Asphyx
Formed: 1987
From:
Oldenzaal,
Netherlands
Last Known Status: Regrouped
Latest Asphyx News
Below is our complete Asphyx news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Rock City Open Air Cancelled
Romania's forthcoming metal festival, Rock City Open Air, appears to have either cancelled or postponed. A message from black metal legends Mayhem reads as follows:
"Unfortunately, Mayhem will not perform in Romania next week as the whole festival has been canceled (or apparently postponed). We are deeply sorry for the fans who wanted to see us performing there. This is of course totally out of our control.
"A statement regarding the reason of the cancellation should be posted on the festival's MySpace page soon."
This news come after the recent news that Immortal, Blood Red Throne, Macbeth and Trail Of Tears have all pulled out of the event. The festival was scheduled to be held from August 20-23rd in Fetesti, Romania.
Asphyx Posts New Music Video Online
Asphyx has posted a new music video online of the title track from their latest album "Death…The Brutal Way." The video can be viewed below. "Death…The Brutal Way" will be released in North America on August 18th via Ibex Moon Records. More...
Ibex Moon Licenses New Asphyx Album For US Release
Ibex Moon Records has announced the licensing of Asphyx’s "Death…The Brutal Way" from Century Media Records for distribution in the United States. The album will be released in the U.S. on Ibex Moon on August 18, 2009. The legendary dutch death metal act reunited in 2007, playing several shows, releasing a 7” EP in 2008, recording "Death…The Brutal Way," and headlining this year’s Maryland Death Fest. It is the first full-length Asphyx album to feature the growls of Martin van Drunen since 1992’s "The Last One on Earth."
Martin Van Drunen and bassist/vocalist Wannes Gubbels issued this joint statement about the U.S. distribution deal:
“We as Asphyx are very pleased we’ve found such a dedicated label in Ibex Moon is to distribute our latest release in the USA. From personal experiences in the past we know John McEntee is sworn to the cause of death metal the brutal way and thus will do all in his power to make this release and the band as successful as possible. A release like Death…The Brutal Way is meant to be brought out by a label that we are absolutely certain will put heart, soul, blood, bones, and core behind the matter. Under the Ibex Moon we march!”
The first 1,000 copies of "Death…The Brutal Way" will be released as a limited-edition with additional slipcase packaging and a bonus DVD featuring the band's entire, unforgettable reunion show from 2007’s Party.San Festival in Bad Berka, Germany.
Here's the Live at Party.San Open Air Festival 2007 bonus DVD track listing: More...
Asphyx Announces New Album Release Date
Dutch death metal band Asphyx renewed its partnership with its long-time label Century Media Records and on June 22nd, 2009 the new studio album “Death…The Brutal Way” will be released in Europe. The band issued the following statement about the recording of the album:
"In the line-up consisting of Martin van Drunen (Vocals), Wannes Gubbels (Bass/Vocals), Paul Baayens (Guitar) and Bob Bagchus (Drums), these old school metal icons recorded ‘Death…The Brutal Way’ at Sonic Assault Studio with Frank Klein Douwel. Afterwards, the album was mixed and mastered by the none less legendary Dan Swanö (Bloodbath, Edge Of Sanity, etc.), who previously successfully worked on mixing the debut album by Hail Of Bullets debut album, the band featuring Asphyx vocalist Martin van Drunen and guitarist Paul. Transferring the band’s classic trademarks of doomy, macabre death metal into the year 2009, ‘Death…The Brutal Way’ is easily the heaviest ASPHYX album to date and the first to feature the titanic roar of Martin van Drunen since 1992’s classic ‘The Last One On Earth’!"
Drummer Bob Bagchus also commented: More...
Lay Down Rotten Posts Second Video Blog Online
German death metal band, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, have uploaded a second video blog from the studio. Click here and watch guitarists Daniel Jakobi and Nils Förster laying down tunes for the new LAY DOWN ROTTEN album, "Gospel Of The Wretched." "Gospel Of The Wretched" was recorded at the Desert Inn studios in Germany and mixed by the infamous Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Bloodbath) at Unisound studios in Örebro, Sweden. More...
Whiplash Confirmed For Jalometalli Festival 2009
Reunited New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have completed tracking the much anticipated "Unborn Again" full-length album at Mozart Studio with world-renowned engineer / producer Harris Johns (Sodom, Kreator, Helloween, Sepultura, etc) and are set to fly to Berlin on April 13, 2009 where the mixing and mastering process will take place at Spiderhouse Studio.
The album artwork and final tracklisting will be announced shortly.
In other news, WHIPLASH has been confirmed for this year's Jalometalli Metal music festival, set to take place August 14-15, 2009 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows: More...
Asphyx Announces Tour Dates
The reunited Netherlands based death metal band Asphyx has lined up a series of shows in Europe to promote the release of their forthcoming new album, "Death...The Brutal Way." You can check out a demo version of the albums title track at their official Myspace account.
