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VIU DRAKH‘s new album "Death Riff Society" will be released in March 2002 via Moonstorm Records. Visit www.viudrakh.de to learn more about the latest activities of the band and feel free to download a brandnew track off "Death Riff Society" under www.viudrakh.de/mutant.mp3 As an appetizer, the VIU DRAKH / DRILLER KILLER split 7" EP will be released on Xetal Records soon . The guys have recorded a brand new song as well as a cover of an ACCION MUTANTE song for this release.
Italy’s HORRID have signed a deal with the Russian label Morehate Prod. for the re-press of their MCD. The re-issue will have a completely new packaging, title and additionally features HORRID’s second demo, one live song and the brand new track ‘Evil’s Birth’. The band will furthermore sign a new deal with Deadsun Records.
EXMORTEM have updated their website with new photos, MP3’s and more. You can check it out at: www.exmortem.com
Here’s an official statement from MÖRK GRYNING‘s Goth Gorgon concerning the reasons why they decided to cancel their upcoming tour: "As many of you might know, Mörk Gryning was supposed to do a European tour in March, together with Aeternus, Agathodaimon and Hecate Enthroned, for World Progress Booking. A week ago, headliner Aeternus cancelled there appearence and strongly recommended us to do the same. They told us a lot of strange stuff concerning the tour, and the man behind it (a guy called Phil, who wouldn’t give us his phone number). After we heard similar stories from other sources, we came to the decision that it would most likley only end in disaster if we did this tour. We and Aeternus made this decision on good reasons, and believe me, it was not because of our "rockstar" attitude or similar that this tour was cancelled. Still, we feel more eager than ever to kick out some great music across Europe and are currantly looking for a new tour and new gigs. Most likely, you’ll be able to catch us on tour later this spring.
The CALLENISH CIRCLE / SKYFIRE mini-tour, that was originally planned at the end of March, was cancelled because of problems with the booking-agency, that was supposed to book the dates.
Anyone who’s still interested in former MORBID ANGEL frontman DAVID VINCENT and what he’s up to, should click here… But be prepared for a massive shock!
VOMITOR‘s "Neutron Hammer" 7" has been sent to the pressing plant after all. After months of delays and postponements, it is finally getting ready to be pressed. The first 100 copies will come with a limited edition patch. Some limited VOMITOR "Neutron Hammer" shirts will be available soon as well, one sided and printed in red (on black). Watch for badges also.
Aussie Death / Thrash maniacs GOSPEL OF THE HORNS (ex-DESTROYER 666 / BESTIAL WARLUST) have now signed to Invictus for the release of their yet to be titled, debut LP. The album, which has been recorded since last summer, is scheduled for a late June / early July 2002 release. It will initially be available on limited edition LP and CD. Invictus Productions is now looking for magazines, labels, distributors etc. to send promos to. Everyone interested should get in touch at promoinvictus@hotmail.com G.O.T.H have released 2 demos ("The Satanist’s Dream" in ’94 and "Sinners" in ’98), a 7" (‘Monuments Of Impurity’) and a MCD (‘Eve Of The Conqueror" on Damnation Recs.) to date and have previously toured in Europe playing in Holland, Belgium, France, England and Ireland in the summer of 2000, solidifying their European fan base. They have also played the highly acclaimed Australian Metal Fest ‘Metal for the Brain’. For further info on GOSPEL OF THE HORNS, check out http://gospelofthehorns.cjb.net The band will be in Europe from the start of August and will be touring throughout Europe. If you’re interested in booking the band, please get in touch with Invictus. A limited edition t- shirt is also in the planning stage. All further info at the new Invictus Productions website: www.unconquerable.net There you can also buy a limited edition PRIMORDIAL ‘Ancient Blood’ shirts for Euro 10 / $10 US. Invictus Productions is also running a mail order / distro in Ireland so if you are interested in having material distributed there, please get in touch at necro_hammer@hotmail.com
EXMORTEM is now officially no longer on Hammerheart Records. The band is still looking for a possible company to release the "Berzerker Legions" album on vinyl, so interested labels should contact Exmortem directly. The Danish bunch has also begun the search for a new label to release their next album, that will be recorded around July. For further information see www.exmortem.com
Spain’s Gore grind legend HAEMORRHAGE have completed the recordings for their fourth longplayer "Morgue Sweet Home". The releasedate will be March 25th. A limited picture LP edition will be available. After the co-headlining tour with CRYPTOPSY between April 12th and Mai 5th the band is booked as the first grindband ever on this year’s WITH FULL FORCE Festival.
