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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Ok we are ready to leave. its been crazy, we worked for 16 hours a day but the status is this. all drums are done for the 9 songs we definately want on the record. we still want to include 1-2 more, but they´re still on the drawing table. Rythm guitars are done for the 9, and vocals are done on 4. James is ready to do his thing and we will work in his studio from the 25th of May. WE are back in Europe to finish the record on the 3rd of June. A little delay will be calculated into June though, as Anders is doing something in Sweden for a couple of days and also going to Belgium to help old friends in the band SPIRALARMS who´ve been confirmed for GRASSPOP metal meeting this year.. BUT: we are aching to get done and with a little bit of July we should be about done. And, damn, it really was a good thing that the shit got lost because Mads smoked the first recordings fast and the ssl sounds 4 times as good. clear but brutal. Konkhra News Update December 2006. We have finished recording the first 4 songs for album 6!!! we will record 2 more next weekend and then we will have to write some more to finish the record properly. Mads is really doing some twisted stuff and his double bass hauls ass in a whole new way. I cannot praise the guy enough. We sound almost too brutal with him drumming. And I got in touch with old friend TUE MADSEN and asked him to help out with the mix. I think thats the way we are gonna roll (again). Only we are going to try something a little different this time. We will mix half the record soon, and the other half as soon as were done. New approach and maybe one that will make the record a little more diverse. So keep checking in at the myspace page folks, we will upload new songs soon. News Update November 2006. Those of you that has subscribed to our blog on www.myspace.com/konkhra already know this, but we have recorded 2 new songs and we will be starting 3 more next week. We should halfway there around chrismas, we´re in no hurry because we want to make sure it comes out the best way it possibly can. The songs are typical konkhra. They´re metal. They´re uncompromising. We have left a demo soundbite on the myspace page and would like to thank our visitors so far for the response. I will get back to you all asap when we upload some of the new ones. And by the way: Mads kicks humungous ass. Can´t wait to let you all know what we sound like now. We have never sounded this brutal before. Oh, and I almost forgot, we have some new pics up on the myspace, including Mads behind the kit, and allthough they were taken with my "fancy" camera phone they make blurry sense somehow anyway. News Update August 06: We are still writing material and its coming along fine. The summer here has been great and special horns go to Stefan, seen here with Anders at the family feast for summer solstice. 
Konkhra News Update 06:06:06 We have found ourselves a drummer. His name is Mads Lauridsen. He is Danish, a true talent on the drums and now we can finally start getting album number six together. We also have a myspace profile up which features a demo track which has the working title "Killswitch One". WE will let you know how things are coming together in the coming months, there are alot of material we have to dig through to decide what will make the best album. http://www.myspace.com/konkhra News Update Apr. 2006 Well i thought it was about time I told everybody what has and hasn´t been brewing in our camp the last months. Johnny left the band,- he has to take care of family and doesnt feel he has the time anymore. We havent really been talking to anyone yet and I´d like to take this time invite anybody who´s a drummer to get in touch and get some of the new songs sent mp3 to run an audition over. If you can groove and play blast beat 16th notes 240 bpm that should be sufficient. I´d also like to get someone with a firm internal clock and preferably capable of recording to a click. If you on top of this, are dedicated to extreme metal and get sick to the stomach when you hear the singalong girly choruses that has infested extreme metal these days then we are definately closing in. Ok, that it.We have 6-7-8 songs ready now and I think we could be ready for recording within a month with the right guy behind the kit. Best regards, Anders News Update May 2005 We are calling off the break. We have been reduced to a trio as Kim has left the band. We are going to continue as a three piece but we will get someone to help fill in the blank spots live, as well as on record. Capacities seem to be abundant in this department and we are going for the most obvious solution to us..... We are releasing REALITY CHECK in Australia through Ward69records. We are going to tour this coming fall down under