Monday, September 29, 2008
WHAT THE HEL?
New MORIBUND signees HORDE OF HEL are finishing their debut album, Blodskam, which according to the band "will contain 13 songs of despair and hate." Featuring "members from different elite death metal and black metal bands from Sweden," HORDE OF HEL "represents total death, destruction of all life, and the members wish to be anonymous because of extreme lyrics and pictures. HORDE OF HEL is a non-political band, but we'll still hail the tyrants of the old political world [because] of their cause to bring humans to their knees!" Concluding, HORDE OF HEL state, "we will crush the stronghold of all life! We bring the black flag of triumph named DEATH!" For more info, consult www.moribundcult.com.
"I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING!"
These street dates are confirmed for the following NAPALM RECORDS releases - get in touch for exclusive pre-listening!
JANUARY 13th, 2009
STUCK MOJO - "The Great Revival" CD
ASGEMIN - "Arv" CD
THE MODERN AGE SLAVERY - "Damned to Blindness" CD
GRAVE DIGGER - "Pray" MCD
JANUARY 27th, 2009
GRAVE DIGGER - "Ballads of a Hangman" CD
ALESTORM - "Leviathan" MCD
.NTB. ***
Nathan Birk
Napalm Records North American Publicity
P.O. Box 583
Holland, OH 43528-0583
nathan@napalmrecords.com
419.866.1850
COMING SOON: Kampfar, Battlelore, Serenity, Katra, Dignity, Artas, Leaves Eyes, Asgemin
LATEST NAPALM KILLERS: Gigan, Arkona, Lacrimas Profundere, Tyr, Hollenthon, Edenbridge, Power Quest
DOWNLOADABLE HI-RES PRESS MATERIAL:http://www.napalmrecords.com/hp_ar.php
JANUARY 13th, 2009
STUCK MOJO - "The Great Revival" CD
ASGEMIN - "Arv" CD
THE MODERN AGE SLAVERY - "Damned to Blindness" CD
GRAVE DIGGER - "Pray" MCD
JANUARY 27th, 2009
GRAVE DIGGER - "Ballads of a Hangman" CD
ALESTORM - "Leviathan" MCD
.NTB. ***
Nathan Birk
Napalm Records North American Publicity
P.O. Box 583
Holland, OH 43528-0583
nathan@napalmrecords.com
419.866.1850
COMING SOON: Kampfar, Battlelore, Serenity, Katra, Dignity, Artas, Leaves Eyes, Asgemin
LATEST NAPALM KILLERS: Gigan, Arkona, Lacrimas Profundere, Tyr, Hollenthon, Edenbridge, Power Quest
DOWNLOADABLE HI-RES PRESS MATERIAL:http://www.napalmrecords.com/hp_ar.php
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
BAHIMIRON UPDATE (NEW ALBUM REVIEW IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS)
BAHIMIRON drummer Blaash offers the following update: “[Newly released album] Southern Nihilizm is spreading like AIDS in Africa thanks to the MORIBUND propaganda campaign, causing general ill and discomfort, or so some of the reviews have stated. We just played our first live show in two years with Inquisition, Nokturne, and others in
Monday, September 22, 2008
FROM RUSSIA WITH "AMOR"
From The Associated Press:
MOSCOW (Sept. 22) -- A Russian navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday, an official said, in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War.
The Kremlin recently has moved to intensify contacts with Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American nations amid increasingly strained relations with Washington after last month's war between Russia and Georgia. During the Cold War, Latin America became an ideological battleground between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said the nuclear-powered Peter the Great cruiser accompanied by three other ships sailed from the Northern Fleet's base of Severomorsk on Monday. The ships will cover about 15,000 nautical miles to conduct joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy, he told The Associated Press.
The deployment follows a weeklong visit to Venezuela by a pair of Russian strategic bombers and comes as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez — an unbridled critic of U.S. foreign policy who has close ties with Moscow — plans to visit Moscow this week. It will be Chavez's second trip to Russia in about two months.
The intensifying contacts with Venezuela appear to be a response to the U.S. dispatch of warships to deliver aid to Georgia which angered the Kremlin.
Chavez said in an interview with Russian television broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs a strong friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S. influence and keep peace in the region. In separate comments on his Sunday TV and radio program, he joked that he will be making his international tour to Russia and other countries this week aboard the "super-bombers that Medvedev loaned me," a reference to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "Gentlemen of the CIA, to be clear, I'm joking," Chavez said with a laugh.
