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A two piece Battletorn (William: drums , Omid: guitar/vox) thrashed on into the night. Before the dust even settled, we toured the UK in spring of 2006 with KAMIKAZEE, it was a ripping good time! Then we toured down south with TRIAC, which was also a blast. In the fall of 2006 the dudes went into a cave and wrote a new album, recorded it in December... and "Terminal Dawn" was released on Mad At The World Records in April 2007. The "Terminal Tour" of the US followed in April-May 2007, with the duo clocking 10,000 miles in a Ford Taurus in a circle around the country.

In June of 2007, BATTLETORN became a 'two city band', with one member in Brooklyn and the other in Nashville. A tour of Japan came together for March 2008 thanks to the great MGT from Japan (and MARUBULLMEN too)! We played 6 shows over there and released a split tour 45 entitled "No Mercy Attack!" with MGT that was limited to 200 copies and on Outlaw Recordings. The tour was all we'd hoped and more! We got to play with some killer bands, meet lots of good people, and eat some great meals! Japan is a very unique and beautiful country, and we were grateful to have the opportunity to play there.

A new LP titled "Reflect The Filth" was recorded at the end of December 2008, set for release in early 2009. It will have one side of new studio material, and one side will be the live set from the last show we played in Tokyo! Cover art is shown below, and it will be a three way joint release by: Mad At The World Records (NYC), Challenge The Throne Records (CA), and Grrman Records (UK). There were also three tracks recorded for a split single with DOUBLE NEGATIVE that was released on Volcom Entertainment's singles club in May of 2009.

On the train ride home from the studio after recording these new tunes the decision was made to have these be Battletorn's last releases. We are going to tour in 2009 to support the new LP, and from there on out we will do live appearances when we can, but there will be no more Battletorn releases. We have been going for five years and are proud of the things we've done, so we figured it's as good a time as any to call it a day on the recording/releases front. There are three LPs, three singles, a couple splits, some misc comps and cassette releases... so yeah, that's that.

We went to the UK again in May 2009 to do the "Spitting Venom" tour with a great band THROATS, it was awesome! THROATS are a shredding hardcore band from the UK, check them out on Holy Roar Records. We hope to do some more shows to support the "Reflect the Filth" LP later this year.

It's been a great ride, and it's not over just yet..............

Thanks for your support.

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The newest LP "Reflect The Filth" is is available from us for $10 plus postage. We have a few copies of "Terminal Dawn" left on LP. The "Burn Fast" 45 that features the first recordings by the duo lineup is available on Mad At The World Records. The full length "Evil Chains" LP/CD from 2004 featuring the original three piece lineup is available on Mega Blade through us or elsewhere. The first two 7"s are sold out from labels, but look in stores and search online, they are still on some mail order/distributor lists. Everything we have available for sale directly is listed below.

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BATTLETORN : online merch table

"Reflect The Filth" (MATW) 2009 full length 22 song LP featuring 8 new studio tracks and a 14 song live set from 2008 on our last night in Tokyo on the b-side. It's limited to 500 copies w/ photo collage/lyric insert - $10

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"Split with DOUBLE NEGATIVE" (Volcom Entertainment) 2009 - a six song 45 with 3 songs by each band, we were very excited to do a split with DN, they are one of the only current bands we really dig! The three songs we have on here were recorded at same time as "Reflect..." but are exclusive to this split. Limited to 500 numbered copies - $5

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"Terminal Dawn" (MATW) 2008 full length CD version which includes the "Burn Fast" EP as bonus tracks, 22 songs total and limited to 500 copies- $8

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"Burn Fast" 6 song 45 (Mad At The World Records- 2006)- The first single with the revamped two piece lineup, this hit the streets April 14th, 2006. We have some of the 300 copies that were pressed in white vinyl, and then there were 700 on black too. - $4

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"Evil Chains" (Mega Blade) 2004 full length 18 song CD/LP - $5

SHIRTS: we generally only make shirts for tours, but sometimes there's a couple extra left over after a tour- so check in with us. If you order one before a tour we can make it for you when we screen shirts. Someday maybe we'll just have 'regular' shirts for merch, but for now we're a tour shirt only operation.

prices don't include postage, that will be a couple bux extra in the US, a little more for overseas. Send a message about what you want, we'll get you a total, and can take paypal if you have it. Thanks.