to support the release, the first show we have confirmed is the OVERCRANKED FESTIVAL in Brisbane on the 19th of November.. This means that we will be ready for live shows from 1.nov till 12th, and from 26th to around Christmas. We have TBA shows already in ITALY and DENMARK in this period.So If you promote South America get in touch, we are fucking ready. We have had tours blown there since ´96 so lets get it done...and: it would be nice to have finally played on every continent besides the south pole. NEW MATERIAL: We have been writing a good part of an album. We are just not finished yet. We will have to go back and touch up on stuff as we decide who will play with us on the next record, which is something we will settle in the coming months. We want this next record to be the best one yet. The next record has been given the working title "Doctrines of Death". And if you´re looking for keyboards or girly choruses you can go be modern someplace else. If we want texture of the sorts we will get 40 fat monks to go: HHHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL.......... RECORD DEALS: We are still currently unsigned and licensing REALITY CHECK ourselves. We have not decided how we will release the next album. (Maybe we can score with Fast Beat Records, who are setting up a promising shop in this country....) Or how about OLD SCHOOL METAL RECORDS. Well, we just like the sound of the name....anyway: This is what Ward69records had to say: One of Europe’s if not the world’s leading Death Metal bands ‘Konkhra’ are releasing their latest LP ‘Reality Check’ in Australia through Ward69Records. Due for a national release in August. News on Blabbermouth http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net News Update Feb. Due to personal reasons Konkhra will take the first break in its 16 year history! Thank you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 News Flash Dec. 9th. We are stunned by the news that Dimebag was killed yesterday. He was truly number one, a great inspiration source and a true guitar hero to us all. Our debut album S.A.D. originally released in 1993 has been declared sold out and will not be reprinted. New RC review: www.metalcentral.net `m´ News Update August New review of "RC" at KNAC.com And we are writing still. 9 songs are in the works, and we will probably continue and choose 10 from the batch. Lars has contributed 2 songs, that will cover new ground for Konkhra, but keep any old school rattle heads attention. Also we have a true polyrythmic verse in one song, which is a first for us. Will keep you posted on this, probably record some preprod. around sept. News Update 28th of April. Konkhra is back to writing! We played the Inferno show in Norway, earlier this month, and now we are finally finishing up the new songs. We will do one-offs during this period if something comes up, but we will finish three songs during May no matter what. That's the goal. We also did talk to a couple of labels about signing to them, as you know "Reality Check" was licensed to code666 without options, which means we can sign with anyone right now if we want to. We also have the option to buy out RC from code666 so we can bring that along to a new home. Nothing´s sure yet, but it does seem that some cool people have had their ears caught in the machine, so we are trying to raise the stakes with the new songs. Killer material, guaranteed to follow through on RC´s power. We also put the quotes from Reality Check up, follow the link and read for yourself. News Report March 4th. We have had some problems with our server the past month, so we couldn´t update as frequently as usual. We are in rehearsal for the INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL in OSLO, NORWAY. We just received the finished program, and its looks really cool. SADUS are coming, replacing TESTAMENT. Not a bad thing at all. We are playing the Rockefeller on Thursday the 8th, alongside MY DYING BRIDE, GORGOROTH, A.O. other interesting bands would be DECAPITATED, MERCENARY or HOLY MOSES. A big thanks goes to the people of SOUTH AFRICA, who made our trip so memorable. BIG horns up, from our side! Jan. 7th. It´s time for another competition. This time we are putting 5 RC tee-shirts up for grabs, and all you have to do is mail your answer to konkhra and get your name picked, then the shirt will be on its way. Three members of Konkhra have booked a WHITE SHARK DIVE off Seal Island a couple of hours outside Johannesburg, South Africa on the last day of our visit there. ONE member of the band has declined due to financial reasons (the dive costs around 140$ ...) and will be waiting this one out at the hotel. Question: WHO is the one to pass on this opportunity? Mail your answer to us before the 19th of January. We will post the name of the winners on our site, as soon as we get home from