Cover art by Sidjimbe Art 

Pacific Northwest Thrash/Speed/Death Metal Guitarist Frank Hetzel’s All Star Project BELTFED WEAPON drop their second single and lyric video for the title track ‘Darkened Demise’ with Steve Tucker, Jason Viebrooks, Kragen Lum & Bryan Newbury.

“One day the words darkened demise just came into my head. I didn’t know what the meaning was, but I thought it sounded cool, so I looked it up and demise has a few meanings, one which is a person’s death. With darkened at the beginning I thought the concept of death to a powerful corrupt leader would fit, and that mixed well with the war concept which has been the root of Beltfed Weapon.  I have enjoyed watching a lot of war documentaries, so this song is back to the root, and what Steve Tucker did with the vocals on this song, he absolutely crushes! I am very honored to have the opportunity to work with him, as well as everyone else on the Darkened Demise EP.” – Frank Hetzel

“Being involved with Beltfed Weapon has been a killer time with killer friends. The songs are heavy and still maintain a hook as well. I’m super proud of what we’ve done and I for one am looking forward to bringing the stuff to the live stage in the future” – Jason Viebrooks

“My good friend,  Jason Viebrooks, mentioned this project he was involved in,  Beltfed Weapon  and asked me if I would be interested in doing vocals on a couple songs.  After hearing the material and talking to Frank, I thought it sounded really good and I liked the idea of doing some vocals on this thrash project. Not only does the music sound great, it was a lot of fun doing something a bit different.” – Steve Tucker

Watch “Darkened Demise” lyric video, directed by Andrzej Art:

Beltfed Weapon‘s EP Darkened Demise, mixed by Juan Urtega,  also features Steve Tucker (Morbid Angel), Jason Viebrooks (Exhorder/Grip Inc),  JD DeServio (Black Label Society), Tim Aymar (Control Denied), Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy), Kragen Lum (Heathen) Bryan Newbury (Into Eternity) and Dagna Silesia (Ghost Ship Octavius).

About BELTFED WEAPON: 

Beltfed Weapon hails from Seattle and was founded in 1999 by guitarist/songwriter Frank Hetzel.   

Beltfed Weapon has previously released three EPs  Beltfed Weapon (2001), Peacekeeper (2009), and Raining Plague (2015).

Beltfed Weapon recordings  have featured special guests Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Death, Sadus) [Bass]; Fredrik Vidigs (Marduk) [Drums]; Dean Sternberg (Where Evil Follows, Ashes Of Ares, ex-Into Eternity touring singer) [Vocals]; and Andy Beech [Lead Guitar]. Duo Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy, Nevermore, Sanctuary) and Matt Wicklund (Ghost Ship Ocatvius, God Forbid, Warrel Dane, HIMSA) and more.

More information at
WEBSITE: https://beltfedweapon.net/band/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/beltfedweapon/