Hello all my Sinners, it’s been a while since the last time I posted personally on the website. It’s only because we have been very busy here in skum land. We have done some amazing shows and played with some bad ass bands!
We have also two new guys that have been playing in the band for a few months; first being Cisco on Drums and Brad Jurjens on Guitar.
We had a scare towards the end of the year when long time guitar player Garrison had a mild stroke and lost control of his hand and arm. We did not know if he would be able to play again but after some rehabilitation a month later he was back on stage with us kicking ass!
The album has been out and I think it’s selling pretty well and I hope you all have picked up a copy. We put out some bad ass Merch so hopefully you’re representing well. We have some great show Coming up the main one being a headlining show at the whisky a go-go in Hollywood.
We will be playing with label mates Heaven Below as well as old friends Society 1 and newcomers The Mendenhall Experiment and Jesse blaze Snider (yes Dee Snider’s son). We will be working on doing two new videos coming soon to help promote the album Sinister Minister. I promise to update us a little more and share only special things on the site only.

EMP Label Group, the label founded by Megadeth’s David Ellefson , has announced the formation of EMP UNDERGROUND, an imprint which will release and distribute music from more “underground, extreme and subversive artists.” Says Operations manager and EMP UNDERGROUND co-founder Thöm Hazaërt. “A lot of the stuff we have been signing to EMP has been more Hard Rock and mainstream metal, and we wanted to create an outlet for signing some of the amazing heavier/weirder/more extreme artists that have been coming to us, without all the pressure of the big releases on EMP. And that’s exactly what we’ve created with EMP Underground.”

He adds, “We have found some great releases, and we get so many amazing submissions from the heavier end of the spectrum, and David and I talked and we really wanted to create an outlet for some of this other stuff that didn’t necessarily fit on EMP proper.”

Distributed via eOne and SPV, the first signings to the imprint include Thrash metal stalwarts (and former Megadeth label-mates) Helstar, who will release their debut single “Black Cathedral” through the label on April 9th, from their upcoming LP VAMPIRO, a continuation of their acclaimed 1989 Metal Blade release Nosferatu. The LP will be mixed by legendary Metal producer Bill Metoyer who also Produced and Mixed Nosferatu. Says Helstar’s James Rivera, “It’s great to go back and revisit the themes from one of our classic albums, and kinda carry that on into the future, and it’s something it seems the fans are very excited about. And to be able to release it with my old buddy David Ellefson, on such a powerhouse label, makes it that much better.”

Also on deck is the upcoming (6/6/16) release from LA’s king of industrial debauchery SKUMLOVE, who will release SINISTER MINISTER June 6th. The album features a barrage of guest appearances including Tommy Victor (Prong) Burton C. Bell and Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), Tony Campos (Static-X, Fear Factory, Ministry) with Remixes by Jay Gordon (Orgy), Jon Fryer (Nine inch nails/ Depeche Mode/ This Mortal Coil) and more.

Rounding out the lineup are Thug Metal supergroup Solus Deus, a project featuring ex Bleed the Sky guitarist Wayne Miller, ex-Bleed the Sky/Chimaira drummer Austin D’Amond, and former Evanescence/Living Sacrifice member Rocky Gray, who will release their debut EP THE PLAGUE in May.