German death metal horde ENDSEEKER are pleased to unleash a special cover and accompanying video of their rendition of David Hasselhoff’s “True Survivor,” featuring Lord Of The Lost. The track appears on the band’s fiery farewell EP, Coffin Born, released on June 19th via Metal Blade Records.
“In the first place, we just love this song,” the band elaborates. “It’s from the movie Kung Fury which absolutely everyone must watch, because it’s a fucking masterpiece and this song is probably the best performance of Hasselhoff ever. We asked our friends in Lord Of The Lost if they would like to join us for this song because we felt like it needed some extra glitter. We think it turned out amazing! Two bands from Hamburg from different genres united in an unexpected cover song. Super-fun project and quite outside the box for a death metal band.“
Watch ENDSEEKER‘s previously released video for “Enemies of Peace” HERE.
“We’ve accomplished more than we have ever imagined in our wildest dreams,” reflects the band on their final release. “We played with fantastic bands, played super-cool festivals, and released four albums and two EPs of which we are extremely proud. We were blessed with great and loyal fans and managed to stay a consistent lineup throughout our whole career. But after grinding for more than a decade and dedicating so much time and energy to this band, we feel like it’s time to move on to other projects. We wanted to end this band like we started – as very good friends. We started with an EP and we end it with an EP. It just feels right to do this now, while we still have the power to deliver a great farewell performance as well in the studio as on stage.“
Since their 2015 debut EP Corrosive Revelation, each release has hoisted the Hamburg quintet further up the death metal mountain, with Mount Carcass (2021) and Global Worming (2023) receiving widespread acclaim.
Produced by the band with drums engineered by Eike Freese (Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Helloween), Coffin Born stands as ENDSEEKER‘s swan song, shaped by the intense bond of a lineup that remained together throughout their whole career.
Coffin Born Track Listing: 01. Enemies of Peace 02. No After. No Before. 03. Coffin Born 04. Life Breeds Death 05. True Survivor (David Hasselhoff Cover)
ENDSEEKER Live: 7/10/2026 M.U.R. Open Air – Königsee, DE 7/11/2026 Pure Fucking Metal FestEvil – Laberweinting, DE 7/24/2026 Burning Q – Osterholz-Scharmbeck, DE 11/06/2026 Club From Hell – Erfurt, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/07/2026 Live Music Hall – Weiher, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/13/2026 Helvetic – Oberhausen, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/14/2026 Urban Spree – Berlin, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/27/2026 LA Cham – Cham, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/28/2026 Backstage – München, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 12/12/2026 Knust – Hamburg, DE w/ Stillbirth, Slaughterday
After twelve years of seeking, German death metal hellraisers ENDSEEKER have finally found the end. The fiery Coffin Born EP, set for release on June 19th via Metal Blade Records, will mark the final chapter as a band.
“We’ve accomplished more than we have ever imagined in our wildest dreams,” reflects the band, in a celebratory mood. “We played with fantastic bands, played super-cool festivals, and released four albums and two EPs of which we are extremely proud. We were blessed with great and loyal fans and managed to stay a consistent lineup throughout our whole career. But after grinding for more than a decade and dedicating so much time and energy to this band, we feel like it’s time to move on to other projects. We wanted to end this band like we started – as very good friends. We started with an EP and we end it with an EP. It just feels right to do this now, while we still have the power to deliver a great farewell performance as well in the studio as on stage.”
Since their 2015 debut EP Corrosive Revelation, each release has hoisted the Hamburg quintet further up the death metal mountain, with Mount Carcass (2021) and Global Worming (2023) receiving widespread acclaim. Their soft spot for novelty cheese recurs on Coffin Born in a glorious David Hasselhoff cover, “True Survivor.”
In advance of the record’s release, today ENDSEEKER presents the EP’s opening track and first single, “Enemies Of Peace.” The band comments, “This is a straight banger with some hardcore and crust vibes. This song grooves like hell and has a very raw and kinda punk attitude. Not only the anti-fascist lyrics, but also musically. It’s very powerful by any means with a strong and bold message.“
Watch ENDSEEKER‘s “Enemies Of Peace” video:
Produced by the band with drums engineered by Eike Freese, Coffin Born stands as ENDSEEKER‘s swan song, shaped by the intense bond of a lineup that remained together throughout their whole career.
