News: SITHTER première sixteen minute epic 'Jerusalem Axe Massacre' with CVLT Nation | Chaotic Fiend released next month on Bonten Records

Originally formed in 2006 under the name PsychoToBlack, after numerous personnel changes, a handful of filed missing person reports and a ritual or two in the black arts, Tokyo’s Sithter eventually emerged, dragged into sunlight.   Influenced by the traditional sludge metal of bands like Grief, Eyehategod and Buzzoven, after leaving his previous outfit MONE¥I$GOD in 2007, guitarist Hyö "Noise Fucker" Kagawa brought with him experiments in doom and dark psychedelia, alongside drummer Takefumi Matsuda and vocalist/guitarist Hiroyuki Takano. Completed by the arrival of newest member Wahei Gotoh on bass in 2013 – kidnapped from the heavy cosmic rock band Dhidalah – the quartet quickly became masters of the “Sonic Death Sludge” sound.   Following the release of 2009’s The Last Temptation EP, their first full-length album Evilfucker on the Russian doom label Bad Road Records and a split with Seoul-based death metal trio Gonguri last year, this December will see the release of Chaotic Fiend on Bonten Records, pre-order the album via https://bontenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-fiend ‘Jerusalem Axe Massacre’ is the closing track from that very album and features narration by US noise artist L'eclipse Nue (www.leclipsenue.com).

Japan tour with Heretic Rites: 23 Nov – Sendai Bird Land w. Magdalene Junen, Bergrabnis + More 25 Nov – Higashikouenji 20000V w. Magdalene Junen, King Goblin + Zothique 26 Nov – Oosaka Sengoku-Daitoryou w. Magdalene Junen, Necromantics, W.D.L.K. + Hemipenis 27 Nov – Nagoya Red Dragon w. Magdalene Junen, Vomit Monster, Viollante + Stone Banquet 29 Nov – Yokohama El Puente w. Su19b + Floaters 30 Nov – Shibuya Ruby Room w. Khola Cosmica + Dhidalah

Sithter: Hyö Kagawa – Guitar Wahei Gotoh – Bass Takefumi Matsuda – Drums Hiroyuki Takano – Vocals, Guitar