Death Metal

America’s CARDIAC ARREST set release date for new MEMENTO MORI / BORIS album, reveal first track

In their endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage death metal, on July 27th, Memento Mori is proud to present the highly anticipated seventh album of American death metal stalwarts Cardiac Arrest, The Day That Death Prevailed. Memento Mori will handle the CD version, while Boris Records shall release the vinyl version on September 11th.

Formed in the bowels of Chicago way back in 1997, Cardiac Arrest should need no introduction to ardent fans of rotting and blood-drenched death metal, for these grave-dwellers have been carving out aural nightmares of perishing and grime for decades now. Consisting of four individuals with an unearthly interest in all that’s absurd, morbid, gruesome, and unhealthy, the band’s been consistently getting heavier and more vile with every album they spat out via previous labels such as Razorback Recordings and Ibex Moon Records, honoring timeless death metal of the most grinding and putrid ilk with genuineness and a no-nonsense approach, yet adding enough personality to be in a forever-rotting league of their very own.

Now, more than half a dozen albums deep into their 23-year career, Cardiac Arrest have again have delivered a masterstroke that bands a third of their age would be jealous to release: The Day That Death Prevailed. Much like they did with their previous album for Memento Mori, 2018’s acclaimed A Parallel Dimension of Despair, Cardiac Arrest stick to their guns, but come out with those guns fully blazing! Tastes may change, but these U.S. diehards continue to stay true to the iron-clad ethos of genuine, all-caps DEATH METAL; if anything, they get better with age. Indeed, the title The Day That Death Prevailed is fitting, for their rigorously fine-tuned form of death metal squarely harkens to older, purer days – when true songwriting was valued most, and the disgusting chops to back it up. Cardiac Arrest do both here, gutsfucking the listener with a fiercely focused mix of headbanging gallops and well-timed bouts of blasting, a streamlined, shit-heavy steamroller that’s as catchy as the clap; hooks and grooves and generally memorable nastiness are all sliced and sluiced across The Day That Death Prevailed with absolute ease. But lest one think “catchy” means “soft,” think again: these Chicago miscreants are ever committed to horror in the most classic sense, just like aesthetic forebears Grave, Master, Benediction, Obituary, Cianide, Malevolent Creation, and of course, the Floridian masters Death and Massacre. This deep into their catalog, though, and it’s about damn time Cardiac Arrest are included in the (un)hallowed ranks, right?

With suitably stark cover art courtesy of Eric Rot and another crushing mastering job by Javier Felez at Moontower Studios, The Day That Death Prevailed once again proves that old age doesn’t soften the diehard one bit – it just kicks them into Cardiac Arrest!

Get kicking with the brand-new track “Naegleric Outbreak” here:

Cover and tracklisting as follows:

Tracklisting for Cardiac Arrest (U.S.)’s The Day That Death Prevailed 1. Thrive on the Fear
2. Naegleric Outbreak
3. Birth of Hideki
4. Plague Ridden Destiny
5. A Call for Violence
6. Eradicate the Masses
7. Endless Dread
8. Sodomite
9. Up from Oblivion
MORE INFO:
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www.memento-mori.es
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www.boris-records.com

Septicflesh announce DVD release of Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX

Greek symphonic death metal masters SEPTICFLESH are now announcing the release of the ‘Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX’ show on Blu-ray DVD! The full concert was taped in February 2019, during a sold out show at the ‘Metropolitan Theater’ in Mexico City. The unforgettable night was the largest production of its kind at the venue, which included the band and over 100 musicians from the ‘Symphonic Experience Orchestra’,  the ‘Enharmonía Vocalis Choir’ and the ‘National University of Mexico Children’s and Youth Choir’. 

The Blu-ray DVD is set for worldwide release on July 31st, 2020 via Season of Mist and pre-orders are available HERE. A little taste of what’s to come can be found in the official teaser here:
SEPTICFLESH comment on the release: “On the 2nd of February 2019, a historic for Septicflesh show took place in Mexico City at a fully packed Metropolitan Theater. For the first time and with the help of over 100 musicians, our songs were performed live in their full symphonic glory. The whole show was recorded and now it is time to present it to all our fans in a DVD/Blu Ray 5.1 entitled Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX that will be released from Season of Mist. We are grateful to all people that made this experience possible and success
SEPTICFLESH are furthermore reveialing the cover artwork and track-list of Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX.
Track-list
1. Intro
2. Portrait of a Headless Man
3. Martyr
4. Prototype
5. The Pyramid God
6. The Enemy of Truth
7. Communion
8. The Vampire from Nazareth
9. Dogma of Prometheus
10. Lovecraft’s Death
11. Dante’s Inferno
12. Persepolis
13. A Great Mass of Death
14. Anubis
15. Dark Art 
SEPTICFLESH are painting an apocalyptic vision and make full use of their impressive musical palette consisting of death metal and orchestral colours on their tenth full-length, ‘Codex Omega’. 

From their alpha EP ‘Temple of the Lost Race’ that was released one year after their founding in 1990, the Greek musicians have pushed the limits of the metal genre and continued to explore new sonic path with every following release from their debut album ‘Mystic Places of Dawn’ (1994) to the stunning ‘Sumerian Daemons’ (2003), which have in the meantime all been re-issued by Season of Mist.

Yet SEPTICFLESH had clearly come into their own sound when they unleashed their celebrated comeback album after a five-year hiatus that re-charged their artistic batteries. ‘Communion’ (2008) offered a well-balanced amalgamation of metal elements that were freely drawn from the darker side of the genre including death, black, and gothic metal with epic orchestral arrangements. This symphonic excellence was based on guitarist Christos Antoniou bringing to bear the fruits of his academic studies of classical composition, which he passed with honours and distinction.

With a clear musical compass to navigate, SEPTICFLESH continued to explore their sound and the compositional possibilities of this new-found metal continent. ‘The Great Mass’ (2011) and ‘Titan’ (2014) saw the Greeks evolving at fast speed and at the same time gathering adherents as well as critical praise in ever growing numbers. Extended touring on both sides of the Atlantic and performances at about every important festival further consolidated the bands burgeoning status.

Although the biblical omega marks the end, SEPTICFLESH on the contrary reached their current peak with ‘Codex Omega’ (2017), an album that clearly witnesses the Greek visionaries having come to maturity and expert craftsmanship in every sense.

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Line-up
Seth Siro Anton: vocals, bass
Christos Antoniou: guitar, orchestration 
Sotiris Anunnaki V: clear vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar
Kerim “Krimh” Lechner: drums

Chile’s SOULROT set release date for new MEMENTO MORI album, reveal first track

In their endless quest to push and support current underground acts that perpetuate the odor of vintage death metal, on July 27th, Memento Mori is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Chile’s Soulrot, Victims of Spiritual Warfare.

Hailing from the city of Valparaíso, Chile’s Soulrot was formed by guitar player JL Olmos (Betrayed, ex-Micosis, ex-Gangrenous) circa 1993-1994 but was put to rest due to JL being involved in several other projects at the time. It wasn’t until 2013 that JL joined bass player/vocalist JH Wilschrey (Sadistic Murder, Acero Letal) and they both resuscitated Soulrot, manifesting their unquestionable inclination towards the death metal of yore.

This glorious, gangrenous resurrection resulted in the Horrors from Beyond demo in 2014 and the Revelations EP two years later. However, come 2017 did Soulrot finally released their first full-length, Nameless Hideous Manifestations, through death-metal-of-yore stronghold Memento Mori. Bolstered by the addition of Daniel Fredes (Sadistic Murder) on drums, Soulrot stuck to their guns – a lyrical inclination toward H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmogony and the preternatural, and musically inspired by old acts such as Nihilist/Entombed, Carnage, Autopsy, Grave, Necrony, Demigod, Traumatic, Carcass, Nirvana 2002 and Asphyx among others – but here exhibited a bulldozing sense of purpose, a crush-at-all-costs momentum teleported from 1992.

And that bulldozer continues its crush unabated with Soulrot‘s second album, Victims of Spiritual Warfare. Utterly gutsfucked as the previous album was, Victims of Spiritual Warfare sees Soulrot upping the urgency and delivering a tone literally worth dying for – if the teleportation stopped at ’92 for Nameless Hideous Manifestations, then this one’s going no further than 1991! Soulrot somehow pull off the trick of being both rawer and more refined here, their songcraft broadening its scope – more patience, more doom, more CRUSH – whilst tastefully unloading quick-hitting bursts of blistering grindcore, altogether still sounding like the same band. But let it be known that this is still classic DEATH FUCKING METAL, same as it ever was, and always will be with Soulrot. Unbelievers will continue to roll their eyes at the familiarity, but just like they did on their debut album, with Victims of Spiritual Warfare do Soulrot utterly convince with their authenticity and passion. If you don’t “get it,” then you don’t know death metal!

