Ukrainian WWI experts, 1914, will re-release their breakthrough album, The Blind Leading The Blind, on Napalm Records on May 31. The album quickly sold through its initial pressing and is out of print now. With their unique blackened death/doom metal sound, 1914 leads you back in one of the darkest chapters of the last century - they breathe The Great War.

Pre-order here, and watch a lyric video for "Arrival. The Meuse-Argonne" below.

1914 on the historical background of the new video: “The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the bloodiest battle in US military history, claiming the lives of more than 26,000 Americans and wounding 95,000. The Operation was launched in Northern France on Sept. 26, 1918 to push the Germans out of the country. The fight lasted a grueling 46 days and generated scores of stories of heroism and sacrifice. ‘The Americans are here,’ a German officer wrote. ‘We can kill them but we can't stop them.’”

Strongly influenced by genre heroes like Bolt Thrower and Entombed, 1914 released The Blind Leading The Blind, the follow-up to Eschatology Of War (2015), on November 11, 2018, exactly 100 years after the end of WWI, which making them one of the most talked about bands in the genre.

“It’s neither about politics, nor about propaganda - it’s just war, trenches, fear, hopelessness and endless death around of you” - 1914

Tracklisting:

"War In
"Arrival. The Meuse-Argonne"
"A7V Mephisto"
"High Wood. 75 Acres Of Hell"
"Beat The Bastards" (The Exploited cover)
"Hanging On The Barbed Wire"
"Passchenhell Ft David Ingram"
"C'Est Mon Dernier Pigeon"
"StoßTrupp"
"The Hundred Days Offensive"
"War Out"

Lineup:

Vocal - 2.Division, Infanterie-Regiment Nr.147, Oberleutnant – Ditmar Kumar
Guitar - 37.Division, Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr.73, Wachtmeister - Liam Fessen
Guitar - 5.Division, Ulanen-Regiment Nr.3, Sergeant - Vitalis Winkelhock
Bass - 9.Division, Grenadier-Regiment Nr.7, Unteroffizier - Armin von Heinessen
Drums - 33.Division, 7.Thueringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.96, Gefreiter - Rusty Potoplacht

(Photo - May Lee)