March 25th will also see the release of OBSCENITY‘s seventh album on CD and vinyl. The album has been mastered at the "unholy grail" of Death Metal, the famous Morrissound Studios. "Cold Blooded Murder" turns out to be the band’s fastest and most brutal output.
Cult US porngrinders LIVIDITY will be back with their third strike "…Till Only The Sick Remain" on June 24th. The recordings will take place in March. 2 Songs have been released in advance. Finally the sickos will hit Europe for three weeks in September (e.g. Morbid Fest 2002).
Satanic old school Death Metalheads EVIL INCARNATE plan the release of their new album (workingtitle: "Waiting For His Return"). Zion (DISINTER) and Xaphan (HATE PLOW) have been recruited as guestmusicians. Their new drummer is noone less than Skull (KRABATHOR).
VIRULENCE have added Darren Cesca, "Insane Superhuman Grindbastard-Brilliant" drummer, to their line-up. A European tour is in the planning stages and there is a chance of seeing the crazy grinders on the Morbiden Festspielen (06.09.-07.09.)
Roman Bellec and Nicolas Haron have joined GURKKHAS as full-time members on bass and drums respectively. The French warmachine will prove its technical skills on this year’s Fuck The Commerce & Summer Breeze festivals.
ORTH are looking for a skilled drummer. Everybody interested in working with the Berlin Deathmetalheads, should contact Morbid Records at: info@morbidrecords.de
It’s official. MOTÖRHEAD‘s new album will be called "Hammered" and will be released in Europe on April 8th and in North America on April 9th.
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER have signed a multi-abum deal with Nuclear Blast. They’ve already booked the Stage One Studios for June to record the new album, which has the working title "Everything Is True – Have A Nice Trip", due out in November.
The Gothenburg Death Fest will occur on June 1st and will feature CENTURIAN, SOLIS OF FATE, IMMERSED IN BLOOD, INIQUITY, IMPURE, KAAMOS and INSISION among others.
DIMMU BORGIR, EMPEROR and BORKNAGAR are nominated for the Spellemannsprisen Award in the Hard Rock category. The awards ceremony will be aired on primetime Norwegian television in March.
According to SOLEFALD bassist / vocalist Cornelius Jakhelln, "We are finishing writing music for our fourth album. It will be a concept album based on the common European heritage of philosophy, science, art and literature. We will start recording in the end of March, in Oslo. The music will be a continuation of that on "Pills Against The Ageless Ills", slightly baroque and more based on acoustic instruments".
DHG DODHEIMSGARD are still working on their new album which has been slightly delayed as their drummer has been occupied touring with another band. The band is confirmed on the upcoming Inferno Metal Festival in Oslo.
MARDUK have decided not to return to the US before the planned dates in support of their next album due to the latest indications given from the US embassy regarding the band’s Visa’s.
GARDENS OF GEHENNA have acquired guitarist Bastian Rosner (ETERNAL SILENCE).
The Inferno 2002 Festival takes place in Oslo, Norway on March 29th/30th. Acts scheduled to perform include: 1349, AURA NOIR, BEHEMOTH, BLACK COMEDY, BLOOD RED THRONE, CARPATHIAN FOREST, DHG, DIMMU BORGIR, ETERNAL SILENCE, LOCK UP, LOST IN TIME, LOWDOWN, MANATARK, MINAS TIRITH, NOCTURNAL BREED, SCARIOT, SOURCE OF TIDE, VINTERSORG, WINDIR, WITCHERY and ZECTION 8.
The End Records will release ARCTURUS‘ new album, "The Sham Mirrors", in North America. The US release date will coincide with the release of WINDS’ new album, "Reflections Of The I", both due out on April 9th.