Graced with stark cover artwork by Cesar Valladares and another molten mastering job by the esteemed Javier Felez at Moontower Studios, Soulrot‘s Victims of Spiritual Warfare could very well be their Indecent and Obscene, You’ll Never See…, or especially Harmony Corruption!

Fall victim of their spiritual warfare with the brand-new track “God Forsaken” here:
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Soulrot (Chile)’s Victims of Spiritual Warfare
1. La Doctrina de los Malnacidos
2. Nihilistic Automata
3. Buried Alive
4. I, Master
5. Perpetual Warfare
6. God Forsaken
7. Deceiving Tyranny Manifesto
8. Chainsaw Worship Hymn
9. Protect the Coven
10. Evolutive Slaves
11. All That Remains
12. Nameless Ritual
13. Hideous Manifestation
14. What Destroys You, Makes Us Stronger
15. Aquelarre
MORE INFO:
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www.soulrot.bandcamp.com
www.memento-mori.es
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Poland’s CLAIRVOYANCE to release debut demo through CALIGARI – streaming now

Today, Caligari Records sets June 26th as the international release date for the debut demo of Poland’s Clairvoyance on cassette tape format.

Hailing from Warsaw City, Clairvoyance was formed in late 2019 by guitarist Denis Didenko and vocalist Maciej Cesarczyk. Soon after that, bassist Jasiek Kraciuk and drummer Adrian Szczepanski had joined the band. Members of the band have had a bit of experience in other genres in several bands in Poland and Ukraine, but nothing related to death metal.

That said, the main idea behind Clairvoyance was to embody their passion for ’90s extreme metal – predominantly death metal, as one might guess – and maybe spark some interest in OSDM in the local underground scene. As far as influences go, it’s for them to name specific bands. For some, it’s mostly Finnish death metal from the ’90s; for others, it’s 80s thrash metal, punk rock, death/doom, or even Type O Negative. Needless to say, all these influences are loved deeply by the quartet.

Lyric-wise, Clairvoyance prefer to leave an air of mystery and won’t be publishing anything online anytime soon. Like the best death metal over its many decades as a genre, they treat vocals as a separate instrument to complement Clairvoyance‘s overall sound, which is dark and disgusting but very lucidly played; as such, there’s an element of freshness due to the demo’s not-easily-pigeonholed style. But ultimately, they’re not trying to say anything through their lyrics, as their main purpose is to allow Cesarczyk to reflect some dark corners of his soul, which is not always possible in day-to-day life.

In a mere 11 minutes, Clairvoyance‘s three-song debut demo gets in, gets out, and grinds the listener into the dirt. An auspicious start, to say the very least!

Hear all of it for yourself by streaming it in full here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Clairvoyance (Poland)’s Demo
1. Pointless Rebirth
2. Broken Shackles
3. Abyss


MORE INFO:
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www.caligarirecords.com
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www.caligarirecords.bandcamp.com 

RITUAL MASS to release debut EP through CALIGARI – streaming now

Today, Caligari Records sets June 19th as the international release date for Ritual Mass‘ striking debut EP, Abhorred in the Eyes of God, on cassette tape format.

Originally self-released digitally in July 2019 and then pressed on 12″ vinyl by Steel & Bone Productions, Ritual Mass‘ Abhorred in the Eyes of God is a gutsfucking slab of primal, pustulent DEATH FUCKING METAL. No tech, no progression, no normal blastbeats, no real “solos,” no progression, no goofy merch – just utter devastation, tonal rape, crushing filth, ignorant stomp, and overwhelming intensity. It’s caveman death metal for death metal cavemen, but done with a dangerous zeal that’s blanching to behold. Likewise, no particular scene or substyle or “microgenre” is fetishized like so many record-collector-nerd bands; one can detect old Chicago death metal here as easily as equally old UK crust, ’90s Finnish gore as 2000s Japanese doom-death. In other words, this Pittsburgh power-trio locate the reptilian part of their brains and unselfconsciously create the kind of death metal they want to hear, and the grand afterbirth vomited forth is this 13-minute EP appropriately titled Abhorred in the Eyes of God. Caligari couldn’t be more pleased to unleash this foulness on tape for the first time.

