DEATH METAL ALLSTARS Featuring OBITUARY, DEICIDE, SADUS, DIMMU BORGIR Members

November 25, 2008

Members of OBITUARY, DEICIDE, EXHORDER, SADUS and DIMMU BORGIR will join forces for five shows in Japan under the "DEATH METAL ALLSTARS" banner.

Musicians taking part in the trek are as follows:

Kyle Thomas (EXHORDER, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY) - Vocals
Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, ICED EARTH, DEICIDE, DEATH) - Guitar
Jack Owen (CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEICIDE, ORDER OF ENNEAD) - Guitar
Tony Laureano (DIMMU BORGIR, 1349, NILE, ACHERON) - Drums
Steve DiGiorgio (TESTAMENT, SADUS, ICED EARTH, DEATH) - Bass

The dates are as follows:

Nov. 28 - F.A.D. - Yokohama, Japan
Nov. 30 - Doors - Hatsudai, Japan
Dec. 04 - High - Koenji, Japan
Dec. 05 - Sun Hall - Osaka, Japan
Dec. 06 - Sun Hall - Osaka, Japan

Commented Santolla: "Tomorrow, November 26, DEATH METAL ALLSTARS leaves for Japan for our first-ever gigs. This project/band came about when a promoter asked me if I could put something together to fill some dates he had in Japan. So I called some of my bros, and we put it together. The idea for the name came from the promoter, because we are playing songs from some of the bands we've done (DEICIDE, OBITUARY, CANNIBAL CORPSE, etc.). We're doing five shows in Japan starting this Friday, and we're all really psyched. I'm keyed up to go play with some of my best friends and some of the best musicians I know. And to answer the question I've gotten a lot of emails about, yes, this WILL be an ongoing band. We've already started writing songs, and we have three days of rehearsal time booked in Tokyo to continue writing. Obviously, when we get our album together, we won't be called DEATH METAL ALLSTARS. Maybe TONY AND THE DRUNKS. I have no idea. It's gonna be metal, but not death metal. That's all I really know so far."

Check out photos from DEATH METAL ALLSTARS' first rehearsal below.

Also appearing on these special shows is a great unknown death metal band from Canada called VISIONS OF THE NIGHT plus several Japanese underground metal bands.

For more information, see the poster below.

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