DEVASTATION: All Shows Cancelled Until Further Notice

November 20, 2008

Reunited Texas thrashers DEVASTATION have issued the following update:

"Due to personal and personnel issues, DEVASTATION has dropped off the rest of the SOULFLY tour effective immediately. Our last show as a band was last night in Flint, Michigan.

"We deeply appreciate the opportunity that SOULFLY gave us to tour the United States one last time. It is just unfortunate that we could not finish out the last week of the tour. It was great to see lots of old friends and fans and it was great to play in front of a whole new generation of metal fans.

"Our apologies to those who were going to try to catch us on these last eight dates of the U.S. tour.

"Until all the issues are resolved, any and all future DEVASTATION shows are cancelled until further notice."

DEVASTATION recently finished recording three new songs for the reissue of its 1991 "Idolatry" album. A brand new track, "Blood for Blood", was recorded along with newly reworked versions of "Desolation" and "Tomorrow We Die", both off 1989's "Signs of Life" LP.

The new songs are now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

The "Idolatry" reissue was made available on September 30 on both CD and vinyl via Rockadrome Records' metal division Forged in Fire.

DEVASTATION's 2008 lineup consists of Rodney Dunsmore on vocals, Henry Elizondo on guitar, Alex Dominguez on bass and former ROTTING CORPSE/DEATH member Walter Trachsler on guitar along with newly recruited drummer Fidel Tagle from Texas metal outfit KILLAMORA.

DEVASTATION — which released its debut LP, "Violent Termination", on its own Zombo Records in 1987, and two subsequent LPs (1989's "Signs of Life" and 1991's "Idolatry") on the Combat label — toured North America extensively during its five-year run with the likes of LAAZ ROCKIT, SEPULTURA, DARK ANGEL, DEATH, DEMOLITION HAMMER and MALEVOLENT CREATION but has never managed to make it overseas — until earlier this fall.

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/devastationthrash.

Footage of DEVASTATION performing live at Riverside Convention Center in Victoria, Texas on November 1, 2008 can be viewed below.

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