The blazed henchmen of grindcore, BRUTAL TRUTH, will storm through the Northeast US with two shows next week, and have confirmed the crashing of a round of European metalfests.

Next Saturday, March 16th, BRUTAL TRUTH will raid Brooklyn to pummel Saint Vitus bar with support from Total Fucking Destruction [double Hoak duty!], Psychic Limb and Hivesmasher, on the way to the Philthadelphia Infest in Philly the next night with Master, Malignancy, Embalmer, Phobia, Cannabis Corpse and labelmates Devourment among a rash of others.

This Spring and Summer BRUTAL TRUTH will raid European audiences several times, confirmed to hit Stockholm, Sweden on April 18th, followed by their participation on Close-Up Magazine’s Båten cruise with Entombed, F.K.Ü., Scar Symmetry, Grave and others over the following days. July will take the bastards back to Europe once again to slaughter crowds at Metal Days Festival in Slovenia and Stonehenge Fest in Holland.

BRUTAL TRUTH assaulted the masses with the monstrous End Time LP in September 2011, the band’s patented sonic abuse as always fueled by swarms of blastbeats, distortion, feedback and bong-sedated rage, its’ chambers loaded with nearly an hour of faceblasting anarchy. Recorded with Doug White at Watchman Studios in Lockport, New York, End Time showcases BRUTAL TRUTH continuing to reign as one of grindcore’s most influential acts.

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Copenhell Festival

Refshaleoen

Copenhagen

Denmark

15-16/6 – 2012

Live pictures and reviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson

Here comes a review of the great Copenhell festival that took place during two slightly rainy days in the middle of June. Acts that performed included Slayer, Anthrax, Lamb Of God, Immortal, Saxon, Gojira etc.. Lets take a closer look at what the festival had to bring…..

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BRUTAL TRUTH have confirmed that they’ll be shooting two new videos to coincide with their latest LP End Time this weekend in upstate New York. Again working with Tyson Montrucchio, who previously directed the band’s videos for “Sugar Daddy” and “Get A Therapist… Spare the World,” this time the crew will be filming new videos for the tracks for “Fuck Cancer” and “Malice” from End Time. More info will be unveiled in the weeks ahead as the pieces are completed and ready for public disbursement.

While raging in northern New York state for the video shoots this weekend, BRUTAL TRUTH have also confirmed a Sunday evening slaughterfest in Williamsville with several local acts. Full info can be found here.

Additionally, BRUTAL TRUTH have been named in the latest wave of acts confirmed to storm the annual French outing Hellfest, the three-day binge going down in Clisson, France June 15th through the 17th. On this massive outing the New York grinders will throw down their reefer-ripping blastbeats alongside Hatebreed, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Machine Head, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth and dozens more, in addition to fest headliners Black Sabbath. See the full confirmed lineup to date here.

While their latest album End Time was and still is being featured on the Best of 2011 lists for Decibel, Exclaim, MetalSucks, Metal Injection and countless other publications internationally, BRUTAL TRUTH have confirmed that they are already recording several brand new tracks for an unspecified forthcoming release. All we know is that it was referred to by the band as a “bizarre freakout,” so we are stoked.
BRUTAL TRUTH Live Actions:

12/18/2011 Club Infinity – Williamsville, NY

6/15-17/2012 Hellfest – Clisson, France

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Today, Relapse Records officially releases a digital-only single for grind overlords BRUTAL TRUTH. Dubbed the Walking Corpse 2112 EP, the mini release contains the two tracks initially unleashed on the first installment of Decibel Magazine’s Flexi-Disc Series in late 2010 — “Walking Corpse 2112 ” and “You Should Know Better”.

Throw a wrench into your Tuesday afternoon and jack-in to Gunshy Assassin, now streaming both tracks RIGHT HERE.

The EP can be purchased now via iTunes. Additionally, Relapse just hooked up a brand new glow-in-the-dark T-Shirt specific to this release which you can order here.

Walking Corpse 2112 EP sees release just a few weeks after the band’s freshly-baked full-length, End Time, which was released at the end of September on CD, Deluxe CD, LP and digital via Relapse Records. The album is available for purchase here.

Stay tuned for updates on all of these new BRUTAL TRUTH joints over the weeks ahead.