ECLIPSE have released their new album, "The Act Of Degradation", in Europe through Blackend.
According to Metal Update, GORGOROTH are currently on hold as vocalist Gaahl is in jail. According to a Nuclear Blast press release "his fist was in the wrong face at the wrong time". The length of his sentence has not been determined by the court.
OCULTAN has just released its second album, "Remembrances Of Evil – The Crucifixion", available through Evil Horde Records. Check out the MP3 for the track ‘The Seven Caldrons Of Hell’ at www.evilhorderec.com. The band also have a website at www.geocities.com/ocultanblackhorde.
GREAT VAST FOREST will release their Evil Horde debut, "Battletales And Songs Of Steel", in late February. An MP3 for the track ‘Wolvesclan’ is available at www.evilhorderec.com. Check out the band’s website at www.greatvastforest.com.
AZAGHAL will release their new album, "Of Beasts And Vultures", in April through Evil Horde. The band have posted an MP3 for the track ‘Peto – 666’ at www.evilhorderec.com.
Brazilian labels Evil Horde and Zenor have joined forces to form the sub-label Black Metal Attack. Their goal is to release licensed albums for the Brazilian and South American market. They have already signed a licensing deal with Moonfog and their first release will be DARKTHRONE’s "Plaguewielder" album in February.
Blabbermouth reports that AETERNUS will headline the Visions Of War tour, beginning in March. Other acts on the bill include AGATHODAIMON, HECATE ENTHRONED, MORK GRYNING and INFERNA POETRY. For more info go to: www.worldprogressbookings.com.
Due to venues dropping shows the AMON AMARTH / DIABOLIC tour has been canceled. The last show was January 31st in Corpus Christi, Texas.
On February 4th, Shellshock Distribution will release ABBADON INCARNATE‘s "Nadir" in the UK.
THE FORSAKEN‘s forthcoming album, "Arts Of Desolation", was recorded with Tommy Tagtgren at Abyss Studios in Sweden. The band have also recorded covers of METALLICA’s ‘Creeping Death’ and SLAYER’s ‘Spirit In Black’ to be used as as bonus cuts or B-sides.
CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s forthcoming "Gore Obsessed" album will have the following tracklisting: ‘Savage Butchery’, ‘Hatchet To The Head’, ‘Pit Of Zombies’, ‘Dormant Bodies Bursting’, ‘Compelled To Lacerate’, ‘Drowning In Viscera’, ‘Hung And Bled’, ‘Sanded Faceless’, ‘Mutation Of The Cadaver’, ‘When Death Replaces Life’ and ‘Grotesque’. The Japanese bonus track for the record is a cover of METALLICA’s ‘No Remorse’.
The release of DEATH‘s demo album, "Zero Tolerance", on February 11th has been canceled.
In support of their new album, "Crowned In Terror", THE CROWN will be touring North America with support from DARKEST HOUR and another currently unnamed band. Tour dates will be posted at www.metalblade.com and The Crown’s website at www.thecrownonline.com
41-year-old EXODUS frontman PAUL BALOFF (birth date: April 25th, 1960), whose unique personality and distinctive vocal style have endeared him to thousands of Metal fans all over the world, passed away just before noon yesterday, February 2nd, 2002(Pacific time), after suffering a massive stroke Thursday night (January 31st) that has left him lying in a coma with irreparable damage to his brain in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. Paul was a unique, high spirited individual and his presence will be sadly missed. R.I.P. Paul
PAUL BALOFF, vocalist of Bay Area Thrash vets Exodus, reportedly suffered a massive stroke and is said to be on life support and barely clinging to life at a local hospital. Baloff was rushed to an Oakland hospital suffering from what was initially believed to be a brain aneurysm, but doctors have since determined that what he actually experienced was in fact a stroke. According to Blabbermouth.net, hospital officials say Baloff is "not expected to survive and it is just a matter of time before he passes." We’ll keep you posted on any more information as it comes in.
