Funeral Rain Press Corps

Abyss Records is pleased to announce the recent signing of Sweden’s Carnivore. Plans are in place for the label to re-release a limited edition version of the band’s EP Faces of Death in early 2012. Carnivore is set to enter the studio in December of this year to record their full-length debut, which will be out sometime next year. Faces of Death is currently streaming on the band’s SoundCloud page.

Carnivore Live Dates:

1/5 – Slaughterhouse – Växjö, Sweden
3/31 – Garf – Växjö, Sweden
TBA – Tilbakakaka Festival
TBA – Säljeryd Festival
5/19 – 5/20 Westbay Heaven n Hell Festival

Bio:

Carnivore was formed in 2010 when a former project of three of the members, called Beyond Hell, underwent major line-up changes and decided to make a new start. The band played several local shows during 2010 and in 2011 they recorded a three-song EP called Faces of Death. Faces of Death was released on June 1st, and sold out in 2 hours.
Carnivore‘s musical style is based on old school elements with a modern and progressive touch, as well as an philosophical and occult lyrical element.

Daniel Ocic Sundberg – Vocals
Tobias Pettersson – Guitar
Jonas Davidsson – Guitar
Cedrik Petersson – Bass
Marcus Nieminen – Drums

Norwegian pioneers in blackened death metal, Fester have revealed the cover art and tracklisting for their forthcoming new album, A Celebration Of Death. The band’s first offering of new material in 17 years, A Celebration Of Death will be out in early 2012 through Abyss Records. In an exclusive premier, Bravewords.com is now streaming the track “Rites of Ceres.” Visit this location to experience the return of Fester!
The cover for A Celebration Of Death was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Atheist, Sigh, Anacrusis). The rest of the layout was done by Joce of Industrie Chimere Noire (Portal, Ghäst, Total Holocaust). The core members of the band, bassist Jon Bakker (Kampfar), vocalist Thomas Andersen and guitarist/vocalist Bjørn “Tiger” Mathisen, all made the following comments regarding the album:

“A Celebration Of Death is a whirl of flavours hitting you all at once. All the varieties makes you spin the tracks over and over again. A real treat for the fans of Black, Death and Doom. The mix of musicians makes everything really original, but all in all Fester reeks through it all.” – Jon Bakker

“For me personally, A Celebration of Death has the ultimate lyrics evolving the theme of death, and it manages to pull all my aggression just to the edge, without turning over “ – Thomas Andresen

“Have you ever felt the sensation of darkness and death embracing you, and that you actually welcome it? Like love, death comes in all different shapes and sizes, and I really feel that we have captured our feelings around the theme. It’s darker and more melancholic than our previous releases, but it’s FESTER no doubt!” – Bjørn “Tiger” Mathisen

Tracklisting:
Rites of Ceres
The black tower
March of death
I’ll hunt you down
Metalized
Jeg spytter på deg
Last day of battle Pt.I
Last day of battle Pt.II
A Face for a funeral (bonus)
Rites of Mortiis (Remix of Ceres by Mortiis)

In addition to Bakker, Andersen Mathisen, A Celebration Of Death also features Audun Kleive (session drums), Raymond Pellicer (additional guitars, programming and synth), Eivind Aarseth (additional guitars), Guido Saint Roch (guest vocals on “Metalized”) and Mortiis (Dark Converter). For more on Fester, visit the band’s Facebook page. Norway’s atmospheric masters have returned to once again change the face of black/death metal. Prepare yourselves…

Posted on the Five Will Die Facebook page:

“Sincere thank you to Richie Donovan for a year and a half of dedication to Five Will Die. Unfortunately other commitments have taken precedence in Richies life, and its with great sadness that we amicably go our separate ways…We wish him luck in his future plans, farewell Uncle Richie ;)
This opens up the position of guitarist in Five Will Die. A high level of guitar skill and professional attitude is essential. This is a very time consuming position, and demands a huge amount of commitment. Extensive live experience desirable. No age/sex barrier, you can download and listen to songs on Soundcloud for reference for free.
Interested parties please contact us at fivewilldie@yahoo.com
Remaining shows we have booked will be played as a four piece, starting with Dublin next weekend.”

Heavy music innovators Prong have signed a worldwide recording contact with Long Branch Records/SPV. Founded in 1986 Prong are considered to be pioneers of the American post-hardcore and post-metal scenes whose influence is still being felt today. The as yet untitled album will be released in Spring 2012.

Prong frontman Tommy Victor commented on signing with Long Branch/SPV:

“I feel like Prong has come full circle. We have the same energy and excitement about our music that we did at the beginning of our career. With Long Branch/SPV we’ve found people to work with who are very supportive of us and what Prong has accomplished so far in our career.”

SPV A&R representative Maria Ouellette spoke about signing Prong:

“We’re extremely excited to welcome Prong into the SPV/Long Branch Records fold! Tommy Victor’s musical innovation and influence is far-reaching and inspirational, and exactly what we’re about. We’re proud that we can be part of their next musical milestone!”

Hypnotic Dirge Records has signed two new bands onto its artist roster, with both bands planned to have a release in the first half of 2012. The new bands added to the roster are Epitimia and Silent Path.

Epitimia is a black metal/post-rock band from Russia consisting of three members known simply as A., K., and M. Epitimia has released two prior full-length albums, as well as two split albums. Their latest album was called Four Truths of the Noble Ones and was released through Grailight Productions in october 2010. Epitimia‘s next album will be called Faces of Insanity, exploring the story of an individual suffering from a mental disease, and will be released through Hypnotic Dirge Records in the first half of 2012. For the time-being, check out the Epitimia profile page which features streaming audio, band members photos, and a full biography.

Silent Path is a one-man funeral doom metal/depressive black metal project from Iran created by Saman Nu. The project’s only member is also known as Count de Efrit, the musician behind the project Ekove Efrits which is already signed to Hypnotic Dirge Records. We will be releasing the debut Silent Path album Mourner Portraits within the first half of 2012. In the meantime, you can listen to streaming music from Silent Path‘s upcoming debut album, and read more in-depth about the history of the project on the official Silent Path profile page.