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GOREAPHOBIA will be replacing PATHOLOGY on this summer’s "Slaves To Society" U.S. tour featuring MASTER and DREAMING DEAD. This trek across the States is the band’s first in over 17 years. Guitarist Alex Bouks offers these words in regards to what promises to be the summer of brutality: "We are excited to unleash our Dark Metal magick across the U.S. after all these years.The tour will coincide with the release our new record "Mortal Repulsion". We will be showcasing our brand of dark, blackened Heavy Metal. Jim, Chris and myself are looking forward to see all you Metal tyrants on the road." "Mortal Repulsion" will be available in stores and through Ibex Moon Records on August 18th. www.myspace.com/goreaphobia
Ibex Moon Records will be licensing ASPHYX‘s "Death… The Brutal Way" from Century Media Records Germany for distribution in the United States. It will be released on September 1, 2009. Vocalist Martin Van Drunen and bassist / vocalist Wannes Gubbels issued this joint statement about the U.S. distribution deal: "We as ASPHYX are very pleased we’ve found such a dedicated label in Ibex Moon is to distribute our latest release in the USA. From personal experiences in the past we know John McEntee is sworn to the cause of Death Metal the brutal way and thus will do all in his power to make this release and the band as successful as possible. A release like "Death… The Brutal Way" is meant to be brought out by a label that we are absolutely certain will put heart, soul, blood, bones, and core behind the matter. Under the Ibex Moon we march!" The first 1,000 copies of the album will be released as a limited-edition with additional slipcase packaging and a bonus DVD featuring the band’s entire, unforgettable reunion show from 2007’s Party.San Festival in Bad Berka, Germany. www.myspace.com/officialasphyx
Long time ASSASSIN member Frank Nellen has left the band due to private reasons and has been replaced by Bjoern Sonermann (WICKED KEMAO and more). The new bassplayer is Joachim Kremer who already played in many different projects before (SKINNY BOLD etc.). The band is busy finishing songs for the next album and currently searching for a new record label. www.myspace.com/assassinthrashmetal
Chile’s DOMINUS XUL have just re-formed a couple of weeks ago. There’s no plans to record a new album, but to play some live gigs in 2009 (one of them is a support show for SUFFOCATION in September). The current line-up consists of Alejandro Lizana (guitar – one of the founder members, he played on all the band’s releases), Claudio Salinas (vocals – he played guitar on the 1997 EP "Unchaining The Ancient’s Black Prophecies" and "The Primigeni Xul" LP), Rodolfo Sequeida (bass – he played in the last period of the band, after the LP) and Alvaro Sequeida (drums – he also played in the last period of the band, after the LP). Official myspace: www.myspace.com/dominusxuloficial
"The End", the debut-album by Finnish Thrashers THE FINAL HARVEST, and "The Everhaunting Past / Chapter IV – A Splendid Retrospective", the fourth FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING album will be released in late summer / early fall 2009 via Cyclone Empire. For more info check out the bands myspace sites: www.myspace.com/thefinalharvest, www.myspace.com/fragmentsofunbecoming
Additionally to their upcoming North America tour with PATHOLOGY and MASTER, DREAMING DEAD have been added to the first half of MONSTROSITY’s summer tour. Drummer Mike Caffell comments: "DREAMING DEAD are very pleased to announce that we will be hitting the road with Death Metal masters MONSTROSITY for the East Coast leg of their upcoming U.S. tour! This will be our first time performing on the East Coast and our first time sharing the stage with this legendary act. Needless to say, we are quite excited about having the opportunity to get out there and tear it up for everyone. Plus, this works out nicely for us because when we part ways with MONSTROSITY we’ll be picking up with MASTER and PATHOLOGY to round out the rest of the U.S. on our unrelated, but oh so conveniently placed Summer tour. Mwahaha! Chances are we’ll be playing close to you in the near future, so come out to the shows! We’re bringin some heavy shit and a good time…" www.myspace.com/dreamingdead
Swedish DEMONICAL has uploaded their tribute to Deutschland – the track ‘Götter Des Nordens’ – at their MySpace site www.myspace.com/thedemonicalhorde. The track comes off DEMONICAL’s second full-length album, "Hellsworn", which has been released on CD and LP on May 15 through Cyclone Empire.
