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Mithridatic (France) As Darkness Dies (U.S.) Shadowrise (Holland)

Hissing (Seattle) Katingation (free) (Angola) Sisters of Suffocation (Holland)

Game Over (Italy) Blood (Germany) Phobous (U.S.)

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— Metal Bulletin Zine P.O. Box 1339 Lake Stevens WA 98258 USA Metal Bulletin Zine #1-20: (2006-2009): Wisconsin #21-26: (2009-2010): Texas #27(2010)--now; Washington state All album reviews, news, updates below are by MMB, unless stated otherwise. * Mithridatic (France) Mithridatic is an extreme metal band from France and the band’s 2016 album is called Miserable Miracle. Given that the band is new to this publication, this interview is an attempt to delve deeper into the music. The official information describes the band as: “Swirling all around like a sickening bad peyotl trip or voodoo seance gone wrong, twisting, bending levels of consciousness like drowning in a whirlwind of dark dimensions, MITHRIDATIC envision and explore the realms of terror, misery, pain, suffering, disease, madness and nihilism, through menacing, both crushingly heavy and hyperblasting drums, possessed vocals, lightning fast and razor sharp guitar attacks and an apocalypticly rumbling bass low end: a roller coaster of the most evil kind, from suffocating belows to breathtaking beyonds. With influences ranging from José Mojica Marins’ movies to Henri Michaux, Antonin Artaud and Friedrich Nietzsche’s writings, with gifted drummer Kevin Paradis (SVART CROWN, live for MELECHESH, BENIGHTED, SETH, AGRESSOR…) and ultra-talented members, with a massive production courtesy of Sainte Marthe studio (ARKHON INFAUSTUS, DEHUMAN…) and a schizophrenic dissonant approach of blackened Death Metal, MITHRIDATIC release with “Miserable Miracle” a debut full-length that sounds like a bulldozer powered by rockets from Hell.” Below you will find links to hear the music and to find out more about the band.

Hello from the USA! Can you explain a bit about your metal band in your city and country where you live? You are in France, correct? Hey! Yes, we are from France, St-Etienne, not far away from Lyon. Well we have a very good fan base their, and we just to say thank you guys for all your support! From my experience, as I’ve tour in the US with Svart Crown, I would say nevertheless that in France, it is a bit more complicated to earn decent money with music. I don’t mean enough money to live, just a bit of money in return of all the hard work you have to do to make decent music. Then with Mithridatic, we all make huge sacrifices on our personal life to be able to run the band. After all, you know what? It worth it! There is some metal heads in France, I guess it is just a bit more complicated to make them go to the shows than in the US. But when they come, they enjoy the music and show some support. We are trying to give them the best live experience possible, by playing well, and by having a great sound. In fact most of the time when you go a Death/Black Metal show, it is hard to understand what is going on, especially if you don’t know the song. With Mithridatic, we want to be sure that even

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people that never had a chance to ear our music will understand what is going on. What is the history of the band and who are the members of the band; who is answering this interview? So, I’m Kevin, the new drummer of the band. Then you have Guitou, (vocal) Remolow, (bass guitar) Alex and Romain (guitar). Mithridatic was born with Guitou, Remolow, Alex and Romain. Simon was the former drummer of the bands. After some underground demo record, show in France, Holland, Belgium and good opening slot (Eyehategod, Belphegor, etc.) the band splitted. 3 years ago, I receive an email from Romain. The band wanted to make music again, and was asking me to be the drummer, so I’ve said yes! Then we made the demo «The Hunt Is On», some shows in France. For a month now our first full-length album « Miserable Miracle» is out, and we are just back from a tour with Nile and Melechesh, and of some gigs in France. Does it matter to you what people call your music? What do you think about genres and categorizations? Well, «The Hunt Is On» was pretty straight Death Metal, but for «Miserable Miracle», we say «Blackened Death Metal » because there is black metal atmospheres. Nevertheless, we don’t make Black Metal! Some review are bad because they where expecting black metal, but basically, it is old school Death Metal with some Black Metal atmosphere. So we don’t really care in a way if people says Death Metal or Black Metal or whatever. The problem is that people then expect just Death Metal, or just Black Metal, and are disappointed. Just listen to the music, without expectation, and then see what’s happen. We don’t want people to tell us: I was expecting something more like Morbid Angel, or more like Mayhem, or just more Death

Metal etc. we want people to talk about us, to about want they expected. Bands aren’t here to make the music that people are asking, they are here to create something, of course from what is already made, and to propose this creation to the audience. Then, and only then, the audience have the freedom to say if the music is good or not, but still, without judging it from it desire. Tell us about your recordings. So as I was saying, this is our first full-length record. Before, we have made a EP «The Hunt Is On», available on the Kaotoxin shop, like our EP, as Kaotoxin is our awesome label. Before, the band have several underground record which are no more available! «Miserable Miracle» was recorded in a studio near to our home place, which have very good gear. Then we send all the tracks the Sainte Marthe studio in Paris. Both of them have made an amazing work. We are very happy with the organic sound, precise and thick at the same time. What led you to becoming a musician? How were things at the beginning? Well I’m just going to talk about me then here, as I’m not sure we have the same experience with the others. And I’m going to say… I don’t know, it was just a feeling that drove me there you know. I’ve begun to play drum completely randomly, I was listen to Rock and Heavy Metal Music, as my father, and step by step, I’ve found the music I like, I’ve worked on my playing in order to create my drumming, etc. I guess it is difficult first to get access to the music. I mean there is a lot of bands, so basically, it does take a while to find what you like the most, and to understand why you like more a band than an other one. And basically, sometime you really miss something important! So it take some time to have a musical culture. Then to find the right people

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take some time, but for me it was not the most difficult. To find an audience…well I guess we still haven’t an audience. We have our local fanbase, we are reaching a French fanbase slowly, but a band need a worldwide fanbase nowadays, and that kind of hard! How would like to see your listeners engage with your band in terms of support? Well sure come to the show, buy merch, etc., everyone knows that. But guys, our album is in streaming on YouTube. You can’t buy it right now? Listen to it, at least just to 2, 3 songs without doing anything else, just alone, with loud volume. If you like the songs, please share them on the web BUT!! most important, fuck that cyberspace, talk about our music with your friends, face to face, explain why you think it is great, if you think it is. This is going to help us, because a band with a fanbase is a band that can go on tour, in order to play in front of people that support the bands by paying their ticket, and merch. And even without this touring things, you keep our work alive if you work about it. We make sacrifice for our music, because we feel that we have to do it. Then, if people still talk about it, everything can happen, we can end living in the street, we can die, it doesn’t matter, as we have done something. How is the financial situation for your metal band in France? Can you make any money at all? I think it is possible to earn enough money to live from music, even metal music. The question is how? Well with a very huge amount of daily time, during a lot of years. That mean you can’t work during maybe 10 years before you get enough money for a living from your band. But basically, this is not something you can make unless you have a rich family. So well the question is in fact how to be able to invest a lot of time in your band during a lot of years, considering that you

have to earn money from somewhere else… and this is so hard. I mean, in the band we feel this is everyday. There is a lot of very difficult things everyday that remind you that everything could be easy with a regular job. But well, we all feel that we have to make music, so anyway, we have no choice! The best we can do in this situation is to remember to have fun.

What is your opinion about the issue of terrorism and the government response in France (and Belgium)? Does it affect your lyrics? Well, I’m not sure we consider music as something that have anything in common with politics, and we don’t want to make easy judgments on political issues. I guess our lyrics are more about ontological, spiritual, existential and psychological issues. For sure the atmosphere that can grow in a community because of political issues is more important to us, because this is more like people forgetting what is truly important, people getting stupid because they overreact, etc. In any case, a lot of political issue are just issue for some days, weeks, or

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month. Most of the time, our lyrics are concerned kind of larger problem that drove humanity for century, like the question of addiction, metal illness, the difference between normal and pathological, etc. www.kaotoxin.com/discography/mithridatic-miserable-miracle-cd-digital/ www.facebook.com/Mithridatic/ THE END ** As Darkness Dies If you support traditional and melodic rocking heavy metal and you want more of it, why not check out this band from New England, USA? As Darkness Dies is from Connecticut and their self-titled album is on Pure Steel Records. This is the first time that this publication interviews the band, so let’s get to business and find out more! Paul Coleman (founder; lead/rhythm guitar) answered this interview. You are in Patriot country, right? Tell us about your metal and the metal scenes in that area and how you see your present situation!! Thank you for contacting us!!! This is Red Sox country!!! The metal scene here in CT is pretty tight group of people with some amazing bands like Crossing Rubicon, In the red and Continuum to name a few!! As for our present situation we are a globally signed band with our debut album getting rave reviews worldwide. Read them yourself at your website below. When did you start the band? As Darkness Dies (formerly Graven Image) is: vocals: Martin O'Brien; guitar: Paul Coleman; guitar: Scott Williams; bass: Andrew Purchia; drums/Percussion: Harry Blackwell. Originally formed in 2011 by Paul Coleman,

A.D.D.’s current defining line-up came together in 2013 and stormed the CT metal scene with the band's first self-produced album, The Future Started Yesterday. The band's debut dominated the Number One spot on the CT ReverbNation Charts for over 18 months and reached 16th in the Nation!

On the strength of this release, A.D.D. forged their path, opening nationwide and overseas for legendary acts such as Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel, Queensryche, Fates Warning, Halcyon Way, Overkill, Prong and Obsession. Together, the band blazed a trail of progressive metal that has its own unique style. What bands did you like as a kid? Being 45 years old, my musically influences go back to, say, The Beatles. I’m a child of the 80s so it was Randy Rhoads that got it all started!! From the moment I heard him play I said I gotta be like him; been failing miserably ever since!! I have a very specific question about your song “Searching for Life.” Like a lot of your songs, it sounds like a hit song. In the song

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there is a series of screams similar to Savatage’s song “Hall of the Mountain King,” (1987). Is this your little tribute to Savatage? First off, thank you for the huge compliment. I write the majority of the music so when someone says these songs sound like hits it puts a huge smile on my face. As for Savatage, so funny. I’m listening to that album. I think they as well as Fates warning, Iron maiden and Queensryche really outline what we tried to do on this album. Styles could change on future albums. Martin O’Brien our singer at present time is a man amongst men when it comes to vocal and it’s a honor to work with him. He actually toured with Savatage in a dif band so it’s very possible!!! Where have you played so far? We have played all over New England, we went to Puerto Rico with Obsession as well with vocalist extraordinaire Mike Vescera who also produced recorded and sang back ups on whole album! As for tour plans we are getting ready to play one of America’s biggest festivals to date Laconia Fest. 9 days of bands with over 200000 people projected to attend. We are playing June 17th with Ted Nugent and a slew of other killer bands. Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar, Brett Michaels. So many unbelievable bands!!!! What level of success do you expect? We got signed to the second largest label for metal in Europe this year and now we are going to play one of the biggest festivals in states. Success to me is to continue to write top notch metal and keep playing things like this!! Really want to play European festivals!!! Is there anything else you’d like to say? What would you say to all the Patriot haters out there ha ha?!! “Kiss the rings!!”?! Thanks for your time, guys! We are grateful for all the global support we have been able to

get!! Some of which calling this one of the years best albums. Personally, I don’t buy that but its so killer to have anyone think it!!! As for the Pats. I’m a Dolphin fan. I’m with all the haters..lol www.facebook.com/OfficialAsDarknessDies www.asdarknessdies.com www.puresteel-records.com/bands/view/369 ** NEWS: Shadowrise Escape from Shadow Island Release date: May 19th, 2016 label: independent Shadowrise is a Dutch band that plays a mix of extreme metal and melodic metal: symphonic, fast metal with both extreme and melodic vocals. For the record, this is a metal band, not gothic rock, and it is headbanging songs. Clearly, the band considers itself metal and they are not shy about it, so dive in and get on with the show. You can hear the whole EP below. Here's the official information about the band. OFFICIAL INFORMATION In Eindhoven, the metal capital of the Netherlands, Shadowrise is born; a symphonic power metal band inspired by heavy melo-death. With their upcoming debut EP Escape From Shadow Island, Shadowrise will release a storm on the metal scene as we know it! ‘This debut EP Escape From Shadow Island unmistakably shows this is a top act in the making.’ Lords Of Metal ‘By using both low and high pitch vocals in a rather short amount of time, a lot of dynamics are added, keeping the listener very much