Chavez has repeatedly warned that the U.S. Navy poses a threat to Venezuela.
Russia has signed weapons contracts worth more than $4 billion with Venezuela since 2005 to supply fighter jets, helicopters, and 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles. Chavez's government is in talks to buy Russian submarines, air defense systems and armored vehicles and more Sukhoi fighter jets.
Russian and Venezuelan leaders also have talked about boosting cooperation in the energy sphere to create what Chavez has called "a new strategic energy alliance."
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who visited Venezuela last week, announced that five of Russia's biggest oil companies are looking to form a consortium to increase Latin American operations and to build a $6.5 billion refinery to process Venezuela's tar-like heavy crude. Such an investment could help Venezuela, the world's ninth-biggest oil producer, wean itself from the U.S. refineries on which it depends to process much of its crude.
Sechin warned the United States that it should not view Latin America as its own backyard. "It would be wrong to talk about one nation having exclusive rights to this zone," he said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
MOSCOW (Sept. 22) -- A Russian navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday, an official said, in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War.
The Kremlin recently has moved to intensify contacts with Venezuela, Cuba and other Latin American nations amid increasingly strained relations with Washington after last month's war between Russia and Georgia. During the Cold War, Latin America became an ideological battleground between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said the nuclear-powered Peter the Great cruiser accompanied by three other ships sailed from the Northern Fleet's base of Severomorsk on Monday. The ships will cover about 15,000 nautical miles to conduct joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy, he told The Associated Press.
The deployment follows a weeklong visit to Venezuela by a pair of Russian strategic bombers and comes as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez — an unbridled critic of U.S. foreign policy who has close ties with Moscow — plans to visit Moscow this week. It will be Chavez's second trip to Russia in about two months.
The intensifying contacts with Venezuela appear to be a response to the U.S. dispatch of warships to deliver aid to Georgia which angered the Kremlin.
Chavez said in an interview with Russian television broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs a strong friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S. influence and keep peace in the region. In separate comments on his Sunday TV and radio program, he joked that he will be making his international tour to Russia and other countries this week aboard the "super-bombers that Medvedev loaned me," a reference to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "Gentlemen of the CIA, to be clear, I'm joking," Chavez said with a laugh.
Chavez has repeatedly warned that the U.S. Navy poses a threat to Venezuela.
Russia has signed weapons contracts worth more than $4 billion with Venezuela since 2005 to supply fighter jets, helicopters, and 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles. Chavez's government is in talks to buy Russian submarines, air defense systems and armored vehicles and more Sukhoi fighter jets.
Russian and Venezuelan leaders also have talked about boosting cooperation in the energy sphere to create what Chavez has called "a new strategic energy alliance."
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who visited Venezuela last week, announced that five of Russia's biggest oil companies are looking to form a consortium to increase Latin American operations and to build a $6.5 billion refinery to process Venezuela's tar-like heavy crude. Such an investment could help Venezuela, the world's ninth-biggest oil producer, wean itself from the U.S. refineries on which it depends to process much of its crude.
Sechin warned the United States that it should not view Latin America as its own backyard. "It would be wrong to talk about one nation having exclusive rights to this zone," he said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THESE GUYS.
The Executioners have returned! Reactivated and armed with a ferocious new album Blood Money, Guillotine sets the benchmark of intense Thrash Metal to deadly new heights; essential melodic hooks with just the right amount brewed into perfection to split your skull into pieces!Featuring Nils Eriksson and Fredrik Mannberg from the mighty Nocturnal Rites and together in collaboration with the master of Thrash Metal artist Ed Repka (Megadeth, Atheist, Death, Venom, etc), Guillotine will crush all competitors in the genre and emerge as the reigning kings of Thrash Metaldom!
Mixed at Toontrack Studio by Mattias Eklund (Nocturnal Rites, Naglfar, etc) and mastered by Goran Finnberg at The Mastering Room (Soilwork, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, etc), Blood Money will be released by Pulverised Records October 27, 2008.
Promos will be available soon; all promo requests for North America, get in touch with Earsplit...