Swedish Death Metal masters EVOCATION have unleashed a new video for the track ‘Tomorrow Has No Sunrise’, taken from their critically acclaimed album "Dead Calm Chaos". The video was directed by René U Valdes (Hardcore Superstar, Avatar etc.) from www.greenworks.se and shot at Kvarnbyn in Gothenburg 14th of April. You can find the clip here www.myspace.com/evocationswe and here www.youtube.com/evocationswe.
Chile’s PENTAGRAM were just named "band of the week" on the official DARKTHRONE MySpace page www.myspace.com/officialdarkthrone. Says Fenriz: "This one is for those who know, I grew up with their 7" from late 80s, and it’s one of the best Metal recordings I have. Both demos are equally good, rather fantastically great if you ask me." PENTAGRAM will reunite one last time in 2009 for a Chilean tour and several shows in Europe.
Finnish Thrash Metal band THE SCOURGER and its two founding members Jari Hurskainen and Seppo Tarvainen have decided to continue their musical careers apart. Vocalist Hurskainen will continue under the name of The Scourger by himself. All other ex-members Antti Wirman, Kimmo Kammonen, Jani Luttinen and Seppo Tarvainen will continue together. Their new projects will be announced at a later time. The Scourger has released two full-length albums worldwide to date.
The tickets for the 20 Years Desaster Party with DESASTER, MARTIN MISSY & THE PROTECTORS and WITCHBURNER on the MS Rheingold (October 17, 2009) are completely sold out! For all those who were too slow, the band offers to put your name on a "waiting-list". If tickets get returned or people don’t pay, these tickets will be put up for sale again. For more info check out www.total-desaster.de or www.myspace.com/desasterofficial
Texas extremists HOD will hit the road with MONSTROSITY and TORN THE FUCK APART on a twelve-date rampage across the US. Guitarist Lord Necron comments: "HOD is proud to announce we are taking part of the MONSTROSITY Summer Tour. We look forward to destroying every city we play! See you maniacs out on the road!" www.myspace.com/hodtheband
THORNAFIRE and Ibex Moon Records regretfully announce the band’s forced cancellation of their highly anticipated US tour with Monstrosity and Torn The Fuck Apart. Guitarist Victor MacNamara has issued the following statement regarding this unfortunate situation: "Due to delays in the processing of our visa application to enter the USA, THORNAFIRE will unfortunately have to cancel their appearance on the Monstrosity U.S. tour 2009, scheduled to take place this June. We’ve done everything in our power and have followed every procedure to make this happen, but the process is very expensive and time-consuming. This matter is out of our hands and we are very disappointed as this was to be our first opportunity to show our madness to the US fans. On a happier note, we are releasing our second album "Vorex Deconstrucción" and it’s already sounding very impressive! We are also working with Ibex Moon Records on setting up a new US tour." "Vorex Deconstrucción" will be released in July on Ibex Moon Records. For more info check out www.myspace.com/thornafire
TORMENTED‘s debut album "Rotten Death" is out on Iron Fist Productions since May 30, 2009. TORMENTED (featuring ex-members of DARKIFIED, EDGE OF SANITY, MARDUK, PAN-THY-MONIUM) will also be included on the CD-version of "Resurrected In Festering Slime" with their track ‘Awakening Of The Dead’ later this year as mentioned earlier here. Take a look at www.myspace.com/fuckingtormented.
German newcomers THY FINAL PAIN recently released their new album "… Of Life And Death" through STF-Records. This is their 2nd release after their selffinanced debut album "Epitaph". Massive rhythmic Death Metal is how the band describes their sound. THY FINAL PAIN is the new band of Simon Dorn and Marc Jüttner, 2 former members of German DEBAUCHERY. Check out www.thy-final-pain.com for further information and soundsamples.
