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.

ENTURY MEDIA RECORDS signs UK Death Metal band VALLENFYRE

Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of UK Death Metal band VALLENFYRE. Same as Sonne Adam from Israel, VALLENFYRE debuted with a 7” single on the underground label Imperium Productions and also share a similar approach of mixing classic Death Metal with Doom and in case of VALLENFYRE some British Crust on top.

Jens Prueter (Head Of A&R, Century Media Records Europe): “I was already blown away by VALLENFYRE’s old school orgy of doomy and crusty Death Metal riffs when I heard the first demo last Winter and the new 7” sounds even better. So I couldn’t hesitate to offer them a deal straight away. That’s how we signed Grave and Asphyx over 20 years ago - and we all know that it was a good decision. So welcome to another chapter of Century Media’s Death Metal legacy. VALLENFYRE’s debut album “A Fragile King” is already recorded and will be released in late October 2011. If you like a mix of early Entombed, Celtic Frost, Autopsy and Amebix you should hurry up to buy the last few copies of the “Desecration” 7” which was limited to only 500 copies by Imperium Productions.”

The “Desecration / Iconoclast” 7” came out of few weeks ago and you can still order the last few copies. Just follow the shop link on http://www.vallenfyre.com where you can also check samples from both songs.

VALLENFYRE online
http://www.vallenfyre.com

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Century Media Records freuen sich, dass Signing der britischen Death Metal Band VALLENFYRE bekannt geben zu dürfen. Wie bereits Sonne Adam aus Israel, haben auch VALLENFYRE auf dem kleinen Underground Label Imperium Productions ihre Debut 7“ Single veröffentlicht. Des Weiteren teilen sich beide Bands einen ähnlichen Ansatz, wenn es darum geht klassischen Death Metal mit einer Prise Doom zu garnieren, oder wie im Falle von VALLENFYRE mit einer zusätzlichen Portion UK Crust!

Jens Prüter (Head Of A&R, Century Media Records Europe): “Ich war schon letzten Winter von der alte Schule Death und Doom Riff Orgie auf dem Demo weggeblasen und die kürzlich erschienene 7“ klingt sogar noch besser! Deswegen haben wir auch keine Sekunde gezögert und der Band direkt einen Vertrag angeboten. Grave und Asphyx haben wir vor über 20 Jahren auch direkt vom Demo weg gesignt – und wir alle wissen, dass das eine gute Entscheidung war. Wir heißen euch also zu einem weiteren Kapitel unserer Death Metal Geschichte willkommen! ‚A Fragile King’, das Debütalbum von VALLENFYRE, wurde bereits in der gleichen Recording Session wie die 7“ aufgenommen und wird Ende Oktober 2011 veröffentlicht. Wenn ihr auf einem Mix aus frühen Entombed, Celtic Frost, Autopsy und Amebix steht, solltet ihr euch beeilen eine der letzten 7“ Exemplare zu kaufen, die auf nur 500 Stück von Imperium Productions limitiert wurden.“

Die „Desecration / Iconoclast” 7” ist über http://www.vallenfyre.com erhältlich. Auf der Webseite finden sich auch zwei kurze Samples zu den beiden Songs.

VALLENFYRE online
http://www.vallenfyre.com