HATE ETERNAL Signs with Metal Blade

I'm very please to announce that Metal Blade Records has just signed a worldwide deal with Death Metal Legends, Hate Eternal.

Formed in 1997, Hate Eternal's goal has always been to challenge musical limitations and create new boundaries with no compromise; to obtain goals aimed at by many yet reached by only a select few; to create music that not only defies all clichés, but that creates a true sense of power, dissonance and consonance, heaviness and speed, melody and brutality, simply put horrific hymns. Guitarist Erik Rutan has crafted an impressive career by attaining that goal consistently for well over a decade with his legendary work in Ripping Corpse and Morbid Angel. Not to mention his other career as engineer/ producer for bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Soilent Green, Six Feet Under, Cellador, Vital Remains, Premonitions of War, Goatwhore and Into the Moat just to name a few, and the list goes on.

Metal Blade Records owner/CEO, Brian Slagel, had this comment:
“I am truly honored to be working with Hate Eternal. They are a legendary band and I am so happy to welcome them to the Metal Blade Family.” – Brian Slagel

Hate Eternal guitarist, Erik Rutan, had this to say regarding their signing:
“Signing to Metal Blade for us reconfirms that all the hard work, blood, sweat and tears we have put into the band has been worth every single moment. This is completely amazing. We know we will forge on with all the support and confidence a band can ask for from their record label. We are proud to be a part of the hugely successful Metal Blade Family and look forward to bringing our music to the next level.” – Erik Rutan

Hate Eternal is currently in the writing process for the follow-up to their 2005 release “I, Monarch” that shall be recorded at Rutan's own Mana Recording Studios in June/July 2007.