First off, this winter nonsense is pretty lame-o. The only people that are probably enjoying this are Immortal. They'd probably laugh if they knew what a difficult time people here are having with the snow. But I digress...

Over the span of the last several months, we've been working diligently on album #3, which will is titled Cold Pestilent Hope. It will contain 11 songs, two of which are instrumentals and in our humble estimation, is the next logical step from our previous efforts. Recording will commence before all of the snow melts and once again, we'll be hunkered down in Soundscape Studios with Dave Watson (Mantic Ritual) and artwork/design will be provided by Jarno Lahti, who did the artwork for Blind Faith Loyalty.

More details to come in the very near future. For now, let us count the days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.... Cheers,

-David E. Gehlke

Much ado about everything in the CTL camp, as we are gearing up for our next show (and first since August) with the mighty While Heaven Wept, Argus, and Crucifist. It is on Friday, January 8th @ the 31st Street Pub in Pittsburgh and since the Steelers probably won't make the playoffs, attendance should be solid. That is, unless a snowstorm hits the 'Burgh. Please come out if you can - everyone rocks pretty hard on this bill.

In regards to the aforementioned show, we will be playing a couple new jams, since that's what we've been up to: working on new jams. We're about 95% completed with the writing for album #3 and to avoid making the stock statement that every other band makes (i.e. "This is our strongest material to date!"), we'll just say this: our enthusiasm for the new songs cannot be contained, harnassed or measured. We hope you'll feel the same come 2010...

-David E. Gehlke

We would like to announce the addition of bassist Tim Boyle to the CTL ranks, who is replacing the departed Dom Scarano. Tim comes to us via Grave Desire (who coincidentally have our producer and current Mantic Ritual singer/guitarist Dave Watson in the ranks) and is well-versed in the CTL catalog, so it was a natural decision. We would like to wish Dom the best in his future endeavors, as his gaudy sense of humor and keen eye for the ladies will be missed.

Live activity as well as writing for the ever-important album #3 will resume, for are working with a fill-in drummer (key word: fill-in), but since we're tired of announcing member changes, we'll be clandestine for once. Great album, Entombed's Clandestine. Best song? "Sinner Bleed," of course.

-David E. Gehlke