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Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival (Noctis)

October 1, 2011

Calgary, Canada

Review and pictures by Monika Deviat

The Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival (Noctis) is an annual metal festival held in Calgary, Alta. For five years, Scarab Metal Productions has been organizing the festival which has grown in size and popularity every year. Noctis brings in a stellar line up of bands every year, providing Calgarian – and anyone else from around Canada and the States that might be lured into make the trek out to Noctis – opportunities to see bands that might never have played in Canada if not for the festival. The event also gives local bands from around the province a chance to play alongside some amazing international acts.

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This week, infamous East Coast grinders BRUTAL TRUTH have lashed out at the public with several devastating new anthems from their upcoming sixth full-length release, End Time, set for North American release via Relapse Records on September 27th.

Today The Onion’s A.V. Club has posted the track “Celebratory Gunfire” from End Time, which can be streamed HERE right now!

BRUTAL TRUTH has already dropped a plethora of other brand new tracks from the upcoming album over the past several weeks, including ”Crawling Man Blues” and “Butcher” courtesy of Metal Hammer Germany, “Echo Friendly Discharge” via SickDrummerMagazine.com,“Addicted” via Noisecreep.com and the title track from End Time directly from the band’s Facebook page.

Abusing the listener with 23 songs in under 55 minutes, End Time was recorded with Doug White at Watchman Studios in Lockport, New York, and showcases BRUTAL TRUTH continuing to reign as one of grindcore’s most influential and acts.

Beyond the normal CD, LP, and digital offerings, End Time will also be available in a limited edition box set that includes the CD with six bonus tracks, a 20-page booklet, six custom art flats, a marijuana-scented disc card and more. Pre-orders for this limited to 500 edition are available here.

BRUTAL TRUTH is:

Kevin Sharp – vocals (Venomous Concept, Damaged, etc.)

Danny Lilker – bass (Nuclear Assault, Venomous Concept, Crucifist, Exit-13, S.O.D. Anthrax, etc.)

Rich Hoak – drums (Total Fucking Destruction, Exit-13, etc.)

Eric Burke – guitar (Kalibas, Sulaco, Lethargy, Nuclear Assault, As the World Burns, etc.)

Phone interviews with the members of BRUTAL TRUTH and review copies of End Time are available now. In North America, contact Earsplit PR for all review and interview coverage requests.

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Legendary New York City grindcore act, BRUTAL TRUTH had only begun to blaze a trail by the time 1994 came around and the album, NEED TO CONTROL smashed the trail to pieces. Out NOW in North America, the classic 15 track album has been reissued with 5 bonus tracks that include PINK FLOYD and CELTIC FROST covers originally featured on rare BRUTAL TRUTH LPs. In addition, newly expanded liner notes include a brand new interview with vocalist, Kevin Sharp.
Here is the tracklist:

01. Collapse  02. Black Door Mine  03. Turn Face  04. Godplayer  05. I See Red  06. Ironlung  07. Bite the Hand  08. Ordinary Madness  09. Media Blitz  10. Judgement  11. Brain Trust  12. Choice of A New Generation  13. Mainliner  14. Displacement  15. Crawlspace  16. Wish You Were Here….Wish You’d Go Away (Pink Floyd cover)* 17. Painted Clowns* 18. Dethroned Emperor (Celtic Frost cover)* 19. Eggshells* 20. Head Cheese*
* bonus tracks
Buy your copy of the BRUTAL TRUTH classic, NEED TO CONTROL on the EARACHE US WEBSTORE along with special vinyl and mercy package that fans will find nowhere else: http://earache.com/uswebstore/index.php/cPath/667_668_18

It would be more than unexpected if some serious metalhead asked “who is Dan Lilker”, cos the man has been involved in the metal scene and in the catacombs of underground metal for several decades. Above all, Nuclear Assault are still remembered as pioneers of the NY thrash metal scene, with several killer albums from the 80’s. Dan has also carved a reputation as the long time bass player and founder of the extreme grind core act Brutal Truth which terrorized the underground extreme metal genre in the 90’s until they went on a long hiatus. After being on a hold for years Brutal Truth has returned to bring their extreme music to extreme people again. The band visited Helsinki some time ago and we got the great opportunity to chat with Dan about his various bands, but above all about Brutal Truth, Nuclear Assault and even going back to the very early days of Anthrax.

Interview and Pics by Arto Lehtinen / Marko Syrjälä

Transcripted by W Mallon

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