Earache Records signs Mistress

UK sludge/grind outfit Mistress have officially signed a worldwide deal with Earache Records. Formed in 1999, the band has previously released material with Rage Of Achilles Records. According to Earache manager Dan Tobin, "Mistress represent a lot of what the extreme music scene is lacking these days; hunger, depravity, filth, honesty, grim reality, pain, suffering and a sick appreciation for the bizarre." The group will release their Earache debut, entitled "In Disgust We Trust," in early-2005.