Coffin Born Track Listing: 01. Enemies of Peace 02. No After. No Before. 03. Coffin Born 04. Life Breeds Death 05. True Survivor (David Hasselhoff Cover)
ENDSEEKER Live: 07/10/2026 M.U.R. Open Air – Königsee, DE 07/11/2026 Pure Fucking Metal FestEvil – Laberweinting, DE 07/24/2026 Burning Q – Osterholz-Scharmbeck, DE 11/06/2026 Club From Hell – Erfurt, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/07/2026 Live Music Hall – Weiher, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/13/2026 Helvetic – Oberhausen, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/14/2026 Urban Spree – Berlin, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/27/2026 LA Cham – Cham, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 11/28/2026 Backstage – München, DE w/ Milking The Goatmachine 12/12/2026 Knust – Hamburg, DE w/ Stillbirth, Slaughterday
Germany’s ENDSEEKER have just released their fourth full-length album, Global Worming, today!
Here’s what Endseeker guitarist Ben had to say about filming the band’s latest music video, “Global Worming“:
“The video-shoot was hilarious! We spent one and a half days filming with Alex Dietz (Heaven Shall Burn) and Philipp Hirsch (Amon Amarth, Dew Scented, Heaven Shall Burn and many more) and had so much fun! The idea was to create a super cheap looking b-movie style video with simple special effects and awkward costumes. We love the result and it shows that death metal doesn’t necessarily have to be dead serious.“
The album contains 9 new tracks and is now available across all Digital platforms, as well as on CD Digipak, Vinyl (variants listed below), and as a limited Box-Set that will include the album on vinyl, exclusive 2-track 7-inch vinyl single, 4p. newspaper, sticker, beer cozy, and 3 buttons in hand printed box* (limited to 500 copies – available in Europe only).
Here’s what the band has to say about the latest single and title track, “Global Worming“:
“‘Global Worming’ revolves around a dystopian future where zombie worms overrun our planet and eat us all until we go extinct. And all that’s left is this ginormous amount of slimy, nasty undead worms and bugs, nesting inside empty skulls and other human remains, living their best undead life. It’s kind of a classic The End Of The World stories we have in Death Metal. Phonetic similarities from the song title with possible real life future events that threaten our very existence are totally by chance and unintentionally.”
DEAF FOREVER (Germany) #7 in soundcheck * 8/10 review GUITAR (Germany) 4 / 5 review METAL HAMMER (Germany) #5 in soundcheck * 5,5/7 review ROCK HARD (Germany) #7 in soundcheck * 8,5/10 review SLAM (Germany) 8,5/10 review AARDSCHOK (Holland) 85/100 review
“These nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker’s beloved bedrock of Dismember-style savagery, but from the slithering monstrosity of the opening title track, to the epic grandiloquence of closer ‘Nemesis’, Global Worming is an unusually vivid and versatile piece of work.” Ghost Cult Mag
“Endseeker is back with a new record Global Worming due out October 27 and a new single that’ll beat the shit out of you.” Metal Injection
Fans can check out the first single “Violence Is Gold” and order the album HERE. Watch/Listen to the second single “Hell is Here” at this location.
Global Worming Tracklist: 01. Global Worming 02. Hell Is Here 03. Violence Is Gold 04. Wheel of Torture 05. C.B.V. 06. Terror 07. Hanging Gardens 08. Our Only Life 09. Nemesis
Endseeker live dates 2023: ENDSEEKER’s “Global Worming” Tour with Decembre Noir 2023-10-27 – DE – Bochum – Ruhr Congress – Turock Fest *not part of tour 2023-10-28 – DE – Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli
About the band: Death metal is the great undead of subgenres: rising, again and again, to take revenge on the living with maximum violence. Servants of the zombie code and masters of old school brutality, Germany’s ENDSEEKER have made their intent to kill again more than apparent over the last nine years. Formed in Hamburg in 2014, the quintet have swiftly built a reputation as one of European death metal’s most dynamic wrecking crews.
From the aspirational evisceration of first full-length Flesh Hammer Prophecy, to Metal Blade debut The Harvest in 2019, and the widely acclaimed Mount Carcass two years later, Endseeker have cooked up such a formidable formula that their rise to glory seems almost inevitable. But like everyone else, they were stopped in their tracks by the Covid pandemic and its aftermath. As that global horrorshow fades in the rear-view, Endseeker are poised to return with their most crushing and charismatic album to date: Global Worming. As guitarist Ben explains, overcoming a host of new obstacles eventually led to a fruitful return to the studio.
