ERIC HOFFMANN Talks About Upcoming AMON Album

On September 13, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with AMON/ex-DEICIDE guitarist Eric Hoffmann.

AMON, the resurrected Florida-based death metal band featuring former DEICIDE members Eric Hoffmann (guitar) and Brian Hoffman (guitar), will film a new music video for the song "Among Us" on October 22 in Clearwater, Florida with director Chris Nemzek (former CROSSBREED guitarist).

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AMON has set an October 31 release date for its new album, "Liar In Wait". The effort will be made available at the group's newly launched official web site at Amon.mobi as well as via iTunes and Amazon.com.

AMON is currently mixing "Liar In Wait" at RedRoom Recorders in Tampa with producer Mark Prator.

In a an interview with U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine, Eric stated about the decision to bring AMON back from the dead, "We were actually going to use the [DEICIDE] name [for the new band], but [DEICIDE members Glen Benton and Steve Asheim] got on the bandwagon faster than us. "They basically took the name, and Glen writes all the lyrics, so the kids are familiar with that, but in the beginning we hired Glen, and we wrote most of the music. So we had to go out and find a singer, which was pretty difficult at the time."

When asked about the musical direction of AMON, Eric said, "[The music's] a little bit more technical than the DEICIDE stuff. It's not too intricate, so it's still catchy at the same time. You'll still have a couple of classic DEICIDE beginnings, and then it'll go into some killer technical, in-your-face shit."

While confirming that AMON will play several DEICIDE classics during the band's upcoming live shows — "We've gotta give it to the fans," said Eric — the guitarist remains adamant that any chances of a reunion with Glen and Steve remain slim.

"This is our band," Eric said. "I haven't seen [Glen] in [seven] years. He says if he sees me, he's gonna shoot me and ask questions later. He hates me more than Jesus."

AMON recorded two demos — 1987's "Feasting The Beast" and 1989's "Sacrifical" — before signing with Roadrunner Records and changing its name to DEICIDE. After producing two extremely successful albums as DEICIDE, the band chose to make the AMON demos available on CD in 1993 under the title "Amon: Feasting The Beast".

The Hoffman brothers parted ways with DEICIDE in 2004 after becoming embroiled in a bitter dispute with DEICIDE bassist/vocalist Glen Benton over royalties and publishing issues.