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Monday, January 30, 2012

AMON AMARTH To Celebrate Their 20th Anniversary With 5 Specials Shows!

Swedish Death Metallers AMON AMARTH will celebrate their 20th anniversary with five special shows which will take place this August in Germany, Poland and Holland.

The band states, "We will perform two whole sets containing songs from our entire career and we will also arrange a meet-and-greet on all shows."

"An Evening With AMON AMARTH 20th Anniversary Shows" will include the following dates:

- 05/08/12: DE in Chemnitz at Südbahnhof
- 07/08/12: PL in Warsaw at Progresja Club
- 14/08/12: DE in Saarbrücken at Garage
- 16/08/12: NL in Utrecht at Tivoli
- 17/08/12: DE in Hamburg at Markthalle

Released in March 2011 via Metal Blade Records, 'Surtur Rising' is AMON AMARTH's eighth studio offering in a winding discography that's helped shape the very face of epic, Viking-inspired Death Metal. Named in tribute to Surtur, leader of the fire giants of Muspelheim ("flame land") and the oldest being in the nine worlds of Norse mythology, the record was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren and bears the striking cover art by Tom Thiel.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Asphyx Debut First Single Of Their NEW Album 'Deathhammer' & Reveal Track-listing!

On February 27th in Europe and February 28th in North America, Dutch Doom-Death Metal legends Asphyx will be releasing their 8th studio album entitled 'Deathhammer', via Century Media Records! In anticipation of this release, the band is now giving fans their first preview of 'Deathhammer' with the premiere of the album's title track on CVLT Nation.com (see the link below).

In regards to this new, merciless track, the band comments:

"To us this song is 100% real Death Metal! It's heavy, aggressive and it simply can't get more in your face than this. This song is composed by just a few shredding riffs which stick in your brain like a buzz-saw, vocals so angry that it could be a declaration of war, relentlessly pounding drums and a bass that roars like a tank. We are very proud of this song since it shows our view on real Death Metal: how we've always seen it, how we feel it and how we want it to be! Martin already roared a clear statement in the very beginning of this song: THIS IS TRUE DEATH METAL, YOU BASTARDS! And so it is!" - ASPHYX

Featuring artwork by the band's long-time partner in designs, Axel Hermann, Deathhammer was recorded at The Mörser Studio as well as at Harrow Studio with their long-time engineer Harry Wijering, and was mixed and mastered in Sweden by Dan Swanö, who previously worked with the band on 'Death...The Brutal Way' as well as on the 'Live Death Doom' release.

ASPHYX - Deathhammer track-listing:

1. Into The Timewastes
2. Deathhammer
3. Minefield
4. Of Days When Blades Turned Blunt
5. Der Landser
6. Reign Of The Brute
7. The Flood
8. We Doom You To Death
9. Vespa Crabro
10. As The Magma Mammoth Rises

Prior to 'Deathhammer's' release, Asphyx will perform a very special concert at this year's 'Eindhoven Metal Meeting' on December 16th, at the Effenaar club in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where the band will be playing 'The Rack' album in its entirety for the 20th anniversary of its release. Additionally, Asphyx recently announced their appearance at the 2012 edition of the 'Summer Breeze festival', taking place from August 16th - 18th, 2012 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. See below for all of the band's confirmed shows.

ASPHYX live:

- 12/16/11: Eindhoven Metal Meeting in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) **special 20th anniversary show of The Rack**
- 7/5-7/12: ExtremeFest Deutschland in Hünxe (Germany)
- 7/5-7/12: ExtremeFest Österreich in Salzburg (Austria)
- 7/5-7/12: ExtremeFest Schweiz in TBA (Switzerland)
- 7/14/12: Obscene Extreme Festival in Trutnov (Czech Republic)
- 8/16-18/12: Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbühl (Germany)