Norway's GALAR Sign With HEAVY HORSES RECORDS

Norwegian "viking" metal band GALAR have inked a one-album deal with Germany's Heavy Horses Records. The group's debut album will be released in the fall of 2006. GALAR have also added a drummer to the lineup, which now consists of Slagmark (vocals, guitars, bass),Fornjot (clean vocals, bassoon, keyboards),Tordenskrall (drums) and Smaug (lyrics). An MP3 of the band's demo track "Slagmarkens Fallende Sjeler" can be downloaded at their official web site, www.galar.no.