DEATHSTARS Announces New Drummer

October 21, 2011

Swedish industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS has announced the addition of drummer Vice (a.k.a. Oscar Leander of CRESCENDOLLS) to the group's ranks.

Commented Vice: "I'm really excited to be a part of DEATHSTARS and I really feel that my drumming complements DEATHSTARS music in a perfect way."

Added DEATHSTARS guitarist, songwriter and producer Emil "Nightmare Industries" Ndtveidt: "With this addition to our band our recordings and live shows will deliver more energy than ever before. We are really pumped up about the future!"

DEATHSTARS released a new single, "Metal", on October 14 via iTunes.

"Metal" is one of two new songs which will be featured on the group's upcoming best-of compilation, "The Greatest Hits On Earth", which will be released physically and digitally on November 4 via Nuclear Blast. Both new songs showcase the musical direction of the next DEATHSTARS CD.

"The Greatest Hits On Earth" track listing:

01. Death Is Wasted On The Dead (previously unreleased)
02. Metal (previously unreleased)
03. Death Dies Hard
04. Blitzkrieg
05. Motherzone
06. Synthetic Generation
07. Tongues
08. Blood Stains Blondes
09. Cyanide
10. New Dead Nation
11. The Mark Of The Gun
12. Chertograd
13. Semi-Automatic
14. Syndrome
15. Play God
16. Opium

DEATHSTARS will support RAMMSTEIN on the 2011 leg of the German band's "Made In Germany 1995-2011" tour.

Commented DEATHSTARS vocalist Andreas "Whiplasher Bernadotte" Bergh: "It's, of course, a fantastic thing to go on tour with a brilliant band like RAMMSTEIN.

"We are eager to hit the stages in Europe to spread the raw dark power of DEATHSTARS. It's simply a great package."

A complete list of dates can be found at this location.

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