LEKAMEN ILLUSIONEN KALLET: The Second Wind Out Now After four years of silence,Sweden’s Lekamen Illusionen Kallet (LIK) returns with a collection of raw and often hypnotic occult black rock. Masterminded by multi-instrumentalist Stoif (formerly known as Graav) , The Second Wind is now available through Nordvis Produktion.
Known for scouring the globe to find some of the world’s finest death, black and thrash metal acts, Abyss Records is pleased to announced the signing of a band who brings the best of all three to the table. Hailing from Homer, Alaska, THOUSAND YEAR WAR stands tall as one of Abyss Record’s newest and most exciting acquisitions.
Get ready for hell on earth, because for the first time since they tour together on Ozzfest 1999, Rob Zombie and Slayer are teaming up to hit the road, bringing a glorious purgatory to fans in 12 North American cities. The co-headline trek kicks off Wednesday, July 20 at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA.
So, we all like free, don’t we? Well, it seems that Boom Studios and the one and only Mr. Clive Barker are making the prelude to the much anticipated Hell Raiser comic book “Prelude To Hellraiser #1” absolutely free! Go to the links below and see how you can get your free PDF copy (yeah, Boom is doing a digital give-away) of the book before the book!
Following up on the success of last year’s reissue of the classic Winter Of Sin, Abyss Records is proud to unearth yet another treasure from Norwegian black/death metal warlocks FESTER. In mid-April of 2011 Abyss will reincarnate FESTER’s 1994 masterpiece Silence on digi-CD. The reissue will come completely remixed, remastered and repackaged and will feature all nine original tracks and a live version of the song “Persecution” recorded in 1991.
The story thus far…Izegrim recorded and released its first propaganda on tape, called ‘Most Evil Demo’ in spring 1998. The demo (featuring symphonic death metal) was generally received very positively by the media. Izegrim released the self-financed mini-CD Bird of Prey in the summer of 1999. From the start, Izegrim was received very well by both the media and audience at live-gigs.