the trip. `m´ News Jan 6th. We are proud to announce our involvement on Norway's INFERNO FESTIVAL, due to take place on April 8th, 2004. We haven´t played in Norway since our supporting KING DIAMOND in 2001, so it´s definately about time we swing back that way. We are still talking to other festivals, and hope to confirm more shows during the next couple of months. News Update, January 5th. We hope you all had a blast of a new year, and got through Christmas without too much hassle.... We are happy to confirm our first show on the southern hemisphere. South Africa, that is, and the shows are planned as follows: Jan. 22nd Burn, Durban, SA Jan. 23rd Sting, Johannesburg, SA Jan. 24th Mercury, Cape Town, SA. We are absolutely psyched about these shows, and we will do our best to make them memorable for everybody... We are also talking to some festivals, incl. Wachen, and the Inferno Fest in Norway were we hope to play this year, although those shows remains to be confirmed... At the same time, we would like to announce that we are looking for new serious representation, the office work is getting to be a little too much here, agents who are interested can inquire through E-MAIL Konkhra news: 2003 News Flash, Dec. 10th. Danishmetal.dk has nominated KONKHRA for best album of 2003. You can help us out by voting for Reality Check through this email: awards2003@danishmetal.dk. They have also nominated KIM for best guítarist, so you can vote for him as well. There are prices at stake, so include your full address. `m´ Thanks. News Update Dec. 8th. Konkhra on KNAC.COM "best of ´03" list: www.knac.com News Flash. November 31st. We play in Copenhagen on Saturday 6th December. There are tickets for sale via BILLETNET, it´s 90 DKK a pop. This is the first update since the "tour" of Europe. We all want to thank everybody that showed up. And to the ones who´ve sent mails about missing us because of bad promotion: Sorry about that. It seemed like a good idea at the time... And check the photo section for updates, there will be pictures from Israel as well as from the tour up in due time. And by the way: Illnath have canceled their participation on the 6th in Copenhagen. We have confirmed another opener, which is Copenhagen based nu-metal combo: KINK. So it´s Kink, Corpus Mortale, and yours truly that night. News Update Oct. 31st. Tomorrow morning we will be leaving for the first European dates. They have been shuffled a bit, the dates are all set now. If there is a chance, I will post something from the road, to our web forum. Also, I´ll probably write up a tour report like this one from Israel:  Konkhra Tour Report, Israel Metalist Festival, 16th Oct., 2003. 1st show on our Reality Check Tour. After confirming our involvement in this festival we did get some calls from family, asking us what we were thinking. In Denmark, nothing much happens, so if there is something happening in Israel, preferably a suicide bombing, it gets prime time on the news here, at 6, 7 and 10 spiced with blood and guts. Well, we were promised that this would be a walk in the park, and that security would be tight, with doubled checkpoints coming into the festival area. Good enough for us, we packed our bags. 15th of October. Traveling At the Copenhagen airport, we checked in to the Olympic Airways flight for Athens, with a smooth 8 hour layover before our connecting flight into Tel Aviv. The promoter and ourselves had been looking everywhere for better tickets ( especially the El Al tickets would be cool, because they equipped their commercial flights with a missile defense system), but due to some hanukka holiday everything was sold out. We got to Athens safe, and started looking for ways to kill some time. Kim and myself hailed a cab, and went to the nearest city. ( The airport in Athens is about 1 hour drive from city center.) After 2 minutes we were stuck in traffic, and the driver started to speak. By god, the guys breath was unbelievable. What was supposed to be a 10-15 minutes ride down the road, to a little city with some restaurants, turned into an hour and a half in the gas chamber. Once we were there, we got out of the cab, and got some decent chow, returned to the airport and was bored for awhile... Then we started seeing orthodox Jews gathering near the gate, and also a couple of tattooed long haired dudes, from either Ancient or Aborted,- the other bands from abroad that was playing the festival. A great contrast, and the looks on those orthodox faces were priceless, once they saw all of us get on their plane. 