CALLING IT A DAY/NIGHT/YEAR/LIFETIME

Well it’s been grand, and I was honored to take over the “Dirt Culture” moniker from its former print editor and turn it into this here wonderful blog back in 2008, but I’ve decided to move on to bigger and better things. No, I have not stopped writing, and I never, EVER will! I have joined forces with Forbidden Magazine (www.forbidden-magazine.com) an AWESOME print and webzine, and have never been happier. The other guys are all very dedicated, reputable, and know their stuff and we are also working on some releases, including the entire March Into The Sea discography on CD! I highly encourage all of you to check out Forbidden’s site at the URL above and also “Like” Forbidden Magazine on Facebook (oh come on, you’re on there 25 hours a day anyway!). So, in conclusion, I’m neither dead nor dying (yet), and if you want to add me on Facebook, it’s “Michael Mahyar Hojjatie” or my personal email is hailthehodge@gmail.com. Thanks, and have a great rest of 2010!

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAND.

Official Maryland Deathfest VIII Posters Available For Presale Via WARLORD CLOTHING!
Time Is Running Out!

Official MDF VIII posters are currently available for presale via WARLORD CLOTHING. Presale orders will be accepted until Thursday May 20th (TOMORROW) Don't miss out!


This poster will be for sale through WARLORD CLOTHING at this year's Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, MD May 28 - 30. This is a limited edition silk screened 18" x 24" three-color poster illustrated by Farron Loathing. Only 300 will be available. You can make sure you get yours here right now for a discounted presale price of only $10. They will be $12 at the fest and WILL sell out quick!

Buy it online: http://www.warlordclothing.com

Bring a copy of your receipt with your name and order number on it to the WARLORD CLOTHING booth to pick up your poster.

In other WARLORD news:

WARLORD CLOTHING and Trendkill Productions will be in attendance at this year's edition of Hellfest in France June 18 - 20 and will be hosting several autograph signings at their tables including: Fear Factory, 16, Weedeater, Magrudergrind, Godflesh, Exodus, Sepultura, Doom, General Surgery, Crowbar, Suffocation, Dying Fetus and Mondo Generator! More info: http://www.hellfest.fr
New T-shirt additions on the WARLORD site:
16
Sourvein
Rotten Sound
Pungent Stench
Misery Index
Birdflesh
Gravehill
Lightning Swords Of Death
Sayyadina
Bad Acid Trip
Malignancy
Dreaming Dead
Circle Of Dead Children
Wehrmacht
D.I.S.
http://www.warlordclothing.com
http://www.myspace.com/warlordclothing

FISTS OF FURY

BLEEDING FIST - BESTIAL KRUZIFIX666TION
Much more than a few fists will be bleeding after this violent endeavor! Grinding, shocking, in the vein of Angel Corpse, Blasphemy, and early Possessed and Morbid Angel. Slovenian hatred spews forth a mighty massacre of black/death in the bestial fashion that only some few can master. Blitzkrieg bombardments of anger that never relent, never compromise. Heads will spin, heads will roll, and spines will shatter. An MCD is already in the works for early 2010. Get in line now! (FA)
MORIBUND RECORDS
www.moribundcult.com. orders@moribundcult.com, www.bleeding-fist.com, www.myspace.com/bleedingfist, bleedingfistofficial@gmail.com

RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE ROT!

Death metal institution and Napalm recording artists JUNGLE ROT will be heading to Europe to spread the message of metal along the frontlines. Touring in support of latest album (and Napalm debut) What Horrors Await, after their European conquest JUNGLE ROT will return to the US and play a slew of dates across the country with DEICIDE. Here are the confirmed dates/venues:

August 29, 2009 US - Milwaukee, WI / Liquor Sweets (21+)
September 3, 2009 GERMANY - Hamburg / Markthalle (w/ Six Feet Under)
September 4, 2009 GERMANY - Jena / F Haus (w/ Six Feet Under)
September 5, 2009 GERMANY - Munich / Backstage (w/ Six Feet Under)
September 6, 2009 SWITZERLAND - Erstfeld / Transilvania (w/ Six Feet Under)
September 9, 2009 BELGIUM - Gent / Frontline
September 10, 2009 HOLLAND - Tiburg / Little Devil
September 11, 2009 GERMANY - Rostock / Alte Zuckerfabrik
September 12, 2009 GERMANY - Kassel / K19
September 13, 2009 HOLLAND - Weert / Triangle Club
September 14, 2009 TBA
September 15, 2009 AUSTRIA - Dornbirn / Schlachthaus
September 16, 2009 AUSTRIA - Vienna / Viper Room
September 17, 2009 CZECH REPUBLIC - Pardubice / RC Ponorka
September 18, 2009 GERMANY - Bayreuth / Juz Komm
September 19, 2009 GERMANY - Leipzig / Hellraiser
October 7, 2009 US - Dallas, TX / House of Blues (w/ Deicide)
October 9, 2009 US - Houston, TX / The Meridian (w/ Deicide)
October 10, 2009 US - San Antonio, TX / Sunken Garden (w/ Deicide)
October 11, 2009 US - El Paso, TX / Club 101 (w/ Deicide)
October 13, 2009 US - Sparks, NV / New Oasis (w/ Deicide)
October 14, 2009 US - Santa Ana, CA / Galaxy Theater (w/ Deicide)
October 15, 2009 US - San Jose, CA / Voodoo Lounge (w/ Deicide)
October 16, 2009 US - San Marcos, CA / The Jumping Turtle (w/ Deicide)
October 17, 2009 US - Yucaipa, CA / Angel's Roadhouse (w/ Deicide)
October 18, 2009 US - West Hollywood, CA / The Key Club (w/ Deicide)
October 21, 2009 US - Englewood, CO / The Gothic Theater (w/ Deicide)
October 22, 2009 US - Wichita, KS / Oz Cafe Concert Venue (w/ Deicide)
October 23, 2009 US - West Dundee, IL / Clearwater Theater (w/ Deicide)
October 24, 2009 US - Detroit, MI / Harpos (w/ Deicide)

NORTH AMERICAN PRESS: Please get in touch ASAP for guest-list spots
EUROPEAN PRESS: Please contact ben@napalmrecords.com for guest-list spots

For more info, please consult www.napalmrecords.com and www.myspace.com/junglerot.

