Sanctification, the Swedish death metal band featuring current/former members of
God Among Insects,
In Battle and
Souldrainer, has announced its new lineup consisting of
Tomas Elofsson (guitar) and
Markus Edvardsson (guitar) alongside three session members. It is as follows:
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Magnus "Masse" Broberg (a.k.a. Emperor Magus Caligula) (Dark Funeral) - Vocals
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Tomas Elofsson - Guitar
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Markus Edvardsson - Guitar
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Andreas Mellkvist (Oltued) - Bass
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Tony Westermark (Soreption) - Drums
Commented
Tomas: "
Masse will arrive here (�stersund) on Friday to start rehearse with us and me and
Andreas are in full rehearsal mode.
Tony just have to finish his recording with
Soreption and then he will team up with the rest of us."
In other news,
Sanctification has been confirmed for next year's installment of the
House Of Metal festival, set to take place February 27-28 in Umeo, Sweden.
The fourth in a series of video episodes documenting the recording process for
Sanctification's sophomore album,
"Black Reign", can be viewed below. According to the band, "This one contains the making of the song
'Storm' with
Kristoffer Hell and
Emperor Magus Caligula."
Sanctification entered
Abyss studio in Sweden on July 7 with producers
Tommy and
Peter Tagtgren to begin recording
"Black Reign". The Cd was mixed by
Peter and mastered by
Dan Swano.
"Black Reign" track listing:
01.
Thirst For Blood
02.
Black Reign (feat. Peter Tagtgren, Emperor Magus Caligula)
03.
Raw
04.
Eternal (feat. Peter Tagtgren)
05.
Hear This
06.
Dead Forever
07.
Flesh, Bone And Skin
08.
Trucido Christianese
09.
Storm (feat. Emperor Magus Caligula)
Check out photos from the recording studio at
this location.
Sanctification recently inked a deal with the Singapore-based label
Pulverised Records.
The group's debut album,
"Misanthropic Salvation", was released in 2003 through
Remission Records.
For more information, visit
www.myspace.com/sanctificationband.
