Malta’s death metallers BEHEADED, who are on the verge of releasing their sixth studio album “Only Death Can Save You”, will play as direct support to Poland’s HATE on a tour of Europe slated for August. The band also announced a number of extra dates and summer festivals in support of the album, including but not limited to: Motocultor Festival (FR), Party San Open Air (GER), Deathfest Open Air (GER) and a show in London (UK) alongside Incantation. “Only Death Can Save You” will be out on Agonia Records on June 14th.
Upcoming BEHEADED shows:
Sat. 06.07 Bäckerberg in Scharnstein (AT) “Sick Midsummer Festival”**
Thu 08.08 Schlotheim (GER) “Party San Open Air”**
Sat 10.08 London (UK) “Boston Music Room”***
Thu 15.08 – Barther (GER) “Barther Open Air Fest”
Fri 16.08 – Hamburg (GER) “Bambi Galore”***
Sat 17.08 – Tilburg (NLD) “Little Devil”*
Sun 18.08 – Saint Nolff (FRA) “Motocultor Fest”*
Fri 23.08 – Bratislava (SVK) “Loud Farm Fest”**
Sat 24.08 Andernach (GER) “Deathfeast”**
Wed 28.08 – Vienna (AUT) “Viper Room”*
Thu 29.08 – Graz (AUT) “Club Q”*
Fri 30.08 – Salzburg (AUT) “Rockhouse”*
Sat 31.08 – Leipzig (GER) “Torture The Masses Fest”*
*with Hate
**only Beheaded
*** with Incantation
Forged from the darkest depths, “Only Death Can Save You” breathes violence and marches fearlessly down its death metal path. Summoning the visceral classic and the caustic edge of later death metal, the new punishing album spreads its aural horror with razor sharp precision.
To explain the title & concept of the new album, the band commented: “With ‘Only Death Can Save You’ our intent was to artistically delve into the deepest, darkest corners of the human psyche and follow a creative path into the obscure frame of mind a person has when facing death, which, is the ultimate most terrifying experience and yet the only ‘salvation’ from life. This is a concept reflected in the lyrics and also captured in the album’s artwork”.
On song writing & recordings, they added: “Having had a stable line up since the release of our last offering ‘Beast Incarnate’, also meant that we could work more as a unit this time around with all members giving a much stronger contribution to the song writing. This also includes our drummer Davide Billia who’s responsible for the recording process of the album and this was a key factor in nailing the sound, timbre and tone we wanted to give to this album”.
“Only Death Can Save You” was recorded and mixed at Mk2 Recording Studio, run by the band’s drummer, Davide Billa. The album was mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland. Cover artwork was painted by Daniel Corcuero (Nekronikon).
BEHEADED rolled into life in 1991 with Malta as a backdrop to its caustic roots of death metal. Drawing inspiration from death metal hailing from Europe and the US at that time, and diving head on in the tape trading, zine and snail mail networks, BEHEADED furnaced its demo “Souldead” in 1995. With its strong statement and character, both European and worldwide record deals preceded the final cementation of the band as a placeholder in the extreme music scene. With six official releases under its belt, respect was gained through the energetic live set tying its relentlessness to its pure death metal inner sanctum. Several tours and festivals in Europe, US and Asia have channelled this thick skinned aural punishment to crowds all over, bringing more and more devoted followers. Years ahead have taken the tinge of freshened vigour and BEHEADED is ready to deliver death metal of the highest caliber. Their last album, “Beast Incarnate”, was released in 2017.