SANCTIFICATION: New Drummer Needed

January 22, 2009

SANCTIFICATION, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of GOD AMONG INSECTS, IN BATTLE and SOULDRAINER, may be forced to cancel its appearance at this year's installment of the House Of Metal festival — set to take place February 27-28 at Folkets Hus in Umeå, Sweden — due to "drummer problems." According to guitarist Tomas Elofsson, "The drummer that we were to use [Tony Westermark of SOREPTION] has a lot to do right now and it doesn't look good at the moment. This is a shitty situation, to say the least, but what can we do? We do have a few guys that we are talking to about future gigs and tours, but as of now, no one is ready to take on the House Of Metal gig on such short notice, and that we understand. It is just five weeks until the gig, so like I said, it doesn't look good at the moment. Me, Markus [Edvardsson, guitar], Masse [Magnus Broberg, vocals] and Andreas [Mellkvist, bass] feel pretty fucking bummed out about this but hey, what can we do?!"

SANCTIFICATION recently posted the title track of its upcoming album, "Black Reign", on the group's MySpace page.

SANCTIFICATION's current lineup consists of Tomas Elofsson (guitar) and Markus Edvardsson (guitar) alongside two session members. It is as follows:

* Magnus "Masse" Broberg (a.k.a. Emperor Magus Caligula) (DARK FUNERAL) - Vocals
* Tomas Elofsson - Guitar
* Markus Edvardsson - Guitar
* Andreas Mellkvist (OLTUED) - Bass

The fourth in a series of video episodes documenting the recording process for "Black Reign" can be viewed below. According to the band, "This one contains the making of the song 'Storm' with Kristoffer Hell and Emperor Magus Caligula."

SANCTIFICATION entered Abyss studio in Sweden on July 7 with producers Tommy and Peter Tägtgren to begin recording "Black Reign". The CD was mixed by Peter and mastered by Dan Swanö.

"Black Reign" track listing:

01. Thirst For Blood
02. Black Reign (feat. Peter Tägtgren, Emperor Magus Caligula)
03. Raw
04. Eternal (feat. Peter Tägtgren)
05. Hear This
06. Dead Forever
07. Flesh, Bone And Skin
08. Trucido Christianese
09. Storm (feat. Emperor Magus Caligula)

Check out photos from the recording studio at this location.

SANCTIFICATION recently inked a deal with the Singapore-based label Pulverised Records.

The group's debut album, "Misanthropic Salvation", was released in 2003 through Remission Records.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/sanctificationband.

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