CARCASS SIGN TO NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS!

British extreme metal legends CARCASS have signed to Nuclear Blast Records for the world excluding Japan! Surgical Steel, the band’s first studio release since their 1996 LP Swansong, was produced by Colin Richardson (NAPALM DEATH, BOLT THROWER, GOREFEST, CANNIBAL CORPSE, SINISTER, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA) and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS, TESTAMENT). Joining guitarist Bill Steer and bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker in the band’s current incarnation are new drummer Dan Wilding (ABORTED, TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED) and guitarist Ben Ash (PIG IRON, DESOLATION, LIQUEFIED SKELETON). Expect some guest vocals from original sticksman Ken Owen as well, when Surgical Steel is released this Fall world-wide.

CARCASS has released the following statement regarding their new found partners in medical deviancy: “We are pleased to announce that we have found the perfect home for Surgical Steel, the first CARCASS album for, what, eighteen years?! We’ve inked a deal with Nuclear Blast for our new baby.

We have to thank Markus Staiger for his enthusiasm and belief in what he heard, but mostly his ability to take advantage of Jeff with a bad hangover when he visited the office in Stuttgart to let him be the first to hear the rough mixes. Nuclear Blast has managed to secure this release despite interest from all the main players in what remains of the metal ‘music industry’.

We’re also looking forward to working with our pals in the US Office, who have done favors for us behind the scenes over the last few years. On a personal note, Jeff looks forward to his and label manager Gerardo Martinez’ friendship to come crashing down in flames and tears in a few months.

As long as we don’t mention ‘The War’ we think we’re going to do just fine with our new Teutonic home!”

Commented Nuclear Blast owner and founder Markus Staiger: “One of my all-time favorite UK Metal Bands signed recently to Nuclear Blast – it feels like a dream come true. When Jeff Walker let me listen to the new record I knew immediately that CARCASS made one of their best albums ever! It is a perfect mixture of Heartwork and Necroticism with a massive production to boot. The album is without a doubt just as perfect and lethal as surgical steel itself, and exactly what both old and new fans have waited for eagerly all of these years!

I am very proud to say, CARCASS – welcome to the Nuclear family. It is an honor to work with this legendary metal band.”

Adds North American label manager Gerardo Martinez: “First of all, apologies to the many that were wondering where that signing statement was the other day. Well, we didn’t anticipate the prenuptial agreement to take this long but here we are, and about to release to the world what many people said would never happen: a new CARCASS record!

All joking aside, this is a dream come true. All I can say is that even the biggest critic, Señor Walker himself included, will find this to be one of the best CARCASS albums. It already sounds like a classic and I can’t wait for people to hear it. ‘Time to die, die in pain’!!!”

CARCASS has released several classic albums over the years, including Decibel Magazine “Hall of Fame” inductees Heartwork and Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious, and their influence has changed the face of extreme metal with every consecutive release. Whether it was inventing gore-grind (i.e. Reek of Putrefaction, Symphonies of Sickness) or creating the template for melodic death metal (i.e. Heartwork), CARCASS has always made records by which bars were set and rules were broken. Upon the band’s dismantling in 1996, fans mourned the loss of the seminal act and longed that the group would return again one day. In 2007, the metal world got its wish as CARCASS reformed to play several sold-out reunion shows around the globe. Once again re-motivated to administer a shot of cynicism and infectious riffs into the arm of a sickly metal scene, founding members Bill Steer and Jeff Walker began writing what would become the latest output of their highly influential career, Surgical Steel. Only the choicest of cuts were made, and blood sweat and tears were shed to bring us a record worthy of the CARCASS legacy. In short, Surgical Steel is just what the doctor ordered.

CARCASS festival appearances for 2013:
Maryland Deathfest (USA)
Metaltown (Sweden)
Brutal Assault (Czech)
Party San (Germany)
Damnation (UK)

For more info visit: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarcass

Lantern For A Gale Cut Throat Blues

ARTIST: Lantern for a Gale
ALBUM: Cut Throat Blues
CATALOG No: SYS010
FORMAT: Cassette Tape
RECORD LABEL: Savour Your Scene Records
RELEASE DATE: May 2012
STYLE: Melodic Hardcore
HOME COUNTRY: North Coast , Ireland

Guitars – Danny McConaghie
Guitars – Richard Tweed
Bass – Jamie Thompson
Drums – Allan Starrs
Vocals – Paul Michael

Lantern for a Gale are a five piece melodic hardcore band from the North Coast of Ireland. They formed in the Spring of 2010 to create music influenced by but not limited to: devastation, human adversity, pounding rhythms, hurtling roars, collapsing mountains, depression, caustic vocal frictions, broken equipment, sullen expectations, money (lack of), kicks to the head, conquering nerves, convincing people, spoiled dreams, crushing melody, pure regret…
This Double A side, released on Cassette and digital format only (60 black cassettes / 20 burnt orange exclusive to Savour Your Scene Records) is the new helping of melodic hardcore from Ireland’s North Coast heavy weights Lantern For A Gale.
With these two new tracks they show how they have come on leaps and bounds exploring their already polished and solid sound. With replacement guitar ‘Tweed’ in the mix, he has brought another level of aggression to this outfit, while they still remain extremely focused on pushing their melodic boundaries.
http://www.lanternforagale.com
http://www.facebook.com/lanternforagale

“This is by far the best material the guys have brought out. Both tracks on this mini EP “Cut Throat Blues” and “The Atlas Experiment” are just an explosion of excitement, anger and great tunes.”
Sounds Good http://soundsgooduk.tumblr.com/

1. Cut Throat Blues
2. The Atlas Experiment

2011 – Self Titled EP
2012 – Land More Hostile EP

Savour Your Scene Records
Apartment 6, Shaftsbury Court, 3 Marcus Ward Street, Belfast, BT2 7HN, N.Ireland
info@savouryourscene.co.uk http://www.savouryourscene.co.uk

NEWS: IN SILENT: Details debut album

IN SILENT: Details debut album – premiere May 25, 2013!