Issue III of CRYPTS OF ETERNITY fanzine is out now. 48 pages featuring interviews with BLASPHERIAN, DROWNED, FUNEBRARUM, GODLESS, GODLESS RISING, GOREAPHOBIA, UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN, GRAVEYARD, HATESPAWN, IGNIVOMOUS, IMPETUOUS RAGE, INCRUST, NECROVATION, VOIDS OF VOMIT and PROFANER. Besides that find a POSSESSED / SADISTIC INTENT / HEADHUNTER D.C. gig report and countless reviews. Get in touch with Ricardo Lucas, emailaddress lucasinhell@msn.com or per regular mail at Crypts Of Eternity zine, P. O. Box 25, Lima 41, Peru for ordering details.
A 12" version of MIASMAL‘s self-titled demo should be available within 2 months through Detest Records (European and East-European territories) in co-operation with Nuclear War Now! Productions (US and rest of the world). For more info, check out www.detestrecords.com
HEADHUNTER D.C. is preparing to open the northeastern part of the Brazilian tour of US Heavy Metal legends OMEN (with Mexican Thrashers STRIKEMASTER as supporting act). The confirmed tour dates for June / July / August you’ll find in our tourdates section. The works on the long planned band’s 20 years commemorative double CD, which will be entitled "The Darkest Archives… From The Death Cult (1987-2007)" and which will be released by Peruvian Crypts Of Eternity Records, have finally started. It will feature rare and obscure recordings from the band’s personal archives since the early days. Planned to be out this year. The band is currently writing new material for their next album to be recorded in early 2010.
Because of recent events involving former members Terry Butler and Bill Andrews and because of seperate events involving former member Rick Rozz forming his own version of the band Kam Lee has officially announced denouncing any further involvment with the band MASSACRE, the band name, or its former associates and members. In an official statement he says: "I want to just say thank you to all of my fans for all the years of support – and for all the years of friendships I have found through the band. And though the band still seems to bring hardship and heartbreak even today… let it be known that my years as vocalist and frontman – and "voice" of MASSACRE – I served proud and with honor. I came into MASSACRE when it was still a ‘Thrash cover garage band’ back in 1985, shortly after leaving DEATH. I took the band MASSACRE, from playing cover songs and playing highschool parties, to new levels – by becoming the bands frontman, turning it into a Death Metal band – creating original material, recording demos, tape trading, to co-headlining shows with bands like MORBID ANGEL, and made it into a cult "legend". Until – in 1987 – Terry, Bill and Rick all willingly quit the band to join with Chuck in DEATH. In the year 1990 – it was I "Kam Lee" who stepped back up to the plate to re-form the band once more – to finally bring the world the infamous "From Beyond" album. In 1994 – when Rick once more re-created the band to do the "Promise" album – and he took the band from its Death Metal roots and turned it into a Goth / Metal band. I "Kam Lee" decided it was better to quit that incarnation of MASSACRE rather then remain in a band that I did not believe in musically. 12 long years later – in 2007 – when the band DENIAL FIEND (of which I was also a part of) needed to find a way to get a tour. It was proposed to me by the German promoters to re-form MASSACRE as a re-union tour – in order to get the band DENIAL FIEND worldwide exposure. And also a way for me to pay past due money in order for me to obtain my passport. It was I "Kam Lee" that these promoters asked to reform the band MASSCRE once more. It was my decision alone – that brought the band back from obscurity. And it was finally I "Kam Lee" that wanted to – finally bring the band to a ‘proper’ close – by creating a new final album for the year 2010. But because of continued jealousy – petty threats – and pure asinine stupidity – from former members, I am no longer able to do that for you the fans. And so – I now make this "official announcement" – I "Kam Lee" am no longer assoiciated with anything to do with the band MASSACRE from this point forwards. The 4 tracks re-recorded for the EP, those song being – ‘Aggressive Tyrant’, ‘Clangor Of War’, ‘Infestation Of Death’ and ‘Perpetual Domination’ all have been recorded – and are finished, but I will not release these as MASSACRE. I may – in time – release these as ‘myself’ – "KAM LEE" on a future release – as cover songs, but they will not appear as a MASSACRE release. For now – they sit in obscurity – as the band has done manytime in the past… awaiting to one day raise it ugly head. But – I say to all one final time… I "Kam Lee" will no longer EVER do MASSACRE again! Thank you all for the years of support – and I hope you will continue to follow and support me. Cheerz and Stay Creepy! Kam Lee."
