Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of extreme modern metal act System Divide, featuring Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted) on vocals, Cole Martinez (ex-Years Of Fire, Antenora) and Joseph Spiller (ex-The Binary Code) on guitars, Andrew Lenthe (Antenora) on bass, and Mike Heller (Malignancy) on drums.

System Divide has already completed a video for the song "The Apex Doctrine" off the bands current EP, which will also be on the band's full-length Metal Blade debut. Check out a trailer for the new video and be sure to head over to System Divide's MySpace page to listen to the tracks "The Apex Doctrine" and "(n)Ether". Stay tuned for more information including when and where the video for "The Apex Doctrine" will premiere, track listing and release date of the band's debut full-length album The Conscious Sedation, and tour dates.

Vocalist Sven De Caluwe comments: "We couldn't be more thrilled to be part of the Metal Blade roster, a label that has been pushing the boundaries of extreme music and putting lots of great new acts in the spot light. We know System Divide is in the hands of a competent team of driven music FANS in the first place who believe in what we do, and we're going to give them their money's worth!! We are completing the songwriting for our first album The Conscious Sedation and are about to enter the studio to start tracking by the end of the month, for those who checked out our EP, get ready for some surprises and more extreme modern metal madness!"

Comments Michael Faley of Metal Blade Records: "Heavy, Brutal, Extreme, Melodic In Your Face Metal. These ingredients result in a unique visual and audio assault that numbs the senses. Vocalists Sven De Caluwe (Aborted) and Miri Milman (ex-Distorted), deliver a one-two punch unseen in Metal. We are very proud to add them to the Metal Blade Records family."

More info about the band at http://www.myspace.com/systemdivide.

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Century Media is streaming Aborted's cover of the Turmoil track "Playing Dead". Check it out at this location. The song will be released on the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" cover], which was released in North America on 14 October.
The all-covers release "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" celebrates Century Media's 20th anniversary and includes 32 mostly exclusive recordings and will be available in stores for the price of one CD.

The tracklist of that compilation is as follows:

CD1

Arch Enemy: Dream Evil - The Book Of Heavy Metal
Dark Tranquillity: Sentenced - Broken
Heaven Shall Burn: Tiamat - Whatever That Hurts
Shadows Fall: Only Living Witness - December
Brand New Sin: Iced Earth - Watching Over Me
Wolf: Moonspell - Alma Mater
Mercenary: Arch Enemy - Burning Angel
God Forbid: Merauder - Master Killer
Warbringer: Unleashed - Execute Them All
Grave: Asphyx - Vermin
Architects: Stampin' Ground - Officer Down
Napalm Death: Despair - Outconditioned
Krisiun: Demolition Hammer - Human Dissectio
Cryptopsy: Strapping Young Lad - Oh My Fucking God
Maroon: Samael - Baphomet's Throne
Watch Them Die: Bloodbath -Breeding Death

CD2

Firewind: Nevermore - Believe In Nothing
Dream Evil: Arch Enemy - Let The Killing Begin
Fear My Thoughts: Heaven Shall Burn - The Weapon They Fear
The Agonist: Dark Tranquillity - Monochromatic Stains
The Forsaken: Grave - You'll Never See
Devian: Morgoth - Isolated
Heaven Shall Burn: Merauder - Downfall Of Christ
Aborted: Turmoil - Playing Dead
Terror: Subzero - Boxed In
Napalm Death: Hellhammer - Messiah
Asphyx: Celtic Frost - Os Abysmi Vel Daath
Zimmers Hole: Old Man's Child 'Doommaker
Fu Manchu: Penance - Words To Live By
Manntis (Feat. In This Moment): Lacuna Coil - Heaven's A Lie
Kivimetsän Druidi: The Gathering - Leaves
Intronaut: Eyehategod - Dixie Whiskey

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Source:	blogs.myspace.com
Band profile:	Aborted

Necrophagist and Aborted have been added to the previously announced New York City show featuring Carcass. The show will take place on Saturday, September 6th at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, July 11th at 12:00pm. More U.S. shows are expected to be announced shortly.

