Louisiana blackened death metal outfit EXCOMMUNICATED is offering an EP of unreleased and demo material from the Skeleton Key sessions for free download. According to vocalist and Underworld Records chief Chad Kelly, "It is basically an EP of some odds and ends that didn't get used on Skeleton Key, as well as the band's demo material, all wrapped together and re-mastered. I would like to just give it away to everyone and anyone who wants it, no strings attached." Get your copy here.
Skeleton Key, the debut from Louisiana's EXCOMMUNICATED is out now on Underworld Records. The release, which combines technical savagery, progressive melodies and the art of intelligent songwriting, is available for purchase at the Underworld Records E-Bay Store, as well as www.deathgasm.com and www.redstream.org.
Compositionally dynamic, atmospherically insidious, and impossible to forget, this is Louisiana blackened death that lacerates the soul and burns into the brain. A dark treatise on the medieval Catholic Church, Skeleton Key is that rare metal album on which the lyrics (available upon request) are every bit as important as the music to the overall experience. A product of the combined influences of vocalist Chad Kelly (ex-CATHOLICON Underworld Records), guitarist/bassist Jason McIntyre (ex-SUTURE), guitarist/bassist Jonathan Joubert (PSYCHOMETRY, ex-DESPONDENCY), and session drummer David Kinkade (BORKNAGAR, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION, ex-ARSIS), EXCOMMUNICATED brings a new level of sonic terror on Skeleton Key. Also featuring guest appearances by guitarist Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND, X-WORLD 5) and vocalist Vincent Crowley (ACHERON, WOLFEN SOCIETY), this one is destined to leave an indelible mark on death metal in 2011.
The Abandonment of Hope
The Incorruptibles
Cry to Heaven
Minutes of the Corpse Trials
The Vatican Orgies
Christ's Sword
When Death Claims its Most Righteous Dead
The Birth of Tragedy
Keys to the Kingdom of God
The Sum of All Life's Pain
