Victor Brandt

DIMMU BORGIR have announced that Swedish bass player Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED A.D., FIRESPAWN) has officially joined the team. The symphonic black metal titans will play their first show since 2012 in June and will visit all corner of the world throughout this year and 2019 and Victor is ready to storm the stage with vocalist Shagrath, guitarists Silenoz and Galder, keyboarder Gerlioz and drummer Daray.

Victor comments: “It’s a great honor and pleasure to be a part of the mighty DIMMU BORGIR. And such great timing for me to start at the release of their new album ‘Eonian’, which in my opinion is their best album so far. The members of the band are equally awesome to their music so I am looking forward to good times ahead.”

The band adds: ”We are very excited to have Victor become a part of the team! His experience, dedication and craftmanship is very much appreciated and we look forward to sharing the world stages with him!”

The band’s new full-length album “Eonian” was released on May 4th and immediately entered the charts all around the globe, even on #24 of the international world charts. In countries such as Germany, Poland and the UK, the band even reached the highest positions of their 25-year-long career:
#2 Norway
#2 Finland (physical)
#4 Germany
#4 Finland
#5 Switzerland
#5 Sweden (physical)
#10 Austria
#15 Canada (#3 hardcharts)
#21 Belgium VL
#24 WORLD
#24 Hungary
#25 Czech Republic
#26 Poland
#27 France (physical)
#64 Denmark
#64 Netherlands
#73 UK (#8 Indie, #3 Rock)
#87 Italy
#91 Spain
#142 USA Billboard (#5 Hard Music, #10 Rock Album)

You can now order the album as digipak, 180g double vinyl in different colours, boxset or digitally, via this link: http://nblast.de/DimmuBorgirEonian

Have you missed DIMMU BORGIR’s latest music videos?
‘Interdimensional Summit’: https://youtu.be/P7vg7ir8jyc
‘Council Of Wolves And Snakes’: https://youtu.be/5ws18_MZ-lw

Witness the epic return of DIMMU BORGIR to the stage on one of the following festival shows and headline gigs:

15.06. CDN Montebello, QC – Rockfest
23.06. F Clisson – Hellfest
06.07. E Barcelona – Rock Fest
04.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air
11.08. B Kortrijk – Alcatraz Metal Festival
17.08. N Horten – Midgardsblot Metalfestival

19.08. USA Las Vegas, NV – Psycho Las Vegas
21.08. USA Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
23.08. CDN Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
25.08. USA New York, NY – Playstation Theater

18.09. RUS St. Petersburg – Kosmonavt
20.09. RUS Moscow – Glavclub
22.09. RUS Yekaterinburg – Teleclub

24.10. J Osaka – umeda TRAD
25.10. J Tokyo – Liquid Room

09.11. BR São Paulo – Tropical Butanta
11.11. RA Buenos Aires – Teatro Flores
13.11. RCH Santiago – Cúpula Multiespacio
15.11. CO Bogotá – Royal Center
17.11. MEX Mexico City – Circo Volador

Being one of the successful extreme metal forges on the planet, DIMMU BORGIR have been dominating the symphonic black metal genre for 25 years. The songwriting core of DIMMU BORGIR furthermore consists of charismatic vocalist Shagrath, as well as the string wizards Silenoz and Galder, but other familiar faces also emerge from the darkness: Drummer Daray and keyboarder Gerlioz are still part of the team, and Gaute Storaas helped with the choral arrangements for the majestic voices of the Schola Cantorum Choir. As the title “Eonian” indicates, the band’s 10th full-length release is dealing with the illusion of time and marks a tribute to both the band’s own past as well as the Norwegian black metal history.

More info:
www.facebook.com/dimmuborgir
www.nuclearblast.de/dimmuborgir
www.twitter.com/dimmuborgir

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April 2015 will see the return of the HATEFEST Tour. The unholy billing will be headlined by SIX FEET UNDER and features support from MARDUK, VADER And HATE. Special guests on all weekend dates will be Eisregen and Debauchery. Tickets for this exceptional death/black Metal tour are available at www.hardticket.eu.

SIX FEET UNDER have announced Victor Brandt will be stepping in on bass for this run of dates. Chris Barnes comments: “Thanks to all the fans for the great response to the upcoming new SFU release “Crypt of the Devil” and the first track “Open Coffin Orgy” thank you so much! We are currently getting ready for our upcoming tour with Vader and Marduk on the HateFest tour of Europe. It will be a cataclysmic event. Do not miss it! Also, for this run of dates, we want to let you know that stepping in for our bass player, Jeff Hughell, will be Victor Brandt from Entombed. Steve, Marco, and I are very much looking forward to sharing the stage with Victor while Jeff and his wife Fazi welcome the birth of their first child! It’s gonna be a great year for SFU! Can’t wait to see you all soon!“

Victor Brandt adds: “I am very proud and happy to step in for my good friend and Warwick brother Jeff Hughell to play bass with the mighty Six Feet Under for their upcoming tour in Europe. We’re gonna have a blast! Be sure to check out this killer tour that also features Marduk, Vader and Hate! See you in the pit and/or the bar.“

Hatefest 2015
SIX FEET UNDER
+ Marduk
+ Vader
+ Hate
Plus extended guests: Eisregen, Debauchery
02/04/15 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser
03/04/15 AT – Wien – Gasometer *Extended Show*
04/04/15 CH – Pratteln – Z7 *Extended Show*
05/04/15 DE – Essen – Weststadthalle *Extended Show*
06/04/15 DE – Saarbrücken – Garage
07/04/15 DE – Lindau – Club Vaudeville
08/04/15 DE – Ludwigsburg – Rockfabrik
09/04/15 DE – Hamburg – Markthalle
10/04/15 DE – Geiselwind – Musichall *Extended Show*
11/04/15 DE – München – Backstage *Extended Show*
12/04/15 DE – Berlin – Postbahnhof *Extended Show*

SIX FEET UNDER, will release their eleventh studio recording this spring via Metal Blade Records. Titled “Crypt Of The Devil“, the ten track slab of audio violence was composed by vocalist Chris Barnes and Cannabis Corpse bassist/vocalist Phil “Landphil” Hall. While on tour with Cannabis Corpse in 2013, Barnes and Hall met and kept in touch. Barnes would later lend his vocals to a track on Cannabis Corpse’s “From Wisdom To Baked“. That same year, Hall and Barnes joined forces to pen brand new SIX FEET UNDER tracks. Barnes lauds Hall’s take on the SIX FEET UNDER style of death metal and stated that this material was, “where my wheelhouse is – it’s where I thrive vocally and lyrically.“

With “Crypt Of The Devil“, Barnes has worked to continue the overall story from the previous works, wherein he is penning lyrics from the perspective of a serial killer. Or as Barnes describes, it’s a “winding journey through his mind. The songs paint a picture that’s not necessarily linear, rather a meandering back and forth through a dark soul.” Soon-to-be-classic cuts such as “Open Coffin Orgy” serve as exemplary examples of the fruits of Barnes’ macabre muse.

“Crypt Of The Devil” stands as a truly collaborative and cross-country effort from a selection of today’s finest metal minds, and the result is a refreshing SIX FEET UNDER experience. Or as refreshing as brutal, visceral death metal can be, anyway.

Sample the sadistic wares of new single “Open Coffin Orgy” at metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

“Crypt Of The Devil” will see release via Metal Blade Records on May 1st, 2015. For a selection of preorder bundles, go to: metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

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