In anticipation of their upcoming studio album, Deathhammer, Dutch death metal legends ASPHYX have now released a special 7” EP, entitled 'Reign Of The Brute', available via the CM Distro online with the following content and strict limitation:

Side A:

'Reign Of The Brute' (2:59) Album version

Side B:

'Der Landser' [German Version] (6:58) Not featured on standard CD/LP

A total of 500 hand-numbered (in respective colour) copies are available in the following quantities/vinyl colours:

- 100 transparent red vinyl
- 100 transparent blue vinyl
- 300 black vinyl

Comes with inserted copied lyric sheet.

The 7” EP is going fast and soon to be completely sold out, so order your copy before it’s too late at this location.

Longtime design partner of the band, Axel Hermann has once more provided the powerful artwork for the 7” EP, pictured above.

Asphyx will release their new studio album, Deathhammer, on February 27th, 2012 (Europe) and February 28th (North America) via Century Media Records. Check out the official album trailer below:

Asphyx have just announced an extremely special Deathhammer record release show concert, for Saturday March 10th, at the Turock venue in Essen, Germany, where the band has previously launched their latest release and also filmed the legendary sold-out show for their Live Death Doom release.

The exact line up for the Deathhammer release show will be: Asphyx, SONNE ADAM, BLIZZARD, NECROWRETCH.

Asphyx have checked in to comment on this special show as follows: “Second time for Asphyx to do a release-show in the Turock in Essen. The first time was a huge success and we hope we can make this release-show of our new album Deathhammer just as great as the previous one. Yet again we have great support acts with Sonne Adam, Blizzard and Necrowretch to complete a night of true death metal. Remember... If you won't face death... we will!”

Given the band's reputation as intense live act, the special connection with the club’s crowd, the cheap ticket pricing as we all the amazing lineup of support acts, this event promises to become a truly unforgettable night of pure death metal and a date not to be missed by real supporters of the style! A special Death Metal Night disco program will follow the completion of the live show in the venue… so grab your tickets now.

The pre-sale is available via www.konticket.de and www.eventim.de. Original hardtickets are available later this month from Yeah-Records in Essen as well as from the venue later. More details via www.turock.de

The artwork for the Deathhammer album, crafted by longtime partner in designs, Axel Hermann (MORGOTH, UNLEASHED, SAMAEL, GRAVE), can be seen below:

The tracklisting:

'Into The Timewastes'

'Deathhammer'

'Minefield'

'Of Days When Blades Turned Blunt'

'Der Landser'

'Reign Of The Brute'

'The Flood'

'We Doom You To Death'

'Vespa Crabro'

'As The Magma Mammoth Rises'

Check out performance footage of the title track 'Deathhammer' from the band's December 16th show at the Eindhoven Metal Meeting at Effenaar in Eindhoven, The Netherlands below:

Recorded at The Mörser Studio as well as at Harrow Studio with their longtime engineer Harry Wijering, Deathhammer was mixed and mastered in Sweden by Dan Swanö, who previously worked with the band on Death…The Brutal Way, as well as on the Live Death Doom release.

Asphyx are among the acts confirmed for the Neurotic Deathfest, which will take place March 2nd - 4th at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands.

Confirmed acts include: ABORTED, ABYSMAL TORMENT, ACHERON, ASPHYX, BEHEMOTH, BENEATH THE MASSACRE, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS, BLOOD RED THRONE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, CARNIFEX, CATTLE DECAPITATION, COLDWORKER, CYANIDE SERENITY, DEBAUCHERY, DECAPITATED, DENIAL FIEND, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, GORGUTS, HOUR OF PENANCE, INTERNAL BLEEDING, KRISIUN, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, LENG TCH'E, MALEVOLENT CREATION, MODUS DELICTI, MOLOTOV SOLUTION, MORGOTH, MISERY INDEX, NAPALM DEATH, NEXUS INFERNIS, ORIGIN, PSYCROPTIC, SONNE ADAM, SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION, SUFFERING QUOTA, SUFFOCATION, SUICIDAL ANGELS, UNCLEANSED, VITAL REMAINS, WITHIN THE RUINS.

A total of over 50 top acts will perform on Neurotic Deathfest 2012, divided over three days. For more details visit Neuroticdeathfest.com.