ROT THROUGH THE JUNGLE!

Napalm recording artists JUNGLE ROT announce a handful of US tour dates before they head off to Europe in September in support of Six Feet Under. Touring behind the latest critically acclaimed album (and first for Napalm), What Horrors Await, the Wisconsin death metal masters will hit the following cities:

July 24 – Chicago, Illinois @ Nite Cap
August 8 – Kenosha, Wisconsin @ Ruether High School (w/Lazarus A.D., DNR,
Corruptor, Conniption) ALL AGES
August 9 – Michigan City, Indiana @ White Eagle Park (w/After The Quarrel,
Beresith, Jarvis) ALL AGES
August 21 – Aurora, Illinois @ Rockhouse
August 29 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ Liquor Sweets
***The Midwest Heshfest w/ Vadim Vom, Beltfed Weapon, Demized, Evil
Incarnate, Ominous, Cyanosis, Hammered, Blood Obsession, Carnal
Befoulment, Meth Tooth, 40oz Fist, New Society Of Anarchists, Rictus
Grin, Memories Wither



All dates and venues are CONFIRMED. For more info, consult www.junglerot.net, www.myspace.com/junglerot, and www.napalmrecords.com .

IN NOMINE SATHANAS.

Unearthly Evil Productions

U.S. black / death metal masters SATHANAS will be releasing the follow up to 2009’s Pagan Records release Nightrealm Apocalypse through Unearthly Evil Productions in the United States. Sathanas are currently seeking labels to partake in equal partnership in the international release and distribution of the album. Sathanas guitarist/vocalist Paul Tucker reports the release to be the bands most aggressive and best release to date. Sathanas are seeking labels from the following regions, Europe, Asia, and South America, with North America being handled by Sathanas and Unearthly Evil Productions.

For information contact Paul – sathanaspaul@hotmail.com or Ed – ed@unearthlyevil.com

www.sathanas.net / www.unearthlyevil.com

CRACK OPEN THE COFFINS!

COFFINS unearthed for West Coast US tour

Japan’s Coffins is finally making it back to the US after last year’s successful East Coast tour. This time they will bring the doom/death to the American West Coast. Going along for the ride are their Oakland label mates Stormcrow. The tour will start in Seattle on April 30th and culminate with both bands appearing at the infamous Los Angeles Murderfest alongside such bands as Samothrace, Eyehategod, Despise You, General Surgery, 16, Abscess, Ghoul and many others.

Coffins released their 3rd LP Buried Death in 2008 to much critical acclaim in the metal world. A split release with Stormcrow will come later in 2009, followed by their 4th LP to be released on 20 Buck Spin in 2010. Stormcrow have a vinyl only split release, Sacred Death, with 20 Buck Spin label mates Laudanum coming out on 20 Buck Spin in April.

COFFINS West Coast tour:
4/30/2009 El Chorazon - Seattle, WA w/Skarp, Grey
5/01/2009 Northern - Olympia, WA w/Thrones, Sixes
5/02/2009 Satyricon - Portland, OR w/Thrones, Aldebaran
5/03/2009 Oak St Speakeasy - Eugene, OR w/HC Minds
5/04/2009 Auntie Moe’s - Eureka, CA
5/06/2009 KFJC radio live recording - San Jose, CA
5/07/2009 Annie’s - San Francisco, CA w/Laudanum, Samothrace
5/08/2009 Gilman St. - Berkeley, CA w/Aldebaran
5/09/2009 The Knitting Factory (part of LA Murderfest) - Los Angeles, CA

http://www.coffins.jp
http://www.myspace.com/intothecoffin
http://www.20buckspin.com
http://www.myspace.com/20buckspin

BLOODOSAKED GLORY!

New BLOODSOAKED CD "Sadistic Deeds...Grotesque Memories", is now available for Pre-Order!

visit: http://www.myspace.com/bloodsoakedband or http://www.comatosemusic.com to order!


"Rotting In Filth", the new video from BLOODSOAKED - the North Carolina based Death Metal band can be viewed below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbDGgpbrmDA


"Rotting In Filth" is the opening song from BLOODSOAKED's 10-track second album, "Sadistic Deeds...Grotesque Memories", which will be released in late April on Comatose Music. The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered at Kazrog Studios by Shane McFee. According to the press release, the album is a vile dose of old school, no frills, straight forward classic Death Metal, nothing more, nothing less. The album cover is a evil painting made by the artist Torch.

"Sadistic Deeds...Grotesque Memories" track listing:

01. Rotting In Filth
02. Suicide
03. Exsistence Denied
04. Grotesque Memories
05. Rise With Me
06. Depression
07. My Own God
08. Unborn Horror
09. Blind Death Beating
10. Gates To Hell (Obituary Cover)



You can catch BLOODSOAKED on his 18 day "Slaughtering The South III" tour begining April 29th.

Full "Slaughtering The South III" tour dates/venues:

April 29 @ Volume 11 Tavern / Raleigh, North Carolina
May 1 @ Ground Zero / Spartanburg, South Carolina
May 2 @ The Longbranch Saloon / Knoxville, Tennessee
May 3 @ The Bulldog Cafe / Fairdale, Kentucky
May 4 @ The Riot Room / Kansas, MO
May 5 @ Cesspool Castle / Joplin, MO
May 6 @ 516 Soundstage / Shreveport, Louisiana
May 7 @ Rockstar Sports Bar / Fort Worth, Texas
May 8 @ The Backroom Club / Abilene, Texas
May 9 @ Thunder of Gods Festival / Dripping Springs, Texas
May 10 @ Walters on Washington / Houston, Texas
May 11 @ @ Insomkneeaks / Baton Rouge, Louisiana
May 12 @ Latitudes Bar & Grill / Panama City, Florida
May 13 @ Gasoline Alley / Largo, Florida
May 14 @ The Dungeon / Orlando, Florida
May 15 @ The Oasis Bar / Charleston, South Carolina
May 16 @ Swayze’s / Marietta, Georgia
May 17 @ Plan B / Danville, Virgina


For more information, visit www.myspace.com/bloodsoakedband


Peter - Bloodsoaked

NOCTURNAL MUCH?

Lecherous Nocturne - new album out now; US tour approaches

Perseverance. Determination. Integrity - Three words that unmistakably describe South Carolina's Lecherous Nocturne. Formed by guitarists Kreishloff, Chris Lollis and vocalist Hohenstein, the group has ignored every musical trend that has sprung up around them for nearly a decade, all the while building on and refining their sound through two critically hailed releases - 2003's self-titled EP, 2006's debut full-length Adoration of the Blade (Deepsend Records) and their intense, relentless live shows.

Throughout their tenure, this extreme-metal entity has endured hardships that would cripple or even kill most bands. Numerous bass and drummer changes, label shifts, a 1500 mile relocation, and even having everything they owned on tour, including their touring vehicle, stolen from them in 2007. And still... they persevere.

In 2008, fueled by theft, and an overwhelming urge to break from obscurity, the band entered Soundlab Studio in Columbia, SC to record The Age of Miracles Has Passed, out now on Unique Leader Records. Absolutely the band's most defining record to date, TAOMHP is filled with the trademark Lecherous speed, intelligence, and technicality, while building upon the brutality with refined vocals and infectious hooks certain to appeal to longtime fans of LN, as well as a legion of new ones to come.

Lecherous Nocturne are preparing to assault the US on the upcoming Metal Maniacs sponsored Grind Your Mind 2009 tour beginning late February alongside Embryonic Devourment and Sol Asunder, with more live dates and tour action to be announced soon.

Lecherous Nocturne live:
2/20/2009 Ground Zero - Spartanburg, SC
Grind Your Mind tour 2009
2/27/2009 The Black Castle - Los Angeles, CA
2/28/2009 The Metaphor Cafe - Escondido, CA
3/01/2009 The Sets - Tempe, AZ
3/02/2009 The Compound - Albuquerque, NM
3/03/2009 Chic's Billiards - El Paso, TX
3/04/2009 Reno's Chop Shop - Dallas, TX
3/05/2009 Jet Lounge - Houston, TX
3/06/2009 Dragon's Den - New Orleans, LA
3/07/2009 Brass Mug - Tampa, FL
3/08/2009 The Dungeon - Orlando, FL
3/09/2009 Lenny's Bar - Atlanta, GA
3/10/2009 The Talking Head - Baltimore, MD
3/11/2009 The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA
3/12/2009 The Smiling Moose - Pittsburgh, PA
3/13/2009 Melody Inn - Indianapolis, IN
3/14/2009 The Metal Shaker - Chicago, IL
3/15/2009 Big V’s - St. Paul, MN
3/16/2009 Boobie Trap Bar - Topeka, KS
3/17/2009 The Funhouse - Denver, CO
3/18/2009 Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, UT
3/19/2009 The Gusto Bar - Boise, ID
3/20/2009 The Comet Tavern - Seattle, WA
3/21/2009 The Red Room - Portland, OR

"...one of those death metal bands that hasn't yet gotten the level of recognition so deserving of such a quality unit." - Metal Maniacs

"...an attacking, no-frills brutal death metal album that pulls no punches. Because the precipitous drop-off in quality brutal death metal bands, Lecherous Nocturne timed this perfectly." 8/10 - Blistering.com

"...it's the furious pace of the music that really compels here, the two guitar attack delivering one monstrous riff after another, the blast beats pummeling but not overpowering, and the growling vocals of Hohenstein the icing on the cake." 4/5 - SeaOfTranquility.com

Interviews and coverage of Lecherous Nocturne's new album The Age of Miracles Has Passed and on the upcoming tour are available now via Earsplit.

http://www.myspace.com/lecherousnocturne
http://www.uniqueleader.com
http://www.myspace.com/uniqueleaderrecords

NEKRO-TORSONOMICON (A DIRT CULTURE VAULT REVIEW)

NEKRO-TORSO - TORSO GRINDCORE 1991-1993
Hoo boy, is this a fucking riot on what? Take a trip down memory lane from back when tape trading and "well-concealed cash" in envelopes were the only means to really get any iota of underground goodness. Sloppily hand-written letters sent worldwide (sometimes with no reply at all, jerkasses!) and lewd anticipation for the package to arrive got me through much of high school, eagerly awaiting my new tape from some band I MIGHT have one other person to discuss with. Nekro-Torso were part of this circuit, releasing four sloppily recorded demos/rehearsals in two years before disappearing off of the face of the earth. Here you can enjoy 46 songs of total mayhem and ear-scraping chaos with a ton of shoddy artwork, photos, and reproductions of all the band's other silliness in glorious black and white for that extra early-90s charm. Man, don't you just love songs less than 30 seconds that make you want to break bottles and jump around like a maniac? Scream till your vocal chords are permanently damaged! (FA)
LOLITA SLAVINDER RECORDS
www.cfprod.com/LS/, www.24.fi/nekro-torso/

ARCHGOAT!!!

