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DESTRUCTION have posted the following message at their official website: "Finally! From today on the Destruction online shop has opened its doors. We will update the shop frequently and release some sold out "old school" items in the upcoming months! Check it out and stay tuned!"
Swedish Black Metallers DISSECTION have posted the following message at their official website: "Ever-notorious Dissection will perform their last gig ever entirely based on songs from the band’s early releases, called The Last Farewell To The Old Albums, at German Winternoise Festival on January 28 at Eventcenter B 51 in Osnabrück. This is the last time that the group will perform a set based solely on their highly acclaimed "The Somberlain" from 1993 and "Storm Of The Light’s Bane" from 1995. This event will also finalize the Rebirth of Dissection, which started on October 30th, 2004 at the Stockholm Arena. Since then Dissection have played 60 intense gigs all over Europe, South America and Mexico! Now the time has come, the end of an era in the band’s moving history, a new aeon of ultimate darkness is dawning, which will be introduced with Reinkaos, Dissection’s long anticipated third studio album, to be released during spring 2006 after 11 years in the making, on the band’s own label Black Horizon Music. Dissection are now looking forward to celebrate this final farewell to the old days together with their audience at Winternoise Festival! Singer Jon Nödtveidt says: ‘We are honoured to being able to return to meet our fans in Germany for this event! See you all there!!’ Don’t miss this special event!"
OBITUARY vocalist John Tardy has posted the following message at the band’s official website: "Tonight’s show is in Treviso at the New Age! This will be our third and final show in Italy on this tour, so Italy get out and see us!!! We have had some good shows here and hopefully tonight will continue that trend! If you are wondering how come the website hasn’t been updated in the last five days, it is because we have not had internet at all. How these businesses survive without it is beyond me! I would like to ask one question of our Italian fans: How come people are allowed to set up and sell our merchandise (bootleg) in front of the club and there is nothing anyone can do about it??? Go to our message board and let me know??? It is just frustrating to see the hundreds of shirts printed without our permission!"
Former HATE ETERNAL drummer Tim "The Missile" Yeung, who played on Hate Eternal’s 1999 Earache debut "Conquering The Throne", took first place honours at this years NAMM fastest drummer contest. Yeung, who is currently putting together a new extreme Metal project with former Fear Factory / Brujeria guitarist Dino Cazares, placed first in the NAMM international Fasted Drummer contest in the "Fastest Feet Category" of the contest. Tim officially came in at 872 beats within one minute. An outstanding ‘feet’, bad pun intended. Pictures of Yeung and other contest winners can be located here. All of the Fastest drummer competitions were judged solely on single strokes and did not include bounces, presses or buzz. Contestants for required to perform for one full minute and were measured using a "Drumometer". This year’s winners received prizes including Two Pearl Drum Sets, a year supply of ProMark drum sticks, two sets of Meinl cymbals, Axis Longboard "A" double pedal, 50 Remo drum heads, and a years subscription to Drum magazine.
DEICIDE have added an additional South American tour date due to an overwhelming demand. The band will now be performing at Pindamonhagaba in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday February 19th. DEICIDE is scheduled to appear from the 14th of February till the 25th in blitzkrieg across the South American continent, appearing in 5 countries in a matter of 11 days.
DEICIDE will be heading to South America in February. They will start their tour in Caracas, Venezuela on February 14th and will continue throughout much of South America including Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador. The band is excited to bring their brand of crushing satanic Metal to their always loyal fans within the southern hemisphere and have high hopes for these concerts in 2006. In addition to the scheduled South American dates, Decide will be playing 3 dates in their own backyard of Southern Florida prior. It’s been quite some time since the band has played before a hometown audience and are looking forward to bashing a few bibles and putting some right wing Christians into an outrage.
The release date for the debut of ANGER AS ART on Old School Metal Records has been set for February 28, 2006. The following is the finalized track listing: ‘Attitude Adjustment’, ‘I Create Your God’, ‘Wide Awake’, ‘Hate In My Heart, Hell In My Head’, ‘Anger As Art’, ‘New War’, ‘Wait For The Hammer’, ‘Blood Of My Enemies’, ‘Hate In My Heart, Hell In My Head (live)’, ‘Everybody Dies (live)’, ‘Anger As Art (live)’ and ‘Troops of Doom (live)’ Sepultura cover. "Thrash being the greatest way of a release of anger – a very primal emotion that we all have. Anger As Art is the band that taps into that emotion from a very real place. This is not fantasy – it is real. And we all share that same emotion. This band speaks for you", says Steve Gaines of Anger As Art. Adds Patrick Ramseier, CEO of Old School Metal Records: "Finally, relief is here, an outlet to release all the rage and anger, that all of us keep bottled up every day."