The tour dates are as follows:
April 4 - Zürich, Switzerland - The Dynamo Club
April 18 - Paderborn, Germany - Metal Inferno Festival @ Kulturwerkstatt
April 25 - Barcelona, Spain - Battlefield Metal Fest
May 23 - Baltimore, MA - Maryland Deathfest
June 6 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Harley Bar Live Stage
June 7 - Athens, Greece - An Club
June 13 - Hünxe, Germany - Deathfeast Open Air
July 3 - Roitzschjora, Germany - With Full Force Festival
July 24 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Unholy Fest
August 15 - Oulu, Finland - Jalometalli Festival @ Club Teatria
September 5 - Pavia, Italy - Thunder Road Club
September 19 - Berlin, Germany - TBA
Asphyx Completes New Album Recording
Reunited Dutch death metal group Asphyx has revealed that they have completed the recording of their forthcoming new studio album, "Death...The Brutal Way." A message from the band reads:
"Asphyx has finished all recordings today. It sounds killer! Now it's Dan Swanö's turn to give this masterpiece a hell of a sound in his Unisoundkitchen of doom. Mick Koopman is busy with the cover and the lay-out. So finally the release of the new album is coming near!"
Asphyx Issues Recording Update
Asphyx has issued the following update about the legendary Dan Swano mixing their upcoming album:
"Swedish Dan Swanö will mix the upcoming Asphyx album entitled " Death...The Brutal Way".The album is recorded in the Sonic Assault studio and engineered by Frank Klein Douwel,who is also the live sound mixer of Asphyx.The new album will be Asphyx' heaviest so far for sure.We know,that's a cliché,but it's simply true and if we say this, you bet it's the truth. Some titles: Death...the Brutal Way,Cape Horn,Der Eisenbahnmörser,Scorbutics,Riflegun Redeemer,Black hole Storm, Asphyx II (They died as they Marched)...........
"The album will be released in May/June this year by Century Media records.War Anthem records will release the lp version. Linear notes will be presented by Martin."
Bands Announced For 2009 Maryland Death Festival
Below is a list of bands for each day of MDF 2009, which will take place May 22 - 24. There are several different scenarios on the table as far as stage setup goes, so we won't be announcing exact set times until sometime in March. Set times will be planned so you don't have to pick and choose what band you want to see because two are playing at one time.
Individual day tickets will go on sale on Monday, January 19th.
You can expect doors to open around 3:30 pm on Friday and 12:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. These are only estimates, but not off by more than 30 minutes or so. More...
Maryland Deathfest Announces 2 Replacement Bands
Maryland Deathfest has announced Cephalic Carnage and Cattle Decapitation as replacements for Enslaved, Keep of Kalessin, and Swallow The Sun, whose North American tour together was scrapped. One more band will be announced before January 1st.
Maryland Deathfest VII will take place on May 22-24, 2009, at Sonar, Baltimore, MD. Tickets are currently on sale.
Here is a curre?nt list of confirmed bands for the Maryland Deathfest 2009: More...
Maryland Deathfest Confirms More Bands
More bands were recently confirmed for Maryland Deathfest VII. Just announced to appear at MDF 2009 are:
Bolt Thrower
Enslaved
Marduk
Absu
Victims
Swallow the Sun
Birdflesh
The Red Chord
Rotten Sound
Keep of Kalessin
Devourment
Trap Them
Catheter
Agenda of Swine
Pretty Little Flower
Complete Failure
Hero Destroyed
Bolt Thrower has released this bit of news regarding their first trip to the USA in 14 years:
"Due to the fact that we are not real festival lovers or great fans of flying, the chances of us ever coming to the States for a one-off show was always very small. But after years of relentless emails from Ryan we've finally given in. It's hard to believe that it's been 14 years since we last played in the US, so we are very happy to announce that we are finally coming back. Bolt Thrower will be playing Maryland Deathfest VII, on May 22-24, 2009, at Sonar, Baltimore, MD."
A few more bands were exected to be included in this announcement, but the organizers are still working on the details. Therefore, another announcement is expected with even more band confirmations in the near future, as they wrap up the booking process for Maryland Deathfest 2009
Tickets will definitely go on sale on Friday, November 7th.
Here is a full list of currently confirmed bands for Maryland Deathfest 2009: More...
Maryland Deathfest VII Lineup Taking Shape
Next spring, Baltimore, MD will play host to Maryland Deathfest VII on May 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at Sonar. The following have been confirmed thus far, with many more to be added until the event:
Pestilence
Mayhem
Atheist
Asphyx
Immolation
Brutal Truth
Abscess
General Surgery
Hail Of Bullets
Today Is The Day
Phobia
Sayyadina
Flesh Parade
Jig-Ai
Antigama
Crowpath
Gnostic
Man Must Die
Entrails Massacre
Triac
Century Media Celebrates 20th Anniversary
2008 has become an extremely exciting year in the history of Century Media Records, one of the world's most respected independent homes for heavy music, as the label is celebrating its 20th anniversary!
