Century Media Newsletter Part 3 | INTO ETERNITY, NACHTMYSTIUM, TERROR , Sik World Website Offers Giveaways From Century Media Records

Repost From Century Media Newsletter:
INTO ETERNITY Reveals Concept Behind New Record

Band founder and guitarist Tim Roth has been through a set of tragedies that could have put anyone out for a long while. Two of Roth’s best friends succumbed to a rare form of cancer within two months of one another last year, the tragedy made all the worse by the fact that his father was diagnosed with cancer as the band was demoing new material. He passed away just 10 days before Christmas. Quite miraculously, Roth was able to channel his emotions into a new album, The Incurable Tragedy. As the title would suggest, the concept behind the record is cancer and the ways in which it affects society today. The album is scheduled for a summer release.

INTO ETERNITY is currently touring North America with the equally epic and progressive shredders Symphony X and Century Family affiliates Epica. While this will be their last tour in support of The Scattering of Ashes, the band does plan on playing the new song they uploaded to their MySpace page, “Diagnosis Terminal.” To preview an unmastered version you can visit the link below.
“‘Diagnosis Terminal’ is one of the heaviest songs on the new record,” Roth says. “The song started with a chorus I had written. Justin (Bender, guitars) then sent me a MP3 demo of a few killer riffs he had, and the song was born. The key I had my chorus in didn’t match the pitch of his new riffs, so that’s how we came up with the idea of having the same chorus, but in two different keys. I think it sounds clever now, but it was actually just a mistake!

NACHTMYSTIUM release “Worldfall EP”™; Prepare to Unleash “Assassins”™ Full Length

If you are into psychedelics, black metal and/or bands with long names that are hard to pronounce – you’ve probably already been introduced to NACHTMYSTIUM. If you haven’t heard yet, they are one of the most original bands in extreme metal. The band has just released their new EP, ‘Worldfall’, through CMDistro.com for only $5. Plus, if you buy the EP, you get a $2 discount when you purchase the ‘Assassins’ full length on June 10^th! That’s twice the grim for half the price – Satan approves!

“Imagine Roger Waters in corpse paint” – PitchforkMedia.com

TERROR Releases New Track to MySpace Hordes
The band is as excited as we are to see the June 10 release of their fourth full-length and Century Media debut, The Damned, The Shamed, and to alleviate those in unhealthy anticipation TERROR recently uploaded a song that will surely become a live staple in the future, “Relentless Through and Through.” It’s currently streaming on the band’s revamped MySpace page. After returning home to LA from the nationwide Firestorm Fest with hardcore legends Earth Crisis Scott Vogel (vocals) and the rest of TERROR have been anxious to hear their fans’ reactions to the new record. There are some things on there that will catch people off guard, but it is and will always be TERROR,” Vogal says. “So fear not, we are just taking everything to the next level.”
Before coming back to the states for shows the band will tour Europe with Ignite, Strung Out and Death Before Dishonor. Russian hardcore enthusiasts will hear TERROR for the first time, and the band is equally psyched about getting the “maximum output” from Euro pits this spring. South Americans will see the band for the fourth time with more countries down there being hit by hardcore shows than ever before.

Sik World Website Offers Giveaways From Century Media Records

In the spirit of giving, Sik World is offering fans new music from some of the best up-and-coming acts to emerge on the hard rock and metal scenesThe newly revamped Sik World website is giving away a wealth of prizes from Century Media and Nuclear Blast Records. Prizes includes a copies of Montreal’s newest metal sensation The Agonist (featuring the smoking hot Alissa White-Gluz) debut album, “Only Once Imagined” a copies of the new disc “Only Inhuman” from Sonic Syndicate (featuring the equally smoking hot Karin Axelsson). Sik World will be announcing 5 randomly chosen winners on April 15th, 2008. To qualify all you need to do is sign up for the Sik World mailing list at the link below.