RKF is the black metal jackass in charge of this ezine. When he's not making a fool of himself in public here, he makes a fool of himself in the noise / black metal band Korperschwache. He is formerly the guitarist for Autodidact and a bunch of other bands you never heard of. He is currently hiding in the bushes in Texas, waiting to pee on your leg. He also wants to pole Kate Dillon, not that this has anything to do with DEAD ANGEL. AMANDA is an enigma enshrouded in mystery and wrapped in darkness, sort of like J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, only with bigger breasts. She lives in a shack somewhere in the woods in Canada with a tribe of barely-domesticated panthers, a cistern full of gin, and a large double-barreled shotgun. She is not interested in "getting to know you better." She does, however, accept gifts in the form of toasty socks of an unusual nature. And money. And more bottles of gin. GAFNE ROSTOW is a bitter and dangerous escapee from the original Norwegian "Inner Circle" whose current location cannot be revealed in the interests of national security. He "rewards" those who displease him with fire, death, and dismemberment. The FBI and Interpol refuse to confirm or deny the rumor that he once responded to a passing fool who dared to mock his corpsepaint and many upside-down crosses by cutting the man's head off and posting it on a stick in his front yard. We run his reviews unedited because we are frankly fucking afraid of him. We deeply fear his great and terrible wrath. NEDDAL AYAD is a cranky bastard from the frozen wastes of Canada who plays scorched-earth guitar for the does and knife, please. He has survived fifteen-foot snowdrifts, opening for bad metal bands, and the unfortunate explosion that levelled the Hellfortress Beneath the Ice, so you'd best not even think about getting lippy with him. He enjoys relaxing by setting mimes on fire and directing loud, profane tirades at people who piss him off, which is just about everybody. DILLON TULK is DEAD ANGEL'S Youth of America intern, keepin' it young and keepin' it real. As in real noisy. He's baaaad, man, bad like Shaft but paler and without the sharp threads (how do you think he affords all those obscure cassettes?), so you best not test him! Fortunately, he'd rather love than fight... especially if cute girls are around. When he's not reviewing stuff you never heard of for this ezine or complicating his life, he performs in FERVEUR NOIRE, ASKELA, and other bands. THE DEVIL KITTY is our mascot, demonic fountain of wisdom, and diabolical force of evil who protects us from the rest of the world. Fear him, or else he will heave on you. Then eat you. Then burp.

FROM THE DEPT. OF SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: Those of you hep to Autodidact and Korperschwache may be interested to know that Apop Records has recently released the final Autodidact album. ASS OF FIRE, TITS OF SPLENDOR was recorded in December, 2003, shortly before Autodidact's dissolution at the end of that year. Not only is the album all-original material that has never appeared anywhere else, it is by far the best of the twenty-plus albums recorded during the band's existence. In addition, just so Korperschwache fans won't feel left-out and sitting on the curb going boo hoo hoo, you can now find a huge pile of MP3 files -- several albums worth, in fact, all from out of print releases -- at the new Korperschwache SOUNDS page. I hope to have some more current Korperschwache updates by the next issue, but we shall see. TO QUOTE TRENT, "WHERE IS EVERYBODY?": The other contributors to DEAD ANGEL appear to have floated off into the ether for the moment, so you're stuck with my ugly disposition for the time being. As for the rest -- well, the valiant minions of all that is ONE AND TRUE lead complicated lives, to say the least, and occasionally life drags one or two of them off the One True Path and into the bushes for a good old-fashioned mugging. Plus somebody made a boss move across the country and things got complicated (oopsie!). And so on. So everybody's kind of distracted at the moment (yes, I have all sorts of complicated personal weirdness going on right now, and yes, it's mighty distracting), but I'm pretty sure we'll all be back in action sooner or later and contributing tidbits o' wisdom and all that. Unless the Men in Black find us, and then we'll all be fucked anyway, right? Right? RIGHT?!?!?!!!? At any rate, you can rest assured that the next issue will come out around the new year. Maybe not exactly totally, completely, one hundred percent technically on time, but close enough for government work, especially for