California death horde GRAVEHILL has issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of their planned performance at this year’s Goregrowler’s Ball:
“We were saddened and pissed off, to say the least, to hear from Goregrowlers Entertainment about their decision to not bring us out for the Fest in San Antonio on the days of November 18th-20th. It is unfortunate and we just wanted to let all of our friends and fans down there that we had NO control over this situation and are disappointed beyond belief. I will not get into every aspect of what went down and what was said and agreed upon. I also won’t sit here and bash anyone at the Goregrowlers camp and get into any of that type of crap. What I will do is be honest and give you a “long story short”. Gravehill was one of the first bands asked to be a part of this years fest. I was also instrumental in helping them book a few of the bands that are playing. I know that Gravehill is not fucking Metallica, so we didn’t expect some sort of “red carpet treatment”. It was obvious that once some of the bigger bands jumped on board and the larger sponsors started getting involved, we felt that we were on the outside looking in. This would have been fine if we had to bring ourselves out and cover all of the costs. We understand how “politics” work in this scene. There are some bands playing now that A LOT of people want to see. But once we were FINALLY notified about us not being a part of the fest, we had already booked the Impiety west coast shows and started getting money together to fund that. Being that we play the music that we do, obviously we aren’t made of money. There was just NO WAY that we could grab cheap flights and get sleeping arrangements in a manner that would make sense. The reasons and excuses as to why the promoter decided this, well they have press releases being sent out about a lot of those things. Regardless, this situation SUCKS and we are sorry to the Horde of maniacs down in San Antonio that we can’t make it out for this one! We have been some killer friends down there, and we were looking VERY forward to killing and hanging out with all of you once again. We ASSURE you that we will be returning to Texas in 2012. We will keep everyone posted about this as soon as we can start generating interest and get the talks finalized. But as far as the fest goes, I will also not tell anyone “DON’T SUPPORT THAT SHIT!” because I have some killer friends still playing it and our other friends in the area deserve a good weekend of metal madness. Plus this was a business decision that just did not work out in OUR favor. Go support your scene everyone! And have a fucking blast at this Goregrowlers Ball. Hails to you and I hope to see you
soon you crazy Texas motherfuckers!”
In other news, GRAVEHILL are set to kick off a string of dates with Singapore’s blackened death/thrash masters IMPIETY. Due to scheduling conflicts with guitarists Hellfiend and BodyBag, GRAVEHILL has enlisted Henry Montoya & Erik Sneve of WITCHAVEN to fill the vacant guitar positions. GRAVEHILL dates with IMPIETY are as follows:
Friday – 11.4.11 @ Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
Saturday – 11.5.11 @ Plan 9 – Portland, OR
Sunday – 11.6.11 @ Sub-Mission – San Francisco, CA
Friday – 11.11.11 @ The Black Castle – Los Angeles, CA
Saturday – 11.12.11 @ Metaphor Cafe – Escondido, CA
Hellfiend and BodyBag will reconvene with GRAVEHILL on November 21st in Fullerton, CA.
Monday – 11.21.11 @ The Sidebar Rock N’ Roll Cafe – Fullerton, CA w/ EXHUMED (free show)
GRAVEHILL released their latest slab of brutality, When All Roads Lead To Hell on May 20th through Dark Descent Records. 2011has been a huge year for GRAVEHILL with the band dominating at MDF as well as sharing the stage with the likes of Destruction, Aura Noir and many more. Check-in at the band’s Myspace, ReverbNation or Facebook pages for details and updates.
The vinyl edition of When All Roads Lead To Hell is now available for pre-order through Chaos Records. This 12″ LP is limited to 500 copies worldwide; 200 bronze colored w/ exclusive logo patch (DIE HARD version) and 200 classic black. Vinyl orders will ship after 10.20.11. Pre-orders are available here. German maniacs can order When All Roads Lead To Hell through www.FDA-Rekotz.com. The album is also available for purchase via www.DarkDescentRecords.com and wherever face-melting metal is sold.
When All Roads Lead To Hell
1. Intro
2. Unholy Executioner
3. Devil Worshiper
4. Extinction
5. When All Roads Lead to Hell
6. Suffer No Man to Live
7. Hel Metal Holocaust
8. Pray For War
9. Consvmed By Rats
10. 7:06
GRAVEHILL’s previous release, Rites Of The Pentagram, is currently available through Ibex Moon Records via the label’s webstore.
Gravehill is a band that kicks ass and takes names. If you aren’t sufficiently strong, either man up or get what only they can deliver. – CWGMagazine.com
Gravehill makes themselves very clear that they are strictly death metal. With their evil, and demonic sounding vocals and original yet, old school executed drumming there sound is to die for, and would leave some of the most hardcore, old-school headbangers stunned. – XPlosiveMetal.com
If you find modern day death/black metal missing that old-school charm with its immaculate production values and perfect performances, then Gravehill might just be the sort of group you’re in dire need of hearing. – Blistering.com
California’s own blackened deathrashers Gravehill have once again summoned a veritable smorgasbord of old-school brawn and brutality. – Decibel
10/10! – Metal Hammer Norway
