Metal Blade Records signs Istapp

Hailing from Blekinge, Sweden on the frozen coasts of the Baltic Sea, are the three warlords that form Istapp. Mordechai von Renvaktar, C. Ashuck von Renvaktar and Fjalar have set out on a campaign to destroy the sun and all of its followers.
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Band profile: Inhumate

In September 1990 Fred (bass player) was moving to a city in the North East of France called Strasbourg. Arriving there he wanted to put up a death metal band so he searched and found a vocalist – Olivier. This one called a friend of him David (guitar) and they fast found a drummer called Stephane. Inhumate was born. This line up stayed stable for about one year, after that Stephane and Olivier left the band and were replaced by Valentin and Sebastien.

Those new members were totally dedicated to the grind core scene, Inhumate became to play faster and from death metal jumped into the death grind scene. With this line up Inhumate recorded in 1993 its first demo “Abstract Suffering” (4 tracks).

In 1994 drummer and vocalist left the band again and in October 1994 Inhumate had its definitive and ultimate line up with the arrival of Christophe on vocals and Yannick on drums. This time Inhumate jumped from the death grind scene to the grind death scene, playing faster and slowly understanding that sickness was law!

In May 1995 the second demo was recorded “Grind Your Soul” (7 tracks). In September 1996 was recorded the first full length CD “Internal Life” (18 tracks), in November 1997 was recorded the second full length album “Ex-Pulsion” (13 + 1 tracks), in June 2000 was recorded the third full length album “Growth” (17 tracks).

In February 2004 INHUMATE has unleashed its fourth album “Life”. October 2006 : after 16 years playing and composing for Inhumate David leaves the band… November 2006 : Damien is our new guitar player! Inhumate underground story goes on ! Beginning of 2007 was the moment for Inhumate to unleash a brutal as fuck live DVD to show the world what was Inhumate live sickness before Damien’s arrival!

During its life, Inhumate played (in France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Italy, Austria and Czech Republic) with bands like Agathocles, Brutal Truth, Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy, Immolation, Sepultura, Malignant Tumour, Nile, Six Feet Under, Unholy Grave, Vader etc… but also dozens of great underground bands.

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Band profile: Digression Assassins

Their music is raw, its complex and its energetic. A pure explosion of the sounds of metal, punk, hardcore and rock mixed through a blender on high speed. In a time of musical conformity, even in the underground scene, the Digression Assassins offer a true alternative!
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Band profile: Agrimonia

Agrimonia was formed early 2005 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Musical parallels can be drawn to bands as Neurosis, Bolt Thrower and Counterblast, with an underlying black metal-nerve.

They made their debut recording in late 2007 and released it on vinyl LP with German label Skuld Releases in the summer of 2008. The record contains 4 songs and lasts 45 minutes. A CD version with an extra track is in the works.

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Band profile: Evadne

Formed in the year 2000 under Hexenprozesse’s name the band starts giving their first steps in the world of the music. Determined to give the following step to be announced, they record their first and unique demo called “In The Bitterness Of Our Souls” (2004). During this recording the band changed their name Hexenprozesse for Evadne because with this new name the band was more identified by the music and the letters.
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