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10/09/2008

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10/09/2008 Sotajumala 2cds and patch -offer!



Now you can buy both Sotajumala album´s "dmf" and "teloitus" with cheap price and you can get patch for free! This price including postage worldwide. Orders: woodcut@promotion.inet.fi

04/05/2008 SOTAJUMALA AND ALGHAZANTH WORLDWIDE RELEASE DATES


ALGHAZANTH: Wreath Of Thevevat album 6th june 2008



Alghazanth is an artistic entity channeling the twin stream of all-devouring Darkness and the profound Enlightenment that lies hidden therein. The core of this beast is Black Metal, majestic atmosphere forms the flesh around its bones and Occult Satanism runs through its veins. Though its faces have been many and the shape has shifted often, its current manifestation harbours five damned souls in its flaming heart.



More information & new songs on band website
01. On Blackening Soil
02. The Phosphorescent
www.alghazanth.com


SOTAJUMALA: Teloitus album 13th june 2008
"Teloitus entered charts at position 17! In Finnish Top 40"



Sotajumala is a Finnish death metal band founded in 1998. The name translates to “Wargod” and allmost all lyrics are in their native language The band has gained loyal following throught hard work, several shows and solid releases. Current members are Mynni Luukkainen, Kosti Orbinski, Pete Lapio, Tomi Otsala and Timo Häkkinen. As a result of meticulous writing process the band has just unleashed their sophomore album, Teloitus. The current line-up has solidified their own sound and the approach to song-writing has also taken some very important steps forward. With these eight songs Sotajumala proves they are band to keep an eye on. Expect nothing but a massive dose of crushing Finnish death metal!.



Video available in Youtube: www.youtube.com/sotajumaladmf
Track "Torture" in www.myspace.com/sotajumala
More information & news: www.sotajumala.com

18/02/2008 New contact e-mail!

WOODCUT RECORDS CONTACT E-MAIL HAS CHANGED!
NEW ONE IS:

mail(AT)woodcutrecords.com

Please update your address books.

18/02/2008 Alghazanth's new album

Alghazanth: wreath of thevetat digipak cd release set to 25.2.2008

02/02/2008 News about the Behexen 7"ep box set!

Sotajumala, Enochian Crescent & Alghazanth live dates

Sotajumala Live!

15.2.08 Finnish metal Expo, Helsinki
1.3.08 Klubi, Turku w/ Torture Killer, The Zombi, Inimicality
15.3.08 Curium Metal Fest, Gloria, Helsinki w/ Amoral, Ghost Brigade, Codeo.
21.3.08 Nigthlife, Lahti w/ Impaled Nazarene, Gloria Morti
22.3.08 Bar 68, Jyväskylä.
18.4.08 Rytmi-Katti, Kouvola


Enochian Crescent Live!

23.2 Kuusisaari, Oulu w/ Behexen, Alghazanth
22.3 Nightlife, Lahti w/ Barathrum, De Lirium´s Order
18.4 Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki w/ Metsatöll, Dark The Suns etc...


Alghazanth Live!

23.2. Kuusisaari, Oulu w/ Enochian Crescent, Behexen
29.2. Lutakko, Jyväskylä w/ Charnel Winds

05/01/2008 News about the Behexen 7"ep box set!

Behexen: from the devil´s chalice 3 x 7"ep box set 15.1.2008!!!

!!BLACK METAL ELITE!!

BEHEXEN - 3 x 7"ep box set.

Behexen: From The Devil´s Chalice 3 x 7"ep box set

Finally out 15.1.2008

Ordering info and details at http://www.woodcutrecords.com/behexen

30/10/2007 News about the Behexen 7"ep box set!

BEHEXEN: From The Devils Chalice box-set has still not been released!!! (set: 31.10.07)

But the covers have finally arrived from the print. It took unbelievable 630 days from Thing Makers (US.) to print them! When the covers were ready, Thing Makers also announced, that their delivering company won’t deliver in the Nordic countries, and so those unprofessional amateurs couldn’t arrange the delivery in Finland. The covers themselves needed to be fetched by the help of the Woodcuts US acquaintances. Never before have we needed to run into such an unprofessionalism.

Vinyls are already in press, and the release will happen when they arrive, probably in November 07.

The years of delay(spit!) have guaranteed that the box, when being released, will be ripped out of hands, which was not the original idea at all. And thus the best option is to release this material also in the digibackCD form, to restrain the prostituting dealers, peddlers and traders!

24/09/2007 SOTAJUMALA teloitus pre-ordering
Pre-order new Sotajumala cd "Teloitus" from Recordshop X, CLICK HERE!
24/09/2007 BEHEXEN "By the Blessing of Satan" PIC-LP HOH 015
"The black cult offers it's chalice! Magnificent BTBS is now presented one last time on vinyl, now in a great looking picture vinyl with gatefold sleeve, featuring new artworks and the bonustrack featured on the regular vinyl too! Limited to 500 copies The vinyl sleeve is a gatefold with a cut out inside which brilliantly shows the picturedisc itself when it's placed inside the sleeve."

