{"id":49613,"date":"2016-11-10T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=49613"},"modified":"2016-11-11T01:46:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T01:46:59","slug":"news-evocation-sign-album-contract-with-metal-blade-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-evocation-sign-album-contract-with-metal-blade-records\/","title":{"rendered":"EVOCATION Sign Album Contract With Metal Blade Records (November 10th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>EVOCATION Sign Album Contract With Metal Blade Records<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>November 10th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\nSwedish death metal band Evocation have signed a worldwide album contract with Metal Blade Records, revealing this development on November 10th, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Marko Palmen commented: \u201cWe are extremely proud to announce the signing of a new world wide recording agreement with Metal Blade Records. Evocation will from this day on be part of a legendary roster consisting of bands such as Behemoth, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Mercyful Fate etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us it was a natural choice to join Metal Blade Records since we already for several years had a successful co-operation with them for the licensing of Evocation\u2019s first three albums in the USA and Canada. Metal Blade Records is also a label that is widely known for its commitment within the death metal scene, which for us means a lot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/evocation2016photonews1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of Evocation, I can only say that we are very pleased to have found a new home for the band. Huge thanks to Brian Slagel, our old friend Andreas Reissnauer and all the people at Metal Blade Records for making us a part of the Metal Blade family!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s as-yet-untitled fifth full-length studio album is scheduled for an early 2017 release.<\/p>\n<p>Evocation\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Josefsson (vocals)<br \/>\nMarko Palmen (guitar)<br \/>\nSimon Exner (guitar)<br \/>\nGustaf Jorde (bass)<\/p>\n<p>Fourth studio record <em>Illusions Of Grandeur<\/em> was released in September 2012 via Century Media Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVOCATION Sign Album Contract With Metal Blade Records November 10th, 2016 Swedish death metal band Evocation have signed a worldwide album contract with Metal Blade Records, revealing this development on November 10th, 2016. 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