Ulcerate - Updates & News

Shirt re-stocking

January 2010

Both the Tyranny and Drown Within shirts are now re-stocked and available in the Store section.

Metalreview.com Top 25 Albums of 2009

January 2010

Everything is Fire features as #4 in Metalreview's Top 25 Albums of 2009:

http://community2.metalreview.com/blogs/editorials/archive/2009/...

Final words for 2009

December 2009

Firstly, a huge thankyou to all in Europe who made an effort to watch us do our thing over the past month, we appreciate the support! We also have to put in a huge collective thanks to all in Nile, Krisiun, Grave, Corpus Mortale and Hackneyed for being such awesome tour partners. And to all the Massive Music crew - Darek, Fabricio, Vacek, Kuba, Michael, Brovar - cheers for being consummate professionals and making our lives a whole lot easier!

In other news Ulcerate will be touring Australia in February 2010 with grind act Beyond Terror Beyond Grace as main support, poster left, and details to the right...

We also have a limited supply of the 'Tyranny' shirt as leftover tour stock. We will be reprinting both this design and the 'Drown Within' design in a matter of weeks, all available in the Store section.

And finally, we will begin the writing for album #3 in the coming weeks. Pointless at this stage to give any solid indications of where we will be heading with the material, but naturally it will be a continuation of the strongest points of Everything is Fire.

Metalreview.com Essential Albums of the Decade feature

November 2009

Everything is Fire features in the 4th installment of Metal Review's 'The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade' collection:

http://community2.metalreview.com/blogs/editorials/archive/2009/10/02/the-100-most-essential-albums-of-the-decade-vol-iv.aspx

New shirt design

October 2009

In preparation for our upcoming European excursion, we've released a new shirt design, 'Tyranny'.

The shirts will be available throughout the tour, and we'll have them available for purchase from our store early 2010.

European tour dates finalised

September 2009

All dates are now confirmed - updated list to the right...

Drown Within shirt sizes restocked

August 2009

We've restocked the M and XL sizes of the Drown Within print as of this week - available through the store section.

Reviews + interviews

July 2009

New reviews for Everything is Fire posted in the Press section, as well as a couple of newish interviews under Press/Interviews. We'll also be playing Napier in late September, more details soon...

European tour w/ Nile, Krisiun, Grave, Corpus Mortale

July 2009

Decibel Feature

July 2009

Ulcerate is featured in the current issue of Decibel magazine. A preview can be read here:
http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=314479

New shirt design

June 2009

New 'Drown Within' shirt design available for purchase in the Store section...

Everything is Fire album reviews

May 2009

A series of new reviews have come in, click through to the Press area to read in-full...

• MetalReview.com: 6/6
• Chronicles of Chaos: 9/10
• Teufels Tomb: [ 'Essential' ]
• Live for Metal: [ positive ]
• Grind and Punishment: [ positive ]
• Diabolical Conquest: 9.3 / 10
• Metal as Fuck: [ positive ]
• Teeth of the Divine: [ positive ]
• Metal Obsession: 9/10
• Concrete Web: 84/100
• Sonic Dice: 4/6
• Archaic Magazine: [ positive ]
• Necroslaughter: 5/6
• Aversionline: [ positive ]

New drum tracking video posted

April 2009

Title cut from Everything is Fire up over at Youtube...

'Everything is Fire' first reviews

April 2009

First reviews are trickling in, we're the album of the month over at Metalreviews.com, check them out here in the Press section...

Couple of new completed interviews are up for viewing now in Interviews as well...

'Everything is Fire' Terrorizer mag feature

April 2009

The new album is currently being featured over at Terrorizer's site, check it out: http://www.terrorizer.com
http://www.terrorizer.com/radio

We at Terrorizer like to shout about good music from time to time, so when we heard Ulcerate's new album, 'Everything Is Fire', come dripping out of the stereo speakers, office cronies subsequently lost their shit and we simply had to tell all you guys!

This is Ulcerate's second full album, their first being 'Of Fracture And Failure' which came out courtesy of Neurotic Records/Willowtip in 2007 - In 2009 they are brought to you via Willowtip/Candlelight.

Formed in 2002, this band have had more lineups than Baltimore Police Department, though current members Jamie Saint Merat on drums and Michael Hoggard on guitars remain from the original squad, back when the band was named Bloodwreath in 2000-2001.