24/09/2007 SOTAJUMALA "Kuolinjulistus" video online!
Are you ready to hear what Teloitus sounds like? Well, it must be your lucky day! Here's the music video for Kuolinjulistus! The video will be included on the album as well as the single, but we knew you couldn't wait that long.

24/09/2007 Pre-order SOTAJUMALA "Teloitus" cd now!!
You can now pre-order Teloitus through Finnish record store Levykauppa Äx aka Record Shop X. You can either order just the cd or go for the cd + shirt combo. Paypal and credit card payments are supported, fast deliveries only 2,50 € worldwide! Here's the cover artwork for the album, but just wait until you'll get your hands on the whole package!



The shirt is a limited edition and has been designed for this pre-order package only – when they're gone, they're gone forever. It is completely in Finnish and says Teloitettu, which means executed, on front and comes with a dictionary definition of execution on the back – you never know when you might need it!
22/07/2007 Horna on tour!!
Sep. 07 (Fri) UK London @ The Fridge
Sep. 08 (Sat) FRANCE Paris @ Nouveau Casino
Sep. 09 (Sun) NETHERLANDS Arnheim @ Goudvishal
Sep. 10 (Mon) GERMANY Ellrich @ Lindenhof
Sep. 11 (Tue) NETHERLANDS Groningen @ Oude RKZ
Sep. 12 (Wen) DENMARK Copenhagen @ The Rock
Sep. 14 (Fri) FINLAND Turku @ Klubi
Sep. 15 (Sat) FINLAND Tampere @ Klubi
Sep. 16 (Sun) FINLAND Helsinki @ Nosturi
Sep. 18 (Tue) POLAND Poznan @ Bazyl
Sep. 19 (Wen) CZECH REP. Brno @ Faval
Sep. 20 (Thu) SERBIA Belgrade @ SKC Beograd
Sep. 21 (Fri) HUNGARY Budapest @ Blue Hell
Sep. 22 (Sat) GERMANY Annaberg-B @ Asgard
Sep. 23 (Sun) GERMANY Worms @ Lord of Kerry
Sep. 24 (Mon) FRANCE Lyon @ Lyon's Hall
Sep. 25 (Tue) SWITZERLAND Langnau i.E. @ Kupferschmiede
Sep. 26 (Wen) AUSTRIA Vienna @ Viper Room
Sep. 27 (Thu) SLOVENIA Ljubljana @ Channel 0
Sep. 28 (Fri) ITALY Roma @ Dissesto Musicale
Sep. 29 (Sat) ITALY Padova @ Country Star
22/07/2007 Sotajumala enter studio!
Hitting studio, finally! That's right, we're leaving today and shall spend the next two and half weeks in Vaasa with Hannu Koivisto recording our second album, entitled Teloitus (Finnish for execution). We've got a studio blog up at Teloitus.info Track listing for the album is as follows:

1. Tappaja ja tapettu
2. Arkku vailla vainajaa
3. Kuolinjulistus
4. Riistetty viattomuus
5. Verellä kirjoitettu
6. Oikeutus
7. Kidutus
8. Teloitus

The release date isn't set yet, but as soon as we know it, we'll let you know. The album will be out in Finland by the end of the year and before that we'll put out a single with one bonus track. That's all folks, keep an eye on the studio blog. We're excited as hell!

-Sotajumala-
27/06/2007 Alghazanth new album!
It's time to give some news about the up-coming fifth full-length assault. We have finally composed all the material for the album and in concrete terms this translates as 8 tracks and approximately 47 minutes. The recording sessions will commence on the 14th of June when we'll enter Tico Tico Studio for four days in order to hammer down the drumtracks. All the rest instruments, vocals and whatnots will be recorded in Jyväskylä and Helsinki during July and August. We will keep you posted on the progress when such shall occur.
27/06/2007 Enochian Crescent “The Black Church” LP out NOW!
The Finnish ENOCHIAN CRESCENT defines the term Occult Black Metal being one of the most dedicated worship groups globally, sunken deep into the world of shadows.. The new masterpiece after the glorious Telocvovim-trilogy is the BLACK CHURCH, opening it's doors to those who dare to venture in the blackness within! From fast beating to slow melancholy these Enochian spells will haunt you with good production sound quality and genious songs dedicated to the horned lord, now cast into luxurious Black vinyl format, strictly limited to 500 copies! orders: www.no-sign-of-life.com ||www.hammer-of-hate.com
27/06/2007 ENOCHIAN CRESCENT's video for the song "Ghost of Saturn" and CHTHONIAN video for "Thirteen"

click here for EC video!

