Tokyo’s Death Metal trailblazer DEFILED, have released the title track of their upcoming album “The Highest Level”, out on April 28th via Season Of Mist!
The band comments on the track: “We are happy to release ‘The Highest Level’, the title track of our new album. The intention of the track is to capture the nostalgia of the late 80’s and early 90’s transition from Thrash Metal to Death Metal and bring it into the 21st century with our own interpretation. How will this track sound to you in 2023? It is not exactly the same as it was back then, but we hope you enjoy it.”
Moreover, 2023 marks a seminal year for DEFILED as it celebrates three decades since the release of their first demo and twenty years since the Japanese Death dealers formed a union with Season of Mist!
The band will be celebrating this release with a headlining tour of Japan starting from April 28 until it concludes on May 10. Then, the band will join HATE and VADER for three Japanese dates in June.
When it comes to straight-forward, bone-crushing Death Metal, Tokyo’s DEFILED delivers! “The Highest Level” stays true to the traditional Death Metal formula, while the band’s gritty songwriting approach lends to its authenticity. DEFILED attempts to make no frills with this new full-length, instead speaking directly to the sensibility of Old School Death Metal fanatics who are simply looking for some face-melting violence!
“The Highest Level” track listing:
- Off-Limits
- Stealth
- The Highest Level
- Entrapped
- The Status Quo
- Warmonger
- Demonization
- Inquisition
- Madness Accelerated
- Only the Strongest Survive
- Delusion
- The Last Straw
- Red World
- The Requiem
- The Speech You can listen to “The Highest Level” in the following video:
You can listen to “The Highest Level” in the following video:
