BW&BK; has received the following press release:

Philadelphia's death metal legends GOREAPHOBIA have officially signed a deal with Ibex Moon Records. Goreaphobia was one of the most important and highly praised death metal bands from the NY/NJ/PA area in the early '90s. But due to internal turmoil, the band broke up before they were able to release their debut album on Relapse Records.

Chris Gamble - Goreaphobia's bassist and vocalist states “I'd like to start by saying that at the turn of the 1990s, both Incantation and Goreaphobia had strong status in the underground death metal scene. We both have played hundreds of shows together and with bigger worldwide extreme heavy metal acts. With all our years of experience recording, writing, and performing extreme metal music - John McEntee, Jim Roe, Alex Bouks and myself, (Chris Gamble) are set on taking all of our knowledge and forming together a paragon force of extreme death metal, being that we feel we are at the height of our professional careers.

Both Incantation and Goreaphobia together compliment each other's styles and sound. Both bands have joined together into one to make us (Goreaphobia) twice the extreme death metal act that we ever hoped for. The song writing and live performances are sure to leave a great memory for all fans of both bands worldwide. John and Jim's joining into Goreaphobia really offers a lot more inspiration and musical vastness into what Alex and I have created with the band. The name alone has strong underground respect and influence on the extreme metal scene of today. We are ready for some new and exciting shows, recordings, videos and whatever else the future may hold for Goreaphobia!”

John McEntee (Ibex Moon Records, Incantation , Funerus and now Goreaphobia) - “I'm totally psyched to be releasing the debut Goreaphobia album. What makes it even cooler for me is that I'm also jamming with them too. Goreaphobia is one of the most important death metal bands of the late '80s early '90s. Anyone that knows their death metal history knows how innovative and important Goreaphobia is to the US death metal scene. It's an honor to be associated with one of my favorite bands of all time.”

Goreaphobia will be playing a few select shows this year while working on new material for their first full length recording due out on Ibex Moon Records in 2009. Last year Necrohermonic Productions released a Goreaphobia retrospective CD entitled, Vile Beast Of Abomination.

Confirmed Goreaphobia shows:

June

6 - Speak Easy - Belleville, New Jersey

July

11 - Jigsaw Saloon and Stage - Parma, Ohio
12 - Michigan Extreme Metal Fest 2 - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Goreaphobia's current lineup is as follows:

Chris Gamble (Bloodstorm, Absu) – bass/vocals

Alex Bouks (Incantation) - guitar

John McEntee (Incantation, Funerus) - guitar

Jim Roe (D.O.M., Morbid Sin, Womb, Mr Grim, Incantation) – drums