Stream PLAGUE BEARER’s "Antichristian Inquisition" HERE.
As Seattle, Washington-based blackened death metal quartet PLAGUE BEARER prepares for the Nameless Grave Records release of their debut LP Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation, Decibel Magazine delivers the lead single to the monstrous record, today premiering “Antichristian Inquisition.”
Born on the wings of pestilence out of a thirty-year slumber, PLAGUE BEARER
is primarily known as a primitive blackened Satanic brother
long-running act Drawn And Quartered. The band has produced a string of
underground demos and EPs over the years but never committed to a
definitive full-length until now. Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
delivers a devastating triple-pronged vocal assault supported by brutal
melodic riffing and pummeling drums heralding the end of this pathetic
existence.
The production of Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
is clear without being sterile, allowing every instrument to freely
breath and speak. Guitars, bass, and vocals were self-engineered at K.S.
Kuciemba's home studio The Plague Pit, while drums were recorded with
Jon Schluckebier at Radioactive Recording. Mixing duties were handled by
Andrew Lee (Ripped To Shreds) who contributed a guest solo on “Rise Of
The Goat,” the album was mastered by Loic Fontaine of Krucyator
Productions, and the record was completed with cover art by Thomas
Westphal/Necromaniac and layout by Obscure Visions.
With the new single, the band proclaims, “PLAGUE BEARER
brings ‘Antichristian Inquisition.’ Goat age death/black metal assault
upon all that is holy. Satan chaos commands persecution of the
faithful.”
Decibel
writes with the song’s debut, “It’s a wretched, unrelenting assault of
hellish death metal with sick and twisted vocal utterances and sulfurous
guitar pyrotechnics. Not a bad way to introduce/reintroduce the band
after so many years.”
Stream PLAGUE BEARER’s "Antichristian Inquisition" first at Decibel Magazine RIGHT HERE.
Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
will be released on LP, CD, and digital formats through Nameless Grave
Records on March 3rd. Preorders have been issued through the label’s
webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Stand by for additional audio previews of the album to be issued over the weeks ahead.
PLAGUE BEARER
in its most primordial form created death metal demos in 1993 and 1994,
but lineup changes resulted in a rebranding to Drawn And Quartered in
1996. Nevertheless, guitarist K.S. Kuciemba (Drawn And Quartered,
Draghkar, Serpent Rider) was determined to keep the Satanic flame alive,
slowly amassing simpler, eviler blackened riffs with partner H (Drawn
And Quartered, ex-Vetus Obscurum), releasing a demo in 2001 and EP in
2006 with Nuclear Winter Records. In 2017, K and H reunited with
longtime ally T on drums, along with vocalist Nihilist (ex-Abazagorath,
ex-Lord Gore, ex-Thy Infernal), to infect the Pacific Northwest with
live rituals.
While Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
is laden with the legacies of its storied members, it never loses its
individuality. Existing beyond the stylistic trappings of death and
black metal, PLAGUE BEARER
raises a middle finger to the modern scene. Evil is the only way! The
album is a must-hear for fans of Drawn And Quartered, Imprecation, Thy
Infernal, and Fallen Christ.
Review copies of Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation are currently being dispatched. For all coverage of PLAGUE BEARER contact dave@earsplitcompound.com.
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