Malta’s death metallers BEHEADED, who are on the verge of releasing their sixth studio album “Only Death Can Save You”, will play as direct support to Poland’s HATE on a tour of Europe slated for August. The band also announced a number of extra dates and summer festivals in support of the album, including but not limited to: Motocultor Festival (FR), Party San Open Air (GER), Deathfest Open Air (GER) and a show in London (UK) alongside Incantation. “Only Death Can Save You” will be out on Agonia Records on June 14th.
Upcoming BEHEADED shows:
Sat. 06.07 Bäckerberg in Scharnstein (AT) “Sick Midsummer Festival”**
Thu 08.08 Schlotheim (GER) “Party San Open Air”**
Sat 10.08 London (UK) “Boston Music Room”***
Thu 15.08 – Barther (GER) “Barther Open Air Fest”
Fri 16.08 – Hamburg (GER) “Bambi Galore”***
Sat 17.08 – Tilburg (NLD) “Little Devil”*
Sun 18.08 – Saint Nolff (FRA) “Motocultor Fest”*
Fri 23.08 – Bratislava (SVK) “Loud Farm Fest”**
Sat 24.08 Andernach (GER) “Deathfeast”**
Wed 28.08 – Vienna (AUT) “Viper Room”*
Thu 29.08 – Graz (AUT) “Club Q”*
Fri 30.08 – Salzburg (AUT) “Rockhouse”*
Sat 31.08 – Leipzig (GER) “Torture The Masses Fest”*
BEHEADED, Malta’s premiere death metal outfit, unveil the first single from their upcoming studio album “Only Death Can Save You”, due out June 14th worldwide via Agonia Records. Listen to “A Greater Terror” here:
Forged from the darkest depths, “Only Death Can Save You” breathes violence and marches fearlessly down its death metal path. Summoning the visceral classic and the caustic edge of later death metal, the new punishing album spreads its aural horror with razor sharp precision.
To explain the title & concept of the new album, the band commented: “With ‘Only Death Can Save You’ our intent was to artistically delve into the deepest, darkest corners of the human psyche and follow a creative path into the obscure frame of mind a person has when facing death, which, is the ultimate most terrifying experience and yet the only ‘salvation’ from life. This is a concept reflected in the lyrics and also captured in the album’s artwork”
On song writing & recordings, they added: “Having had a stable line up since the release of our last offering ‘Beast Incarnate’, also meant that we could work more as a unit this time around with all members giving a much stronger contribution to the song writing. This also includes our drummer Davide Billia who’s responsible for the recording process of the album and this was a key factor in nailing the sound, timbre and tone we wanted to give to this album”.
BEHEADED also addressed their new label home and touring: “‘Only Death Can Save You’ marks the beginning of a new chapter for Beheaded as part of Agonia Records. We are all very excited about this release and feel strongly about the album. We’re also looking forward to unleashing a number of these songs live on a string of festivals as part of our tour with Incantation and Hate, which will coincide with the release of the album, set for early summer”.
“Only Death Can Save You” was recorded and mixedat Mk2 Recording Studio, run by the band’s drummer, Davide Billa. The album was mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland. Cover artwork was painted by Daniel Corcuero (Nekronikon).
Tracklist:
01. The charlatan’s enunciation
02. Evil be to him who evil seeks
03. A greater terror
04. Unholy man
05. Embrace your messiah
06. The papist devil
07. Gallows walk
08. Only death can save you
09. From the fire where it all began
Upcoming shows:
Summer 2019: EU tour with Incantation and Hate (dates TBA)
06.07.2019: Bäckerberg in Scharnstein @ Sick Midsummer Festival, AT
15.08.2019: Barth @ Barther Metal Open Air, DE
17.08.2019: St-Nolf @ Motocultor Festival, FR
The writing for Maltese brutal death metal band BEHEADED‘s new album, successor to 2017’s “Beast Incarnate”, is close to completion and the band will be entering Mk2 Recording Studio in December. At a later stage, mixing and mastering of the album will be handled once again by the capable hands of Ronnie Björnström at Enhanced Audio Productions. This will be BEHEADED‘s debut first release on Agonia Records and is scheduled for a worldwide release mid 2019, followed by an extensive European tour (including a number of major festivals), which is currently being booked by the band’s management, The Flaming Arts Agency.
The band’s vocalist, Frank Calleja, says: ”We have recorded demos for 8/9 songs which we have shortlisted for this album, which stylistically will follow in the footsteps of Beast Incarnate. We have had no line-up changes since 2015; that means we were able to allow ourselves to focus more on the song writing as a unit, bringing in a stronger contribution from the newer members”.
The new album’s title is already decided upon and will be announced at a later stage whilst the artwork will be taken care of for the first time by Daemorph Art. The new band photo was taken by d.catania Photography.
BEHEADED, Malta’s biggest metal export, rolled into life in 1991. Drawing inspiration from death metal hailing from Europe and the US at that time, and diving head on in the tape trading, zine and snail mail networks, BEHEADED furnaced its demo “Souldead” in 1995. With its strong statement and character, both European and worldwide record deals preceded the final cementation of the band as a placeholder in the extreme music scene. With six official releases under its belt, respect was gained through the energetic live set tying its relentlessness to its pure death metal inner sanctum. Several tours and festivals in Europe, US and Asia have channelled this thick skinned aural punishment to crowds all over, bringing more and more devoted followers. Years ahead have taken the tinge of freshened vigour and BEHEADED is ready to deliver death metal of the highest caliber.
Due to a critical and immediate family emergency, BELPHEGOR have been forced to cancel their planned headlining North American “Voices From The Dark” tour with ROTTING CHRIST (Greece), BEHEADED (Malta), and SVART CROWN (France), which was scheduled to launch September 24th in New York City.
BELPHEGOR frontman & guitarist Helmuth Lehner has issued the following statement:
“After fighting many months now (the last 4 months have been terrible), my mother is at the end. Her body is decaying more and more and will not survive the next weeks (maybe days) or will fall in coma soon. I will not risk being away at this time.”
Cancelled “Voices From The Dark 2014 Tour” dates:
BELPHEGOR, ROTTING CHRIST, BEHEADED, SVART CROWN
09/24/14 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
09/25/14 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
09/26/14 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
09/27/14 Lakewood, OH – The Foundry
09/29/14 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s Rock Club
10/01/14 Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
10/02/14 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
10/03/14 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
10/04/14 Portland, OR – Tonic Lounge
10/05/14 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
10/07/14 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
10/08/14 W. Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
10/09/14 Las Vegas, NV – LVCS
10/10/14 Phoenix, AZ – Joe’s Grotto
10/11/14 El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
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