Napalm Records press release

"Hatesphere has signed to Napalm Records. The Danish band has been releasing their deadly mix of Death and Thrash Metal for almost ten years. Band leader Pepe Hansen promises the upcoming will stay true to the HateSphere's attitude: "No compromise and no experiments!" Metal fans should fasten their seatbelt and prepare for an all crushing package. A new album is tentatively scheduled for spring 2009."

Guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen comments: "It is with great pleasure that HateSphere announce our cooperation with Napalm Records. The last year has been really hectic for us. Not in a bad sense, but we have been working hard on both new material, playing shows and changing the line-up. The great changes the band has been going through have meant that we needed a record label that would support us 100%. Napalm is not only very professional, they also have a great varied roster, and they have shown to be willing to support HateSphere in the way that we want. Our new album has been just completed, and no need to say that we really can't wait to get started with our work with Napalm. Early next year the album will be out, and Napalm Records and HateSphere are on their way. See you out there - stronger than ever!"

Source:	napalmrecords.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Hatesphere have issued the following short update:

"Due to the fact that Pepe is currently awaiting the birth of his first child we have been forced to postpone our show in Næstved on November 15th. Don't worry though, we will be back in Næstved, when the new album is released.

In other news we are proud to tell you that the new album is now done. Be prepared for a giant kick in the ass!!! More news soon..."

Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere
Event:	Hatesphere [POSTPONED]

Guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen of Danish thrash/death metallers Hatesphere has issued the following update:

"We have just wrapped up the song writing for the new album this weekend, so we are more than prepared to enter the studio next week on October 13th. The album will be produced and mixed by Tue Madsen at the Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark. Keep your eyes and ears open for studio blogs and updates on both this page and our MySpace-page - and on this location.

Also, we have been confirmed for this years Aalborg Metal Festival to take place on November 7th in Aalborg, Denmark. Other bands playing are amongst others Opeth. Furthermore we have confirmed a show at the P3 in Purmerend, Holland, on December 5th. We visited Purmerend last time in February on our tour with Dismember, and we are looking forward to seeing all of you guys and girls there again. Support on this show will come from the Danish band, The Psyke Project, which will also support us on December 6th at the Bang your Head Festival in Esch, Luxembourg."

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Nearly a dozen European shows have been confirmed for Denmark's Hatesphere's upcoming tour. The band will cover their own country, but also Switzerland, France, Germany and five dates in Italy with Italian bands Methedras and Neurasthenia as part of the TMF On The Road mini-tour.

Here is the full list of dates:

28/08/08 - Present Aarhus Festival, Ridehuset, Aarhus, Denmark
05/09/08 - Le Grillen, Colmar, France
06/09/08 - Backstage Free and Easy Festival, Backstage, Munich, Germany
17/09/08 - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, Solothurn, Switzerland
18/09/08 - Music Drome, Milano, Italy
19/09/08 - Rockhouse, Pescara, Italy
20/09/08 - Total Metal Festival, Bari, Italy
21/09/08 - Rock Planet, Ravenna, Italy
15/11/08 - Værtshuset, Næstved, Denmark
28/11/08 - Kulisselageret, Horsens, Denmark
29/11/08 - Bygningen, Vejle, Denmark

Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Danish metallers Hatesphere have issued the following update:

"Mid-June we will enter Antfarm Studios here in Aarhus, Denmark, together with Tue Madsen (who also mixed our two latest albums) to record two new tracks. This will be the first recordings to feature the new line-up, and Tue will mix the whole lot, so it will be ready in the end of June. So for all of you who are anxious to hear the new material - the wait is over. Expect to hear the first samples beginning of July!"

For the impatient ones check out these two Youtube-clips of the new songs:

New Song I

New Song II

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Hatesphere have posted the following short message on their MySpace page:

"We're very happy to announce that we won a grammy at the Danish Music Awards earlier today for our album "Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes"! We were nominated in the category "Best hard rock act"... and yes, we won. We will post a celebration video soon... so keep your eyes and ears open for that..."