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If you need to contact Beverly, give her a shout at her page which is linked below.

Thanks!

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..COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY:..

"Peace of the Grave" 45 (Electric Bible Records - 2005): an acetate 45 limited to 60 handmade and numbered copies, features the first recordings of the band on one side and a cover of HOLOCAUST "Heavy Metal Mania" on the b-side.

"Villains/Reversed" 45 (MegaBlade Records - 2005): a one sided single clocking in at about 1:30 with what was supposed to be an etched b-side, the etching came out pretty weird looking because the label fucked up and had black labels put on it. Supposedly limited to 300, but there were probably at least 500 made.

"Wild, Blind, and Screaming" Tour CD (No Label - 2005): This was a tour CD we made up to sell on our first full US tour in summer of 2005 because we only had the "Villains" single out at that point. It features 7 songs of the "Evil Chains" LP along with the HOLOCAUST cover song mentioned above. There were 200 copies made and we hand cut and assembled them into jewel cases while out on the road in the hot van.

"Evil Chains" LP/CD (MegaBlade Records - 2005): The debut full length LP, 18 songs clocking in at 14 minutes. Came out on both LP and CD at same time, LP has a two sided insert with photo collage on one side, CD booklet has same collage but photos are very small!

"Burn Fast" 45 (Mad At The World Records - 2006): The first release with the 'two man wrecking crew' line-up with Omid taking over on vocals. There were 300 of these pressed on white vinyl and 700 on black I believe. Six songs, comes with an insert.

"Burn Fast" Tour CD (No Label - 2006): We wanted a CD with material of the new lineup available on our UK tour in Spring of 2006, so we put these together. It features 8 songs from the "Burn Fast" sessions, two of which were kept off the single so they could be featured on a comp 45 (I think it was called "Wasted Potential") that some label was supposed to put out but never did. We made 100 of these, all hand cut and assembled into plastic CD sleeves.

"Thrash War 2006" Split Tour Cassette (Feast of Tentacles - 2006): This was a split released to commemorate the UK tour and features Battletorn along with KAMIKAZEE who were the band we toured with over there. I think they took three songs from the "Burn Fast" sessions to use on this, and there were only 100 of them made.

"Terminal Dawn" LP (Mad At The World Records - 2007): The first full length with two piece line up, featured 16 songs at just under 13 minutes. Limited to 500 copies in a gatefold sleeve with an insert.

"Terminal Dawn/Burn Fast" CD (Mad At The World Records - 2008): We put together a CD version of the "Terminal Dawn" CD and it has the "Burn Fast" tracks on it as a bonus. The "Burn Fast" tracks have a slightly different mix and vocal track to bring it up to speed with the "Terminal Dawn" sessions. This CD has 22 songs at 17 minutes. Limited to 500 copies.

"No Mercy Attack!" split 45 (Outlaw Recordings - 2008): A split tour 45 released to commemorate the Japanese tour in 2008. Features three Battletorn songs unique to this release that were recorded by Mike Hill (from the band TOMBS) in our practice space. There were only 200 numbered copies of this, all in hand cut and assembled sleeves- most of which went to Japan and were sold on the tour.

"Reflect The Filth" LP (Mad At The World/Challenge The Throne/Grrman Records - 2009): The final full length LP, features 8 new studio songs on side one, and a 14 song live set from Tokyo on the b-side. Limited to 500 numbered copies in and comes with an insert.

"Split with DOUBLE NEGATIVE" split 45 (Volcom Singles Club - 2009): The final nail in the Battletorn coffin, a split single with DOUBLE NEGATIVE who are from NC and rule. Limited to 500 numbered copies in and comes with an insert.

COMPILATION APPEARANCES: We have appeared on a few compilations too, I will have to compile a list of these sometime too. From my memory they included: VICE sampler CD, "Under the Covers" CDR, "US Speed Metal Death" cassette compilation, and there were a few more that we agreed to be on that may or may not have ever come out.