The title, artwork and full tracklisting of ARCHGOAT's forthcoming second album are finally disclosed. Revelling in pure, untrammelled hatred and blasphemy, “The Light-Devouring Darkness” is uncompromising in its devotion to the barbaric traditions of the primitive Black Metal underground.

Tracklisting is as follows:
1. Intro: 3rd Invocation
2. Apotheosis of Lucifer
3. Tribulation of the King of Worms
4. Goat and the Moon
5. Sodomator of the Doomed Venus
6. The Light-Devouring Darkness
7. Blessed in Beast´s Blood
8. Worms born of Martyrdom
9. Fornicated Messiah
10. The Dawn of the Antichrist

The song "Apotheosis of Lucifer" is available on the band's Myspace.
To be released early February via Blasphemous Underground Productions.

Furthermore, as Blasphemous Underground Productions will cease its activities after the release/promotion of “The Light-Devouring Darkness”, an unholy alliance has been forged between Finnish Black Crusaders ARCHGOAT and French label Debemur Morti Productions. The infernal pact will commence after the release of the new album via Blasphemous Underground Productions.


Small cover : http://www.blasphemous-underground.com/img/bup_23_archgoat_tldd_small.jpg
Big cover : http://www.blasphemous-underground.com/img/bup_23_archgoat_tldd.jpg
Tracks : http://www.myspace.com/104017504

NEW-CLEAR WAR NOW!

NUCLEAR WAR NOW! PRESENTS:

Bone Awl “Night’s Middle” 7″
ANTI-GOTH 119
(Split release with Klaxon)

New songs from Bone Awl. Comes packaged in 12 page booklet cover. All copies on
black vinyl. http://www.nwnprod.com/catalog/

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Deathevokation / Graveyard Split 7″
ANTI-GOTH 115

“GRAVEYARD Finally, after their acclaimed MCD “Into the Mausoleum” released back
in 2008, spanish Death Metal masters GRAVEYARD are back with brand new stuff!.
Waiting for his debut full length, soon to be released, the Spaniards join the
Nuclear War Now! Horde and release a Split vinyl together with the amazing
german/American Death Metal combo DEATHEVOKATION. GRAVEYARD don’t give a shit
about what has happened in the extreme metal scene in the last 15 years, they
just focus on the legendary bands that forged in fire the Death Metal signature
on the extreme metal music. Acts like ASPHYX, CARNAGE, ENTOMBED, FUNEBRE, CELTIC
FROST, AUTOPSY, BOLT THROWER or EDGE OF SANITY would be proud to notice about
how influential they have been on GRAVEYARD’s development and way of thinking.
Death Metal was supposed to be raw, brutal, dark, gloomy and evil. Basically,
that’s what GRAVEYARD is about, ¡That’s what REAL Death Metal should be!.
DEATHEVOKATION Being around since 2005, California ’s best kept secret
DEATHEVOKATION represents the real meaning of Death Metal, the Old School Way .
After a few underground releases, DEATHEVOKATION released back in 2007 one of
the most solid Ancient Death Metal albums released on the last 15 years, “The
Chalices of Ages”, an instant classic. No matter what you think about high class
productions, DEATHEVOKATION with its first full length delivered an amazing
album with a brilliant production full of mid tempos and dark passages all
around. With such a monicker, cult names like CARNAGE or DISMEMBER will come
immediately to your mind, but nobody can’t denied how a big influence Death
Metal masters like BOLT THROWER, MORGOTH or MASSACRE have been as well in the
DEATHEVOKATION’s development. Enjoy their brilliant contribution to this Split
with GRAVEYARD until they release their second full length!”

First 100 orders gets red vinyl. http://www.nwnprod.com/catalog/

REMEMBER TO DISMEMBER!

Dismember's Canada Burns Tour 2008 begins this month; a two week assault of pure Swedish death for the country to endure. Still going strong on this year's self-titled album, one of the most well-received albums of the band's career since Dismember helped invent the genre, this is about the best time to see these masters to their thing if you live anywhere in Canada.

10/24/2008 Bar le Magog - Sherbrooke, QC

10/25/2008 Le Bunker - Chicoutimi, QC

10/26/2008 Lánti - Quebec City, QC

10/27/2008 Le National - Montreal, QC

10/28/2008 Maverick - Ottawa, ON

10/29/2008 The Embassy - London, ON

10/30/2008 The Opera House - Toronto, ON

10/31/2008 The Serbian Centre - Sudbury, ON

11/02/2008 Royal Albert - Winnipeg, MB

11/03/2008 *TBA - Regina, SK

11/04/2008 The Mead Hall - Edmonton, AB

11/05/2008 The Thirsty Dog - Calgary, AB

11/06/2008 Rutland Centennial Center - Kelowna, BC

11/07/2008 The Cobait - Vancouver, BC

11/08/2008 Sopranos - Victoria, BC

11/09/2008 Roll a Dome - Prince George, BC

http://www.dismember.se

http://www.myspace.com/dismemberofficial

http://www.regainrecords.com

http://www.myspace.com/regainrecords

BILINGUAL AGONIA UPDATE

NEWS ON AGONIA RECORDS: / NOWOŚCI PŁYTOWE I KONCERTY:

ENGLISH VERSION:

ARMAGEDDA first album, THE FINAL WAR APPROACHING, will be re-released on Agonia Records. Bands highly anticipated debut comes re-remixed and re-mestered at Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Adorior, Zarathustra) by Tore Stjerna himself. New coverartwork and layout, made by Eric Masicotte (artwork on Darkthrone albums) will accompany this release.