“We played some intense, weird, strange, funny and bizarre shows during the Covid pandemic and enjoyed some almost ‘normal’ touring when Covid started to fade out,” he recalls. “But the number of shows we could do was still quite limited, touring changed a lot, and became more expensive, and bookings were harder due to a bazillion bands trying to tour at the same time! So we slowly began to start writing new songs every now and then.“
After the effusive reception received by Mount Carcass, Endseeker began the writing process for their fourth album with plenty of confidence. Before long, the creative juices began to flow to such an extent that a more formal plan of attack was required.
“At one point we decided that we need to take some time off from playing shows and completely focus on songwriting like we did for Mount Carcass,” Ben notes. “So after we played our last show on October 1st 2022, in our hometown Hamburg, we totally dived into the songwriting and pre-production to make sure we had everything set for our studio time in 2023. We wanted to be as well prepared as possible.”
Working once again with esteemed engineer and mixing maestro Eike Freese, Endseeker hit the studio like a nailbomb in a graveyard. The result is Global Worming – both the Germans’ finest creation to date and a pulverizing new template for old school death metal. These nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker‘s beloved bedrock of DISMEMBER-style savagery, but from the slithering monstrosity of the opening title track and the ultra-catchy stab ‘n’ stomp of Hell Is Here, to the neck-wrecking madness of Our Only Life and the epic grandiloquence of closer Nemesis, Global Worming is an unusually vivid and versatile piece of work.
“I guess our main goal was to write a record that was at least as good as Mount Carcass and to follow the path we have set with that record even further,” says Ben. “We wanted the songwriting to be more on point while at the same time to be a bit wider when it comes to the boundaries of the death metal genre. We wanted the songs not only to be heavy and brutal but also to have a certain atmosphere to give them real depth.”
To match the punishing splendor of Global Worming‘s monstrous production, Ben and his bandmates – guitarist Jury, bassist Torsten, drummer Andre and vocalist Lenny – have conjured some new tales of torment. An album that determinedly reflects the horrors of the world back at us, Endseeker‘s new opus is unflinching in its duty to the darkness.
“Global Worming revolves around a dystopian future where zombie worms overrun our planet and eat us all until we go extinct,” states Ben. “All that’s left is this enormous amount of slimy, nasty, undead worms and bugs, nesting inside empty skulls and other human remains, and living their best undead life. It’s the kind of classic end-of-the-world story we have in death metal! Phonetic similarities between the song title and possible real life future events that threaten our very existence are totally by chance and unintentional!“
Aside from the impending onslaught of undead invertebrates, Global Worming also delves into the relentless upheavals and pointless polarisations of the modern world. Songs like the grotesque and grinding Wheel Of Torture and the aptly-named Terror revel in the harrowing darkness of real world conflict and catastrophe. Put simply, the human race is pretty fucked up right now and Endseeker have composed the soundtrack.
“We were inspired by all sorts of shit that’s going on in the world. I mean, take a look around!” Ben laughs. “There’s a deep cut ripping right through our society. People are angry beyond reason. They turn towards hate and fascist ideologies. They choose the path of destruction and denial. We have a war going on in Europe. Obvious boneheads get elected. Scientists tell us for decades that we’re heading straight into drastic climate change and nobody seems to care. It’s wild! You can’t make this crap up!“
Death metal is a serious business and Global Worming is Endseeker‘s most focused and sophisticated offering to date. Nonetheless, there is always room in the underground sewers for a brain-eating monster or two, and fans of zombie-centric death metal will be more than satisfied with the new album’s brilliant, bloody contents.
“Not everything about this album is deadly serious!” Ben grins. “We like to goof around a lot and we love to throw around some funny clichés, and have songs about zombies and whatnot. Adulthood ends at the doorstep of the tour bus!Some of our lyrics, like C.B.V. for example, have their origin in tour bus bullshit talk after endless hours of being crammed into a fucking van and getting cooked by the sun in an awful traffic jam on the Autobahn. It all comes from those moments where you’re just one tiny step away from insanity!“
Consumed in its belligerent entirety, Global Worming soon emits the acrid stench of a future classic. Endseeker have stayed true to their deathly roots, while also writing some of the most imaginative songs in their history. Supremely catchy but as brutal and ugly as the arcane gods demand, Global Worming promises to burrow under the world’s skin with maximum force.
