Necrophiliac: Guitar
Iron Beast: Guitar
Eld: Bass
Devastator: Drums
Wimps and posers beware. From the depths of the black metallic underground, one in every of its most elite figures returns with a brand new band and an much more evil perspective. As frontman of legendary Swedish maniacs Nifelheim, Hellbutcher upheld the dangerous identify of actual black metallic with an iron fist. Now with this eponymous new band, the frenzied mission continues: nothing lower than whole metallic mania will do. “The core of Hellbutcher encapsulates the true essence of metallic,” he declares. “We’re METAL, striving to refine and evolve our music and picture to turn out to be the purest and heaviest amongst all excessive metallic bands all through historical past. Disregarding predefined traits and fashions, we are going to persist within the genuine path that metallic was meant to comply with!“
He’s not kidding. Having been a pacesetter within the Swedish black metallic scene because the early ’90s, this essence is actually in Hellbutcher‘s bones and flowing via his veins. Pure metallic, whole blasphemy, absolute musical Armageddon. “I play black metallic. I’ve completed that for 4 a long time now, so I have to clearly be possessed in some sense,” he says. “Musically, I don’t like wimpy stuff. [Our] music reeks of evil, the lyrics should be evil, that’s only a easy reality! Hellbutcher is music for actual headbangers!“
Following the tip of Nifelheim, who performed their remaining present in late 2022, Hellbutcher himself wasted no time in forging ahead. “I realised I wanted to create my very own band to uphold the true spirit of metallic. I used to be extremely impressed!” Teaming up with previous compadres in evil, guitarists Necrophiliac (additionally of Mordant) and Iron Beast, bassist Eld and drummer Devastator (ex-Nifelheim), Hellbutcher shortly set about bringing this imaginative and prescient to life. In a short while, that they had amassed sufficient materials to report their raging, hellish, self-titled debut album. Recording in varied areas round Sweden, akin to Devastator’s personal Purple And Black Corridor drum studio and Iron Beast’s Chrome studios, and producing and mastering the whole lot themselves – “No want for an outdoor producer since we knew precisely how our band ought to sound” – it’s a report that stands proud and unambiguous as a piece or pure, metallic mayhem.
From the album’s opener, the crazed The Sword Of Wrath, Hellbutcher‘s intent is loud and clear. Channelling the spirit of Venom, Bathory, Iron Maiden, Exciter, Motörhead, Mercyful Destiny and the aggressive spirit of true heavy metallic, it’s an explosion of diabolic evil, carried out mercilessly by true masters of the shape. “It kicks off with an epic intro after which dives right into a frenzy of beating guitars, adopted by a robust refrain and an obscure but heavy center part with shredding guitar solos – the whole lot you’d need in a metallic track, in my view,” explains Hellbutcher. “The track’s lyrics are considerably metaphorical, impressed by my determination to proceed the trail I began a long time in the past with Nifelheim.”
Elsewhere, the shared fanaticism of the band’s members could be seen when Hellbutcher explains that the track Inferno’s Rage was musically composed with out him by Necrophiliac, contributing the lyrics as soon as the track was completed. “I’ve recognized him because the early ’90s, and his musical type aligns carefully with mine,” says the singer. “This observe stands as proof that he understands the very essence of Hellbutcher! Inferno’s Rage is an unrelenting onslaught of velocity, coupled with touches of heavy metallic in sure elements. It additionally reveals the insane drumming of Devastator, who’s acknowledged as the most effective drummers within the metallic scene!“
With an enviable musical pedigree and a killer album to their identify, Hellbutcher are sure to scorch a mark onto the black metallic scene. The person himself believes this may very well be much more devastating than his earlier output. “I consider this band has the potential to surpass Nifelheim; we’ve achieved extra in a 12 months than I did within the final decade with Nifelheim,” he states. “The important thing distinction lies in the truth that this band shares a standard purpose. I’m now stuffed with great inspiration, and I plan to create new songs, data, and gigs at a totally completely different tempo than earlier than.” Insisting in so many phrases that posers ought to die, and promising that their dwell reveals “will likely be a neck-breaking expertise“, the underground is about to be hit with an outbreak of evil not like something it has seen for a very long time.
Time to show the cross the other way up: Hellbutcher are right here, they usually imply evil enterprise.
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