Rippin' it up Belgian style!!

The satanic OHK venue!

OHK - Oostende, BEL - 8/5 2011:
Oostende is located by the sea, which was kind of fitting considering that the weather continued to be ripping, July-style. We arrived early in the morning again, and as people slowly woke up in the heat with the taste of Gremium whiskey in the mouth, we checked out the city and the sea (which was basically the same thing).

The gig was some kind of mini festival with a total of six bands playing (the full tour package + two local supports) and the first band was gonna start at 16.00... therefore we were at the venue before 12 to start setting up the stage. Well, not really. The venue let us in around 14, and then it was time to set up the stage for all bands. Belgians are known for being joyful and optimistic people, and this was proved again as the local bands shows up around 15 oclock with another two full backlines to set up (making a total of 4 drum sets).

Busy tourmanager and bassplayer!

Enough about that. It was a cool venue to play, and as the first band started to play, they weren't as delayed as we expected them to be really... only a little. First up a grind band with two vocalists delivering a crazy show, and then a BM band with a bit younger musicians.

Aleksey and Ronnie not busy!

Chef Speedfreak fixed a very tasty dinner, and it was a nice evening seeing back some old friends in Aleksey, Eve of Beer and others. Unfortunately most people left the venue directly after our gig, and we left Oostende early after saying bye to our great Camgirl and management assistant, Luc, EoB, and all the others, and continued the party in the bus towards the UK with some tasty drinks and 2 kgs of really good duck meat that we got from our Russian friend.

1%ers Deutschland!

The calm before the bestial invasion!

Bambi Galore - Hamburg, GER - 5/5 2011:
Back in Germany and Hamburg! We arrived really early in the morning, and spent the day getting burned in the sun.

We have some good memories from this venue, and the night was good again as always. After some chineese food for dinner, GLORIA MORTI, ARROGANZ and FERAL all delivered very good shows. The hamburgers are really into the old-school bag, and especially FERAL got a good response for their gig.

Last time we played here we brought an extra bag of cymbals with us by mistake, that we now brought back to the venue, which seemed to make us a bit more popular, hah! Thanks to the audience for a cool gig and mr Organizer for setting up things great and serving many chilling vodka shots as always!

By the way, Reeperbahn is not the only ladies district in Hamburg.

Black Sabbath - Bad Oeynhausen, GER - 6/5 2011:
Arriving early again, and another day getting burned... The Black Sabbath actually turns our to be the local club of Gremium (for those who dont know 'em, there is Google). We were showed to the backstage room, which was actually the local high-shots "conference room" where they sit and plan their strategies at ceo meetings, surrounded by memos on the walls (Treue, Brüderlichkeit, Ehre...). A supporter of lower rang kept a close eye on us during our whole stay (best job ever), while a brother of higher rang took care of the sound engineer duties.

Hadderajjan in the conference room at Gremium!

What could possibly go wrong? Nothing of course. Our gig turned out cool, and the Gremium guys turned out to know how to mix the whiskey-coke alright (in 0.5 litre glasses). We stayed at the venue some hours before leaving, and when the cops arrived and we asked if there were any problems, the locals informed us that the police must be very busy this evening, because they usually come much earlier. That's the spirit!

Scheiss pissparade!

The Rambler - Eindhoven, NL - 7/5 2011:
ANOTHER day arriving early, ANOTHER day of formaldehyde fun (and joy in the sun). The Eindhoven people seemed to share our joy and the city was kinda busy in the day. After load-in the in-house engineer Michael Moore arrived, and together we fixed the most uber-fat sound in history of Death Metal. The local promotor was a really cool chick who fixed some good thai food for us (or chineese maybe? well... asian!) and we also got the best beer of the tour so far (and it was cold!).

Kai Arroganz & Pablo

Some people in the band ate so much as usual that the gig almost had to be cancelled. But professionals as we are, we pulled it off! Unfortunately the Eindhoven crowd was not the biggest or wildest of the tour so far... But parts of the crew compensated for that! Off to Southern Holland then... ehm... Belgium... 

That's the spirit!!

Death Infernal Tour has begun!

Drummers from Hell.

Sugar Bar - Stockholm, SWE - 3/5 2011:
The Death Infernal tour has begun! Feels good to be on the way. We spent Monday rehearsing, gearing up, hooking up with ARROGANZ... The tour bus arrived in the evening with Markus behind the wheel, as always!

On Tuesday FERAL and GLORIA MORTI arrived in Stockholm. Sugar Bar is a very small but cozy place. We didn't have too high expectations considering that it was a Tuesday evening gig in Stockholm, and there had been a lot of concerts the week before. But it turned out to be a really cool evening with plenty of beer and headbanging, just the way we like it. Thanks to the people coming, including all our friends and many ex- girl friends!

The bus left Stockholm in the night, and turned silent sometime around 09 in the morning.

 

Day-off - Greve, DEN - 4/5 2011:
After a very long and hard tour so far, we decided to take a day off. It was spend in the city of Greven in Denmark. The Real Men went to 'Cafe Under Uret' and spent the day and evening learning to know the locals. Off to Germania...

Death Infernal tour 2011!!

Next week the "Death Infernal" tour takes off, a crusade running from May 3rd to 21st with targets in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Our allies in Feral and Arroganz will join the trek hence creating a lethal unity of pure death metal. Our labelmates Gloria Morti from Finland will appear as special guests on the first half of the crusade.

We can also reveal that Pablo Magallanes will join us as a second guitarist on the upcoming march through Europe. The addition of a second axe-man for live situations brings us to new heights and we can deliver the tracks - both new and old - with more power and might.

Photo by Elin Selin.

This is what vocalist Mr Widgren had to say about the madness:
"The time has come to raise the throne once again! Infernal Death spreads through 17 cities in 19 days, together with Feral, Arroganz and Gloria Morti, in what seems to become the greatest Demonical tour so far! After 8 months off the road we are truly looking forward to play our new album "Death Infernal" live and meet our allies all over Europe again. What stays on the road - happens on the road! Let the earth tremble, once again!"

Check out the brand new video "Ravenous" below from the "Death Infernal" album. The clip which was recorded in Stockholm and directed by Costin Chioreanu of Twilight 13 Media captures and brings forth the true essence and force of Demonical. Check out the madness and enjoy this ride into the deepest abyss of Swedish Death Metal Darkness!

The promotion video for the track "March For Victory" was also made by Costin Chioreanu of Twilight 13 Media and can be streamed below.