“All our albums are unique and mark a certain era in our history,” Ben concludes. “Global Worming is no exception. It’s probably our darkest and heaviest album. It probably just reflects the era we’re living in. I guess we just process all of this through the music and try to turn the world’s shit into something we and hopefully a lot of other people can enjoy. We’re definitely super excited to see where Global Worming will carry us and what lies ahead!“
Germany’s ENDSEEKER are back with their fourth full-length album, Global Worming, which will be released via Metal Blade Records on October 27, 2023. The album contains 9 new tracks and will be made available across all Digital platforms, on CD Digipak, Vinyl (variants listed below), and as a limited Box-Set that will include the album on vinyl, exclusive 2-track 7-inch vinyl single, 4p. newspaper, sticker, beer cozy, and 3 buttons in hand printed box* (limited to 500 copies – available in Europe only).
Here’s what the band has to say about their second single, Hell is Here:
“Hell is Here is a song about war and the constant fear of escalation on a very large scale. There are a lot of political tensions in the world these days. A constant threat to our supposedly safety. Something is brewing under the surface and it feels like all it takes is one madman pushing the wrong button and we all go to hell. It’s bizarre, we’ve seen shit like this in movies and suddenly it becomes a possibility. That’s just frightening.“
Watch/Listen to the second single “Hell is Here” at this location.
DEAF FOREVER (Germany) #7 in soundcheck * 8/10 review GUITAR (Germany) 4 / 5 review METAL HAMMER (Germany) #5 in soundcheck * 5,5/7 review ROCK HARD (Germany) #7 in soundcheck * 8,5/10 review SLAM (Germany) 8,5/10 review AARDSCHOK (Holland) 85/100 review
“These nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker’s beloved bedrock of Dismember-style savagery, but from the slithering monstrosity of the opening title track, to the epic grandiloquence of closer ‘Nemesis’, Global Worming is an unusually vivid and versatile piece of work.” Ghost Cult Mag
“Endseeker is back with a new record Global Worming due out October 27 and a new single that’ll beat the shit out of you.” Metal Injection
Fans can check out the first single Violence Is Gold and preorder the album HERE.
Global Worming Tracklist: 01. Global Worming 02. Hell Is Here 03. Violence Is Gold 04. Wheel of Torture 05. C.B.V. 06. Terror 07. Hanging Gardens 08. Our Only Life 09. Nemesis
Endseeker live dates 2023: ENDSEEKER’s “Global Worming” Tour with Decembre Noir 2023-10-18 – DE – Frankfurt – Nachtleben 2023-10-19 – DE – Nürnberg – Der Cult 2023-10-20 – DE – Mörlenbach – Live Music Hall 2023-10-21 – DE – Würzburg – B-Hof 2023-10-26 – DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser 2023-10-27 – DE – Bochum – Ruhr Congress – Turock Fest *not part of tour 2023-10-28 – DE – Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli
About the band: Death metal is the great undead of subgenres: rising, again and again, to take revenge on the living with maximum violence. Servants of the zombie code and masters of old school brutality, Germany’s ENDSEEKER have made their intent to kill again more than apparent over the last nine years. Formed in Hamburg in 2014, the quintet have swiftly built a reputation as one of European death metal’s most dynamic wrecking crews.
From the aspirational evisceration of first full-length Flesh Hammer Prophecy, to Metal Blade debut The Harvest in 2019, and the widely acclaimed Mount Carcass two years later, Endseeker have cooked up such a formidable formula that their rise to glory seems almost inevitable. But like everyone else, they were stopped in their tracks by the Covid pandemic and its aftermath. As that global horrorshow fades in the rear-view, Endseeker are poised to return with their most crushing and charismatic album to date: Global Worming. As guitarist Ben explains, overcoming a host of new obstacles eventually led to a fruitful return to the studio.
“We played some intense, weird, strange, funny and bizarre shows during the Covid pandemic and enjoyed some almost ‘normal’ touring when Covid started to fade out,” he recalls. “But the number of shows we could do was still quite limited, touring changed a lot, and became more expensive, and bookings were harder due to a bazillion bands trying to tour at the same time! So we slowly began to start writing new songs every now and then.“
After the effusive reception received by Mount Carcass, Endseeker began the writing process for their fourth album with plenty of confidence. Before long, the creative juices began to flow to such an extent that a more formal plan of attack was required.
