LEPER COLONY sign with Testimony Records
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Testimony Records are proud to announce that international death metal conspiracy LEPER COLONY have inked a deal with the label. Welcome to our burgeoning roster! LEPER COLONY will release their sophomore full-length via Testimony Records in 2025.
LEPER COLONY were founded by former MORGOTH frontman Marc Grewe (ASINHELL, INSIDIOUS DISEASE) and PAGANIZER guitarist Rogga Johansson (RIBSPREADER, REVOLTING et al.).
LEPER COLONY comment: "We are stoked to sign to Testimony Records", guitarist Rogga Johansson writes. "The new album is a beast and as we are very pleased with it, we can hardly wait for the record to be released next year! Watch this space!"
Testimony Records state: "We're thrilled to announce the signing of Leper Colony", label manager Thomas Strater enthuses. "At the age of 14, I took a black permanent marker to draw the Morgoth logo on the white sleeve of my baseball jacket – the other side was owned by Morbid Angel. Later on it was impossible to not bang my head to the massive riffs of axe-slinger Rogga Johansson. It was great to see these two death metal icons teaming up, but working with them is even better!"
LEPER COLONY are the result of wedding German and Swedish death metal styles with classic American influences. This happened, when German vocalist Marc Grewe and Swedish guitarist Rogga Johansson decided to expand their friendship of many years and mutual love for old school death metal into creating an album together in 2020.
The duo enlisted CONSUMPTION drummer Jon Skäre and lead-guitarist Kjetil Lyngahug (PAGANIZER) to record their self-titled debut album, which was released in 2023. The record was well received by critics and fans alike as it was obviously not just another 'super project', but a congregation of die-hard death metal fanatics coming up with a host of fresh ideas.
To introduce the current members of LEPER COLONY to any self-respecting death metal connoisseur would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. Just in case, German vocalist Marc Crewe has long-established his name as the former frontman of MORGOTH, and later with INSIDIOUS DISEASE as well as with the band ASINHELL. Guitarist and bass player Rogga Johansson has left a massive mark on Swedish death metal in a host of bands including PAGANIZER, RIBSPREADER, and REVOLTING. WOMBBATH guitarist Håkan Stuvemark has taken over lead guitar and he was joined as a new member by British drummer Jon Rudin, who is well-known from MONSTROUS and DEAD SUN among several other death metal acts.
Currently, LEPER COLONY prepare for their next album to be released in early 2025. Stay tuned for more thrilling death metal news arriving soon!