I know that a lot of you reading this are still waiting for the SADISTIC INTENT debut full-length to see the light of day, that’s why we got in touch with guitarist Rick Cortez, who gave us a few updates on the band’s latest happenings… "Unfortunately we have not been in the studio since October, 2001. Bernie (Versailles – producer of the album – Ed.) has been busy with both his bands (AGENT STEEL / ENGINE) recording their full-lengths. However, I think we’ll be back in really soon. As a matter of fact I’ll give him a call tomorrow to check the status. I wish we were finished already!!! I want to go out and tour, especially Europe because I’ve heard great things about the Metal scene out there! At least I can say I am very pleased with what we’ve done so far!! It’s gonna be our tightest recording yet! We have not wimped out either, as a matter of fact, some of it is our fastest and darkest material to this point! We re-recorded all the songs from "Ancient Black Earth" MCD and we have a couple older songs but mostly newer stuff…" Before the release of the album Iron Pegasus Records is gonna release a SADISTIC INTENT 7" which features two exclusive tracks… "’The Exorcist’ is the POSSESSED song Jeff Becerra did vocals for us!! That was a great honor for us and ‘Morbid Faith’ is actually a song we wrote back in 1988 but this is the new version which is a lot faster than the original, not to be confused with the ‘Morbid Faith’ we used on the "Thrashing Holocaust" compilation (Necropolis Records). We recorded this song twice at the time in two different studios and decided to use this other version for this 7" EP." After more than a year of inactivity SADISTIC INTENT will finally start playing out live again. They will be on the bill in New York and New Jersey at "The Destruction Festivals" with DESTROYER 666 and several more. There’s also a couple more gigs in the works for Los Angeles – one of them is supposed to be with EXODUS, AGENT STEEL, DREAMS OF DAMNATION (ex-DARK ANGEL), ABATTOIR and more. Also not confirmed yet is a support slot for CANNIBAL CORPSE, DARK FUNERAL etc.
MANES have recently signed a four-album deal with the Italian label Code666 (Ephel Duath, Aborym, Rakoth, Aghora etc.) After the release of the "Under Ein Blodraud Maane"-album on Hammerheart Recs., Manes had a pause for introspection and configuration and are now back in pre-production with a full line-up for the new album "Vilosophe". The album will be recorded around spring 2002 at Skansen Studios (Wurdulak, Gorelord, Atrox etc.) in Manes’ hometown Trondheim, Norway. Some of the tracks have been given names like ‘So Damn Cold’, ‘Worsen’ and ‘Son Of Night, Brother Of Sleep’. Some related news are that Code666 have signed a deal with Necropolis Recs. for American distibution and that ATROX have signed a multi-album deal with Code666 as well. For Manes history and discography check out www.go.to/manes For more updated info check out www.code666.net For direct contact, interview, booking use ulcero@hotmail.com
IMMORTAL‘s "Sons Of Northern Darkness" album will be released on regular and picture disc vinyl on February 4th. The European digi will be released the same day.
SKYMNING‘s "Artificial Supernova" album will be released in Europe through Blackend on February 25th. The tracklisting: ‘Synthetic Visions’, ‘Shadowed / Astral Silver’, ‘Shatter The World / Artificial Supernova’, ‘Exoskeletal / X.T.C. (Extreme Terror Control)’, ‘Suicidal Dominion’, ‘Inner Cosmic Experience / Inject The Spirit’, ‘Solitude’, ‘Esperandote’ and ‘Elite’.
CADAVERIA have signed to Scarlet Records. This new band is led by long-time OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria, hence the band’s name. The band recently finished recording their debut album, "The Shadows’ Madame", due for release in March. The tracklisting: ‘Spell’, ‘Declaration Of Spiritual Independence’, ‘In Memory Of Shadows’ Madame’, ‘Circle Of Eternal Becoming’, ‘The Magic Rebirth’, ‘Black Glory’ and ‘Absolute Vacuum’.
BLACKEND RECORDS in Europe will release the Various Artists collection, Hymns To The Fallen Vol. 4, on February 11th. The tracklisting: THY PRIMORDIAL – ‘Genuine Hatred / Menace Of Human Waste’, HECATE ENTHRONED – ‘So Called Savor’, WAYLANDER – ‘Anu’s Retribution / To Rule Was Pre-Ordained’, REIGN OF EREBUS – ‘Funeral Of The Nazarene / Execution: Peace’, SKYMNING – ‘Exoskeletal / X.T.C. (Extreme Terror Control) / Solitude’, IMMEMOREAL – ‘19.1.20.1.14’, ECLIPSE – ‘The Lord Of Burning Heaven / Earth’s Gates’, DEVILYN – ‘Contempt / Fire Step Follow Me’, ENTHRONED – ‘Armoured Bestial Hell’ and THEATRES DES VAMPIRES – ‘Blut Divine’.