2 more hours of flying, and we landed in Tel Aviv. They park the planes out by the sea, and drive people into the airport in busses down there. We were waiting outside the plane for someone who´d fallen behind, and a Jewish lady kicked my briefcase from between my feet, only to turn and give me a look that spelled "donkey turd" or something. ( Orthodox Jews believe that they are Gods chosen people, which may explain their attitude towards us.) At the passport control we were met by a VIP guide. He took us to the diplomat counter and we got to see some really confused looks on a couple of orthodox faces. We went through without a problem and was met by the festival organizer and his friends. Great people, all smiles and happy faces although they had to pick us up at 4 in the morning. We picked up our gear and went to the hotel in time for kosher breakfast. Crashed. 16th, October. Hangar 11 The festival was the first of its kind in Israel. We got there by 8, scheduled to play around 1. Great venue on the sea port of Tel Aviv. Tight security, they went through our bags again, but noone seemed to have a problem with that. The crowd at the place was going nuts, and there was still 10 or 12 more local bands, before any of the imports could get to work. There was probably around 1500 people in the hangar, and they were the craziest crowd we´ve seen. They are sicker than the spaniards and Italians combined, and to us, that is really something. North European crowds are the stoners in comparison to the Mediterranean peoples, but Israelis are just plain nuts. We sat down and waited it out. 1 came and went. We asked when we would be playing and how much delay they were expecting. We were told that 3 would be realistic, and with a shuffle they turned it into reality. Aborted from Belgium put on their show, and they kicked ass. The crowd exploded. It was just a great pleasure to watch. 3:15, we are ready, the drums are changed and we could start. The crowd had been going since sometime in the afternoon and they still had some juices in them. We were a little troubled by some technical stuff, the right bassdrum kept scooting forward, and the toms were cut to three, so Joe had to change his patterns a bit. But for a first show on a tour, we had unbelievable response. Between every song, they chanted "Konkhra" from the top of their lungs. Goosebumps. The promoter was right when he promised us, "you ain´t seen nothing yet". These people have a more stressed everyday life, obviously, and they definitely blew some steam tonight. After the gig I talked to people at the show, and was surprised by some guys who had really taken our old record from ´95 to heart. "I grew up with those songs"; they told me, and they thanked us over and over for coming. Pretty good for a band that Kerrang´s Dom Lawson called "one of the best kept secrets of extreme metal" just last week, I thought with self-serving smile. The promoter told us nobody seems to want to go to Israel, especially American bands, so having a metal show with bands from abroad is really something special for them. (Fact: more people has died in traffic in Israel since it´s birth in ´47, than in ALL of the wars and suicide bombings combined. Less than 30.000 in total in more than 50 years. Off course there is a risk, but it is minimal. Any bands out there reading, you should look into going, check the metalist website our ours for e-mail contact, Ill pass you on to the promoter of the fest.). Anyway, we were exhausted and went to the hotel and got some sleep. 17th. Haifa Woke up in time for lunch. There was a party planned 1 hour north in Haifa, a meet´n´greet with free drinks. In the evening Kim and I was driven the 100 clicks north and passed the MAXIM bar on the outskirts. This was the place for the most recent suicide attack on civilians. Closed down, and with a great banner reading "we will always live together" in Hebrew across the front. Its owned by both Israelis and Arabs. Normal thinking people without the religious bug to far up their asses. Got to the party and hung out all night. Met some more really cool people. Seems that metalheads all around the globe are all down-to-earth and peaceful, we should maybe force-feed some Napalm Death or something to Arafat and Sharon and their likes ( Jerry Fallwell too, goddammit, and the neo-conservatist crew world wide, here´s some Nile for ya.) On the way back from the bar we stopped at MAXIM´s and met the owner, he was cleaning up the wreckage from the attack, that happened only 14 days ago. We were told the story and took some photos. A Reality Check indeed. Once back in my room at the hotel, sound asleep I was back at the bar. Heard the gunshots at the front as the security guy was killed brutally with 15-20 shots from a light handgun. A beautiful Muslim woman in her twenties runs through the only entrance (and exit!) towards me as people around me start screaming.. Woke up. Confused. Can not remember the last time I had a nightmare, but will surely remember this for one for a long time. 18th. Sightpeeing in Jerusalem Got up around noon, after about 3 hours of sleep, and gave our promoter a call. He