DEICIDE‘s next album will be entitled "The Stench Of Redemption". The record will be the first to feature new guitarists Jack Owen (formerly of Cannibal Corpse) and Ralph Santolla (ex – Death / Iced Earth) who have been touring in the band since the departure of the brothers Hoffman in 2005. In total, 10 instrumental songs have been demoed and Glen Benton is currently locked away working on suitably sick vocals / lyrical themes to rival the brutality of the compositions. "The Stench Of Redemption" will be produced by Jim Morris and the band will be entering Morrisound studios in the next few weeks to commit it to tape for a May release through Earache Records. A full European tour is currently being booked to follow the release. Meanwhile, DEICIDE release their long awaited debut DVD, "When London Burns" on Earache on January 23rd 2006. Featuring a full inflammatory live set shot at The Mean Fiddler, London, England on November 29th 2004 it’s backed up with a bonus 30 minute documentary "Behind The Scars".
Earache Records are to release a Dual Disc format version of the landmark Death Metal album "Altars Of Madness" by MORBID ANGEL on March 13th 2006. Considered by many to be a defining moment in the genre, "Altars of Madness" was first released in 1989 and is still held in reverence by the majority of Death Metal fans. The DVD side of the Dual Disc features the long sought after November 1989 Nottingham Rock City show filmed on the bands first ever European outing, the legendary Grindcrusher Tour (alongside Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower and Carcass), and is the first Morbid Angel material to see an official DVD release. A free replica ticket of this show is available with the first 5.000 copies pressed.
A videoteaser, including bites edited from many of the songs from Norwegian Death Metal band BLOODTHORN‘s upcoming album "Genocide"can be viewed in an online player at the official BLOODTHORN Myspace-profile. The finished cover-artwork has also been posted and can be viewed at this location. The complete tracklist for "Genocide" reads like this: ‘… For Those Whose Time Has Come (intro)’, ‘Blood And Iron’, ‘Invoking The Apocalypse’, ‘Nightmare Of Violence’, ‘They Will Arise’, ‘Forced Selfmutilation’, ‘Sacrifical Slaughter’, ‘Hell On The Eastern Front’ and ‘Monolith Of The Dead’. "Genocide" was recorded in Godt Selskap Studio (Chton, Griffin, Keep of Kalessin) with Knut Fug Prytz (Necrophagia) producing, giving the album the heavy, thundering production the band sought after. This will be the 4th BLOODTHORN album marking their 10th year since their first release and it will be the first BLOODTHORN album featuring guitarist Ihizahg (ex – Perished, Wurdulak and live guitarist for Mayhem). He’s been working with the band for several years now and wrote a good deal of the material on the new album which will be the heaviest and most extreme Bloodthorn album to this day. BLOODTHORN is confirmed for the Wacken Open Air Festival 2006 (alongside other confirmed bands like Cannibal Corpse, Celtic Frost and Emperor), and will start a row of gigs with the releaseparty for "Genocide" February 17th at BLÆST in their hometown Trondheim. Support: Goat the Head. The releaseparty will be streamed live online in its entirety. More streaming details tba. "Genocide" is released by Red Stream worldwide, except Europe: Morningstar Records via Plastic Head.
Montreal’s NEURAXIS have announced the departure of guitarist and founding member, Steven Henry. The move is the result of "personal and musical differences," though the band emphatically states that the split is amicable. The group will continue as a 4-piece with intentions to recruit a live session guitarist for their upcoming tours. For his part, Henry has released the following statement: "After 13 years as guitarist and founder of Neuraxis, I decided to take a different path. It’s simple, the flame of playing Neuraxis is extinct, and gone are the motivation and taste for it. These things happen, especially when I did not expect the band to go as far as it has gone up to now, so it would be ridiculous for me to slow Neuraxis down. I don’t want to be a burden, what I want is the band to grow bigger and I don’t think I’m part of that equation. I definitely need a break and Neuraxis cannot afford to lose its time waiting for me. There are way too many good things ahead for the band, and I do not worry at all that Neuraxis will do great without me. I wish nothing but the best for the guys, and also that they’ll find another talented and dedicated guitar player. I want to thank the guys for their time, friendship and passion for music. I wish them the best! As for me, I’ll keep going with my 3 projects: Urban Aliens, Idiopathetics and Empathy Denied."