The 40th Danish Music Awards show was held earlier tonight (Saturday, February 23) at Tivoli in Copenhagen, Denmark and was broadcast live on MySpace. Other nominees in that category were Mnemic and The Psyke Project.

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Source:	blog.myspace.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

The video for the track "Floating", which premiered at the Danish Metal Awardsa few weeks ago, is now ready for downloading from the band's website media-section here (You can also check it out on YouTube at this location.
"Floating" comes off Hatesphere's last album, entitled "Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes", which was released on April 17th.

The video was directed by Casper Balslev, produced by Theis Mortensen and filmed by Steen Linde in Aarhus, Denmark, in June 2006, and simply portraits a lot of people banging their heads into oblivion.

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

The following news was posted on Hatesphere's official website:

"After having received close to one hundred submissions from around the globe, it's with great pleasure that we are finally able to unveil the new front man. 19 year-old Jonathan "Joller" Albrechtsen. This guy, a Copenhagen native, showed up and performed a stunning display of brutal power and basically screamed the shit out of all the other applicants. Needless to say, we are more than excited and can't wait to get back out there."

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Gothenburg-based melodic death metal/metalcore act Engel have been announced as support act for Dimmu Borgir and Amon Amarth on their Invaluable Darkness Tour. The band featuring former members of In Flames, The Crown and Evergrey thus replaces Hatesphere who had pulled out of the tour due to their split with frontman Jacob Bredahl.

In addition Engel also takes part in the European tour of Atreyu and Still Remains. A complete list of dates can be found here.

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Source:	engelpropaganda.com
Band profile:	Engel

The following message has been posted on the band's official website:

"As a result of personal issues, HateSphere and vocalist Jacob Bredahl have parted ways. This has been in the air for a little while now and is without doubt, the best decision for the band. Having to tour with a person who's not able to give it one hundred percent in the future and vice versa is pointless. We'd like to thank Jacob for 10 years of hard work and good times, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours! This may come as a shock for many of you but we can only emphasize that HateSphere will continue and are already in the midst of auditioning new singers.

In effect of this and some unanticipated, economical circumstances, we have been forced to cancel our upcoming European tour with Dimmu Borgir and Amon Amarth. We are very sorry for that but have seen no other solution, as it would be too difficult to find a new singer in only ten days. The gigs we have after the tour will not be affected by this, and we promise you all to come back soon and make it up to you.

Jacob and Pepe have always been a part of what is called HateSphere, so no question that this is also weird for the rest of the band. As you probably know, Pepe has always been writing practically all the music, so as far as that matter goes, it shouldn't mean that much. Also, the song writing for the next album is about to start and we are looking forward to work together as a new and revitalized group.

We know all you fans will have tons of questions but what's been said here explains everything, so please refrain from asking questions regarding this subject. Jacob left on amicable terms and we are simply moving on. We realize this has to be weird for you guys, to see almost the entire band being replaced just within three months, but there's no other way and we have so much more music in us, so why stop now? Hopefully you will respect our decisions and support us in the future - We are still here and will be back sooner than you think, to kick you in the ass!

See you all on the road soon!

Cheers,
HateSphere"

Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere
Event:	Dimmu Borgir + Amon Amarth: The Invaluable Darkness Tour

Danish Thrashers Hatesphere have issued the following statement on their official website:

"Heinz is no longer part of HateSphere. The decision was made long time ago, and we have therefore known it for a long time. There is no bad blood in the split - Heinz simply don't like the touring part of music anymore - so we want to thank him for a great time in the band and wish him the best of luck in the future.
No need to worry as we have found a more than fitting replacement. Jakob from fellow Danish metallers, Dawn of Demise + Koldborn, is taking over the guitar duty in the band emidiately. We have known Jakob for a long time, and we are looking forward to finally hitting the big stages with him! Welcome to the band!
Your first chances to see him in action will be on our upcoming tours with Behemoth and Dimmu Borgir. Jakob has already played a show in Essen(DE) with us - watch the video here. /Hatesphere