promised us a fieldtrip to Jerusalem today, and I wouldn´t miss that. A chance to go to the place where most of the religious tension is this world spill over the ancient city walls, like shit from a sucking calf. Got there late, around 5 in the afternoon. Passed hell on the way. Or the canyon that the Old Testament says is where the gate of Hell would be. Our guides told us there is really nothing there, so I was keen on getting a franchise setup with tee-shirt sales, ( My friend went to hell, and all he got me was this lousy shirt!) and a really cool looking gate. Maybe Giger could design it, and it would look really cool. Bet I could make ends meet that way while putting some humor into the religious tantrum. We parked outside the old city and met some inhabitants, who´d agreed to show us around. Great people, an American Jew who´d grown up in Pittsburgh, and a girl who´d been studying history for years, with Jerusalem as her specialty. We went through the checkpoint and headed towards the Wailing Wall. There was about a thousand people there because of Shabby, ( the day when they read the last page of the Old Testament and start over.) We went all the way up to the wall, where people were very engaged in praying and they kind of spooked me a little. Hard for me to understand how people can get so much into any religion, but maybe especially one that says the world was created by God some 5000 years ago. They just repel any science that states an opposite. Just like diehard Catholics/Christians and Muslims do, by the way. We filmed a little sequence from there, they look like they are banging. We will put some music to it, and have some orthodox bangers on our website. ( The wailing wall is the last remaining of the Salomon Temple, the Arabs tore it down and built their Al Aksa Mosque on the site, wherefrom Muhammed went on his heavenly journey and saw Allah and came back with knowledge of the 5 pillars of Islam. They are actually on the same piece of land, and you can´t piss on one of them without staining the other. And as for Christianity, the Via Dolorosa is the road that Jesus reportedly had to walk to Golgatha, cross on his back.( a couple of us actually did have to relieve ourselves while retrailing his path) At the end of the Via Dolorosa is the Church of the Grave. Its built on Golgatha and contains the site of the crucifixion, the cave from which he rose to heaven, the stone on which he was embalmed and so forth. You can even rent a wooden cross outside and walk the Via Dolorosa with it on your back! But as we got there they closed. Damn, but there was a midnight service scheduled and we decided to return when they reopened. Killed the time at a restaurant and went back, only to be refused entry. But with some persuasion from our Israeli friends we were allowed in. (They told them we were Christian pilgrims or something.) Once inside, we were astonished with the whole thing. This is THE most sacred place for all Christians, and the nuns practically fornicate the embalming stone. Golgatha was marked with a silver plate where the cross once stood. We touched the rock and took some band photos. The rest of the church was impressive as well. We took it in for while and went back to Tel Aviv to catch our morning plane. Returned to Denmark safely from what was the experience of a lifetime. Thanks to Oron and all our Israeli friends. `m´ to the Israeli crowd, you guys were unreal! News Flash, Oct. 9th. Konkhra hailed by UK metal mag KERRANG! 4k/5 "As ever, exceptional stuff." Danish death metallers hit a career peak. CONTINUALLY DOGGED by misfortune and scuppered plans, Konkhra have been one of extreme metal's best kept secrets for years now. It's a testament to the persistence of frontman Anders Lundemark that the band are still out there fighting for that elusive big break. Like all their albums to date, 'Reality Check' proves that the band have a strong grasp of the metal zeitgeist and time has not dimmed Lundemark's knack for writing accessible but utterly crushing riffs. Despite having lost their most famous collaborator, former Death/Obituary man James Murphy, this latest Konkhra incarnation is the heaviest and tightest yet, ensuring that songs like 'Warmonger' and 'Day Of The Dog' are consummate bursts of melodically astute death metal. As ever, exceptional stuff. KKKK- Dom Lawson KERRANG News Flash Oct. 1st RC continues the world wide carpet bombing! First Reality Check review from Russia by Froster.ua 9/10 RC reviewed by Metalstorm.ee, 8.5/10. They seem happy that the Dutch (????) madmen returned...hehe. News Update, Sept. 29th. Konkhra featured as artist of the month on: www.thedarkesthours.com News Update, sept. 23rd. 2003. 