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BELPHEGOR: New Album Title, Artwork, Track Listing Revealed - Jan. 21, 2008 Austrian extreme metallers BELPHEGOR recently entered Andy Classen's Stage One Studios in Kassel, Germany to begin recording their new album, "Bondage Goat Zombie", for an April 11, 2008 European release via Nuclear Blast Records (April 15 in North America). The follow-up to 2006's "Pestapokalypse VI" was recorded in three separate sessions lasting through the middle of January 2008. Commented the band: "The album features artwork in classic and disturbing BELPHEGOR style. Some of the nine brand new tracks will deal with the writings of the infamous Marquis de Sade. Sounds like the ultimate BELPHEGOR treatment? Expect supreme death/ black metal art." "Bondage Goat Zombie" track listing: 01. Bondage Goat Zombie 02. Stigma Diabolicum 03. Armageddon's Raid 04. Justine: Soaked In Blood 05. Sexdictator Lucifer 06. Shred For Sathan 07. Chronicles Of Crime 08. The Sukkubus Lustrate 09. Der Rutenmarsch Artwork:

Bondage Goat Zombie? Awesome!

OPETH: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed - Feb. 5, 2008 Swedish progressive metal titans OPETH have set "Watershed" as the title of their forthcoming album, due out on June 3 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD, recorded in the band's native Sweden and produced by frontman/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jens Bogren, is a masterwork that follows the time-honored OPETH tradition; its modern yet timeless, progressive yet paying homage to the sounds of classic rock. According to a press release, "Watershed" is truly one of those special records that cycles through a variety of moods, speeds and textures, complete with lots of subtleties and nuances of sound. Because of its expansive scope, "Watershed" is destined to land the album atop many "best-of" lists. Album opener "Coil" is a gorgeous acoustic number, featuring local folk vocalist Nathalie Lorichs, while "Heir Apparent" will knock listeners unconscious with its blunt force metal. Always one to defy the rules, OPETH posits sung vocals over artillery-like blast beats on "The Lotus Eater", cementing their reputation as innovators and redefiners. "Watershed" combines elements of modern metal, prog rock, free jazz and hints of European folk music, all of which come together for a seamless, unique collection of songs that will leave an indelible mark upon all who listen. The follow-up to 2005's "Ghost Reveries" is the first OPETH release to feature new guitarist Fredrik Åkesson and drummer Martin Axenrot and is the band's second effort for Roadrunner Records. "Watershed" track listing: 01. Coil 02. Heir Apparent 03. The Lotus Eater 04. Burden 05. Porcelain Heart 06. Hessian Peel 07. Hex Omega In a recent interview with Revolver magazine, Åkerfeldt stated about "Watershed", "The music is much more complex. The metal parts are even faster and a lot more technical than the last one. It's really hard to play some of this stuff. I mean, I wrote it and even I have trouble playing parts of it. I think it's going to be hard for some people to get into. It's definitely not a commercial-sounding record. The arrangements are exhausting. And it's much darker. Even the major patterns are very dark, while I think 'Ghost Reveries' had some light." When asked if the songs were influences by anything musical, Mikael replied, I was hugely inspired by Scott Walker, who's an avant-garde artist and crooner. Last year he put out a record called 'The Drift', which is quite extreme and frightening, and it made a huge impact on me. Immediately, I wanted to do something like that. It just felt right. Also, with the situation the band has gone through over the last couple of years with the lineup changes, I just wanted it to be this way. I didn't want it to be a happy-sounding record."

Australian technical death metallers Psycroptic have issued the following update: "All the material has been finished for the as-yet-untitled new Psycroptic album. Nine songs will feature on the album the recording process will start in March. It's hoped that all will be finished by May with a late 2008 release for the album. More details regarding the album and touring will be announced soon!" Psycroptic's third full-length album, "Symbols of Failure", was released in February 2006 via Neurotic Records. The follow-up of 2003's "The Scepter of the Ancients" marks the recording debut of the band's new vocalist Jason Peppiatt. Psycroptic's video for the song "Epoch of the Gods", which was filmed by Lowlife Media at the Paris show of the "No Mercy" tour (where Psycroptic supported Cannibal Corpse, Kataklysm, Legion Of The Damned and Grimfist), can be viewed below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imzqjkdXg28

DEICIDE: 'Till Death Do Us Part' Artwork Revealed - Feb. 6, 2008 Earache Records has revealed the cover artwork for DEICIDE's forthcoming album, "Till Death Do Us Part", tentatively due in April. DEICIDE bassist/vocalist Glen Benton entered the doors of Morrisound studios in Tampa last December to record vocals for the CD. Glen's greater focus and concentration has allowed him to record his vocals on songs like "Not As Long As We Both Shall Live" and "Till Death Do us Part" with greater ease than ever before. "We're rolling through the shit quickly," he said. "I've got a lot more power in my diaphragm and can do whole paragraphs (of lyrics) at a time." The songs, however, have proved challenging enough that a even a rejuvenated Glen Benton would have to push himself to the very limit. "The lyrics are a lot faster," he explained. "I had to revamp my vocal stylings to do this...try different techniques."

Musically wise; this sounds promising. But I don't like the art that much and imo the patch is a pretty lame :?.

Vocalist Maurizio Iacono of the Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM has issued the following update: "KATAKLYSM just recently finished mixing their new album ('Prevail') at AudioHammer Studios in Orlando, Florida with producer Jason Suecof. The album is going through a mastering process as we speak and should be wrapped up by the end of the week. In other words, fully complete and ready to kill! The anticipated album will also feature guest solo appearances by Pat O'Brien (CANNIBAL CORPSE), Dave Linsk (OVERKILL) and producer and guitar shredder Jason Suecof himself! The band promises a monstrous album that will pummel you from start to finish. The album artwork and track list will be unleashed next Monday on the bands MySpace page and website. Stay tuned!" "Prevail" is scheduled for release via Nuclear Blast Records on May 23 (Europe) and May 27 (North America). KATAKLYSM recently decided to "immortalize" the character that was featured on the cover of their most recent album, "In the Arms of Devastation", and have him re-appear as the main character — dubbed "The Heartbeast" — on "Prevail"

Kick ass cover art. Eagerly awaiting the leak of 'Prevail'

Kick ass cover art. Eagerly awaiting the leak of 'Prevail' Yeah indeed! I totally agree! I love the cover art as much as the art from In The Arms Of Devastation! That two headed beast thing is awesome!

Deicide - always loved these guys, was totally let down with last album though, was garbage imho. Very Poorly recorded and/or mixed, was not typical Deicide recording. This sounds like it could be promising though at least the one song they have posted on thier myspace. But hard to imagine Deicide without the Hoffmans though, so Only time will tell... Not that Jack Owen/Ralph Santola aren't legends as well, but the twins made Deicide what they were in their heyday, just doesnt have that great 90's Deicide sound/feel to it. Kataklysm - Ooooo I can't wait, "Prevail" will be another fantastic album from these guys I'm sure!! They never disappoint..

OMG! I feel like a noob that I didn't know this until now, but I didn't see anything about it on this forum yet so I decided to post this anyway... LOST HORIZON IS GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM!!! OFFICIAL BAND STATEMENT, 1st of January 2008 Almost five years have passed since the release of “A Flame To The Ground Beneath” and after the turbulence the band experienced. The remaining members now realize this period was necessary to regain the energy, strength, motivation and inspiration needed to continue with the unearthly creations. Only, this time things will be done a lot different than before. While continuing the search for the voice, which will be embraced by our music, the recording of the new material will be carried through independently of that and immediately, with start on January, 2008. All instruments will be successively fully recorded and maybe even mixed without vocals on. All skeptical or frightened by this procedure should know/be-reminded it was more or less the same case with “Awakening The World” album when Daniel’s vocals was post-mixed after the instrumental mix in Studio Fredman. Martin, Wojtek and Christian, the founders of the band, together with Attila, who all shared the same vision and goals, are once again the core of Lost Horizon and so it will remain in the future to avoid the destructible situations of too many wills and visions coming in conflict with each other. One Band, One Vision… - The Lost Horizon With this in mind we also have decided not to approach any offers of a record deal with record labels only to be cosmically ripped off, limited or controlled. We will take care of all studio and graphical matters by ourselves. Moreover, the material is not going to be recorded all at the same time, but song by song. If the singer problem is solved relatively shortly, then the songs will be available to buy directly after each one is totally processed and ready for the world. All songs will be distributed through the website. According to our philosophy we want to establish a direct channel between us and our fans where our music and artwork will be distributed directly from our website, supervised by Valgorth, The Apocalyptic Blaster Of Rats In Cosmic Fury, to avoid any annoying, irrelevant interference by any greedy companies making it impossible to make a living as an artist/musician unless you sell a million copies. This will be also Your chance to join us on the path to bring back the music to the listeners and musicians, promote the music You love and make musicianship once again the beautiful art form it once was! http://www.oncelosthorizon.com I'm really looking forward to this, despite the absence of Daniel Heiman, my all-time favorite power metal vocalist.

Swedish death metal "supergroup" BLOODBATH has issued the following update: "The first and so far only concert with BLOODBATH will finally see the dawn (of the dead) as a live CD/DVD digipak entitled 'The Wacken Carnage' on Peaceville April 21st. Almost three years have passed since this carnage took place in Wacken, but worry not — we were already past our best 'expiration date' back when we started the band, so this concert will consequently prove our old school principled death metal values remain timeless. The elegantly brutal artwork was created by Travis Smith." "The Wacken Carnage" track listing: 01. Intro 02. Cancer Of The Soul 03. So You Die 04. Soul Evisceration 05. Ways To The Grave 06. Ominous Bloodvomit 07. Like Fire 08. Bastard Son Of God 09. Breeding Death 10. Outnumbering The Day 11. Brave New Hell 12. Furnace Funeral 13. Eaten

Fuck yeah! I'm looking forward to this big time! Very brutal and awesome cover art! I sure hope a rip of this DVD will be up here as soon as it is available.

DECAPITATED: First-Ever DVD Due In June - Mar. 14, 2008 Metal Mind Productions will release the first-ever DVD from Polish extreme metallers DECAPITATED, entitled "Human's Dust", on June 9 in Europe and June 10 in the U.S. The DVD will be available in two versions: as a standard DVD and as a very unique star metalpack DVD edition limited to 3,000 copies. The main feature of the DVD consists of the band's October 2002 gig in Krakow, which was a part of their European tour with VADER and KRISIUN. Bonus material includes two live performances recorded during Ozzfest in Poland (May 2002) and Metalmania festival (March 2004), the "Winds of Creation" video clip, plus three interviews recorded at various locations: Kraków in 2002 (Vitek and Vogg); Ozzfest in Katowice, 2002 (Vogg and Sauron); Metalmania in Katowice, 2004 (Sauron and Martin). Also included are a photo gallery, biography, discography, desktop images, weblinks. "Human's Dust" track listing:

Live in Kraków, October 2002: 01. Nihility 02. Eternity Too Short 03. Way to Salvation 04. Spheres of Madness 05. Names 06. Winds of Creation 07. Babylon's Pride 08. Suffer the Children Bonus video: Live at Ozzfest, Katowice, May 2002: 01. Spheres of Madness 02. Eternity Too Short 03. Babylon's Pride Live at Metalmania Festival, Katowice, March 2004: 01. Three-dimensional Defect 02. Lying and Weak 03. Mother War 04. Sensual Sickness 05. Spheres of Madness 06. The Negation * Interview with Vitek and Vogg, Kraków, 2002 * Interview with Vogg and Sauron, Ozzfest, Katowice, 2002 * Interview with Sauron and Martin, Metalmania festival, Katowice, 2004 * "Winds of Creation" (video clip) Also includes: * Photo gallery * Biography * Discography * Desktop images * Weblinks * Logo * Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Can't wait to get my hands on this DVD!!

I'm also very interested! Also concerning the upcoming DVD's of Gorgoroth (Krakow show) and Bloodbath (Wacken show)! I hope to see that stuff up here when they leak.

KRISIUN To Enter Studio This Week - Mar. 17, 2008 Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN will enter Stage One Studios in Germany on March 18 to begin recording their new album for a summer release via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2006's "AssassiNation" is will be produced over a four-week period by Andy Classen, who has also worked with such bands as TANKARD, ROTTING CHRIST and DEW-SCENTED. In other news, KRISIUN has signed a personal management agreement with Strictly Heavy Management, owned and operated by veteran personal manager Theresa C. Mullins-Aldao.

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