The "Ghost of Saturn" clip was filmed in March & April 2007 with director Tommi Lind in the countryside near Tampere, Finland. The video brings to life visually the heavy-hearted aspects of the song and its lyrics. The song portrays conventional Saturnian aspect of time, that is as the elderly melancholic. who's life is turning to the end. The video passes by as quickly as life itself.

The song is taken from the critically acclaimed full length album "Black Church" released by Woodcut Records. The album was nominated for the album of the year category and Enochian Crescent was nominated for the best band category on the Finnish Metal Awards 2006. Both finishing up in top-5 of the year after the votes were counted.

Also he video for the new Chthonian single "Thirteen" is finally posted online! You will find it in the www.chthonian.info 'Jukebox' section. In order to enjoy the video you need to have a flashplayer installed.
05/02/2007 Behexen: from the devils chalice 7"ep box set release pushed back!
Behexen: from the devils chalice 7"ep box set is not yet available! There have been some problems with the press factory !! New release date will be set rightafter the covers arrive to Finland.
19/12/2006 Enochian Crescent nominated in Finnish Metal Awards 2006!
Enochian Crescent has been nominated for the best band category and Black Church for the album of the year category on the Finnish Metal Awards 2006. Voting is now possible in the following categories:

- "Levy" (album of the year),
- "Bändi" (best band),
- "Tulokas" (new artist),
- "Kansitaide" (best cover artwork),
- "Soittaja" (best instrumentalist),
- "Laulaja" (best vocalist), and
- "Imperiumi-palkinto", a free category where anything related to the Finnish metal scene (i.e. people, magazines, festivals etc) can be suggested for consideration.

Please vote for Enochian Crescent on the album of the year ("Levy") & best band ("Bändi") categories 15.12. - 31.1.2007. Your support is appreciated!

Enochian Crescent on nimetty vuoden bändi ehdokkaaksi ja Black Church on nimetty vuoden levy ehdokkaaksi Finnish Metal Awards 2006 äänestykseen. Ole hyvä ja käy äänestämässä oikeita vaihtoehtoja 15.12. - 31.1.2007. Tukeanne arvostetaan!

Vote here/Äänestä täällä: http://www.imperiumi.net/fma2006/
07/03/2006 Vinyl releases by Hammer of Hate coming up!
Hammer of Hate will release vinyl versions of Enochian Crescent's legendary debut album Telocvovim and the recently unleashed new album Black Church. Both will have gatefold covers and will be limited to 666 copies. Also the Behexen's By the Blessing of Satan will be released as a picture vinyl by Hammer of Hate.
http://www.hammer-of-hate.com
14/01/2006 Enochian Crescent re-signed!
Woodcut Records has re-signed one of the first Woodcut artists, Enochian Crescent. To celebrate this and the 11th anniversary of Enochian Crescent, Woodcut Records will release the new Enochian Crescent full-lenght album called Black Church 22/02/2006(Scandinavia).
14/01/2006 Alghazanth's new vocalist revealed!
SWALLOW THE SUN front man Mikko Kotamäki has joined ALGHAZANTH as their new vocalist. Kotamäki's involvement with ALGHAZANTH will not affect his status in SWALLOW THE SUN, which remains his priority. Check out their website!
27/11/2005 OBC collection 3-way split coming soon!
The 3-way split OBC collection from O, Black Dawn and Enochian Crescent will be released 7/12/2005. It contains three new and unreleased songs from each band.

Tracklisting:

O - manifest of futurism
01. amm.unit.ion 909
02. n01.r est-8
03. 352.1852

BLACK DAWN - Boogeyman unbound
welcome to the Shriikshow
04. the god is all
abattoirboy
05. ihr gesicht ist weiss
tentacles come
06. the man with the Hole in his head
Null

ENOCHIAN CRESCENT - Citizen Cain
07. Hendekagrammaton
08. Typfon
09. Muisto Sorkasta
1/10/2005 Sotajumala/Torture Killer split release coming up!
Sotajumala/Torture Killer split CDS and 7" will be released 12/10/2005. It contains two brutal and aggressive death metal tracks from both bands.

Tracklisting:
01. Sotajumala - 8:15
02. Sotajumala - Bind, Torture, Kill
03. Torture Killer - Day of Cadavers
04. Torture Killer - Defiled and Dead

There are also two samples available (one from both bands) through MAIN page. Check them out!

Official websites:
http://www.sotajumala.com
http://www.torture-killer.cjb.net
5/5/2005 De Lirium's Order vocalist stabbed to death.
De Lirium's Order vocalist Tuomas "Tuoppi" Lintulaakso [1980 - 2005] was stabbed to death in Helsinki on April 15th. The DLO members will truly miss a great friend and the vocalist of the band. De Lirium's Order will tribute the Deathkampen 3 tour in Tuoppi's memory. Corpse (Deathchain) has agreed to do tour with the band.

