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DEICIDE Guitarist SANTOLLA Working On New Solo Instrumental Album

August 21, 2006

DEICIDE guitarist Ralph Santolla (ex-ICED EARTH, DEATH) has issued the following update:

"I'm almost finished writing my new instrumental album, tentatively titled (say that fast) 'Requiem for Hope'. I'll start recording soon, with some very well-known musicians. It will be a LOT different than 'Shaolin Monks in the Temple of Metal', and will include an orchestral version of 'Aida's Song'.

"My guitar playing has improved so much since 'Shaolin Monks in the Temple of Metal' that it's like night and day. I'll be doing a few solo gigs with my instrumental band in Central and South America in November, after the DEICIDE tour. Then in December, clinics for Digitech. I can't talk about it yet, but those are gonna be really fun and VERY different than anything you've seen before, I promise. Lots of stuff in Europe between now and February also."

DEICIDE's brand new brutal offering, "The Stench of Redemption", can now be downloaded at the MP3 download site www.metaltracks.com. This also includes the hard-to-find bonus track "Black Night" (DEEP PURPLE cover). This precedes the release date of the album, which is due in stores on Tuesday, August 22 (one day earlier internationally) via Earache Records.

The follow-up to 2004's "Scars of the Crucifix", "The Stench of Redemption" was recorded at Morrisound in Tampa, Florida and marks the first recording with the new DEICIDE lineup following the departure of the Hoffman brothers. Joining frontman Glen Benton and drummer Steve Asheim in the new formation are guitarists Santolla and Jack Owen (ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE).

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