8. září zemřel původní bubeník SODOM - Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter). Důvodem bylo selhání orgánů.
Tom "Angelripper" se ke smutné události vyjadřuje takto:
"In the beginning of [last] week, I received the message that Chris Witchhunter had died. I was shocked — and you can believe me… I still am.
"As we recorded 'The Final Sign Of Evil' [2007 LP featuring re-recordings of the material from SODOM's classic first EP, 'In the Sign of Evil', plus bonus tracks], I noticed that Chris was in a very bad condition. It took more than 18 months to finish the recording for this record.
"My God, I don't know what to say about this tragedy and I'm feeling really down.
"After Chris had left the band, we didn't meet very often. If you take a look at the 'Lords Of Depravity' DVD, everybody realizes that Chris was really ill and confused. You can also understand why Chris and I didn't have much contact during the last few years. His sickness was a slow process and everybody saw what happened — but Chris never took a helping hand from anybody else. All of Chris' friends will tell you so. The worst thing was that Chris himself never realized the situation he was in and that it was important to accept help from others.
"I can't write any 'clear' words as I am in South America right now and we are flying from show to show. At first I thought that it might be better to cancel the tour but that wouldn't have been fair to our fans and Chris wouldn't have liked it either.
"I hope that all of Chris' friends will help his lovely mom and support her in these dark times. In the beginning of our friendship, she was like my own mom to me. After my return from South America I will surely support her, too. I hope that we can arrange a big show for Chris with a couple of friends to give him a special farewell and to make some money for his mother!
"Hey, Chris, you created music history. R.I.P.!"
"In the beginning of [last] week, I received the message that Chris Witchhunter had died. I was shocked — and you can believe me… I still am.
"As we recorded 'The Final Sign Of Evil' [2007 LP featuring re-recordings of the material from SODOM's classic first EP, 'In the Sign of Evil', plus bonus tracks], I noticed that Chris was in a very bad condition. It took more than 18 months to finish the recording for this record.
"My God, I don't know what to say about this tragedy and I'm feeling really down.
"After Chris had left the band, we didn't meet very often. If you take a look at the 'Lords Of Depravity' DVD, everybody realizes that Chris was really ill and confused. You can also understand why Chris and I didn't have much contact during the last few years. His sickness was a slow process and everybody saw what happened — but Chris never took a helping hand from anybody else. All of Chris' friends will tell you so. The worst thing was that Chris himself never realized the situation he was in and that it was important to accept help from others.
"I can't write any 'clear' words as I am in South America right now and we are flying from show to show. At first I thought that it might be better to cancel the tour but that wouldn't have been fair to our fans and Chris wouldn't have liked it either.
"I hope that all of Chris' friends will help his lovely mom and support her in these dark times. In the beginning of our friendship, she was like my own mom to me. After my return from South America I will surely support her, too. I hope that we can arrange a big show for Chris with a couple of friends to give him a special farewell and to make some money for his mother!
"Hey, Chris, you created music history. R.I.P.!"
ONE WITH THE RIVERBED - Succumb
Atmosférický black metal / post-metal. Hodně odlehčená produkce plná vybrnkávaček, náladových pasáží a košatých atmosférických vsuvek. Zuby se moc necení, možná občas mléčné jedničky. Příjemný poslech, vyloženou hitovku však na "Succumb" nenajdete.
THE LUMBAR ENDEAVOR - Agglomeration
Šíleně plodný oneman projekt, Aaron Edge se utrhl ze řetězu s sází jednu desku za druhou. "Agglomeration" je třetí z letošních již pěti alb. A překvapivě to drží slušnou kvalitu. Pokud tedy máte rádi dusivý sludge doom s výbuchy disonantního šílenství.
ČAD - Veľký tresk
Hulváti z Jura sú takí naši DARKTHRONE: o pol generácie mladší a s koreňmi v grinde miesto blacku, no doživotne verní metalovej klasike (s čoraz hrubším zvukom). „Kromaňon“ a „Abeceda nenávistí“ sa zapíšu do zlatého fondu. Zbytok asi nie, čo vôbec nevadí.
BETTER LOVERS - Highly Irresponsible
Oproti EP "God Made Me An Animal" ubral Greg Puciato (ex-THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), ale i skupina jako celek, na nekompromisnosti, objevují se více i zpěvné a melodické polohy, nicméně je to stále hodně nasraný a uřvaný post-hardcore té nejvyšší kvality.
IOTUNN - Kinship
Strhující rozsáhlé kompozice, které buď zcela pohltí, nebo unudí. Já se hlásím k první možnosti. Je to jako snové divadlo severského death metalu. Za mě je to zatím rozhodně jedna z nejzajímavějších desek letošního roku.
ENSIFERUM - Winter Storm
Singl „Winter Storm Vigilantes“ je povedená záležitost, která byla slibnou návnadou na nové album. Velká očekávání byla nakonec zbytečná. S trochou dobré vůle se na albu najdou dvě další slušné skladby, jinak je to stále ten samý a nenápaditý kolovrátek.
SPHINX - The Deep Ends of the Deep
Místy tak trochu těžkopádný death metal, který ale sází jak na zajímavé technicky neotřelé provedení, tak na dusivě temnou atmosféru. Pekelný vokál navíc dodává na dramatičnosti. U mě to celkem funguje.