Dutch Blackened Death Metallers ONHEIL, have dropped an official music video for their new single “Night Terror”, taken from their forthcoming album “In Black Ashes”, out on June 9th via Black Lion Records.
Fully utilizing the possibilities offered by having a three-guitarist band, every riff is an example of a creative melodic build, with hi-energy Thrash/Black undertones. The band delivers a well-performed and written album that strives and succeeds at being both hard-hitting, heavy, and aggressive yet melodic and enchanting.
ONHEIL comment on the new single: “ ‘Night Terror’ was unanimously selected as the first single of our new album ‘In Black Ashes’ by both ONHEIL as well as Black Lion Records. ‘Night Terror’ is aggressive, ‘Night Terror’ is ugly, but ‘Night Terror’ is also catchy. It starts out with a haunting, triple-guitar harmony intro but soon the song hits hard. From there on it is old school Blackened Death Metal with some thrash riffs. The dual scream/grunt vocals are introduced as well as some crazy guitar solo work. Most of the song is full of raging metal! Based on experiences our singer/vocalist Amok had with someone that suffered sexual abuse, and anxiety disorders that were formed because of it, the lyrics deal with the trauma that such a victim has to deal with for the rest of their life. As ONHEIL wants to hold up a mirror to humanity, this song tries to capture the feeling of constant fear and terror in music! Sure to be one of our fan favorites and a permanent live song to which a crowd can go crazy!“
Partly recorded during the pandemic, the album features mostly new members along with founding member Amok. The band decided against releasing the album too close after the pandemic, spending the time to bring the album to its full potential. Lyrics and vocals were improved and solos – something that the band had not incorporated into their writing before – were added, adding a whole new dimension to the band’s sound.
“In Black Ashes” was mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö (DISSECTION, OPETH, DARK FUNERAL, BLOODBATH, MARDUK, INSOMNIUM) at Unisound Studios. Artwork was created by artist Lordigan Pedro Sena, who worked before bands and artists like AMON AMARTH, KREATOR, DECAPITATED and Matt Heafy (TRIVIUM).
Any person that enjoys dual guitars, melodic harmonies, and fast-paced, Blackened, and in-your-face Metal should not miss out on this album.
“In Black Ashes” track listing:
- Night Terror
- In Black Ashes
- Like Shadows in the Night
- Void
- Beneath a Steel Sky
- Bloodthirst
- Master of Disease
You can watch the official video for “Night Terror” below:
