GRAVEHILL Issues Update; Announces New Live Dates

Drummer Rhett "Thorgrimm" Davis of California death horde GRAVEHILL has issued the following update, "2012 began with a line-up change for GRAVEHILL. We added two new full-time guitarists known as CC DeKill & Hell Messiah to replace Matt Hellfiend & Bodybag Bob due to their momentous schedule for EXHUMED. These new guitarists will participate in the next full length record and all live commitments for GRAVEHILL here forward. GRAVEHILL has also accepted an artist endorsement with FERNANDES Guitars (www.Fernandesguitars.com) adding a couple Elite V's to the decibel arsenal for CC DeKill & Hell Messiah, respectfully."     

GRAVEHILL Live Assaults: 

03/02/12 - Las Vegas, NV  @ Yayo Taco 
03/03/12 - Los Angeles, CA w/ NAILS @ The Black Castle 

06/21/12 -  San Francisco, CA w/ DESTROYED IN SECONDS, MORTUOUS  @ Sub/Mission 

06/23/12 - Portland, OR - GOREGON MASSACRE III FEST w/ CIANIDE, CARDIAC ARREST & more @ Garage Land (Go here for details)

06/24/12 - Oakland, CA w/ DESTROYED IN SECONDS  @ Eli's Mile High Club 

10/26/12 - New York, NY @ TBA

10/27/12 - Buffalo, NY - A DAY OF DEATH FEST w./ MUTANT SUPREMACY, CARDIAC ARREST, ABSCONDER & more @ Club Infinity (Go here for details)

www.myspace.com/gravehill666 

www.facebook.com/gravehill  

www.reverbnation.com/gravehill 

 www.darkdescentrecords.com 

www.chaos-records.com 

WYKKED WYTCH's The Ultimate Deception Now Streaming In Its Entirety

The Ultimate Deception, the brand new release from Female-fronted extremists WYKKED WYTCH, is now streaming their newest burnt offering, The Ultimate Deception, online in its entirety. Released on February 14th via Goomba Music, The Ultimate Deception has been praised by critics around the world. AlternativeMatter.net states the The Ultimate Deception "reigns in a manic shade of blood rage complete with head banging demonic asphyxiation," while  Metal-Temple.com calls the album a "raw and intelligent piece of extreme music." 

Experience the album for yourself at this location. The Ultimate Deception is currently available for purchase at iTunes and FYE.

www.wykkedwytch.com  |www.facebook.com/wykkedwytch | www.myspace.com/wykkedwytch | www.youtube.com/wykkedwytch

www.goombamusic.com

www.facebook.com/GoombaMusic

Funeral Whore Premiers "Failure of the Sacrifice"

Metal webzine Apochs.net has locked horns with  Chaos Records and Dutch death metal powerhouse FUNERAL WHORE to premier the track "Failure of the Sacrifice" off the band's forthcoming debut, Step into Damnation. The track is currently streaming here. To coincide with the stream, Apochs.net put members of FUNERAL WHORE under the lights to get the story behind Step into Damnation. Read the interview here.

Step into Damnation, out on February 27th via Chaos Records, is as real as old school death metal gets; as terrifyingly crushing as it is 100 percent uncompromising. Fans of Grave,Unleashed, and Entombed are strongly advised to get their hands on this one Step into Damnation can be pre-ordered here.

Eternal Genocide

Wasteland of Corpses

Obidience

Camp Blood

El Salvador Death Squad

Step Into Damnation

The Bitch Died

Pierce My Flesh

Threesome

Failure of the Sacrifice

Buried In Hell

FUNERAL WHORE is:

Roy - Guitar & Vocals

Kellie - Guitar & Solo Guitar

Tim - Bass

Olle - Drums

Funeral Whore @ Facebook

www.myspace.com/funeralwhore

CHAOS RECORDS:

P.O. Box 13

Macuspana, Tab.

MEXICO - 86705

www.chaos-records.com 

www.chaos-distribution.com 

www.myspace.com/chaos-records 

 www.facebook.com/chaosrecords 

 www.twitter.com/ChaosRecs   

FESTER Prepares To Unleash A Celebration Of Death via Abyss Records

Norwegian pioneers in Blackened Death metal, FESTER has risen from their grave to unleash the fury that is A Celebration Of Death. The band's first offering of new material in 17 years, A Celebration Of Death is a whirlwind of dark musical flavors mixing Black, Death, Thrash, Heavy Metal and Jazz. FESTER returns to celebrate death with this vicious assault of old-school and sinister riffing. This truly is the band's darkest offering to date. Guitarist/vocalist Bjorn "Tiger" Mathisen elaborates, "FESTER has never made music to please a certain crowd and this dark anthem really proves that darkness and death can come in many different disguises." 

A Celebration Of Death is scheduled for a mid-March release date through Abyss Records. Album track "Rites of Ceres" is currently streaming at the band's Myspace page. Visit this location  to experience the return of Fester! 

Rites of Ceres

The Black Tower

March of Death

I'll Hunt You Down

Metalized

Jeg Spytter På Deg

Last Day of Battle Pt.I

Last Day of Battle Pt.II

A Face for a Funeral (bonus)

Rites of Mortiis (Remix of Ceres by Mortiis)

Rites of ceres

       

 In addition to core members Jon Bakker (bass), Thomas Andersen (vocals) and Bjorn "Tiger" Mathisen (guitar/vocals), A Celebration Of Death also features Audun Kleive (session drums), Raymond Pellicer (additional guitars, programming and synth), Eivind Aarseth (additional guitars), Guido Saint Roch (guest vocals on "Metalized") and Mortiis (Dark Converter). The cover for A Celebration Of Death was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Atheist, Sigh, Anacrusis). The rest of the layout was done by Joce of Industrie Chimere Noire (Portal, Ghäst, Total Holocaust). The CD release will include a 16-page booklet. Flooga Records will be issuing a vinyl version of the album with laminated gatefold and heavy inner sleeve. Total Holocaust Records will release a limited edition cassette version (100 copies only) with alternate, hand drawn cover and artwork. For more on Fester, visit the band's Facebook page.  Norway's atmospheric masters will once again change the face of black/death metal. Prepare yourselves and let the feast begin!  

www.myspace.com/festernorway   

www.officialabyssrecords.com

Turkey's Chopstick Suicide to Release Lost Fathers and Sons on March 29th

Turkish mathcore merchants CHOPSTICK SUICIDE will release Lost Fathers and Sons on March 29th through Turkey's Peyote Müzik. The release is the prolific act's fourth and second full-length, following 2008's Recycle Your People EP, 2010's Loserville full-length, and 2011'sSmall People, Broken Glasses EP. The Istanbul tech-dazzlers have upped the intensity, dynamics, and sheer lunacy of their attack on Lost Fathers and Sons, ensuring one hell of a wild ride for all who dare to listen.

Everyone Sleeps But Me

The Chalk and the Matter

Shores are not for Vacancies

Television Television

As I Lay Fail

Small People, Broken Glasses

Your Average Hero

Kolpa

Chopstick Suicide is a mathcore act formed in 2008 and based out of Istanbul, Turkey. After the release of Recycle Your People EP and Loserville album, the band decided to change its vocalist and bass player. With the new vocal and bass line up they've released Small People, Broken Glasses EP and are now planning to release their upcoming album Lost Fathers and Sons through Peyote Music and are looking for an international label.

Line up:

  Vocals - Mert    

 Guitars - Yagiz  

  Bass - Cem        

 Drums - Alican  

 www.facebook.com/chopsticksuicide

www.myspace.com/chopsticksuicide

www.soundcloud.com/chopsticksuicide

www.twitter.com/chopsuicide 

Blistering.com Premiers "The Creator of Life" from Thunderkraft's Totentanz

The exclusive premier of "The Creator of Life" from Ukrainian Industrial Folk Death Metal act THUNDERKRAFT is now streaming on Blistering.com. To access the stream, visit this location.

The song is taken from Totentanz, which will be released by Svarga Music worldwide, except Western Europe, on April 2nd. The Western European release follows on April 6th.  The sophomore effort sees the band going in a more experimental direction, combining the classical styles of Death and Black Metal with electronic music, folklore, epic and symphonic elements. The lyrics are written in Ukrainian, Russian and German and explore problems of mankind's relation to the past, ideas of greatness and boundless possibilities of the human spirit, and the strength of will and character. Cosmology concepts are also represented, albeit leaning toward the social aspects. Totentanz will be exclusively distributed by Code7/PHD (UK), Rock Inc (Benelux), and Twilight-Vertrieb (Austria, Germany, Switzerland).

Настане Час [A Time Will Come]  

Дефект Масс [Mass Defect] 
Totentanz [Dance of The Dead] 
Смерть Не Роз'єднае Нас [Death Won't Separate Us] 
Свiт Майбутнього [The Future World] 
Смятая Повесть [A Crumpled Story] 
Де Сон Ллє Вологою З Вiй [Where The Dream Flows As Moisture From Eyelashes]

www.svarga.eu
www.myspace.com/thunderkraft

HAMMER FIGHT Releases New Song - "Ginger Rails"

Jersey devils HAMMER FIGHT have unleashed a brand new rock n' metal anthem upon the unwashed masses. Entitled "Ginger Rails," the tune encompasses the most unruly characteristics of a band that conjures up images of Motorhead getting into a drunken bar brawl with Sick Of It All. HAMMER FIGHT has made "Ginger Rails" available for streaming at this location. Keep an eye out for "Ginger Rails" in an online distro or strip club near you. 

Additionally, HAMMER FIGHT has recently teamed up with StereoKiller.com to premier the video for the song "Get Wrecked," off the band's self-titled EP. The video features a typical HAMMER FIGHT house party with additional footage shot at The Irish in Kearny, NJ.  The video can be viewed below. 

During the same recording session that spawned "Ginger Rails," HAMMER FIGHT also recorded a track entitled "A Corpse Is A Corpse (Of Course Of Course),"  for the forthcoming film "The Living Corpse." Details on the song and film are forthcoming. 

Down The Line

Disas-Tour
Stuck in the Chamber

Tears of Unfathomable Sadness

School of Rock

Get Wrecked

If You Want Blood (You Got It)

Spawned from a New Jersey scene saturated with death metal and hardcore, HAMMER FIGHT brings a sound that many kids these days may have missed; Hard Rockin' Metal. Versatile enough to share the stage with the most extreme death metal acts to classic hard rock bands and everything in between. HAMMER FIGHT is here to kick some ass! 

Keep your eyes and ears open, they'll be in your town soon.

Drew Murphy-Bass, Vocals; Rob Guidotti-Guitar; Todd Stern-Guitar; Justin Spaeth-Drums  

  

www.facebook.com/HammerFight 

www.stereokiller.com/HammerFight 

FDA Rekotz to Release Revel in Flesh's Deathevokation on March 23rd

German Deliverers of Death FDA Rekotz have set March 23rd as the date on which REVEL IN FLESH's Old School Death Metal will be introduced to the world with the release of Deathevokation. The album will also be available as a digital download on Amazon, I-Tunes, Spotify and others.  Featuring members and former members of IMMORTAL RITES (R.I.P), DAWN OF DREAMS and APOPHIS, Germany's REVEL IN FLESH formed in 2011 to pay tribute to the impure way of classic 90s European style old school Death Metal! 

The album was mastered  Dan Swanö  who had this to say about  Deathevokation: "An excellent offering to the Gods of SweDeath, complete with one of the most accurate re-creations of the crushing guitar tones of the early Sunlight era."

Deathevokation is about pure passion for the style and features 10 tracks defined by an addiction to the way Death Metal was meant to be: ferocious and filthy! Recommended without hesitation for all fans of Nihilist, Entrails, early Entombed, and Dismember!

Culpa Et Inferna

Shadowbreeder- Until Hell Freezes Over

Wings of Death

Iron Coffin

Bloodfeast

Slavish Obedience

Opus Putrescence

Black Paled Elegy

Crowned In Darkness

Subconcious Error

A promo clip for the track "Wings of Death" can be viewed below.

REVEL IN FLESH was formed to pay tribute to the impure way of classical 90's European old school Death Metal! The line-up consists of former IMMORTAL RITES (R.I.P), DAWN OF DREAMS and APOPHIS members.

The band's debut album Deathevokation was recorded during several sessions in the autumn and winter of 2011 at VAULT M. Studio. The songs themselves were written in a period between 2007 and 2011. Deathevokation is about pure passion for this particular style and features ten tracks addicted to the way Death Metal was meant to be. 

Deathevokation was mastered DAN SWANÖ at UNISOUND Studios (Sweden) in January 2012. Cover artwork comes courtesy of Spanish underground artist Juanjo Castellano (VOMITORY,BLASHPERIAN, SATHANS).

www.revelinflesh.jimdo.com 

REVEL IN FLESH @ Facebook 

www.fda-rekotz.com  

www.reverbnation.com/fdarekotz  

www.myspace.com/fda-rekotz 

Israel's Eternal Decay Kicks Off North American Tour Tonight; Updated Dates Announced

Armageddon is upon us. Israeli epic black metallers ETERNAL DECAY kick off their 15-date tour of North America tonight in Toronto. One of the best kept secrets in the underground, ETERNAL DECAY are poised to shock, awe, and devastate with their dynamically arranged and undeniably ferocious brand of symphonic black metal. After releasing a couple of well received demos in 2001 and 2002, ETERNAL DECAY unleashed a masterfully composed full length album in 2010 called Beyond the Ties of Flesh. Easily one of the best efforts of the year, self-released or otherwise, Beyond the Ties of Flesh is an album that deserves to be heard by fans of finely crafted blacked metal the word over. North American audiences are sure to agree. 