Format: CD
Release date: 15.09.08
Armagedda Official Myspace

BLOODSWORN album, ALL HYLEST SATAN, will be released on Agonia Records. Long awaited debut features mind numbing artwork and layout from Northgrove, followed by expert mastering made at Q Studios by Tom Horn (Absu, Urgehal, Turbo). Pure Black Metal with no compromises. A real must for fans of Tsjuder, Urgehal, Taake, Gorgoroth and old Troll!

Format: CD
Release date: 15.09.08
Armagedda Official Myspace

CORPUS CHRISTII, Portugals leading Black Metal band, has signed to Agonia Records for one mCD release. The material is called CARVING A PYRAMID OF THOUGHTS and striclty limited to 1.000 copies only. Consists of 4 unreleased tracks and one previously released just on the TORMENTED BELIEF LP version. Ripping, raw and cold metal.

Format: MCD
Release date: 15.09.08.
Corpus Christii Official Myspace

IMPIETY hit the road together with GLORIOR BELLI and SPEARHEAD to tour all over Europ, starting from the end of August by the end of September. THE BESTIAL DOMINATION TOUR 2008 will be also joined by NEFARIUM for 8 concerts.

Tour dates:

29th Aug - An Cruiscin Lan, Cork, Ireland (without Glorior Belli)
30th Aug - Dublin, Ireland (without Glorior Belli)
2nd Sep - Purple Turtle, London, UK (with Witchmaster)
3rd Sep - The Stage, Arnhem, Netherlands (with Scythian)
4th Sep - The Frontline, Ghent, Belgium (with Scythian)
5th Sep - LA RUMEUR, Lille, France (with Nefarium)
6th Sep - Lyons Hall, Lyon, France (with Nefarium and others)
7th Sep - Helvetic Blackmetalclub, Lucerne, Switzerland (with Nefarium)
8th Sep - Marmaja, Milan, Italy (with Nefarium)
9th Sep - Country Star, Padova, Italy (with Nefarium)
10th Sep - Orto bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11th Sep - SKC Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia (with Nefarium)
12th Sep - Escape Metalcorner, Vienna, Austria (with Nefarium)
13th Sep - EXIT Chmelnice, Prague, Czech Republic (with Nefarium)
14th Sep - Pod Plama Club, Rzeszów, Poland (with Stillborn and others)
15th Sep - Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
16th Sep - U Bazyla Club, Poznan, Poland (with Strandhogg and Infidel)
17th Sep - Chemiefabrik, Dresen, Germany
18th Sep - The Bunker Club, Chemnitz, Germany
19th Sep - Hellraiser, Leipzig, Germany
20th Sep - Helvete, Oberhausen, Germany (with Purgatory)
21st Sep - Bambi galore Musikclub, Hamburg, Germany (with Purgatory)
22nd Sep - The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark
23rd Sep - Club Booster, Gothenburg, Sweden
24th Sep - Tantogarden, Stockholm, Sweden
25th Sep - Ravintola Hellä, Tampere, Finland (without Glorior Belli) (with Nifelheim and Watain)26th Sep - S-Osis, Turku, Finland (without Glorior Belli) (with Nifelheim and Watain)
27th Sep - Kulttuuriareena Gloria, Helsinki, Finland (without Glorior Belli) (with Nifelheim and Watain)

Official Impiety Website
Official Impiety Myspace

NEFARIUM will play on the DUNKELHEIT FESTIVAL along with Kampfar, Inquisition, Wyrd, Azaghl, Darkened Nocturn Slaughter, Cult and more. The act will take place beetween 29th and 30th August in Club Fleda, Brno, Czech Republic. After that, on 27 September the band will visit France to play on the SOUTHERN ORDER FEST (with Ad Hominem, Foscor Frangar and guests) in Luynes/Aix en Provence, PACA.

Nefarium Official Website
Nefarium Official Myspace
Dunkelheit Festival Website

Best Regards,
Bartek

For more info and shopping with Agonia Records visit www.agoniarecords.com
For general info, contact: info@agoniarecords.com
For promotional info, contact: promotion@agoniarecords.com

POLSKA WERSJA:

ARMAGEDDA doczekała się reedycji swojego pierwszego albumu THE FINAL WAR APPROACHING. Świetnie przyjęty debiut ukaże się zmiksowany i zmasterowny na nowo w Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Adorior, Zarathustra) przez Tore Stjerna. Album zawiera także nową szatę graficzną, opracowaną przez Erica Massicotte (znany ze swoich projektów dla Darkthrone).
Format: CD
Data wydania: 15.09.08.
Oficjalny Myspace Armageddy

Album ALL HYLEST SATAN zespołu BLOODSWORN, zostanie wydany przez Agonia Records. Długo oczekiwany debiut posiada niezwykłą oprawę graficzną, wykonaną przez Northgrove. Zmasterowany w Q Studios przez Toma Horna, jest obowiązkową pozycją dla fanów Tsjuder, Urgehal, Taake, Gorgoroth i starego Troll. Czysty Black Metal bez kompromisów.
Format: CD
Data wydania: 28.11.08.
Oficjalny Myspace Bloodsworn

CORPUS CHRISTII, czołowy przedstawiciel portugalskiej sceny Black Metalowej, podpisał z Agonia Records papiery na wydanie jednego mCD. Materiał nosi nazwę CARVING A PYRAMID OF THOUGHTS i pojawi się w limitowanej do 1.000 egzemplarzy edycji. Płyta zaiera 4 niewydane dotychczas utwory oraz jeden kawałek pochodzący z TORMENTED BELIEF LP. Zimny, surowy metal.
Format: MCD
Data wydania: 15.09.08
Oficjalny Myspace Corpus Christii

IMPIETY rusza na europejską trasę koncertową razem z GLORIOR BELLI i SPEARHEAD. Podbój starego kontynentu potrwa od 29. sierpnia do 27. września. Na BESTIAL DOMINATION TOUR 2008 będzie można zobaczyć również NEFARIUM. Włoska horda zagra na 8 koncertach.

