The Meads Of Asphodel

First off we announce the departure of our long standing drummer Urakbarameel. After nine years of dedication to the band we would like to thank him for his all his hard work & wish him the best for the future, he can now be found beating the skins for London based rock/metal band Daken. To check out their sounds please visit www.daken.com

As we say goodbye to one drummer we welcome another in the form of Norse stick assassin André Kjelbergvik Thung, who can also be found performing in J.D. Tait’s other bands Ebonillumini & The Higher Craft as well as Norwegian band Dozärne.

“Metatron is to go to krakow/ Poland in November to research Auschwitz
for for the new Meads of Asphodel album that will be titled,
Sonderkommando. The concept behind the release is to see the holocaust
from the eyes of the Jewish Sonderkommando [these were the unfortunate
workers who removed the corpses from the gas chambers, and after
removing teeth/hair and valuables, cremated them]. It is their story
that is born from literally from Hell on earth. From their words the
album will lament on the burning death pits, Block 11, the crematoriums,

The Higher Craft a band featuring THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL songwriter/guitarist J.D. Tait & his partner in crime vocalist Christina Poupoutsi from avant-garde black metal band EBONILUMINI are set to release an epic concept album of progressive psychedelic rock/metal or as called by some, hippie metal. The concept for album is based upon a scripted multi-media stage play written by Christina over twenty years ago.

Coming in July 2011 from Godreah Records

Dirty Black Heavy Metal is what this release is all about. In this age of cheap repackaging and internet piracy, Godreah Records keeps the flame of the underground alive with the collaboration of 5 bands that have a long history with the underground and beyond. This is METAL at its most diverse, most rotten and born from the embers of Hell.

Featuring:

Some questions posed to Metatron about the codex have been posted with Metatron's replies. We hope they help people understand the codex better. Click here to read them.

We're pleased to say that The Murder of Jesus the Jew has been nominated for the "Best black metal album" award on metalstorm.net.

To see the other nominations, go to http://www.metalstorm.net/awards/categories.php?cat_id=2

A new t-shirt featuring artwork from "The Murder Of Jesus The Jew" is available to pre-order now.
Check out the shop page for more information.

The 35 minute documentary filmed by Phil Knock and Louise Vella over the past 3 years is now online.

Watch it here.

We hope you enjoy this insight into the band. It has interviews with the band, studio footage, rehearsal footage and interviews with Mirai, Malcolm Dome and Jonathan Selzer.

Our thanks to Phil Knock and Louise Vella for making this and for all who took part.

Unfortunately, due to some technical problems the documentary won't be online until November 30th. Apologies for the delay, but the wait will be worth it.

Check back here on the 30th to watch it.

After 3 years of musical manipulation by J.D.Tait and over a decade of theological research by Metatron, the drums from an echoing Urakbarameel are now once again pounding our ears in unison with The Bass Monsterings from Alan Davey - for the new album "The Murder of Jesus of Jew" is finally out now on Candlelight Records.

The documentary "Life In The Shadows" will be released online on November 27th. Details will be posted on this website.