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interested throughout, making them wish for more.’ ‘While the grunts by Roman Potasse make the music so much heavier, the golden voice of Laura brings the mix back to a balance.’ ‘Escape From Shadow Island is the title track of this EP and I have to say that you will be worn out and your neck will hurt after this song. The continuous blast beats by Joris Sevat keep you head banging.’ Metal Nation Radio

Taking inspiration from a wide variety of bands like but definitely not limited to Wintersun, Keep of Kalessin and Symphony X, the band was able to create its own sound. A melodic yet heavy approach to the power metal genre, with beautiful guitar harmonies and riffs, heavy blast beats, thundering bass, heavenly clean vocals and dirty grunts and loads of neo-classical influences added by Shadowrise’s Daniël Boomsma. With two new band members, Laura Guldemond (Ayreon – The Theater Equation Choir, Robby Valentine) and Yordi Florax the line-up is complete. Their upcoming debut EP

Escape from Shadow Island is recorded at Tomsterproject Studios late 2015. The record contains four tracks of epic power metal; catchy melodies, powerful vocals, blastbeats and beautiful orchestra. The online release will take place the 19th of May and will lead you to the world of Shadow Island. Shadowrise is ready to take the world by storm! www.shadowrise.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/Shadowrisemetal/ ** NEWS: Hissing Hissing Southern Lord Release: 10 June 2016 Seattle's dissonant extreme metal disease carriers Hissing have a new two-song release that is coming up. Right now, the new music is not at their Bandcamp page, but they have other music that you can hear so that you have an idea what you are signing up for with this band. Hissing is a relatively new band, but the sickness-depression that they carry is as old as the western Washington weather: they can go as slow as a snail, then speed up to extreme metal velocity, all the while sounding like a band obsessed with making the listener a bit (or a lot) uncomfortable with left-field sounds: extreme metal + doom + dissonance = a vociferation disturbance upon the ears of the audience. C'mon, let's go, it will be a sexy time! OFFICIAL INFORMATION: Southern Lord presents the self-titled 7” EP from traumatizing Seattle-based death metal trio, HISSING. HISSING began in 2014 out of a mutual interest between bassist/vocalist Zach Wise, guitarist Joe O'Malley, and drummer Sam Pickelin exploring dissonant and punishing metal.

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Having forged a more explosive identity since then, the outfit dispatches a gruesome concoction of death metal with pungent blackened atmosphere and scathing sludge-dredging attributes, outputting gnarled death in the vein of Incantation, Autopsy, and Winter, with attributes inspired by the likes of Portal, Blut Aus Nord, Swans, Coffins, and others permeating from deep within. Following a self-released a demo and a self-titled EP, which was recently reissued on CD by Disorder Recordings, the new self-titled 7” from HISSING bears the hymns, “Cairn” on the A-side and “Husk” on the B-side. Hissing was tracked by Rusty Graeff (Bone Sickness) and mixed and produced by the band, with mastering handled by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, and its cover art by Stefan Thanneur (Chaos Echœs), the lyrics of the new EP thematically centered around the effects of the metropolitan environment on the human psyche and explore themes of agoraphobia, urban decay, and incarceration.

www.hissingseattle.bandcamp.com/album/hi

ssing www.facebook.com/hissingseattle www.hissingseattle.bandcamp.com ** Katingation (Angola): 2 Legs 1 Arm This is a free recording that showcases the get-to-the-point, no-nonsense, quick-impact grind of Katingation, a band from Angola. Unfortunately, there is not much information to publish at this point, but the short and long of it is that dedicated grind supporters will need to hear this band. This recording is a few years old now, but it may be new to you. If that is the case, and you are up for some grind, check it out. In addition, it is the right price: free! The recording is about 17 minutes long and it is nine songs. By the way, given that there is not much information about the band, how cool would it be for you to get in contact with them. If they are still an active band, don't you think that they would enjoy hearing from grind supporters from all over the world?! Yes, they would! Do it. Do it now!