18 shows on upcoming tour of Europe confirmed. Check tour page for exact details. There are still 8 shows TBA, we will keep you posted as they get confirmed. The dates were shuffled a bit, and new cities added. Rome for instance, our first visit that far down the boot. Also the shows in Slovenia and Croatia were confirmed, which will be our first visit there. Other tour news: we are negotiating our shows in South Africa. More on this as we get confirmed. Greece: we are talking about shows there on Nov. 29th and 30th, Athens and Tessaloniki. At home, we are negotiating one more show on this first leg of the Reality Tour,- Aarhus, Voxhall on the 6th of December. ( just have to sort out the details...) But we can already confirm our appearance at next years Fuck The Commerce Festival in Germany. So the goat is almost shaved. BUT: we would be happy to do more: if you want us to come by, let your local promoter/clubowner know, or get in touch, we will do our best to make it happen. `m´ up! We also invite everyone to let us know what merch. You´d want us to bring this time, use the mailservice and drop us a line. The options are: Reality Check tee-shirts, with album cover/tourdates on the back. Plain Konkhra shirt, Dave McKean logo in white on front/tourdates on the back. Caps, embroidered logo/hotrod flames on visor. Plain black or grey, white logo. Knitted cap/hat with embroidered logo. Let us know if you want any long sleeves as well. I think that's it for now, watch this space for updates.... News Flash, 22 Sept. RC reviewed by Intromental.com 4.5/5. They would have given the album 5/5 if Anders had sung parts with A CLEAN VOICE!! hmmmm? News Flash, Sept. 1st. RC reviewed by Ancient Spirit: 9/10. BW&BK has a special K feature up: A run down of all the songs on RC by Anders. Check it out ! News Flash, August 31st. RC reviewed by Headbanger. hu 10/10. Can´t quote it, cuz it´s in hungarian.... Sorry.. News 25th of August. RC awarded Album of the month by metal-reference.com. They have also done a feature interview: "Drilling the jugular vein of historiography". Great interview, depth and intelligent questions, see here for yourself. News Update, August 23rd. We have confirmed the last support act on our european trek. HOMO IRATUS from Greece, will be joining the ranks and help spread some chaos around Europe in November. More info News Update 22nd of August: We are proud to announce our first ever performance in ISRAEL, Tel Aviv on October 16th as part of the Metalist Festival. This is the first show on our Reality Tour 2003 and very appropriate place to kick it off. More info And take a look at our online shop, there is a couple of tee-shirt designs up for grabs.... News Flash, August 13th. Our European Headlining Tour is coming up. METAL HAMMER agreed to sponsor the tour, and we have confirmed the following support acts: Illnath (DK) and Corpus Mortale (DK). Both are really cool debut acts, both are Danish, which is a great thing, this is probably the first full fledged extreme metal Euro tour with (this far) only Danish acts!!! There is space for one more band on the busses and we are talking to interested bands this week and will confirm the last support act soon. There is also some serious talk about going to South Africa pretty soon, if anything gets confirmed we will keep you posted. More info News Flash, August 3rd. RC reviewed by The Darkest Hours. 85/100 "These guys are pioneers and are way better than many other bands with similar sound. Every fan of death/thrash should buy this record without hesitating! I love it!" News August 1st: Blabbermouth.net reviewed Reality Check. They managed to give it 7/10. Lame review, nothing about the music. Check this out instead: www.metalprovider.com he listened to the record at least. News Flash, July 26th. RC reviewed by Danishmetalpages.dk 5/6 "Finally a new album from one of the "ancient kings of Danish Death Metal." Breaking News, July 24th.: Reality Check recieves top score in upcoming issue of METAL HAMMER (D) 6/7 "Sprich: Schlabbernde E-Saiten, Schleifstein-Riffs, Erdrutsch-Soli, Höllen-Groove und Monster-Growls in der Familienpackung." (We have to get someone to translate this one....) Icing on the cake: Next issue of Metal Hammer will include a feature interview with your favorites Familienpackung. News Flash July 16th. IF you are among the ones that have expressed a wish to see Konkhra crush at Roskilde Festival 2004, you can follow this link and make your request there!! Another RC review: Even when I went out I still hear the melody lines in the back of my head. - Vampire Magazine. News Flash, July 15th. RC reviewed by Metal Observer 8/10 "They sound tighter and fresher than what the vast majority of modern bands can put together." News Flash, July 14th. RC reviewed by metalius.de 8.5/10 Feature Interview coming up in next issue of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. News Flash, July 7th. An american review with interesting words... News Flash, July 5th. If you ever wondered what Konkhra would have been like if we were playing with keyboards and programmed drumming only you can follow this link! It´s pretty hilarious.... News Flash June 25th. RC reviewed in next issue of the high profile german mag. Legacy. 