In the meantime, access the reptilian part of your brain by streaming Abhorred in the Eyes of God in full here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Ritual Mass’ Abhorred in the Eyes of God
1. Grievous Sin
2. Seated at the Right Hand of the Lord
3. Servant
4. Devoured


MORE INFO:
www.ritualmass.bandcamp.com
www.caligarirecords.com
www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
www.caligarirecords.bandcamp.com 

Finnish metal/grind/crust cult Violent Hammer premiere new track

Today, Finnish metal/grind/crust cult Violent Hammer premiere the new track “Riders of the Wasteland” . The track hails from the band’s long-awaited debut album, Riders of the Wasteland, set for international release on May 29th via Hells Headbangers. Hear Violent Hammer‘s “Riders of the Wasteland” in its entirety here:
Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black/death underground, Violent Hammer formed in 2006. Two demos followed in short succession, in 2006 and 2007, before the band would go on hiatus. Violent Hammer would at last return in early 2014 with a new lineup and a new demo, More Victims – Demo 2014, which Shadow Kingdom would release on cassette later that year. Then, another hiatus…

However rough ‘n’ rowdy those earlier demos may have been, the reinvigorated Violent Hammer return with a full-length that handily trounces those not-inconsiderable predecessors. Aptly titled Riders of the Wasteland, Violent Hammer‘s debut album encompasses their simple yet scintillating aesthetic – the full span of death metal and black metal from the ’80s through early ’90s, early thrash, and most significantly early grindcore and UK/Swedish hardcore and crust from the ’80s – and blasts it into oblivion with the aplomb of a nuclear fallout. Unremittingly hammering and remorselessly primitive, each of the nine barbaric slabs of song across the album’s satisfyingly swift 26 minutes gets in, gets out, and fucking DESTROYS. As such, Riders of the Wasteland is deceptively catchy, much like so much ’80s grindcore was, and retains a twisted sense of fun within its gnarled ‘n’ gnarling sonics. And although Violent Hammer here invoke many names – from early Blood, Profanatica, Bestial Summoning, and Naked Whipper to likewise early Doom (UK), Extreme Noise Terror, Mob 47, and even earliest/crustiest Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death – the manner in which they slice and dice all these influences bespeaks an identity wholly unique in today’s underground landscape.

Strap in with Violent Hammer‘s Riders of the Wasteland or get smashed in the fucking face!

Also get smashed with the previously revealed track “(Trapped) in Depths” HERE at Hells Headbangers‘ Bandcamp, where the album can also be preordered.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Violent Hammer’s Riders of the Wasteland 1. Death Squad
2. Annihilation (Victims of Bomb Raid)
3. Wasted Through Life
4. Screams of Agony
5. Riders of the Wasteland
6. (Trapped) in Depths
8. House of Beria
9. Bratva
10. Prophet of Darkness
MORE INFO:
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www.hellsheadbangers.com
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DOMINION OF SUFFERING set release date for SLOVAK METAL ARMY debut, reveal first tracks – features members of ANTIVERSUM, DEATHCULT, NOMENMORTIS+++

Today, Slovak Metal Army announces June 15th as the international release date for Dominion of Suffering‘s highly anticipated debut album, The Birth of Hateful Existence, on CD format. Necroeucharist Productions is handling the vinyl release.

Originally hailing from Slovakia, Dominion of Suffering started in 2008 as a nameless project of drummer Neptun and guitarist Miroslav. Its musical direction was clearly set in the style of old-school death/black metal, focused on paying homage to the old masters and founders of these genres. The result of this effort was the demo Served To The Worms, recorded in March 2011, to which Dr. Channard was invited as a guest guitarist and with whom Neptun played (2008 – 2011) in nowadays-legendary (in the strict underground meaning, of course) brutal death/grind act Nomenmortis. At that time, the demo was released in digital format only, and as a limited CD-R edition, used mainly for promo activities. The physical realization came only in 2016 in the form of 12” vinyl in a limited edition of 200 copies.

In 2012, the band ends all its activities due to Neptun’s departure abroad. Dominion of Suffering was restarted a couple of times in Switzerland, but always failed due to a series of misfortunes. The turning point came in 2018, when the members of bands Antiversum, Deathcult, Cruent, and ex-Traumalice started to work on a renewed project and to prepare a new album. All these efforts of the Slovak/Swiss cooperation resulted in the full-length The Birth of Hateful Existence, now coming to light in 2020. Throughout its existence, the band cooperates closely with Martin Lukáč, who wrote the lyrics for “Served To The Worms” and also for one of the songs on the debut album.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new tracks “A Starborn Overlord” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Dominion of Suffering’s The Birth of Hateful Existence
1. Intro
2. The Birth Of Hateful Existence
3. Silentium Mortis
4. A Starborn Overlord
5. Trapped by the Event Horizon

  MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/Dominion-of-Suffering-BAND-577965729346417
www.slovakmetalarmy.sk 
www.facebook.com/slovakmetalarmy 
www.slovakmetalarmy.bandcamp.com 

EXPUNGED reveal new video – includes members of ICE WAR+++

Today, Canadian death metal juggernaut Expunged reveal the brand-new video “Dark Age Crusade.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut mini-album, Expunged, set for international release on April 24th via Hells Headbangers.
See & hear Expunged‘s “Dark Age Crusade” video in its entirety here:
Expunged is the brainchild of death metal master W.D., who’s previously handled the axe in Dead Soul Alliance and Evolution Fail stretching as far back as the mid ’90s. W.D. is the songwriter and K.F. drums (from old-school death metallers Töteblut), while J.S. (AKA Jo “Steel” Capitalicide from Ice War) is on vocal and lyrical duties as well as handling the bass, with the latter showing how versatile his singing abilities can somehow be. Formed in the spring of 2019, this Canadian power-trio is ready to take on the world with their own brand of downtuned HM-2-style death metal.

Exquisitely filthy, utterly crushing, and immediately memorable, Expunged‘s opening strike is death metal classicism of a rich yet never regressionist vintage. Mastering was handled by death/grindcore guru Topin Das (of Fuck The Facts fame) at his seminal Apartment Two Studio. Swift and satisfying, Expunged is a five-song/23-minute plunge into the depths of darkness and doom – expect to hear the name of Expunged resonate in the underground soon enough!

Hear the previously revealed “Disposed in Chaos and War” HERE at Hells Headbangers‘ Bandcamp, where the record can also be preordered.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Expunged’s Expunged
1. Disposed in Chaos and War
2. Melting Flesh
3. Putrefying Mind
4. Dark Age Crusade
5. Your Demise
MORE INFO:
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www.expunged.bandcamp.com
www.hellsheadbangers.com
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Midwest death metal royalty Kurnugia premiere new track

Today, Midwest death metal royalty Kurnugia premiere the new track “Pervert the Pious”. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Forlorn and Forsaken, set for international release on April 27th via Memento Mori. Hear Kurnugia‘s “Pervert the Pious” in its entirety here:
Hailing from the rustbelt metal hotbed of Cleveland, Ohio, Kurnugia was founded by ex-members of Decrepit, Nunslaughter, Embalmer, December Wolves, and Delusion. Not surprisingly, this assembly of seasoned underground veterans is heavily influenced by the classic death metal of the early ’90s, and that’s exactly what Kurnugia aim for: to go back right to the roots of the genre and pay homage to the deeds of old, unaware of gimmicks, trends, and mindless experimentation – no more, and definitely no less!

Kurnugia delivered their debut EP, Tribulations of the Abyss, in 2013 and then followed it with another EP, Condemned to Obscurity, in 2016. All too teasing have been these short-length assaults, but at last arrives Kurnugia‘s debut album. Aptly titled, Forlorn and Forsaken is ancient aural debauchery, delivered with evil intent, rotting and heinous. Fittingly, this full-length encapsulates everything Kurnugia have stood for to date – crushing riffery, divebombing solos, tight tank-treads of rhythm, all delivered with swift simplicity of design – but upratcheting the production to a clear ‘n’ cutting devastation. Well-produced but not too “well-produced,” Forlorn and Forsaken still seeps with a primordial heaviness rooted in classic death metal songcraft, nodding to (but not ripping off) the seminal works of Immolation, Grave, Incantation, Autopsy, Entombed, Cianide, Morbid Angel, Dismember, Death, Unleashed, Deicide, and Benediction. And of course, this classicism is reflected in Mark Cooper’s attention-grabbing cover art.

You can’t teach old dogs new tricks, the cliche goes, but you CAN let those dogs do what they do best: proudly stick to the early ’90s traditions of death metal. That’s been Memento Mori‘s MO since day one, and they hereby welcome you into Kurnugia‘s netherworld with Forlorn and Forsaken!

The steps into that netherworld can be taken with the previously revealed “Eroded Faith” exclusively HERE, courtesy of IndyMetalVault.com, and the previously revealed “To the Cursed Depths” HERE at Memento Mori‘s official YouTube channel.