“At one point we decided that we need to take some time off from playing shows and completely focus on songwriting like we did for Mount Carcass,” Ben notes. “So after we played our last show on October 1st 2022, in our hometown Hamburg, we totally dived into the songwriting and pre-production to make sure we had everything set for our studio time in 2023. We wanted to be as well prepared as possible.”
Working once again with esteemed engineer and mixing maestro Eike Freese, Endseeker hit the studio like a nailbomb in a graveyard. The result is Global Worming – both the Germans’ finest creation to date and a pulverizing new template for old school death metal. These nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker‘s beloved bedrock of DISMEMBER-style savagery, but from the slithering monstrosity of the opening title track and the ultra-catchy stab ‘n’ stomp of Hell Is Here, to the neck-wrecking madness of Our Only Life and the epic grandiloquence of closer Nemesis, Global Worming is an unusually vivid and versatile piece of work.
“I guess our main goal was to write a record that was at least as good as Mount Carcass and to follow the path we have set with that record even further,” says Ben. “We wanted the songwriting to be more on point while at the same time to be a bit wider when it comes to the boundaries of the death metal genre. We wanted the songs not only to be heavy and brutal but also to have a certain atmosphere to give them real depth.”
To match the punishing splendor of Global Worming‘s monstrous production, Ben and his bandmates – guitarist Jury, bassist Torsten, drummer Andre and vocalist Lenny – have conjured some new tales of torment. An album that determinedly reflects the horrors of the world back at us, Endseeker‘s new opus is unflinching in its duty to the darkness.
“Global Worming revolves around a dystopian future where zombie worms overrun our planet and eat us all until we go extinct,” states Ben. “All that’s left is this enormous amount of slimy, nasty, undead worms and bugs, nesting inside empty skulls and other human remains, and living their best undead life. It’s the kind of classic end-of-the-world story we have in death metal! Phonetic similarities between the song title and possible real life future events that threaten our very existence are totally by chance and unintentional!“
Aside from the impending onslaught of undead invertebrates, Global Worming also delves into the relentless upheavals and pointless polarisations of the modern world. Songs like the grotesque and grinding Wheel Of Torture and the aptly-named Terror revel in the harrowing darkness of real world conflict and catastrophe. Put simply, the human race is pretty fucked up right now and Endseeker have composed the soundtrack.
“We were inspired by all sorts of shit that’s going on in the world. I mean, take a look around!” Ben laughs. “There’s a deep cut ripping right through our society. People are angry beyond reason. They turn towards hate and fascist ideologies. They choose the path of destruction and denial. We have a war going on in Europe. Obvious boneheads get elected. Scientists tell us for decades that we’re heading straight into drastic climate change and nobody seems to care. It’s wild! You can’t make this crap up!“
Death metal is a serious business and Global Worming is Endseeker‘s most focused and sophisticated offering to date. Nonetheless, there is always room in the underground sewers for a brain-eating monster or two, and fans of zombie-centric death metal will be more than satisfied with the new album’s brilliant, bloody contents.
“Not everything about this album is deadly serious!” Ben grins. “We like to goof around a lot and we love to throw around some funny clichés, and have songs about zombies and whatnot. Adulthood ends at the doorstep of the tour bus!Some of our lyrics, like C.B.V. for example, have their origin in tour bus bullshit talk after endless hours of being crammed into a fucking van and getting cooked by the sun in an awful traffic jam on the Autobahn. It all comes from those moments where you’re just one tiny step away from insanity!“
Consumed in its belligerent entirety, Global Worming soon emits the acrid stench of a future classic. Endseeker have stayed true to their deathly roots, while also writing some of the most imaginative songs in their history. Supremely catchy but as brutal and ugly as the arcane gods demand, Global Worming promises to burrow under the world’s skin with maximum force.
