Howdy everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well. With the exception of the 'bad' news I'm aboot to let y'all in on, all is well here at SKULLSHIFTER central.

So, first, the bad news. We have had to cancel our appearance at the NEW JERSEY HEAVY METAL MASSACRE III show at DINGBATZ on the 16th of August. J. was told yesterday that he would be having a surgical procedure on the 8th, just 8 days prior to the gig. He was told the recuperation time is approximately 3 weeks, so there's no way for him to be ready. I finally caught up with Anthony, the show's promoter, a little while ago, so this is official. We are very sorry to have to drop off the show as we were really looking forward to it – hell, it was also gonna serve as our CD release gig. Anthony is a first-class dude and we dig DINGBATZ, so this is definitely a downer for us. However, since J. should be back in action after Labour Day, we will now try to formulate a new plan for some sort of CD release show.

What does that do to the release of INNER DEMONS, you ask? Well, everything is still in place to get it out very soon. The mixing was finished in May, and the mastering session with Alan Douches at West West Side Music went perfectly, so the music is DONE. We are totally chuffed with the end result, and we think y'all will agree when you hear it. Tom is sorting out the art now, working diligently. Once he's got that sorted we can deal with getting the CD pressed.

3 weeks ago we began shooting a video for the song "Strain". All of the band footage is now in the can. The hope is that we can release the video at the same time as the CD.

So that's where we're now at. Hopefully we can get a new CD release gig sorted out very soon. When we do we will let y'all know.

Cheers,
CJ – SKULLSHIFTER guitarist

P.S. Tom and I got to see CANDLEMASS a few weeks ago. What a great show!! I hope it's not another 17 year wait between US tours.