Welcome to the latest Soundmass.com Update. There are a lot of changes going on around here but they are all good! We’ve got a new postal address - PO Box 299, Mowbray TAS 7248, Australia – as our stock is moving location next week. There will be a slight delay in shipping any orders made during the transition so if you want to receive a new order ASAP, we suggest that you place the order in the next few days.

We are happy to let you know that the latest Soundmass label release – OSKORD: Weapon Of Hope – is now in stock. The history of Oskord begins in the ruins of successful Ukrainian band Holy Blood. As part of Holy Blood, the members of Oskord worked together for 5 years, during which they recorded 4 albums and performed around Europe. After all the members of Holy Blood except frontman Fedor left the band in 2008, guitarist Sergey Nagorny, bassist Alex Andrushchenko and drummer Dmitry Titorenko, full of energy and creativity and not wanting to give up music, decided to continue working together. They immediately recruited Andrey Yakovenko who had begun playing flute and bouzouki at the last few Holy Blood concerts. Gathering together for their first rehearsal on August 11, 2008, Oskord was born. By spring 2009 they had begun recording their debut album, recruiting vocalist Grigory Nazarov, familiar for his work in Coram Deo, in September 2009. In October 2010 they completed work on their debut album "Weapon of Hope". "Weapon of Hope" is a combination of modern metal and folk that incorporates ethnic instruments like the flute, tin and low whistles and bouzouki. Their sound will appeal to fans of Eluveitie and Holy Blood, but for a better idea of what to expect head over to the Oskord website or MySpace to hear the song “Salvation Ark” and watch the recording studio video for “Serpent of Brass”: www.oskord.com & www.myspace.com/oskord. If you like what you hear, order your copy of Oskord “Weapon Of Hope” today!

We’re also happy to let you know that the Soundmass label release TERRAPHOBIA “Evilution” is now available on iTunes and a dozen other legal paid download sites. You can expect a feast of melodic thrash/death metal from this release – a unique blend of the modern and old school that is heavy, fast and has plenty of leads thrown in. With a sound that will appeal to fans of Arch Enemy, Bolt Thrower and Scrolls era Mortification, Mick Jelinic’s Terraphobia is swathed in the signature melodic guitar playing that we all know and love from this Mortification guitarist, coupled with his intense and versatile vocal force.

In other news, we have the following new releases in stock:

IMMORTAL SOULS: IV - The Requiem For The Art Of Death
SAINT: Time's End (re-issue)
SAINT: Too Late For Living (re-issue)
REQUIEM ETERNAM: Stories Of Another Age
BLOOD COVENANT: The Blood Of The New Covenant - Live Concert At Yerevan DVD

We’re also taking pre-orders for these new releases:

MASS: New Birth (Anniversary Edition)
CROSSFORCE: Rockin' Til The Final Day (Ltd. Ed.) – arriving soon!
KRIG: Back To Square One DVD

And here is the full list of items that we have added to our webstore since our last Update:

AU$15 A Hill To Die Upon: Omens NEW CD
AU$10 Admonish: Den Yttersta Tiden (e.p.) NEW CD
AU$12 Audiovision: Focus USED CD
AU$15 Blessed By A Broken Heart: Pedal To The Metal NEW CD
AU$13 Blissed: Waking Up The Dead NEW CD
AU$15 Blood Covenant: The Blood Of The New Covenant - Live Concert At Yerevan NEW DVD
AU$17 Daniel Band: Live At Cornerstone 2001 NEW CD
AU$15 Extol: The Blueprint Dives (Ltd. Ed.) NEW CD
AU$15 Extol: Undeceived NEW CD
AU$17 HB: Piikki Lihassa NEW CD
AU$5 HM Magazine: Jul/Aug/Sep '11 Issue #149 NEW Magazine
AU$16 Holy Blood: Shining Sun NEW CD
AU$19 Immortal Souls: IV - The Requiem For The Art Of Death NEW CD
AU$17 Innerwish: Silent Faces NEW CD
AU$15 Jacobs Dream: Drama Of The Ages NEW CD
AU$10 King's X: Fade (e.p.) NEW CD
AU$15 King's X: Manic Moonlight NEW CD
AU$15 King's X: Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous NEW CD
AU$17 Lack Of Faith: Aeternus Caligatio NEW CD
AU$7 Lucid: Lucid USED CD
AU$15 Luminaria: Arche NEW CD
AU$15 M Pire (Joshua): Chapter One NEW CD
AU$10 My Silent Wake: A Garland Of Tears USED CD
AU$19 My Silent Wake: IV Et Lux Perpetua NEW CD
AU$10 Nephesh: Hated By This World (Ltd. Ed. e.p.) NEW CD
AU$12 Once Dead: Visions Of Hell USED CD
AU$16 Pantokrator: A Decade Of Thoughts NEW CD
AU$12 Picture Of The Moon: Ageless Day (e.p.) NEW CD
AU$15 Prophets Of War: Road To The End Of The World NEW CD
AU$15 Pylon: Doom NEW CD
AU$15 Pyramaze: Melancholy Beast NEW CD
AU$13 Requiem Eternam: Stories Of Another Age NEW CD
AU$18 Sacrament: Haunts Of Violence (Ltd. Ed.) NEW CD
AU$15 Sacrificium: Escaping The Stupor NEW CD
AU$16 Saint: Time's End (re-issue) NEW CD
AU$16 Saint: Too Late For Living (re-issue) NEW CD
AU$16 Saviour Machine: 1990 Demo - 20th Anniversary (Ltd. Ed.) NEW CD
AU$10 Sixteen Horsepower: Olden (promo) USED CD
AU$15 Sympathy: Anagogic Tyranny NEW CD
AU$5 Various Artists: Headbangin' 201 NEW CD
AU$17 Wisdom Call: Wisdom Call NEW CD

As usual, please make all orders online via our easy-to-use and secure shopping cart.