Northern Storm Records have posted, for a limited time, a rare 'rehearsal version' of the song 'God You're Stupid II' from METAL MANIFESTO, the first album in 22 years from Canadian heavy metal cult band THE EXALTED PILEDRIVER, being released on October 31st.

Leatherbound lead vokillist The Exalted Piledriver confirms: "This version of the song comes from a rehearsal we recently recorded which has become an episode in our upcoming series of PilePodcasts... this is one of nine songs we served up that night in prepping for the upcoming OVERKILL show (October 13th at the Opera House in Toronto), and we thought the whole rehearsal might make a tasty 'ReHearseHole' episode for our PilePodcasts". Pile intimated that an announcement regarding said podcasts would be ready for public consumption in the near future. The leather-masked, spike-coiffed, menace to organized religion tantalizingly added, "This is just a little deity-free appetizer for ya's of what's coming up on our carnal menu in the months to come". The storied and obviously well-fed bandleader forecasts, "This portends to be an interesting year for dark n' tasty goodies coming out of the Northern Storm/Piledriver kitchens, and it's all because of and for the fans... we love serving up down n' dirty, distorted lil' delicacies like this for them to devour." Stop drooling... click on the link and satiate your metal-tooth!

To hear or download the song in its 'lo-fi rehearsal purity' click here or on the player on the band's myspace page: www.myspace.com/theexaltedpiledriver

The band's earlier recordings - Metal Inquisition (1985) and Stay Ugly (1986) - are considered cult heavy metal albums, and have together have globally sold nearly 500,000 copies to date.

Northern Storm Records has set up a two different pre-orders for 'Metal Manifesto': The first pre-order is the standard CD/DVD combo (the DVD chronicles the band's tour of Europe in April of 2007) and the second pre-order (limited to 250 copies) comes with an EXALTED PILEDRIVER guitar pick, an autographed 8" x 10" poster and a handwritten letter from The Exalted One himself. To pre-order the album, go here

The Exalted Piledriver is playing a rare live show on October 13th, 2008 at The Opera House in Toronto in support of thrash veterans Overkill. More info on the show, tickets, etc go here

Members:

Pile Driver - vokills

Lobo El Fsnort - bass, background vox

Kinky Pork Cream - guitars, background vox

Glace Frothfritter - drums