Season of Mist is proud to welcome Swedish Black/Death metallers BESTIAL MOCKERY! The band is now in Studio Nacksving to record their fourth album entitled "Slaying the Life". Before the release, which date will be announced later, you can see them live at Körpehöla in Uddevalla, Sweden, on May 26th, and at The Final Attack – The Judgement Night in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, on June 9th. For those shows, BESTIAL MOCKERY have enlisted the services of mercenary Agressive Protector from MASTEMA and PROTECTOR. No pardon given their aims are fucking set, BESTIAL MOCKERY is out for destruction and they're coming for you!

Check www.bestialmockery.cjb.net for more news.

After a long silent period, Japanese Death metallers DEFILED are back with a new website, a new drummer and new live dates. Next summer, the band will tour Australia for the first time!

Here is the current line-up:

• Kenji Sato – vocals
• Yusuke Sumita – guitars
• Haruhisa Takahata – bass
• Takashi Nonaka – drums

See new live dates below, and check www.defiled.info to get the latest news from the band.

French death metallers AGRESSOR have a new website. Visit www.agressor.fr to see new photos, new videos, and to be informed of upcoming shows.

Of course, you can still get in touch with the band via their MySpace page, and join the AGRESSOR channel on YouTube.

A brand new 10-minute video interview with ROTTING CHRIST (in English) has been posted online at www.metalhead.ro. You will also find a gallery of more than 200 photos from the April 11th's show in Bucharest, Romania. Check it out at this location.