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Source:	nokiatheatrenyc.com
Band profile:	Carcass
Event:	Carcass

Century Media has issued the following update:

"Aborted's entire new album "Strychnine.213" will be exclusively streamed at their MySpace page from June 13th, 2008 on for one week! So, make sure you don't miss the chance to check out this deadly masterpiece.

Furthermore, the "European death metal butchers" have posted live footage plus a short backstage interview filmed at Neurotic Death Fest in Tilburg (NL) on May 30th, 2008 online. So, if you are ready for some intense live devastation, follow this link.

Easily the band's most diverse and intense effort to date, "Strychnine.213" will be released all across Europe via Century Media Records on June 23rd, 2008 in a special O-card packaging with alternate cover artwork and a blistering cover of "Slaughtered" (originally by Pantera) as bonus track."

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Source:	www2.centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Aborted

Century Media press release:

"Mankind's sense for creativity probably manifests best in the sheer unlimited ways of torturing, mutilating, and killing each other. Successfully applying this atrocious inventiveness to their perversely precise sonic executions, "European death metal butchers" Aborted with members hailing from Belgium, France & UK have refined and re-defined the tools of their trade on their sixth full-length "Strychnine.213" to murder the listener with unimaginably gruesome, shockingly diverse brutality.

Besides the macabre cover artwork by Colin Marks / Rain Song, Aborted now present you two new songs from their stunning follow-up to 2007's much-lauded Century Media debut "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture" at their revamped MySpace site.

"I35" demonstrates how Aborted have successfully increased the modern, darker and surprisingly dynamic and melodic elements of their sound, whereas "Pestiferous Subterfuge" is another brutal groove monster, heavy to the max! Listen to them now at http://www.myspace.com/abortedmetal.

Combining the band's undeniable live energy with a powerhouse production from Eric Rachel (The Red Chord, The Black Dahlia Murder, God Forbid etc.) and a "fuck you' rock'n roll" approach to the overly edited, sterile sounding death metal records of today, Aborted succeed in retaining their vicious roots while evolving in terms of melody, musical virtuosity and vigor.

"Strychnine.213" reinforces the notion that Aborted have doubtlessly developed into extreme metal's most promising new breed. In Aborted's degenerated worldview murder is fun and you will be delighted to be killed by their new aural toxin?"

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Source:	www2.centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Aborted

Belgian Brutal Death Metal band Aborted have issued the following news:
"Hey everyone, it is with great pleasure that we announce the Iconoclast Part I Tour, where we will be supporting germany's finest Heaven Shall Burn alongside Misery Speakds.
The dates are as follows:

ICONOCLAST PART I
28.03.08 Brugge (B) - Entreepot
29.03.08 Lingen (Ger) - Alter Schlachthof
30.03.08 Hellendorn (NL) - De Lantaarn
31.03.08 Köln (Ger) - Werkstatt
01.04.08 Sheffield (UK) - Corporation
02.04.08 London (UK) - Underworld
03.04.08 Den Bosch (NL) - W2
04.04.08 Paris (F) - Le Nouveau Casino
05.04.08 Ravenna (I) - Rock Planet Club
06.04.08 Zürich (CH) - Abart
07.04.08 Stuttgart (Ger) - Röhre
08.04.08 Prag (CZ) - Rock Café
09.04.08 Berlin (Ger) - Columbia Club

Furthermore, writing of the new album is nearly completed, we are putting final touches to the material & are hitting the studio to record end February till mid March. Eric Rachel will mix this slab of brutality right after & it should see a summer release on Century Media records. Stay tuned for more!"

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Aborted
Event:	Heaven Shall Burn: Iconoclast Tour

Belgian Deathmetal butchers Aborted sign in from the european tour with Kataklysm and Behemoth: vocalist Sven comments:

"Hey everyone, its been a fucking pleasure & an honour to share the stage each day with our friends from Kataklysm and Behemoth, both monstrous acts on stage & very down to earth people off stage, the tour has been doing phenomenal so far & we'd like to thank all our friends out there who came & supported us & the other bands, keep on showing up, you guys are the reason this is all possible for any of us.

We'd also like to announce that we have started the songwriting for the follow up record to Slaughter & Apparatus, the album title will be revealed in due time & should be recorded early 2008 & set for a summer release which will coincide with lots of touring activity in the US. Which couldn't make us happier cause we are dying to get out there & play for all of you out there sta tewise who have had to wait since our last tour with Suffocation to come over. We also promise we will be extensively touring the US for the next record so you will get plenty of chances to catch us live then!"

The band also just uploaded their second episode for the Slaughter & Apparatus TV series, which contains on & off stage shenanigans from the current tour, a second part will be uploaded during the tour as the band gets more (and more retarded) footage, for now , check it out at the official youtube, here.

The band has also changed their myspace adress recently to http://www.myspace.com/abortedmetal to make it easier on everyone including theirselves

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Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

Belgium's Brutal Death Metal outfit Aborted have issued the following update:

"Well, yes, finally, after months of auditioning and looking for the right person for the spot, we're glad to announce we have found a new permanent drummer in Dan Wilding. Dan completely knocked us off our feet at his audition and will without a doubt prove to be the perfect addition to complete the lineup we were looking for. Dan's first show will be on March 16th in Bamberg, Germany."

You can find a photo of Dan Wilding at this location.

Aborted recently launched an e-card for its new album, "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture", at this location. The e-card features the group's striking new video for the track "The Chondrin Enigma".
A February 20 release via Century Media Records is expected.

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Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

You can check out a new song from Aborted entitled 'The Chondrin Enigma,' off their upcoming new album "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture", over at their official MySpace page.

"Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture" will be released on 20 February 2007. The album is recorded at Denmark's Antfarm Studios with producer/engineer Tue Madsen (Himsa, The Haunted), and including guest vocal performances by Jeff Walker (ex-Carcass) and Jacob Bredahl (Hatesphere)

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Aborted

Belgian Brutal Death Metal outfit Aborted have posted the following update:

"Ok everyone, time for a big update on what has been going on with Aborted in the past months. To confirm rumours, drummer Gilles & bass player Olivia are no longer part of the band. Here is the official statement of the band:

Being in a band like Aborted at this point takes a lot of investment and commitment, right now we are not making money to support members of the band. Every tour is a financial hazard for the band which forces us to keep the small amounts of money we do make on shows to keep as backup if anything goes wrong on tour or any other situation, so that we don't have to pay the bills from our own pockets anymore. The result of this is quite simple: we can't afford to pay band members to play in this band. These conditions are simple facts & didn't work for Gilles & Olivia, which made it quite obvious they couldn't be in the band anymore.

We would like to welcome Peter Goemaere, who also plays in Emeth as a replacement for Olivia, Peter already performed with the band on a show in Tel Aviv (Israel) where he replaced Olivia who cancelled few days before leaving for Israel.

The band is currently recording the new album "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture" with producer Tue Madsen at the Antfarm in Denmark. Drums on the record have been taken care of by Dave Haley from the band Psycroptic and drums in the upcoming shows this & next year (until a fitting permanent replacement has been found) will be handled by Etienne Galo from the band Negativa. Etienne's first show with the band will be on oktober 31st in Opwijk, Belgium. The band is currently taking auditions for a new drummer, serious inquiries can be sent to aborted@telenet.be or avernusstudios@gmail.com

The new album is scheduled to be released worldwide mid February through Century Media Records & features several guest performances by Jeff Walker (Carcass), Jacob Bredahl (Hatesphere) & Henrik Jacobsen (Hatesphere), containing 11 new tracks:

01. The Chondrin Enigma
02. A Methodical Overture
03. Avenious
04. The Spaying Séance
05. And Carnage Basked In Its Ebullience
06. The Foul Nucleus Of Resurrection
07. Archetype
08. Ingenuity In Genocide
09. Odious Emanation
10. Prolific Murder Contrivance
11. Underneath Rorulent Soil

Besides the regular 11 new tracks, the band also recorded 2 covertracks for limited editions or Japanese release being "Slaughtered" from Pantera & "Surprise! You're Dead" from Faith No More."

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Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

An exclusive preview to the upcoming Aborted DVD "The Auricular Chronicles", the song "Meticulous Invagination", has been made available for download here (Quicktime required).

