Cotii rong EC eULEyYou bastards, all should have to be art! All bussiness & correspondence to: Roel van Reijmersdal Tafelberg 71 3328 SR Dordrecht ‘The Netherlands Tel: Int. Code +(0)5700-41267 Harold Dekkers Boeroestraat 66 3312 HD Dordrecht The Netherlands Tel: Int. Code +(0)78-146967 Dark Tranquillity (Swe) Skydancer CD"93 yefarm ree. seen Mortician Magazine, for metal and contra-metal EMBrlician Aaya)‘Why have you chosen to re-release a re-mastered version of "Into The Halls of Extermination’ We'll always been proud of "Halls" and what it has done for us. 1's built us a diehard following that any band would be ‘happy with. We decided to re-master it because we felt that there was a lotof things in the mix that bad gotten buried at the time. We also wanted to keep our first release available and give it the best sound ible, "Halls" was a great tape {or the time it was released, of course itis not what Sindrome is about nowadays but it is still Sindrome. I'm sure as we develop new fans they will want (0 research our past as well. As long as we are around so should all of the music we record. One of the most true underground bands is definitely the Chicago based Sindrome. Already in 1987 they released their debut demo called "Into the halls of Extermination’ which is without doubt one of the best (and first) death metal demos ever. When Sindrome entered the Morrissound Studios in Tampa, Florida by the end of "91 to record the second demo called "Vault of Inner Conscience? they also re-mastered their first demo and now it’s available again with a new lay-out. It’s totally unbelievable that Sindrome is (still?) unsigned for all over these years they exist. ’Vault of the Inner Conscience’ is such a ‘great and professional tape that it would not be hard for Sindrome to get a decent deal (from a major one...2) The music is complex and heavy. Maybe some sort of Nocturnes without keyboards and also a bit comparable to the earlier albums of Coroner from Switzerland. So that means very fast and techni il guitar riffs, excellent drumming and not too heavy vocals/grunts by Sindrome main-man and almost a legend Troy Dixler. ‘There must have been some lineup changes over all these ‘years, and mostly conceraing fultar players, what has appened? Since the release of “Wills we had number of guile plyers come through Sindrome. It gets dificult to find members that we feel have the dedication, Tim sure that here are a lot of bands that can relate to going through line-up ges. practically every band their own entity Tot of work, Whenever we would. bring someone into the band things ‘would work out great in the beginning. You never know ‘who is gonna deviate for one but all you can do is watch them stand the test of time vers pamicular reason" why” they Sido" work out, Each one of them worked their irdest to contribute to Sindrome, but in the. ead our views were diferent end resulted in them leaving, Instead of going into