“All our albums are unique and mark a certain era in our history,” Ben concludes. “Global Worming is no exception. It’s probably our darkest and heaviest album. It probably just reflects the era we’re living in. I guess we just process all of this through the music and try to turn the world’s shit into something we and hopefully a lot of other people can enjoy. We’re definitely super excited to see where Global Worming will carry us and what lies ahead!“
Germany’s Endseeker are back with their fourth full-length album, Global Worming, which will be released via Metal Blade Records on October 27, 2023. The album contains 9 new tracks and will be made available across all Digital platforms, on CD Digipak, Vinyl (variants listed below), and as a limited Box-Set that will include the album on vinyl, exclusive 2-track 7-inch vinyl single, 4p. newspaper, sticker, beer cozy, and 3 buttons in hand printed box* (limited to 500 copies – available in Europe only).
Here’s what the band has to say about their first single off of the upcoming album, Violence Is Gold:
“This is a song about actual physical violence. Either in an environment of competition or combat. Two people fighting each other. No more words needed. Time for action. Without judgment though. Just the plain and simple aesthetics of physical confrontation of two individuals when there’s nothing left to say. It’s hard, it’s raw and it’s brutal.“
Check out the first single Violence Is Gold and preorder the album HERE.
Global Worming Tracklist: 01. Global Worming 02. Hell Is Here 03. Violence Is Gold 04. Wheel of Torture 05. C.B.V. 06. Terror 07. Hanging Gardens 08. Our Only Life 09. Nemesis
Endseeker live dates 2023: ENDSEEKER’s “Global Worming” Tour with Decembre Noir 2023-10-18 – DE – Frankfurt – Nachtleben 2023-10-19 – DE – Nürnberg – Der Cult 2023-10-20 – DE – Mörlenbach – Live Music Hall 2023-10-21 – DE – Würzburg – B-Hof 2023-10-26 – DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser 2023-10-27 – DE – Bochum – Ruhr Congress – Turock Fest *not part of tour 2023-10-28 – DE – Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli
About the band: Death metal is the great undead of subgenres: rising, again and again, to take revenge on the living with maximum violence. Servants of the zombie code and masters of old school brutality, Germany’s ENDSEEKER have made their intent to kill again more than apparent over the last nine years. Formed in Hamburg in 2014, the quintet have swiftly built a reputation as one of European death metal’s most dynamic wrecking crews.
From the aspirational evisceration of first full-length Flesh Hammer Prophecy, to Metal Blade debut The Harvest in 2019, and the widely acclaimed Mount Carcass two years later, Endseeker have cooked up such a formidable formula that their rise to glory seems almost inevitable. But like everyone else, they were stopped in their tracks by the Covid pandemic and its aftermath. As that global horrorshow fades in the rear-view, Endseeker are poised to return with their most crushing and charismatic album to date: Global Worming. As guitarist Ben explains, overcoming a host of new obstacles eventually led to a fruitful return to the studio.
“We played some intense, weird, strange, funny and bizarre shows during the Covid pandemic and enjoyed some almost ‘normal’ touring when Covid started to fade out,” he recalls. “But the number of shows we could do was still quite limited, touring changed a lot, and became more expensive, and bookings were harder due to a bazillion bands trying to tour at the same time! So we slowly began to start writing new songs every now and then.“
After the effusive reception received by Mount Carcass, Endseeker began the writing process for their fourth album with plenty of confidence. Before long, the creative juices began to flow to such an extent that a more formal plan of attack was required.
“At one point we decided that we need to take some time off from playing shows and completely focus on songwriting like we did for Mount Carcass,” Ben notes. “So after we played our last show on October 1st 2022, in our hometown Hamburg, we totally dived into the songwriting and pre-production to make sure we had everything set for our studio time in 2023. We wanted to be as well prepared as possible.”
Working once again with esteemed engineer and mixing maestro Eike Freese, Endseeker hit the studio like a nailbomb in a graveyard. The result is Global Worming – both the Germans’ finest creation to date and a pulverizing new template for old school death metal. These nine new songs remain rooted in Endseeker‘s beloved bedrock of DISMEMBER-style savagery, but from the slithering monstrosity of the opening title track and the ultra-catchy stab ‘n’ stomp of Hell Is Here, to the neck-wrecking madness of Our Only Life and the epic grandiloquence of closer Nemesis, Global Worming is an unusually vivid and versatile piece of work.
“I guess our main goal was to write a record that was at least as good as Mount Carcass and to follow the path we have set with that record even further,” says Ben. “We wanted the songwriting to be more on point while at the same time to be a bit wider when it comes to the boundaries of the death metal genre. We wanted the songs not only to be heavy and brutal but also to have a certain atmosphere to give them real depth.”