www.katingation.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/katingation

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** Sisters of Suffocation Brutal Queen release date: April 11th, 2016 label: independent This band is modern extreme metal from Holland, mostly on the side of brutal death metal. Blasting and growling, they are fixed on creating the magic that mosh pits are made of all over the world. The recording is 19 minutes and it is five songs. Fortunately, there is not much to be confused about here: it is straight dedication to extreme, fast metal and that's the language that any metalhead can understand. Somewhere in between the old death metal and the new forms of death metal, it has the energy to convince the willing extreme metalhead. Apparently, they are a new band formed in 2014 and this is their debut recording, but it does not sound like a demo. It sounds rather serious and professional, which is good news, indeed. Below you can hear the recording and find out more through the official information.

S.O.S is an Eindhoven based Death Metal band determined to spread their love for extreme music and cover the world in pink! In 2014, vocalist Els Prins and guitarist Simone van

Straten decided to start playing Death Metal with a twist – that is, with other girls who shared their love of extreme music. Behold the birth of Sisters of Suffocation! They teamed up with drummer Amber de Buijzer and bassist Marjolein van den Nieuwenhuizen, and released their first single 'Boundaries' in 2014. Off to a fast start, they played at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2014, and continued trashing stages in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2015. In May of that year, Marjolein and the band parted ways, while Puck Wildschut was attracted as the new bassist. 2015 saw more stage action, together with bands such as Prophecy, Rectal Smegma and Malignant Tumor. S.O.S. Released their first EP 'Brutal Queen' in April 2016, showcasing their love for not only Death Metal, but also Black, Thrash and Progressive Metal, with an Old School edge. They released a video for the titel track 'Brutal Queen' and a lyric video for the song 'Fuck It' followed shortly. They are currently in the midst of many release shows in the Netherlands and Belgium, and will play at multiple summer festivals, such as Antwerp Metal Fest and Stonehenge Festival. www.sistersofsuffocation.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/sistersofsuffocation www.twitter.com/sosdeathmetal ** Game Over Crimes Against Reality Scarlet Records Release: 15 April 2016 Nobody will mistake this band for anything else than what they tell you that they are. Look at the name: they named themselves straight out of a Nuclear Assault album. These

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Italians tell you that they play thrash and then they show you that they play thrash. Go watch their new video below at the Twitter link. Oh, by the way, did I mention that this band is thrash? Yup, they are. ‘Crimes Against Reality’ is the third album for Game Over, one of the most promising up and coming bands in the European metal scene. It follows the widely successful 'Burst Into The Quiet', which put Game Over on the map and displayed their massive potential. Inspired by the classic Bay Area thrash metal scene of the Eighties, Game Over mix those influences with modern sounds and a very distinctive personality. ‘Crimes Against Reality’ contains ten new tracks that mix sharp riffs, anthemic choruses and powerful rhythms, enriched by the use of unusual instruments such as Moogs and Hammonds. Lyrics vary from B-movie scenarios to social-political themes, science fiction, mythology and dystopian visions. The album has been recorded by Simone Mularoni (DGM) at Domination Studio in San Marino. Cover artwork was handled by acclaimed artist Mario E. Lopez (Evil Invaders, Impalers, Hyades). Soon after the album release the band will embark in an extensive world tour, with dates in America in April, and European & Japan later this year. This is a brief history of these four happy guys who bring some happy violent metal to the metalheads of whole Europe and world.Starting out in the summer/autumn 2008, the band was founded by three Heavy Metal maniacs with the intention to play an energetic and strong Thrash Metal inspired by the big names of the genre. So these three young guys – Reno on Bass Guitar, Ziro and Sanso on Guitars – started writing their own songs joining forces with Med on drums. After the release of a self titled Demo, an EP called “Heavy Damage” and a lot of gigs all around

