MALEVOLENT CREATION is from left to right: Lee Wollenschlaeger – vocals / guitars, Phil Fasciana – guitars, Phil Cancilla – drums, Josh L Gibbs – bass

“No one can destroy this MALEVOLENT CREATION” is a legendary line by the late, great Bret Hoffmann, who passed away on July 7^th, 2018. Renowned and revered for his vicious vocal style and unique onstage presence, Hoffmann is impossible to replace, but co-founder Phil Fasciana decided to face the challenge and affirm the truth behind this lyric from the group’s 1991 debut “The Ten Commandments”.

Thus, on January 18^th, 2019, MALEVOLENT CREATION will release their new studio album “The 13th Beast”, which introduces a new line-up consisting of P.M. Cancilla (drums), Josh Gibbs (bass), Phil Fasciana (guitars) and vocalist/guitarist Lee Wollenschlaeger. Now, the band releases a first track from this savage offering.

“Because of us all living so far apart, this track is one of the few full collaboration songs on the album”, says Lee. “We are all very proud of “The 13th Beast”, and ‘Mandatory Butchery’ is the perfect song to experience a lot of the elements on the album.”

The lyric video created by Guilherme Henriques (www.guilhermevision.com) can be seen here:

Musically, “The 13th Beast” expands upon 2014’s “Dead Man’s Path” yet also incorporates a brutality known from albums such as “The Will To Kill” and “Eternal” which is further accentuated by Wollenschlaeger’s understandable yet deeper vocal tone and songwriting contributions. Just like “Dead Man’s Path”, the record offers artwork by German Latorres, and was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö @ Unisound.

“The 13th Beast” will be released as 180 gram LP plus 4-page LP booklet, CD, and digital album – presales are available here: https://malevolentcreation.lnk.to/The13thBeastID

Limited colored vinyl editions available here:

100x clear / 200x transparent red – CMDistro: http://bit.ly/13thBeastCMD
200x transparent green – Nuclear Blast mailorder: http://bit.ly/13thBeastNB

MALEVOLENT CREATION – “The 13th Beast”:

01. End The Torture
02. Mandatory Butchery
03. Agony For The Chosen
04. Canvas Of Flesh
05. Born Of Pain
06. The Beast Awakened
07. Decimated
08. Bleed Us Free
09. Knife At Hand
10. Trapped Inside
11. Release The Soul