Hungarian Thrashers ARCHAIC have dropped their super-heavy Christmas gift in the form of a fierce cover of the ’92 Iron Maiden classic track ’Be Quick or Be Dead’.

“We’ve been a fan of Iron Maiden since our teenage years and this is our way to pay homage to one of the greatest bands in the history of metal. Because of the difference in genres, it was a good challenge to reshape the song in a way that fits our musical identity but still remains faithful to the original.

We picked ’Be Quick or Be Dead’ for many reasons. One is that it’s not an obvious choice like the big hits, which have been covered a lot of times by various bands. We also thought that the original track itself has such a raw and thrashy vibe that makes it fit for an aggressive, heavier cover. And there’s also a personal perspective, three out of four band members were born in 80-s and got into metal in the beginning of the 90-s, which meant that ’Fear of the Dark’ was a defining record for us, it was the basically the first one that introduced us to Maiden’s music and had a huge impact on us as kids.

As the lyrics and the meaning of the song are still valid to this day, we decided to make a lyric video. It was edited by our former singer, Tamás Jósa, who is also a huge Maiden fanatic and it includes mostly footage from our live performances but there are also some nods and winks to the original music video of the song, that was played several times on MTV back in 1992.”

ARCHAIC is currently writing and producing their 4th full-length album, which is the follow-up of ’The Endgame Protocol’ released back in 2022. Besides working on new music they will also go on a 10-day-long European tour with Gorgoroth, Aeternus and Death Rattle in late March 2025.

„We’re very excited about this tour and it’s a huge honour to be part of this line-up, the band is extremely grateful for this opportunity. We’ve played in a few parts of Europe and been on shorter tours before, but none of them were longer than 5-6 days, so this will be our first trip with 10 shows in a row which makes it even more exciting for us. We’re really looking forward to sharing the stage with Gorgoroth, Aeternus and Death Rattle and playing for hundreds of new faces, it will be a crushing compilation of black and thrash metal in one infernal package. We can’t wait to rip everyone’s face off with some intensive and spicy thrash metal music from Hungary!”

ARCHAIC Online:
DPK: https://archaicmetal.com
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/archaicmetal

ARCHAIC have released the official live video of four songs from their neck-breaking set at Dürer Kert Budapest on 27th of January 2024.

Archaic had this to say about their Live Video release: “This video with the four songs encapsulates all the essence, rawness and energy that you can expect from the relentless thrashers of Archaic on stage. Straightforward, harsh and catchy thrash tunes and tempos played live, straight out from the depths of the rising Hungarian underground metal scene.”

Subscribe to official Archaic channel: https://bit.ly/3lJTEov
Archaic on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sDILsW
Archaic’s latest album ‘The Endgame Protocol’ is available on CD or Vinyl: https://archaic.hmusic.hu/

ARCHAIC’s Upcoming Show/Festival Schedule:

• 06.09 – Budapest, Hungary w/ MEGADETH
• 06.15 – Koprovnica CRO
• 06.28 – Lowland fest HU
• 06.29 – Rock Pod fest SK
• 07.05 – South of Heaven fest CZ
• 07.11 – Rockmaraton fest HU07.30 – Wacken DE*
• 08.16 – Mátra-Sástó, Fekete Zaj

Archaic are a thrash metal band from Hungary, influenced by bands such as Testament, Slayer, Kreator and The Haunted. The band has a clear aim to carry on the flag of the classic thrash genre with a modern 21st century sound, diverse tempos, catchy melodies impregnated with a relentless energy on stage in order to give the best live experience for any metal fan attending our gigs.

Archaic have three full-length studio albums and hundreds of gigs in their long history. After the release of their first album ’Time Has Come to Envy the Dead (2005 Vic Records) and an intensive 5-year period of gigs and tours, including a support tour with Testament, the band was forced to stop for many years because of various personal reasons and line-up changes, until they reunited again with a new line-up and came back with a brand new release called ’How much blood would you shed to stay alive?’ in December 2017.

With help of the label Nail Records, the album was an attachment of the Hungarian Hammerworld magazine thus reaching a wide audience in the country and became immediately popular and received positive reviews and feedback in all the major metal magazines.

The album cover made by artist Peter Sallai (Annihilator, Sabaton, Hammerfall) and studio production done by Attila Vörös (ex- Nevermore, Satyricon) were voted Hungary’s best in 2017 by the Hungarian metal press.