Los Angeles Death / Grinders COFFIN TEXTS have posted a new mp3 for free download at www.myspace.com/coffintexts. The song ‘Final Transformation’ is taken from the group’s recently recorded session for their new upcoming release "Tomb Of Infinite Ritual". Also available is the track ‘To Manifest’, which is taken from their 2003 demo. The band is currently looking for a label home after Germany’s Morbid Records allegedly dropped the band because they were "taking too long" to record the new album.
The new video from SEVERE TORTURE ‘Decree Of Darkness’ is now available for viewing online here. The video’s low budget horror style has already caught the attention of notorious sickos Troma Pictures who will be including the video on a forthcoming DVD.
Due to the split between Elitist Records and Earache, CARNIVAL IN COAL‘s contract with the British label has been deleted. The French duet just inked a contract with French independant label Equilibre Music (Crack Ov Dawn, Zuul FX, Lycosia, MXD). "People at Equilibre are more motivated by working with us than any people at Earache would have ever been now that Lee Barrett’s gone" says singer Arno Strobl. "I’m glad we made it with Earache for the thrill of it, that’s all. They didn’t give a shit about neither CARNIVAL IN COAL nor any other Elitist band except Ephel Duath and Biomechanical which they kept under contract. I wish all our former label mates to find a new deal with a label that will care about them. We learnt we weren’t part of the label anymore through their website. I noticed our name was in the "Past Artist" bill. Nobody had kept us informed. I assume this is what they call British humour." he adds. Carnival In Coal will be working this year on a fifth album planned early 2007. "Fear Not Carnival In Coal" and "French Cancan" will be reissued through Equilibre Music as a special digipak this Spring. In the meantime, the duet announces his first live appearance ever! They’ll be co-headlining the 5th edition of the Killer Fest (Chaulnes, France) along with Swedish audio terrorists Entombed on the 15th of April, 2006. Carnival In Coal’s live line up for the occasion will feature Frédéric Leclercq (Maladaptive) and El Worm (Wormfood) on guitars and backing vocals, Timmy Zecevic (Wormfood) on keyboards and Alexis Damien (Wormfood) on drums. Other dates to be announced soon.
After having already reissued "Final Holocaust" and "Enjoy The Violence" Rusty Diamond / Shark Records will also re-release MASSACRA‘s third full-length album "Signs Of The Decline" on January 30, 2006. Just like the previous releases it will once again offer some bonus material, this time 6 tracks off MASSACRA’s fourth album "Sick", resulting in an approximately playing time of 71 minutes. "Signs Of The Decline" originally came out on the major label Phonogram Records back in 1994 and was mixed by Colin Richardson. For more info check out www.sharkrecords.de/massa-signs.html
INSISION have announced two upcoming shows with DISMEMBER in Stockholm and bassist Daniel Dellamorte will be featured later today on Swedish national radio. Karsten Thurfjell takes a serious look at extreme Metal on KULTURFREDAG!, today at 16:00 CET (repetition from yesterday’s show). For those outside Scandinavian you’ll be able to listen again for a week after broadcast here.
The upcoming new RESURRECTED album will been entitled "Endless Sea Of Loss". It’ll be released in October / November 2006. The coverartwork will once again be taken care of by Juan Jose Castellano (www.juanjocastellano.com), who’s already been responsible for "Blood Spilled". The band has found a new company in the meantime which they will announce by next week.
