DEATHCHAIN TO RELEASE ITS FIFTH ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER

Deathchain, a Death/Thrash metal act from Kuopio, has finished its fifth studio album. "Death Gods" will be released on September 29 by Cobra.

The group that has gone up to Finnish top 20 with three of their last albums, has got a new recruit along with their new album. C.Void, who had done backing vocals since the first album (Deadmeat Disciples 2003), is now an official member of Deathchain. "Death Gods", recorded with the reinforced line-up, is in many ways the band's most massive album, with influences of H.P. Lovecraft's literature and Sumerian and Babylonian goddesses.

"Every band says their newest album is the best one, and Deathchain isn't an exception in this unwritten rule. Since the first album, we've sought the perfect sound-scape to support the music and lyrics the best way possible. We've sometimes come close, but only now we feel the stars are in the right position. The fifth album meets the expectations we wanted it to achieve," says Corpse, the guitarist of the band.

The album that was recorded by their live mixer Jari Tuomainen in Studio Sound, which resides in band's home town, had a border crossing unfamiliar to other Deathchain albums. "Death Gods" - unsurprisingly dedicated to gods of death - was packed to a boat and sent to our neighbor country, Sweden, where it was mixed and mastered in Necromorbus Studio by Tore Stjerna (Watain, Deströyer 666).

To get the skin over the bones of the music, the cover art had to support the music perfectly. The band hired Nucleart's praised TT (Impaled Nazarene, Ensiferum, KVLT...) for the challenging job. "Death Gods" will be released, along with CD and digital formats, as a double vinyl album, so the artwork will get the visibility it deserves. The album's vinyl version will also include a bonus track, "Chronic Infection".

Pre-order at Record Shop X!

DEATHCHAIN - DEATH GODS (2010-09-29)
Cover art: http://tarantula.playgroundmusic.com/files/necro(2).jpg

Track listing:

  1. Storming the Death Gods
  2. Scimitar
  3. The Crawling Chaos
  4. The Lion-Head
  5. We Are Unearthed
  6. The Beyond
  7. Howling of the Blind
  8. Cthulhu Rising

Double LP track listing:

  1. Storming the Death Gods
  2. Scimitar
  3. The Crawling Chaos
  4. The Lion-Head
  5. We Are Unearthed
  6. The Beyond
  7. Chronic Infection
  8. Howling of the Blind
  9. Cthulhu Rising

Upcoming gigs:

1.10. Helsinki, Nosturi, Metalheim Festival
2.10. Oulu, Teatria, Metalheim Festival
8.10. Kuopio, Henry's Pub
15.10. Kotka, Kairo
22.10. Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjaamo
23.10. Pori, Baarikaappi
29.10. Tampere, YO-Talo
30.10. Kouvola, Rytmi-katti
5.11. Salo, Drunk'n Monkey
6.11. Helsinki, Dante's Highlight
19.11. Rovaniemi, Tivoli
20.11. Oulu, Nuclear Nightclub
25.11. Jyväskylä, Lutakko
26.11. Turku, Klubi
27.11. Kuopio, Kulttuuriareena 44

Additional gigs possible!

Home page: www.deathchain.com

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/deathchainofficial

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DEATHCHAIN/350247763328

Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Deathchain

Cobra: www.cobrarecords.fi

More info & interviews:

Tommi Muhli / PLAYGROUND MUSIC BAM OY
Tel. +358445400486
E-mail: tommi@playgroundmusic.com
Web: www.playgroundmusic.fi

Gig booking:

Teemu Suominen / METALHEIM OY
Tel. +358-40-573 3257
E-mail: teemu@metalheim.fi
Web: www.metalheim.fi