EX DEO / KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono recently spoke with Metal Assault. Interview topics included Ex Deo's first ever US tour, playing with NILE, new song ideas, the combination of Nile's Egyptology and Ex Deo's Roman history, the Roman influence on human civilization, the inspiration behind starting this band and how he got the guys in Kataklysm on board, future plans, and the reason why both Kataklysm and Ex Deo don't tour together. Check it out at this location.

Iacono recently checked in from the current stop on the Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II in Tucson, Arizona with label mates NILE, Tazmanian tech-death masters PSYCROPTIC, and Norwegian extreme metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN:

"It’s amazing to see a vision I had one day waking up finally become a reality two years ago. We had done a few shows in America with ENSIFERUM for our debut album Romulus that were fantastic, but to go across the country and really seeing people waiting anxiously for this and screaming their hearts out for it live has been one incredible feeling. I feel Ex Deo is changing the game of the underground, bringing a theater to the live stage and bringing a new concept that has never done before. This is a beast of a band and we would like to thank everyone for the great support. With this said, I would like to announce that we will indeed begin pre-production on the next album Caligula - the follow up to the highly-acclaimed debut Romulus - as soon as the world tour for Kataklysm will end next year. Expect a revolutionary album that will breathe the word ‘NEW’ into a much stagnant metal industry. It is yet undermined which label will release Caligula as we are looking at many different options.”

Remaining dates on the “Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour II” are:

November

20 - Emo's - Austin, TX
21 - Numbers - Houston, TX
23 - Club Firestone - Orlando, FL
24 - Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL