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Dark Force Entertainment will release a strictly limited (500 copies) 12" splatter vinyl edition of RESURRECTED‘s latest studio album "Endless Sea Of Loss". It will be distributed by Morbid Records on Monday, September 17th 2007. Track listing: ‘Extermination’ (Intro), ‘Hidden By Disguise’, ‘Seducer Of Mankind’, ‘Bloodmarked’, ‘Smouldering Human Compost’, ‘Until You Kill Yourself’, ‘…And She Loves It Anal’, ‘An Obseding End’, ‘End Of A Decade’ and ‘Endless Sea Of Loss’ (outro). www.darkforceentertainment.com
IMPUREZA and 7TH NEMESIS will be on tour from February 23 until March 9, 2008 to promote their debut albums. The bands are looking for gigs during this period anywhere in France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria and Italy. Contact: www.myspace.com/7thnemesis, www.myspace.com/impureza
A MORRIGAN / MAYHEMIC TRUTH live double DVD will come out at the end of the year via Undercover Records. Besides that Undercover will also release a mayhemic truth DoCD entitled "R.I.P."that will feature the complete "R.I.P. / My Mourningstar" album from 1994, the "Child Of Mayhem" rehearsal tape from ’92, the "Son Of Dawn" demo ’93 and the "Live in Bernhausen" tape ’97 with the best possible sound ever. For more info check out www.morrigan.org or www.undercover-records.de.
In honor of the label’s upcoming 25th Anniversary, NEW RENAISSANCE RECORDS is seeking unsigned bands that represent the next wave of Metal on a new "Speed Metal Hell" compilation. Interested acts should submit a recording of no more that four songs, photos of the band, press-clippings and reviews of live shows (if any), and a list of recent and upcoming performances. Packages should be mailed to: Speed Metal Hell, c/o New Renaissance Records, PO Box 4825, Valley Village, CA. 91617. The compilation album will be sold internationally at a discounted rate and available on major websites worldwide. It will be serviced to Metal media worldwide. And, it may be issued on vinyl in a limited edition. Several old school bands who appeared on New Renaissance in the 1980s will be contributing new material. Royalties will be paid.
SWEDISH DEATH METAL, the book by INSISION’s Daniel Ekeroth will be released in the German language by Index Verlag these days. For more info head to www.index-verlag.org
The new SATHANAS album "Crowned Infernal" will be released in September by Pulverised Records from Singapore. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Crowned Infernal’, ‘At Death’s Command’, ‘Cast Into The Fire’, ‘Beneath The Blood Red Moon’, ‘Dawn Of Satan’s Rise’, ‘The Beast Of Revelation’, ‘Witches Sabbat’, ‘Summoning The Ancient Hordes’, ‘Necromantic Rites’, ‘Hyms From The Shadow Land’ and ‘Sacrificial Kingdom’. The band will be opening for Overkill and Dark Funeral on October 18 at Peabody’s Down Under in Cleveland, Ohio along with DAATH, NAGLFAR and THE AGONIST. Tickets are available from the band members or may be purchased online by visiting www.sathanas.net. Advance ticket price is $20.00. Also available at this time is the new SATHANAS "The Beast Of Revelation" t-shirt, featuring the the artwork of renowned artist Kris Verwimp.
"Ein Kakophonischer Lebenshauch" is the title of the first official live-recording of Germany’s raw and dirty groovy old school Death/Grinders DEPRESSION. These recordings are from their very last gig in 2006 (the band only played 10 gigs in their entire career). As an extra bonus a new and exclusive studio track (‘DalaiDahmer’) is included, only available on this record. You can order it for 8,-€ (Germany + 2,-€ postage, Europe + 5,-€ postage, overseas + 6,-€ postage) through the band’s website www.depression-grind.de
"For Tyrant’s Sake", the second full-length by Germany’s IMMORTAL RITES will be out at the end of August through Medusa Records in Europe and Khaosmaster Productions in North and South America. There will be two different versions in terms of artwork and tracklist again. "For Tyrant’s Sake" was mixed and recorded at Audiospezialist Studios (Germany) by Martin Schmidt (ex-ATROCITY & LEAVES EYES) and mastered in Sweden at Unisound Studios by Dan Swanö (ex-EDGE OF SANITY / BLOODBATH / NIGHTINGALE). You can already listen to one of the new tracks (‘Daemon Dawn’) at www.myspace.com/immortalrites666. For all further info check out www.immortalrites.de
As some of you might have heard: Volker of MERCILESS RECORDS will stop the mailorder for an indefinite period of time. He says the main reasons for that decision are frustration, exhaustion and the lack of enthusiasm. For him right now it is unsure if he ever will return in this form to the scene. Nonetheless we wish him all the best for the future and thank him for the great work he did for the Metal underground! The mailorder will stop its work September 15, 2007 so make sure you drop by for a visit to get some of the great-sale offers and help Volker get rid of his stuff: www.merciless-records.de
NYC Thrashers SUN DESCENDS premiered the first song from their new CD titled "The Entropy Formula", on the band’s Myspace site. The 6 minute track ‘3 Corners Of Hell’ is the first new material to surface in 1 1/2 years since the band’s first full-length release in early 2006. The band is going to negotiate a North American deal for the new album and is currently looking for a suitable label. Mem V. Stein: "The music on SUN DESCENDS’s new album is as relevant as the music on "Possessed By Fire", which I recorded with EXUMER back in 1986. Let’s just hope that the Thrash frenzy of today won’t be exploited as it was in the 80s, causing Thrash Metal to come to a creative full-stop. Otherwise I am amazed at the comeback Thrash Metal has made and I am very hopeful that the new SUN DESCENDS album will be received positively." The band will perform live for the first time in over a year on September 6 in Worcester, Massachusetts, with fellow Mass. Thrashers THE ACCURSED. Check: www.myspace.com/sundescends for ‘3 Corners Of Hell’.
