SEVERE TORTURE Sign With EARACHE RECORDS

June 16, 2005

Earache Records has announced the signing of Dutch death metallers SEVERE TORTURE to a worldwide deal.

The deal will bear immediate fruit in the form of the band's highly anticipated new album, "Fall of the Despised", scheduled for a September release, followed by a European tour to support the album.

SEVERE TORTURE — comprised of Thijs van Laarhoven (guitar),Marvin Vriesde (guitar),Seth van De Loo (drums),Dennis Schreurs (vocals) and Patrick Boleij (bass) — have steadily gained a reputation as one of the current resurgent death metal scene's leading lights. Via the release of previous albums, "Feasting on Blood" and "Misanthropic Carnage", the band's unrelenting brutality and technicality has earned them the respect of fans worldwide.

Commenting on the band's new home, bassist Patrick Boleij had this to say: "SEVERE TORTURE is very proud to sign with Earache Records. Earache has always been a pioneer and a leader in the extreme music scene.

"Our brand new album, 'Fall of the Despised', displays a huge progress in songwriting, technicality and brutality for the band, and contains some killer songs which we can't wait for to play live on tour."

More news on confirmed release dates for "Fall of the Despised" and SEVERE TORTURE touring information will be made available shortly.

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