Heinz' official statement:
At the 25th of August I played my last show with Hatesphere at the Elsrock Festival in Holland. The reason that Im leaving Hatesphere after 5+ years of hard work and boozin' fun on the road is simply that its time for me to try new things in life. It was probably one of the hardest decisions I ever took, but I know that this is the right choice for me and the band. Life is all about being true to yourself and do what you love doing right now.
My time in Hatesphere has given me so many great moments with the guys in the band and all the people who belive in us and came to our shows during the past 5 years. So a big cheers and thank you to all the bands I've toured with, all you fans who came out to join the party with us, but most of all to my friends Bredahl, Pepe, Mixen, Gyldenøhr, Mikael, Dennis, Mads, Tue, Rasmus and Tolderen for all the good times we´ve shared on the road and in the studio. /Heinz"

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

The following message was posted on Hatesphere's official website:

"Now it is official: Anders and Mikael is no longer in the band.
We played the last show with them this tuesday - as support for mighty Megadeth.
We have known for a long time, that they would leave, so we kind of was getting used to it -
but it still was a weird feeling playing that last show with them. And a great show it was!

Anders and Mikael, thanks for all the good, the bad and the drunk times!

Picture of ancient line-up here.

The madness will go on.
The rumors about a split up, and rumors about this and that, is a part of the game I guess.
You know, people talk - people wants to be a part of this thing, and then people start spreading lies about the whole situation and bla bla bla...
We know the truth - and that´s enough for us. Who would ever believe the guy who beats up his girlfriend anyway..?
We knew this would start all kinds of shittalking and bla bla bla... And spcially now we are aware of it...
So, what to say?..maybe Go fuck yourself!

This band will continue as HateSphere.
We have lots of new adventures in the future. Lots of great shows, festivals and so on.
And so far we will continue with these two guys you see on the mugshot below.
On drums we got Dennis Buhl and on bass we got Mixen Lindberg.
Welcome!

Picture of new line-up here.

See you all out there - have a Serpent Summer

All the best
Jacob and the leftovers".

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

The new video for 'Forever War' has been made available for download at the media section of the official Hatesphere website.
The songs comes off the Danish Thrashers' latest effort "Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes", which was released on April 27.

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Danish Thrash Metal band Hatesphere have have uploaded 2 songs from their upcoming album "Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes" on their MySpace Page - 'Let Them Hate' and 'Floating'.

According to a post on the band's official website, "the songs will be online for a short period only, so hurry up and tell your friends before we remove them again."

The tracks come off the group's new album "Serpent Smiles And Killer Eyes", due in Europe on April 30 (April 27 in Germany) via SPV Records.

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere

Guitarist Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen has posted the following message on Hatesphere's official website:

"So now there is finally some tour dates for you. After the release of the new album "Serpent smiles and killer eyes" we will embark on a Scandinavian tour with Stonegard (N). The dates are:

16.05.2007: Gimle, Roskilde, Denmark
17.05.2007: Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
18.05.2007: Studenterhuset, Aalborg, Denmark
19.05.2007: VoxHall, Aarhus, Denmark
22.05.2007: Blå, Oslo, Norway
24.05.2007: Hulen, Bergen, Norway
25.05.2007: Samsen, Kristiansand, Norway
26.05.2007: Folken, Stavanger, Norway

Furthermore we will head out on a European headliner tour in June - but much more about that later. Also expect us to announce summer festival appearances plus some very special shows very soon.

See you out there !"

Hatespehere have in the meantime already been confirmed for summer festivals as Summer Nights Festival, Tuska Open Air Festival and Earthshaker Fest.

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Source:	hatesphere.com
Band profile:	Hatesphere
Event:	Hatesphere: Scandinavian Tour