Slava Giebel, the 20-year-old guitarist for the German Viking Metal band STRYDEGOR, was killed in a car accident the night of May 23. Rest in peace buddy.
A limited edition CD-version of the compilation RESURRECTED IN FESTERING SLIME will be released in the upcoming months by Soulseller Records. Unlike the LP-version 2 additional (Swedish) bands have joined the list and will be featured in this version: MIASMAL (featuring members of CORRUPT) and TORMENTED (featuring ex-members of DARKIFIED, EDGE OF SANITY, MARDUK, PAN-THY-MON-IUM, among others) with one song each. Only 500 copies to be released! More information soon on www.soulsellerrecords.com.
Great Britain’s CRUCIAMENTUM just released their 2nd demo "Convocation Of Crawling Chaos". 4 songs on professional printed tape of morbid and crushing claustrophobic Death Metal, influenced by INCANTATION, ROTTREVORE, ABHORRENCE and IMMOLATION is what the band announces themselves. The tape sells for £4 UK, €6 Europe and $7 rest of the world (prices are including postage and packing). Further details on www.myspace.com/cruciamentumuk.
American new founded label Archasm Releasing offers their first release, the split 7"EP of FATHER BEFOULED / DECREPITAPH, for sale. It sells for $8 USA or $11 rest of the world. All copies come on dark blue / purple swirl vinyl in a double sided fold out with insert. Each copy includes a DECREPITAPH and FATHER BEFOULED sticker. Contact info@ archasmreleasing.com or archasmreleasing.com
On July 1st Xtreem Music will officially be re-releasing "Iniquitous", the one and only full-length album by Pennsylvania’s Death Metal masters ROTTREVORE. The album was originally released in late 1993 by Drowned Productions (former Xtreem Music label) and only pressed in 1.000 copies before the label’s demise (and later name change to Repulse Records). Fans have constantly been paying between 80-150 Euros for one copy on eBay and there’s even a bootleg version of the album on 12"LP vinyl with a very shitty quality. "Iniquitous" is going to be properly re-issued on CD & 12"LP (green vinyl splattered in black) format and t-shirts will also be made. It will come with remastered sound, a new, revamped layout (including lyrics and extra band photos not featured on the original version) and 3 live bonus tracks from ’92. Mark Mastro, vocalist & guitarist of the band and responsible for the album’s cover art, provided the original version of the painting to ensure that the highest quality will be meet on every version (CD/LP/shirt). For more info check out www.xtreemmusic.com
The book "Swedish Death Metal" was sensational, but what about a book dealing with the Tampa Metal scene from 1980 to 199?, focusing mostly on Death Metal with names as NOCTURNUS, MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE, ATHEIST, OBITUARY, DEATH, MASSACRE, ICED EARTH, BRUTALITY, MONSTROSITY, DISINCARNATE, NASTY SAVAGE, HELLWITCH, SIX FEET UNTER and many others? This book will come true in a couple of months according to John Tucci – author of this more than 400 pages yet untitled monumental piece of work. Writing more than 2 and a half years on this project and driving all over Florida for interviews, the topics to expect are, among others, the history of the bands of the Tampa scene, the history of Metal in Tampa itself, the birth of the scene, the evolution of Metal from NWOBHM to Tampa Death Metal, Satanism and the occult, significance of blast beats, Morrisound and recording technology, guitar work, personal philosphies and anti Christianity, the "decline" of Death Metal, significance of horror and gore imagery, tape trading, and many funny and crazy stories of the bands. John is currently searching for a publisher and in the meantime sewing his work together. The current plan is to have everything ready to go to the printer by the end of summer 2009. We are eagerly waiting for it…
After 15 years of silence Polish Death Metal outfit ARMAGEDON are back with their 2nd album "Death Then Nothing". ARMAGEDON already released the demo "Dead Condemnation" in 1991 and their debut album "Invisible Circle" in 1993. For ordering details contact the band at info@armagedon.net.pl. Unfortunately no further information is available until now as their homepage www.armagedon.net.pl is only in Polish.