12/15 News Flash, 24th, June. On the 24th of June there will be a interview on NEW ROCKING SOUNDS where Anders talks about the new album and other stuff,- the interview is in english so everybody should check it out. They are also planning a competition so we donated 5 signed RC discs at their request, we don´t know the details: go to www.newrockingsounds.dk and see for yourself. News Flash, June 18th. RC reviewed by Silentscreamzine.com 8/10 "Hot riffs in continuous evolution, a hellish rhythmical section, a tremendous punch in the face made of sound violence at its purest state. In short, the best release ever by Konkhra" News Flash, June 17th. The videoclip for "WARMONGER" is ready. It was directed by ANDERS KOCH (AQUA, MERCYFUL FATE) and we will feed this to any channel that´ll play it within the next weeks. See the video online here I Danmark er der kun Boogie, og vi ved alle hvor meget vægt de lægger på mædl.... Vi sender den til dem og kan kun opfordre alle til gå ind og "ønske" KONKHRA "WARMONGER", den ser bedre ud på TV end streaming fra nettet, vi ved de har den. News Flash, June 16th. We had a bundle of reviews all over now, and they all seem to be 7/10 or above. From now, we´ll only bother you with ones from countries not mentioned before or if they are special/high profile in some way or another. Here´s a few: Metalmaniacs.it 8/10, Inferno mag 8/10, Beyond Webzine 84/100. News Flash, June 6th. Interviews coming up in next issues of Grindzone (I) and Metal Shock (I). News Flash, June 6th. RC reviewed by Musicboom (I) 4/5 News Flash, June 3rd. RC Reviewed by www.rockmetalbands.com 100/100. "What the band can plot in this CD is incredible.." News Flash, June 2nd. RC reviewed by clonemetal.dk 4/5 News Flash, June 1st. RC reviewed on www.lordsofmetal.nl 80/100. News Flash, May 31st. RC review on Noise web (F), 9.5/10 www.noiseweb News Flash, May 29th. RC reviewed by norwegian mainstream site spot.no 5/6 "It´s pure pleasure!" News Flash, May 26th. Well, thumbs up!! Reality Check reviewed by Heavyjam.dk 10/10. "This is in-your-face DM, and I´ve fallen flat on my face for it" News Flash, May 26th. Reviews coming up at Blabbermouth.net ( US), Metalian, (F) There is also feature interviews coming up at Metalian (F), Metal Poisoning (DK), Heavymetal.dk, Danishmetal.dk and several interviews in danish radio: Radio SLR, Korsør radio, Radio XFM, Radio Gladsaxe. And on the updating note, our webpusher and Anders will be out from the 28th May through 16th of June, on vacationing in Rome. Interviews will be running throughout this period and a major update will be posted around the 17th. News Flash, May 25th. Review in danish daily B.T. 5/6 " We are dealing with something as seldom as an outstanding scandinavian metal release, that isn´t swedish!" New Flash may, 22nd. It´s never too late to start listening!  Courtesy of Søren "Standart" Shjøtt. News flash, May 21st. Reality Check reviewed by Danishmetal.dk 5/6. "Konkhra knows how to do it all, and they do it with "Reality Check", their best album in 6 years." Interviews/reviews coming up at Metalitalia.com, Metal Heart and Terrorverlag Gbr , Germany. News Flash, May 13th. First german review is done... Blooddawn, 5/5. "5 Punkte für eine SEHR geile Scheibe, Pflichtkauf !" -Sebastard. I guess you can translate that to: A very horny record, that you have to buy, hehe. Pretty Cool. Read it here ... News Update May, 6th. It´s time we unveil the correct answer to our competition: The first tour we did in Europe was with: Suffocation ! The Winners of our international competition are: Pedro Quijada, Spain. Stefan Johansson, Sweden. Brian Williams, Rep. Ireland. Nicolas A. Fleming, Argentina. Rene Steenfeldt, Denmark. The CDs are in the mail: Konkhratiolations!!! News Flash, May 5th. A couple of reviews have been done. NRG, Denmark 5/6. "Reality Check offers extremely well played death metal of the highest caliber". Metalized, Denmark 9/10. "Konkhra takes no prisoners and destroys everything and everybody with their well-executed death-thrash of high international standard. The boys have created a potential classic with Reality Check". News Flash, May 3rd. Due to reasons beyond our control the promised shows in Germany this month is CANCELED. We are currently looking into touring Europe incl. Germany in October, so watch this space for updates... News Flash, 22. April. We have some competitions running, if you´re Danish, there is one going down at www.danishmetal.dk It´s in Danish so don´t bother if you don´t speak the language. There is also an international competition starting NOW, all you have