Open Grave Records is please to announce the signing of German Death Metal artist A.W.A.S.. A.W.A.S. was founded in 1999 as 'Torment'. After rehearsing and a first gig, Ruben Wedel left and Martin Epp stepped in behind the drums. But then A.W.A.S. had a break for about one year. But the war got started again in 2001.

A.W.A.S. did their first "real" show in Aarau (Swizerland) as support to Sacrificium. After that they decided to record their first offical demo "Time to Choose", which was released in January 2003.

During 2003 - 2005 they had two of their songs released on the German "Deathophobia" sampler. During that time they underwent other lineup changes. Stephan Dyck (2nd Guitarist) and Matrin Kuhn left the band. In came Eddy Littau on Bass.

The next step was to record their debut album "Hope". "Hope", was independtly released in early 2006. In a short time Open Grave Records took interest in the band and signed them on to give "Hope" a proper world wide release.

"Hope", will be released via Open Grave Records in early 2007. You can download the track, “Damned to Death” from the album “Hope” via the Open Grave Records website (http://www.opengraverecords.com).