There is no argument, these guys can play; the album is as honest and organic as death metal gets, it's superbly produced and well structured, combining the sounds of latterday Hate Eternal with the horrific and cavernous atmospherics of Deathspell Omega or Portal. But you can hear that for yourselves right?

...So brace yourself, dear listener, for a sonic beating of the highest order, Ulcerate are toxic and terrifying, defining the word 'brutal' without having to shove it in your face..

'Everything is Fire' available through Candlelight Records

February 2009

As with all Willowtip releases, Candlelight Records will be licensing the album for Europe...

Check it out in their store here ›

'Everything is Fire' pre-orders available now

February 2009

Willowtip pre-orders for Everything is Fire are available with long and short sleeve packages, and are expected to ship in early April...

Short sleeve package @ Willowtip.com ›
Long-sleeve package @ Willowtip.com ›

'Everything is Fire' album details

December 2008

We've got 2 new tracks online from our upcoming 2009 release through Willowtip Records 'Everything is Fire', available via www.myspace.com/ulcerate and here (right-click to download):

Caecus - 192kbps MP3
Tyranny - 192kbps MP3

'Everything is Fire' tracklist:
01 Drown Within
02 We Are Nil
03 Withered and Obsolete
04 Caecus
05 Tyranny
06 The Earth at its Knees
07 Soullessness Embraced
08 Everything is Fire

We're also very proud to announce our new second guitarist, Mr Oliver Goater who replaces Mike Rothwell...

'Everything is Fire' tracking complete

November 2008

As of this week all instrument tracks have been laid down - so far all is sounding very dense and dark as hell. Over the following week the mix will be finalised and sent away for mastering. Album art and layout is once again being handled by myself (Jamie) - we'll have some more to say about all of this very soon... In the meantime, some shots from the sessions below:

'Everything is Fire' tracking underway

August 2008

Drums for album no.2 are complete as of last week, the remaining instruments will be tracked throughtout September, and we're booked for early November for mastering with Peter In de Betou at Tailor Maid. Check out a drum tracking video below for the 4th cut (as yet untitled) from Everything is Fire...

ULCERATE SIGNS TO WILLOWTIP

August 2008

"Willowtip Records is very pleased to welcome New Zealand's Ulcerate to their official roster.

Drummer Jamie Saint Merat comments on the signing: "Ulcerate is really looking forward to calling Willowtip home, a label we've respected for a long time, and whose reputation for quality bands and quality service is something we really identify with. It feels great to have their support and backing!"

Ulcerate is currently in pre-production for their forthcoming album, Everything Is Fire. A seething, more emotionally darker album than Of Fracture and Failure, Everything Is Fire is more extensively orchestrated and rhythmically complex, coupling suffocating density with moments of serene bleakness. Bassist Paul Kelland will handle vocal duties this time around, and the album will be mastered by Peter In de Betou (Nasum, Meshuggah, Watain) in Sweden.

Everything Is Fire will be released in early 2009."



The line-up for Everything is Fire is:
Jamie Saint Merat - Drums
Michael Hoggard - Guitars
Paul Kelland - Bass/Vocals

Album pre-production / drum tracking video

May 2008

Ulcerate is hard at work on album 2 at the moment, 5 songs written so far... We're kicking around a tentative title, but at this stage everything will be kept under wraps. Expect an extension on the harmonic and rhythmic ideas presented on 'Of Fracture and Failure' with a much broader palette in terms of dynamics and structure. We're also pushing for a more bleak, blacker tonality overall - and this will be mirrored by the lyrics, vocals and art.

We are also officially no longer working with vocalist Ben Read - the last few months he has been filling the role of live vocalist, and this will come to an end with a final performance this June. Naturally, his work so far has been exceptional in execution, but for this next chapter in our evolution we're needing to look at a different sound. At this stage, bassist Paul Kelland will be handling all lyric work and album vocals, and we are still on the hunt for someone who will be able to convey what we need on a live performance basis.

Pre-production is in full swing for the album, we'll be throwing up snippets of video to check out as we go - so far we've got some raw, unmixed drum takes up...

- Jamie | Ulcerate

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YR_K0aRzYxs

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