Syvimmät osanottoni myös Woodcutin puolesta omaisille ja ystäville.
Mikael Salo / Woodcut Records
23/1/2005 Atakhama mp3 single available!
Atakhama has released song "Predatory Acts" as an mp3 single from their forthcoming album "Existence Indifferent". The song can be downloaded through their website www.atakhama.com
23/1/2005 Sample available from Behexen's "From the Devils Chalice"!
A sample is now available on www.behexen.tk from "From the Devils Chalice" 3x7" box.
23/1/2005 Funeris Nocturnum R.I.P.
Funeris Nocturnum has been dead and buried since April 2004. Ruho left the band in February and Trmnt.xes in April, and as a result of these line-up changes the remaining four of us pondered the future of the band for a little while. We all came to the conclusion that it would be best to continue with a new name and a new band. We tried and tried, but never seemed to come up with the perfect name for this new band of ours. This has been the sole reason we've sort of continued as Funeris Nocturnum. It has not been the same band and quite frankly no one really wants it to be, either. Now that we have finally chosen the name for our new band, we can officially lay Funeris Nocturnum to rest - there is no such band anymore.

We want to thank all our fans, friends and supporters for the great years. It was fun while it lasted. Thank you all!

- Horgath, ImpresouvenairMort-nérgal, Sin'equamnon, TMON

Our new band is called Atakhama. We're signed to Woodcut Records and our debut album "Existence Indifferent" should be out soon. It's hard to label our music, but I guess you could call it extreme metal, as we're quite much death metal oriented. No matter what you call it, we're far from Funeris Nocturnum.

- Atakhama: Simo Rahikainen, Matti Honkonen, Timo Häkkinen, J-V Hintikka, Jimmy Salmi
16/1/2005 "By the Blessing of Satan" LP version.
Behexen's "By the Blessing of Satan" LP version is released 17.1.2005 by Blut&Eisen prod. Lp version includes 1 unreleased bonus track and a poster. Limited to 500 copies.
4/1/2005 Funeris Nocturnum new album info.
After two years since their last release (Code 666 - Religion Syndrome Deceased) Funeris Nocturnum, Finnish extreme metallers, have finished work on their fourth full-length and have also re-signed to Woodcut Records. In co-operation with their label, the band is now preparing to unleash EXISTENCE INDIFFERENT in early 2005.

EXISTENCE INDIFFERENT presents yet another line-up for the band with Simo Rahikainen (IMN) on guitar, Matti Honkonen (Horgath) on bass, J-V Hintikka (Sin'equamnon) on guitar, Timo Häkkinen (TMON) on drums and Jimmy Salmi on vocals. "Right after we had recorded Code 666 we replaced our previous drummer Draco with Timo. Then during two months' span and some six months before the studio time we had booked, our keyboard player Ruho and singer Trmnt.xes both left the band. We didn't really have a place for the keyboards in our new music anyway and luckily we were able to find Jimmy to take care of the vocals. This band is continuing strong as ever!" says Rahikainen.

The new album reaches new heights in extreme metal. "I'm really happy that after such a long break from recording we managed to produce an album this good!" says the main song-writer Rahikainen. "I think after three full-length albums, we now have a better line-up than ever and we are finding yet new paths for this band to take. Everyone is really excited about this album. Does it still sound like Funeris Nocturnum? Well, yes and no. Myself and Honkonen have been writing songs for this band since the first album, but our ideas and song-writing skills have come a long way since. We did some things a bit different this time around. In a way you can see this album as a mixture of all of our previous releases and then some more. Some songs are just as fast as those on the first album, but overall we're far from that. This album sounds more aggressive, dynamic and straight-forward. The lyrics go deep into human mind's perversities and obsessions as well as paradoxes and disadvantages of modern society."

TRACK LISTING for EXISTENCE INDIFFERENT
01. Regiment Of Inhumanity
02. Lifeless And Blistering
03. Hypothesis Of Humankind
04. Syndrome
05. World To Dominate
06. Dead Wounded Imprisoned
07. Consequence
08. Refuelling The Black Blood
09. Predatory Acts
10. Existence Indifferent

Of the tracks on the new album Rahikainen adds "There are certainly some of the slowest songs we have ever done on the album, but overall it's really aggressive and quite a fast album. We have consciously taken steps aside from black metal and added touches of death metal." When asked about the title Rahikainen revealed "EXISTENCE INDIFFERENT comes from the category meaning that existence and self-consciousness are the same being. The same, not as a matter of comparison, but really and truly in and for themselves. The rest of the meanings? Try to figure it out for yourself. Prepare yourself, this album is going to hit you hard".
1/1/2005 Site refreshed!
The appearance of the site has been refreshed as you can see. Also some content updates have been done (e.g. with artists).