On September 16th, the new BATTLESWORD album “Towards The Unknown” was released via MDD Records and has since received several top marks in the worldwide trade press and a large number of features and interviews. With “Hound Of Hades”, the quintet now releases a lyric video for one of the album’s songs, which, after the CD and limited Alubox/DigiPak version, will soon also be released on vinyl via DocGator. Those who like a mix of Melodic Death and Scandinavian old school should definitely enjoy the new lyric video as well as the complete album. “Towards The Unknown” contains the songs from “The 13th Black Crusade” maxi from 2008, remastered by Dan Swanö, as a bonus.
With “Towards The Unknown”, the German Melodic Death Metal institution BATTLESWORD returns with new material in the twenty-third year of its existence and proves that they are far from being old hat and certainly not willing to think about retirement. On the contrary – on the new material the concentrated load of experience breaks through in the form of an energetic steamroller that threatens to bury everything in its path.
With their distinctive mix of Melodic Death and Scandinavian old school, the band manages to write songs that have classic potential from the very first riff, seemingly effortlessly even in 2022.
“Towards The Unknown” track listing:
- Departure
- The Awakening
- To Become the Wolf
- Terra Combusta
- The Shores of I
- Hounds of Hades
- Backstabber
- There Will Be Blood
- Fire and Storm
- The 13th Black Crusade
You can watch the offiical lyric video for “Hound Of Hades” below:
