The 4th studio album from Black Metallers Artisian is now available. The album is titled “A Plague On All Your Houses” and a track from it, “Orion”, is available to listen to on the band’s MySpace.

Copies are extremely limited and are available for £6.50 (including postage) directly from the band. Payment is accepted through PayPal (please send any payments to iainmiro@hotmail.com). Please see Artisian’s MySpace for further details.

myspace.com/artisianmetal

Debauchery have released an exclusive cover version of Alice Cooper’s classic “School’s Out”.
This digital single is only available online and can be purchased in all familiar download shops (Amazon etc.).

Thomas Gurrath has recently revealed quite why Debauchery has a decided to cover this particular track:
Thomas was recently given the ultimatum by his day-job, that of a teacher, to decide between the music of his two bands (Debauchery and Big Ball) and his teaching position. Thankfully, he chose music and “School’s Out” (available through all good, official download suppliers) is his last, departing comment on the subject!

Check out the band’s Myspace at: .myspace.com/debaucheryband

Black Metallers EPISODE 13, one of the few Turkish bands to have gained acceptance in Europe, have debuted two tracks from their upcoming album “Death Reclaims The Earth” on the band’s MySpace page. “Death Reclaims The Earth” will be the band’s third full length album, and marks the return of founding member and front man Ozan Akyol on vocals, who, despite having taken a Sabbatical to complete his studies when the 2008 release “Pitch Black” was recorded, has remained heavily involved with the band. “Ars Moriendi” and “Physical, Comatose and Mental Overdose” can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/episode13

Since the release of “Pitch Black”, EPISODE 13 has worked hard to dispel the myth that Turkish bands can’t play Black Metal, and, following excellent reviews from their appearances at Norway’s prestigious Inferno Festival and the UK’s Infernal Damnation Festival, to name but two, as well as tours in Russia, Finland and Denmark, the band has gained a solid, and ever growing fan base outside their own country. So much so, in fact, that SHINING’s Niklas Kvarforth made a guest appearance on vocals during one of the band’s recent live appearances.

EPISODE 13 is currently looking for a label to release “Death Reclaims The Earth”. The band’s UK based manager, Patricia Thomas, who works with some of the scene’s legendary bands and artists, as well as with some of today’s upcoming bands, commented about the label search:

There would be no problem getting EPISODE 13 signed to a Turkish label, but the scene in Turkey is pretty desperate. The labels have little experience and even less will, and not even the first idea about promotion. The band members are all skilled and experienced musicians and Akyol is a terrifyingly compelling front man. Whenever EPISODE 13 has played live in Europe, the fans make it very clear to the band afterwards that EPISODE 13 has broken through the credibility and acceptance barriers with consummate ease. So now it’s definitely time to look for a good label.

More information about EPISODE 13 can be found at http://www.myspace.com/episode13

Ukraine Black Metallers BALFOR has recently released the finalised artwork cover and album tracklisting of the group’s debut effort entitled “Barbaric Blood”.

The brooding yet introspect artwork cover and layout for “Barbaric Blood” was designed by Martin Saavedra at Uruguay’s Spina Studio (Aborted, Daath, Divinity, etc).

The tracklisting for “Barbaric Blood” is as follows:

1) From The Ashes (…The Beginning)
2) Behold My Hate!
3) Shadow Of My Raven Wings
4) In A Thunder Of Ancient Glory
5) Pure Barbaric
6) Light’s Demise
7) Kingdom’s Blood Voices Of Wilderness
9) The Perfect Fire

States BALFOR frontman / guitarist Thorgeir:

It’s always a long journey making an album, first it has to be written and rehearsed. Then it has to be recorded and mastered, and that’s where most people think it ends. But it doesn’t, quite end there. An important factor that everyone forgets about is the artwork, and yet this is often what people notice first. So we are particularly pleased that the artwork for “Barbaric Blood” has been so well executed by Martin of Spina Studio. He has captured both the concept behind the album, and the band itself.

“Barbaric Blood” was recorded at Blacklight Studio, Ukraine during August 2009, with the effort mixed and mastered by Shaddar.
A further update on the official street release date for “Barbaric Blood” will be announced soon.

BALFOR is:

Thorgeir – Vocals / Guitars
Dragon-T – Lead Guitars
Berowar – Bass
Erland – Drums

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myspace.com/balforhorde

Whilst “Vengeance” dealt with love and loss in the heroic settings of legendary kings and warriors, “Of Love and Death” still features Grosse’s soaring vocals and epic melodies, but this time the same themes are dealt with on a much more personal and intimate level. “Vengeance was the album that really defined CROM’s sound in terms of melody and vocals” explained Grosse, “and I was always drawn to the subject of the doomed hero, weary and disillusioned with fighting, but knowing that he has to go on until his death, because it’s the honourable thing to do. However, many people interpreted that album as being either “Pagan” or “Viking”, which was never my intention musically. CROM’s music is very definitely “Crom” and hopefully the new album will not have to have such a narrow definition attached to it”.

“Of Love and Death” includes a completely re-arranged and re-recorded version of “The Fallen Beauty” a song that has become something of a signature for CROM, and is included as a bonus track on the nine-track album. A label is currently being sought for the release of “Of Love and Death”, and a live line up is being put together after a hiatus in live performances. Track listing as follows:

1. Reason to Live
2. Lifetime – The Fallen Beauty Part II
3. Just One Blink
4. The Oceans Wide
5. My Song For All The Broken Hearts
6. My Destiny
7. This Dying World
8. Eternal Dreaming
9. The Fallen Beauty 2010 (Bonus Track)

Below you can see video of CROM performing “Wings of Fire” from the “Vengeance” album live at the Altekaserne in Landshut, Germany.

