NONEXIST signs to Abyss Records, album tracklisting revealed

Melodic Death / Thrash Metallers NONEXIST which feature in their ranks Johan Liiva (Hearse, ex-Arch Enemy / Furbowl / Carnage) and Johan Reinholdz (Andromeda, Skyfire) are set to release their sophomore album "From My Cold Dead Hands" through Abyss Records in early 2013. 
This is the first time "From My Cold Dead Hands" will be released in a physical format (CD). The album will feature twelve tracks in all including three bonus tracks (Coroner, Merciless, Eucharist covers). The album was released exclusively in digital format in November of last year through Pivotal Rockordings and can be purchased at this location:  http://label.pivotalalliance.com/purchase/

"From My Cold Dead Hands" is the first NONEXIST album since their debut "Deus Deceptor" which was originally released in 2002. 

Cover art & tracklisting
 
1. Dark and Tortured Universe
2. Presence Everlasting
3. Flesh Falls from the Bone
4. Days Without End
5. Fire at Will
6. Collective Coma
7. From My Cold Dead Hands
8. Lost in Darkness and Confusion
9. Here Comes the Pain
BONUS TRACKS
10. Masked Jackal (Coroner cover)
11. Realm of the Dark (Merciless cover)
12. Greeting Immortality (Eucharist cover)
  
  
"Again NONEXIST are satisfying the demands of early ARCH ENEMY fans and beyond that. "From My Cold Dead Hands" is featuring Death Metal in the vein of early ARCH ENEMY (first three albums), CARCASS ("Necroticism" / "Heartwork"), a breeze of progressive EDGE OF SANITY and some blackness, which remembers a bit of UNANIMATED and MERCILESS. On top of all that the music is accompanied by MINISTRY like "political" samples. What makes this album outstanding are the superbly composed and performed songs and Johan Liiva's one of a kind voice in Death Metal." - Voices from the Darkside
 
"From My Cold Dead Hands" actually manages to escape from the path of thousands and thousands of other bands with zero class and innovation..."// "...the album leaves me with a lot of feeling, as though Liiva experiments quite a lot, but never loses the thread. Very, very cool!" - Bleeing4metal.de
 
"This album is a nostalgic look back to the late 90's/early 00's and the sounds of bands like Carcass, Arch Enemy and Dismember are all there. But the album still clearly has its own niche with its excesses and its experimentation. This re-used style feels pretty fresh when it's done this professionally. Already in the first song, the bar set high, and in the second one even higher and so it continues without being boring. Johan and Johan are truly children of their time and fans of the genre. They know how to do it properly and simultaneously with a twinkle in the eye. This disc should not disappoint any deathmetal-fan." - Flaming Dick Magazine
 
"After laying dormant for 10 years we had the privilege to premiere a new track from this Swedish Death/Thrash band featuring Johan Liiva (ex-Arch Enemy). With the intensity of Napalm Death and the precision of a Swedish Megadeth, Nonexist concocts something strange and new with their anticipated come back. Definitely worth a listen." - Metainjection.net
 

NONEXIST

Johan Liiva - lead vocals
Johan Reinholdz - guitars, bass, synths, programming, spoken/clean vocals and back-up growls

    

Nonexist was formed in 2000 when Johan Reinholdz presented some death/thrashmetal demo-tracks for Bengt "Wez" Wenedikter of Swedish WAR-music (Darkane, Defleshed, Naglfar etc). Reinholdz' other band Andromeda had recently signed a deal with WAR and now it was time for Nonexist to sign the papers. Ex-Arch Enemy/Furbowl/Carnage vocalist Johan Liiva was recruited along with Dark Funeral/Defleshed-drummer Matte Modin.
     With no formal rehearsing under their belts the guys entered Abyss Studios in November 2001 and cut the tracks for the debutalbum Deus Deceptor which was put out on the market in May 2002. 
     Following the release of the album Nonexist became nonexistent as the members went their separate ways - Reinholdz with Andromeda, Liiva with Hearse and Modin with Dark Funeral and Raised Fist among others. Reinholdz continued to write songs during the years to come, most of which were discarded though.
      However, in 2009 a collection of Nonexist-songs that were up to snuff emerged, the title From My Cold Dead Hands came about and Reinholdz started focusing on getting a sophomore album finished. In 2011 Liiva joined the band again and a contract was signed with American label Pivotal Rockorings for a digital release. 2012 was spent cutting the album at Multipass Studios with Reinholdz producing and mixing. From My Cold Dead Hands was finished in September and released in November.
      Nonexist made their first gig ever at the Scorched Tundra Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2012.
      Early 2013 the band signed with American Abyss Records for a physical release of the album. The Abyss Records-edition of From My Cold Dead Hands features three bonus tracks: cover-versions of Coroner's Masked Jackal, Merciless' Realm of the Dark and Eucharist's Greeting Immortality.

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NONEXIST (Sweden) "Fire at Will" (Promo Video)

 

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NONEXIST (Sweden) "Presence Everlasting" (Promo Video)
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