Norwegian blackthrash titans Deathhammer have formally introduced the discharge of their extremely anticipated sixth full-length album, Crimson Daybreak, set to drop internationally on August 29 by way of Hells Headbangers. The report can be out there throughout CD, vinyl LP, and cassette codecs.
Celebrating 20 years of chaos, Deathhammer proceed to carry the crown of the blackthrash underground. Whereas the time period “blackthrash” will get thrown round to explain their sound, it barely scratches the floor. Since their 2010 cult debut Phantom Knights, by landmark albums like 2012’s Onward to the Pits and 2015’s Evil Energy, the duo of Sadomancer and Sergeant Salsten have channeled not solely the uncooked vitality of black and thrash metallic, however the blazing coronary heart of heavy metallic itself. The hearth solely burned brighter with 2018’s Chained to Hell and 2022’s Electrical Warfare, and now, with Crimson Daybreak, Deathhammer summon their most feral and totally realized imaginative and prescient but.
For the primary time of their historical past, Sadomancer and Sergeant Salsten performed guitar on one another’s songs, breaking their long-standing custom of holding songwriting and efficiency duties separate. The result’s a extra dynamic, cohesive assault that also unmistakably seems like Deathhammer – solely now with much more chunk.
Paired with their most punishing drum manufacturing thus far and a combination courtesy of Arild M. Torp (Nekromantheon, Abhorration), Crimson Daybreak is a violent triumph. “It sounds simply as violent as we hoped for,” stated Sadomancer, and the combo definitely makes good on that promise. The report options visitor solos from fellow metallic maniacs, together with Arild M. Torp on “Legacy of Ache” and Bowel Ripper of Impugner on “Stygian Lust” – a monitor whose roots attain again practically 20 years.
Pre-orders are available here.
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