Reunited Norwegian Symphonic Black Metallers LIMBONIC ART will strike back on the 24th of September with their brand new album entitled "Legacy Of Evil". You can check a brand new song called ‘Lycanthropic Tales’ at the band’s myspace page www.myspace.com/limbonicart
Shortly before the end of the last millennium, DRAUTRAN from Kiel, Germany, self-released their "Unter dem Banner der Nordwinde" album. Their name quickly made the circuit in the international underground, a few concerts (among them the PartySan Festival in 2002 and the Av Is Og Ild in 2004) cemented their reputation. After eight years of deceitful calm, "Throne Of The Depths" will be released on October 29 via Lupus Lounge (www.lupuslounge.com), with whom the band has signed a five-album contract. A dignified re-release of the classic "Unter dem Banner der Nordwinde" has also been agreed upon.
After just one demo ("042103Freitod") Germany’s grim Black Metal horde FARSOT will release their debut album "IIII" via Lupus Lounge on October 29. It is the first of five albums to be published by the label.
SPEARHEAD finished recording their second album for Invictus at Hertz Studio, Poland (where VADER, HATE, ANIMA DAMNATA, among others record) in early July. The album has been mastered and the label is currently awaiting the completion of the artwork which is being handled by Manuel Tinnemans at Somaworx (who has been responsible for artwork for PENTACLE, BUNKUR etc.). The new SPEARHEAD material sees the band branch out further into a more Death / Thrash direction and with the powerful production courtesy of Hertz Studio the album is certain to impress and elevate SPEARHEAD to a new level within the scene. A sample will be uploaded shortly on the Invictus myspace! SPEARHEAD played two very successful and well received festival appearances at Day of Darkness Fest in Ireland and Hells Pleasure Fest in Germany in July.
New Zealand Doom cult DIOCLETIAN are to begin recording their debut full-length album for Invictus in September. Their well received demo from 2005 was repressed due to high demand by Invictus and the band have gone onto record a MCD titled "Decimator" which is due for release soon, a 7" and s split 12" with the Aussie band DENOUNCEMENT PYRE. A final date for the release of the DIOCLETIAN album which is to be titled "Doom Cult" has not been set. DIOCLETIAN have been hailed as a savage and uncompromising underground Metal act likened to fellow pioneers ORDER FROM CHAOS, CARCASS and BLASPHEMY in terms of brutality, intensity and style. A sample from the demo can be heard on the Invictus myspace!
Invictus have signed the new project from Gene Palubicki called APOCALYPSE COMMAND. Gene has been well known as the helmsman in crushing Death Metal legends ANGELCORPSE and has taken blasphemy, musical extremity and aural violence to a whole other level with APOCALYPSE COMMAND. A three track demo is currently available from Gene and it is due to be pressed on 7" in the near future. APOCALYPSE COMMAND will also feature the unique talents of one Steve Hughes who has drummed for the mighty SLAUGHTER LORD as well as MORTAL SIN, NAZXUL and more recently as a live drummer for PRIMORDIAL. This will be Steve’s first drum recordings in nearly a decade and is sure to make the album more intense in a collaboration bringing together musicians from different eras of the extreme Metal underground.
US psychedelic Black Metal heathens NACHTMYSTIUM have officially licensed their "Eulogy IV" opus to Invictus exclusively for the European market. Currently signed to Century Media in the USA and Candlelight in Europe, the band agreed a special license deal with Invictus for the currently out of print album. As one of the more experimental underground Black Metal acts to emerge from the US, NACHTMYSTIUM laid a solid foundation of cult underground releases before coming to the attention of their current labels. "Eulogy IV" is a more direct, Thrash inspired offering with the traditional NACHTMYSTIUM sound and eccentricity. All upcoming Invictus titles will be available through Plastic Head Distribution for Europe.