NEW RELEASES - PRESS - JANUARY 2001
BEHEADED "Resurgence of Oblivion" MCD re-issue FU008 (Forever Underground Recs.).
GREAT VAST FOREST - Battletales and Songs of Steel"- (Evil Horde Recs.)
HALF MAN - "Red Herring" (Vinyl Magic Recs.)
INVASION "Berserk Artillery Barrage" CD FU007 (Forever Underground Recs.).
OCULTAN - Remembrance of Evil, the Crucifiction (Evil Horde Recs.)
BEHEADED "Resurgence of Oblivion" MCD re-issue FU008.
Beheaded's ultra brutal MCD is now available in the US, Canada and South America through Forever Underground Records. Anyone that may have missed this CD should definitely own it. This is one brutal slab of technical death metal. Although it is only 5 songs long the length of the CD is about 24 mins. Be on the lookout for Beheaded's new full length "Recounts of Disembodiment" which will also be available through Forever Underground Records. Recounts... is by far the most brutal album Beheaded has done and will be one of the best technical brutal death metal albums of 2002! Due out in March. Also look for Beheaded touring the US for the first time in April and May. Experience the sheer brutality! You can also listen to Beheaded at
www.foreverunderground.com $8 US/ $10 Canada & S.A.
GREAT VAST FOREST - Battletales and Songs of Steel"- (Evil Horde Recs.)
Up-coming on Evil Horde Records is the debut CD of GREAT VAST FOREST, Brazilian Barbarian Black Metal band.The album will be called "Battletales and Songs of Steel" and is supposed to be out later in February. You can check MP3 file of the song "Wolvesclan" at
www.evilhorderec.com . The new website of the band is already available and worth visiting: www.greatvastforest.com
HALF MAN - "Red Herring" (Vinyl Magic Recs.)
The new great album by HALF MAN! The ... kippering of the red herring has eventually begun after a delay due to technical problems (as often happens when a high quality result is pursued). The actual realisation of the CD is expected to be concretized in mid February so that the CD version will be available for sale late the same month. Around mid March the vinyl version will see the light of day too; this last will include an additional track and will come in a double LP housing a G/F sleeve.
It was a long and suffered work which all those who were involved (musicians, technicians, graphics, producers ...) gave the best of their professional attitudes and devotion to. These joint efforts led to the now imminent upcoming of an album which will outstand in the history of today's rock. A special care has been taken with the sound, in order to achieve a sorta sixties' taint suitable for the listener to fit with the vintage flavour of
extraordinary 'groove' mantained throughout.
The cover artwork is by Bjorn Wallin who gave vent to his fantasy and artistic inspiration in creating two different covers: the double-vinyl version, in fact, will sport a wide, completely different artwork than the CD.
INVASION "Berserk Artillery Barrage" CD FU007 (Forever Underground Recs.).
Invasions music is best described as war metal. All songs are war themed and focus on the most brutal and horrific aspects of war and all it's elements. The music itself is a mixture of aggressive thrash with a touch of death metal. Fans of Old school death metal will definitely want to give this a listen. Formerly on The Plague, Invasion has decided to go with a closer to home and growing label that will give the band the attention it deserves. You can give invasion a listen at
www.foreverunderground.com $12 US/ $14 World
OCULTAN - Remembrance of Evil, the Crucifiction (Evil Horde Recs.)
The Brazilian Extreme Black Metal band OCULTAN has just release its second album, "Remembrances of Evil, the Crucifixion" CD, which is already available at Evil Horde Records. One will notice a clear evolution in the sound of the band specially concerning the quality of the recordings if compared to their debut CD "Bellicus Profanus".
Eight tracks of fast Black Metal in the vein of Dark Funeral and total anger against the lambs of jehovah. You can check the track "The Seven Caldrons of Hell" in MP3 file at the site:
www.evilhorderec.com Check also the website of the band: www.geocities.com/ocultanblackhorde