Polish quartet IN SILENT prepared self-released debut album “Potępienie” (Damanation). The release date is scheduled for May 25, 2013.
The material was recorded in late April and early July 2012, the Screw Factory Studio. Implementation, mix and mastering a whole took a recognized manufacturer of Janusz Bryt, known for his work Behemoth, Blindead, Stillborn, Devilyn or Witchmaster. Content publishing is seven compositions in the style of raw and brutal death / black metal.

Tracklist:
1.Tydzień patriotów
2.Potępienie
3.Czerwony parszywy chłam
4.Necro fucker
5.Morbid
6.Amputacja
7.Pedofiuzzkleru

The material has been prepared and recorded in the following composition:
Konrad “Buba” Ozdoba – guitar, vocal
Marcin “Mal” Skoczylas – guitar
Damian “Młynarz” Maciąg – bass guitar, vocal
Wojtek “Suchy” Mizera – drums

The title track can be heard here:

IN SILENT began in 1996 as an initiative of Marcin Skoczylas (guitar) and Konrad Ozdoba (guitar & vocals). Soon new people joined: Tomasz Nogaj (bass), Marcin Bęczkowski (drums), Anna Jędrzejewska (vocals) and Dariusz Chmiel (keyboards). After a few months of rehearsing the band played some gigs in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Ożarów.

1997 was the year of next gigs and the first visit in AMBS Studio. The first demo entitled “In silent” was recorded. This material got good reviews in such music magazines as for example Metal Hammer. The music on the demo was a mixture of death and doom metal.

In 1998 after a tragic death of Darek his place behind keyboards took Artur Mizera. Another change in the line-up was a new drummer. Wojtek Mizera joined the band and his coming has influenced the music face of the group. With his presence another material “Czwarta część mgnienia” was recorded.

In 1999 the band entered Promedia Studio with the next material “…bloody harvest of the nature…” and visible changes in music style. The music started to evolve into more brutal sounds. In this material keyboards were handled by Marcin Opałka. As a result of the recorded demo, the band increased their gigging activity. The new millennium was a further progress towards the most extreme kinds of metal and even more gigs. The following years the band concentrated on the new material and a quite long break was caused by Konrad’s departure.

The year 2009 is finally the full line up and the effect of a demo recorded again in AMBS Studio. The summer of 2011 Thomas Nogaj left for personal reasons IN SILENT ranks, and his place was taken by Damian Maciag bassist and vocalist Carnage Of Trident.

Between April and July 2012 with the participation of Janek Bryt Screw Factory Studio Dębica material was recorded for the first official album – “Potępienie”. The material contains seven tracks that oscillate in the brutal death-black metal.

Line-up:

Konrad “Buba” Ozdoba – guitars, vocal
Marcin “Mal” Skoczylas – guitars
Damian “Młynarz” Maciąg – bass, vocal
Wojtek “Suchy” Mizera – drums

More about IN SILENT:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Silent/144051922326331
http://www.myspace.com/silentin

CHRIST DENIED Cancer Eradication

“Cancer Eradication”, the very long awaited 2nd album of CHRIST DENIED, one of the most talked about returns in the Brutal Death camp, is totally finished and ready for its release next 15th of June as previously announced. Just 2 weeks after this, the band will perform their very 1st show ever on their almost 20-year history!! This will be at the MOVE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN FEST in Barcelona, followed a week later by OBSCENE EXTREME FEST in Czech Republic and later on, in October, at the RITUAL ZOMBI FEST in Madrid.

The band is absolutely satisfied about how the production of the new album turned out, achieving a truly crushing, brutal and heavy sound, making of this album a fucking sonic bulldozer, an absolute madness of blasts and unparalleled guttural delirium!!

Track listing for “Cancer Eradication” is as follows:

1. Weak Lunatics
2. Blasphemic Blessings
3. Putrid Christian Blood
4. Christ is Gone
5. Limbless God
6. Prophylactic Execution
7. Beheading the Abomination
8. Infidel’s Triumph
9. Of the Underworld (Imprecation)

As previously revealed, the magnificent cover artwork was created by greek artist Gerasimos Kolokas, which you can see on HD quality as well as listening to an advance song on the following link:

For more information about CHRIST DENIED, you can follow them at their official Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/ChristDeniedOfficial

PHOBOS PREACHER

PHOBOS PREACHER (Death Metal), was formed in late 2011, in the town of Borja (Zaragoza) following the separation of two local bands. Musicians with large experience, decided to get together and start composing. First born as a quartet, soon joined another great musician from Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza).

The band started the composition of songs and quickly played their first shows. They decided to present themselves to the Kolonorock 2012 contest, the band won it.

In late October 2012, the band recorded their debut album “Humano” at the Aggressive Studios (Barcelona) by the hand of Pol Luengo and Carlos Leonardo. “Humano” was released in January 2013.