Daty koncertów:

29 sierpnia - An Cruiscin Lan, Cork, Ireland (bez Glorior Belli)
30 sierpnia - Dublin, Ireland (bez Glorior Belli)
2 września - Purple Turtle, London, UK (z Witchmaster)
3 września - The Stage, Arnhem, Netherlands (z Scythian)
4 września - The Frontline, Ghent, Belgium (z Scythian)
5 września - LA RUMEUR, Lille, France (z Nefarium)
6 września - Lyons Hall, Lyon, France (z Nefarium i innymi)
7 września - Helvetic Blackmetalclub, Lucerne, Switzerland (z Nefarium)
8 września - Marmaja, Milan, Italy (z Nefarium)
9 września - Country Star, Padova, Italy (z Nefarium)
10 września - Orto bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11 września - SKC Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia (z Nefarium)
12 września - Escape Metalcorner, Vienna, Austria (z Nefarium)
13 września - EXIT Chmelnice, Prague, Czech Republic (z Nefarium)
14 września - Pod Plama Club, Rzeszów, Poland (z Stillborn i innymi)
15 września - Progresja, Warsaw, Poland
16 września - U Bazyla Club, Poznan, Poland (z Strandhogg i Infidel)
17 września - Chemiefabrik, Dresen, Germany
18 września - The Bunker Club, Chemnitz, Germany
19 września - Hellraiser, Leipzig, Germany
20 września - Helvete, Oberhausen, Germany (z Purgatory)
21 września - Bambi galore Musikclub, Hamburg, Germany (z Purgatory)
22 września - The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark
23 września - Club Booster, Gothenburg, Sweden
24 września - Tantogarden, Stockholm, Sweden
25 września - Ravintola Hellä, Tampere, Finland (bez Glorior Belli) (z Nifelheim i Watain)
26 września - S-Osis, Turku, Finland (bez Glorior Belli) (z Nifelheim i Watain)
27 września - Kulttuuriareena Gloria, Helsinki, Finland (bez Glorior Belli) (z Nifelheim i Watain)

Oficjalna Strona Impiety
Oficjalny Myspace Impiety

NEFARIUM zagra na DUNKELHEIT FESTIVAL razem z Kampfar, Inquisition, Wyrd, Azaghl, Darkened Nocturn Slaughter, Cult i innymi. Festival odbędzie się 29. i 30. sierpnia w Klubie Fleda, w Brno w Czechach. Natomiast 27. września zespół uda się do Francji, by tam zagarać na SOUTHERN ORDER FEST (z Ad Hominem, Foscor Frangar i gośćmi) w Luynes/Aix en Provence, PACA.Oficjalna Strona Nefarium
Oficjalny Myspace Nefarium
Strona Domowa Dunkelheit Festival

Pozdrawiam,
Bartek
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EH? NAH! RE.

The first cooperation between Earsplit and the UK's Sound Devastation Records comes in the from of the crushing and tumultuous debut release from Bostonian outfit Ehnahre. The members of the avant-death project culminate from fallout of bands such as Biolich, Kayo Dot, Forcefedglass (went on to form Converge...) and more, here combining their influences into a uniquely infectious, technically-driven, artistically-drunk gut-punch of death/doom experimentation.

A concept record in five parts, based on the writings of Donald Justice, the debut album The Man Closing Up is something that can only be digested, not described accurately... dig, delve, and disgust yourself in it's gutsy glory... clips from the monstrosity are posted on the band's MySpace page now.

lineup:

Ryan McGuire - bass, double-bass, voice, percussion
John Carchia - guitar, voice
D.J. Murray - guitar, voice, keyboard
Andrew Hock - guitar
Tom Malone - drums, guitar

Other contributors-
Jonah Jenkins - voice
Forbes Graham - trumpet
Greg Kelley - trumpet
Greg Massi - guitar
Noell Dorsey - voice
J Mark Inman - violin

http://www.myspace.com/ehnahremetal

http://www.sounddevastation.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/sdrecs

OBITUAY EP TO COINCIDE WITH NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Candlelight Records have set September 16 as the American release date of Left to Die, the new EP from Obituary. The EP follows the worldwide success of 2007's Xecutioner's Return and as previously announced includes two brand new songs from the legendary death metal band plus a re-recording of the band's classic "Slowly We Rot," and remake of the Celtic Frost classic "Dethroned Emperor." The EP additionally contains the band's popular "Evil Ways" video.

Obituary's core of brothers John Tardy (vocals) and Donald Tardy (drums) with guitarist Trevor Peres came together in 1984 forming one of death metal's most successful and respected bands. Releasing six full-length albums with Roadrunner Records, the band announced their cooperation with England's Candlelight Records in early spring of 2007. Xecutioner's Return was released August 28 to extensive acclaim and supported with full American and European tours. "Xecutioner's Return totally smokes everything they've done since 1992's The End Complete," said Decibel Magazine. "A tour de force of old school death metal," adds Blabbermouth.

Now finishing up a series of European festival dates, including Germany's famed Wacken and Party.San Open Air festivals, the band kick off their second American tour in Atlanta, Georgia and wrap nearly 30 days later in Charleston, South Carolina. Confirmed tour dates are noted below.