Necropolis will be the exclusive distributor for Italy’s Code 666 label, home of acts like ABORYM, AGHORA, EPHEL DUATH, ENID, and VOID OF SILENCE.
DARK FUNERAL and INCANTATION have both been confirmed to join CANNIBAL CORPSE and PISSING RAZORS for a 30 show US tour set to start in early April. "This is a great opportunity for us to start our Blasphemous World Touring Assault and to support our latest and most sacrilegious album to date, "Blasphemy", for Necropolis Records," said Incantation founder and spokesman John McEntee.
According to Blabbermouth, INTERNECINE, featuring MORBID ANGEL / HATE ETERNAL frontman Jared Anderson, have completed work on their debut album, "The Book Of Lambs". Produced by Morbid Angel guitarist Erik Rutan, the group’s first CD is tentatively scheduled to be issued in late spring.
WIND OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS new CD, "Black Sun Shall Rise", will be released in early March through Moribund Cult. It may also be released through End All Life Records on limited edition vinyl. WOTBM will also be entering the studio to record their debut, "Feasting Upon Christ", for Barbarian Wrath in February, as well as recording a 7" for Moribund at the same time. They will also record a couple of extra songs for tributes to BEHERIT and GRAVELAND.
ARGHOSLENT‘s "Incorrigible Bigotry" album is finished and the DAT is being mastered by Drakkar Productions in Europe at the moment. CD and LP (vinyl version to be released by Death To Mankind Records in Madrid, Spain) will be released within two months. The band is also releasing two split 7" EP’s, one with ARGHOSLENT / STARGAZER on Hellflame Productions and one with ARGHOSLENT / MUDOVEN on DominHate Records.
WW3 Recording Artists FOG, INFAMY and ENGRAVE just returned from their successful Final Battle 2002 tour through the West which included shows in Phoenix, El Paso and Nuevo Laredo, TX. Infamy and PROTOTYPE are tentatively scheduled to perform in San Diego at the Brick By Brick for a record release party at the end of February.
World War III Records have signed HATE THEORY, who will release their debut for the label on April 23rd.
LORD BELIAL‘s new album, "Angelgrinder", will be released on April 2nd through No Fashion Records / House Of Kicks / MNW.
DARK FUNERAL, TIDFALL, RAGNAROK, OCCULT and ANOREXIA NERVOSA hit the road road in Europe from February 2 in Bradford, UK through the 26th in Hamburg, Germany.
A limited edition picture disc version of MORTICIAN‘s "Domain Of Death" album is now available through Germany’s Morbid Records.
Mercenary Musik are releasing two classic CARPATHIAN FOREST titles, the "Through Chasm, Caves And Titan Woods" EP and the "Black Shining Leather" full-length, together in one package. The release is due on March 26th.
Century Media is reissuing DIMMU BORGIR‘s "Stormblast" and IN FLAMES’ "Lunar Strain" / "Subterranean" (2 on 1).
After spending a little over a month in the studio, UNLEASHED have recorded fifteen new songs of "pure hell" collectively known as "Hell’s Unleashed".
DIMENSION ZERO, featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad, Glenn Ljungström (ex-In Flames), Jocke Göthberg (ex-MARDUK / CARDINAL SIN) and drummer Hans Nilsson (DIABOLIQUE, ex-LUCIFERION / CRYSTAL AGE), release "Silent Night Fever" through Century Media soon.
IN FLAMES will hit the studio Dugout Studios just north of Stockholm with producer Daniel Bergstrand on February 23rd. The band’s tour with ICED EARTH is scheduled to begin around March 29 and will end on April 22.
