Fan footage from France's Hellfest, featuring Amon Amarth and Aborted, posted online

Downlord vocalist Dave Ingham has added several video clips from multiple bands from last weekend’s Hellfest in Clisson, France.  Here are some of the highlights;

Entombed “Revel In Flesh”

Repulsion “Schizo” (Venom cover)

Vader “Silent Empire”

Aborted “Sanguine Verses” (complete with choreographed moshpit)

Amon Amarth “Guardians Of Asgaard”

Looks like it was a pretty fun weekend. To see more footage, head over to Dave Ingham’s YouTube page.

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Legendary satanic death metallers Deicide have cancelled their upcoming Australian tour

Legendary satanic death metallers Deicide (or as Necro-tron likes to call them, Strawberry Cupcake and the Chucklefucks) have announced the cancellation of their scheduled Australian/New Zealand tour in October due to recording commitments.

We are currently working on the new album and will be recording during the time frame of said tour… On behalf of the band and myself, we are sorry for any inconvenience and will reschedule the tour for another time frame as soon as we can.

So there you have it, Aussie and Kiwi death metal fans, no Deicide for you.  Looks like Strawberry Shortcake and the Chucklefucks will be releasing their Century Media debut in early 2010.  I haven’t listened to their most recent stuff, but I can’t deny that the self-titled album is one of the all-time best death metal releases.  In fact, I’m going to listen to it again right now.

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Cripple Bastards boxset being released by Selfmadegod Records

Selfmadegod Records have announced that they’ll be releasing a 4-CD boxset featuring the early works of legendary grinders Cripple Bastards.

Age Of Vandalism is four-CD box set to be released on July 16. This deluxe digipack features remastered versions of ALL of the Cripple Bastards‘ releases from 1988 to 1993, plus an incredible amount of unreleased tunes, and draws the complete history of the Bastards on tape. This will include the four official demos, the split 7″ with Violent Headache (with extra unreleased tracks!), and basically HOURS of unreleased noise, including pre-Cripple Bastards thrash from 1986-1987.

A jump back to the late-1980s/early-1990s DIY noisecore spirit made by tapetraders, cult labels, and ear-damaging bands releasing zillions of tracks on terrific lo-fi demos, not giving a damn about studio production and “I can’t hear the snare”-type pedant asses, Age Of Vandalism contains 1,036 songs.

They have a pretty huge following, although I can’t say I’m a big fan, I’ve only heard a few splits they were on, and enjoyed what I heard for the most part.  If you’re a diehard Cripple Bastards fan then this release is likely a mandatory addition to your collection, it’s only limited to 1,000 copies though.  You can pre-order it direct from Selfmadegod Records.

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Vader set to tour North America with Decrepit Birth in the Winter of 2009

Polish death metal veterans Vader will be headlining the “Monsters Of Death” Tour in the Winter of 2009, supported by Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Augury and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky.  A full list of dates and venues is listed below;

Nov. 04 – Sonar – Baltimore, MD
Nov. 05 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Nov. 06 – Webster Underground – Hartford, CT
Nov. 07 – The Blender Theater @ Gramercy – New York, NY
Nov. 08 – Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
Nov. 09 – Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC
Nov. 10 – Mod Club – Toronto, ON
Nov. 11 – Penny Arcade – Rochester, NY
Nov. 12 – Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH
Nov. 13 – The Pearl Room – Mokena, IL
Nov. 14 – Rave – Milwaukee, WI
Nov. 15 – Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
Nov. 16 – Royal Albert Arms – Winnipeg, MB
Nov. 17 – The Exchange – Regina, SK
Nov. 18 – The Underground – Calgary, AB
Nov. 19 – Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
Nov. 20 – Roll-A-Dome – Prince George, BC
Nov. 21 – Bourbon – Vancouver, BC
Nov. 22 – Sugar – Victoria, BC
Nov. 23 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Nov. 24 – Satyricon – Portland, OR
Nov. 25 – Regency Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
Nov. 27 – Jumping Turtle – San Marcos, CA
Nov. 28 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA
Nov. 29 – The Key Club – Hollywood, CA
Nov. 30 – U.B’s – Mesa, AZ
Dec. 01 – The Rock – Tucson, AZ
Dec. 02 – Gator’s – Farmington, NM
Dec. 03 – Club Vegas – Salt Lake City, UT
Dec. 04 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
Dec. 05 – Marquee – Tulsa, OK
Dec. 06 – Scout Bar – San Antonio, TX
Dec. 07 – Scout Bar – Houston, TX
Dec. 09 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
Dec. 10 – Peppermint Beach Club – Virginia Beach, VA
Dec. 11 – Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC
Dec. 12 – Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
Dec. 13 – The Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA

Pre-sales are available through Enter The Vault from now until July 17th. July 18th tickets go onsale through regular ticket outlets.

