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Vallenfyre: : PREMIERES MUSIC VIDEO FOR "CATHEDRALS OF DREAD" ON DECIBEL.COM; SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, "A FRAGILE KING", TOMORROW

Century Media Records — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:57:55 GMT

VALLENFYRE PREMIERES MUSIC VIDEO FOR "CATHEDRALS OF DREAD" ON DECIBEL.COM; SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, "A FRAGILE KING", TOMORROW VALLENFYRE's new album, A Fragile King , will be available for purchase tomorrow (November 1st) in North America! In anticipation of this release, the band is now premiering their new music video for "Cathedrals of Dread" on Decibel.com. To watch the video, click the link below: www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/premiere-vallenfyre-cathedrals-of-dread-video A Fragile King is also streaming in its entirety at Hails and Horns.com. To hear VALLENFYRE's doomy, death metal debut, click the link below for the exclusive album stream and track-by-track commentary by lead vocalist/guitarist Gregor Mackintosh: www.hailsandhorns.com/featured/featured-stream-interview-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-album-a-fragile-king-by-vallenfyre/ Reviews for A Fragile King are already rolling in! Be sure to pick up your copy in stores and online tomorrow. "A Fragile King is a beast of a record that is emblazoned with some of the best death, doom and crust punk you'll hear this year." -- Terrorizer, UK "For an album that was originally never intended to be heard, an album born of despair and self-destruction, A Fragile King may just be the best death metal release you'll hear this year." -- Decibel Magazine, US "A Fragile King is as dark as it comes without being bleak: screaming against grief, never succumbing to hopelessness, always fighting. VALLENFYRE have created a compelling and moving album with an immense, towering sound. It is as powerful as it is cathartic." -- About.com, US VALLENFYRE is the brainchild of Gregor Mackintosh (songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST), along with members from MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES, and DOOM. VALLENFYRE is not a one-off project--they will continue as a band that will also play live in 2012. The full line-up is: Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) - vocals and lead guitar Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) - rhythm and lead guitar Mully - rhythm guitar Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) - bass Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST) - drums

Vallenfyre: : STREAMS NEW ALBUM, "A FRAGILE KING", ON HAILS AND HORNS.COM

Century Media Records — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:26:39 GMT

VALLENFYRE STREAMS NEW ALBUM, "A FRAGILE KING", ON HAILS AND HORNS.COM In a couple of days, VALLENFYRE's new album, A Fragile King , will be released through Century Media Records worldwide! The exact release dates of the album are below: UK / BENELUX / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / PORTUGAL / REST OF EUROPE: Monday, October 31, 2011 NORTH AMERICA: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 SPAIN / ITALY: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 SWEDEN / FINLAND / HUNGARY: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND: Friday, November 4, 2011 In anticipation of the album's release, the band is now giving fans the chance to preview A Fragile King in its entirety at Hails and Horns.com! To hear VALLENFYRE's doomy, death metal debut, click the link below for the exclusive album stream and track-by-track commentary by lead vocalist/guitarist Gregor Mackintosh: http://www.hailsandhorns.com/featured/featured-stream-interview-track-by-track-breakdown-of-the-album-a-fragile-king-by-vallenfyre/ Reviews for A Fragile King are already rolling in! Be sure to pick up your copy in stores and online starting next week. "A Fragile King is a beast of a record that is emblazoned with some of the best death, doom and crust punk you'll hear this year." -- Terrorizer, UK "VALLENFYRE's debut album blends Mackintosh's early influences--a bit of CELTIC FROST, bloody stumps of AUTOPSY, NIHILIST's frosty heaviness, the dissonance of AMEBIX, DISCHARGE's no-frills drive, a sustained riff or two from CANDLEMASS, TROUBLE's doomed tendencies--into a sonic force that bites deep and hard." -- Decibel Magazine, US "A Fragile King is as dark as it comes without being bleak: screaming against grief, never succumbing to hopelessness, always fighting. VALLENFYRE have created a compelling and moving album with an immense, towering sound. It is as powerful as it is cathartic." - About.com, US VALLENFYRE is the brainchild of Gregor Mackintosh (songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST), along with members from MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES, and DOOM. VALLENFYRE is not a one-off project--they will continue as a band that will also play live in 2012. The full line-up is: Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) - vocals and lead guitar Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) - rhythm and lead guitar Mully - rhythm guitar Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) - bass Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST) - drums

Vallenfyre: : PREMIERES BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE FROM "CATHEDRALS OF DREAD" VIDEO

Century Media Records — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:02:55 GMT

VALLENFYRE PREMIERES BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE FROM "CATHEDRALS OF DREAD" VIDEO In a couple of days, VALLENFYRE's debut album, A Fragile King , will be released through Century Media Records worldwide! Here are the exact release dates of the album: GERMANY / AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND / NORWAY: Friday, February 11, 2011. UK / BENELUX / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / PORTUGAL / REST OF EUROPE: Monday, October 31, 2011. NORTH AMERICA: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 SPAIN / ITALY: Tuesday, November 1, 2011. SWEDEN / FINLAND / HUNGARY: Wednesday, November 2, 2011. AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND: Friday, November 4, 2011. Before VALLENFYRE debuts their video for "Cathedrals Of Dread" next week (more details soon), you can now watch a preview of the video shoot, plus interviews with all band members. To see VALLENFYRE behind-the-scenes, watch here VALLENFYRE is the brainchild of Gregor Mackintosh (songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST), along with members of MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES, and DOOM. VALLENFYRE is not a one-off project-- they will continue as a band that will also play live in 2012. The full line-up is: Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) - Vocals and Lead Guitar Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) - Rhythm and Lead Guitars Mully - Rhythm Guitars Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) - Bass Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST) - Drums A Fragile King will be available as CD, limited Digipak (incl. bonus track) and 180gr vinyl LP (incl. the bonus track and a poster). The vinyl is limited to: - 200 copies on clear vinyl - 100 copies on gold/black marbled vinyl - the black vinyl is not limited And everybody who really wants to buy a digital copy of the album can do it via iTunes and the likes, but it won't sound as good as on vinyl. In case you don't have a record player, you should ask Santa Claus NOW because in 3 years the world will collapse and there won't be electricity to run your CD players and iPods any more-- while you can still play your vinyl with a Gramophone! "A Fragile King is a beast of a record that is emblazoned with some of the best death, doom and crust punk you'll hear this year." -- Terrorizer, UK "VALLENFYRE's debut album blends Mackintosh's early influences-a bit of Celtic Frost, bloody stumps of Autopsy, Nihilist's frosty heaviness, the dissonance of Amebix, Discharge's no-frills drive, a sustained riff or two from Candlemass, and Trouble's doomed tendencies-- into a sonic force that bites deep and hard." -- Decibel Magazine, US

Vallenfyre: : PREMIERES NEW TRACK, "DESECRATION", ON DECIBEL.COM

Century Media Records — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:11:05 GMT

VALLENFYRE PREMIERES NEW TRACK, "DESECRATION", ON DECIBEL.COM In anticipation of their upcoming release, A Fragile King (due out October 31st in Europe, November 1st in North America), VALLENFYRE has now teamed-up with Decibel for the song premiere of "Desecration"! A sample of the track has been available for weeks on the band's official website (www.vallenfyre.com), but this is the first time that "Desecration" can be heard in its entirety! Please head over to Decibel.com for your first full preview of A Fragile King: www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/streaming-vallenfyre-desecration VALLENFYRE is the brainchild of Gregor Mackintosh (songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST), along with members of MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES, and DOOM. VALLENFYRE is not a one-off project---they will continue as a band that will also play live in 2012. The full line-up is: Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) - Vocals and Lead Guitar Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) - Rhythm and Lead Guitars Mully - Rhythm Guitars Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) - Bass Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST) - Drums The sound of VALLENFYRE goes back to Greg's youth: "I was first introduced to more extreme music by my older brother in 1981. Over the next few years in my early teens I grew to love various early hardcore punk bands like Discharge, English Dogs, Conflict etc. Around a similar time I was becoming aware of other more metal music like Mot�rhead and Black Sabbath. In '84/85' I got into bands who were fusing these styles like Hellhammer, Antisect and Amebix. A couple of years later I started tape trading with people all around the world which enabled me to hear lots of really cool, interesting, extreme music. Autopsy, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Repulsion, Nihilist are some of the more well known names I started to get into but there were many many more which never gained the same notoriety. At the same time I formed Paradise Lost with my friends. Our early stuff was a bit of a mixture of all this stuff but we also had a lot of doom influence from the likes of Candlemass, Trouble and St Vitus." The events that led to the conception and formation of VALLENFYRE are not particularly happy or pretty ones: "In the late summer of 2009, my father John Mackintosh was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Later in the Autumn as his treatment progressed, Paradise Lost embarked on the their European tour to support the latest album [Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us]. A week into this, I received a call from my mother telling me that the doctors had found cancer in his lungs and it was terminal. He only had weeks to live. I made the decision to leave the tour leaving my very able guitar tech Milly [not be confused with Vallenfyre's Mully] to take my place. I went and stayed with my parents for the next few weeks. After a very sad and painful time he passed away on the 2nd December early in the morning. Over the next few weeks I experienced all the famous stages of grief. It started to become very self destructive so I decided to channel it into creating something. To pay respects to the man that drove us to our very first gigs because none of us could drive. The only Dad I knew that listened to Bolt Thrower's Peel Sessions on the radio. The guy who gave me my first chord book. I decided that I was going to go right back to the beginning. To my roots in Death, Crust and Doom. It all started very Angst ridden. This wasn't originally meant for anyone else to hear. It was a release. After recording some material I realized that I was actually enjoying doing this but I wanted friends involved so it could actually become real fun." "The album is called 'A Fragile King' which is a reference to my fathers' battle with cancer. The lyrics are predominantly about the same thing but also include gripes with society, religion, politics and relationships as well. It's all pretty grim."