"Guillotine is no trendy retro-thrash concoction;
Blood Money is aggressive, catchy and full of heart." - Metal Maniacs
'They might have left us 10 years ago with a retro classic but in 2008, Guillotine is a
meaner, faster and far more vicious thrashing bloodthirsty machine
ready to chop your head off!' - Terrorizer Magazine
Band Biography:
1995/1996 - Fredrik Mannberg and Nils Eriksson are hard at work with their main-band NOCTURNAL RITES, but felt that they need a melodic contrary and an outlet for something that reminds them of the early thrash bands they grew up with. HOLOCAUST is thus born as a two-piece project that however shortly grows into something more serious and ambitious. The band name is changed to GUILLOTINE and quickly a demo recording established ("Under the Guillotine", 1995). The demo receives rave reviews in the Thrash community and the band soon inks their first record deal, recruit drummer extraordinaire Cobra and starts working on material for what will come to be their debut album.
1997 - To large praise of the underground thrash scene and magazines alike, GUILLOTINE's debut album "Under the Guillotine" is released in the first quarter of 1997. Although this happened when the retro Thrash revival is at its peak and the scene is flooded with bands and projects, GUILLOTINE manages to secure a top position and "Under the Guillotine" is still to this day considered a classic second wave Thrash Metal release of the 1990's.
1998 - The main focus of Fredrik Mannberg and Nils Eriksson is devoted to NOCTURNAL RITES and any GUILLOTINE’s eventual plans for touring and further releases are indefinitely put on ice.
2007 - After a ten-tear break, the monster lives and the urge to produce killer Thrash Metal songs is back again! This time to stay, as it seems. The band recruits two new members, Daniel Sundbom (Guitars), Efraim Juntunen (Drums) and lays down two brand new tracks ("War", "Blood Money") for a demo and the intention of landing a record deal for their second - or comeback if you will - album. In early 2008, the band ultimately signs with Pulverised Records and begin work on what will become "Blood Money" (2008).
2008 - Present day. GUILLOTINE has finished recording for "Blood Money" and are awaiting it to be unleashed upon an anxious Thrash community. The band is here to stay. No project or second try - the real thing; only pure, simple and to-the-point Thrash Metal. In the rawest and most pissed off form there is.
Guillotine is:Nils Eriksson – BassFredrik Mannberg – Guitars / VocalsDaniel Sundbom – GuitarsEfraim Juntunen – Drums
http://www.myspace.com/guillotine2007
http://www.pulverised.net/
http://www.myspace.com/pulverisedrecords
1997 - To large praise of the underground thrash scene and magazines alike, GUILLOTINE's debut album "Under the Guillotine" is released in the first quarter of 1997. Although this happened when the retro Thrash revival is at its peak and the scene is flooded with bands and projects, GUILLOTINE manages to secure a top position and "Under the Guillotine" is still to this day considered a classic second wave Thrash Metal release of the 1990's.
1998 - The main focus of Fredrik Mannberg and Nils Eriksson is devoted to NOCTURNAL RITES and any GUILLOTINE’s eventual plans for touring and further releases are indefinitely put on ice.
2007 - After a ten-tear break, the monster lives and the urge to produce killer Thrash Metal songs is back again! This time to stay, as it seems. The band recruits two new members, Daniel Sundbom (Guitars), Efraim Juntunen (Drums) and lays down two brand new tracks ("War", "Blood Money") for a demo and the intention of landing a record deal for their second - or comeback if you will - album. In early 2008, the band ultimately signs with Pulverised Records and begin work on what will become "Blood Money" (2008).
2008 - Present day. GUILLOTINE has finished recording for "Blood Money" and are awaiting it to be unleashed upon an anxious Thrash community. The band is here to stay. No project or second try - the real thing; only pure, simple and to-the-point Thrash Metal. In the rawest and most pissed off form there is.
Guillotine is:Nils Eriksson – BassFredrik Mannberg – Guitars / VocalsDaniel Sundbom – GuitarsEfraim Juntunen – Drums
http://www.myspace.com/guillotine2007
http://www.pulverised.net/
http://www.myspace.com/pulverisedrecords
BORIS AND NATASHA'S NINE INCH NAILS
Once a cult name in the doom scene, now becoming a household name... Boris just keep expanding their horizons and cementing their name into music on all levels. The outfit will once again traverse the Pacific to grace North America with their parameter-free rock experimentation, this time alongside Nine Inch Nails! The tour will hit several Canadian cities and travel down through the Midwest over two weeks, with two Boris-only headlining shows in the mix.This news comes immediately after Boris' monolithic headlining appearance at the East Village Radio Festival at Manhattan's South Street Seaport this month (see the full photo set here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/09/boris_ssseaport.html), as well as their most recent monumental headlining North American tour on their latest album Smile, the album that has set the band up as superstars in the press, radio, video and all forms of music media.
