glen Benton gives an update on his whereabouts and future plans for DEICIDE: "It is with great pleasure to announce that I will be performing with DEICIDE once again after a 14 month absence and that my legal issues that have prevented myself from performing have been resolved. Without going into great detail about my personal life, because I am a person who prefers his privacy. I wish to extend my apologies to the promoters and to my business associates who may have been inconvenienced. I look forward to rejoining Steve, Jack and Ralph on stage, and I would like to announce that we are presently booking exclusive dates or the United States and Europe for 2008 in support of "Till Death Do Us Part". I will be performing exclusive dates in major markets and festival dates only as to accommodate my parental responsibilities. The U.S. tour package will consist of ADRIFT from Tampa, Florida and Malevolent Creation in support of DEICIDE, with Malevolent supporting us on the Europe run as well. I would like to extend a thank you to my family, friends, and fans, and to everyone involved on the front lines and behind the scenes that supported me through this process."
Goregiastic Records have posted the final cover artwork (courtesy of Chris Moyen) for the upcoming release of SINISTER‘s "The Blood Past" CD at www.goregiasticrecords.com. The CD features all the early demo and EP material released by this legendary Dutch Death Metal band.
MELECHESH‘s "The Siege Of Lachish" will be re-released by Tarot Productions, formatted as a collector’s edition vinyl picture EP limited to only 300 copies worldwide. The title track was inspired by a text written by the Assyrian King Sennacherib as he witnessed his army invade the city of Lachish, which was approximately an hour and a half from Jerusalem. The site is nothing but ruins now, but with the text, it inspired this warlike song and is the principal track of this EP. The side B track, ‘Malek Al Nar’ (meaning king of fire in Arabic) is a fast and traditional Black Metal hymn. www.tarotproductions.com
726 is the latest excursion from Proscriptor, on his own label, Tarot Productions. This is visionary esoteric music that remains unpredictable and magickal. Psychedelic and ethereal eccentricities merge against a fluent beat reminiscent of 70’s Krautrock, Spacerock and New Age. Unlike his occult Metal commands in Absu, Proscriptor pushes the threshold of eclectic music and expression and proves it through 726. This is the first and only instrumental album by Proscriptor. Most of the music is a musical translation of magick, his system of Western occult practice, synthesized from many sources, including Eastern Yoga, Hermeticism, medieval grimoires, contemporary magickal theories from writers like Eliphas Levi and Helena Blavatsky and his own original contributions.
Also soon to be out on Tarot Productions is GOREAPHOBIA‘s "Sabbatic Communion" 7" EP. This is the band’s only unreleased material to see the light of day, as this EP features pre-production studio tracks intended for the "Conqueror Of Thorns" album. Formatted as a two-color vinyl collector’s piece, this release is strictly limited to only 500 copies worldwide.
New Renaissance Records has announced that the limited-edition re-release of the debut album from the old-school Canadian thrashers, SOOTHSAYER, entitled "Have A Good Time" has been set back until June 15, 2008. According to spokesperson Tony Collatta, the release was delayed by a last minute decision to re-master the album by the band. The album was subsequently re-mastered by SOOTHSAYER guitarist Martin Cy. Only 3,300 of the debut will be reissued. SOOTHSAYER will open for TESTAMENT on August 4, at I’Imperial in Quebec City, Canada. www.newrenaissancerecords.net