09/16/2008 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA

09/17/2008 House of Blues - New Orleans, LA

09/18/2008 Ridglea Theater - Ft. Worth, TX

09/19/2008 Scout Bar - Houston, TX

09/20/2008 Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX

09/22/2008 The Metro - Mexicali, Mexico

09/24/2008 House of Blues - W. Hollywood, CA

09/25/2008 Slim's - San Francisco, CA

09/26/2008 The Boardwalk - Orangevale, CA

09/27/2008 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR

09/28/2008 Studio Seven - Seattle, WA

09/30/2008 Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO

10/01/2008 Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO

10/02/2008 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN

10/03/2008 The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL

10/04/2008 Peabody's Down Under - Cleveland, OH

10/05/2008 BB King Blues Club - New York, NY

10/07/2008 Trocadero Theater - Philadephia, PA

10/08/2008 Rex Theater - Pittsburgh, PA

10/10/2008 Palladium - Worcester, MA

10/11/2008 Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD

10/12/2008 Uncle Pleasant's - Louisville, KY

10/13/2008 Amos Soutend - Charlotte, NC

10/14/2008 Music Farm - Charleston, SC

http://www.obituary.cc

http://www.myspace.com/obituary

http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

http://www.myspace.com/candlelightrecordsusa

GATHER 'ROUND, IT'S REVIEW TIME.

IN THA UMBRA - THUS OPEN THINE EERIE WINGS LIKE AN EAGLE AND SOAR THE WINDS OF CHAOS
Yeah, I tried saying that five time fast and nearly passed the fuck out. Something just isn't right with these guys. I mean, you'd have to be pretty damn nutso to come up with an album title such as that. What, and these guys claim at all to be sane? I don't buy it. You'd expect some more black metal of the kookie-kutter-kind, but instead end up with something just plain kookie. I don't think these guys left any stone unturned or any bridge uncrossed. Seriously, who sits and thinks to mix death and black in with some rock and some prog and some female vocals and a whole of of just plain weirdness? Evidently these guys do. And with balls as big as theirs, you can make a sure bet the pull it off well. It's in rare form when so many conflicting elements mesh together so well. Thank hell for small favors like In tha Umbra! (FA)
AGONIA RECORDS
www.agoniarecords.com, info@agoniarecords.com, www.pentagramma.net, info@pentagramma.net, www.myspace.com/inthaumbra

ARGHOSLENT - HORNETS OF THE POGROM
I always tend to think of a Mark Twain story gone horribly awry when I think about these guys. It's not as if I really could explain it, what with them singing about empires rising and falling, the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and all other ills and evil of history you could imagine. Arghoslent probably has more chips on their should than the guy sitting in front of me at the ball park, and that's exactly how they like it. Remorseless, sadistic death metal with no apologies to anyone or anything. They've been in the game a while, long enough to see the history the sings about come and go with many other things underground. I'm sure by now their main interests are bashing as many skulls as possible and leaving nothing but ashes in their wake. If such is in the case, may you live 100 more years! (FA)
DRAKKAR PRODUCTIONS
www.drakkar666.com, drakkarorder@gmail.com, http://arghoslent.cjb.net/, arghoslent@hotmail.com

A DIRTY DOZEN QUESTIONS FOR BARBAROUS OF GRIMBANE

By Fatherland Almighty, 5/2008

1. Tell us about about your illustrious history, and that of other band members.
My history is I was always into metal. As a youngster starting with (Sabbath and Deep Purple) hard rock was ok but it was love, glam, and frills and not enough substance. I saw a Venom album, they were ok, but when I saw Celtic Frost and Hellhammer that made me feel as though the sound and freedom to say what others weren't was the way to go.

2. Were you on official hiatus from music, or just keeping a low profile to concoct Grimbane?
No, I live in a place where there are no good musicians so the chance to work with the Grimbane members was there so I did it.

3. Now that you're back with a vengeance, what are some of your plans?
We have a new album and we are writing songs for now.

4. What are you crazy Canucks doing that us Yanks aren't?
I spent a lot of time in the US and it's a great place. Politicians sometimes do bad things and it makes the country look bad. Now that being said, same as our country if you go to the middle of the US the people are all good just the same.

5. Let which "Empires Fall", exactly?
The reference is to control systems - schools, churches, governments, people who have their ways to control others.

6. So what is Grimbane the epitome of?
We enjoy playing and we have a certain way of playing that we feel we want to share with anyone who wants to listen. I also get satisfaction in expressing my feelings and views of the way I see the world.

7. What is a Grimbane show like?
Loud, fast, and played to the same way you hear it on the album that is the way bands should play and then the fans get to see and hear the performance that was captured in the studio.

8. What's with so many intros to several of your songs (not like I'm complaining)?
I know that none of the men and women that do reviews buy the album they get them from my company for free. So they don't have the lyrics and liner notes if you had the lyrics you would know what the intros and story throughout the album are referring to.

9. Ever lit anything on fire?
I have many people in my neighborhood that think their front yards are temporary garbage dumps, leaving old couches and trash all over. I would love to light those items on fire and see the fire trucks arrive.

10. If you could be God for a day, what would be the first thing you would do?
Haha. There is no god. You know in a way we are, each one of us a god. And that's a good way to look at it.

11. If there were such thing as "life metal", what do you think it would represent?
I know I'm metal for life. In that the music's ideas and lyrics just represent in detail a way you see the world and you have to agree to enjoying the way it sounds and find it fulfilling to listen to. That's metal for life.

12. Before you DEpart, why not IMpart some words of wisdom upon us mortals.
Take every chance you have to show the people all around you that the fact that Christianity is so accepted is solely based on lies and control.

www.moribundcult.com

THOR WOULD BE PROUD

UNLEASHED - HAMMER BATTALION

With a title like Hammer Battalion, what would you expect? Yeah, possibly the heaviest Unleashed album yet... Out on June 9th, this juggernaut of Swedish death shows the act at their most volatile, and here to talk about it we have Johnny Hedlund (vocals/bass) and Anders Schultz (drums) this coming Tuesday 5/20 and Thursday 5/22. From 11 AM EST onwards to Valhalla, the band will speak.

