Wave Gotik Treffen 2011 is scheduled for June 10th - 13th in Leipzig, Germany.

ANGTORIA vocalist SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH) has announced her confirmation for the festival, with her performance date to be announced soon.

Stay tuned for further updates on the festival. Further details at this location.

Sarah Jezebel Deva recently issued the following update:

"We are deal searching as we speak and whilst we are waiting, we will soon have new shirts, and also, we are booking shows.

Check the dates, but if you can't be bothered... we are playing a festival in France with SEPTIC FLESH and AKERCOCKE on April 23rd, also The Ivy Leaf in Sheerness, Kent, England on May 27th and also The Fem Metal Fest in Birmingham on May 29th!

So for now, we hope to see some of you. We will be playing songs from the first SJD album, new songs! and Angtoria songs. More info later."

Sarah recently posted a three track sample medley from her forthcoming album, The Corruption Of Mercy. Check it out at this location. The songs featured are 'No Paragons Of Virtue', 'Sirens' and 'The Corruption Of Mercy'.

Album details and a release date will be announced soon.

Sarah recently discussed the new record with BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai:

“This album is bigger and more thought out than A Sign Of Sublime, but only because the same mistakes cannot be repeated. People worked so hard on that album only to have files missing, over-edited or not replaced when it came to mixing. It was a bit of a shock to us when, for example, we came to mixing ‘Bitch’ and half way through the song only drums and vocals were there; everything else was missing. Now, ALL recording is being done in one studio, not over-edited, and a lot of love has gone into this from all involved. Originally, I started this with Ken, and sadly, it ended badly because I had no control on certain things. He worked so hard on the songs he wrote, only to have the wrong guitar files used in the final production. Max wasn’t happy either. He’s an awesome drummer, but all drums were over-edited.”
“Funny thing is, I was warned about this when I was in Australia. I was living with someone who supported me so much musically – he even built a music room so I could do music – when he heard the final edit of the drums he pointed out how all ambiance had gone. I relayed this back to the person responsible, only to be told ‘If you don’t fucking like it, release your own album…’, so we were stuck. No compromise, no choice. Everyone could see what was going on, slowly, apart from me because I was so desperate to break free from this ‘backing singer’ label I had. I just wanted to sing at any cost and get the album done.”
“This new album has been written by myself and Dan Abela, although Luke Sibthorpe (The Dead Lay Waiting vocalist) wrote a ballad for me. My amazing bass player Ablaz wrote a track, too, and the intro was written by a young composer called Marcus. Dan owns Escape Route Studio’s in Essex, UK and worked on A Sign Of Sublime. We had a lot in common, so we decided to write a new album. It’s called The Corruption Of Mercy, it’s darker, heavier and gives me a chance to sing differently, as in you can hear the expression in my voice, the conviction, which is something I lacked on the metal tracks on A Sign Of Sublime. The melodies are so catchy, too. Touring hasn’t changed the sound for this new album, communication and trust has. That may not make sense to people but it does to us.”

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