TEARS OF DECAY - "SAPROPHYT" (CUDGEL AGENCY 2002)

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GERMANY, EXCEPT: GOOD BEER, TASTY SAUSAGES AND BERLIN'S WALL? HEY THEY ALSO PLAY DEATH/GRIND! THAT IS CORRECT, AFTER MANY YEARS OF M.D.B. MANIA AND BARREN GOTHIC ROCK DOMINATION IN GERMAN UNDERGROUND, WE CAN SEE A FIRST GLIMPSES OF DEATH/GRIND ALBUMS WHAT WERE RELEASED BY A LABELS SUCH AS MORBID RECORDS, DELIRIA PROD, CUDGEL AGENCY...ETC
TEARS OF DECAY - PLAYS GROOVY DEATH/GRIND MADNESS WITH BRUTAL VOC, EERIE SCREAMS, CRUSHING RIFFS AND RAPID DRUMS. PEOPLE WILL FIND A 11 NEW BLEEDING STABS ON A TORTURED BODY OF THE MUSICAL EXTREMISM. I SURE YOU TEARS OF DECAY KNOWS ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF EXTREME DEATH/GRIND, BECAUSE THIS ALBUM HAVE ALL POSITIVE SITES OF DEATH METAL AND GRIND AND NONE NEGATIVE. FANS WILL DIG THIS RIGHT FROM A START.
IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING GOTHIC ROCK AND THINKING THAT ALL THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS - I AM FEEL SORRY ABOUT YOU - HOMO HOMINI DEUS EST

Tears of Decay comes from Emden (East-Frisia in Germany) and exists since 1997, however, the current team was formed in 1998. The main reason for founding the band was to make some heavy noise, to hang around and, of course, to have lots of fun. The very first session of the band was an excessive orgy. The founding members Henne (guitar), Michael (vocals) and Dirk (drums) were inspired by this experience and call it the "main reason" why they wanted to carry on with the project.
A little time later Steffen (guitar) joined T-o-D. Steffen and Henne knew each other before due to their former band Mistrust (R.I.P.). From now on they decided to rehearse seriously in order to terrify mankind with a mixture of death/grind and groove.
After many irregular sessions and a completely chaotic first year Jorg (bass) from Bochum joined the band. First they met at Wacken-Open-Air (one of the biggest Festivals in Europe). Jorg suddenly appeared at the camp site of the band. They had lots of talks and it was found they have the same preferences. Soon the five musicians became best friends. A unity was formed.
The results of the sessions became better and better. The songs took shape and the members' thoughts and feelings turned out into musical brutality and aggression. In February 1999 the first gig took place with two other bands: ANASARCA and SANITYS DAWN.
The response to this event was very great. Therefore, Tears of Decay decided to record their first MCD.
The recording took place in Time Warp Studios (now: Audio Check) and their first MCD was called: "Redemption". Some songs are also available on the following samplers: Deadly Art, Eternity, G. U. C, Ablaze, etc. The band was satisfied with the results of the MCD. The following reviews (published in magazines like Ablaze, Eternity, Legacy etc.) and opinions were very positive. Furthermore, many gigs took place with participating bands like INCANTATION, KRISIUN, FLESHCRAWL, PROFANITY, ANASARCA, SANITYS DAWN. Also Festivals like FUCK THE COMMERCE III, EAR TERROR FESTIVAL I, DEATHFEST - Ludwigshafen I, MOUNTAINS OF DEATH I etc. were terrorized by Tears of Decay. For more details, please, check out www.tears-of-decay.de.

In January 2001 the band was finally contracted by Cudgel Agency. Their debut record called "Saprophyt" is planned to be released in June/July 2002. 8 Songs of brutal death/grind.
So blow your mind with the sound of Tears of Decay.

	TEARS OF DECAY: meden@gmx.de www.tears-of-decay.de office@cudgel.de www.cudgel.de

TRACK LIST
01 INTRO 02 BLIND REALITY 03 TEARS OF DECAY 04 UBERMENSCH 05 BELLUM OMNIUM CONTRA OMNES	06 HOMO HOMINI DEUS EST 07 SOUL SUICIDE 08 SAPROPHYT 09 KILL, FUCK, DIE 10 OUTRO