Now that the contest is over we’d like to thank all the fans that sent in track listing submissions. It was difficult sifting through all the great submissions and picking just one. So with that said, we’d like to congratulate Sean Grzankowski as the winner of the two signed copies of Desecrations: A Decade Of Defiling The Cross. It will consist of 22 songs, 4 songs from each studio release with 6 cover songs as bonus tracks. This “best of” CD will be released August 2010 through Arctic Music.

New podcast interviews with The Metal Room/WFLM Radio, The Dark Hour Radioshow and Metal Messiah Radio have been added to the media section.

We have ton of stuff happening to update you all on this time around…

On the live front the Nihilistic Terror Across Florida dates will take place on May 21 and 23. It’s been four years since we last played the Culture Room, a venue we’ve always considered home. So with that being said we are pleased to say that the first show will take place there in our hometown of Fort Lauderdale, FL on Friday, May 21. We will be filming the set in its entirety and will include it on the DVD being released later in the year through Arctic Music. On Sunday, May 23 we will storm the Brass Mug in Tampa, FL. The last time we were in Tampa was on the Hellstorm Of Unholy Legions 2005 tour so we are looking forward to playing the Brass Mug again this time with songs from the new album in our arsenal. The only other booked appearance for the year will be at the Michigan Deathfest. The date has been moved from Saturday, July 17 to Saturday, August 21. On this date we will headline the main stage on day two of this event.

On the release front this year we have many things being released. First up is a “best of” CD titled Desecrations: A Decade of Defiling the Cross. In the next few days we will announce and notify the winner of the contest we ran who will receive 2 signed copies of the release. After that we will be releasing the still untitled live DVD that will span the years 1999-2010. This will include two full concerts along with other shot footage from over the years. We are also working on re-releasing the very obscure mCD Order of The Fly. Since there has been a lot of inquiries as where to find this the time has come to re-issue the recording. The original was released to only 250 in 1999 and has been out of print since 2000. The re-issue will have bonus tracks these being the Of Evil and Hatred session aka our portion of the Kult ov Azazel/Krieg split along with some unreleased recordings. Negativity Records will be releasing the split 7” with Teratism titled In League With Satan, a tribute to Venom, which will be out at some point during the year. Finally, we will begin pre-production for the new album in July which will be named Violators of the Covenant.

There’s also some new merchandise available. A new exclusive t-shirt design obtainable only through Relapse Records is available in all sizes at www.relapse.com . We also now have embroidered logo patches for sale that can be seen under the merchandise section. They are also available through Metal Negro at www.metalnegro.com.

In August we will be releasing a “best of” compilation titled Desecrations: A Decade of Defiling the Cross through Arctic Music. Instead of picking the songs ourselves for this release we are running a contest that will allow you guys, the fans, to choose what songs will be included on the CD by submitting a 15 song track listing to us. After all submissions have been received we will choose and award that fan 2 signed copies of the CD.

If you wish to be a part of this send a 15 song track listing with the subject line “Desecration Tracks” to k6u6l6t@kultovazazel.com. Submissions begin April 5th and will run until May 5th. We will announce the winner by May 10, 2010.

Thanks to all those that came out to the shows on the Nihilistic Terror Across Texas Tour. To you all we raise the horns!!! We would also like to thank Tony Laureano for filling on drums, the Ancient Malus guys and Justin of Church ov Melkarth for the transportation/lodging, Tom and Eloisa Stevens, Denise of Beyond The Dark Horizon, Luis Carlos and The Adversary, Teratism for the backline, Witchaven and Hatchet for being all around cool guys to share the stage with.

Next up is the March Metal Massacre in Reading, PA on March 27th, 2010 at The Silo. If you live in or near the surrounding area come out for a night of blasphemy and destruction!!

Adversary Productions has recently acquired the KULT OV AZAZEL / TERATISM show in Houston, TX. The show which was originally scheduled at The White Swan on Sunday, March 14th has been moved to The Jet Lounge in Downtown Houston on the same night. Complete show info is as follows:

KULT OV AZAZEL
TERATISM
GATES OF ENOCH
GOLGOTHA

Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Jet Lounge
1515 Pease St
Houston, TX
8 PM : All ages
$10 Over 21 / $12 Under 21

Because the show has been moved under such short notice everyone is encourged to spread this like the plague and join us for night of drinking and blasphemy.

