Dutch doom death metal legends ASPHYX have announced the release of their first DVD titled Live Death Doom on August 30th. Live Death Doom will also be available as a two-CD and Digital Download audio-release, marking Asphyx’s first-ever official live album in their 20 plus years.

The band comments: “So finally, after over 23 years here's the first ASPHYX live album. And our dedicated fans worldwide who've experienced us live know what that means: Heavy old school death doom metal played the way it was meant to be…and still should be today! Headbanging, grinning, drooling, spitting, sweating, passion, loud volume, stage diving, beer, honesty and brutality. No make up or fancy queer costumes, no superfluous attributes, no technical rubbish, no compromises. This is how we are, this is how we want you to have us!. We are very proud of this release. Very damn fuckin' proud, as this is exactly us! We would never have brought it out if we weren't 100% behind it…but it would never have been possible without our incredible loyal fans, of which we are even more proud! We'll see you all somewhere, sometime again at one of our shows on this planet and then raise our beers and horns together.”

The Live Death Doom DVD features the over two hour main live show recorded at the completely sold out Turock venue in Essen, Germany on July 4th, 2009, as well as an in-depth over one hour historical band documentary and tons of additional bonus material. The total DVD playing time is approximately 225 minutes.

The main live show’s audio (which equals the CD format content) was mixed and mastered by producer Dan Swanö (BLOODBATH, EDGE OF SANITY), who had previously taken care of the sonic brilliance for the Death…The Brutal Way album. The total two-CD playing time is approximately 110 minutes.

The glorious old-school artwork for Live Death Doom was created by Axel Hermann, who had previously been responsible for the artworks of band’s classic releases from the 90’s. The DVD was coordinated and edited by Oliver “Bomber” Barth and will be released via Century Media Records in Europe on August 30th.

A special teaser for the release can be viewed below:

Also Asphyx have released a massive deluxe 7” box set with early and rare recordings dubbed Abomination Echoes, which can be ordered here.

Asphyx upcoming tour schedule is as follows:

August

12 - San Open Air Festival - Bad Berka, Germany
21 - Summer Breeze Festival - Dinkelsbühl, Germany

September

4 - Century Media Yardsale - Dortmund, Germany ( with Eric Daniels)

October

1 - Way Of Darkness Festival - Lichtenfels, Germany
23 - Rockfabrik - Ludwigsburg, Germany

November

27 - Headbanging Enschede -Atak, Enschede, The Netherlands