Candlelight Records has announced that September 23 is the US release date for the debut from Norway’s GRIMFIST. Ghouls of Grandeur was recorded at Abyss Studios with Peter Tagtgren (HYPOCRISY). The band features current/former members of IMMORTAL (who officially announced that they’ve disbanded this week) and DERIDE.

Together only a short while, GRIMFIST played part to a label bidding match before settling on Candlelight as their official home. Signing in the later months of 2002, the band immediately began the recording of Ghouls of Grandeur, which is said to “masterfully blends the best of death, black metal and traditional thrash for a crushing wall of immense sound that will leave metal fans gasping and begging for more.”

Album tracklisting:
“Primal Aggression”
“Outlined in Black”
“A World of Wrath”
“From Hell & Back”
“No Compromise”
“Obsession”
“Lesser of Two Evils”
“Ghouls of Grandeur”
“Mosh-Pit Underground”
“Christ Denied”