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“In League, In Three, In Trinity” Influenced by the godfathers of the current (black) metal scene, CelticF rost, Venom, Possessed , Darkthrone and Messiah and the underworld of one of the biggest cities of the world, BLACK ANVIL lurks in the shadows of the city and deliberately waits for their vicious attack of sinister thrash/black metal. With its members having played in bands like Deathcycle, Kill Your Idols, Madball and various other hardcore bands, they now have given in for their common love of the darkside of the musical spectrum. With their debut album “Time Insults The Mind”, BLACK ANVIL clearly ARTIST: Black Anvil show their love for the early wave of American and EuropeanThrashM etal as TITLE: Time Insults The Mind well of those early Black Metal bands and unlike the majority of the new US metal bands where looks and the amount of ‘friends’ on MySpace seem more HOMETOWN AREA: important then the music, BLACK ANVIL has only one priority: Playing New York City, USA real metal. No bullshit and gimmicks. RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: BLACK ANVIL - Time Insults The Mind. CD Immortal, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, Release date: Europa / October 10 -- USA / November 11 Messiah, Watain Vinyl (limited to 500 copies) Fall 2008 NEW MEDIA: POINTS OF INTEREST: www.myspace.com/blackanvilny • Artwork by Valnoir Mortasonge - Nachtmystium, Antaeus, Sunn O))) www.www.monumentumrecords.com • Members played in Kill Your Idols, Madball, H20, Deathcycle and None More Black TRACKLISTING: • Played their first shows with POSSESSED and W.A.S.P. 01- Margin For Terror • European string of shows end of September 2008 (among them the ZXZW festival w/ WATAIN) 02- Ten Talons Deep • Promo copies sent out to all major Metal media worldwide 03- Deathsomnia • To be featured in Monumentum / Reflections ad campains 04- On this Day Death • Black/white posters and flyers available upon request 05- Release The Kraken • Vinyl (limited to 500 copies) will contain a Dropcard w/ free digital download 06- And You ThoughtY ou Know Pain! • Press/Publicity handled by Yvonne Maclean @ Bonvon PR 07- 777 (Mastodon, Disfear, Relapse Records, Mindless Self Indulgence 08- L.T.H.L.T.K Annihilation Time, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Baroness) 09- Dethroned Emperor CONTACT BONVON PR: Yvonne Maclean +31 (0)13 5811 241 [email protected] CONTACT DISTRIBUTION [email protected] BERTUS (BENELUX / WORLD) SHELLSHOCK (U.K. / IreLAND) CARGO (GerMANY, WWW.MONUMENtuMrecORDS.COM AustriA, SWitZerLAND) SOUNDPOLLUTION (SCAN), reVELAtiON (usA/CANADA).

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