Northern and Central Italy, the band signed a label deal with My Graveyard Productions in 2011 and at the end of the summer entered the Simone Mularoni’s (DGM, Empyrios) Domination Studio to record their first LP. “For Humanity”has been released in January 2012 via My Graveyard Productions. Meanwhile, Vender joined the band replacing Med on drums bringing more energy to Game Over’s sound. During the promotion of “For Humanity”, Game Over hitted many european countries and played at the mighty Headbangers Open Air Festival 2013 alongside bands such as Overkill, Metal Church, Vicious Rumors and a lot of other legendary ones. In February 2014 the band enters the Domination Studio to record its second album. "Burst Into The Quiet" is released on June 23rd, 2014 via Scarlet Records and is followed by an European Tour. In February 2015 Game Over played two shows in Osaka (Japan) with Exciter at the True Thrash Fest. We are ready to conquer the stages of the whole Galaxy and the Galaxy too!

www.twitter.com/GameOverThrash www.facebook.com/GameOverThrashMetal/

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** NEWS: Blood O Agios Pethane Dunkelheit Produktionen 20 March 2016 Blood is a long-running extreme metal band from Germany. They are known for their grind/death style and they started as a punk band in 1986. Below you will find information about the band and this reissue of their third album from 1993.

One of the darkest albums of the German Death Metal Underground is finally being reissued: O Agios Pethane by BLOOD, originally released in 1993. This hybrid of Death Metal and Grind, combined with a little Thrash Metal and Punk is a benchmark of brutal music: twisted and neck-twisting with blast passages, sick bass-solos and bellowing vocals mixed into a single dark brew – an album that deserves its legendary status. BLOOD is the oldest German Grind band (formed in 1986!), and amongst acts such as

NAPALM DEATH, EXTREME NOISE TERROR and AGTHOCLES, one of the oldest bands still in the game! BLOOD never sold out their ideals or their soul – this you can experience listening to O Agios Pethane! The reissue is available as a digipak with an eight-page Booklet! The first 100 copies also include a poster in A2 format, and a logo button. BLOOD was formed by Eisen, Taki, Geier and Radtke in March 1986 as a fun-noise Band. We recorded 3 Demos during this noisy time. In June 1987 VENTILATOR joined BLOOD and the songs got more structure and the music became serious. The 4th Demo ´HEINOUS NOISE´ was recorded in Oct.1987, the 5th Demo ´SPASMO PARALYTIC DREAMS´, where Bestial Bernd used the micro in Feb.1988 and the 6th Demo ´NO REGRET´ in Aug. 1988 with Chuck on vocals.After that we found a new Singer called Martin. At the beginning of 1989 we got our first record-deal with the US-Label ´WILD RAGS RECORDS´ the release of our debut LP ´IMPULSE TO DESTROY´ was in July 1989. One year later WILD RAGS released our first EP, ´RECOGNIZE YOURSELF´. After that we finished our cooperation with the label, ´cause they totally ripped us off. In Dec. 1990 we recorded 5 new songs, which were released on two different split EP´s (one with IMPETIGO and the other with AGATHOCLES). those EP´s were self-releases with nearly 2000 copies each sold. After experiments with a second guitar player and another singer-change (Alex replaced Martin) we got another record deal with the german label ´1MF-RECORDz´ for the next 2 BLOOD Albums. The second LP called ´CHRISTBAIT´ released in June 1992 and the 3rd Album ´O AGIOS PETHANE´ where Martin re-joined Blood released in Sep. 1993. After that release we signed a deal with ´MORBID RECORDS´. In August 1994 they did our split EP with DEAD INFECTION (with Eisen on vox) and the re-release of the 1st BLOOD Album on CD. In

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march 1994 we found Clausi, who used to be our actual singer and stopped the permanent line-up changes. later we recorded our 4th Album ´MENTAL CONFLICT´ released in Dec.1994.In Sep.1995 we did another EP called ´SPITTLE RED OF BLOOD´ out on Iron records. In 1996 we recorded our 5th Album to be released in August 1996 as a self release (called `DEPRAVED GODDESS´). The next release was the split EP BLOOD/MYSTIC CIRCLE out since May 97. In December 97 the split EP with PSYCHO (USA) is released on AX/TION records,USA. The BLOOD/INHUME split EP was released in may 98. After that, we signed a contract at ARS METALLI records for the 6th full BLOOD album called `gas flames bones` released since August 99. In 2000 we became part of the IMPETIGO-tribute CD on Razorback records - USA. In early 2001 the BLOOD/WARSPITE split 7" released by Xetal records saw the daylight. After that in April 2001 KETZER PRODUCTIONS released the full BLOOD 7" called massacre. In march 2003 it was time for us to release the 7th BLOOD album called "Dysangelium" ON Morbid records... it´s a fucking killer! In May 2014 we recognized ourselves and had some line-up changes. We luckily introduce you along with our 28th anniversary the original Blood line-up of 1988, on which Chuck is added at the second guitar to have a more brutal sound! We played over 150 live shows with Bands as: DISMEMBER, ATROCITY, GOREFEST, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, HOLY MOSES, FEAR OF GOD, MESSIAH, VADER, AGATHOCLES, SAMAEL, CRIPPLE BASTARDS and lots of other underground bands. BLOOD is an unique mixture of DEATH METAL and GRINDCORE. www.dunkelheit-produktionen.de/releases_blood_oagiospethane_digipack_cd_en.html www.facebook.com/blood.de

** NEWS: Phobous Realm of Disorder February 9th, 2016 independent At the Bandcamp link below you can hear the complete album by Phobous, a symphonic extreme metal project from California, U.S. At the moment this publication does not have much information available, but the fact that you can hear the album in its totality will be of interest to the listeners into symphonic extreme metal for sure.

Phobous was created in spring 2000 in Campbell, California by frontman Donald Schieck, but was only an abstract concept at this time. It wasn’t until early 2002 that the project took a distinct sound and style, a melodic death/symphonic black metal fusion. A demo recording of early experimental songs began that summer, but was deemed hasty and uninspired. The recording was thus abandoned in summer 2003. The one-man bad then went on an extended hiatus, but was revived in early 2005 after much-honed songwriting and technical know-how. Amid

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other commitments, official recording began the following year, ultimately resulting in the rough but steady completion of the debut album “Ethereal Perception” in fall 2010. Samples from the album, then the album in full, were posted online in July 2011. Though it gained some noteworthy attention, a lack of funding and time prevented the debut album from gaining much notice. After various life changes and accomplishment, the second album "Realm of Disorder" commenced its recordings in December 2013, concluding in early 2015. www.phobous-norcal.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/pages/Phobous/429578623782507 www.twitter.com/phobousband **

concert calendar Seattle area concert calendar by Metal Bulletin Zine (Washington state). If you know of other metal concerts in the area, please get in contact with Metal Bulletin Zine. May 22 Unicorn Death, Exila, Children Of Seraph, A Flourishing Scourge, Rhine Sunday at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA May 23 Act Of Defiance, American Wrecking Company, Kill Closet at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA May 24 Tengger Cavalry, The Devils of Loudun, Eye of Nix, Hexengeist at the Highline, Seattle, WA May 27 Anvil, Unleash the Archers, Graveshadow at El Corazón, Seattle WA

May 27 Witchburn, Zero Down, Vial 8, Custom at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA May 28 Prong, Witchburn, Zero Down, Vial 8, Salem Knights El Corazon, Seattle, WA May 28 Atriarch, Addaura, Huldrekall at Substation, Seattle, WA May 30 The Obsessed, The Atomic Bitchwax, Karma To Burn, Wounded Giant, Year of the Cobra at El Corazón, Seattle, WA May 31 Corrosion of Conformity, Lamb of God at WAMU Theater, Seattle, WA June 2 Discharge, Eyehategod, Toxic Holocaust, Oxygen Destroyer, Shrouds at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 4 Rotten Sound, Wilt, Mercy Ties, Scalafrea, MRSA at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 5 Iron Kingdom at Tony V's Garage in Everett, WA June 7 CHRCH, Swamp Heavy, Lb.!, Witch Ripper at The at Highline, Seattle, WA June 9 Here Comes the Kraken, Seeker, Lack of Remorse, The Devils of Loudun, Lb.! at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 10 Armored Saint, Metal Church, Substratum, Sin Circus at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 11 Voivod, King Parrot, Child Bite at El Corazón, Seattle, WA June 12 Pygottpalooza, Defenestrator, Muppet Fetish, Ghostblood at The Shakedown, Bellingham, WA June 14 American Wrecking Company at

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Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 16 Washington Deathfest: Sarcalogos, Funeral Age,Primordial Atrocity,Dead Nexus,Fools Among Thieves at The Charleston, Bremerton, WA June 16 Taake, Young and in the Way, Wolvhammer at the Highline, Seattle, WA June 17 Into the Storm, Aggression, MRSA, Hexengeist at Substation, Seattle June 17 Perdition Temple, Sempiternal Dusk, Ascended Dead at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 17 Queensryche at Silver Reef Casino, Ferndale,WA June 17 Venom Inc.; Necrophagia, Inquinok, Slutvomit at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA June 18 Venom Inc.; Necrophagia at The Shakedown, Bellingham, WA June 18 Obsidian, Rhine, Oxygen Destroyer, Serpentspire at Funhouse, Seattle, WA June 18 Aggression at The Charleston, Bremerton, WA June 19 Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Dire Omen, Drawn and Quartered, Dilapidation at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 25 Nightfell, Hallucinator, Serpentine at Substation, Seattle, WA June 25 Trannysaurus Rex, Gygax, Substratum, Hexengeist at The Highline, Seattle, WA June 26 Aggression at The Pin, Spokane, WA June 26 InAeona, Immortal Bird at Funhouse, Seattle, WA

July 7 Wayfarer, Alda, With The End In Mind, Falls Of Rauros The Highline, Seattle, WA July 19 Inter Arma, Withered at Barbosa, Seattle, WA July 21 Arkaik, Vale Of Pnath, Singularity at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA July 22 Castle, Disenchanter, Year of the Cobra at Funhouse, Seattle, WA July 22 Undergang, Spectral Voice at The Highline, Seattle, WA July 28 Riot V at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA August 12-14 Migration Festival at the Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia, WA: Alaric, Auroch, The Body and Krieg collaborative performance, Christian Mistress, Dead to a Dying World, False, Fórn, Full of Hell, Hell (U.S.), Khemmis, Kowloon Walled City, Krallice, Magic Circle, Mizmor, Mournful Congregation, Mutilation Rites, Nightfell, Obsequiae, Pale Chalice, Panopticon, Thou, Vastum, Vhol, Yellow Eyes August 5 Come To Grief, Bell Witch, Hissing, Dilapidation at The Highline, Seattle, WA August 16 Krallice, Pale Chalice, Addaura, A God or an Other at The Highline, Seattle, WA August 17 Periphery, SikTh, Chon, Toothgrinder at Showbox, Seattle, WA August 22 Master, Sacrificial Slaughter, The Black Order, VX36, Xoth at Substation, Seattle, WA August 24 Sammy Hagar at The Tulalip Amphitheatre - Tulalip, WA September 16 Marduk, Rotting Christ, Carach

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Angren, Necronomicon at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA October 1 Def Leppard at Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA October 11 Gojira, Tesseract at Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA October 14 Between the Buried and Me, Devin Townsend Project, Fallujah at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA October 29 Himsa at El Corazón, Seattle, WA November 26 Dark Tranquillity, Swallow the Sun, Enforcer, Star Kill at El Corazón, Seattle, WA November 29 Sonata Arctica, Leaves’ Eyes, Omnium Gatherum at El Corazón, Seattle, WA January 28 Blue Öyster Cult at Historic Everett Theatre, Everett, WA www.facebook.com/The-Metal-Bulletin-paper-zine-238441519609213 www.twitter.com/MetalBulletinZn — metal programs (these are Pacific Times) Mosh Pit (Madison, WI): Monday night 9:30pm-12am WORT 89.9 fm www.wortfm.org Sweet Nightmares (Houston, TX): Thursday night 9pm-12am KPFT 90.1 fm www.kpft.org Excuse All the Blood (Olympia, WA): Friday night 11pm-1am www.kaosradio.org Metal Shop (Seattle, WA): Saturday 11pm-3am KISW 99.9fm www.kisw.com —

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