Welcome to another edition of the Soundmass.com Update. We have HEAPS of news to share!

Firstly, we are pleased to announce the signing of Roots of Tragedy to our label. Hailing from Nordland, Norway, Roots of Tragedy has remained silent since their “Awakening Beyond” demo in 2006. However, 2009 will see them unleash their first full-length recording. Inspired by the likes of Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Antestor and Extol, expect a mix of symphonic black metal and dark funeral doom, with elements of death and progressive metal. For some embryonic samples, check out www.myspace.com/rootsoftragedy

You can also now pre-order the next two Soundmass releases which are due out on May 22nd: Grave Forsaken “This Day Forth” and Ecthirion “Apocalyptic Visions”. “This Day Forth” is Grave Forsaken’s third album and, although thrash metal at heart, sees them venture into death and doom territory as well. It is recommended for fans of Megadeth, Tourniquet, Slayer and Betrayal. Everybody who pre-orders this CD from Soundmass will also receive a free bonus “The Making of This Day Forth” DVD. With a total running time of 148 minutes, and the addition of a “Mother of Harlots” video clip and Grave Forsaken TV: Episodes 1 – 6, this album is a must to pre-order now!

On Ecthirion’s "Apocalyptic Visions" you can expect epic orchestral metal with Viking and black metal tendencies. With guest vocals by Eugen Dodenhoeft (Far Beyond) and Azahel Frost (Frost Like Ashes) and operatic vocals by Josh Edwards, this new band hailing from the United Kingdom has created some unique music recommended for fans of Dimmu Borgir, Turisas, Freedom Call and Far Beyond.

Other soon to be released albums available for pre-order at the moment include Mortification “the evil addiction destroying machine”, Lament “Through The Reflection” (re-issue), Dagon “Terraphobic”, Elgibbor “War”, In Grief “Deserted Soul”, Rehumanize “Resident Apostasy” and Bloodline Severed “Visions Revealed “. Elgibbor and Rehumanize will be in stock VERY soon!

For those who prefer downloading their music, you will be happy to know that the following Mortification albums are finally available on iTunes and a dozen other popular legal download sites: “Blood World”, “Live Planetarium”, “Live Humanitarian”, “Live Without Fear” and “10 Years Live Not Dead”.

On the new release front, we have the long-awaited X-Sinner “World Covered In Blood” in stock, as well as Rob Rock’s new outfit Fires Of Babylon with their self-titled debut, Boarders “The World Hates Me” for all the Megadeth fans out there and, for those who like it black and old-school, Usynlig Tumult “Voices Of The Winds”. Here is the full list of items that we have added to our webstore recently:

HARD MUSIC

AU$17 Angry Einsteins/X-Sinner: Cracked USED CD
AU$25 Armageddon: The Money Mask (original) USED CD
AU$13 Bloodsport: Imprisonment USED CD
AU$22 Boarders: The World Hates Me NEW CD
AU$13 Bushbaby: Medicine USED CD
AU$22 Deliverance: As Above - So Below NEW CD
AU$22 Deliverance: Assimilation (dbl.) NEW CD
AU$22 Deliverance: Deliverance (re-issue) NEW CD
AU$22 Deliverance: Weapons Of Our Warfare (re-issue) NEW CD
AU$18 Fearscape: Scent Of Divine Blood NEW CD
AU$22 Fires Of Babylon: Fires Of Babylon NEW CD
AU$13 Flyleaf: Flyleaf USED CD
AU$22 Holy Blood: The Patriot NEW CD
AU$20 Jet Circus: Step On It USED CD
AU$20 Kashee Opeiah: Panic In Solitude NEW CD
AU$15 King's X: King's X USED CD
AU$15 King's X: Tape Head USED CD
AU$9 Life In Your Way: Waking Giants NEW CD
AU$9 Lucid: Lucid USED CD
AU$22 Menchen: Red Rock NEW CD
AU$7 My Children My Bride: Unbreakable USED CD
AU$22 My Silent Wake: A Garland Of Tears NEW CD
AU$7 Once Nothing: First Came The Law USED CD
AU$13 Our Last Night: The Ghosts Among Us USED CD
AU$5 POD: Payable On Death USED CD
AU$13 Red: End Of Silence USED CD
AU$13 Seraphs Coal: The More Things Change... USED CD
AU$22 Seventh Power: Dominion And Power NEW CD
AU$5 Sounds Like Chicken: Like A Cannonball To The Ocean Floor USED CD
AU$15 Stryper: Soldiers Under Command USED CD
AU$15 Stryper: The Yellow And Black Attack! USED CD
AU$22 Sympathy: Anagogic Tyranny NEW CD
AU$9 Tamplin: In The Witness Box USED CD
AU$19 Torn Flesh: Crux Of The Mosh USED CD
AU$15 Usynlig Tumult: Voices Of The Winds (e.p.) NEW CD
AU$15 Various Artists: Godspeed: Australian Metal Compilation USED CD
AU$17 Various Artists: Metal Meltdown USED CD
AU$5 Various Artists: This Is Solid State Vol. 6 USED CD
AU$22 X-Sinner: World Covered In Blood NEW CD

T-SHIRTS

AU$15 Fearscape: Sleeping In Light (long-sleeve) USED T-shirt
AU$19 Horde: Hellig Usvart (long-sleeve) USED T-shirt

RAP/HIP-HOP

AU$7 Cauzin' Efekt: Famlee Affair NEW CD

ROCK/POP/ALTERNATIVE

AU$3 The Call: Love Is Everywhere NEW CD
AU$5 Gerard Callanan: Media Nation NEW CD
AU$7 Peter Campbell: Rear-View Mirror (dbl.) NEW CD
AU$5 Bob Carlisle: Bob Carlisle USED CD
AU$5 Bob Carlisle: Nothing But The Truth USED CD
AU$10 The Choir: Free Flying Soul NEW CD
AU$10 The Choir: Speckled Bird NEW CD
AU$10 Petra: Beat The System USED CD
AU$12 Seventy Sevens: Sticks And Stones USED CD

BLUES/GOSPEL/JAZZ

AU$7 Greg Chaisson: It's About Time USED CD

PRAISE/WORSHIP

AU$1 Caringbah Church Of Christ: Shed A Tear USED CD
AU$7 CCC Auckland: Form NEW CD
AU$10 Robert Colman: A Collection Of: Vol. 1 NEW CD
AU$20 Enter The Worship Circle: First Circle NEW CD
AU$25 Enter The Worship Circle: Third Circle NEW CD
AU$5 Various Artists: Christmas In Australia (e.p.) NEW CD

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