Boris are here... and they're going to be here for quite some time. Get used to it - it's a good thing.
Boris with Nine Inch Nails
11/11/2008 Scotiabank Place - Ottawa, ON11/12/2008 Bell Centre - Montreal, QC11/13/2008 Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON (*BORIS HEADLINE - NO NIN)11/14/2008 Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON11/15/2008 Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, MI11/16/2008 Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH (*BORIS HEADLINE - NO NIN)11/17/2008 Schottenstein Center - Columbus, OH11/18/2008 Allen County Memorial - Fort Wayne, IN11/20/2008 US Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA11/21/2008 Mizzou Arena - Columbia, MO11/22/2008 BOK Center - Tulsa, OK11/25/2008 Target Center - Minneapolis, MN11/26/2008 Mid-America Center - Council Bluffs, IA
http://www.inoxia-rec.com/boris
http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil
http://www.southernlord.com
http://www.myspace.com/southernlordrecordings
http://blog.southernlord.com
YOU'LL TURN INTO A PUMPKIN.
Midnight's "Farewell to Hell" 10" (ANTI-GOTH 106) -Unholy and Unwholesome black metal inspired by 80's best (Venom, Bulldozer, Exorcist, Bathory). Second assault of all new studio recordings. Die Hard version includes an one sided picture 7". http://nwnprod.com/catalog/
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
THEY SHALL PART THE RED SEA.
Interviews with Holy Moses' vocalist Sabina Classen - supporting their new album Agony of Death - are being scheduled for this Thursday from 12:00 noon - 5:30 PM EST. Interested parties should get phone info and requested times to Earsplit right away for scheduling.
As far as Sabina Classen is concerned, the title of the new Holy Moses album says it all. Agony of Death is the medical term for the death struggle and is also the common denominator of the recording’s lyrics. Musically, Agony of Death features a stylistic review of Holy Moses classics such as Finished with the Dogs (1987) and The New Machine of Liechtenstein (1989), blended with more contemporary influences, complexity and diversity than any previous Holy Moses recording.
As far as Sabina Classen is concerned, the title of the new Holy Moses album says it all. Agony of Death is the medical term for the death struggle and is also the common denominator of the recording’s lyrics. Musically, Agony of Death features a stylistic review of Holy Moses classics such as Finished with the Dogs (1987) and The New Machine of Liechtenstein (1989), blended with more contemporary influences, complexity and diversity than any previous Holy Moses recording.
More than its predecessors, every single note on Agony of Death gives the listener the feeling that this album is a true band project. Returning to the fold, Atomic Steif (drums) along with Thomas Neitsch (bass), Oliver Jaath (guitar), Sabina Classen (vocals), and guitarist/composer & producer Michael Hankel. This collection of talents have created an album which combines maturity and complexity in equal measure. This album is red-hot thrash metal with Sabina Classen on top of her game bringing her trademark aggression, expression, power, technique, and even the occasional melody. Classen speaks about the recording process: "For the first time in the history of Holy Moses, I had almost six months to record my vocals. This allowed me to work according to my current mood, and the result ranges from hysterical screeches to deep growls."
Agony of Death will be available in a lavish Digipak edition with fold-out cover including 12 songs plus all intros and outros in conceptual order. Look for Holy Moses on the road in North America in 2009.
OLD
The title, artwork and full tracklisting of Russian OLD WAINDS' fourth album are finally disclosed. Germinated in the lifeless land of one season, the eight chilly odes of "Death Nord Kult" consume all within range, harbingers of the deathly coldness that will ultimately embrace and cloak us all.
Tracklisting is as follows:
1 - Storm Whip
2 - Once Moonlight...
3 - Cruel Black Dead
4 - Bloodstained
5 - Cold Twilight Of The Worlds
6 - Born In the Freezing Dark
7 - Death Nord Kult
8 - Cold Northern Order
The first 1000 copies will come in digipack format with a bonus video.