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Kurnugia (U.S.)’s Forlorn and Forsaken 1. Intro
2. To the Cursed Depths
3. Crown of Suffer
4. Shroud of Damnation
5. Pervert the Pious
6. Eroded Faith
7. Thy Sanguine Altar
8. All Consuming Grief
9. Decaying Serenades
10. When the Moment of Death Arrives
MORE INFO:
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www.reverbnation.com/kurnugia
www.memento-mori.es
www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label

Defiled emabark on European tour with Vader

Death metal maniacs DEFILED are about to kick off their previously announced European tour dates in support of VADER. The death metal rampage will kick off at the Bastard venue in Osnabrück (DE) tomorrow and continues throughout 8 more counries before a final curtain at the Colloseum in Košice (SK) on March 22. A full list of confirmed shows can be viewed below. 

DEFILED comment on the tour: “We’re thrilled to announce our next European tour with the mighty Vader! We actually opened for Vader back in 1998, on their first show ever in Tokyo; so not only is it a great honor for us to be a part of their anniversary tour and have the chance to share the stage with them again, but it also brings back so many souvenirs and good memories… Saying that we’re excited would be a strong contender for the understatement of the year!! Now about the tour itself, you guys should expect a lot of new songs from our upcoming album ‘Infinite Regress’.

Looking forward seeing you all on the road. Thanks!”
DEFILED 
+Vader +Chronosphere +Fallcie
07 Mar 20 Osnabruck (DE) Bastard
08 Mar 20 Arlon (BE) l’Entrepot
09 Mar 20 London (UK) Underworld
10 Mar 20 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg
11 Mar 20 Lokeren (BE) Sport & Jeugdcomplex
12 Mar 20 Amersfoort (NL) Fluor
13 Mar 20 Leipzig (DE) Stadtbad 
14 Mar 20 Marsberg (DE) Metal Diver Festival
15 Mar 20 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexion Complex
16 Mar 20 Martigny (CH) Sunset
17 Mar 20 Martigny (CH) Sunset
18 Mar 20 Milano (IT) Slaughter House
19 Mar 20 San Dova di Piave (IT) Revolver
20 Mar 20 Zagrzeb (HR) Mochvara
21 Mar 20 Wien (AT) Viper Room
22 Mar 20 Kosice (SK) Colloseum DEFILED will be touring in support of their freshly released album ‘Infinite Regress’. and can be heard in full HERE.

The artwork, which has been created by Wes Benscoter, can be viewed together with the album details below.
Track-list
1. Intro (00:23)
2. Divide and Conquer (02:30)
3. Tragedy (05:21)
4. Systematic Decomposition (02:33)
5. So Blind (02:48)
6. Legacy (01:58)
7. Masses in Chaos (02:01)
8. Centuries (04:17)
9. Aftermath (03:02)
10. Invisible War (01:45)
11. Ignorant (02:28)
12. Slaverobot (02:57)
13. Infinite Regress (02:48)
14. Outro (00:33)
Total playing time: 35:24
DEFILED come yet again, barging in like some crusty Godzilla made out of the stuff polished tech death nightmares are made from. The revered Samurai of death metal crush through the spiral ganglion with a sound rawer than shark sushi that still bites. 

This time it took the Japanese three years to deliver a follow-up to the critically acclaimed ‘Towards Inevitable Ruin’ (2016) which was not pretty, nor pretending to be. Instead, they reduced death metal to the bare bones and with this, showing its naked brutality.

‘In Crisis’ (2011), which came out eight years after ‘Divination’ (2003) shook the world awake to the band from the Land of the Rising Sun. DEFILED climbed to the top of Asia’s death metal scene with the release of their self-financed EP ‘Defeat of Sanity’ (1994) two years after their inception. Founded in Tokyo, they quickly combined the brutal and technical aspects of this mad metropolis into their own unique sound. Their first album ‘Erupted Wrath’ (1999) was mixed by genre legend Jim Morris in Tampa, Florida, who returned to work on sophomore opus ‘Ugliness Revealed’ (2001) as well as third full-length ‘Divination’. The Japanese opened for extreme metal legends such as CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL and toured with INCANTATION and MAYHEM to name but a few.

DEFILED are back with a bang. ‘Infinite Regress’ is not for the faint of heart or intended for easy listening, but when giving the new monster some spins, the apparent fragments start to drift together once more– starting from a catchy fill, riff or grating grunt that morph into a strange hook relentlessly driving its spike into the brain.

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Line-up
Shinichiro Hamada: vocals, guitar
Yusuke Sumita: guitar
Takachika Nakajima: bass
Keisuke Hamada: drums