 ETERNAL DECAY North American Tour Dates

Feb 14th Toronto, ON @ The Devils Cellar

Feb 15th Hamilton, ON @ The Doors Pub

Feb 16th Sudbury, ON @ The Serbian Centre Bar

Feb 17th Montreal, QC @ Club Saphir

Feb 18th Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron

Feb 19th Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft

Feb 21 Lansing, MI @ Blackened Moon Concert Hall

Feb 24th Jacksonville, FL @ The Phoenix Taproom

Feb 28 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia

March 01 Austin, TX @ Headhunters

March 02 Laredo, TX @ Eclypse Bar & Grill

March 03 Arlington, TX @ The Ranch

March 05 San Antonio, TX @ Nightrocker Live

March 07 Tempe, AZ @ The Red Owl

March 08 Escondido, CA Metaphor Cafe

You can read an interview with ETERNAL DECAY at this location.  

www.EternalDecay.com 

Eternal Decay on Metal Archives 

Eternal Decay on Facebook 

Hemoptysis Guitarist/Front Man Masaki Murashita Lands Pigtronix Endorsement

Arizona Thrashers of the Extreme HEMOPTYSIS are proud to announce an official endorsement from Long Island, NY pedal makers Pigtronix. Notable Pigtronix artists include Aerosmith, Darkest Hour, Lou Reed, Michael Wilton (Queensryche), Steve Lukather, and many others. A statement from Pigtronix describes the company as follows:

"Pigtronix is the rising star of a second generation of American boutique pedal makers that are redefining the stompbox for today's musicians. Striving to push the dialog of musical effects forward, Pigtronix recognizes the value and relevance of classic vintage sounds as we focus on taking tone a step further. Based in Long Island, NY; Pigtronix is one of the fastest growing companies in the MI industry, with self contained design, manufacturing and distribution all under one roof. Our consistent growth is evident in the ever increasing number of Pigtronix products in the rigs of session musicians, touring professionals, and weekend warriors around the world."

 

Needless to say, HEMOPTYSIS is please to be a part of the Pigtronix family.

Check out the HEMOPTYSIS page on the Pigtronix website:

http://www.pigtronix.com/artists/hemoptysis/

 

"Hemoptysis is the unrelenting curse of the Sonoran Desert sun. Made up of a diverse group of musicians that have created a sound not heard since the birth of Thrash Metal decades ago. Often imitated but never duplication, Hemoptysis is the true embodiment of the re-birth of American Thrash Metal." - Masaki Murashita- Singer/Guitarist

www.hemoptysismetal.com   

www.facebook.com/hemoptysis

Birth A.D. Joins WTF Fest Lineup

Birth A.D. is pleased to announce their appearance at WTF Fest, a traveling experimental art and music event that will come to major cities like Portland and Seattle. The band will appear  at the Austin engagement on Wednesday, March 14, which coincides with the week-long music showcases of SXSW. WTF Fest is not a metal festival, but rather a collection of subversive and outspoken artists, including performances from Mike IX Williams (EYEHATEGOD),Martin Atkins (PIGFACE), and much more.

Birth A.D.bassist/vocalist Jeff Tandy comments on the band's involvement : "This is one of those events where a lot of ideas will be thrown around and everyone will get a chance to make their statement. Sometimes it seems like art is the only real democracy we have, the only avenue where you can express yourself without being instantly shouted down. There are other countless undergrounds out there besides metal, and it will be fun to interface with so many different minds."

The event will take place at Ruta Maya Live Venue, and admission is free, but donations to support the event and its artists are gratefully accepted at the festival's Kickstarter site.

For more details, visit www.wtffest.com.

Birth A.D. recently entered Pyramid Sound with producer Alex Perialas to record their debut full-length, entitled I Blame You. Details on the release are forthcoming.

Band lineup:

Jeff Tandy - Yelling, Bass  

Brian Morrison - Guitars

Mark Perry - Drums

Media:

Official Website: www.birthad.com  

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/xxBIRTHADxx 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/birthaydee 

Myspace: www.myspace.com/birthad 

Contact:
Jeff Tandy

PO Box 3500

Pflugerville, Tx 78691-3500 USA 

birthad@gmail.com