A track has been uploaded and can be heard here.
To be released on September 29th under the banner of Debemur Morti Productions.
HORNADOG
The title, artwork and full tracklisting of HORNA's forthcoming seventh album are finally disclosed. On "Sanojesi Äärelle", the abyssic ones have conceived a dual tribute to the energies that stimulate them – one side worshipping Satanic darkness, one praising Luciferian light. 14 hymns of instinctive Black Metal that materialise as the absolute epitome of Finnish filth!Tracklisting is as follows:
Disc I : 1. Muinaisten Alttarilta, 2. Verilehto, 3. Mustan Kirkkauden Sarastus, 4. Katseet, 5. Askeesi, 6. Sanojesi Äärelle, 7. Orjaroihu, 8. Risti Ja Ruoska, 9. Wikinger, 10. Merkuriana
Disc II : 1. Liekki Ja Voima, 2. Ruumisalttari, 3. Musta Rukous, 4. Baphometin Siunaus
Two tracks are available on the band's Myspace.
To be released on September 29th via Debemur Morti Productions.
Small cover : http://www.debemur-morti.com/img/dmp0042-07_1.jpg
Big cover : http://www.debemur-morti.com/img/dmp0042-07_4.jpg
Tracks : http://www.myspace.com/thetruehorna
OH ABIGAIL!
Abigail Williams will appear as direct support to The Faceless begining October 17. The tour will precede the October 28 release date of In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns, the band's eagerly anticipated full-length debut album.
Produced by James Murphy and featuring contributions from Trym Torson (Emperor/Zyklon), In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns features nine new songs from the band currently featuring keyboardist Ellyllon, bassist Plaguehammer, guitarists Mike Wilson and Bjornthor, drummer Samus with band founder/vocalist Sorceron.
"We couldn't be happier with the results," says vocalist Sorceron in review of the record. "The addition of Trym's legendary drumming and the experience on the production/mixing end that James brought to us has been priceless. This album wholly eclipses everything we've recorded in the past and we can't wait to begin playing the new material live."
Abigail Williams have been a focus of attention for both fans and critics since their formation in Phoenix, Arizona several years back. Kerrang! says, "Abigail Williams have taken fresh-faced metal down the left hand path... the result is obscenely exciting." Blabbermouth adds, "Legend lays a firm foundation for greatness to come." The band have toured the US and Europe several times in the last 18 months and were hand-picked to open for Emperor at their sold-out performance in Los Angeles (House of Blues) in July of 2006. With over 15,000 units sold of the band's 2007 ep, Legend, all eyes and ears are awaiting the first sounds of the new material.
Confirmed dates include:
10/17/2008 Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
10/18/2008 The Sets - Phoenix, AZ
10/19/2008 Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
10/20/2008 Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO
10/21/2008 Club Oz - Wichita, KS
10/22/2008 Rockstar - St. Louis, MO
10/23/2008 Mojoes - Chicago, IL
10/24/2008 Elva's - South Bend, IN
10/25/2008 Skateland - Detroit, MI
10/26/2008 Penny Arcade - Rochester, NY
10/27/2008 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
10/28/2008 L'Anti, Quebec - City, QC
10/29/2008 Underworld - Montreal, QC
10/30/2008 Reverb - Toronto, ON
10/31/2008 Peabodys - Cleveland, OH
11/01/2008 Broad Street Ministries - Philadelphia, PA
11/02/2008 Jaxx Nite Club - Springfield, VA
11/03/2008 Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
11/04/2008 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
11/05/2008 Crowbar - Tampa, FL
11/07/2008 Java Jazz - Houston, TX
11/08/2008 White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX
11/09/2008 Ridglea Theater - Ft. Worth, TX
11/11/2008 The Rock - Tucson, AZ
11/12/2008 Key Club - Los Angeles, CA
11/13/2008 The Exit - Fresno, CA
11/14/2008 Metro - Oakland, CA
11/15/2008 Riverdale Grange - Roseburg, OR
11/16/2008 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
11/17/2008 Satyricon - Portland, OR
11/20/2008 The Dome - Bakersfield, CA
11/21/2008 Boardwalk - Sacramento, CA
11/22/2008 Soma - San Diego, CA
For more information contact Dave Brenner (earsplitpr@aol.com) or Paula Hogan (paula@candlelightrecordsusa.com).
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