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PRIMORDIAL will enter the studio in July and August to record the new album. "We are travelling across the water to Wales to the middle of nowhere to an old analog studio", says vocalist Alan. "There isn’t a working title yet for the album and in typical PRIMORDIAL style there is a lot of work to be done on the songs but with a bit of luck and the Gods blessing we will pull the Iron out of the Fire once more. And with the blessing of Metal Blade it should be out in 2007." Sentinel Records from Ireland are going to release "The Gathering Wilderness" on picture disc, No Sign of Life from Finland Dark Romanticism and Black Ace from Holland look like doing "Storm Before Calm" on picture disc with some revised and improved artwork all before the end of the year. "I am also going to release a split 7" with a project I wrote some songs for called PLAGUED. I recorded a 2 track demo about 5 or more years ago. Finally Einheit Productions from Germany have persuaded me to release one track as a split 7" with Trimonium. I’m interested to see what people make of it. I’ll put the track up there on my myspace site soon. How very 21st century of me… I might continue now and try and forge a proper line-up for the band with this shot in the arm of enthusiasm. We shall see." For more info check out the band’s official website www.primordialweb.com.
And another change in the PARTY.SAN FESTIVAL billing: DEICIDE will be replaced by MALEVOLENT CREATION. The band will release their new album "Doomsday X" in August and exclusively perform material from that record at the festival. Their current line-up reads as follows: Jon Rubin – guitars, Phil Fasciana – guitars, Dave Culross – drums, Jason Blachowicz – bass and Brett Hoffmann – vocals. www.party-san.de
CEPHALIC CARNAGE had to cancel their appearance at this year’s PARTY.SAN FESTIVAL due to tour commitments in the US. They will be replaced by PRIMORDIAL. www.party-san.de
August will see the release of the picture disc version of PENTACLE‘s last album "Under The Black Cross" on Iron Pegasus Records. This release will feature new cover artwork by Manuel Tinnemans. The picture disc will be accompanied by a big format booklet including the lyrics (for the very first time). The band hopes to present this release at their upcoming gig with SADISTIC INTENT and NECROS CHRISTOS at the Ballroom in Hamburg, Germany on Sunday, August the 5th.
Swedish KATALYSATOR recently changed their name to INVIDIOUS and with this change they opened a new myspace-account at www.myspace.com/invidiousdeathmetal including the following entry in their blogsection: "INVIDIOUS is exactly the same band as KATALYSATOR, but with a different purpose. With the first KATALYSATOR tape we only wanted to play old-sounding Death Metal. But now we have understood that it is so much more and with the "Mass Genocide Ritual" tape we wanted to go further, we wanted to explore the Metal of Death. With this new demo we feel that we have created something really disgusting and fucked up, great shit. We feel just like a new, ugly, rotten band with this tape, and that is exactly what we now have become… INVIDIOUS." KATALYSATOR’s 2nd demo "Mass Genocide Ritual" is sold out now, so let’s hope that INVIDIOUS will release something pretty soon.
"Dämmerung der Szenarien", the new album of the South German Black Metal duo IMPERIUM DEKADENZ will be released via Perverted Taste in mid July. The first edition will be out as a digipak incl. a videoclip. You can check out two songs at www.myspace.com/imperiumdekadenz. Here’s the complete tracklist: ‘Into Breathless Sleep’, ‘Der Dolch im Gewande’, ‘Staub und Erinnerungen’, ‘Dämmerung der Szenarien’, ‘Hordes from the Dark Star’, ‘Nebelbrandung’, ‘Harmatia’, ‘Reich der fahlen Seelen’, ‘The Night whispers to the Wise’ and ‘Waiting’. www.imperium-dekadenz.de
UK Thrashers SABBAT and ANIMAL ALPHA are the latest addition to this year’s WACKEN OPEN AIR. Due to this, some changes in the running order have occured. www.wacken.com
After approximately six months of inactivity Germany’s IRON PEGASUS RECORDS is finally back in action again. Here’s a little rundown on what’s supposed to come out in the next couple of months: AFTER DEATH – "Retronomicon" CD (feat. Mike Browning, the legendary drummer and singer of MORBID ANGEL, NOCTURNUS and ACHERON – the CD includes 4 different recording sessions with a total playing time of about 70 minutes), MESSIAH – "Unreleased Demo 1984" LP (except for two songs this old raw demo has never been released or published in its entire length), ENFORCER – EP (a pure Heavy Metal band with a sound somewhere in-between EXCITER and BLITZKRIEG), HELLBANGERS METAL FORCES compilation LP / CD (exclusive tracks from DESASTER, METAL INQUISITOR, NOCTURNAL, GOAT MESSIAH, WITCHBURNER, HAR SHATAN, URN, FLAME and EVIL WITCH) and DESASTER – "Satan’s Soldiers Syndicate" LP / PicDisc (brandnew studioalbum, CD on Metal Blade Records). For all further info check out www.iron-pegasus.de
This year’s WACKEN OPEN AIR is close to being sold out. The remaining tickets are only available through www.metaltix.com, there will be no tickets at the doors and no one- or two-day-passes either. In the meantime two bands have already been confirmed for 2008’s edition of the festival: IRON MAIDEN and KREATOR. More info: www.wacken.com
Here’s the final track listing for SUICIDAL ANGELS debut album "Eternal Domination" which will be released on July 16, 2007: ‘Quench Your Thirst With Christian Souls’, ‘Evil Attack’, ‘The Prophecy’, ‘Crematory’, ‘Slaughtering Christianity’, ‘Sacred Prayers To Expiation’, ‘Demon’s Bloodwrath’, ‘Armies Of Hell’, ‘Screams Of Homicide’, ‘Vomit On The Cross’ and ‘Eternal Darkness’. SUICIDAL ANGELS are planning on touring later this year in support of the new album.
DRILLER KILLER had to cancel their appearance at this year’s PARTY.SAN FESTIVAL due to health problems. They will be replaced by DYING FETUS. For more info head to www.party-san.de
Germany’s old school Death Metal horde DEATHEVOKATION recently recorded a new song, entitled ‘Morpheus Son of Hypnos’, for an upcoming split EP with Finland’s LIE IN RUINS. The band is currently looking for a label to release that, so anyone who’s interested in doing so, should get in touch with them through their amazing website www.deathevokation.com.
LENG TCH’E will be replacing Funebrarum at this year’s Party.San festival. www.party-san.de.