Hellripper release first single ‘Spectres Of The Blood Moon Sabbath’ taken from new album ‘The Affair Of The Poisons’
19th June 2020Hellripper have released their debut single and animated lyric video for âSpectres Of The Blood Moon Sabbathâ from the upcoming new studio album The Affair Of The Poisons scheduled for release on 9th October 2020 through Peaceville.
âSpectres of the Blood Moon Sabbathâ sets the scene for the new album as its themes primarily revolve around the dark & insidious underworld witchcraft and the occult, with some tracks being based on historical events. The single unfurls in an infernal storm of heavy blackened thrash. James McBain, Hellripper mainman comments âthis was one of the first tracks written for the album and has a definite ârock ânâ rollâ feel to it with its bouncy rhythm & a Motörhead or TANK vibe, and it is one of two songs on the album where Joseph (live guitarist) performed lead guitarâ.
James, based in the Scottish Highlands, says of their forthcoming epic new album The Affair of the Poisons that âit contains the mixture of thrash/black/speed metal and punk that Hellripper has become known for, but this time I feel that the end result is more cohesive. Some of the tracks are more straight-forward while others contain some twists and parts that are new to the Hellripper sound. As always, the whole writing and recording process was done at home by myself, with a few friends of mine contributing some additional vocals and lead guitar parts. The album was mixed by myself and was mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege who did an amazing job.
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Skadvaldur did an excellent job, as he always does, of creating a piece of artwork that both represents the albumâs themes, as well as being a somewhat of a homage in style to the old B-horror movie posters that inspired a few of the albumâs tracks.â
The Affair Of The Poisons will be released on CD, LP, cassette and digital through Peaceville on 9th October and is available to pre-order now HERE
The band has also announced that they will be touring later in the year to coincide with the albumâs release, some headline shows in the UK plus as special guests to Cleveland based Black Rock ‘n’ Roll/Thrash legends Midnight.
Headline UK shows
22.10.20 â London, The Black Heart
23.10.20 â Leeds, Boom
24.10.20 â Glasgow, Nice âNâ SleazyÂ
With Midnight
29.10.20 Gebr De Nobel Leiden NetherlandsÂ
30.10.20 Dynamo Eindhoven Netherlands
31.10.20 Markthalle Hamburg (Heavy Hamburg Halloween III) Germany Â
01.11.20 Casino Sint-Niklaas Belgium
03.11.20 Le Grillen Colmar FranceÂ
04.11.20 Petit Bain Paris FranceÂ
05.11.20 Rex Toulouse FranceÂ
06.11.20 Caracol Madrid SpainÂ
07.11.20 La Nau Barcelona SpainÂ
09.11.20 Caves Du Manoir Martigny Switzerland
10.11.20 Slaughter Club Paderno Dugnano ItalyÂ
11.11.20 Backstage Munchen GermanyÂ
12.11.20 Viper Room Vienna AustriaÂ
13.11.20 Durer Kert Budapest HungaryÂ
14.11.20 Futurum Prague Czech RepublicÂ
15.11.20 Proxima Warsaw PolandÂ
17.11.20 Lido Berlin GermanyÂ
18.11.20 Stengade Copenhagen DenmarkÂ
19.11.20 Goldgrube Kassel GermanyÂ
20.11.20 Uhrenwerk Weimar Germany
21.11.20 Junkyard Dortmund GermanyÂ
22.11.20 Live Music Hall Weiher GermanyÂ
24.11.20 Magasin 4 Brussels BelgiumÂ
Hellripper has been fast gaining a reputation for whipping up an infectious storm of blackened speed metal greatness in the spirit of old and are one of the most electrifying young, up & coming metal acts in the scene today.
Inspired by the likes of the old-school legends including Venom, Kreator, Sabbat [JPN] and Metallica, McBain formed Hellripper in 2014 and with the release of the debut EP The Manifestation of Evil shortly after, the band were already making a very clear mission statement… Total fucking mayhem!
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