AMENRA 2xLP PRE-ORDERS
The year is finally coming to an end, for us the perfect time to announce the release of the long-awaited vinyl version of AMENRA’s masterpiece ‘Mass IIII’. As of January 5st until January 20th, we will be taking preorders for the AMENRA ‘Mass IIII’ 2xLP. It will have a superb deluxe gatefold packaging, high quality vinyl, a vinyl bag, a special version of the song Terziele and a few extras like stickers and a posters, all that for only 25€. Official release date is February 1st, all pre-orders will be shipped on January 26th.

For all collectors out there, the ‘Mass IIII’ 2xLP is limited to 750 copies, of which 150 on clear vinyl.

LENNART BOSSU JOINS AMENRA

In other news, AMENRA have officially welcomed Lennart Bossu into the Family of Ra. He has been active in countless bands over the years, and has always been a close friend of the band. Lennart, who is now the permanent new member, will make his first appearance at the Eurosonic Festival.

AMENRA LIVE AT EUROSONIC
That’s right. After months of silence, the first and only AMENRA show before the US tour will be at the prestigious Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands. Soon after midnight, the band will take the stage on Friday 16th of January at Huis "De Beurs".

AMENRA US TOUR w/ZOROASTER
Belgium's heaviest sludgemetal outfit AMENRA are crossing the Great Pond again for their second US tour in February 2009 via Deathwish Bookings. They will be teaming up with Atlanta, GA's ZOROASTER.
Here are the dates:
Feb 15 2009 europa, brooklyn NY US w/Zoroaster
Feb 16 2009 club hell, providence, RI US w/Zoroaster
Feb 17 2009 the church, boston, MA US w/Zoroaster
Feb 18 2009 242 main, burlington, VT US w/Zoroaster
Feb 19 2009 katacombes, montreal, QC CA w/Zoroaster
Feb 20 2009 studio blr, toronto, ON CA w/Zoroaster
Feb 21 2009 macs bar, lansing, MI US w/Zoroaster
Feb 22 2009 borg ward, milwaukee, WI US w/Zoroaster
Feb 23 2009 the empty bottle, chicago IL US w/Zoroaster.
Feb 24 2009 howards club H, bowling green, OH US w/Zoroaster
Feb 25 2009 talking head, baltimore MD US w/Zoroaster
Feb 26 2009 america, new brunswick, NJ US w/Zoroaster Fleshtemple
Feb 27 2009 johnny brendas, philadelphia, PA US w/Zoroaster, Starkweather
Feb 28 2009 abc no rio, brooklyn, NY US w/Zoroaster, Starkweather

WITHERED "Folie Circulaire" VINYL RELEASE
Atlanta’s WITHERED rose from members of the grindcore/crust punk band Social Infestation, with a yearning to explore extreme music and create something with black metal overtones and dramatic guitar melodies while still clinging to their punk and grind roots. Hypertension Records will proudly be taking care of the vinyl release of their latest masterpiece entitled “Folie Circulaire”, featuring artwork from Romano and a devastating mix courtesy of Phillip Cope (Baroness, Black Tusk, Kylesa). We are aiming at a mid March release date, and are extremely excited to work with one of top acts in extreme music. More details coming soon!

STORE NEWS
We have a small number of the "Church of Ra" books available in our store over at http://www.hypertensionrecords.com. These babies are going fast.
Zombi "Surface To Air" and Venomous Concept "Retroactive Abortion" LP's are almost sold out, just so you know.

Over & Out.

The Hypertensions