Vocalist Luke Kenny of the Australian grind deviants The Berzerker has issued the following update:
"I'm very excited to tell you that we will be launching our brand
new record label Berzerker Industries within the next few months. The
first release will be our new studio album. (I can't fucking wait!) The
only way you'll be able to get hold of this album is by direct CD mail
order via MySpace and our website. This cd will NOT be in stores.
Also we will be holding a remix
competition with the winner getting their remixed Berzerker version
on our new CD. There will also be remixes from some of the biggest
names in the gabba/speedcore scene. Including Delta 9, DJ Bazooka and
Scott Brown to name just a few. Please enjoy this sneak peek track
including in our video [see below] set to some New Zealand touring
madness. For UK fans, we have been confirmed on the Ghostfest festival
in Leeds on June 29th. We will be adding more UK dates added shortly.
US fans we are constantly trying to get back over there and play for
you crazy fuckers! Once again, thanks for your mails and support over
all these years."
Ghostfest 2008 will take place June 28-29 at Rio's in Leeds,
England. The complete lineup for the event is as follows (in
alphabetical order):
ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY
ANTERIOR
ARCHITECTS
THE ARUSHA ACCORD
AZRIEL
THE BERZERKER
BLACKHOLE
BURN DOWN ROME
BURY TOMORROW
CONSORT WITH ROMEO
CRY FOR SILENCE
CULT OF LUNA
DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL
DIVIDING THE LINE
THE EYES OF A TRAITOR
FEI COMODO
THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND
GLAMOUR OF THE KILL
GOLD KIDS
INGESTED
JOHNNY TRUANT
THE LEGACY
LOWER THAN ATLANTIS
MALEFICE
MANY THINGS UNTOLD
MATYR DEFILED
MISS CONDUCT
THE OCEAN
THE PLIGHT
POSTMORTEM PROMISES
RAGING SPEEDHORN
SAVING AIMEE
THE SECRET
SHAPED BY FATE
TED MAUL
THE TORTURE OF COMACINE
TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED
YOUR DEMISE
The Berzerker has so far released four full-length albums: The
Berzerker (2000), Dissimulate (2002), World Of Lies (2005) and
Animosity (2007), all through Earache Records. During the early part of
their career as a live act, band members were identified only as The
Vocalist, The Guitarist, The Bassist and The Drummer, distinguishable
on stage only by the intricate
monster masks they wore. However, the group has since abandoned this concept.
A DVD documentary, The Principles And Practices Of The Berzerker"
(2004), includes several hours of live concert footage, as well as the
first public images of the band members without their monster masks.
Most of the band's music videos have been banned from broadcast for
reasons such as the possible epileptic fit-inducing imagery contained
in the video 'Forever', and the horrific imagery of 'Reality'. The
latter features graphic images of cadavers and body parts, along with
appearances from the band themselves.