As previously reported, the cover artwork for "The Auricular Chronicles" has been posted online here. Due in October via Listenable, the set will contain an hour-long live show shot in Paris with 13 cameras, with the sound remixed by Tue Madsen, plus video clips, backstage shenanigans, other live shows, interviews with the Belgian death metallers and more.

A teaser for the DVD can be viewed here.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Aborted

The cover artwork for Aborted's upcoming "The Auricular Chronicles" DVD has been posted online at this location. Due in October via Listenable, the set will contain an hour-long live show shot in Paris with 13 cameras, with the sound remixed by Tue Madsen (Halford, Kataklysm), plus video clips, backstage shenanigans, other live shows, interviews with the Belgian death metallers and more. A teaser for the DVD can be viewed here.

Aborted has set "Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture" as the title of its follow-up to "The Archaic Abattoir", tentatively due in early 2007 via Listenable. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "The Chondrin Enigma", "Prolific Murder Contrivance", "Archetype: Malice And Scorn", "Avenious" and "The Spaying Séance". The album will feature guest appearances by Jeff Walker (Carcass) and Barney Greenway (Napalm Death).

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Source:	roadrunnerrecords.com
Band profile:	Aborted

Belgian death metallers, Aborted have posted the following update on their homepage:

"Well, this tour (with Cryptopsy) has been quite the debacle. We had to cancel Malmo (Sweden) since the bus broke down in Denmark and we were stuck there the whole day which sucked ass. Luckily for the fans, Cryptopsy did make it at the last minute, and apparently they tore it up! We apologize to the fans there waiting to see us, but we only found out last minute we wouldn't make it, sucks.... Secondly, Matty (guitars) had some problems with his working situation so last minute we had to cancel our participation to the rest of the tour since he might have lost his job over this. Our boys in Visceral Bleeding are taking over for the other dates and I'm sure they will do the killing in our stead. All you guys out there, no worries, we're planning a full offensive next year with the new album! Now it's time to play Stockholm, see you guys there!"

Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

Work is proceeding well on the 'The Auricular Chronicles' DVD, which is set to be released by October through Listenable records. At the moment you can check a teaser for the dvd here: http://www.goremageddon.be/

Artwork for this release will be in the hands of SPINA studios, who also did the last Leng Tch'e record. As stated, the DVD will contain a liveshow of an hour shot in Paris with 13 cams, sound remixed by Tue Madsen, both videoclips, backstage shenanigans, other liveshows, interviews with all bandmembers & more.

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Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted

A new year, a new beginning: On those notes we start off the new year, wishing everyone including all our fans the best of luck with their plans and projects for 2006.

Unfortunately we have some unpleasant news to bring as well at this point. Due to personal issues that could not be resolved, Aborted, Tace & Free had to part ways. A cummulation of smaller and bigger problems in the past so and so months has made it virtually impossible to keep cooperating together as a collective unit. Tace & Free are not vanishing, they will remain active in their other projects. People will see Free in his other band "Forced Hate" and Tace in a new band.

On a more positive note, we want to state that absolutely nobody out there should worry about shows getting canceled and so on. The February tour with Cryptopsy, Grave, Dew-Scented a.o., will go on as planned! Stepping in are Seb (Genital Grinder/Balrog) on guitar, Olivia (ex-No Return/Balrog) on bass and Matty (Emeth) on guitar as well since Steph could not commit him self to this tour due to his lady sitting at home pregnant, ready to give birth.

We have already rehearsed our setlist with the new line-up several times and things are working out perfectly. The motivation and "drive" is back in the band, something that was missing since a while ago, and it feels great to be jamming out the tunes with fresh blood incorporated. Throughout the years this band has been struggling with the line-up, having more than a couple of line-up changes. However, Aborted has proven that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, and this time it should be no exception.

We also started working on the successor to "The Archaic Abattoir", which is set to be recorded later this year. Again we would like to thank all of those who have supported us, and we're glad you are still doing so. We will see many of you on tour in February!

Cheers,
Aborted

Source:	goremageddon.be
Band profile:	Aborted