The following message / update is from KONKHRA, "Now Johnny is well recovered but Anders has been in the hospital twice for kidney stone symptoms. Ridiculous, but real. We are still rehearsing and hope to be ready for recording this spring"
CEPHALIC CARNAGE are currently writing for their next full-length for Relapse, tentatively planned for a summer 2002 release.
DYING FETUS are working on material for their next full-length for Relapse. The band promises "the sickest technicality and hardest hitting slams of the year". They are looking for a fan(s) to design the next album’s artwork. All entries must be in either jpg or gif format. Please send all entries to contest@dyingfetus.com
According to their website, IN FLAMES will support ICED EARTH on a US tour in April. More details soon.
DECAPITATED are currently planning to tour in support of their upcoming "Nihility" album, due for release on February 25th. Due to the bands young age, school commitments have meant that the band have had to cancel their European tour with DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN in April and May as well as a Polish trek with VADER. However, Decapitated have confirmed a mini-tour of the UK with ENSLAVED that kicks off on March 15th at The Grange in London and wraps up on the 17th at Glasgow, Scotland’s Cathouse. The band will also perform at Switzerland’s Mountains of Death Open Air 2002 in August. Also, they will participate in a mammoth 50-date European tour with KRISIUN and Vader, which will commence in late August and finish in mid-October.
THE CROWN‘s "Crowned In Terror", is due in stores in North American on April 9th. The recently-confirmed Japanese bonus track is a cover from the legendary BATHORY.
Local Metal bands will play a tribute / benefit show for CHUCK SCHULDINER on February 22nd and 23rd. The show will feature six of Winnipeg’s heaviest acts including SERRATED SCALPEL, NECRIS, SEVEN PLAGUES, FAUST and THE BLASPHENAUT. All proceeds will go to the family of the late, great Chuck Schuldiner. The event will take place at The Royal Albert Arms Hotel. Serrated Scalpel are projected to have their new full-length CD ready for this event. For more information go to: www.serratedscalpel.cjb.net
NILE will enter Soundlab Studios on February 15th to begin recording their third album for Relapse, tentatively titled "In Their Darkened Shrines". Look for a late spring or early summer release. The band will also appear at this year’s New England Metal Festival in Worcester, MA on April 6th. They may debut a few songs from their upcoming release at that time.
According to Digital Metal, NIGHT IN GALES have split with Massacre Records since the label refused to pay tour support on their recent dates with GOD DETHRONED and MISTELTEIN. The split is also due to the label not supplying them with proper promotion for their latest disc, "Necrodynamic". The same happened with Night In Gales former label, Nuclear Blast. "Until we got a phone call from our label Massacre Records," stated a post on the Night In Gales website about leaving the tour early. "They were refusing to pay any tour support as usual. We’ve been negotiating with both the tour agency and Massacre Records, but finally our label refuses any support at all." The new album, however, will be available in North America via a a deal with Canada’s Skyscraper Music.
IMMORTAL‘s new album, "Sons Of Northern Darkness" will be released on February 4th is a number of formats including CD, Digi-CD, LP and Picture LP. A limited steel boxset will also be available that is limited to 1000 units and will weigh 2 kg! Fans have to unscrew the bolts on the lid to get at the CD.
In UK mag Terrorizer’s 2001 poll THORNS landed in 6th place in the Top 40 albums of the year. In the same poll, DARKTHRONE’s Fenriz landed at #6 for Personality Of The Year. He was also voted 9th Most Shaggable Male. In related news, Thorns have been nominated by the Norwegian Award ALARM in the category for Best Metal Album of 2001.
DIMMU BORGIR has added five dates to their headlining Extreme Metal tour. The tour now kicks off on February 19th at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and wraps up on March 19th at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, Colorado.
DARK FUNERAL will start their headline tour throughout Europe, including several dates in Scandinavia. The band will be will be supported by OCCULT, ANOREXIA NERVOSA, RAGNAROK and TIDFALL. Due to enormous demand the band has been forced to divide the European tour into two parts to ensure they play the countries / cities that they won’t be able to play this time out. The band plans to record the shows for a possible live-album and DVD release.
Norway’s MYRIADS release their "Introspection" album through Napalm Europe on February 18th.