The company's Anniversary year started off with an extremely successful, first-ever yard sale/party at the Century Media office in Dortmund (Germany) in June, where several hundred guests partied out on exclusive live shows by Angel Dust and Turisas. A video with impressions from the event can be seen at this location. A photo gallery for this event can be viewed here.
To further celebrate this anniversary Century Media Records will release the very special 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" on September 15th in Europe and on October 14th in North America. The various artists covers-release includes 32 mostly exclusive recordings and will be available in stores for the price of one CD. Sticking to the "keep it in the family" slogan, CM approached their artists about covering songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the response from the musicians was overwhelming.
Some choices were obvious and homages to the bands that influenced them, others were inspired picks. This combination ended up leading to a heavily entertaining and truly special final result across all sub-genres of heavy music.
Here is the tracklisting: More...
Tyrant Scheduled For Hole In The Sky Festival
Swedish cult Metallers TYRANT are set to appear at the upcoming annual Hole In The Sky Festival happening from August 27th - 30th, 2008 in Bergen, Norway.
Here's the itinerary:
Wednesday 27/8 - Skinned Alive @ Garage
Dismember
Toxic Holocaust
Urgehal
OLD
Inquisition
Thursday 28/8 - Metal Command @ Garage
Exodus
3 Inches of Blood
Dead to This World
Tyrant
Lobotomized More...
Asphyx To Begin Work On New Album
Dutch death metallers Asphyx have posted the following update:
“Good news. Within a year after the first reunion show at the Party.San festival, ASPHYX already has written eight new songs, maybe one song more to go. The tracks include all typical ASPHYX elements. Next week we’ll record some kind of instrumental pre-production/demo for ourselves. We expect the unexpected release of a new album in 2009 at Century Media Records! According to drummer and founding member Bob, this new album could be one of the best ASPHYX ever has released. So prepare for the new upcoming brutality!!!!”
Hail Of Bullets Full Album Streaming On MySpace
Death metal band HAIL OF BULLETS' debut album, "…Of Frost and War" has been streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page since May 9.
The band is also getting front page features on the MySpace music-sites in the Benelux, Sweden and Germany.
Hail of Bullets consists of former PESTILENCE and current ASPHYX-singer Martin van Drunen, ex-HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen, GOREFEST-drummer Ed Warby and both THANATOS-guitarists Paul Baayens (also in ASPHYX) and Stephan Gebédi.
"...Of Frost and War" was released yesterday, May 13.
Hail of Bullets Issue New Studio Update
HAIL OF BULLETS, featuring former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin van Drunen and GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, have entered Excess studios in Rotterdam, Holland to begin recording their debut album for a May release via Metal Blade Records. The band have issued the following studio update from Warby:
"As we're entering the final stages of recording our full length album for Metal Blade Records, we thought we'd share some choice footage of the proceedings. First up is a four-minute glimpse of yours truly beating the shit out of his drums. You can almost see that one crash break! The song I'm doing here is one of the more brutal ones (well, they all are, I guess), with some cool fills and stuff to spice up the umta-umta onslaught. I think I broke an average of 3-4 sticks per song during this session. The forests weep..." More...
Bunkur Signs To Displeased Records
Dutch nihilistic black doom metal band BUNKUR has signed with Displeased Records. Their new full length album, "Nullify," is expected in the summer of 2008. The band's renewed line-up features Martin van Drunen (Pestilence, Asphyx) on vocals. Guest appearances on the album include Wannes Gubbels (Asphyx, Pentacle).
Asphyx To Enter Studio This Month
The reformed lineup of the Dutch death metal outfit ASPHYX — Martin van Drunen (vocals), Wannes Gubbels (bass/vocals), Paul Baayens (guitar) and Bob Bagchus (drums) — has issued the following update:
"ASPHYX will record two songs at the end of January 2008 at the Harrow studios: covering CELTIC FROST's 'Os Abysmi Vel Daath' from their 'Monotheist' album and one new ASPHYX song, called 'Death... The Brutal Way'. It will be in the vein of 'Serenade in Lead' (from the album 'Last One On Earth'. Expect fast and furious death metal! Maybe we will put this song on our website when the recordings are done."
ASPHYX will headline the "Triumph Of Death" concert on March 29, 2008 at Knaack Club in Berlin, Germany. The billing for the event is as follows:
ASPHYX (Holland)
NECROVATION (Sweden)
DROWNED (Germany)
TRIBULATION (Sweden)
DEAD CONGREGATION (Greece)
SLUGATHOR (Finland)