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12/17/07

Our new recording is done! Killing Season was mixed at Studio 606 by Nick Raskulinecz and mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering by none other than Brian "Big Bass" Gardner. It is slated for release on February 26 in the US and February 29 in the rest of the world. Leap year 2008!

Here is the track listing:
Lord of Hate
Sonic Beatdown
Dethroned
Carnival Justice
Buried Alive
Soulless
The Noose
When Worlds Collide
God vs God
Steal the Crown
Resurrection Machine

Nick began mixing on November 7, I joined him at 606 on the 19th and we finished the mixes 2 days later… just in time for Tanksgibin! The masters were sent over to BGM in Hollywood on December 4th and I arrived the next day for the session with Brian. By 6pm that evening I was on my way to the Roxy with a reference cd in hand… just in time for the listening party!

The party itself was a BLAST! "On the Rox" was loaded full of our friends, family and industry associates who enjoyed an open bar hosted by the US division of our label, Nuclear Blast America. Everyone chopped it up as drinks were consumed in mass quantities, all the while ROCKING to our new album for the first time… needless to say it was hella FUN! Totally elating to witness a bar room full of music fans partying to our latest offering of jams! Best of all, the entire band was there, working the crowd like we do and loving it! The night concluded in the usual scenario of laughter, hugs, puke and blackouts! Can't wait for the next one!  Thanks to NB and all who attended!

Next day was a hung-over blur of meetings and business dealing that eventually found me back at the mastering lab meeting up with BG to make a few adjustments and print the final master. Then I raced to airport, barely making my flight home with a copy of the finished disc in hand… just in time to get back home with the latest slab of Bay Area Thrash Metal completed on December 6th which happens to be the birthday of my original inspiration to play guitar… the late great Randy Rhoads. How's that for a good sign?
Yeah, I know this blog is a week late but daddy's been busy, kids! Been bouncing back and forth from Nor Cal to So Cal takin care o bidness! Artwork should be done any day now (c'mon Hiro!) and of course Den will do the layout and turn it over to NB… then it's a wrap! Interviews have already started and we've heard some GREAT feedback from the press already (see below) so now Killing Season has truly begun… stay tuned for more news soon, my friends! It is ON!!!

What the press is saying about the new album "Killing Season"

and also

The Frontlines

11/06/07
Wuzzup Peeps!

As I come out of the haze and begin to become unglazed from spawning our most recent effort in this life of music… “Killing Season” is almost here!

We finished recording last week and after a manic b’day weekend which took me to Vegas to see Rage Against The Machine / Muse then back to LA to catch QOTSA then back to Oakland for Halloween… I was able to get my bearings and throw down an update so here it is!

I am pleased to announce we have decided that Nick (Raskulinecz, our producer) will mix the album. The reference “rough” mixes we have been listening to are blowing our minds and we don’t think anyone could do a better job taking the mix to the next level and beyond! Wait till you hear this disc, my friends, you will hear us like you never have before! This shit is SLAMMIN!!!!!!!

Mixing starts later today (it’s 3am right now, children) so I better hit the sack so I can get a couple hours of shuteye and get them ears fresh to hear me some final mixes… hell yeah!

Check out my photo section for new pics from the Killing Season recording session.

Stay sweet and have a great summer!
~Rob

9/23/07

Good evening, beauties and beasts!

Rob here dropping in with a quick studio update. We are posted up in Los Angeles getting into some serious musical activity. Drove down a week ago and started off with a couple days of final pre -production. We took the songs even further, jamming for hours and digging deep into the details and arrangements. They are now ready to be recorded… let’s do this!

We started tracking on Wednesday and it sounds insane! Raw drum tones are huge! Andy is totally ripping it up, best he’s ever been! To top it off, we have the most awesome production team yet. Nick, Lou, Fig, John and Dave are totally on top of their shit. Fuckin pro’s, man!

By Tuesday we should be knee deep in guitar tracking heaven. Besides all my own gear, there is a shitload of guitars, amps, cabinets, effects and every damn thing to experiment with waiting to be played this week. Can’t wait to attack and throw down some axe trax…

Needless to say we are enjoying the process of recording this album to the fullest. We can’t wait for you all to hear it. I’ll be back with more another progress report in the near future. Until then, take care of your beautiful selves.

G’nite,
~Rob

Greetings Fellow Earthlings!

I am thrilled to announce that DEATH ANGEL will enter the studio to begin tracking our new album on September 16 with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Velvet Revolver, Shadows Fall, Stone Sour) in Los Angeles.

Nick came up and did pre-production with us at our studio in Oakland and we had a BLAST. The vibe is certainly ON and we are beyond excited to start tracking with him! Recording should be complete by the end of October and mixed by November. This will undoubtedly be our best sounding record ever!

This album is gonna be insane. The songs are so fuckin heavy and wicked! Musically brutal. Brutally musical. This shit will wake you up!

Here we go into the beautiful twilight zone of recording the album… See you on the other side!

~Rob

Rob releases debut solo album "Lines on the Road" on August 28 (Gus' B'day). The full length cd includes 10 songs and will be initially released as a limited edition digipack for the first 1000 units. The record features Rob on guitars, vocals and bass. Andy Galeon plays drums on the disc and Gus Pepa returns to the scene on guitar. Just us vibing out and getting deep. Here is the track listing:

Heal in Time
Bittersweet
Lines on the Road
This Life
Slip Away
Winter Welcome
Stuck on a Stepping Stone
Comet
Won't Stop
Naturally

Rob's new album "Lines on the Road" available here

DigStation - Download Lines on the Road HERE

The jam last night was one of the best yet. As we approach the final phase of writing for this album, we are so locked in its insane. After months of attacking the mission to create a slab of heaviness that will satisfy our voracious hunger for THRASH, we have arrived at our destination!

The plan is to continue writing for the next couple of weeks and enter the recording studio by September. I will kick down the details soon as to who we will choose to work with and where. Also will throw some song titles your way, perhaps the album title as well... but not yet! Sit tight now, children...

Back to the music. Fuckin heavy as fuck! Dark vibe throughout, twisted and maniacal. Brutally solid and melodic at once. Urgent and triumphant driven by pain and angst. Different cuts keep getting stuck in my head as the obsession with this record deepens. It's crushing and oh so tasty!

Dying to give you the details, but not until the word is final (you know how we do) so keep checking back. I promise not to keep you waiting like I usually do! We can't help it if we are the unconventionally ambiguous bastards of thrash!

Thanks for sticking with us. Prepare for a sonic beat down!
-Rob

Death Angel's visit to the Philippines 2007

Death Angel skateboard
now available!!!!

3/22/2007
Wuzzup Kids!

Dropping a line to let you know what's going on in the DA camp these days. We've been jamming out at our studio in Oakland, creating a new album which we plan to release later this year. Good vibes are flowing! Can't wait for you to feel it…

We're pretty much going to lay low on the live shows until we get the album completed. In fact, we did not plan to do any shows at all before summer but then we got invited to play in the Philippines! "Pulp Summer Slam Seven" takes place at Amoranto Stadium in Manila and we can't wait to hit that outdoor stage in the sizzling heat… it's gonna be insane!

Ok, maybe one or two of the summer festivals in Europe, its torture passing those up!

Other than that it's all about getting that "studio tan" but you can bet your sweet ass that we'll be coming your way after we drop our new disc on ya…

I also want to thank each and every one of you who continue to support and enjoy our music. You make us feel so warm and fuzzy.

Cheers!

~Rob

pics

"All Time Highs" featuring Mark Osegueda