ARBITER OF CONCEIT Sign With France's MEAT5000 RECORDS

Indiana death/grind band ARBITER OF CONCEIT, who feature in their ranks members of now-defunct Richmond, Virgina bands AKELDAMA and SHADES BELOW, as well as Michigan act KNEE DEEP IN THE DEAD, have hammered out an agreement with France's Meat5000 Records. The label will release the band's full-length debut in the spring of 2006, with a tour to follow. In the meantime, MP3s of the group's demo, "Desecration of the Immaculate", can be found at Meat5000records.free.fr and at the band's MySpace site, www.myspace.com/arbiterofconceit.