the holidays. Who knows? Perhaps by then the ether will have decided humans tainted by the unholy stench of DEAD ANGEL are not tasty enough anymore to be worth eating and we'll have some staff reviews going again. REMEMBER THAT UPDATE?: Well, apparently I lied. Thanks to unspecified life craziness (see above), I never had time to finish the additional reviews, plus more stuff arrived (good stuff! oooo, very good stuff!), and now the pile's kind of ridiculous, so everything will just have to wait for the next issue. Here's what's on the schedule for next time, by the way: Barkley's Barnyard Critters -- MYSTERY TAIL dvd [Load Records] Blast Beat / Torturing Nurse -- split 12" [Dada Drumming] C. J. Borosque -- THEY [Harsh Noise] Darkwell -- METATRON [Napalm Records] Die Verbannten Kinder Evas -- DUSK AND VOID BECAME ALIVE [Napalm Records] Digital Geist -- THE ZERO ENGINE [???] Elis -- GRIEFSHIRE [Napalm Records] Elis -- DARK CLOUDS IN A PERFECT SKY [Napalm Records] Eloine -- SAGEBRUSH / DEIMOS [Stentorian Tapes] Fairyland -- THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE [Napalm Records] Ferveur Noire -- BASK cs [Just Friends] Ferveur Noire -- INTO A SEA OF REGRET cs [Green Ox Sound] Flaming Fire -- WHEN THE HIGH BELL RINGS [Sillybird Records] Gang Wizard -- BYZANTINE HEADACHE [Load Records] Jennifer Hope -- REPLICAS [self-released] Nippara -- TOKYO [Austin Record / Jabrec Art Music] The Red King -- SOMNIFERUM [Sonic Abyss] Red Rocket -- FOLKTALES [???] Eduardo Ricci / Thollem Mcdonas -- SONO CONTENTO DI STARE QUA [Edgetone Records] Damion Romero -- NEGATIVE [PacRec] Misty Roses -- MONSTER ZERO [Frog Man Jake] Naio Ssaion -- OUT LOUD [Napalm Records] Sinamore -- A NEW DAY [Napalm Records] Stochastic Theory -- OPPOSITE EXTREMES [Sonic Mainline] Tundra -- s/t [???] The USA Is A Monster -- SUNSET AT THE END OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE [Load Records] Bill Thompson -- TRIPARTITE COLLISION [SSR] v/a -- CATERPILLARS, HEAD SWELLS AND MIND MELTS [No Statement] v/a -- FUN FROM NONE: LIVE FROM THE NO FUN FEST 2004 & 2005 dvd [Load Records] Jack Wright -- AS IS: SOLOS FROM BERUIT & BARCELONA [Spring Garden Music] ... and I'm sure even more will show up in the mailbox between now and then. Perhaps I'll dare to venture into the Cave of Eternal Blackness and awaken the slumbering giant Gafne to see if he can help -- if I choose wisely and have the right album to wave in front of him as he awakens with a great and terrible roar, perhaps he won't just swallow me whole. A WEE NOTE OF THANKS: I'd just like to take a wee moment to say thanks to all the labels, PR agencies, and bands who've sent such swell listenables in over the years (especially to those who continue to do so). Without you, DEAD ANGEL probably would have folded after the fourth issue. Seventy issues later, the chance to hear and report on such amazing whole-grain goodness is the only real reason the ezine continues to exist. So thanks, and my apologies for being flaky from time to time about staying in touch / letting people know stuff has arrived / etc. It's become difficult enough just to put the issue out every two months in a timely fashion, given all the distractions in the background (work, life junk, Korperschwache, books, lusting after the chance to play BULLY, blah blah blah), so I don't want people to think I'm indifferent or whatever just because I'm terrible about keeping up with the flood of email arriving in my INBOX every day. I I definitely like the recent influx of heavy noise and black metal / drone, as seen in the past few issues, and hope things continue in that vein.... FEED THE DEVIL KITTY'S STEREO: In the meantime, the address to send listenables remains (for the moment, anyway): RKF P.O. BOX 2434 AUSTIN, TX 78768 USA THE ROLL CALL OF THE DEVIL KITTY STILL EXISTS: Yes, it is still possible to secure a place for all eternity in the Devil Kitty's good graces; The Roll Call of the Devil Kitty is still accepting donations. Did you know that you can buy a safe haven for your soul, and remain uneaten in the coming nightmarish apocalypse that will afterwards be known as Ragnarok, or The Great and Terrible Feast of the Heaving Devil Kitty? It's true! If you were ever inclined to demonstrate your love for DEAD ANGEL and save your eternally damned soul in the process, now would be an excellent time to do it. Note that I am still committed to running a totally ad-free site and insuring that the ezine remains completely free of charge, which means I'm not making any $$$ from this, so any financial support that comes my way through the Roll Call of the Devil Kitty is always greatly appreciated. -- RKF 11/18/06