An interview with Xaphan will air on Metal Messhiah Radio this coming week. Listen to Jet @ www.metalmessiahradio.com on Tuesday, February 16th between 9-10 PM EST to hear the interview.

Recent interviews with Metal Maniacs and Elitarian Music have also been added.

A interview with Xaphan will air tomorrow night on Vulgar's Pit @ www.nvasionradio.com @ 8PM EST.

Hammer will be unavailable for the dates booked in March due to the recently announced Testament tour dates. Tony Laureano (ex-Dimmu Borgir/Angel Corpse/Nile) will be sitting in on drums for the Nihilistic Terror Across Texas tour dates and Gus Rios (Malevolent Creation) for the March Metal Massacre V Fest. Gio Geraca (Evil Amidst, Malevolent Creation) will also be filling in on bass for this festival taking place in Reading, PA on March 27th.

The March Metal Massacre V Fest in Allentown, PA on March 27th has been moved to The Silo in Reading, PA. The Nihilistic Terror Across Florida dates have been moved to May.

It’s our misfortune to announce that after 10 years with Kult ov Azazel Xul has taken an indefinite hiatus from the band and therefore will not be doing any touring or recording during 2010. We respect his decision but we must continue to forge on. From this point forward all vocal duties will be taken over by Xaphan and session guitarist Armanen (Tenebrous) has been added as a permanent member of the band. Former/session member VJS is back as touring bassist. However, due to prior commitments VJS will not be able to do the March Metal Massacre V Fest in Allentown, PA on March 27th so Gio Geraca (Evil Amidst, Malevolent Creation) will be handling bass duties.

Touring begins with the Nihilistic Terror Across Texas campaign in March. We’ll be storming the West Texas Death Fest II in Amarillo, TX on Friday March 12th. The other two days will be spent with Teratism, Witchaven and Hatchet destroying San Antonio, TX on the 13th and Houston, TX on the 14th with 2 deadly nights of devastating black/thrash metal. In July we will headline the main stage of the 20th anniversary of the Michigan Deathfest on the 17th then embark on a 16 day tour with Wolven Ancestry. More 2010 dates are forthcoming and will be posted as confirmed.

Preparation for the yet untitled DVD release is underway. We have combined the sound board audio with a 3 camera mix of our show as direct support for Deicide filmed September 2004. We should have video from the Puerto Rico show very soon. Once in our hands we’ll begin editing the video footage while we wait for the sound board recordings to arrive. The DVD will be released later in the year through Arctic Music and will also include a CD of covers and unreleased material ranging from 1999 to the present.

We are also pleased to announce we have joined forces with Frank Watkins (Gorgoroth, Back From The Dead Productions) as direct management for the band and that the Venom cover is mixed and has been sent to Noise Farm Studio in Texas for mastering. Once mastered it is just a matter of the label setting a release date. “In League With Satan” will be a tribute to Venom limited to 666 copies. This is a split effort with Teratism to be released through Negativity Records.

New review of Destroying The Sacred from the new issue of Outburn Magazine added.

The Nihilistic Terror Across Texas dates for March are added to the live section.

The mixing process for the Venom cover of In League With Satan is in its final death throe. It will be released on 7" clear red vinyl as a split w/ Teratism through Negativity Records. This was recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 30, 2009 with backing vocals supplied by Psykho (Ritual Combat/ex-Nokturne) and engineered and mixed by Dross (Sothis) at his studio, Black Static Studio. Vocals were re-recorded in Ft. Lauderdale at Gorgol Productions and engineered by Nina Sallie on November 23, 2009. More about this release will be forthcoming.

Check the merchandise section for the T-Shirt + CD offer.

The Puerto Rico show was insane!! It was an honor to make history being the first national black metal band to play the island. We’d like to hail all the fanatics that showed up as well as send our gratitude and thanks out to Metal Latino Productions & Associates! The show was filmed and once we have a mixed copy in hand we will begin the tedious process of compiling a DVD for release through Arctic Music. Photos from the show can be found at www.myspace.com/kultovazazel.