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Started in 1997 by Erik Rutan of Morbid Angel and Ripping Corpse fame, Hate Eternal quickly became one of the most talked about extreme metal bands on the scene due to the band’s ability to create exceptional albums, tons of touring, and live shows that left fans hungering for more. Almost three years after the brutal extreme metal masterpiece, I, Monarch, Hate Eternal are back with a new record and a new home on Metal Blade Records. Fury and Flames, the bands’ fourth studio album, marks the start of a new chapter in Hate Eternal’s already illustrious career. Upon the first spin, listeners will immediately be able to tell that Fury and Flames is the band’s most diverse and heavy chaotic and emotionally fueled record to date.

Though the band has experienced great success since its inception in 1997, Hate Eternal are no strangers to turmoil and strife. In 2002, Erik Rutan chipped vertebrae in his neck in a van accident while on tour and spent the next couple months out of commission. Erik has also been left to deal with band members backing out of tours last minute including one tour, in which a show in London was being filmed for the band’s first ever live DVD. None of this ever held Erik or Hate Eternal back though, replacements were found and the tours continued on as planned. Another extremely unfortunate event was the untimely passing of bassist and dear friend, Jared Anderson, in October 2006 while in talks to rejoin the band.

For the writing and recording of Fury and Flames, Rutan sought out a new lineup. He re-recruited long time friend Alex Webster (of Cannibal Corpse fame) to play bass on the album, found a new drummer in Jade Simonetto, and second guitarist Shaune Kelley, who Rutan has much history with due to the fact they grew up together and recorded their first album in their band Ripping Corpse. Rutan describes Jade: “[he has a] voracious hunger for perfection; Jade came in and changed the face of the band with his relentless speed, accuracy, endurance, as well as his serious groove which was lacking from previous albums”. “Alex literally created bass lines I have never heard before that were more like compositions rather than bass lines, and jamming with Shaune after all these years was incredible as we played together for over 5 years and always have been an incredible guitar duo.” This will mark the first time the band will play live as a four piece with second guitarist Shaune Kelley on stage. Although Alex Webster was able to lend his talents to the recording of Fury and Flames, he will not be able to tour with the band due to his busy schedule with Cannibal.

All of Erik’s prior experiences have led up to what he describes as his most diverse and heaviest records to date. In an MTVnews.com interview Rutan says Fury and Flames is “a very dark and heavy record — not just heavy as in 'heavy metal,' but heavy-hearted as well.” With guitars as technically proficient as ever, the addition of a second guitarist, a new force behind the drums, and Alex Webster on bass, Fury and Flames promises to set a new bench mark in the world of modern extreme metal.

Fury and Flames features cover art by Paul Romano (Mastodon, Animosity, The Red Chord). In Stores February 19th, 2008!

"Malevolent, brutal, and devoid of mercy, this is the sound of a stunning band delivering a definitive career best." -Kerrang “Intelligent, inventive and utterly unstoppable death metal machine” - 8/10 Metal Hammer “Brutal, technical and heart-searingly relentless, just when you thought death metal had nothing new to offer, Hate Eternal return to prove you wrong. Fury and Flames owns you in 2008.” - Metal Maniacs "I am happy to report that Hate Eternal's latest offering, Fury and Flames, is by and large their most blistering release to date; a savage, jarring, and infinitely deep slab of death metal goodness." - 9/10 Lambgoat.com “If "I, Monarch" - Hate Eternal's last effort for Earache Records - was a massive slab of death metal, then "Fury and Flames" is a nine-story parking structure collapsing from the top down, each massive layer of concrete and iron slamming into the one beneath it, grinding and sliding to the earth in a maelstrom of dust and debris.” - Deadtide.com "Every now and then a record comes along that stops you in your tracks and forces you to admit, "Fuck, that's heavy!" and Fury and Flames is one of those records." - Outburn Fury And Flames is an unrelenting barrage of crushing death metal devastation. -About.com:Heavy Metal(4.5 out of 5) "Fury And Flames" has to be the penultimate offering in an unfaltering career defined by an ability to capture the essence of what brutal music really is" -Metaleater(9 out of 10) The end result here on Fury and Flames is a brutally heavy and extreme death metal album, easily the most crushing release of Hate Eternal's career. -Sea of Tranquility (4 out of 5 ) Discordant, broken-glass jagged, and just plain ugly, Fury & Flames is a malicious masterpiece that sets a new bar not only for Hate Eternal, but for any other band that wants to release a death metal album this year.Fury and Flames is easily their best album yet! Metal Sucks(4.5 out of 5) Fury & Flames, HATE ETERNAL’s latest onslaught, is easily the band’s most aggressive and complex to date.HATE ETERNAL has set a benchmark for the world of extreme music, that the competition will spend the rest of the year trying to match Apeshit Look for FURY AND FLAMES to continue Hate Eternal’s rise to the upper Hate Eternal indefinably conjures a rapture of biblical proportions with _Fury & Flames_. Chronicles of Chaos (9.5 out of 10) "Fury & Flames" is another death metal juggernaut from Metal Blade that is sure to be considered one of the year's best when it is all said and done. Blabbermouth(8.5 out of 10)