ASPHYX Issues New Album Update

September 16, 2011

Dutch death metallers ASPHYX entered the studio in January with engineer Frank Klein Douwel to begin recording their new album, "Deathhammer". Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Reign Of The Brute", "Vespa Cabro", "We Doom You To Death", "Asphyx-Minefield" and "Deathhammer". Axel Hermann will create the cover artwork while Dan Swan (BLOODBATH, EDGE OF SANITY) will take care of the mixing duties.

Commented the band: "By now, all the guitars, drums and bass tracks for the upcoming 'Deathhammer' album are recorded. Drums were recorded in the classic Harrow Studio, known from the ASPHYX classics as 'The Rack' and 'Last One On Earth'. The guitars and bass were recorded in The Mrser Studio. In a few weeks the vocals will be recorded in the Harrow Studio as well and then Dan Swan will do the album's mixing and mastering, just as on 'DeathThe Brutal Way' and 'Live Death Doom'.

"'Deathhammer' promises to be a darkened successor of 'DeathThe Brutal Way'. Almost every band is praising their newest album to be heavier and more brutal than the previous one, but actually in this case it's the harsh truth. 'Deathhammer' is in every way heavier, doomier and darker. Maybe it's because of the fact that most of the songs were written in late autumn/winter?! We do not knowbut it's easily our heaviest effort so far!"

"Deathhammer" is scheduled for release in early 2012 via Century Media Records.

For the rest of this year, ASPHYX will be playing a string of quality shows in Europe, including an appearance at this weekend's underground institution NRW Deathfest on Saturday, September 17, at AJZ Bahndamm in Wermelskirchen, Germany. Additionally, ASPHYX have chosen to perform two very special "full-album setlist" concerts on October 15 at Metropool in Hengelo, The Netherlands (where the band will be playing their complete "Last One On Earth" album) and at this year's Eindhoven Metal Meeting on December 16 at Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands (where the band will be playing their complete "The Rack" album for its 20th anniversary of release).

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