The band went on to release new videos, playing as many gigs as possible, both in Hungary and in Europe. One of the most important stage in their life took place in 2019 when they managed to play in Wacken as part of the international Wacken Metal Battle competition representing Hungary and they made it to the 2nd place in the finals, making them the first band from their country reaching such a prominent position.

Later on in 2020 they continued the recordings of their upcoming album but unfortunate line-up changes, the covid pandemic and other factors set new obstacles in the way. The most significant change happened at the position of the lead vocalist, as after Tamás left the band, the guitarist, Peter stepped into his place, and it took a while to rearrange and re-record the vocal tracks for the new songs.

The new album named “The Endgame Protocol” was finally finished by the end of 2021. The album was released on 4 March 2022.The album received excellent international reviews, resulting in a growing interest in the band.

In Hungary, ‘The Endgame Protocol’ was the album of the month in HammerWorld magazine and also opened at no. 2 in the domestic sales charts. Along with the outstanding reception of the album, the band has also received international acclaim.

ARCHAIC is:
Péter Erdélyi – vocal, guitar
Lászlo Püski – guitar
Csaba Zoltán Szabó – drums
Gábor Illés – bass

ARCHAIC Online:
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/archaicmetal
Website: https://archaicmetal.com

Extreme Management Group (EMG), home to bands like Suffocation, Atheist, Rings of Saturn, and more, has announced their partnership with Thrash Metal band ARCHAIC.

Archaic are a thrash metal band from Hungary, influenced by bands such as Testament, Slayer, Kreator and The Haunted. The band has a clear aim to carry on the flag of the classic thrash genre with a modern 21st century sound, diverse tempos, catchy melodies impregnated with a relentless energy on stage in order to give the best live experience for any metal fan attending our gigs.

Archaic have three full-length studio albums and hundreds of gigs in their long history. After the release of their first album ’Time Has Come to Envy the Dead (2005 Vic Records) and an intensive 5-year period of gigs and tours, including a support tour with Testament, the band was forced to stop for many years because of various personal reasons and line-up changes, until they reunited again with a new line-up and came back with a brand new release called ’How much blood would you shed to stay alive?’ in December 2017.

With help of the label Nail Records, the album was an attachment of the Hungarian Hammerworld magazine thus reaching a wide audience in the country and became immediately popular and received positive reviews and feedback in all the major metal magazines.

The album cover made by artist Peter Sallai (Annihilator, Sabaton, Hammerfall) and studio production done by Attila Vörös (ex- Nevermore, Satyricon) were voted Hungary’s best in 2017 by the Hungarian metal press.

The band went on to release new videos, playing as many gigs as possible, both in Hungary and in Europe. One of the most important stage in their life took place in 2019 when they managed to play in Wacken as part of the international Wacken Metal Battle competition representing Hungary and they made it to the 2nd place in the finals, making them the first band from their country reaching such a prominent position.

Later on in 2020 they continued the recordings of their upcoming album but unfortunate line-up changes, the covid pandemic and other factors set new obstacles in the way. The most significant change happened at the position of the lead vocalist, as after Tamás left the band, the guitarist, Peter stepped into his place, and it took a while to rearrange and re-record the vocal tracks for the new songs.

The new album named “The Endgame Protocol” was finally finished by the end of 2021. The album was released on 4 March 2022.The album received excellent international reviews, resulting in a growing interest in the band.

In Hungary, ‘The Endgame Protocol’ was the album of the month in HammerWorld magazine and also opened at no. 2 in the domestic sales charts. Along with the outstanding reception of the album, the band has also received international acclaim.

Now the band has signed with Extreme Management Group, and had the following to say about the partnering, “We are proud and happy to announce that the band has become part of the Extreme Management Group roster. We are looking forward to working together and it is a huge step in our history as this the first time when a professional and experienced management team will handle our international aspirations and help us grow and spread the music of Archaic worldwide. Keep supporting thrash metal!” EMG said, “We anticipate big things to come from our partnership with ARCHAIC.”

ARCHAIC is:
Péter Erdélyi – vocal, guitar
Lászlo Püski – guitar
Csaba Zoltán Szabó – drums
Gábor Illés – bass

ARCHAIC Online:
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/archaicmetal
Website: https://archaicmetal.com