The following news was posted on the official Century Media website www.centurymedia.com: Legendary grindcore pioneers TERRORIZER, have signed to Century Media Records worldwide. Released in 1989, the bands highly acclaimed and influential debut album "World Downfall" (Earache Records) took the Metal scene by storm. With an as yet unheard of aggression the band became a cult institution even though they quickly disbanded. Following the break up the main founding members, drummer Pete Sandoval and guitarist Jesse Pintado, moved on to join legendary extreme bands Morbid Angel and Napalm Death respectively. The band remained popular through the next 16 years with newer acts citing inspiration from "World Downfall". The massive amount of available bootleg recordings and band merchandise as well as rumours of a follow-up album kept TERRORIZER’s name alive. Now, after what might seem like an eternity of silence, the band have signed a worldwide deal with Robert Kampf, owner of Century Media. Sandoval and Pintado have already started working on a new studio album, to be recorded early 2006 in Florida with producer Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez for a summer 2006 release. "After long negotiations with several labels, it’s official: TERRORIZER and World Management are happy to announce the new album will be on Century Media", commented the band. For more info check out the following websites: www.freewebs.com/terrorizergrindcore, www.myspace.com/terrorizergrindcore, www.purevolume.com/terrorizer
The tentative album title for the new SPAWN OF POSSESSION album is "Noctambulant" and a few songtitles (in no particular order) are: ‘Lash By Lash’, ‘Render My Prey’ and ‘Eve Of Contempt’. The band will enter Pama Studios with producer Mankan Sedenberg on January 13th, and the recording sessions will last a little over one month. Dennis Röndum, drummer and spokesperson of SPAWN OF POSSESSION comments: "All of us in the band are totally hyped up to finally start laying down our new tunes. We just finalised the last instrumental details for the album and all I dare to say at this point is that this is going to be more than a worthy successor to our 2003 album entitled "Cabinet"." In the meantime, artwork has been created by Pär Olofsson (Psycroptic, a.o.) and will be revealed soon. The album is planned to surface in April / May 2006 and the band will start touring soon after as touring options are already being negotiated at this point. For all further info check out the label’s website at www.neurotic-records.com.
DECAPITATED have added new bass player Richard Gulczynski to their line-up. Richard will already share the stage with Decapitated when they tour throughout the US with NILE, starting January 12th in Memphis, Tenn up until February 12th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL when the tour wraps up. Also featured on the bill are Soilent Green, Hypocrisy, Raging Speedhorn and With Passion. For a full list of upcoming tour dates on the "Annihilation of the Wicked" tour, check the Earache tour dates page. Decapitated’s new album "Organic Hallucinosis" will be in stores everywhere February 13th 2006.
KEEP OF KALESSIN have recently launched an internet teaser video for the new album "Armada". The teaser can be found at www.kalessin.no or directly here. The first tunes from the upcoming album are revealed along with the new line-up, introducing Thebon as the new vocalist. He was first seen with the band during their live shows in 2005 and did vocals on their Eastern European tour with EXODUS and HYPOCRISY in December. Keep Of Kalessin have also just finished recording a new video for the track ‘Infire’ which will premiere in February. The video was shot 100% green-screen and is directed by Rome Ramsies at VisionValley (www.visionvalley.com) who has worked with bands like Slipknot, Sepultura and Mudvayne amongst others. He also worked in Weta Digital for several years during the making of "Lord of the Rings" and he also did CGI for the movie "Pitch Black".
NECROPHOBIC just signed a new record deal with Swedish label Regain Records (www.regainrecords.com). The band is at Dark Voodoo Studio right now, working on the upcoming album. The engineering is divided between Anders Bentell and Fredrik Folkare (the latter known for being guitarist and producer of Unleashed). The title of the album will be "Hrimthursum", which is taken from the old Norse mythology and means ‘The Frost Giants’. The titles of the recorded songs will most likely be (not the running order): ‘Slaughter Of Baby Jesus’, ‘Branded By Light, Enlightened By Darkness’, ‘Eternal Winter’, ‘The Crossing’, ‘I Strike With Wrath’, ‘Vril’, ‘Sitra Ahra’, ‘Bitter Cold Blizzard’, ‘Serpents (Beneath The Forest Of The Dead)’, ‘Age Of Chaos’, ‘Death Immaculate’ and ‘Black Hate’. You can follow the progression of the recordings in the studio report on the band’s website www.necrophobic.net.
Conquer Records from the UK is looking for bands for their up-coming new CD-compilation CONQUER WINTER COMPILATION Vol. 2, that’ll be released as a free CD, distributed in the UK, Europe and USA. If you are interesting please contact them at news@conquerrec.com. The label’s website can be found here: www.conquerrec.com
DEBAUCHERY cancelled their appearance at the SOUL GRINDING FESTIVAL. Instead the French "gonzo grind core" act HxCxF will participate. For all further info, check out www.soulgrindingfestival.com.