ACEPHALIX: San Fran Deathsquad Release New Track Second LP Due In April Via Southern Lord

San Francisco's malevolent death metal overlords ACEPHALIX are preparing to set their second official full-length loose via Southern Lord this April, delivering with it some of the most uncompromised, old-school death metal brutality of the year.

While their first few releases bore a more metal-edged crustpunk sound, the ACEPHALIX attack has undeniably shown more death metal influence with each passing release. After the cult crust/metal scene success of their Aporia LP, released via Prank Records in 2010, the band dropped two brutal demos -- 2010's Interminable Night and 2011's Flesh Torn In Twilight, Southern Lord brought the two demos together and released a one-time CD pressing of 2000 copies which sold out rapidly. Over the past two years ACEPHALIXhave toured relentlessly, doing the Western US with Danish death metal horde Undergang and also taking part in the Power of the Riff 2011 Summer tour alongside Black Breath, Winter, Noothgrush, Eyehategod, Pentagram and more.

Now officially a part of the Southern Lord roster and a major priority for the label, ACEPHALIX are preparing to assault the planet with their second official full-length, bringing out their most pulverizing, low-end deathcrushing riffage and cavernous vocal malevolence yet with Deathless Master. With an incredibly evil, thundering delivery, the eight hymns harnessed on Deathless Master were recorded with Vöetsek's Jef Leppard, who also recorded Interminable Night. While their punk/crust heritage is still detectable in their songwriting, but the primal delivery of the riffs and guttural, horrifying tone of the vocals on Deathless Master sees the band make the final transition from into a full-fledged, disgustingly behemoth death metal unit. ACEPHALIX.

The fiends at Cvlt Nation have once again proven their loyalty to ACEPHALIX brutal tones by hosting one of the most rapture-ready tracks from Deathless Master. Behold your face, after you pick it up, once "On Wings..."  rips it off for you RIGHT HERE.

Deathless Master will hit North America April 24th on CD and sometime in June on vinyl. Expect massive touring from ACEPHALIX beginning in the months just ahead and all through the year.

Deathless Master Track Listing:

1. Bastard Self

2. Deathless Master

3. Tomb Of Our Fathers

4. On Wings...

5. Raw Life

6. Blood Of Desire

7. In Arms Of Nothing

8. The Hunger

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ACEPHALIX Tour Begins This Week; Band Officially Joins Southern Lord Roster

Upon the release of their new album, Interminable Night, released this week via Southern Lord, demolishing San Fran death unit ACEPHALIX take to the road this Friday for a two-week assault on the West Coast and Southwest sectors of America, with backup from Danish death metal outfit Undergang.

ACEPHALIX/UNDERGANG West/Southwest Offensive 2011:

5/27/2011 Hemlock - San Francisco, CA w/ Bruxers

5/28/2011 House of the Dead Rat - San Jose, CA

5/29/2011 The BLVD - Los Angeles, CA w/ Semtex Vest, Exhausted Prayer, Malpractice Insurance

5/30/2011 Club Oasis - Long Beach, CA w/ Axeman, Blue Hummingbird

5/31/2011 The Inner City Youth Center - Phoenix, AZ w/ Extortion

6/01/2011 Sleepless Nights - El Paso, TX

6/02/2011 Chaos in Tejas @ Red7 - Austin,TX w/ Hooded Menace, Bone Sickness, Mammoth Grinder

6/04/2011 Houston Free Press Summer Fest - Houston, TX [info]

6/05/2011 The Czar Bar - Kansas City, MO

6/06/2011 The Old Curtis Street - Denver, CO w/ Anhedonist, Dodsfalla, Roskopp

6/07/2011 South Shore - Salt Lake City, UT w/ Anhedonist, Yaotl Mictlan

6/08/2011 The Alleyway - Portland, OR w/ Knelt Rote, Arterial Spray

6/09/2011 The Black Lodge - Seattle, WA w/ Society Nurse, Anhedonist

6/10/2011 The East End - Portland, OR w/ Murderess

6/11/2011 The Alibi - Arcata, CA

6/12/2011 Victory Warehouse - Oakland, CA w/ Miasmal, Bone Sickness

 

ACEPHALIX have already confirmed a solid month-long Fall European tour, and will continue to announce more live appearances steadily throughout the year.

 

Spewing forth tonally obliterating old-school Nihilist/Entombed death metal infused with crustpunk energy, ACEPHALIX features three members of Vastum and a member of Depressor. The band have already hammered their name into the underground well through a previous LP and 7" on Prank Records, and by storming the West Coast live over the past four years. Indeterminable Night is available now in a one-time CD pressing of 2,000.

 

And as of this week, ACEPHALIX have officially signed with Southern Lord for the release of their next two albums! The first of these two albums is being completed at press time, and more info will be announced shortly, with a projected release date for late September or early October.

 

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ALPINIST, ACEPHALIX, DRAINLAND: May Releases From Southern Lord

Southern Lord Recordings has confirmed three crushing new limited edition CD releases from ALPINIST, ACEPHALIX and DRAINLAND, all set to be unleashed on May 24, 2011.

 

San Francisco-based ACEPHALIX spew forth a stripped-down and tonally obliterating old-school Nihilist/Entombed death metal style infused with West Coast crustpunk angst. Featuring members of Depressor and other hellish Bay Area acts -- including three members who also do time in Vastum, another act currently gaining worldwide attention from the death metal underground -- ACEPHALIX already have a diehard cult following, and plan to take their terror worldwide as Southern Lord releases the band's seven-track bulldozer Indeterminable Night in a one-time CD pressing of 2,000 on May 24. [http://www.acephalix.com]

 

ALPINIST hail from Munster Germany, and produce crushingly dark hardcore/crust with blinding intensity. The band is meant to be understood by those who are sick of people following musical trends, those who want to live out music with dedication and those who believe in expressing their own ideals through their own art, and their socio-political lyrics are openly and strongly against all forms of fascism, racism, sexism and homophobia. Southern Lord will release Lichtlærm/Minus Mensch on CD this May 24, in a limited edition run of 2,000 copies. The disc contains both of the band's albums that were previously only available on limited vinyl releases, making this the first ever CD release from ALPINIST. [http://www.myspace.com/alpinistsucks]

 

Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, crust behemoth DRAINLAND have also just joined the Southern Lord family for a limited edition release of their searing ...And So Our Troubles Began, a compilation of two vinyl-only releases. DRAINLAND's intense (ins)urgency is saturated with the crushing sludge of Eyehategod and the crusty punk filthiness of His Hero Is Gone. Set for release on May 24, ...And So Our Troubles Began will be released on a one-time CD pressing of 1,000 copies. [http://www.myspace.com/drainlanddublin]

 

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