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In any serious conversation about death metal the name VOMITORY has to come up. Following their inception in 1989, between 1996 and 2011 they dropped eight of the most blistering albums the genre has spewed up, the quartet parting ways in 2013. However, the band’s retirement turned out to be short lived, returning to stages in 2019 to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary, and now they drop their first new full-length in twelve years, the monstrous All Heads Are Gonna Roll.

For a preview of the album, a video (directed by Marcus Svensson / dpmarcus.com) for Raped, Strangled, Sodomized, Dead can be viewed below.

To watch the video for the first single and title track All Heads Are Gonna Roll surf over to: metalblade.com/vomitory – where the album can be pre-ordered in various formats.

Boasting the classic VOMITORY sound with a few new twists and turns, it is everything their faithful could have hoped for, the band having taken their time before committing to it rather than rushing in. “We weren’t feeling any pressure, it was rather about making a decision whether we should continue as a band, i.e. release new material, or simply put the band back in the grave again,” explains drummer Tobias Gustafsson. “We wrote a few songs first just for the fun of it, to see if we still ‘had it’, before we made the final decision to continue and make a new full-length album.“

All Heads Are Gonna Roll is best described as “fast, grinding, D-beat, fist-in-your-face death metal“, it features fresh aspects that are uncommon to VOMITORY records. “One thing in particular we did was to try to build distinct choruses in the songs, which is something we didn’t put too much effort into earlier,” explains drummer Tobias Gustafsson. “We have also spent a lot more time working with the backing vocal arrangements, which we certainly think paid off very well. It brings something new to our sound. We have also tried to write more straightforward riffs, like we did in the early 2000s.“

The instruments for the record were tracked in the band’s rehearsal space, on a mobile studio setup engineered by Mats Lindström, and was self-produced. This allowed them to work at their own pace in the hours that worked for them, rather than having this dictated to them as would be the case if they had rented a studio. “Although we had a lot of flexibility to choose our working hours, it was still crucial to keep the recording schedule as strict as possible, because it was so easy to say ‘let’s do it tomorrow instead’.” For vocals, they went to Leon Music Studios and engineer Rikard Löfgren, which was where they recorded their last three albums. They brought in good friend Christian Fredriksson (Vulkan) to play some guitar solos, but otherwise it is entirely their own work. With vivid horror movie-inspired artwork – with a hint of anti-religion thrown in for good measure – All Heads Are Gonna Roll really is the whole package for death metal fans, and a stunning return to form after so many years between releases.

“All Heads Are Gonna Roll” track listing
01. All Heads Are Gonna Roll
02. Decrowned
03. Ode to the Meat Saw
04. The Deepest Tomb
05. Piece by Stinking Piece
06. Raped, Strangled, Sodomized, Dead
07. Dead Man Stalking
08. Disciples of the Damned
09. Dead World
10. Beg for Death

VOMITORY live:
June 2: Karlstad, Sweden @ Nöjesfabriken
June 24: Protzen Open Air, Germany
June 25: Basinfirefest, Spálené Poříčí, Czech Republic
July 29: Stonehenge Festival, Steenwijk, The Netherlands
August 11: Alcatraz Open Air Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
August 12: Hellsinki Metal Festival, Helsinki, Finland
September 9: Meh-Suff! Festival, Hüttikon, Switzerland
November 9-12: Mexico Metal Fest, Monterrey, Mexico
December 8: Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
May 22-25 2024: Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore MD, U.S.A.

VOMITORY line-up:
Erik Rundqvist – vocals/bass
Urban Gustafsson – guitar
Peter Östlund – lead guitar
Tobias Gustafsson – drums

Vomitory socials:
https://www.facebook.com/vomitoryband
https://www.instagram.com/vomitoryband
https://www.vomitory.net