to do is answer this simple question: What was the name of the band Konkhra supported on their first European Tour in 1994 ? Send the correct answer and your address to konkhra@konkhra.com, and if you´re lucky you´ll receive the brand new CD by mail right around the release date. The competition is running until May, 6th. News, April 17th. 2003 Just to fill you in, we had some little setbacks with the mass production of our forthcoming opus " Reality Check", but now it should be fixed and the finished CD´s are on their way to the shops, as well as reviewers world wide. The release dates are still set,- unless we get postponed for promotional reasons, watch this space for details. New distribution in Sweden: Sound Pollution will carry the album to our metalloving neighboring country. And as you know a couple of "lucky" members of the press have been force fed a cd-r copy of the album, Borivoj Krgin of Blabbermouth.net was one, and Steffen Jungersen of our national newspaper B.T. is one of the others.... here is what he had to say: STEFFEN JUNGERSEN, Danish daily B.T.: "An absolutely roaring return to form from the Danish metalforce known as Konkhra. It may be 2003 but fuck nu metal - it was never really "nu" anyway - and revel in some REAL metal. Because Konkhras new material is exactly that: REAL metal like it's supposed to be. And more importantly; it's Konkhra like they're supposed to be - raw, thrilling, tight and monstrous. Do you still yearn for Sepultura ca. "Arise" or early Machine Head? Well, yearn no more 'cause Konkhra has answered your prayers." News Flash, March 26th. We have done three interviews this week, for Ancient Ceremonies, Portugal. NRG, Denmark, & MM Magazine, Russia. News Flash, March, 25th. First shows after our fifth album release confirmed: Hannover and Berlin on the 23th and 24th of May, 2003. Support on these german shows will be Hatesphere + local support. More info We are also looking into doing a European tour from September, plans are being made as we speak, so watch this space for details. News Flash, March 7th. There has been some revision of our site, and alot has been waxed and shineda bit, so snoop around, you just might catch something you haven´t seen ( or heard...!!) before,- artwork from the upcoming album release for instance. And check under audio for an mp3 of the track "Grapes Of Wrath", taken from the upcoming album... News Flash, March 6th. Advertising for European Magazines full page, check them here...
News Flash Feb. 27th. The Release Dates Have been set: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: April 27th, 2003. ( through SPV.) Rest of the world: May 10th, 2003. ( through various distribution, check the list below...) The cover art is done: Thanks to Neon Trinity Kill Studios for making our visions turn into reality. News Flash, Feb 24th. The cover art is almost done. Thanks to Neon Trinity Kill Studios for making this new cover a damn fine one. As soon as we have the final version, we will premiere it on our site. Expect it sometime within this week... News Flash, Feb. 19th. As you might have noticed we have had our ugly faces photographed again, This was the session for the new album, and we choose the picture you can see in our navigation bar for the CD layout. The shots were done by internationally acclaimed photographer JAN GRARUP, who is a 7 times "press photo of the year" winner here in Denmark, and once internationally. Jan is usually shooting war photography, and has traveled numerous times to hot zones like Israel, Somalia, Northern Ireland, Palestine and many other places. Check out some of his work at polfoto.dk News Flash, Feb 18th. Members of Konkhra will do a special appearance in an episode of "Unit One", "Rejseholdet" in Danish TV. The series was recently awarded "Best Drama Series" at the 2002 International Emmy Awards in New York. Also on the "modeling note" one member of the band will appear in a commercial, which will air in European countries some time later this year. Feb. 14, 2003 KONKHRA Ink Deal With CODE666, New Album Due In April - Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have signed a worldwide deal with Code666 Records. The group's long-awaited new album, "Reality Check", is scheduled for an April release. The complete track listing for "Reality Check" is as follows: 01. Warmonger 02. The Lions Are Hungry 03. Reality Check 04. Eye Of Horus 05. Hellhound On My Trail 06. Fear Of God 07. The Coming Of (R)Age 08. Grapes Of Wrath 09. Parasite 10. Day Of The Dog 11. Lowlife 12. The Blackest Of Dawns "Reality Check" was recorded at KONKHRA
frontman Anders Lundemark's own Starstruck Studio and is the group's
first since their split with longtime label Diehard Records. A video
for "Warmonger" was recently filmed and will be serviced to
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