Dark Funeral Sever Ties With Necropolis Records
Stockholm, Sweden: DARK FUNERAL and MNW/NO FASHION RECORDS would like to
announce that effective IMMEDIATELY they are no longer contractually bound
to Necropolis records. Official Termination of Contract papers were delivered
to Owner/Operator Paul Thind of Necropolis records as of week ending 11/22/02,
officially ending Dark Funeral’s tenure with said record label. This is a
result of Necropolis’ records deliberate breach of contract with the band
Dark Funeral and MNW/NO FASHION Records. Dark Funeral waited patiently for
Necropolis records to honour their agreement with them, and after many failed
attempts by the band to legally force them to make good on their agreement,
the band and record label had no other choice than to choose this course
of action.
Dark Funeral guitarist and spokesman Lord Ahriman has this to say about this
development: “Before we signed this North American deal with Necropolis Records,
we were warned by pretty much everybody to not sign with them. It is apparently
well-known within the scene as well as between various business associates
that Paul and his Necropolis record label have routinely not paid most they
have worked with. They have defaulted on payments towards their artists,
for studio sessions, to their distributors, etc. We had heard these rumours,
and the warnings coming in to us, but we didn’t want to judge anyone before
we had investigated it further by ourselves. ”
“Usually there are too many rumours circulating out there and its way too
often they lack evidence and/or any substance. After many discussions and
meetings with Paul Thind, we, the band and our label MNW/No Fashion Records
decided to sign and license Diabolis Interium for North America to Necropolis
Records. Since we had our suspic…. Dark Funeral would like to put this
unfortunate incident behind them now and move on to the future. Dark Funeral
is eager to get started with writing and rehearsing new material and hoping
to record again in 2003.”