DECAPITATED Announce New Album Title, Release Date; Cover Artwork Unveiled

July 9, 2014, 10 years ago

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Polish tech death masters Decapitated have announced the title of the band's upcoming album. The sixth Decapitated album will be entitled Blood Mantra, and is set to be released September 26th via Nuclear Blast.

Three years have passed since the highly praised album Carnival Is Forever was released. Now Decapitated are back - stronger than ever! “Blood Mantra was recorded at Hertz Studio in Bialystok (Poland) under the direction of Wojtek and Slawek Wiesawski. The artwork was created by Polish artist, Lukasz Jaszak, who also made the cover of Carnival Is Forever.

Guitarist/founding member Wacaw "Vogg" Kietyka states: "Extreme and groove - I think that's the best way to describe our new album. This time we feel that we have something totally crushing and huge. Blood Mantra is the most heavy and mature album we ever did in our carrier. I cannot wait to start to play songs live because riffs are soo deep and powerful."

Total Metal Festival 2014 is scheduled to take place July 19th and 20th in Bitonto, Italy.

"Due to personal problems of lead singer Mark "Barney" Greenway, Napalm Death are forced to abandon their slot at the Total Metal Open Air Festival that, only a few weeks ago, they occupied instead of Death Angel. This time though, the organization of the Italian festival solved promptly with an "ad hoc" replacement, hiring none other than Polish death metal band, Decapitated.

“If Napalm Death were a perfect pill to digest the cancellation of Death Angel a few weeks ago, we are confident that Decapitated will equally be welcomed from many people, maybe even more”, stated the organizer Luigi Pisanello, then goes on to say: “It is to be considered almost a miracle that, at a time like this, when only a bunch of days are left to the event, with all the bureaucracy that we have to work with and with all the logistical aspect to be finished, we've been able to manage a replacement so the height! We are very proud of our work and of our employees!”

Decapitated live:

July

12 - Antwerp, Belglium - Antwerp Metal Festival
19 - Bari, Italy - Total Metal Festival
31 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air

August

9 - Derbyshire, UK - Bloodstock
13 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze
15 - Bydgoszczy, Poland - Sliwka Fest

December

9 - London, UK - TBA
10 - Glasgow, Scotland - TBA
11 - Dublin, Ireland - TBA
12 - Birmingham, UK - TBA
13 - Manchester, UK - TBA

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