DEFILED Announces “Smoke and Mirrors” Tour 2025

7th May 2025 0 By Jon Deaux

Tokyo’s death metal stalwarts, DEFILED, are set to embark on their “Smoke and Mirrors” Tour 2025 this May, delivering their signature blend of old-school brutality and technical prowess to fans across South Korea and Japan. This tour supports their latest album, Horror Beyond Horror, released through Season of Mist.

Known for their unfiltered aggression and complex compositions, DEFILED has carved a niche in the death metal scene since the early ’90s. Their latest offering, Horror Beyond Horror, continues this legacy with tracks like “Smoke and Mirrors” and “To See Behind the Wall,” showcasing their ability to merge relentless riffs with intricate song structures.

Japanese & Korean fans can catch the band during the following dates:

16 May: Anyang, KR @ Purple Hall

17 May: Suwon, KR @ Alleyway Taphouse

18 May: Seoul, KR @ Club Victim (with Massacre)

19 May: Incheon, KR @ Gong-Gam Bar

23 May: Tokyo, JP @ Holiday (with Massacre)

Order & Stream Horror Beyond Horror:

https://orcd.co/defiledhorrorbeyondhorror

Tracklist:

1. Smoke and Mirrors (2:35)

2. Horror Beyond Horror (4:01)

3. Syndicate (3:59)

4. The Alchemy (2:47)

5. Demagogue (2:13)

6. The Terminal Phase (2:18)

7. Trojan Horse (2:35)

8. Spectrum of Fear (2:30)

9. The Crook and Flail (3:08)

10. Replicator Dynamics (2:42)

11. Equinox (3:04)

12. The Chains (3:16)

13. Psychopomp (3:14)

14. To See Behind The Wall (2:45)

From the depths of Tokyo’s darkest alleys, DEFILED have emerged once again, claws sharpened, eyes bloodshot, ready to unleash a fresh dose of unadulterated savagery with their latest full-length studio album, Horror Beyond Horror. Marrying the grotesque with technical prowess, these samurai of sickness are poised to carve another notch into the archives of death metal’s sordid history.

Since crawling from the primordial soup of the underground scene in the early ’90s, Defiled have forged a path littered with broken souls. Their journey of destruction first sank its teeth into the international jugular with Erupted Wrath, mixed by the masterful Jim Morris in Tampa, Florida. This brutal assault opened gates to a global bloodletting, from leveling stages in South Korea to crushing skulls at the Milwaukee Metalfest, and not even the November to Dismember fest could foresee the carnage they’d bring.

Commandeering the technical tightrope between anarchy and precision, Defiled evolved, much like an aberrant spawn isolated on the Galapagos, grotesque yet ultimately superior. Their subsequent onslaughts — Ugliness Revealed, Divination, and the sheer violence of In Crisis — built a monument to atrocity that ascends to new heights with Horror Beyond Horror.

Taking no prisoners in their three-decades-long campaign of terror, Defiled have become the indestructible behemoth of Asia’s death metal scene, powered by the relentless engine of their oldschool roots and the twisted wreckage of technical thrash and progressive rock innovation.

But enough with the history lesson, you came here for the carnage, didn’t you? Horror Beyond Horror is a 14-track massacre, riddled with riffs sharp enough to slit your throat and a rhythmic onslaught that’ll pulverize your pathetic bones. Each track, from the visceral “Smoke and Mirrors” to the haunting “To See Behind the Wall”, is a calculated strike, precision-engineered to leave no survivors. Let’s not forget the eponymous “Horror Beyond Horror”, a track that cements Defiled’s legacy as harbingers of the apocalypse.

With a sound as raw as exposed nerve endings and as unrefined as a mass grave, Defiled stands defiantly apart from the polished poseurs and shameless sellouts. They don’t peddle in cheap gimmickry or nostalgia; they deal in the currency of pure, unfiltered destruction. As they look out upon the charred landscape of the genre they’ve helped to define, Defiled is not content to rest on their laurels. Horror Beyond Horror sees them, once again, ascending to the blood-soaked throne of death metal sovereignty.

Lineup:
Shinichiro Hamada – Vocals, Guitar
Yusuke Sumita – Guitar
Takachika Nakajima – Bass
Keisuke Hamada – Drums