GOATWHORE will tour with GWAR and GOD FORBID. The dates kick off on January 23rd at Orbit in Boynton Beach, Florida and run through March 2nd at The Palladium in Worcester, MA.
BORKNAGAR‘s "Empiricism" album has been nominated for the official Norwegian Grammy in the category of Best Metal Album. The other nominees are EMPEROR and last year’s winners, DIMMU BORGIR. The awards show will be aired on Norway’s biggest TV channel in primetime on a Saturday, most likely in March.
CORPSEFUCKING ART have inked a deal with Forever Underground Records and will begin recording their full-length, "Splatter Deluxe", sometime around April. A release is planned for mid / late June.
EPHEL DUATH‘s Elitist Records debut, "Rephormula", is out in Europe on January 28th.
SETH have pushed back the release of their new album, "Divine-X", to March 18th through Osmose Records.
SEVERE TORTURE are re-releasing their "Feasting On Blood" album in support of their upcoming US tour. This version features two additional songs and a video of ‘Butchery Of The Soul’. This digi-pack release is limited to 3,000 copies
GOD MACABRE‘s "The Winterlong", has been remixed, remastered and repackaged. The album features 10 tracks produced in the early ’90s by Tomas Skogsberg at the legendary Sunlight Studios and will be released by Relapse soon.
According to Killjoy, THE RAVENOUS (also featuring Chris Reifert and Danny Lilker) are on the verge of signing to Elektra Records via Slipknot’s label, Maggot Records.
With the recent release of "Force Fed On Human Flesh" this past year, Norwegian gore death metal act GORELORD are preparing to record their next album for Baphomet / Housecore entitled "Zombie Suicide Part 666". To coincide with the recording of this release, Killjoy, Frediablo and co. will also soon prepare record WURDULAK’s follow up to "Ceremony In Flames".
CANNIBAL CORPSE, MACABRE and ROTTWEILLER have been added to the Wacken Open Air festival.
Rumours of a CELTIC FROST reunion have been denied by founder Thomas Gabriel Fischer. He recently released the following statement to quell the growing insanity: "The rumours are untrue. Celtic Frost hasn’t been active for ten years and there are no plans to change that. I’m working on three different projects at the moment, and the new Apollyon Sun album is my first priority".
SKINLESS has been confirmed to play this years Ohio Death Fest, taking place on April 26th / 27th at The Flying Machine in Lorian, Ohio. Other acts on the bill include: MORTICIAN, DEEDS OF FLESH, INTERNAL BLEEDING, FLESHGRIND, DISGORGE, SEVERE TORTURE, SEPSISM, DISAVOWED, BEHEADED, REGURGITATION, MALIGNANCY, MORTAL DECAY, MISERY INDEX, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, INFERNAL DOMINION, INSIDIOUS DECREPENCY, EVIL INCARNATE, RETCH, DISLIMB, DYSCRASIA LEUKHORREA, ANOXIA, HARAKIRI, SAPROGENIC, PROFANITY, SANATORIUM, MANTICORE, GEMISUADI, KRYPTIC EMBRACE and more.
Cogumelo Records have released their Tribute To SARCOFAGO album. The tracklisting: ANGEL CORPSE – ‘Desecration Of Virgin’, DROWNED – ‘The Laws Of Scourge’, SATYRICON – ‘INRI’, LUSTFUL – ‘Nightmare’, IMPALED NAZARENE – ‘The Black Vomit’, MYSTERIIS – ‘Nightmare’, UNDER THREAT – ‘Piercings’, LETHAL CURSE – ‘Rotting / Screeches From The Silence’, BLACK WITCHERY – ‘The Black Vomit’, MYSTIFIER – ‘Satanic Lust’, CONQUEROR – ‘Christ’s Death’, SEXTRASH – ‘Satanas’ (demo version), EXHUMED – ‘Sex, Drinks And Metal’, PATHOLOGIC NOISE – ‘Satanas’, POSTHUMOUS – ‘Christ’s Death’, DESCREBRATION – ‘Sex, Drinks And Metal’, CALVARY DEATH – ‘The God’s Faces’ and IMPURITY – ‘Orgy Of Flies’