Vallenfyre: : REVEAL MORE DETAILS ABOUT NEW SIGNING VALLENFYRE

Century Media Records — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:09:00 GMT

CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS REVEAL MORE DETAILS ABOUT NEW SIGNING VALLENFYRE As announced last week, the UK Death Metal band VALLENFYRE signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The band just released the "Desecration / Iconoclast" 7" on Imperium Productions and you can listen to samples of both songs on www.vallenfyre.com where you can also find a link to order one of the last few copies of the 7" which is limited to 500 copies. We can already guarantee that at least the b-side "Iconoclast" won't be released anywhere else in the near future. VALLENFYRE is the brainchild of Gregor Mackintosh, songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST, along with members of MY DYING BRIDE, AT THE GATES and DOOM. We didn't announce all the details in the first news piece because we wanted you to judge the songs on their own merit and not be biased either way. And it looks like most of you liked what they heard on the band's website. The full line-up is: Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST) - Vocals and Lead Guitar Hamish Glencross (MY DYING BRIDE) - Rhythm and Lead Guitars Mully - Rhythm Guitars Scoot (DOOM, EXTINCTION OF MANKIND) - Bass Adrian Erlandsson (AT THE GATES, PARADISE LOST) - Drums The sound of VALLENFYRE goes back to Greg's youth: "I was first introduced to more extreme music by my older brother in 1981. Over the next few years in my early teens I grew to love various early hardcore punk bands like Discharge, English Dogs, Conflict etc. Around a similar time I was becoming aware of other more metal music like Mot�rhead and Black Sabbath. In '84/85' I got into bands who were fusing these styles like Hellhammer, Antisect and Amebix. A couple of years later I started tape trading with people all around the world which enabled me to hear lots of really cool, interesting, extreme music. Autopsy, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Repulsion, Nihilist are some of the more well known names I started to get into but there were many many more which never gained the same notoriety. At the same time I formed Paradise Lost with my friends. Our early stuff was a bit of a mixture of all this stuff but we also had a lot of doom influence from the likes of Candlemass, Trouble and St Vitus." The events that led to the conception and formation of VALLENFYRE are not particularly happy or pretty ones: "In the late summer of 2009, my father John Mackintosh was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Later in the Autumn as his treatment progressed, Paradise Lost embarked on the their European tour to support the latest album [Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us]. A week into this, I received a call from my mother telling me that the doctors had found cancer in his lungs and it was terminal. He only had weeks to live. I made the decision to leave the tour leaving my very able guitar tech Milly [not be confused with Vallenfyre's Mully] to take my place. I went and stayed with my parents for the next few weeks. After a very sad and painful time he passed away on the 2nd December early in the morning. Over the next few weeks I experienced all the famous stages of grief. It started to become very self destructive so I decided to channel it into creating something. To pay respects to the man that drove us to our very first gigs because none of us could drive. The only Dad I knew that listened to Bolt Thrower's Peel Sessions on the radio. The guy who gave me my first chord book. I decided that I was going to go right back to the beginning. To my roots in Death, Crust and Doom. It all started very Angst ridden. This wasn't originally meant for anyone else to hear. It was a release. After recording some material I realized that I was actually enjoying doing this but I wanted friends involved so it could actually become real fun." The 7" tracks and the upcoming album were recorded between December 2010 and April 2011. Greg: "The album is called 'A Fragile King' which is a reference to my fathers' battle with cancer. The lyrics are predominantly about the same thing but also include gripes with society, religion, politics and relationships as well. It's all pretty grim." The VALLENFYRE debut album "A Fragile King" will be released on October 31st, 2011 in Europe and on November 1st, 2011 in North America through Century Media Records. VALLENFYRE is not a one-off project but will continue as a band that will also play live in 2012. Stay tuned for more background information.

Vallenfyre: : CENTURY MEDIA SIGNS UK DEATH METAL BAND VALLENFYRE

Century Media Records — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:34:25 GMT

CENTURY MEDIA SIGNS UK DEATH METAL BAND VALLENFYRE Century Media Records is proud to announce the signing of UK Death Metal band VALLENFYRE! Like Israel's SONNE ADAM, VALLENFYRE debuted with a 7" single on the underground label Imperium Productions and also mixes classic Death Metal with Doom-but in case of VALLENFYRE, there's some additional British Crust thrown into the mix. In regards to the band's signing, Jens Prueter (Head Of A&R, Century Media Records Europe) comments: "I was already blown away by VALLENFYRE's old school orgy of Doomy and Crusty Death Metal riffs when I heard the first demo last Winter, and the new 7" sounds even better. So I couldn't hesitate to offer them a deal straight away. That's how we signed GRAVE and ASPHYX over 20 years ago-- and we all know that it was a good decision. So welcome to another chapter of Century Media's Death Metal legacy. VALLENFYRE's debut album 'A Fragile King' is already recorded and will be released in late October 2011. If you like a mix of early ENTOMBED, CELTIC FROST, AUTOPSY and AMEBIX you should hurry up to buy the last few copies of the 'Desecration' 7" which was limited to only 500 copies by Imperium Productions." The "Desecration / Iconoclast" 7" was released a few weeks ago, and a few copies are still available. To hear samples from both songs and to purchase the 7", click the link below! www.vallenfyre.com