I don’t know about you guys, but this touring line-up doesn’t do anything for me at all.  I wouldn’t mind seeing Decrepit Birth, but I’m either completely unfamiliar with the remaining bands or just don’t give a fuck about them at all.

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Immolation sign with Nuclear Blast Records, set to release new full length in early 2010

New York death metal veterans Immolation have signed a worldwide, multi-album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, who will release the band’s upcoming eighth studio album in early 2010.

We are looking forward to working with Nuclear Blast, a classic label that has become one of the largest driving forces in metal today. We intend to have a new album out for early next year. Expect the new one to have some of the most dark and intense music we’ve ever put together!

This is great news!  Definitely looking forward to new Immolation material!

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Hooded Menace sign with Profound Lore Records

Hooded Menace have signed will have their next full length offering released on Profound Lore Records;

Finland’s masters of horror-inspired dirgy down-tuned death doom Hooded Menace have signed with Profound Lore Records. Mastermind Lasse Pyykko is currently putting the finishing touches (while conjuring inspiration from the most cult of horror films) on the material for the follow-up to the masterful Fulfill The Curse album, and rest assured, the new CD will be “heavier and more all-encompassing,” according to a press release. Look for Lasse and co. to enter the studio sometime this fall and if all goes according to plan, the new Hooded Menace opus will arrive in early 2010.

Hooded Menace was formed in June 2007 when three doom/death-loving freaks got together to jam some Candlemass cover songs but using old-school, death metal-style vocals instead. They were having so much fun that they decided to start writing their own material, very much influenced by the first Cathedral album, Winter and Asphyx. They wanted to do play really doom-laden death metal that combined crushing and somber riffs with just a slight hint of melody that comes from their love for the early Candlemass albums from the ’80s.

Fulfill The Curse was a killer debut and I’m definitely looking forward to hearing more material from these guys.

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Polish death metallers Behemoth release new single from their upcoming full length Evangelion

Polish death metallers Behemoth have uploaded the track “Ov Fire And The Void” from their upcoming Evangelion full length, due out on August 7th in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records and August 11th on Metal Blade Records, on the band’s official MySpace page.

New track sounds pretty solid.  I’m definitely looking forward to it.  If you haven’t already listened to it, you should also check out “Chant For Ezkaton 2000 e.v.” on their MySpace page as well… fucking awesome track!

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California death metallers Vile working on new full length offering

California-based death metallers Vile are currently recording their new full length offering at Imperial Mastering Studio.  Vocalist Colin Davis has issued the following update on the recording process;

We just finished recording the vocals for the new Vile album today. Our singer, Mike Hrubovcak, flew in from Philadelphia last Saturday and leaves tomorrow after a week of recording.

As with the drums, the recording sessions were conducted at my Imperial Mastering studio and we have taken all the time necessary to get absolutely perfect results.

It was a real pleasure recording Mike. He came totally prepared and we spent a lot of time with overdubs and production in general. The end result is going to be a really dynamic and original sound. Also we spent a lot of time making sure that Mike’s performances were appropriate for Vile‘s sound but also very clear to allow the lyrics to be understood more easily.

Since I have taken over lyric writing for the band, I wanted to make sure that the relevant subjects I have been writing about get through to the listener. I think the fans will be really knocked out by Mike’s performances when the album is finally released. I believe Mike is one of the worrld’s greatest extreme metal singers and I think that most of you will probably agree when you hear what he has done.

As for me, I am extremely pleased so far. I have really taken total control over all the aspects of the production and when the album is released, it will be obvious that I have done my absolute best to perfect every aspect of the music, lyrics, production and artwork. It’s been over three years and I am almost ready to let this baby go.

We still have to figure out the label situation and all of that, but we are hoping to have the album released at least in a limited way by the fall time with a full worldwide release soon afterwards and we are also starting to plan for a European tour for the spring of 2010. A U.S. tour will follow but we need to make sure it’s a good one.

The album will be the first album released on Colin Davis’ label Ninth Underworld Records.

I’ve been pretty unimpressed by Vile‘s releases to date.  Unless there are drastic changes to the song writing from their last effort, it’s safe to assume this album will be very skippable.

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