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Bay Area natives and thrash metal band HATCHET have just released their third studio album, “Fear Beyond Lunacy”, out today via The End Records. The album release follows Wednesday’s premiere of the full album stream via Loudwire. Streaming is available below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLINesDgSwsOpMaCCoQpW_pI4zw0J8grmy&v=iIjdJbAUJRk

Says Hatchet‘s founding member, vocalist, and lead guitarist, Julz Ramos: “I feel this is the best album to date. It offers stronger songs, catchier riffs and different tempos while lyrically focusing on our society of fear-engrossed, media-addicted slaves. There is always some big conspiracy happening or natural disaster predicted by someone hundreds of years ago that everyone in some form or another seems to live their lives in fear of. We are constantly hooked on what our media is feeding us to believe to be true and what we should be afraid of today, tomorrow, next month/year etc. The cover artwork (by Andrej Bartulovic from All Things Rotten) depicts what I see us becoming as a modern society.”

Hatchet is currently in the throes of a six-week tour with Doyle, the namesake band of Doyle Von Frankenstein (formerly of The Misfits), including select dates with Calabrese and Fog Of War.

Tour Dates
Oct 30 — 18th St.; San Leon, TX ***
Oct 31 — BF Club; Houston, TX w/ Doyle
Nov 02 — Blue Max; Midland, TX ***
Nov 03 — Mesa Music Hall; El Paso, TX ***
Nov 03 — Juggernaut; Gallup, NM
Nov 06 — Club Red; Mesa, AZ w/ Krigblast
Nov 07 — Elk’s Lodge; San Bernardino, CA +
Nov 08 — Doll Hut; Anaheim, CA +
Nov 09 — SLO Brewing; San Luis Obispo, CA w/ Doyle
Nov 10 — Loaded; Hollywood. CA +
Nov 11 — Ozzy’s Sports Bar – Fresno, CA +
Nov 13 — Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA +

***With Doyle & Calabrese
+With Fog Of War