To match the punishing splendor of Global Worming‘s monstrous production, Ben and his bandmates – guitarist Jury, bassist Torsten, drummer Andre and vocalist Lenny – have conjured some new tales of torment. An album that determinedly reflects the horrors of the world back at us, Endseeker‘s new opus is unflinching in its duty to the darkness.
“Global Worming revolves around a dystopian future where zombie worms overrun our planet and eat us all until we go extinct,” states Ben. “All that’s left is this enormous amount of slimy, nasty, undead worms and bugs, nesting inside empty skulls and other human remains, and living their best undead life. It’s the kind of classic end-of-the-world story we have in death metal! Phonetic similarities between the song title and possible real life future events that threaten our very existence are totally by chance and unintentional!“
Aside from the impending onslaught of undead invertebrates, Global Worming also delves into the relentless upheavals and pointless polarisations of the modern world. Songs like the grotesque and grinding Wheel Of Torture and the aptly-named Terror revel in the harrowing darkness of real world conflict and catastrophe. Put simply, the human race is pretty fucked up right now and Endseeker have composed the soundtrack.
“We were inspired by all sorts of shit that’s going on in the world. I mean, take a look around!” Ben laughs. “There’s a deep cut ripping right through our society. People are angry beyond reason. They turn towards hate and fascist ideologies. They choose the path of destruction and denial. We have a war going on in Europe. Obvious boneheads get elected. Scientists tell us for decades that we’re heading straight into drastic climate change and nobody seems to care. It’s wild! You can’t make this crap up!“
Death metal is a serious business and Global Worming is Endseeker‘s most focused and sophisticated offering to date. Nonetheless, there is always room in the underground sewers for a brain-eating monster or two, and fans of zombie-centric death metal will be more than satisfied with the new album’s brilliant, bloody contents.
“Not everything about this album is deadly serious!” Ben grins. “We like to goof around a lot and we love to throw around some funny clichés, and have songs about zombies and whatnot. Adulthood ends at the doorstep of the tour bus!Some of our lyrics, like C.B.V. for example, have their origin in tour bus bullshit talk after endless hours of being crammed into a fucking van and getting cooked by the sun in an awful traffic jam on the Autobahn. It all comes from those moments where you’re just one tiny step away from insanity!“
Consumed in its belligerent entirety, Global Worming soon emits the acrid stench of a future classic. Endseeker have stayed true to their deathly roots, while also writing some of the most imaginative songs in their history. Supremely catchy but as brutal and ugly as the arcane gods demand, Global Worming promises to burrow under the world’s skin with maximum force.
“All our albums are unique and mark a certain era in our history,” Ben concludes. “Global Worming is no exception. It’s probably our darkest and heaviest album. It probably just reflects the era we’re living in. I guess we just process all of this through the music and try to turn the world’s shit into something we and hopefully a lot of other people can enjoy. We’re definitely super excited to see where Global Worming will carry us and what lies ahead!“
ENDSEEKER will return to the Autobahn in October for a full week of live dates in a double headliner run with Décembre Noir. Please see below for full routing.
ENDSEEKER + Décembre Noir Presented by Metal Hammer and Metal.de 18.10.23 DE – Frankfurt – Nachtleben 19.10.23 DE – Nürnberg – Der Cult 20.10.23 DE – Weiher – Live Music Hall 21.10.23 DE – Würzburg – Bahnhof 26.10.23 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser 27.10.23 DE – Bochum – Turock Fest @ Ruhr Congress 28.10.23 DE – Hamburg – Bahnhof Pauli
Comments ENDSEEKER: “We’re starting to record our next album today and are stoked to announce that we will be on tour with our friends from Décembre Noir who will release a new record as well later this year. We can’t wait to bring some brand new songs on stage for all you guys!“
Further ENDSEEKER live dates: 02.08.23 SI – Velenje – Metaldays Festival 03.08.23 AT – Salzburg – Rockhouse 04.08.23 DE – Dortmund – Deathfest @ Junkyard 11.08.23 DE – Schlotheim – Party.San Open Air 18.08.23 DE – Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze Open Air 15.09.23 DE – Hannover – Subkultur
In April 2021, ENDSEEKER released their latest full-length, Mount Carcass, via Metal Blade Records – which debuted at #22 on the German charts! Purchase and stream Mount Carcass at: metalblade.com/endseeker
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