Barathrum has set 11 October as the release date for its tenth album, Überkill, which will come out through Hammer Of Hate on CD and vinyl. The band has also unleashed the title track.
Barathrum should need no introduction. Formed in 1991, the band remains one of Finland's first black metal bands - and, more importantly, one of the longest-running.
Alas, seven years pass, but the Barathrum's sound and vision are eternal, proven once again with Überkill. Here, previous-bassist now-guitarist Ruttokieli (also mainman of Sielunvihollinen and White Rune) composed all but one of the songs on this album, while drummer Vendetta makes his composition debut with the telltale, scene-setting opener "Death By Steel." As always, founding frontman Demonos Sova wrote all the lyrics, and his signature full-throated rasp leads with devilish glee these alternately stomping/surging anthems, all with equally telltale titles like "Mountain Of Bones", "Dark Sorceress", "Black Magick Rites", and perhaps best of all, "Spark Plugs Of Purgatory". And yet, for as much as Barathrum is very much (still) a pure and proud black metal band, Überkill proves that the Finns are, above all, a very great heavy metal band - just one that's jet-black, ass-kicking and bass-driven as fuck. Simple yet sublime pleasures, now and forever: again, Barathrum is eternal! Link
Überkill tracklist:
1. Death by Steel
2. Mountain of Bones
3. Spark Plugs of Purgatory
4. Black Magick Rites
5. Ritual Murder
6. White Red Black and Pale
7. Denial of God
8. Dark Sorceress
9. Überkill
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"It's a dark album. According to me, it's the darkest yet in our discography. It's also very suggestive, very introverted, less direct, and might be less friendly..." - Daniel Moilanen
"There's much more detail in our music now than 20 years ago. It's also much easier nowadays because you can do many things at home." - Morten Lybecker
"The whole thing for us with the lore we have created is inspired by Greek Mythology and the stories of Atlantis." - Phil Primmer
"I hope that through our music and our words, people can feel that connection between us and them, and feel a little bit better — or at least less alone." - Alessandro Belluccio