Additional Information:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cromsrevenge
Website: http://www.croms-revenge.de
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cromofficial
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/crom
Management: http://www.myspace.com/viewfromthebacksofmirrors

Check http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords and listen to a brand new GRAVE song called “Liberation”(taken from the forthcoming new album “Burial Ground” – out 14th of June 2010 via Regain Records).

THIS IS A FUCKING KILLER ALBUM…NUFF´SAID!!!!

SEE GRAVE LIVE:

Thu Jun 03 10 08:00 PM | Žamberk, CZ

Venue: Jam Rock Open air

Address: , Žamberk, CZ

Fri Jun 04 10 08:00 PM | Annaberg-Buchholz, DE

Venue: Alte Brauerei

Address: Geyersdorfer Straße 34, Annaberg-Buchholz, 09456, DE

Fri Jun 11 10 08:00 PM |

Venue: Death Feast Open Air

Address: ,

Sat Jun 12 10 08:00 PM | Červený Kostelec, CZ

Venue: Czech Death fest

Address: , Červený Kostelec, CZ

Fri Jul 30 10 08:00 PM |

Venue: Eisenwahn Open Air

Address: Motocross Gelände, Obersinn, 97791, DE

More shows soon…!

Some NEWS from the GRAVE camp! The band is in the studio putting the finishing touches on the new album, entitled “BURIAL GROUND”. The album is supposed to be released June the 14th! The cover artwork will be revealed within days.

Ola states:

“We are in the very final stages now and will be finished within a couple of days now.”

Tracklist “Burial Ground”:
1.LIBERATION
2.SEMBLANCE IN BLACK
3.DISMEMBERED MIND
4.RIDDEN WITH BELIEF
5.CONQUERER
6.OUTCAST
7.SEXUAL MUTILATION
8.BLOODTRAIL
9.BURIAL GROUND

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“A World In Hell”, the new video from swedish black metallers SETHERIAL, can be viewed below (click the link). The song “A World In Hell” is taken from their upcoming new album “Ekpyrosis” which will be released in may 2010. The band will embark on a European tour alongside Impiety(sing) in early April! Check the tour dates here:

10.04-DE – Hessen @ KOBM Festival
11.04-DE – @ K17
13.04-DE – @ Markthalle
14.04-BE – Antwerpen @ De Rots
15.04-DE – Annaberg @ Gleis 3
16.04-DE – @ Juz Klex
17.04-DE – @ Hellraiser
18.04-IT – Lonato @ Olden Live Club
20.04-AU – @ Escape Metalcorner
21.04-HU – @ Blue Hell
22.04-RO – @ Suburbia Club
23.04-RO – Baia Mare @ Tineretului Hall
24.04-UK – @ The Gallows
25.04-UK – @ The Central
26.04-UK – @ Purple Turtle
27.04-UK – @ The Bierkeller
29.04-SP – @ Ritmo&Compas
30.04-SP – Coruna @ Filomatic
01.05-PT – Barroselas @ SWR Festival

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: http://regainrecords.com/2010/04/01/setherial-brand-new-video-online/

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Currently putting the finishing touches to VULTURE INDUSTRIES’ forthcoming album is Bjornar E. Nilsen (BLACK HOLE GENERATOR), who, aside from being the band’s front man, is also a producer, and who, together with ENSLAVED’s Herbrand Larsen and Arve Isdal, co-owns the Conclave and Earshot Studios where the album is being recorded. Larsen will also be helping with the production of the 7-track album, which is a follow up to the 2007 debut “The Dystopia Journals”, and is due for release on DARK ESSENCE RECORDS during the first half of this year.

Bergen-based VULTURE INDUSTRIES comprises a line up that includes some of the most experienced musicians on the local scene. Aside from Nilsen himself on vocals, synths and programming, band members include Øyvind Madsen (SULPHUR, ex-ENSLAVED, sessions guitars for DEATHCON) and Eivind Huse (SULPHUR, ex-SYRACH) on guitars, Kyrre Teigen on bass and Tor Helge Gjengedal (MALICE IN WONDERLAND, ex-SULPHUR, ex-TAAKE) on drums.

Commenting on the new album, Nilsen had this to say:

“The new material generated a special excitement amongst the band while we were working on it in the studio, because it became obvious to everyone involved that we had developed a sound that is very distinctly and unmistakably VULTURE INDUSTRIES. The songs are longer than our previous ones, with the shortest one clocking in at 5 minutes, and we are very much looking forward to introducing them to a live audience”.

The vinyl edition of “The Dystopia Journals” will be released on the US label RAGNAROK RECORDS in the spring. More information about VULTURE INDUSTRIES can be found on MySpace at www.myspace.com/vultureindustries

Imperial Conquest (Tampa-based Melodic Black Metal) are working on their new EP. Here is a message from the band:

We are excited to announce that Imperial Conquest has completed the song writing process for our new EP! After the release of “The Victorious Arise”, Imperial Conquest has played continuous shows in the local Tampa area earning an epic name for ourselves. The new songs mark a change in Imperial Conquest’s sound, and feature a more brutal and experimental sound, while retaining our characteristic epic melodic black metal style. The lyrics are a continuation from The Victorious Arise, of the main character’s epic journey to immortality.

The working track list for Omnipotence is:

1. Monumental Ascension
2. Where the Portals Intertwine
3. Reclaim the Throne of the Usurper
4. Consuming the Will of Infinity
5. Burn Their Flesh and Feed the Damned with Their Ashes
6. Omnipotence

myspace.com/imperialconquestfl