Belgian quartet Bones (Stef Aertsen, Jeroen De Pauw, Viktor Walschaerts and Lukas Huybrechts) started in 2011, and in 2012 they released a first demo, which was released on vinyl too somewhat later. In mean time, the band was able to perform live on stage with the likes of Obituary, Necrowretch, Undergang, Morbus Chron, Master and many more.
Sundsvall, Sweden-located band Nidsang was formed ten years ago as Lammoth, but very soon the current moniker was chosen. The band recorded a demo somewhat later on (ingeniously called Nidsang, and released via Sadolust), and the members started recording material for what would be their first studio album. Originally this stuff was meant to be released via Sadolust too, but thing seemed to turn out differently due to various circumstances.
Next year, Sweden’s Exhale (with former and current members of e.g. Anata, Inevitable End, Miseration, Cipher System or Age Of Woe) will celebrate their tenth anniversary. But first they wanted to release their third full length, after Prototype (2006, Emetic Records) and Blind (2010, Dark Balance Records).
Swedish act Wombbath was originally formed in 1990 (shortly under the moniker of Seizure, but this was a name that went for just a couple of months). The band was active during the first half of the nineties, and did record two EP’s, respectively called Several Shapes and Lavatory, and one full length, Internal Caustic Moments.
Putrefact are a Mexican death commando with current, former, live and session musicians from bands like Hacavitz, Disgorge, Morbosidad, Impiety, Raped God 666 etc. (i.e. bassist / vocalist Hugoreincarnation, and the Garcia-brothers Exxxecutioner and Necrodekapitator, resp. drummer and guitarist / vocalist).
There are so many re-releases lately, from (especially) Death-stuff from the Old Times. There’s nothing wrong with that for a couple of reasons. More than once, the re-issue comes with bonus material which is previously unreleased, or extremely hard to find (limited vinyl recordings, for example, live material from unprofessional yet rememberable gigs, or demo tapes). Sometimes the re-release is sold out for a long time and therefor very welcome. However, there are re-releases that add nothing at all, and it’s only interesting for those who do not have that specific material at all.
The Swedish act Quest Of Aidance was formed by Christian Lundgren (Carnalized, Miseration) and Christian Älvestam (think: The Few Against Many, Incapacity, Solar Dawn, Unmoored, Miseration and many others).
Majalis (named after the flower?) were originally founded as an In Mourning side-project (Björn Pettersson and Tobias Netzell; the latter was also formerly active in e.g. Volturyon or October Tide), but it was a rather silently-existing act with only few activity. Last year, the duo recruited two friends, Jonas Martinsson and Daniel Jansson, and they recorded the three tracks for this debut-EP, Cathodic Black.
Pete Karlsson, known from e.g. Maze Of Torment, Deceiver or Thrown, and especially his (solo) project Flesh, returns under a new moniker, The Pete Flesh Deathtrip. The first album under this name was recorded at Studio Beast with engineer / mixer / master Peter Bjärgö.
Swedish band Zombiefication was formed in … oops, they are not from Sweden?!!!? Zombiefication hail from Mexico and consist of members from e.g. Inhearted, Majestic Downfall and Dies Irae (the Mexican one for sure).