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The battle call has been raised! With their unstoppable new album Hammer Battalion, Sweden's mighty Unleashed have forged the blood and spirit of their Viking ancestry into a modern weapon of Death Metal mastery. A true rallying cry for the dedicated metalhead legions around the globe, Unleashed has done what previously seemed impossible: raising the intensity level without losing their trademark skill of melding uncompromising brutality with extreme listenability. Experience and believe!

Hammer Battalion takes a battle-hardened axe to the misguided concepts of self-subjugation, transparent corruption and unneeded suffering in the name of religious figureheads and provides a perfect link between the ancient struggles of their Nordic forefathers and the ills of our modern society. The blistering "The Greatest Of All Lies" and "Long Before Winter's Call" take on old religious myths re-cast as pure fact, while "Your Children Will Burn" serves as a warning of the consequences of blind faith. "Whatever is done in the name of different religions is often done against Mother Nature," notes vocalist/bassist Johnny Hedlund. "And she has the means of striking back."

Hedlund and company have not only worn their Viking heritage on their sleeve for years, they've also proven to be one of history's most important flag bearers for metal-heads around the globe. At its heart, Hammer Battalion serves as a testament to these legions of proud fanatics, and delivers a commanding message loud and clear. "Rebellion is rising," notes Hedlund when discussing the album's title track. "We will form a number of battalions all over the world with warriors who are not afraid to fight. We are tired of being sitting ducks for bullshit authorities who know nothing better than to oppress us for reasons they won't explain. We will take command of our own lives and get to work. Either like the chameleon – smoothly changing colors to benefit our survival, or by the furious rage of a Viking warrior - whichever suits us best. To the common man, his various pathetic and hollow forms of music is a hobby. Our music is a way of life. Join your local Hammer Battalion or start one yourself!"

Hammer Battalion proves to be a high point in the career of a band who has had many. For nearly 20 years, the warriors of Unleashed have been the ultimate embodiment of Death Metal - employing a driving fortitude that has helped them to become one of the top extreme bands on the planet. Always unyielding and without a hint of compromise, they have remarkably brought the spirit of the Viking past and the glory of pure Death Metal together in this new century. While the Hammer Battalion hordes are assembling around the globe, Unleashed are preparing their live assault on Europe and North America.

To Valhalla!

www.unleashed.se

www.myspace.com/666unleashed

www.spvusa.com

www.myspace.com/spvusa

SCYTHIAN'S DEBUT ALBUM "TO THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST US..." NEARS COMPLETION

The debut Scythian album now nears its finished state and four years of toil and conflict have nearly come to an end. Solos and extra guitars have now been recorded and final touches are being made, including the sparing use of samples and backing vocals. Volgard is handling all the layered 'choral' work and the intro and outro tracks will be completed before mixing and mastering gets underway.

"TO THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST US..." is scheduled for release in early October 2008 via Galactic Records and PHD.

Scythian are:

S. Vrath: warlord / bass & vocals
A. Satyrus: strategist / guitar
J.C. Volgaard: siege engineer / drums
G. Kul-Oba: reinforcements / live rhythm guitars

www.myspace.com/scythiandeath

Cast your eyes on Scythian's forthcoming live dates!
July 5 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | w/ Terrorama + Salute
August 6 | Metal Heads' Mission Festival, Crimea, Ukraine www.mhm-fest.com
Sepember 4 | The Frontline, Ghent, Belgium | w/ Impiety, Dawn Of Azazel + Spearhead

Scythian's recording blog is available on www.myspace.com/scythiandeath and printed below.

Sunday, March 23, 2008
RECORDING PART III: BASS & VOCALS
Bass and Vocals for the debut album are now complete...
Myself, Vrath and Volgard spent another 2 days at Dreaming Studios with Leon Macey to face the most major task of the recording process so far. Vrath stormed through his vocal tracks aided only by the black brew known as Guiness. Things went downhill however, when alcohol became involved. An arm-wrestling competition ensued, and shamefully I admit that we were smashed by the two members of Mithras. We are sore fucking losers on the other hand and drunkenly proclaimed that we would take revenge on Leon and his seven-foot accomplice, Rayner Coss.
The marvellous state of British engineering ensured that we had a comfortable trip home. Aided by several bottles of whiskey, we spent 5-6 hours on various coaches and terrorised the innocent for every leg of the journey, particularly Volgard, who managed to sit in a phantom pile of puke.
In other news, Vrath or Volgard may have to be replaced. One of them will die in the near future due to an internet bidding war (with each other) over a certain Italian band's entire discography. Vrath has already resorted to dirty tactics and Volgard has promised to make sure the vocalist is deprived of his rent should he obtain these most sacred vinyls.
More to come.
A. Satyrus
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Monday, March 03, 2008
RECORDING PART II: GUITARS COMPLETE!
Rhythm guitars for the as yet untitled album (sorry, we're still squabbling about it) are now finished. I worked alone with Leon Macey for 2 days and together we completed the massive task of recording 8 songs (both left and right channels) and 6,000 riffs (slight exaggeration). Playing every riff you've come up with in the space of 3 years note-perfect over 2 days is a struggle in itself. I am thrilled to say I'll never have to record the likes of "Suffering to the Conquered" (EVER) again and I'm even more pleased to have crushed this obstacle beneath the heel of my boot. Many thanks to Leon for his enduring patience and flawless ear.
We are planning to do a video interview to promote the coming release. It will be posted here on the site and other internet orifices for your viewing displeasure.
A. Satyrus
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
RECORDING PART I....
Strong hails and salutations.
Phase one of the recording process for the debut album is now complete and we are greatly looking forward to the rest of the endeavour. I accompanied Volgard over the weekend to Dreaming Studios where we successfully completed the drums within the incredible space of 2 days. We are currently arming ourselves to lay down the guitars. In other news, we may have decided on a final title. More to follow shortly.
A. Satyrus