AMENRA “Mass II” CD OUT NOW
Hypertension is proud to announce that we are currently finishing the pressing for AMENRA’s most sought after release, ‘Mass II’. This record was only available at their shows a couple of years ago, but due to popular demand, the band and us decided to do an official release of this masterpiece. However, there will be only one pressing, limited to 500 copies. As always you can expect superb artwork, fit in a deluxe digipack. “Mass II” is only available via our webstore at www.hypertensionrecords.com, the band directly and through a select number of distro’s.
AMENRA “Mass IIII” 2xLP
It’s on its way folks. Release date probably early 2009. Yes, it’ll look sweet. Yes, it’ll be a double LP. Yes, we’ll have pretty colours to chose from. Yes, it’ll be limited. Yes, it’ll have an exclusive bonus track. No, we will never do another pressing.
AMENRA PART WAYS WITH GUITARIST
That’s right. AMENRA decided to part ways with guitarist Vincent Tetaert. Due to this line-up change, all shows have been cancelled. The first AMENRA show will be at the Eurosonic Festival in January. Then they’ll return to the US soil early February, followed by a slew of shows in Greece and the Low Countries in March, April and May.
AMENRA US SPRING TOUR 2009
Here are the dates for the upcoming US tour:
02/15 NYC, NY @ tba
02/16 Providence, RI @ Club Hell
02/17 Boston, MA @ The Church
02/18 Albany, NY @ Valentines
02/19 Montreal, QC @ Katacombes
02/20 Toronto, ON @ Studio BLR
02/21 Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
02/22 Chicago, IL @ tba
02/23 Tba
02/24 Bowling Green, OH @ Howards Club H
02/25 Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head w/ Misery Index, Swarm Of The Lotus, & Pulling Teeth
02/26 New Jersey @ tba
02/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas w/ Starkweather
02/28 Brooklyn, NY @ ABC No Rio w/ Starkweather
AMENRA “Mass III & IIII” OUT SOON ON INIT RECORDS
We’re extremely pleased to announce that Init Records will be taking care of an official US release of AMENRA’s last two records. More news as soon as have more details! For now, check them out at www.initrecords.com
AMENRA “Mass IIII” REVIEWS
So, it’s been a couple of months since we unleashed ‘Mass IIII’ onto the world. And the reactions, well, check it out for yourself:
“”Mass IIII” will be one of the best albums for 2008! The feeling is supernatural – There’s no competition at all!!” (Archaic Magazine)
“…more liable to be locked into an enduring, weirdly exhilarating slog of repetition, and channeled into an overall experience that’ll make you feel like you’re being dragged out to sea’ (Terrorizer – UK)
“Een machtig zwaar geluid, vol dreiging en sfeer” (Up Magazine – NL)
“An awful, evil, devastating, distorting and disturbing piece of music! “(Monochrome- AT)
“Mesmeriserend, aangrijpend, pijnlijk soms maar vooral geweldig mooi in al zijn rauwheid, dat is Amenra. Dit is geen band, dit is een belevenis.” (Kwadratuur – BE)
ANAPYHLACTIC SHOCK
Our boys in THE SHOCK have been playing shows like crazy in pursuit of their critically acclaimed debut album “2000 Years”. These next few weeks they’ll share the stage with bands like DISFEAR, GRIEF and DOOMRIDERS to name a few, so it’s safe to say that they’re “good busy”. There’s more exciting news about our favourite Dutch posse, but for now, check out these raving reviews:
“If more hardcorebands created music like this, the world would be a better, darker place” (Rock -a- Rolla – UK)
“Where most bands are happy to blur the boundaries between genres, AS are wrapping them in paper and dogshit and seting fire to them on your doorstep.” (Terrorizer – UK)
“Everything on this record is meant to destroy, with succes!” (OOR – NL)
“This is a band that will squeeze you around the throat until you go blue” (Metal Hammer – UK)
“Hollands most promising metalband” (Kindamuzik – NL)
“The pure weight of each song bears down with every passing second like a rock crushing the listener to death” (Metal Observer – CA )
“AS enter the metalscene with a BANG!” (Aardschok – NL)
“With evil monsters as this one around, it is pretty easy to get your dose of nightmares now and again.” (Cracked – AT)
“They melt the extreme visions of dark and psychotic with the darkness and evil of classic metal. A fine mixture, perfect to set fire to something””. (Cracked Zine)
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