As announced earlier on Artillery, one of the best thrash metal bands around, returns with a brand new studio album. New material entitled “My Blood”. New material entitled “My Blood” is the follow up to the highly acclaimed album “When Death Comes” from 2009! And today you can hear two preview tracks (“Monster” and “Warrior Blood”) on MMP’s profile on Myspace:
www.myspace.com/metalmindproductions.
www.myspace.com/metalmindproductions.
“My Blood” will be released as a jewel case CD and as a digipak CD including 2 bonus tracks. Japanese edition of the album will include an exclusive bonus track which won’t be available elsewhere. Metal Mind Productions set the release date for 21th March in Europe, 16th March in Japan (via King Records) and 5th April in USA (via MVD).
Artillery
“My Blood”
“My Blood”
Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1440
Barcode: 5907785036833
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1441 DG (ltd. CD Digipak)
Barcode: 5907785036840 (ltd. CD Digipak)
Format: CD / CD DG
Genre: thrash metal
Release date: 21.03.2011 Europe / 16.03.2011 Japan / 05.04.2011 USA
Tracklist:
1. Mi Sangre (The Blood Song)
2. Monster
3. Dark Days
4. Death Is An Illusion
5. Ain´t Giving In
6. Prelude To Madness
7. Thrasher
8. Warrior Blood
9. Concealed In The Dark
10. End Of Eternity
11. The Great
2. Monster
3. Dark Days
4. Death Is An Illusion
5. Ain´t Giving In
6. Prelude To Madness
7. Thrasher
8. Warrior Blood
9. Concealed In The Dark
10. End Of Eternity
11. The Great
Bonus tracks (ltd. digipak only):
12. Show Your Hate 2011
13. Eternal War 2011
12. Show Your Hate 2011
13. Eternal War 2011
Bonus track (Japanese edition only):
12. The Almighty 2011
12. The Almighty 2011
Denmark’s Artillery is one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal and the band’s contribution to the bourgeoning genre is difficult to ignore. The Danish quartet successfully managed to fuse an abrasive brutality with technicality and good melodies, with the noteworthy guitar leads of the Stützer brothers as well as the remarkable vocals from Flemming Rønsdorf serving as highlights. Due to Artillery’s demos being well distributed, the band gained worldwide recognition even before the release of their first official album; and the band’s first three studio albums, “Fear of Tomorrow”, “Terror Squad” and “By Inheritance”, all assumed the status of classics in the thrash genre. However, due to lack of support from labels and internal band disputes, Artillery never really achieved their big breakthrough and thus split up in 1991. In late 1999, Artillery reunited and released the critically acclaimed album “B.A.C.K.”, but they never really took off as a band again. A few live appearances came in the wake of the release, only to be followed by silence. However, in 2008 the classic core of Artillery, consisting of Morten and Michael Stützer as well as Peter Thorslund (bass) and Carsten N. Nielsen (drums) rejoined forces and subsequently employed new vocalist Søren Adamsen, who provided the band with a rejuvenated energy and a musical prowess that was soon witnessed on the live DVD “One Foot in the Grave, The Other One in the Trash”, containing updated versions of classic material. Another new chapter in the life of Artillery has now begun with their brand new studio album, “My Blood”, which contains 11 blistering tracks that fill the void between past glory and future splendor. New material was recorded between November 2010 and January 2011 at Medley Studios in Denmark with Søren Andersen as the producer. The band will promote the new album with a video clip to the track “Warrior Blood”. What can we expect from the musical side of the new album? Guitarist Michael Stützer says: “The sound is a bit more heavy than it was on ‘When Death Comes’. The music is a mixture of our previous albums ‘When Death Comes’ and ‘By Inheritance’, with a slight touch of ‘Terror Squad’ and ‘Fear of Tomorrow’ with some oriental pieces.”
