22/01
BROKEN HOPE
Joe Ptacek, former vocalist of the long-defunct 1990's Illinois death metal band
Broken Hope, died Wednesday night, January 20th of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 37 years old.
22/01
SADIST
Italian progressive death metallers
Sadist have entered Nadir Music studios in Genova to record their new album,
Season in Silence, for a March 19th release. According to a press release, the new CD promises to be the band's "most technical and extreme" effort to date.
22/01
DIE
Danish death metal band
Die has issued the following statement:
"Today the journey that began over two years ago is finally coming to an end. We are proud to announce that we have landed a record deal with none other than the elite death metal label Unique Leader Records. The
Rise of the Rotten album will be released worldwide on March 16th 2010.
We look forward to working with Unique Leader Records on this release, and so far the responses on the album have been great. We can't wait to unleash this roaring beast onto the world, so mark your calendars with a nice blood stain on March 16th."
22/01
ROTTEN SOUND
Finland's
Rotten Sound will release a new EP in March via Relapse Records. Entitled
Napalm, it will feature three brand new tracks in addition to three
Napalm Death covers. Additional details, including the track listing, will be revealed shortly.
Rotten Sound will join
Aborted and
The Red Chord for the "Machines of Grind" three-week co-headlining European tour. The trek will kick off in mid-April and will include stops at the Neurotic Deathfest and Revolution Fest Open Air.
For a list of dates, visit
www.myspace.com/rottensound.
31/12
MISERY INDEX
Baltimore, Maryland's
Misery Index will enter Wright Way Studios on January 2nd with engineer Steve Wright to begin recording its new album, tentatively titled
Heirs to Thievery, for a May 2010 release via Relapse Records. According to the band, "all day Saturday will be set aside for tweaking drums sounds, and then we start tracking drums on Sunday. The recording will take place from January 2nd to final mixing on January 28th."
Heirs to Thievery tentative track listing:
01. Embracing Extinction
02. Fed to the Wolves
03. The Carrion Call
04. Heirs to Thievery
05. Spectator
06. The Seventh Cavalry
07. Illuminaught
08. Plague of Objects
09. You Lose
10. Sleeping Giants
The band will also record a bonus song for the Japanese edition of the album.
[source:blabbermouth.net]