HIRAX Release First Single ‘Drill Into The Brain’ from Upcoming EP “Faster Than Death”

Photo by Albert Licano

Legendary thrash metallers HIRAX have released the first single ‘Drill Into The Brain’, taken from the band’s upcoming new EP “Faster Than Death”, exlusively mixed by Bill Metoyer! The EP is set to be released on August 1st via Doomentia Records.

So you think you’re metal aren’t you? Maybe so. But Katon W. De Pena is METAL incarnated. The man may have turned sixty last September but he’s more than ever ready to break necks and crush bones with the mighty HIRAX.
Ahead of their long-awaited new studio full-length album (their first in a decade!), upcoming European summer tour and armed with a young, exuberant and hungry line-up, Pena has teamed up with DOOMENTIA to offer a glimpse of their upcoming thrash inferno with this new four-tracks EP, featuring versions of four songs from said upcoming album exclusively mixed for this release-only by Bill Metoyer, the legendary ARMORED SAINT/SLAYER/D.R.I. producer who’s been collaborating with HIRAX ever since their debut full-length Raging Violence back in 1985.

And whoever would be tempted to think that with age comes peace with mind should get ready to be annihilated by this EP opening salvo alone, ‘Drill Into The Brain’, aka sixty-three seconds of the most intense-as-fuck crossover/thrash you’ll hear this year!

Listen to the single below.

Order the EP at http://www.doomentia.com or http://www.doomentiarecords.bandcamp.com – Order the vinyl: http://www.doomentia.com/hirax-faster-than-death

Tracklist:

Drill Into the Brain
Drowned Bodies
Faster than Death
Relentless

This release is available now on http://www.doomentia.com and on HIRAX tour with Exumer:

August 3rd, Saturday, Wacken (GER) “Wacken Open Air”
August 5th, Monday, Krakow (POL) “Kamienna 12”
August 6th, Tuesday, Warsaw (POL) “Hydrozagadka”
August 7th, Wednesday, Jaromer (CZE) “Brutal Assault Festival”
August 8th, Thursday, Vienna (AUT) “Escape”
August 9th, Friday, Passau, (GER) “Zauberberg”
August 10th, Saturday, Selb (GER) “RockClub NordBayern”
August 11th, Sunday, Kortijk (BEL) “Alcatraz Fest”
August 12th, Monday, London (UK) “02 Islington Academy” w/ EXODUS
August 13th, Tuesday, Plymouth (UK), “Junction”
August 14th, Wednesday, The Hague (NLD) “Musicon”
August 15th, Thursday, Doetinchem (NLD) “Engelenbak”
August 16th, Rheine (GER) “Hypothalamus” w/ FLOTSAM & JETSAM
August 18th, Carhaix (FRA) “Motocultor Festival”

7″ VINYL EP:

Two colored versions (transparent red and yellow) each strictly limited to 250 copies
First 4 tracks from upcoming full-length album
Exclusively mixed by legendary producer Bill Metoyer
Housed in a noble gatefold w/glossy lamination
Artwork by Thomas Pinheiro
Includes HIRAX / EXUMER tour 2024 poster

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